High 音标拼音: [h'ɑɪ]
n . 高,高度,高处
a .
高的,高级的,主要的,高尚的,高原的,高音的,昂贵的,傲慢的
高,高度,高处高的,高级的,主要的,高尚的,高原的,高音的,昂贵的,傲慢的
high 高
high 高
high adv 1 :
at a great altitude ; "
he climbed high on the ladder "
[
synonym : {
high }, {
high up }]
2 :
in or to a high position ,
amount ,
or degree ; "
prices have gone up far too high "
3 :
in a rich manner ; "
he lives high " [
synonym : {
high }, {
richly },
{
luxuriously }]
4 :
far up toward the source ; "
he lives high up the river "
adj 1 :
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount ; "
a high temperature "; "
a high price "; "
the high point of his career "; "
high risks "; "
has high hopes "; "
the river is high "; "
he has a high opinion of himself " [
ant : {
low }]
2 : (
literal meaning )
being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (
sometimes used in combinations like `
knee -
high '); "
a high mountain "; "
high ceilings "; "
high buildings "; "
a high forehead "; "
a high incline "; "
a foot high " [
ant : {
low }]
3 :
standing above others in quality or position ; "
people in high places "; "
the high priest "; "
eminent members of the community " [
synonym : {
eminent }, {
high }]
4 :
used of sounds and voices ;
high in pitch or frequency [
synonym :
{
high }, {
high -
pitched }] [
ant : {
low }, {
low -
pitched }]
5 :
happy and excited and energetic [
synonym : {
high }, {
in high spirits }]
6 : (
used of the smell of meat )
smelling spoiled or tainted [
synonym :
{
gamey }, {
gamy }, {
high }]
7 :
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (
especially marijuana ) [
synonym : {
high }, {
mellow }]
n 1 :
a lofty level or position or degree ; "
summer temperatures reached an all -
time high " [
ant : {
low }]
2 :
an air mass of higher than normal pressure ; "
the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high "
3 :
a state of sustained elation ; "
I '
m on a permanent high these days " [
ant : {
low spirits }]
4 :
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics ; "
they took drugs to get a high on "
5 :
a high place ; "
they stood on high and observed the countryside "; "
he doesn '
t like heights " [
synonym : {
high },
{
heights }]
6 :
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 ; "
he goes to the neighborhood highschool " [
synonym : {
senior high school }, {
senior high }, {
high }, {
highschool }, {
high school }]
7 :
a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed [
synonym : {
high gear },
{
high }]
High \
High \,
v .
i . [
See {
Hie }.]
To hie . [
Obs .]
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Men must high them apace ,
and make haste . --
Holland .
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High \
High \,
a . [
Compar . {
Higher };
superl . {
Highest }.] [
OE .
high ,
hegh ,
hey ,
heh ,
AS .
he ['
a ]
h ,
h ?
h ;
akin to OS .
h ?
h ,
OFries .
hag ,
hach ,
D .
hoog ,
OHG .
h ?
h ,
G .
hoch ,
Icel .
h ?
r ,
Sw .
h ["
o ]
g ,
Dan .
h ["
o ]
i ,
Goth .
hauhs ,
and to Icel .
haugr mound ,
G .
h ["
u ]
gel hill ,
Lith .
kaukaras .]
1 .
Elevated above any starting point of measurement ,
as a line ,
or surface ;
having altitude ;
lifted up ;
raised or extended in the direction of the zenith ;
lofty ;
tall ;
as ,
a high mountain ,
tower ,
tree ;
the sun is high .
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2 .
Regarded as raised up or elevated ;
distinguished ;
remarkable ;
conspicuous ;
superior ; --
used indefinitely or relatively ,
and often in figurative senses ,
which are understood from the connection ;
as (
a )
Elevated in character or quality ,
whether moral or intellectual ;
pre ["
e ]
minent ;
honorable ;
as ,
high aims ,
or motives . "
The highest faculty of the soul ."
