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| adjust |
to bring to a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, relationship, position, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| adjustable |
able to be adjusted; able to be made into a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, position, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| asset |
a useful or desirable quality or thing. [2/3 definitions] |
| best |
most satisfactory; most desirable. [1/11 definitions] |
| better |
in a more desirable or excellent manner. [1/14 definitions] |
| dangle |
to offer or seem to offer (something desirable) so as to tempt or motivate. [1/3 definitions] |
| desert1 |
a place deficient in some desirable quality. [1/5 definitions] |
| desolate |
without those things necessary or desirable for life; bleak; barren. [1/6 definitions] |
| eligible |
fit, worthy, or desirable, esp. for marriage. [1/2 definitions] |
| enrich |
to provide with an increased quantity of any valuable or desirable thing or quality. [1/4 definitions] |
| gold |
something comparable to gold in being regarded as beautiful, desirable, valuable, or the like. [1/11 definitions] |
| gold mine |
(informal) a source of something very desirable or valuable, such as information or money. [1/2 definitions] |
| good |
having qualities that are desired, enjoyed, or beneficial; desirable. [1/25 definitions] |
| goody |
(informal; usu. pl.) something that is very pleasing, delightful, or desirable, esp. something sweet or delicious to eat. [1/2 definitions] |
| hunk |
(slang) a desirable, usu. well-built man. [1/2 definitions] |
| loquacious |
containing more words or dialogue than desirable; wordy. [1/2 definitions] |
| lure |
anything that attracts by some desirable quality. [2/3 definitions] |
| made-to-order |
exceptionally fitting, suitable, useful, or desirable. [1/2 definitions] |
| make good time |
to travel at a very desirable pace. |
| manly |
possessing qualities that are considered to be desirable in or befitting a man; masculine. |
| margin |
a limit beyond which something is no longer desirable or beyond which something no longer exists. [1/9 definitions] |
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