Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
382. Adj. heated &c. v.; molten, sodden; rchauff; heating &c. v.;
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adust[obs3]. inflammable, combustible; diathermal[obs3],
diathermanous[obs3]; burnt &c. v.; volcanic, radioactive.
#385. Refrigeration.—N. refrigeration, infrigidation[obs3],
reduction of temperature; cooling &c. v.; congelation[obs3],
conglaciation| [obs3]; ice &c. 383; solidification &c. (density) 321;
ice box (refrigerator) 385.. extincteur[Fr]; fire annihilator;
amianth[obs3], amianthus[obs3]; earth-flax, mountain-flax; flexible
asbestos; fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility) 388a.
incombustibility, incombustibleness &c. adj[obs3]. (insulation) 388a.
air conditioning[residential cooling], central air conditioning; air
conditioner; fan, attic fan; dehumidifier. V. cool, fan, refrigerate,
refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill,
petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate[obs3], nip, cut, pierce, bite,
make one's teeth chatter, damp, slack quench; put out, stamp out;
extinguish; go out, burn out (incombustibility) 388a.. Adj. cooled &c.
v.; frozen out; cooling &c. v.; frigorific[obs3].
#386. Furnace.—N. furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth,
focus, combustion chamber; athanor[obs3], hypocaust[obs3],
reverberatory; volcano; forge, fiery furnace; limekiln; Dutch oven;
tuyere, brasier[obs3], salamander, heater, warming pan; boiler,
caldron, seething caldron, pot; urn, kettle; chafing-dish; retort,
crucible, alembic, still; waffle irons; muffle furnace, induction
furnace; electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat.
[steel-making furnace] open-hearth furnace. fireplace, gas fireplace;
coal fire, wood fire; fire-dog, fire-irons; grate, range, kitchener;
caboose, camboose[obs3]; poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet;
andiron, gridiron; ashdrop; frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog. [area near a
fireplace] hearth, inglenook. [residential heating methods] oil burner,
gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove; wood-burning stove;
central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air,
electric heat, heat pump; solar heat, convective heat. hothouse,
bakehouse[obs3], washhouse[obs3]; laundry; conservatory;
sudatory[obs3]; Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath,
sauna, warm bath; vaporarium[obs3].
#387. Refrigerator.—N. refrigerator, refrigeratory[obs3];
frigidarium[obs3]; cold storage, cold room, cold laboratory; icehouse,
icepail, icebag, icebox; cooler, damper, polyurethane cooler; wine
cooler. freezer, deep freeze, dry ice freezer, liquid nitrogen freezer,
refigerator-freezer. freezing mixture[refrigerating substances], ice,
ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice; liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry
ice-acetone, liquid helium.
#388. Fuel.—N. fuel, firing, combustible.
[solid fuels] coal, wallsend[obs3], anthracite, culm[obs3], coke,
carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, peat,
firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder &c. (products of
combustion) 384; ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone;
incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou[obs3],
bavin[obs3]; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic
sponge, punk, smudge [U. S.]; solid fueled rocket. [fuels for
candles and lamps] wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil; lamp oil,
whale oil. [liquid fuels] oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane
gasoline, nitromethane[ISA:CHEMSUB@fuel], petrol, gas, juice
[coll.], gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene,
jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha; rocket
fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen,
lox. [gaseous fuels] natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas,
propane, butane, hydrogen. brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match,
light, lucifer, congreve[obs3], vesuvian, vesta[obs3], fusee,
locofoco[obs3]; linstock[obs3]. candle &c. (luminary) 423; oil &c.
(grease) 356. Adj. carbonaceous; combustible, inflammable; high
octane, high specific impulse; heat of combustion,.
#388a. Insulation, Fire extinction. {ant. of 388}—insulation,
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incombustible material, noncombustible material; fire retardant, flame
retardant; fire wall, fire door.
incombustibility, incombustibleness &c. adj.
extincteur[Fr]; fire annihilator; amianth[obs3], amianthus[obs3];
earth-flax, mountain-flax; asbestos; fireman, fire fighter, fire eater,
fire department, fire brigade, engine company; pumper, fire truck, hook
and
ladder, aerial ladder, bucket; fire hose, fire hydrant.
