Word Meanings - NECTAREOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean. Pope. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ness, n.

Related words: (words related to NECTAREOUS)

• NECTARINE
  Nectareous. Milton.
• NECTARIZE
  To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. Cockeram.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• NECTARIFEROUS
  Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• NECTAR
  The drink of the gods ; hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
• NECTARY
  That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• NECTARIED
  Having a nectary.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• DELICIOUSNESS
  1. The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast. 2. Luxury. "To drive away all superfluity and deliciousness." Sir T. North.
• DELICIOUS
  1. Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming. Some delicious landscape. Coleridge. One draught of spring's delicious air. Keble. Were not his words delicious Tennyson.
• NECTARIAL
  Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.
• NECTAREOUS
  Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean. Pope. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Nec*ta"re*ous*ness, n.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• NECTARED
  Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar. Milton.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.