| kiss | a light glancing touch, there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing |
kiss
buss
osculation | the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) |
soul kiss
deep kiss
French kiss | an openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth |
validation
proof
substantiation | the act of validating, finding or testing the truth of something |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
cardiac resuscitation
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
| burden of proof | the duty of proving a disputed charge |
damp-proof course
damp course | a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building |
| proof | a trial photographic print from a negative |
spit curl
kiss curl | a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek |
proof
cogent evidence | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something, if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it |
proof test copy
trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
| galley proof | a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages |
| foundry proof | a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made |
pax
kiss of peace | (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist |
| proof | a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it |
| mathematical proof | proof of a mathematical theorem |
| logical proof | proof of a logical theorem |
| kiss of death | something that is ruinous, if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career |
kiss
candy kiss | any of several bite-sized candies |
| molasses kiss | a candy kiss that resembles toffee |
| meringue kiss | a kiss made of sugar and egg white and baked slowly |
| chocolate kiss | a kiss that consists of a conical bite-sized piece of chocolate |
| Scotch kiss | butterscotch candy kiss |
| kiss | a cookie made of egg whites and sugar |
| proof spirit | a mixture containing half alcohol by volume atdegrees Fahrenheit |
prince's-feather princess feather
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
prince's-plume Polygonum orientale | annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers, southeastern Asia and Australia, naturalized in North America |
| proof | a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) |
| proof | make resistant (to harm), proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer |
child-proof
childproof | make safe against children, childproof the apartment |
goofproof
goof-proof
foolproof | proof against human misuse or error, foolproof this appliance |
| proof | activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk, proof yeast |
proofread
proof | read for errors, I should proofread my manuscripts |
| proof | knead to reach proper lightness, proof dough |
snog
kiss
buss
osculate | touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc., The newly married couple kissed, She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room |
| kiss | touch lightly or gently, the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain |
| proof | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
| proof(p) | (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand, temptation-proof, childproof locks |
runproof
ladder-proof
run-resistant | (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders |