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(adj)
Resembling or characteristic of pepper, especially in having a spicy taste.
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Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.
Of a blue hue.
Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy.
Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy.
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
Alternative spelling of gamey. [Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.]
(British, Canada, Australian and New Zealand spelling) Alternative form of savory. [Tasty, attractive to the palate.]
Tasty, attractive to the palate.
Having lots of juice.
(US) Alternative form of risqué. [Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate.]
Having sex appeal; attractive.
Mildly risqué.
Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.
Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
(n)
(countable, uncountable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.
(uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
(loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings
Of, pertaining to, or formed from spicules.
Of or pertaining to a condiment.
(zoology) Any wasp of the subfamily Vespinae.
Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
Of or relating to fire.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of spiritualism.
(physics) Of or pertaining to spurions.
Provoking a reaction of interest or excitement.
(archaic, botany) Of, relating to, or resembling spinach, or plants in family Amaranthaceae (syn. Spinaciaceae).
Of or relating to spasms; spastic.
(anatomy, zootomy) Of or relating to the spine.
Pertaining to, or like, an asp (the snake).
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling fire; fiery.
Of or pertaining to, or associated, dealing, concerned, or connected with, spiritism (a.k.a. modern spiritualism); spiritualistic.
Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
Of or pertaining to sporinite.
Of, relating to, or containing meat.
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling spam (junk e-mail).
Of or relating to spirifers.
Of, or related to volcanism.
(archaic) Of or relating to spasms; spastic.
(adv)
In a spiritual manner; according to the spirit; spiritually.
Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
Of, pertaining to, or perceived by sense or the senses; sensory; sensual; sensible.
Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
(colloquial, derogatory or offensive in the UK and Ireland)
Of or pertaining to texture.
Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.
Of or pertaining to the southwest.
(linguistics, dated) Relating to a spirant or fricative.
Of, relating to or pertaining to space, especially outer space; space-like.
Of or pertaining to cinnamon
A scorpion-like creature.
Misspelling of pertinent. [Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.]
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
Of, pertaining to, or containing pustules.
Pertaining to (the dimension of) space.
Having a lot of powder.
Of, relating to, or emitting perfume.
Of, or relating to sciatica.
Of or pertaining to gustation, the sense of taste.
Of or pertaining to a spirochete or spirochetes.
Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
Causing or exciting sensation.
Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol.
That which secretes.
Relating to spores, especially to their distribution.
(informal) Scientific; of or pertaining to science.
(geology) Of or relating to spilite.
Of or pertaining to laryngospasm.
Of or pertaining to an allergen.
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.
Of, or pertaining to being an extravert.
Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from, impetigo.
Of or pertaining to the sphincter.
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
Having an allergy.
Nitric acid.
Of or pertaining to sperm.
Of or pertaining to paresthesia.
Having, or having to do with, a spasm or spasms
Related or connected to science:
Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
Painful, excruciating, torturing.
Of or relating to eating or tasting.
Any drug or other substance containing arsenic.
Relating to or producing vasospasm.
Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.
Of, or pertaining to, combustion.