N. receptacle,
inclosure,
recipient, receiver,
reservatory,
compartment, cell,
cellule,
follicle, hole, corner,
niche,
recess,
nook,
crypt,
stall,
pigeonhole,
cove,
oriel, cave,
capsule,
vesicle,
cyst,
pod,
calyx,
cancelli,
utricle, bladder,
pericarp,
udder, stomach,
paunch,
venter,
ventricle, crop,
craw,
maw,
gizzard,
breadbasket, mouth,
pocket,
pouch,
fob,
sheath,
scabbard,
socket,
bag, sac,
sack,
saccule,
wallet,
cardcase,
scrip,
poke,
knit,
knapsack,
haversack,
sachel,
satchel,
reticule,
budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box,
housewife, hussif,
saddlebags,
portfolio,
quiver, chest, box,
coffer,
caddy, case,
casket,
pyx,
pix,
caisson,
desk,
bureau,
reliquary, trunk,
portmanteau, band-box,
valise,
grip, grip sack,
skippet,
vasculum,
boot, imperial, vache,
cage,
manger,
rack, vessel,
vase,
bushel, barrel,
canister,
jar,
pottle,
basket,
pannier,
buck-basket,
hopper, maund|,
creel,
cran,
crate,
cradle,
bassinet,
wisket,
whisket,
jardiniere, corbeille,
hamper,
dosser,
dorser,
tray,
hod,
scuttle,
utensil,
brazier,
cuspidor,
spittoon,
cistern,
vat,
caldron, barrel,
cask, drum,
puncheon,
keg,
rundlet,
tun,
butt,
cag,
firkin,
kilderkin,
carboy,
amphora,
bottle,
jar,
decanter,
ewer,
cruse, caraffe,
crock,
kit,
canteen,
flagon,
demijohn,
flask,
flasket,
stoup,
noggin,
vial,
phial,
cruet, caster,
urn,
epergne,
salver,
patella,
tazza,
patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg,
nipperkin, pocket pistol,
tub,
bucket,
pail,
skeel, pot,
tankard,
jug, pitcher,
mug,
pipkin,
galipot,
gallipot,
matrass, receiver,
retort,
alembic,
bolthead,
capsule, can,
kettle,
bowl, basin,
jorum, punch bowl, cup,
goblet,
chalice,
tumbler, glass,
rummer, horn,
saucepan,
skillet, posnet|,
tureen,
beaker,
flask, erlenmeyer flask, florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube,
pipette, pasteur pipette, disposable pipette,
syringe,
vial,
carboy, vacuum flask, petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube,
bail,
beaker,
billy,
canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk,
schooner,
spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate,
platter,
dish,
trencher,
calabash,
porringer,
potager,
saucer, pan,
crucible,
glassware,
tableware, vitrics,
compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish,
mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish,
shovel,
trowel,
spoon,
spatula,
ladle,
dipper,
tablespoon, watch glass,
thimble,
closet,
commode,
cupboard,
cellaret, chiffonniere, locker,
bin,
bunker,
buffet, press,
clothespress, safe,
sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire|, secretary, secretaire,
davenport,
bookcase, cabinet, canterbury,
escritoire,
etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room,
cabin, office, court, hall,
atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story,
saloon,
salon,
parlor,
by-room,
cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet,
closet,
pew, box,
boudoir,
adytum,
sanctum,
bedroom,
dormitory,
refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger,
nursery,
schoolroom, library, study,
studio, billiard room, smoking room, den,
stateroom, tablinum,
tenement, bath room, bathroom,
toilet,
lavatory, powder room, john,
jakes, necessary,
loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room,
[fixtures: see 653 (uncleanness)], attic,
loft,
garret,
cockloft,
clerestory,
cellar,
vault, hold,
cockpit,
cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement,
kitchen,
pantry, bawarchi-khana,
scullery, offices,
storeroom, lumber room,
dairy,
laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse,
penthouse,
lean-to,
portico,
porch,
stoop,
stope,
veranda,
patio, lanai,
terrace, deck,
lobby, court,
courtyard, hall,
vestibule,
corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber,
lounge,
piazza,
conservatory,
greenhouse, bower,
arbor,
summerhouse,
alcove,
grotto,
hermitage,
lodging, bed, carriage
Adj. capsular,
saccular,
sacculated,
recipient,
ventricular,
cystic, vascular,
vesicular, cellular,
camerated,
locular,
multilocular,
polygastric,
marsupial,
siliquose,
siliquous, 1, general dimensions
N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action, reason, ground, call, principle, by end, by purpose,
mainspring,
primum mobile,
