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100 Words for Lovers

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Here is a complete list of the words in 100 Words for Lovers:


adore
affair
affection
alluring
amorous
ardor
assignation
attentions
beloved
besotted
bewitching
billet-doux
bliss
blush
buss
callipygian
canoodle
caress
charm
chaste
clandestine
comely
companionship
conjugal
constant
coy
crush
cute
dalliance
desire
dishabille
ecstasy
embrace
enamor
enchant
entrance
entreaty
erotic
escort
flame
fling
flirt
fluster
gallant
heartthrob
idolize
illicit
inamorata
infatuation
inflame
intimate
intoxicating
jealousy
jilt
kiss
languor
liaison
love
lurid
luscious
lustrous
osculation
palpitate
passion
pine
pulchritude
randy
rapturous
ravish
requite
romance
seductive
sensual
serenade
smitten
soulmate
spurn
star-crossed
succumb
sultry
sweetheart
swoon
sympathy
tenderness
throb
titillate
torch
torrid
transfigure
transport
trifle
troth
tryst
voluptuous
vow
wanton
win
woo
yearn
zaftig


Indo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices

    Thousands of entries in the dictionary include etymologies that trace their origins back to reconstructed proto-languages. You can obtain more information about these forms in our online appendices:

    Indo-European Roots

    Semitic Roots

    The Indo-European appendix covers nearly half of the Indo-European roots that have left their mark on English words. A more complete treatment of Indo-European roots and the English words derived from them is available in our Dictionary of Indo-European Roots.