-
caprice
0
n 1: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn:
caprice, impulse, whim]
-
cease
0
n 1: (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give
up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on,
continue, preserve, uphold]
2: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in
a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon
the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The
symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish,
terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start]
-
cerise
0
adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
n 1: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry,
cherry red]
-
crease
0
n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the
napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her
blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
[syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp,
bend]
2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face
has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn:
wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line]
3: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese,
crease]
v 1: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a
pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got
wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
[syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch,
scrunch up, crisp]
2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow,
wrinkle, crease]
3: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease,
rake]
4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease,
crinkle]
-
decease
0
n 1: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came
as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will
pass to your grandchildren" [syn: death, decease,
expiry] [ant: birth, nascence, nascency,
nativity]
v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in
one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost,
drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant:
be born]
-
decrease
0
n 1: a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature
as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in
sales" [syn: decrease, lessening, drop-off] [ant:
increase]
2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [syn: decrease,
decrement] [ant: growth, increase, increment]
3: the amount by which something decreases [syn: decrease,
decrement] [ant: increase, increment]
4: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease,
diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant: increase,
step-up]
v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework
decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin
pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a
hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase]
2: make smaller; "He decreased his staff" [syn: decrease,
lessen, minify] [ant: increase]
-
fleece
0
n 1: the wool of a sheep or similar animal
2: tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for
clothing [syn: sheepskin, fleece]
3: a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
4: outer coat of especially sheep and yaks [syn: wool,
fleece]
v 1: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
2: shear the wool from; "shear sheep" [syn: fleece, shear]
-
grease
0
n 1: a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate
machinery) [syn: grease, lubricating oil]
2: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt,
filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge]
v 1: lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels"
-
nice
0
adj 1: pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or
appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all
thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners";
"a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice
time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice
today" [ant: awful, nasty]
2: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
"from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: decent, nice]
3: done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job
requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"
[syn: nice, skillful]
4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would
only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty,
nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish]
5: exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture" [syn:
courteous, gracious, nice]
n 1: a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the
leading resort on the French Riviera
-
peace
0
n 1: the state prevailing during the absence of war [ant: state
of war, war]
2: harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; "the roommates
lived in peace together"
3: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: peace,
peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity,
heartsease, ataraxis]
4: the general security of public places; "he was arrested for
disturbing the peace" [syn: peace, public security]
5: a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th"
[syn: peace, peace treaty, pacification]
-
police
0
n 1: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
v 1: maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol [syn:
patrol, police]
-
greece
0
n 1: a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of
the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive
oil [syn: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas]
2: ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens
and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE
-
devries
0
n 1: Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed
the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935) [syn:
deVries, De Vries, Hugo deVries, Hugo De Vries]
-
vietnamese
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its
people or its language ; "the Vietnamese countryside";
the Vietnamese tones"; "Vietnamese boat people"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese,
Annamese]
2: the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese,
Annamese, Annamite]
-
breece
0
-
cleese
0
-
audris
0
-
bernice
0
-
brocious
0
-
capece
0
-
chambless
0
-
clarice
0
-
clarisse
0
-
denice
0
-
denise
0
-
edris
0
-
eglise
0
-
elise
0
-
falise
0
-
felice
0
-
patrice
0