(a.) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
(n.) Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
(n.) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.
(n.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.
Example Sentences:
(1) The low pH carbonated drink, coca-cola, and a blackcurrent cordial produced no effects.
(2) As the final whistle blew, Wenger, suddenly wreathed in smiles, hugged his staff, players and even Alan Pardew, a managerial rival with whom he has not always enjoyed the most cordial of technical area relations.
(3) The prime minister arrived in Brussels on Tuesday lunchtime for what was expected to be his final set-piece EU summit before he steps down promising that that UK would remain cordial in the exit talks.
(4) Non-carbonated, low-calorie soft drink concentrates (cordials), when diluted according to manufacturers' instructions, had significant antibacterial effects in vitro.
(5) On the surface, US-South African relations are cordial and have improved since the presidencies of George Bush and Thabo Mbeki, though Washington's intervention in Libya alienated many here.
(6) Naturally contaminated water can be rendered potable by incubation with cordials at room temperature for 1 h. This may be a way to reduce the risk of water-borne diarrhoea, particularly where the cleanliness of drinking waters cannot be otherwise assured, for example when making up oral rehydration fluids and for travellers in high-risk areas.
(7) Yet Clements still has to deal with the Sassenachs down at the ITV network centre on a weekly basis, saying that relationships are "on a professional and personal level very cordial".
(8) Both sides will inevitably stress the friendly, cordial nature of the Downing Street meeting, and Hollande's style is conciliatory and non-confrontational.
(9) The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, who spoke on the phone with Marois in what was described as a "cordial first contact", said he was "angered and saddened" by the shooting.
(10) In the intervening year of can-kicking, you could argue that nothing's changed in terms of the options offered, from Brussels and Frankfurt, to Athens: they are still cordially enjoined to stick with the programme or leave the euro, and that programme is still one that nobody with a real choice would ever vote for.
(11) Cordiality, an easy intimacy with the Brazilian people and the game of football could only get a president so far.
(12) With allegations of cheap practice flying like left hooks around the Olympic boxing tournament, it took an Englishman and an Irishman to settle their legitimate sporting argument with admirable cordiality, Luke Campbell getting the better of John Joe Nevin to win Great Britain's 28th gold medal of the Games.
(13) A toast, marmalade optional, to Colin Firth, who has quit a film version of Paddington with a grace befitting this most cordial of bears.
(14) Coyle is a parliamentary newbie elected only in May, so we might cordially warn him and all those Labour and Conservative MPs who have shrieked about “bullying” that they spent this week in presentational danger of reducing a bombing campaign to what Alfred Hitchcock called a MacGuffin – “a plot device that motivates the characters and advances the story”, but which is often unimportant in itself.
(15) But it shouldn’t be too much to ask for cordial and businesslike relations to be established with Jewish groups.
(16) But it is understood that while Ivanovic appreciated the call, which was cordial, he stopped short of accepting the apology.
(17) After the event Crowley described the discussion as "cordial and positive".
(18) Last month, in a report of Sarkozy's visit to Berlin to discuss the Greek crisis, Der Spiegel wrote: "The welcome will once again appear very cordial… Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel will also work the cameras this time around … a kiss on the left cheek, a peck on the right one, smiles and waving.
(19) Alban said she held "cordial and constructive" talks with the government at the FCO.
(20) But experts say the public enthusiasm masks profound suspicions and even animosity and believe the behind-the-scenes conversations have the potential to be far less cordial.
Liqueur
Definition:
(n.) An aromatic alcoholic cordial.
Example Sentences:
(1) Imported sweets and liqueurs were homogenized and extracted with ethyl acetate.
(2) As the sachets of powder, tubs of lotion, jars of jam, and bottles of juices and liqueurs that line his shelves testify, his hopes – and his money – are on a rather more niche fruit: baobab.
(3) The daily diet comprised local hams and Morteau sausage, local morels, honey beer, the fortified Macvin du Jura wine, and the extraordinary liqueur de sapin, an aperitif produced in nearby Pontarlier whose distinctive flavour comes from pine-shoot tips.
(4) P. Diddy, aka Sean Combs, also owns a clothing range, called Sean John, as well as Ciroc liqueur, Blue Flame marketing agency and Revolt TV network.
(5) Hallucinations induced by absinthe, the popular liqueur of the period, may explain particular canvases but not the majority of 'high yellow' paintings.
(6) The food's good, and on a cold morning-after-the-night-before you can easily justify popping in to sup an ocho coco – a mix of tequila, coconut liqueur, passionfruit, coriander, ginger and lime to help the hangover.
(7) Higher concentrations were found in the other alcoholic beverages examined, which included whisky, fruit brandy, liqueur, wine, sherry and port.
(8) And instead of the Alpine offering of vin chaud, tartiflette and herbal liqueur génépi , it serves Kymyz (also called kumis , a bitter, alcoholic concoction made of horse’s milk) and beşbarmaq (horse sausage served with noodles).
(9) As she coos "Yoncé all on his mouth like liqueur", flashing paparazzi bulbs take us into the second section, which is basically about having sex in the back of a limo ("He Monica Lewinskyed all on my gown").
(10) Shops are crammed with lemon products: try the jams and liqueurs from Maison Herbin (2 rue du Vieux Collège), lemon-infused olive oil from Oliviers & Co , and lemon biscuits from La Cure Gourmande , both on rue Saint-Michel.
(11) There are also implications for the illness of Vincent van Gogh and the once popular, but now banned liqueur, called absinthe.
(12) Caramel Colour II is widely used in ice creams and liqueurs; however, it represents less than 1% of total caramel colour manufacture.
(13) Recovery of yeasts from cream liqueurs and egg-based beverages was also good but it was not possible to filter drinks containing orange juice, even through filters with nominal pore sizes of 2 to 10 micron.
(14) The dark chocolate torte, one of the standout puddings, is made with cream liqueur from a distillery in the Brecon Beacons.
(15) Do this every so often for the next four weeks and you should have a lovely deep purple liqueur in under a month.
(16) A sensitive and specific method based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the quantitative determination of ethyl carbamate in table wines, fortified wines (such as ports and sherries), distilled spirits, brandies and liqueurs has been developed.
(17) Its arts of hedonism are reaching unprecedented levels: its restaurants get better or at least more ambitious and its bars offer cocktails previously unknown to man (coconut seviche, for example, where, as its makers put it, “coconut gin is swizzled through crushed ice with yuzu, passion fruit and a dark chocolate liqueur, and served long with an accompanying ‘shot’ of tuna seviche with a tamarind ponzu”).
(18) Fortunately the dog seems miraculously OK after his chocolate liqueur (it was probably carob).
(19) Whisk the two yolks and the sugar together until thick and pale, then fold in the remaining liqueur and the mascarpone.
(20) The balcony overlooking the French Riviera, fine wines and liqueurs on tap, a chance to finally start writing that metatextual novella... he's not coming back, is he?