[forest fires] backfire, firebreak, trench; aerial water
bombardment.
wet blanket; fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry
chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam;
sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system; fire bucket, sand bucket.
[warning of fire] fire alarm, evacuation alarm,
[laws to prevent fire] fire code, fire regulations, fire; fire
inspector; code violation, citation.
V. go out, die out, burn out; fizzle.
extinguish; damp, slack, quench, smother; put out, stamp out;
douse,
snuff, snuff out, blow out.
fireproof, flameproof.
Adj. incombustible; nonflammable, uninflammable,
unflammable[obs3]; fireproof.
Phr. fight fire with fire
#389. Thermometer.—N. thermometer, thermometrograph[obs3], mercury
thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb
thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, Anschutz thermometer[Ger], gas
thermometer, telethermometer; color-changing temperature indicator;
thermopile, thermoscope[obs3]; pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb
calorimeter; thermistor, thermocouple. [temperature-control devices]
thermostat, thermoregulator.
_(3) Taste_
#390. Taste.—N. taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish;
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sapor|, sapidity[obs3]; twang, smack, smatch| [obs3]; aftertaste, tang.
tasting; degustation, gustation.
palate, tongue, tooth, stomach.
V. taste, savor, smatch[obs3], smack, flavor, twang; tickle the
palate
&c. (savory) 394; smack the lips.
Adj. sapid, saporific[obs3]; gustable|, gustatory; gustful[obs3];
strong, gamy; palatable &c. 394.
#391. Insipidity.—N. insipidity, blandness; tastelessness &c. adj.
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V. be tasteless &c. adj.
Adj. bland, void of taste &c. 390; insipid; tasteless, gustless|,
savorless; ingustible|, mawkish, milk and water, weak, stale, flat,
vapid,
fade, wishy-washy, mild; untasted[obs3].
#392. Pungency.—N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-
gout, strong taste, twang, race. sharpness &c. adj.; acrimony;
roughness &c. (sour) 392; unsavoriness &c. 395. mustard, cayenne,
caviare; seasoning &c. (condiment) 393; niter, saltpeter, brine
(saltiness) 392a; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac[obs3], sal
volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) 401a. dram, cordial,
nip. nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar[obs3]; cigar,
cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid[obs3],
negro head, old soldier, rappee[obs3], stogy[obs3]. V. be pungent &c.
adj.; bite the tongue. render -pungent &c. adj.; season, spice, salt,
pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff. Adj. pungent,
strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high- seasoned; gamy, sharp,
stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned &c.
v.; hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating[obs3], escharotic[obs3],
meracious|; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough &c. (sour) 397; unsavory
&c. 395.
#392a. Saltiness.—N. saltiness.
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niter, saltpeter, brine.
Adj. salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny; salty as brine, salty
as a
herring, salty as Lot's wife.
salty, racy (indecent) 961.
Phr. take it with a grain of salt.
#392b. Bitterness—N. bitterness, acridness[obs3], acridity,
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acrimony; caustic, alkali; acerbity; gall, wormwood; bitters,
astringent
bitters.
[additive for alcoholic beverages]Angostura aromatic bitters.
sourness &c. 397; pungency &c. 392.
[bitter substances] alkaloids; turmeric.
Adj. bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic.
Phr. bitter as gall; bitter pill to take; sugar coating on a
bitter
pill.
#393. Condiment.—N. condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish,
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appetizer.
[exlist] salt; mustard, grey poupon mustard; pepper, black
pepper,
white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante[Fr]; caviare, onion,
garlic, pickle; achar[obs3], allspice; bell pepper, Jamaica pepper,
green
pepper; chutney; cubeb[obs3], pimento.
[capsicum peppers] capsicum, red pepper, chili peppers, cayenne.
nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, oregano, cloves, fennel.
