flattery
71imitation is the sincerest form of flattery — proverb copying someone or something is an implicit way of paying them a compliment …
72plateau n — flattery n …
73Flatteries — Flattery Flat ter*y, n.; pl. {Flatteries}. [OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See {Flatter}, v. t.] The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation or… …
74saddle soap — flattery Its quality is to make the seat more comfortable by softening it: ... he pointed out he would save the saddle soap in future and come up with easier missions. (Coyle, 1987 a soldier had been getting the tough assignments… …
75soft soap — flattery Originally, what we now call shampoo, a word borrowed from the Hindi: I protest I have done my share, but he merely condescends to ladle out soft soap about the colonel s good opinion. (Mark VII, 1927 an officer was being… …
76flat adj — flattery n, flatteringly adv …
77ear candy — Flattery. Compliments designed for a specific audience …
78The Wyvern's Spur — infobox Book name = The Wyvern s Spur title orig = translator = image caption = deletable image caption Original paperback cover author = Kate Novak Jeff Grubb illustrator = cover artist = Clyde Caldwell country = United States language = English …
79ὑποθωπεύσει — ὑποθωπεύω win by flattery aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) ὑποθωπεύω win by flattery fut ind mid 2nd sg ὑποθωπεύω win by flattery fut ind act 3rd sg ὑ̱ποθωπεύσει , ὑποθωπεύω win by flattery futperf ind mp 2nd sg ὑ̱ποθωπεύσει , ὑποθωπεύω win by flattery …
80Botanical identity of Soma-Haoma — There has been much speculation as to the original Rigvedic Soma plant (and of the Proto Indo Iranian *Sauma which besides Soma is reflected in the Iranian Haoma).Since the late 1700s, when Anquetil Duperron and others made portions of the Avesta …