a mischief mischief-making mischievousness deviltry devilry devilment rascality roguery roguishness shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
labor of love labour of love | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation |
sexual love lovemaking making love love love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
extramarital sex free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
lace making tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
devising fashioning making | the act that results in something coming to be, the devising of plans, the fashioning of pots and pans, the making of measurements, it was already in the making |
moviemaking movie making film making | the production of movies |
agape love feast | a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship |
love match | a marriage for love's sake, not an arranged marriage |
winemaking wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
cupboard love | a show of affection motivated by selfishness |
slave-making ant slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
love knot lovers' knot lover's knot true lovers' knot true lover's knot | a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love |
love seat loveseat tete-a-tete vis-a-vis | small sofa that seats two people |
love-token | keepsake given as a token of love |
making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something, the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake |
qualification making | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something, her qualifications for the job are excellent, one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree, she has the makings of fine musician |
self-love narcism narcissism | an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself, self-love that shut out everyone else |
charity brotherly love | a kindly and lenient attitude toward people |
spare tire love handle | excess fat around the waistline |
courtly love | (Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers |
decision making deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
love passion | any object of warm affection or devotion, the theater was her first love, he has a passion for cock fighting, |
love story romance | a story dealing with love |
love letter billet doux | a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection |
love song love-song | a song about love or expressing love for another person |
love lyric | the lyric of a love song |
informing making known | a speech act that conveys information |
love sexual love erotic love | a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction, their love left them indifferent to their surroundings, she was his first love |
amour propre conceit self-love vanity | feelings of excessive pride |
love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection, his love for his work, children need a lot of love |
agape agape love | selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature) |
filial love | the love of a child for a parent |
puppy love calf love crush infatuation | temporary love of an adolescent |
philter philtre love-potion love-philter love-philtre | a drink credited with magical power, can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it |
love feast | a social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants |
Philadelphia City of Brotherly Love | the largest city in Pennsylvania, located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river, site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed, site of the University of Pennsylvania |
bastard by-blow love child illegitimate child illegitimate whoreson | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
beloved dear dearest honey love | a beloved person, used as terms of endearment |
light-o'-love light-of-love | a woman inconstant in love |
love-in-a-mist Nigella damascena | European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers |
snow-in-summer love-in-a-mist Cerastium tomentosum | chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers |
love-lies-bleeding velvet flower tassel flower Amaranthus caudatus | young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables, seeds used as cereal |
common wormwood absinthe old man lad's love Artemisia absinthium | aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe |
love grass bay grass | any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis, specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion |
weeping love grass African love grass Eragrostis curvula | perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems, introduced into United States especially for erosion control |
love-in-winter western prince's pine Chimaphila umbellata Chimaphila corymbosa | Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb |
love-in-a-mist running pop wild water lemon Passiflora foetida | tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts, stems malodorous when crushed |
wild pansy Johnny-jump-up heartsease love-in-idleness pink of my John Viola tricolor | a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived |
Judas tree love tree Circis siliquastrum | small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplished flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions, wood valuable for veneers |