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Tasteful

Having a high relish; savory.

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Aesthetic 84% connected

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Appreciation 66% connected

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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Appreciation 66% connected

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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Taste 66% connected

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

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Taste 66% connected

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

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Elegant 66% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Elegant 66% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Tasteless 94% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Tasteless 94% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Appetite noun · 78% connection

Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

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Aspic noun · 78% connection

A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.

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Bummalo noun · 78% connection

A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

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Caviar noun · 78% connection

The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

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Condiment noun · 78% connection

Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

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Cullis noun · 78% connection

A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly.

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Disrelish noun · 78% connection

Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.

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Distaste verb · 78% connection

Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.

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Eat verb · 78% connection

To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

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Flavor noun · 78% connection

That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food…

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Fondness noun · 78% connection

Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles.

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Gout noun · 78% connection

Taste; relish.

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Gust noun · 78% connection

The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.

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Gustable verb · 78% connection

Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory.

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Gusto noun · 78% connection

Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.

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Hautgout noun · 78% connection

High relish or flavor; high seasoning.

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High adjective · 78% connection

greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…

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High-church adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.

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