--
Baxter .
(
b )
Exalted in social standing or general estimation ,
or in rank ,
reputation ,
office ,
and the like ;
dignified ;
as ,
she was welcomed in the highest circles .
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He was a wight of high renown . --
Shak .
(
c )
Of noble birth ;
illustrious ;
as ,
of high family .
(
d )
Of great strength ,
force ,
importance ,
and the like ;
strong ;
mighty ;
powerful ;
violent ;
sometimes ,
triumphant ;
victorious ;
majestic ,
etc .;
as ,
a high wind ;
high passions . "
With rather a high manner ."
--
Thackeray .
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Strong is thy hand ,
and high is thy right hand .
--
Ps .
lxxxix .
13 .
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Can heavenly minds such high resentment show ?
--
Dryden .
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(
e )
Very abstract ;
difficult to comprehend or surmount ;
grand ;
noble .
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things .
--
Shak .
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Plain living and high thinking are no more .
--
Wordsworth .
(
f )
Costly ;
dear in price ;
extravagant ;
as ,
to hold goods at a high price .
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If they must be good at so high a rate ,
they know they may be safe at a cheaper . --
South .
(
g )
Arrogant ;
lofty ;
boastful ;
proud ;
ostentatious ; --
used in a bad sense .
[
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An high look and a proud heart . . .
is sin .
--
Prov .
xxi .
4 .
[
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His forces ,
after all the high discourses ,
amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot .
--
Clarendon .
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3 .
Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree ;
as ,
high (
i .
e .,
intense )
heat ;
high (
i .
e .,
full or quite )
noon ;
high (
i .
e .,
rich or spicy )
seasoning ;
high (
i .
e .,
complete )
pleasure ;
high (
i .
e .,
deep or vivid )
color ;
high (
i .
e .,
extensive ,
thorough )
scholarship ,
etc .
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High time it is this war now ended were . --
Spenser .
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies .
--
Baker .
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4 . (
Cookery )
Strong -
scented ;
slightly tainted ;
as ,
epicures do not cook game before it is high .
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5 . (
Mus .)
Acute or sharp ; --
opposed to {
grave }
or {
low };
as ,
a high note .
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6 . (
Phon .)
Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate ,
as [=
e ] ([=
e ]
ve ), [=
oo ]
(
f [=
oo ]
d ).
See Guide to Pronunciation , [
sect ][
sect ]
10 ,
11 .
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{
High admiral },
the chief admiral .
{
High altar },
the principal altar in a church .
{
High and dry },
out of water ;
out of reach of the current or tide ; --
said of a vessel ,
aground or beached .
{
High and mighty }
arrogant ;
overbearing . [
Colloq .]
{
High art },
art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display .
{
High bailiff },
the chief bailiff .
{
High Church }, & {
Low Church },
two ecclesiastical parties in the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church .
The high -
churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession ,
and hold ,
in general ,
to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist ,
to baptismal regeneration ,
and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination .
They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship .
Low -
churchmen lay less stress on these points ,
and ,
in many instances ,
reject altogether the peculiar tenets of the high -
church school .
See {
Broad Church }.
{
High constable } (
Law ),
a chief of constabulary .
See {
Constable },
n .,
2 .
{
High commission court },
a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559 .
On account of the abuse of its powers it was abolished in 1641 .
{
High day } (
Script .),
a holy or feast day . --
John xix .
31 .
{
High festival } (
Eccl .),
a festival to be observed with full ceremonial .
{
High German },
or {
High Dutch }.
See under {
German }.
{
High jinks },
an old Scottish pastime ;
hence ,
noisy revelry ;
wild sport . [
Colloq .] "
All the high jinks of the county ,
when the lad comes of age ." --
F .
Harrison .
{
High latitude } (
Geog .),
one designated by the higher figures ;
consequently ,
a latitude remote from the equator .
