Definition of sweet
Adjectives
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
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sugary
containing sugar
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tasty
pleasing to the sense of taste
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cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly
overly sweet
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sweetish
somewhat sweet
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sour
having a sharp biting taste
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dry
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
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soured
having turned bad
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tasty
pleasing to the sense of taste
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acerb, acerbic, astringent
sour or bitter in taste
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acetose, acetous, vinegarish, vinegary
tasting or smelling like vinegar
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acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous
being sour to the taste
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lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy, tart
tasting sour like a lemon
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subacid
slightly sour to the taste
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having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
"a sweet disposition"
pleasing to the ear
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- dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
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melodic, melodious, musical
containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
pleasing to the senses
"the sweet song of the lark"
"the sweet face of a child"
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pleasing
giving pleasure and satisfaction
pleasing to the mind or feeling
"sweet revenge"
- Synonyms:
- gratifying
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pleasing
giving pleasure and satisfaction
having a natural fragrance
- Synonyms:
- odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
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fragrant
pleasant-smelling
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
"sweet dessert wines"
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sugary
containing sugar
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dry
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
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nonsweet, sugarless
not containing sugar
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sour
having a sharp biting taste
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brut
(of champagne) extremely dry
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medium-dry
of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry
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sec, unsweet
(of champagne) moderately dry
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not containing or composed of salt water
- Synonyms:
- fresh
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salty
containing or filled with salt
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tasty
pleasing to the sense of taste
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brackish, briny
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
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saliferous
containing or yielding salt
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saline
containing salt
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saltish
somewhat salty
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with sweetening added
- Synonyms:
- sugared, sweet-flavored, sweetened
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sugary
containing sugar
Nouns
a dish served as the last course of a meal
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ambrosia
fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
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baked Alaska
cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven
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blancmange
sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
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charlotte
a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
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charlotte russe
lady fingers enclosing Bavarian cream
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compote, fruit compote
dessert of stewed or baked fruit
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dumpling
dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
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apple dumpling
apples wrapped in pastry and baked
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flan
open pastry filled with fruit or custard
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frozen dessert
any of various desserts prepared by freezing
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frappe, ice
a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
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ice cream, icecream
frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring
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ice-cream cone
ice cream in a crisp conical wafer
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sherbert, sherbet
a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
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ice lolly, lollipop, lolly, popsicle
ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
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ice milk
similar to ice cream but made of milk
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frozen yogurt
a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt
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snowball
ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
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snowball
ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
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parfait
layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream
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ice-cream sundae, sundae
ice cream served with a topping
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split
a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
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frozen pudding
a chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquor
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frozen custard, soft ice cream
dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base
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ice-cream cake, icebox cake
ice cream molded to look like a cake
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junket
dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
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mousse
a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream
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chocolate mousse
dessert mousse made with chocolate
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pavlova
a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream
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peach melba
ice cream and peaches with a liqueur
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whip
a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
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prune whip
dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream
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pudding
any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
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flummery
a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
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Christmas pudding, plum pudding
a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake
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steamed pudding
a pudding cooked by steaming
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duff, plum duff
a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
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vanilla pudding
sweet vanilla flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
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chocolate pudding
sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
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brown Betty
baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs
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Nesselrode, Nesselrode pudding
a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
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pease pudding
a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg
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tapioca pudding
sweet pudding thickened with tapioca
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roly-poly, roly-poly pudding
pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
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suet pudding
a sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled
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pud, pudding
(British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
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trifle
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
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sillabub, syllabub
sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor
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tiramisu
an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate
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sabayon, zabaglione
light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled
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mold, mould
a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
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course
part of a meal served at one time
a food rich in sugar
- Synonyms:
- confection
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confectionery
candy and other sweets considered collectively
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confiture
preserved or candied fruit
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candied fruit, crystallized fruit, succade
fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
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conserve, conserves, preserve, preserves
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
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sweetmeat
a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
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candy, confect
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
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candy bar
a candy shaped as a bar
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carob bar
a bar of candy made with carob powder
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hard candy
candy that is brittle
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brandyball
a British candy flavored with brandy
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patty
round flat candy
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bonbon
a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
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brittle, toffee, toffy
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
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butterscotch
a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
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candy cane
a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
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candy corn
a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn
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caramel
firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
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candyfloss, cotton candy, spun sugar
a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
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dragee
sugar-coated nut or fruit piece
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dragee
silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes
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fondant
candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
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fudge
soft creamy candy
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gumdrop
a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
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honey crisp
a crisp candy made with honey
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mint, mint candy
a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
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horehound
a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
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jelly bean, jelly egg
sugar-glazed jellied candy
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candy kiss, kiss
any of several bite-sized candies
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licorice, liquorice
a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant
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Life Saver
a candy shaped like a small lifesaver
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all-day sucker, lollipop, sucker
hard candy on a stick
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lozenge
a small aromatic or medicated candy
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marshmallow
spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar
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marchpane, marzipan
almond paste and egg whites
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nougat
nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
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nougat bar
a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate
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nut bar
paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars
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peanut bar
bar of peanuts in taffy
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popcorn ball
popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls
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praline
cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
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rock candy
sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string
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rock, rock candy
hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
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sugar candy
made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
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sugarplum
any of various small sugary candies
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taffy
chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
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chocolate truffle, truffle
creamy chocolate candy
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Turkish Delight
a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water
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Easter egg
an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter
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hardbake
a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds
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chewing gum, gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
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gum ball
a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
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bubble gum
a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles
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candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee apple
an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
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center, centre
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
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comfit
candy containing a fruit or nut
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maraschino, maraschino cherry
cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
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nonpareil
colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
- Synonyms:
- sugariness, sweetness
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gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
- Synonyms:
- sweetness
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saccharinity
the excessive sweetness of saccharin
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sugariness
the sweetness of sugar
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taste property
a property appreciated via the sense of taste
Adverbs
in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')
"Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"
"how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare
"talking sweet to each other"
- Synonyms:
- sweetly
Vocabulary Lists for sweet
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island »(2273 words)
Vocabulary study guide for Robert Louis Stevenson's...
- seamanly
- squire
- rum
- stockade
- clove hitch
- Abies
- abortive
- acacia
- acarine
- acaulescent
- admirable
- adorable
- agreeable
- alluring
- ambrosial
- ability
- acceptance
- achievement
- admiration
- adoration
Other Spellings
Words that contain sweet
American bittersweet
American sweet chestnut
American sweet gum
Asiatic sweetleaf
bittersweet
bittersweet chocolate
bittersweet nightshade
climbing bittersweet
evergreen bittersweet
false bittersweet
Henry Sweet
Japan bittersweet
Japanese bittersweet
neck sweetbread
nonsweet
oriental bittersweet
semi-sweet chocolate
semisweet
short and sweet
shrubby bittersweet

