| acuity |
sharpness or keenness, as of sense perception or understanding. |
| add up |
to bring one to a logical conclusion; to make sense. [1/2 definitions] |
| admissible |
capable or deserving of being admitted or conceded; allowable, esp. in a legal sense. |
| affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. [1/5 definitions] |
| allegorize |
to perceive or understand in an abstract or symbolic sense. [1/3 definitions] |
| artistic |
having a sense of discrimination or taste. [1/3 definitions] |
| auditory |
of or pertaining to hearing or the sense of hearing. |
| bat2 |
any of various usu. night-flying mammals that have wings that are covered with membranes, and that sense objects mostly by means of reflected sound waves rather than by vision. |
| bearing |
(often pl.) position in relation to other things; sense of direction. [1/5 definitions] |
| bloodhound |
a large hound with a particularly keen sense of smell, long ears, and baggy skin, used chiefly for tracking humans or animals. |
| caesura |
a break or hesitation in a line of verse, usu. necessitated by the sense of the words. |
| chemoreception |
the response of a sense organ or nerve ending to a chemical stimulus. |
| compare apples to oranges |
to liken two things that make no sense to be likened because they are not alike all. |
| comprehend |
mentally or emotionally come to terms with or make logical sense of; grasp the reality of or reasons behind. [1/3 definitions] |
| confidence |
a sense of assurance, faith, or trust in a person or thing. [2/4 definitions] |
| confusion |
a sense of imbalance, lack of clarity, or bewilderment. [1/4 definitions] |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| contraband |
during the American Civil War, a slave under the Confederacy who fled to or was taken into territory occupied by Union forces. Such fugitive slaves were, in a sense, free, in that they were not returned by the Union to Confederate slave owners. Instead, however, they were declared captured enemy war materials, or "contraband of war." Thousands of contrabands worked as paid, though exploited, laborers for the Union. [1/5 definitions] |
| crackbrain |
a person without sense or reason; one who is insane. |
| daft |
lacking good sense; insane; witless. [1/2 definitions] |
| deaf |
partly or totally lacking the sense of hearing. [1/2 definitions] |