{
High life },
life among the aristocracy or the rich .
{
High liver },
one who indulges in a rich diet .
{
High living },
a feeding upon rich ,
pampering food .
{
High Mass }. (
R .
C .
Ch .)
See under {
Mass }.
{
High milling },
a process of making flour from grain by several successive grindings and intermediate sorting ,
instead of by a single grinding .
{
High noon },
the time when the sun is in the meridian .
{
High place } (
Script .),
an eminence or mound on which sacrifices were offered .
{
High priest }.
See in the Vocabulary .
{
High relief }. (
Fine Arts )
See {
Alto -
rilievo }.
{
High school }.
See under {
School }.
{
High seas } (
Law ),
the open sea ;
the part of the ocean not in the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty ,
usually distant three miles or more from the coast line .
--
Wharton .
{
High steam },
steam having a high pressure .
{
High steward },
the chief steward .
{
High tea },
tea with meats and extra relishes .
{
High tide },
the greatest flow of the tide ;
high water .
{
High time }.
(
a )
Quite time ;
full time for the occasion .
(
b )
A time of great excitement or enjoyment ;
a carousal .
[
Slang ]
{
High treason },
treason against the sovereign or the state ,
the highest civil offense .
See {
Treason }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as treason simply ,
seeing that petty treason ,
as a distinct offense ,
has been abolished . --
Mozley &
W .
{
High water },
the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the tide ;
also ,
the time of such elevation .
{
High -
water mark }.
(
a )
That line of the seashore to which the waters ordinarily reach at high water .
(
b )
A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a river or other body of fresh water ,
as in time of freshet .
{
High -
water shrub } (
Bot .),
a composite shrub ({
Iva frutescens }),
growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States .
{
High wine },
distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol ; --
usually in the plural .
{
To be on a high horse },
to be on one '
s dignity ;
to bear one '
s self loftily . [
Colloq .]
{
With a high hand }.
(
a )
With power ;
in force ;
triumphantly . "
The children of Israel went out with a high hand ." --
Ex .
xiv .
8 .
(
b )
In an overbearing manner ,
arbitrarily . "
They governed the city with a high hand ." --
Jowett (
Thucyd . ).
Syn :
Tall ;
lofty ;
elevated ;
noble ;
exalted ;
supercilious ;
proud ;
violent ;
full ;
dear .
See {
Tall }.
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High \
High \,
v .
i .
To rise ;
as ,
the sun higheth . [
Obs .]
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High \
High \,
adv .
In a high manner ;
in a high place ;
to a great altitude ;
to a great degree ;
largely ;
in a superior manner ;
eminently ;
powerfully . "
And reasoned high ." --
Milton . "
I can not reach so high ." --
Shak .
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Note :
High is extensively used in the formation of compound words ,
most of which are of very obvious signification ;
as ,
high -
aimed ,
high -
arched ,
high -
aspiring ,
high -
bearing ,
high -
boasting ,
high -
browed ,
high -
crested ,
high -
crowned ,
high -
designing ,
high -
engendered ,
high -
feeding ,
high -
flaming ,
high -
flavored ,
high -
gazing ,
high -
heaped ,
high -
heeled ,
high -
priced ,
high -
reared ,
high -
resolved ,
high -
rigged ,
high -
seated ,
high -
shouldered ,
high -
soaring ,
high -
towering ,
high -
voiced ,
and the like .
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{
High and low },
everywhere ;
in all supposable places ;
as ,
I hunted high and low . [
Colloq .]
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High \
High \,
n .
1 .
An elevated place ;
a superior region ;
a height ;
the sky ;
heaven .
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2 .
People of rank or high station ;
as ,
high and low .
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3 . (
Card Playing )
The highest card dealt or drawn .
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{
High ,
low ,
jack ,
and the game },
a game at cards ; --
also called {
all fours }, {
old sledge },
and {
seven up }.
