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(n)
(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
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(orthography) A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἁ, ῥ.
(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.
Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
A wistful or melancholy longing.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
(countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
The state of being willing
British standard spelling of endeavor.
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
A result that one is attempting to achieve.
The action of trying at something.
(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.
(uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
British standard spelling of pretense.
A course of action that a person intends to follow.
The desire to purchase goods and services.
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
The act of pursuing.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
A goal that is striven for.
A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
(gerund of clean) The process of making something clean.
A region of space that contains no matter.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
(specifically) A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
A short break; a rest or respite.
Intention or goal.
A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
An instance of vacuuming.
The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant.
The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
(informal) The lumbar region.
A need or compelling desire for food.
A strong desire; yearning.
A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
A goal or objective.
(often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
(archaic) The act of breathing.
An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
The soul of a person or other creature.
Any spirituous preparation.
(adj)
(sometimes figurative) assurgent, ascending
The act of ascending; an ascent.
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
inspiration; enthusiasm
The act by which something is envisioned.
The act of seeing or looking at something.
Something envisioned.
More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
(rare) The act of watching something; observation.
Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
(art) The techniques that make art aspective as opposed to perspective.
The capability for rational thought.
A feeling of envy.
Something that is intended.
A prayer.
(philosophy of religion, rare) The supposed faculty that causes its possessors to yearn to commune with the “All” of existence.
Alternative spelling of esthesis. [(philosophy, psychology) Elemental awareness of sensory stimulation.]
The act of envisaging.
(obsolete) The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
(philosophy) A relational mental state connecting a person to a proposition, such as believing that, desiring that, or hoping that.
The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
(obsolete) The act of viewing; a look.
A strong impulse or longing to travel.
(literary) Tender, wistful, or melancholic desire; yearning, longing.
The effort of performing or doing something.
A dwelling within, especially lodgement or habitation in the mind or soul.
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
An outgrowth or protruded part.
(by extension) The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
Inspiration.
(philosophy) Desire conceptualized as a generative force rather than a mere lack of something.
(philosophy) The process by which one intends something; intention.
(astrology, divination) The object or goal that is sought in divination.
Synonym of desire line.
Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
A ray or shaft of moonlight.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.