| aggrandizement | (n) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something, Syn. elevation, aggrandisement, Example: the aggrandizement of the king; his elevation to cardinal |
| boastful | (adj) exhibiting self-importance, Syn. crowing, bragging, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising, braggart, cock-a-hoop, braggy, big, Example: big talk |
| boll weevil | (n) greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton, Syn. Anthonomus grandis |
| cobnut | (n) small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe, Syn. Corylus avellana grandis, Corylus avellana, filbert |
| embroider | (v) add details to, Syn. lard, aggrandise, dramatize, embellish, aggrandize, pad, dramatise, blow up |
| kingfish | (n) large game fish of Australia and New Zealand, Syn. Seriola grandis |
| lowland fir | (n) lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves, Syn. lowland white fir, giant fir, Abies grandis, grand fir |
| pink shower | (n) tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental, Syn. Cassia grandis, pink shower tree, horse cassia |
| pomelo | (n) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits, Syn. pomelo tree, Citrus decumana, pummelo, Citrus grandis, shaddock, Citrus maxima |
| quandong | (n) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit, Syn. Brisbane quandong, silver quandong tree, Elaeocarpus grandis, quandong tree, blue fig |
| reed meadow grass | (n) a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America, Syn. Glyceria grandis |
| rose gum | (n) very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales, Syn. Eucalypt grandis |
| self-aggrandizement | (n) an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance, Syn. self-aggrandisement, ego trip |
| self-aggrandizing | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement, Syn. self-aggrandising |
| teak | (n) tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood, Syn. Tectona grandis |
| 押し広める;押しひろめる;押広める | [おしひろめる, oshihiromeru] (v1, vt) to extend by force; to aggrandize; to aggrandise [Add to Longdo] |
| 御為ごかし;お為ごかし | [おためごかし, otamegokashi] (n) self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence) [Add to Longdo] |
| 蛇蜻蛉 | [へびとんぼ;ヘビトンボ, hebitonbo ; hebitonbo] (n) (uk) dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 秋海棠 | [しゅうかいどう;シュウカイドウ, shuukaidou ; shuukaidou] (n) (uk) hardy begonia (Begonia grandis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 孫太郎虫 | [まごたろうむし, magotaroumushi] (n) (col) (See 蛇蜻蛉) hellgrammite (larva of dobsonfly species Protohermes grandis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 背黒鶺鴒 | [せぐろせきれい;セグロセキレイ, segurosekirei ; segurosekirei] (n) (uk) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 晩白柚 | [ばんぺいゆ;バンペイユ, banpeiyu ; banpeiyu] (n) Citrus grandis; Citrus maxima [Add to Longdo] |
