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beauteous |
beautiful. |
beautification |
the process of making (something) beautiful, or the results of such a process. |
beautify |
to make beautiful. |
beauty |
the quality of being beautiful or pleasing to the senses; loveliness. [1/4 definitions] |
calligraphy |
the art of beautiful handwriting. [1/3 definitions] |
divine |
(informal) extremely good, beautiful, or pleasing. [1/12 definitions] |
dream |
a thing or person that is absolutely beautiful or perfect. [1/13 definitions] |
drink |
to take in (usu. something pleasing or beautiful) through the senses (usu. fol. by "in"). [1/12 definitions] |
galaxy |
a group of brilliant, beautiful, or prominent people. [1/3 definitions] |
gold |
something comparable to gold in being regarded as beautiful, desirable, valuable, or the like. [1/11 definitions] |
good-looking |
attractive or pleasing in appearance; beautiful or handsome. |
gorgeous |
exceptionally beautiful; splendid. |
heavenly |
wonderful or beautiful. [1/2 definitions] |
Helen of Troy |
in Greek legend and The Iliad, the beautiful woman of Sparta whose abduction started the Trojan War. |
houri |
a beautiful young woman. [2 definitions] |
lovely |
physically beautiful in an especially charming way. [1/3 definitions] |
nonesuch |
a person or thing that has no equal; someone or something uniquely excellent, skilled, beautiful, or the like. |
nymph |
a beautiful or graceful girl or young woman. [1/3 definitions] |
outshine |
to be better, more beautiful, or more splendid than. [1/2 definitions] |
pearl |
a person or thing considered to be beautiful or valuable. [1/8 definitions] |
phoenix |
(sometimes cap.) in Egyptian mythology, a beautiful bird that lives for about five hundred years, sets itself on fire, and rises reborn from the ashes, symbolizing immortality. |
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