{
In high and low },
utterly ;
completely ;
in every respect .
[
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
{
On high },
aloft ;
above .
[
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The dayspring from on high hath visited us . --
Luke i .
78 .
{
The Most High },
the Supreme Being ;
God .
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698 Moby Thesaurus words for "
high ":
Dutch courage ,
Gymnasium ,
Hydromatic ,
Latin school ,
Olympian ,
Realgymnasium ,
Realschule ,
a bit much ,
a high ,
abandoned ,
above ,
abovestairs ,
academy ,
accented ,
acme ,
acute ,
aerial ,
afflicted ,
aged ,
aggrandized ,
agog ,
air mass ,
airward ,
airy ,
aloft ,
aloof ,
altitudinous ,
alto ,
alveolar ,
anticyclone ,
apex ,
apical ,
apico -
alveolar ,
apico -
dental ,
apotheosized ,
aquiver ,
aristocratic ,
arousal ,
aroused ,
articulated ,
ascending ,
asking price ,
aspiring ,
assimilated ,
atingle ,
atwitter ,
august ,
automatic transmission ,
awesome ,
back ,
bad ,
bad -
smelling ,
barfy ,
barytone ,
beaming ,
bearish prices ,
beatified ,
befuddlement ,
bent ,
besottedness ,
beyond all bounds ,
bid price ,
big ,
bighearted ,
bilabial ,
blithe ,
blithesome ,
blown ,
boiled ,
boisterous ,
bombed ,
book value ,
boozy ,
boundless ,
brackish ,
bright ,
bright and sunny ,
broad ,
bullish prices ,
bursting ,
bursting with happiness ,
cacuminal ,
call price ,
canned ,
canonized ,
capital ,
carried away ,
catalepsy ,
central ,
cerebral ,
checked ,
cheerful ,
cheery ,
chief ,
chivalrous ,
close ,
closing price ,
cloying ,
cockeyed ,
cockeyed drunk ,
cogwheel ,
cold front ,
cold sector ,
colossal ,
coma ,
consequential ,
considerable ,
consonant ,
consonantal ,
continuant ,
costly ,
crocked ,
crocko ,
cyclone ,
dear ,
dear -
bought ,
decline ,
dental ,
differential ,
differential gear ,
dissimilated ,
distinguished ,
dominating ,
dorsal ,
drugged ,
drunk ,
drunkenness ,
ducal ,
ear -
splitting ,
ebullient ,
ecstatic ,
effervescent ,
egregious ,
elaborate ,
elate ,
elated ,
elevated ,
eminent ,
emotion ,
encephalitis lethargica ,
enchanted ,
ennobled ,
enormous ,
enraptured ,
enravished ,
enshrined ,
enthroned ,
entranced ,
erect ,
ethereal ,
eupeptic ,
euphoric ,
exaggerated ,
exalted ,
excellent ,
excessive ,
excessively ,
excited ,
excitedness ,
excitement ,
exhilarated ,
exhilaration ,
exorbitant ,
expensive ,
extraordinary ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
exuberant ,
exultant ,
fabulous ,
face value ,
falsetto ,
famous ,
fancy ,
favorable ,
fecal ,
fetid ,
fired ,
fixed price ,
flash price ,
flat ,
flurry ,
flushed ,
flutter ,
foremost ,
foul ,
freaked out ,
freewheel ,
fried ,
front ,
frowsty ,
frowy ,
frowzy ,
fuddle ,
fuddled ,
fuddledness ,
fuddlement ,
fulsome ,
funky ,
fusty ,
gamy ,
gear ,
gear train ,
gearbox ,
gearing ,
gearshift ,
gearwheel ,
generous ,
genial ,
genteel ,
gentle ,
