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Savory

Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.

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Appetizing 84% connected

Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Appetizing 84% connected

Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.

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Tasty 84% connected

Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

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Tasty 84% connected

Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Dainty 76% connected

Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.

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Delicacy 76% connected

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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Goody 76% connected

A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Kickshaw 76% connected

See Kickshaws, the correct singular.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Savoriness 74% connected

The quality of being savory.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Savoriness 74% connected

The quality of being savory.

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Piquant 92% connected

Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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