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Spiciness

The quality or state of being spicy.

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Narrower term 9

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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Hotness 76% connected

The quality or state of being hot.

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Nip 76% connected

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

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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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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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Indelicacy 76% connected

The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.;…

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Spicy 74% connected

Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.

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Spicy 74% connected

Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.

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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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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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Raciness 92% connected

The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.

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Ribaldry 92% connected

The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer,…

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Spice 92% connected

Species; kind.

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Spicery 92% connected

Spices, in general.

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