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• heart-warm|ing — «HAHRT WR mihng», adjective. tending to arouse warm and sympathetic feelings; sentimental; endearing: »the antique, the picturesque, and the unabashedly heart warming (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

• heart-warming — heartwarming heart warm ing, heart warming heart warm ingadj. causing gladness and pleasure; used mostly of the actions of people, and sometimes of animals; as, Is there a sight more heart warming than a family reunion?. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• heart — cow·heart·ed; dis·heart·en·ment; down·heart·ed·ness; great·heart·ed·ly; great·heart·ed·ness; heart; heart·ed; heart·ed·ness; heart·en; heart·ful; heart·i·ly; heart·i·ness; heart·less; heart·rend·ing·ly; heart·some; kind·heart·ed·ness;… …   English syllables

• melt´ing|ly — melt «mehlt», verb, melt|ed, melt|ed or mol|ten, melt|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to change from a solid to a liquid by applying h …   Useful english dictionary

• heartwarming — heart|warm|ing [ˈha:tˌwo:mıŋ US ˈha:rtˌwo:r ] adj making you feel happy because you see other people being happy or kind to each other ▪ a heartwarming sight >heartwarmingly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• heartwarming — heart|warm|ing [ hart,wɔrmıŋ ] adjective making you feel happy, usually because other people are being kind: It s really heartwarming to see such generosity. a heartwarming tale …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• heartwarming — heart•warm•ing [[t]ˈhɑrtˌwɔr mɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) tenderly moving: a heartwarming story[/ex] 2) gratifying; rewarding: a heartwarming public response to the appeal[/ex] • Etymology: 1895–1900 …   From formal English to slang

• heartwarming — heart warm ing, heart warming heart warm ingadj. causing gladness and pleasure; used mostly of the actions of people, and sometimes of animals; as, Is there a sight more heart warming than a family reunion?. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cetacean — cetaceous, adj. /si tay sheuhn/, adj. 1. belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. n. 2. a cetacean mammal. [1830 40; < NL Cetace(a) name of the order (see CET , ACEA) + AN] * * *… …   Universalium

• England — /ing gleuhnd/ or, often, / leuhnd/, n. the largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 45,870,062; 50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Cap.: London. * * * I Southern part of the island… …   Universalium