[herbs] pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves,
marjoram.
[fragrant woods and gums] frankincense, balm, myrrh.
[from pods] paprika.
[from flower stigmas] saffron.
[from roots] ginger, turmeric.
V. season, spice, flavor, spice up &c. (render pungent) 392.
#394. Savoriness.—N. savoriness &c. adj.; good taste,
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deliciousness, delectability.
relish, zest; appetizer.
tidbit, titbit[obs3], dainty, delicacy, tasty morsel; appetizer,
hors
d'ouvres[Fr.]; ambrosia, nectar, bonne-bouche[Fr]; game, turtle,
venison;
delicatessen.
V. be savory &c. adj.; tickle the palate, tickle the appetite;
flatter
the palate.
render palatable &c. adj.
relish, like, smack the lips.
Adj. savory, delicious, tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good,
palatable, nice, dainty, delectable; toothful[obs3], toothsome;
gustful[obs3], appetizing, lickerish[obs3], delicate, exquisite, rich,
luscious, ambrosial, scrumptious, delightful.
Adv. per amusare la bocca
Phr[It]. cela se laisse manger[Fr].
#395. Unsavoriness.—N. unsavoriness &c. adj.; amaritude[obs3];
acrimony, acridity (bitterness) 392b; roughness &c. (sour) 397;
acerbity, austerity; gall and wormwood, rue, quassia[obs3], aloes;
marah[obs3]; sickener[obs3]. V. be unpalatable &c. adj.; sicken,
disgust, nauseate, pall, turn the stomach. Adj. unsavory, unpalatable,
unsweetened, unsweet[obs3]; ill-flavored; bitter, bitter as gall;
acrid, acrimonious; rough. offensive, repulsive, nasty; sickening &c.
v.; nauseous; loathsome, fulsome; unpleasant &c. 830.
#396. Sweetness.—N. sweetness, dulcitude[obs3].
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sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna; confection,
confectionary; sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture[obs3],
jam,
julep; sugar-candy, sugar-plum; licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop,
bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat; apple butter, caramel, damson,
glucose;
maple sirup[obs3], maple syrup, maple sugar; mithai[obs3], sorghum,
taffy.
nectar; hydromel[obs3], mead, meade[obs3], metheglin[obs3],
honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif.
[sources of sugar] sugar cane, sugar beets.
[sweet foods] desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart,
puff,
pudding (food) 298.
dulcification|, dulcoration|.
sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar,
dextrose; artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame,
Sweet'N
Low.
V. be sweet &c. adj.
render sweet &c. adj.; sweeten; edulcorate[obs3]; dulcorate|,
dulcify|; candy; mull. Adj. sweet; saccharine, sacchariferous[obs3];
dulcet, candied, honied[obs3], luscious, lush, nectarious[obs3],
melliferous[obs3]; sweetened &c. v.
sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey.
sickly sweet.
Phr. eau sucre[Fr]; "sweets to the sweet" [Hamlet].
#397. Sourness.—N. sourness &c. adj.; acid, acidity, low pH;
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acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation.
vinegar, verjuice[obs3], crab, alum; acetic acid, lactic acid.
V. be sour; sour, turn sour &c. adj.; set the teeth on edge.
render sour &c. adj.; acidify, acidulate.
Adj. sour; acid, acidulous, acidulated; tart, crabbed; acetous,
acetose[obs3]; acerb, acetic; sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent[obs3],
subacid[Chem]; styptic, hard, rough.
Phr. sour as a lemon.
_(4) Odor_
#398. Odor.—N. odor, smell, odorament|, scent, effluvium;
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emanation, exhalation; fume, essence, trail, nidor|, redolence.
sense of smell; scent; act of smelling &c. v.; olfaction,
olfactories[obs3].
[pleasant odor] fragrance &c. 400.
odorant.
[animal with acute sense of smell] bloodhound, hound.
[smell detected by a hound] spoor.
V. have an odor &c. n.; smell, smell of, smell strong of; exhale;
give
out a smell &c. n.; reek, reek of; scent.
smell, scent; snuff, snuff up; sniff, nose, inhale.