gentlemanlike ,
gentlemanly ,
gigantic ,
glad ,
gladsome ,
glide ,
glorified ,
glorious ,
glossal ,
glottal ,
glowing ,
gluttonous ,
godlike ,
grammar school ,
grand ,
grave ,
graveolent ,
great ,
great of heart ,
greathearted ,
guttural ,
half -
seas over ,
handsome ,
hangover ,
happy ,
hard ,
haughty ,
heavy ,
height ,
heinous ,
held in awe ,
heroic ,
high and mighty ,
high school ,
high up ,
high -
class ,
high -
flown ,
high -
frequency ,
high -
headed ,
high -
minded ,
high -
nosed ,
high -
pitched ,
high -
pressure area ,
high -
priced ,
high -
reaching ,
high -
set ,
high -
sounding ,
high -
tasted ,
high -
toned ,
high -
up ,
highfalutin ,
highfaluting ,
hilarious ,
hopeful ,
hopped up ,
huge ,
hyperbolic ,
hypertrophied ,
icky ,
idealistic ,
ill -
smelling ,
illuminated ,
immoderate ,
immoderately ,
immortal ,
immortalized ,
imparadised ,
impassioned ,
important ,
in ecstasies ,
in good spirits ,
in heaven ,
in high spirits ,
in paradise ,
in raptures ,
in seventh heaven ,
in the air ,
in the clouds ,
incontinent ,
inebriated ,
inebriation ,
inebriety ,
inflamed ,
inordinate ,
inordinately ,
insobriety ,
intemperate ,
intemperately ,
intermediate ,
intermediate school ,
intonated ,
intoxicated ,
intoxication ,
irrepressible ,
isobar ,
isometric ,
isometric line ,
isopiestic line ,
isotherm ,
isothermal line ,
issue par ,
issue price ,
jubilant ,
junior high ,
junior high school ,
katzenjammer ,
keyed up ,
kinglike ,
kingly ,
knightly ,
labial ,
labiodental ,
labiovelar ,
ladylike ,
large ,
largehearted ,
lateral ,
lathered up ,
lauded ,
laughing ,
lavish ,
lax ,
leading ,
lethargy ,
liberal ,
lifted ,
light ,
lingual ,
liquid ,
lit ,
lit up ,
loaded ,
lofty ,
low ,
low -
pressure area ,
lubricated ,
lushy ,
luxurious ,
maggoty ,
magnanimous ,
magnificent ,
magnified ,
majestic ,
malodorous ,
manic ,
manic state ,
market price ,
market value ,
mawkish ,
maximum ,
mephitic ,
merry ,
mezzo -
soprano ,
miasmal ,
miasmic ,
mid ,
middle school ,
mighty ,
mildewed ,
mildewy ,
moldy ,
momentous ,
monophthongal ,
monstrous ,
monumental ,
morning after ,
mounting ,
moved ,
musty ,
muted ,
muzzy ,
narcohypnosis ,
narcolepsy ,
narcoma ,
narcosis ,
narcotic stupor ,
narcotization ,
narrow ,
nasal ,
nasalized ,
nasty ,
nauseant ,
nauseating ,
nauseous ,
neutral ,
nidorous ,
noble ,
noble -
minded ,
nod ,
noisome ,
nominal value ,
not affordable ,
noxious ,
occluded front ,
occlusive ,
odorous ,
of gentle blood ,
of good cheer ,
of great cost ,
of rank ,
off ,
offensive ,
offering price ,
oiled ,
olid ,
on cloud nine ,
on high ,
on stilts ,
on the peak ,
on tiptoe ,
open ,
openhanded ,
opening price ,
optimistic ,
organized ,
out of bounds ,
out of sight ,
outrageous ,
outtopping ,
over ,
overbig ,
overdeveloped ,
overdrive ,
overgreat ,
overgrown ,
overhead ,
overjoyed ,
overjoyful ,
overlarge ,
overlooking ,
overmuch ,
overripe ,
