sultry heat

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• sultry — sultrily, adv. sultriness, n. /sul tree/, adj., sultrier, sultriest. 1. oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day. 2. oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun. 3. characterized by or associated with sweltering… …   Universalium

• sultry — sul•try [[t]ˈsʌl tri[/t]] adj. tri•er, tri•est 1) oppressively hot and close or humid; sweltering: a sultry day[/ex] 2) oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun[/ex] 3) characterized by or arousing passion: sultry eyes[/ex] •… …   From formal English to slang

• heat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 being hot/level of temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ burning, fierce (esp. BrE), great, intense, searing, terrible, tremendous ▪ The soil is baked dry by the fierce …   Collocations dictionary

• heat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. high temperature (see heat); passion, rage, vehemence; rut, mating period. See sex, excitement. Ant., cold. II Quality of warmth Nouns 1. heat, caloric; warmth, ardor, fervor, fervency; incalescence …   English dictionary for students

• Heat — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Heat >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 heat heat caloric Sgm: N 1 temperature temperature warmth fervor calidity Sgm: N 1 incalescence incalescence incandescence Sgm: N 1 glow glow …   English dictionary for students

• sultry — adj. Sultry is used with these nouns: ↑heat, ↑weather …   Collocations dictionary

• sultry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hot, oppressive, sweltering, humid, muggy, stifling, close; voluptuous, sensual, sexy. See heat, impurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. close, stifling, oppressive, muggy; see hot 1 , wet 1 . III… …   English dictionary for students

• sultry — /ˈsʌltri / (say sultree) adjective (sultrier, sultriest) 1. oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering. 2. oppressively hot, as the weather, etc. 3. characterised by or associated with sweltering heat. 4. characterised by or arousing temper… …  

• Dog days — dog days dog days A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dog-days — dog days dog days A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Çamiçi, Tokat — Çamiçi High Plateau’s altitude is average 1350 m. It takes just 15 minutes from Centrum of Niksar. When sultry heat is lived hot in Niksar, Çamiçi High Plateau is the easiest way of escaping from heat. Çamiçi has got a cool air with pine smelled… …   Wikipedia