Word Meanings - NECTAREAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant. "nectarean juice." Talfourd.
Related words: (words related to NECTAREAN)
- SWEETLY
In a sweet manner. - SWEETISH
Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n. - NECTARINE
Nectareous. Milton. - SWEETING
1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak. - SWEETHEART
A lover of mistress. - SWEETROOT
Licorice. - NECTARIZE
To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. Cockeram. - SWEETENING
1. The act of making sweet. 2. That which sweetens. - JUICE
The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separates from meat in cooking. An animal whose juices are unsound. Arbuthnot. The juice of July flowers. - PLEASANT-TONGUED
Of pleasing speech. - SWEETEN
Etym: 1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. 2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. 3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper. 4. To make less painful - SWEETNESS
The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness. - PLEASANTNESS
The state or quality of being pleasant. - SWEETWORT
Any plant of a sweet taste. - NECTARIFEROUS
Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts. - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - NECTAR
The drink of the gods ; hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage. - NECTARY
That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium. - SWEETWEED
A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family. - SWEETHEARTING
Making love. "To play at sweethearting." W. Black. - BITTERSWEET
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence , pleasant but painful. - HONEY-SWEET
Sweet as honey. Chaucer.