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Season

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.

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Narrower term 21

Advent 76% connected

The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.

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Allhallowtide 76% connected

The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.

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Autumn 76% connected

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate z…

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Christmas 76% connected

An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church…

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Christmastide 76% connected

The season of Christmas.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Harvest 76% connected

The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

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Lent 76% connected

of Lend

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Lententide 76% connected

The season of Lenten or Lent.

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Noel 76% connected

Same as Nowel.

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Seedtime 76% connected

The season proper for sowing.

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Shrovetide 76% connected

The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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Springtime 76% connected

The season of spring; springtide.

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Summer 76% connected

One who sums; one who casts up an account.

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Twelfthtide 76% connected

The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.

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Whitsun 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.

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Whitsuntide 76% connected

The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.

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Winter 76% connected

The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

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Yule 76% connected

Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.

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Yuletide 76% connected

Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Toughen 76% connected

To grow or make tough, or tougher.

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Manner of action 7

Curry 76% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Resinate 76% connected

Any one of the salts the resinic acids.

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salt 76% connected

Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; aft…

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Sauce 76% connected

A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint…

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Savor 76% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

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Spice 76% connected

Species; kind.

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Zest 76% connected

A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

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Derivationally related 6

Mollification 74% connected

The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.

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Mollification 74% connected

The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.

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Pacification 74% connected

The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.

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Pacification 74% connected

The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.

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Relish 74% connected

To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to exper…

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Relish 74% connected

To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to exper…

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Savor 72% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

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Taste 72% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Containing whole 1

Year 70% connected

The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called…

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Synonym 6

Flavor 92% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 92% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Harden 92% connected

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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Moderate 92% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Mollify 92% connected

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

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Temper 92% connected

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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