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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Cockles of the Heart "To warm the cockles of one's heart, " said of good wine. (Latin, cochleae cordis, the ventricles of the heart.) "Fibræ quidem rectis hisce exterioribus in dextro ventriculo proxime subjectæ oblique dextrorsum ascendentes in basim cordis terminantur, et spirali suo ambitu helicem sive cochleam satis apte referunt."- Lower: Tractatus de Corde, p. 25. (1669.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate; (savory); regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart,bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate; (savory); regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart; do one's heart good. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "COCKLES OF THE HEART": warm the cockles of the heart. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "COCKLES OF THE HEART"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | dar grandísimo contento a uno (warm the cockles of the heart). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-f-h-h-k-l-o-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-4 letters: schoolteacher. | |
-5 letters: electroshock. | |
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