| stick insect | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. stick insect, walking stick, walkingstick | any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies. |
| ~ phasmid, phasmid insect | large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects. |
| ~ family phasmatidae, family phasmidae, phasmatidae, phasmidae | stick insects. |
| ~ diapheromera, diapheromera femorata | a variety of stick insect. |
| comfortable | | |
| adj. | 1. comfortable, comfy | providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal).; "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ cosy, cozy, snug | enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space.; "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment" |
| ~ easy | affording comfort.; "soft light that was easy on the eyes" |
| ~ homelike, homey, homy, homely | having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable.; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn" |
| ~ soothing | affording physical relief.; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn" |
| adj. | 2. comfortable | free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind.; "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared"; "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong"; "was comfortable in his religious beliefs"; "she's a comfortable person to be with"; "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents" |
| ~ comforted | made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress.; "the news make her feel comforted" |
| ~ easy | free from worry or anxiety.; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words" |
| adj. | 3. comfortable | more than adequate.; "the home team had a comfortable lead" |
| ~ wide | great in degree.; "won by a wide margin" |
| adj. | 4. comfortable | sufficient to provide comfort.; "a comfortable salary" |
| ~ sufficient | of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant.; "sufficient food" |
| adj. | 5. comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community" |
| ~ rich | possessing material wealth.; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" |
| airy | | |
| adj. | 1. aired, airy | open to or abounding in fresh air.; "airy rooms" |
| ~ ventilated | exposed to air.; "a well ventilated room" |
| adj. | 2. airy, impractical, laputan, visionary, windy | not practical or realizable; speculative.; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" |
| ~ utopian | characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection.; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes" |
| adj. | 3. airy | having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air.; "airy gauze curtains" |
| ~ light | of comparatively little physical weight or density.; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C" |
| adj. | 4. aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| ~ insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal | lacking material form or substance; unreal.; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" |
| wake | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. aftermath, backwash, wake | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).; "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| n. (location) | 2. wake, wake island | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii. |
| ~ battle of wake, battle of wake island | in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines. |
| ~ island | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. |
| ~ pacific, pacific ocean | the largest ocean in the world. |
| n. (event) | 3. backwash, wake | the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward.; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| n. (act) | 4. viewing, wake | a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial.; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" |
| ~ vigil, watch | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival). |
| v. (body) | 5. wake | be awake, be alert, be there. |
| ~ sit up, stay up | not go to bed.; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election" |
| v. (body) | 6. arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken | stop sleeping.; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" |
| ~ catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber | be asleep. |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake | arouse or excite feelings and passions.; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ ferment | work up into agitation or excitement.; "Islam is fermenting Africa" |
| v. (communication) | 8. wake | make aware of.; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation" |
| ~ alert, alarm | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" |
| v. (body) | 9. arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken | cause to become awake or conscious.; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." |
| ~ reawaken | awaken once again. |
| ~ bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | return to consciousness.; "These pictures bring back sad memories" |
| ~ call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call.; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| comfortable | | |
| refreshing | | |
| adj. | 1. bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic | imparting vitality and energy.; "the bracing mountain air" |
| ~ invigorating | imparting strength and vitality.; "the invigorating mountain air" |
| adj. | 2. novel, refreshing | pleasantly new or different.; "common sense of a most refreshing sort" |
| ~ new | not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered.; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" |
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