keystone, the why and the wherefore, pro and con, reason why, secret motive, arriere pensee, intention, inducement, consideration, attraction,
loadstone, magnet, magnetism, magnetic force, allectation|, allective|,
temptation,
enticement, agacerie,
allurement,
witchery,
bewitchment,
bewitchery, charm,
spell,
fascination,
blandishment,
cajolery,
seduction,
seducement, honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple,
persuasibility,
persuasibleness,
attractability,
impressibility,
susceptibility, softness,
persuasiveness, attractiveness,
tantalization, influence,
prompting,
dictate, instance, impulse,
impulsion,
incitement,
incitation, press,
instigation,
provocation, inspiration,
persuasion,
suasion, encouragement,
advocacy,
exhortation, advice,
solicitation, lobbyism, pull*, incentive,
stimulus,
spur,
fillip,
whip,
goad, ankus,
rowel,
provocative,
whet,
dram,
bribe,
lure,
decoy, decoy duck,
bait, trail of a red herring, bribery and corruption,
sop, sop for cerberus,
prompter,
tempter,
seducer, seductor,
instigator,
firebrand,
incendiary,
siren,
circe, agent provocateur,
lobbyist V. induce, move, draw, draw on, bring in its train, give an impulse, to,
inspire, put up to,
prompt, call up,
attract,
beckon,
stimulate, spirit up, inspirit,
rouse,
arouse,
animate,
incite,
foment,
provoke,
instigate, set on,
actuate, act upon, work upon, operate upon,
encourage, pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder, influence, weigh with,
bias,
sway,
incline,
dispose,
predispose, turn the scale,
inoculate, lead by the nose, have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, go round, come round one, turn the head,
magnetize,
lobby,
persuade, prevail with, prevail upon, overcome, carry, bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses, draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over,
procure,
enlist,
engage,
invite, court,
tempt,
seduce,
overpersuade,
entice,
allure,
captivate,
fascinate,
bewitch, carry away, charm,
conciliate,
wheedle,
coax,
lure,
inveigle,
tantalize,
cajole, tamper with,
bribe,
suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook,
enforce, force,
impel,
propel,
whip,
lash,
goad,
spur,
prick,
urge, egg on,
hound, hurry on,
drag,
exhort,
advise, call upon &c. press, advocate, set an example, set the fashion, keep in countenance, be persuaded &c, yield to temptation, come round,
concede, obey a call, follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of, act on principle
Adj. impulsive, motive,
suasive,
suasory,
persuasive,
persuasory,
hortative,
hortatory, protreptical|,
inviting,
tempting,
&c. v,
suasive,
suasory,
seductive, attractive,
fascinating,
provocative, induced, disposed,
persuadable,
spellbound, instinct with, smitten with,
infatuated, inspired, by
Adv. because, therefore, from this motive, from that motive, for this reason, for that reason, for, by reason of, for the sake of, count of, out of, from, as, forasmuch as, for all the world, on principle
Phr. fax mentis incendium gloriae, "temptation hath a music for all ears" "to beguile many and be beguiled by one"
N. method, way, manner, wise,
gait, form, mode, fashion, tone,
guise, modus operandi, mo, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road,
trajectory, orbit,
track, beat,
tack, steps,
stair,
staircase, flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile, perron, bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon, steppingstone,
plank,
gangway,
drawbridge, pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel, pipe, door,
gateway, channel, passage,
avenue, means of access, approach,
adit,
artery,
lane,
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel,
roadway,
pathway,
stairway, express,
thoroughfare,
highway,
turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, king's highway, queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk,
trottoir,
footpath,
pavement, flags,
sidewalk,
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway, cut, short cut, carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways,
railroad, railway, tram road,
tramway,
towpath,
causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another,
anyhow, somehow or other, by way of,
via,
in transitu, on the high road to
Phr. hae tibi erunt artes