to include in your next poem/story
Achilles - the greatest warrior among the Greeks at Troy and slayer of Hector
Astral - elevated in station or position; exalted
Caviare - something considered the best of its kind
Empyreal - sublime (i.e., tending to inspire awe usually because of elevated quality such as of beauty, nobility, or grandeur; or transcendent excellence)
Forfend - protect, preserve
Hamartia - tragic flaw
Iliadic - referring to a series of miseries or disastrous events
Incarnadine - having the pinkish color of flesh; or bloodred
Lissome - nimble
Paradisiacal - of, relating to, or resembling paradise
Paroxysm - a sudden violent emotion or action; outburst
Portent - prodigy (i.e., something extraordinary or inexplicable)
Prognostication - an indication in advance; foretoken
Puissance - strength, power
Rancor - bitter deep-seated ill will
Reunification - unification after a period of separation
Sapient - possessing or expressing great sagacity (i.e., the quality of acute discernment)
Soothsaying - the act of foretelling events; prophecy
Trojan - a merry and often irresponsible or disreputable companion
Underbelly - a vulnerable area
Vaticination - prediction; the act of prophesying
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on dying gently.
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Any fancy temperature words? Like replacements for hot, cold and whatever in between
Algid - cold
Arctic - bitter cold
Ardent - fiery, hot
Balmy - mild, temperate
Blazing - of outstanding power, speed, heat, or intensity
Calenture - a fever formerly supposed to affect sailors in the tropics
Cryogenic - being or relating to very low temperatures
Decalescence - the decrease in temperature when the rate of heat absorption during transformation exceeds the rate of heat input while heating metal through a transformation range
Febrile - marked or caused by fever; feverish
Febrility - feverishness
Fervent - very hot; glowing
Fervid - very hot; burning
Frigid - intensely cold
Frore - frosty, frozen
Frosty - briskly cold; chilly
Gelid - extremely cold; icy
Glacial - extremely cold
Hibernal - of, relating to, or occurring in winter
Hyperthermic - exceptionally high fever especially when induced artificially for therapeutic purposes
Hypothermic - subnormal temperature of the body
Igneous - of, relating to, or resembling fire; fiery
Lukewarm - moderately warm; tepid
Molten - having warmth or brilliance
Pyrexia - abnormal elevation of body temperature; fever
Recalescence - the increase in temperature when the rate of heat liberation during transformation exceeds the rate of heat dissipation while cooling metal through a transformation range
Rigorous - marked by extremes of temperature or climate
Rime - frost
Scalding - hot enough to scald
Searing - very hot
Steamy - hot and humid
Tepid - moderately warm; lukewarm
Thermogenic - relating to, caused by, or inducing the production of heat
Torrid - giving off intense heat; scorching
Wintry - of, relating to, or characteristic of winter; chilly
Xerothermic - characterized by heat and dryness
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