ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

changing temperature indicator; thermopile, thermoscope † ; pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb
calorimeter; thermistor, thermocouple.
[temperature-control devices] thermostat, thermoregulator.
(3) Taste
390. Taste -- N. taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish; sapor † , sapidity † ; twang,
smack, smatch † ; aftertaste, tang.
tasting; degustation, gustation.
palate, tongue, tooth, stomach.
V. taste, savor, smatch † , smack, flavor, twang; tickle the palate &c (savory) 394; smack
the lips.
Adj. sapid, saporific † ; gustable † , gustatory; gustful † ; strong, gamy; palatable &c 394.
391. Insipidity -- N. insipidity, blandness; tastelessness &c adj..
V. be tasteless &c adj..
Adj. bland, void of taste &c 390; insipid; tasteless, gustless † , savorless; ingustible † ,
mawkish, milk and water, weak, stale, flat, vapid, fade, wishy-washy, mild; untasted † .
392. Pungency -- N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste,
twang, race.
sharpness &c adj.; acrimony; roughness &c (sour) 392; unsavoriness &c 395.
mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning &c (condiment) 393; niter, saltpeter, brine
(saltiness) 392.1; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac † , sal volatile, smelling salts;
hartshorn (acridity) 401.1.
dram, cordial, nip.
nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar † ; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed,
Indian weed; Cavendish, fid † , negro head, old soldier, rappee † , stogy † .
V. be pungent &c adj.; bite the tongue.
render pungent &c adj.; season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil.
smoke, chew, take snuff.
Adj. pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp,
stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned &c v.; hot, hot as pepper;
peppery, vellicating † , escharotic † , meracious † ; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough &c (sour)
397; unsavory &c 395.
392a. Saltiness -- N. saltiness.
niter, saltpeter, brine.
Adj. salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny; salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's
wife.
salty, racy (indecent) 961.
Phr. take it with a grain of salt.