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Spice

Species; kind.

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Narrower term 17

Allspice 76% connected

The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pim…

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Bite 76% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

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Cinnamon 76% connected

The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the bes…

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Clove 76% connected

of Cleave

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Fennel 76% connected

A perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum (F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic fla…

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Ginger 76% connected

A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

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Hotness 76% connected

The quality or state of being hot.

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Mace 76% connected

A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.

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Nip 76% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Nutmeg 76% connected

The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.

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Piquancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being piquant.

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Pungency 76% connected

The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.

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Raciness 76% connected

The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.

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Sharpness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

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Stacte 76% connected

One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind o…

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Tang 76% connected

A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

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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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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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Flavor 76% connected

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

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Flavoring 76% connected

of Flavor

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Flavour 76% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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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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Preservative 76% connected

Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

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Season 76% connected

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., ca…

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Seasoner 76% connected

One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

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Seasoning 76% connected

of Season

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Manner of action 3

Ginger 76% connected

A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

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Pepper 76% connected

A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

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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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Derivationally related 2

Zest 74% 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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Zest 74% 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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Synonym 3

Spicery 92% connected

Spices, in general.

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Spiciness 92% connected

The quality or state of being spicy.

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Zest 92% 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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