overtopping ,
overweening ,
oxytone ,
palatal ,
palatalized ,
par ,
par value ,
parity ,
patrician ,
peak ,
penetrating ,
pharyngeal ,
pharyngealized ,
phonemic ,
phonetic ,
phonic ,
pickled ,
pie -
eyed ,
piercing ,
pissed ,
pissy -
eyed ,
pitch ,
pitched ,
plastered ,
pleasant ,
poisonous ,
polar front ,
polluted ,
possessed ,
posttonic ,
pot -
valiance ,
pot -
valor ,
potted ,
premium ,
prep school ,
preparatory school ,
price ,
pricey ,
princelike ,
princely ,
principal ,
prodigal ,
prodigally ,
prominent ,
public school ,
put price ,
putrid ,
queenlike ,
queenly ,
quite the lady ,
quotation ,
quoted price ,
rack ,
raddled ,
radiant ,
raised ,
rally ,
rampant ,
rancid ,
rank ,
rapt ,
raptured ,
rapturous ,
ravished ,
ready to burst ,
reasty ,
reasy ,
rebarbative ,
record ,
reechy ,
reeking ,
reeky ,
renowned ,
repulsive ,
retroflex ,
reverse ,
rhapsodic ,
riant ,
rich ,
ripe ,
rosy ,
rotten ,
rounded ,
roused ,
sainted ,
sanctified ,
sanguine ,
sanguineous ,
secondary school ,
sedation ,
seminary ,
semivowel ,
senior high ,
senior high school ,
sent ,
serious ,
settling price ,
sharp ,
shellacked ,
shock ,
shrill ,
shrined ,
sickening ,
skunk -
drunk ,
skyward ,
sleeping sickness ,
smashed ,
smellful ,
smelling ,
smelly ,
smiling ,
soaked ,
soaring ,
soft ,
sonant ,
sopor ,
soprano ,
sottedness ,
sour ,
soured ,
soused ,
spaced out ,
spacy ,
sparkling ,
spiring ,
spoiled ,
squall line ,
squeaky ,
squiffy ,
stale ,
standard transmission ,
stated value ,
stationary front ,
steamed up ,
steep ,
stenchy ,
stewed ,
stick shift ,
stiff ,
stilted ,
stimulated ,
stimulation ,
stinking ,
stinko ,
stirred ,
stirred up ,
stoned ,
stopped ,
straight up ,
stressed ,
strident ,
strong ,
strong -
flavored ,
strong -
tasting ,
stuffy ,
stupor ,
sublime ,
sulfurous ,
sumptuous ,
sunny ,
superb ,
supereminent ,
superior ,
superlative ,
supernal ,
surd ,
swacked ,
swings ,
swoon ,
sybaritic ,
syllabic ,
synchromesh ,
tainted ,
tall ,
tanked ,
tenor ,
tense ,
thanatosis ,
thick ,
thrilled ,
throaty ,
throned ,
tight ,
tingling ,
tingly ,
tipsiness ,
tipsy ,
tiptoe ,
titled ,
to excess ,
to extremes ,
to the zenith ,
tonal ,
tonic ,
too much ,
top ,
topless ,
toplofty ,
topping ,
towering ,
towery ,
trance ,
transmission ,
transported ,
treble ,
turbulent ,
turned ,
turned on ,
turned -
on ,
twangy ,
unaccented ,
unbridled ,
unconscionable ,
undue ,
unpayable ,
unreasonable ,
unrestrained ,
unrounded ,
unstressed ,
up ,
upcast ,
upflung ,
uplifted ,
upraised ,
upreared ,
upright ,
upstairs ,
upthrown ,
upward ,
upwards ,
velar ,
vile ,
violent ,
vocalic ,
vocoid ,
voiced ,
voiceless ,
vomity ,
vowel ,
vowellike ,
warm front ,
weak ,
weather map ,
weevily ,
weighty ,
whipped up ,
wide ,
wind -
shift line ,
winsome ,
without restraint ,
worked up ,
wrought up ,
yeasty ,
yucky ,
zonked
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