Adj. odorous, odoriferous; smelling, reeking, foul-smelling,
strong-
scented; redolent, graveolent[obs3], nidorous[obs3], pungent; putrid,
foul.
[Relating to the sense of smell] olfactory, quick-scented.
#399. Inodorousness.—N. inodorousness[obs3]; absence of smell, want
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of smell.
deodorant, deodorization, deodorizer.
V. be inodorous &c. adj[obs3].; not smell.
deodorize.
Adj. inodorous[obs3], onodorate; scentless; without smell, wanting
smell &c. 398.
deodorized, deodorizing.
#400. Fragrance.—N. fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet,
essence, scent; sweet smell, aromatic perfume. agalloch[obs3],
agallochium[obs3]; aloes wood; bay rum; calambac[obs3],
calambour[obs3]; champak[obs3], horehound[ISA:plant@mint],
lign-aloes[obs3], marrubium[obs3], mint, muskrat, napha water[obs3],
olibanum[obs3], spirit of myrcia[obs3]. essential oil. incense; musk,
frankincense; pastil[obs3], pastille; myrrh, perfumes of Arabia[obs3];
otto[obs3], ottar[obs3], attar; bergamot, balm, civet, potpourri,
pulvil|; nosegay; scentbag[obs3]; sachet, smelling bottle, vinaigrette;
eau de Cologne[Fr], toilet water, lotion, after-shave lotion;
thurification[obs3]. perfumer. [fragrant wood oils] eucalyptus oil,
pinene. V. be fragrant &c. adj.; have a perfume &c. n.; smell sweet.
scent[render fragrant], perfume, embalm. Adj. fragrant, aromatic,
redolent, spicy, savory, balmy, scented, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented;
perfumed, perfumatory[obs3]; thuriferous; fragrant as a rose,
muscadine[obs3], ambrosial.
#401. Fetor.—N. fetor[obs3]; bad &c. adj. smell, bad odor; stench,
stink; foul odor, malodor; empyreuma[obs3]; mustiness &c. adj.;
rancidity; foulness &c. (uncleanness) 653. stoat, polecat, skunk;
assafoetida[obs3]; fungus, garlic; stinkpot; fitchet[obs3],
fitchew[obs3], fourmart[obs3], peccary. acridity &c. 401a. V. have a
bad smell &c. n.; smell; stink, stink in the nostrils, stink like a
polecat; smell strong &c. adj., smell offensively. Adj. fetid;
strong-smelling; high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank,
rancid, reasty[obs3], tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy[obs3]; olid[obs3],
olidous|; nidorous[obs3]; smelling, stinking; putrid &c. 653;
suffocating, mephitic; empyreumatic[obs3].
#401a. Acridity—N. acridity, astringency, bite.
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[acrid substances] tear gas; smoke, acrid fumes.
Adj. acrid, biting, astringent, sharp, harsh; bitter &c. 392b.
_(5) Sound_
(i) SOUND IN GENERAL
#402. Sound.—N. sound, noise, strain; accent, twang, intonation,
tone; cadence; sonorousness &c. adj.; audibility; resonance &c. 408;
voice &c. 580; aspirate; ideophone[obs3]; rough breathing. [Science, of
sound] acoustics; phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography[obs3];
diacoustics[obs3], diaphonics[obs3]; phonetism[obs3]. V. produce sound;
sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound &c. 408. Adj.
sounding; soniferous[obs3]; sonorous, sonorific[obs3]; resonant,
audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic[obs3].
Phr. "a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis
strepitus[Lat].
#403. Silence.—N. silence; stillness &c. (quiet) 265; peace, hush,
lull; muteness &c. 581; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence,
deathlike silence. V. be silent &c. adj.; hold one's tongue &c. (not
speak) 585. render silent &c. adj.; silence, still, hush; stifle,
muffle, stop; muzzle, put to silence &c. (render mute) 581. Adj.
silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed &c. v.; mute &c.
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