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1: a warmhearted feeling [syn: {warmth}] 2: a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart" [syn: {affection}, {affectionateness}, {fo...

1: imparting heat; "a warming fire" 2: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: {calefacient}] n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising t...

1: a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed

1: in a hearty manner; "`Yes,' the children chorused heartily"; "We welcomed her warmly" [syn: {heartily}, {cordially}] 2: in a warm manner; "warmly dressed"; "warm-clad skiers" [syn: {warm}]

1: the quality of having a moderate degree of heat; "an agreeable warmth in the house" [syn: {warmth}]

1: a person who advocates war or warlike policies [syn: {militarist}]

1: a policy of advocating war [syn: {war advocacy}]

1: the sensation caused by heat energy [syn: {heat}] 2: a warmhearted feeling [syn: {warmheartedness}] 3: the quality of having a moderate degree of heat; "an agreeable warmth in the house" [syn: {war...

1: notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking" 2: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavio...

1: United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958) [syn: {Charles Dudley Warner}] 2: someone who gives a warning to others

1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: {admonitory}, {cautionary}, {exemplary}, {monitory}, {warning(a)}] n 1: a message informing of danger 2: cautio...

1: a bell used to sound an alarm [syn: {tocsin}]

1: conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators; "a skunk's aposematic coloration" [syn: {aposematic coloration}]

1: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event [syn: {alarm}, {alarm system}]

1: a cautionary sign of danger [syn: {red light}]

1: a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future

1: a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war

1: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn: {alarm}, {alert}, {alarum}]

1: a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting [syn: {deflection}] 2: a shape distorted by twisting or folding [syn: {buckle}] 3: a moral or mental distortion [sy...

1: hostile or belligerent mood; "the chief is on the warpath today" 2: a course leading to warfare or battle

1: used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

1: a moral or mental distortion [syn: {warp}]

1: an aircraft designed and used for combat [syn: {military plane}]

1: Australian wild horse [syn: {warrigal}] 2: wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia [syn: {dingo}, {warrigal}, {Canis dingo}]

1: a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts 2: a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to pu...

1: holds rank by virtue of a warrant

1: secured by written agreement [syn: {bonded}, {guaranteed}, {secured}]

1: a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States 2: a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given 3: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will me...

1: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another [syn: {guarantor}, {surety}, {warrantor}]

1: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another [syn: {guarantor}, {surety}, {warranter}]

1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: {guarantee}, {warrant}, {warrantee}]

{war}

1: United States writer and poet (1905-1989) [syn: {Robert Penn Warren}] 2: United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) [syn: {Earl Warren}] 3: a se...

1: 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823) [syn: {Harding}, {Warren Harding}, {President Harding}]

1: 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823) [syn: {Harding}, {Warren Gamaliel Harding}, {President Harding}]

1: maintains a rabbit warren

1: Australian wild horse [syn: {warragal}] 2: wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia [syn: {dingo}, {warragal}, {Canis dingo}]

{war}

1: someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

1: (of persons) befitting a warrior; "a military bearing" [syn: {soldierly}, {soldierlike}, {martial}]

1: struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII [syn: {War of the R...

1: the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland [syn: {Warszawa}, {capital of Poland}]

1: a government ship that is available for waging war [syn: {war vessel}, {combat ship}]

1: the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland [syn: {Warsaw}, {capital of Poland}]

1: any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) 2: (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus [syn: {verruca}]

1: African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks

1: a period of time during which there is armed conflict

1: (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts [syn: {verrucose}, {warty}]

1: not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun [syn: {sun spurge}, {wartwort}, {devil's milk}, {Euphorbia helioscopia}]

1: not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun [syn: {sun spurge}, {wartweed}, {devil's milk}, {Euphorbia helioscopia}]

1: (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts [syn: {verrucose}, {wartlike}]

1: English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the ...

1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: {unwary}] 2: openly distrustful and un...

{be}

1: a thin coat of water-base paint 2: the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) [syn: {washing}, {lavation}] 3: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) [syn: {dr...

1: eliminate; "wash away all the differences" 2: remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away th...

1: eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically; "She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine"; "He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky" 2: flow freely; ...

1: a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other [syn: {wash}]

1: piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing

1: remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the ...