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- Handsome - superl. - Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
- Handsome - superl. - Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
- Handsome - superl. - Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
- Handsome - superl. - Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
- Handsome - superl. - Ample; moderately large.
- Handsomely - adv. - In a handsome manner.
- Handsomely - adv. - Carefully; in shipshape style.
- Handsomeness - n. - The quality of being handsome.
- Guernsey lily - - A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.
- Handsome - superl. - Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
- Handsome - superl. - Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
- Phaeton - n. - A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore.
- Plum - n. - A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.
- Rhododendron - n. - A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.
- Solarium - n. - Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
- Lily - n. - A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.
- Handsomely - adv. - In a handsome manner.
- Admiral - n. - A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.
- Linden - n. - A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.
- Plume - v. - A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
- Laburnum - n. - A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
- Grenadillo - n. - A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.
- Viceroy - prep. - A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.
- Jelerang - n. - A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.
- Heath - n. - A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.
- Pink - v. t. - A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
- Foxglove - n. - Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.
- Ladyfish - n. - A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.
- Doncella - n. - A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.
- Io moth - - A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles.
- Leucadendron - n. - A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
- Goliath beetle - - Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.
- Pepperidge - n. - A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo.
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- G791 ἀστεῖος - 791 ἀστεῖος - ἈΣΤΕῖΟΣ - - asteîos - as-ti'-os - from (a city); urbane, i.e. (by implication) handsome:--fair. - Adjective - greek
- H4758 מַרְאֶה - 4758 מַרְאֶה - מַרְאֶה - - marʼeh - mar-eh' - from רָאָה; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision. - Noun Masculine - heb