taste
tasting | a kind of sensing, distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds, a wine tasting |
| taste property | a property appreciated via the sense of taste |
tastebud
taste bud
gustatory organ | an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
taste cell
gustatory cell | an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve |
taste gustation
sense of taste
gustatory modality | the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth, his cold deprived him of his sense of taste |
taste taste sensation
gustatory sensation
taste perception
gustatory perception | the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus, the candy left him with a bad taste, the melon had a delicious taste |
tone
pure tone | a steady sound without overtones, they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies |
| taste appreciation discernment perceptiveness | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values), arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success, to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste |
| pure mathematics | the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness |
binary numeration system
pure binary numeration system
binary number system
binary system | a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two |
| taste | a brief experience of something, he got a taste of life on the wild side, she enjoyed her brief taste of independence |
preference
penchant
predilection
taste | a strong liking, my own preference is for good literature, the Irish have a penchant for blarney |
| acquired taste | a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience, martinis are an acquired taste |
taste
mouthful | a small amount eaten or drunk, take a taste--you'll like it |
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Toiba
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
LET
Army of the Pure
Army of the Righteous | a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir, fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India, Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus |
taster
taste tester
taste-tester
sampler | someone who samples food or drink for its quality |
trend-setter
taste-maker
fashion arbiter | someone who popularizes a new fashion |
| pure imaginary number | an imaginary number of the form abi where a is
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pure absence
simple absence | an absence seizure without other complications, followed by -per-sec brainwave spikes |
purify
sublimate make pure
distill | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation, purify the water |
| taste | experience briefly, The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died |
sample
try
try out
taste | take a sample of, Try these new crackers, Sample the regional dishes |
| taste | perceive by the sense of taste, Can you taste the garlic? |
| taste | distinguish flavors, We tasted wines last night |
| taste savor savour | have flavor, taste of something |
| smack taste c | have a distinctive or characteristic taste, This tastes of nutmeg |
| change taste | alter the flavor of |
pure
vestal
virgin
virginal
virtuous | in a state of sexual virginity, pure and vestal modesty, a spinster or virgin lady, men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal |
| saturated pure | (of color) being chromatically pure, not diluted with white or grey or black |
| in good taste(p) | satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards |
| pure | concerned with theory and data rather than practice, opposed to applied, pure science |
| pure | free from discordant qualities |
e arrant(a)
complete(a)
consummate(a)
double-dyed(a)
everlasting(a)
gross(a)
perfect(a)
pure(a)
sodding(a)
stark(a)
staring(a)
thoroughgoing(a)
utter(a)
unadulterated | without qualification, used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers, an arrant fool, a complete coward, a consummate fool, a double-dyed villain, gross negligence, a perfect idiot, pure folly, what a sodding mess, stark staring mad, a thoroughgoing villain, utter nonsense, the unadulterated truth |
| pure | (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults, sinless, I felt pure and sweet as a new baby- Sylvia Plath, pure as the driven snow |
| pure | free of extraneous elements of any kind, pure air and water, pure gold, pure primary colors, the violin's pure and lovely song, pure tones, pure oxygen |