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dryad
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n 1: a deity or nymph of the woods [syn: dryad, wood nymph]
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dyad
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n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair,
twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet,
distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
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naiad
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n 1: submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small
flowers; of fresh or brackish water [syn: naiad, water
nymph]
2: (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and
fountains
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triad
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-
ace]
2: a set of three similar things considered as a unit [syn:
trio, triad, triplet, triple]
3: three people considered as a unit [syn: trio, threesome,
triad, trinity]
4: a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and
fifth tones [syn: common chord, triad]
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undesired
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adj 1: not desired; "an undesired result" [syn: undesired,
unsought]
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uninspired
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adj 1: having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual
excitement; "the production was professional but
uninspired"
2: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of
invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality";
"unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired
writing" [syn: sterile, unimaginative, uninspired,
uninventive]
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unexpired
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adj 1: not having come to an end or been terminated by passage
of time; "elected to fill the senator's unexpired term";
"an unexpired driver's license" [ant: expired]
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jeremiad
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n 1: a long and mournful complaint; "a jeremiad against any form
of government"
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hamadryad
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n 1: the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
2: large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the
largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja [syn:
hamadryad, king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja
hannah]
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pleiad
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