acariasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis |
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acaricide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaracide |
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acarid | (noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks | - |
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acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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acarine | (noun) mite or tick | - |
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acariosis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acaridiasis |
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araucaria | (noun) any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds | - |
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ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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caribe | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: pirana, piranha |
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caribou | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer |
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caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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carillon | (noun) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | Synonyms: bell ringing, carillon playing |
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(noun) set of bells hung in a bell tower | - |
carillonneur | (noun) a musician who plays a carillon | - |
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carina | (noun) any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom | - |
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carinate | (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles | Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird |
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caring | (noun) a loving feeling | Synonyms: lovingness |
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carioca | (noun) a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
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(noun) music composed for dancing the carioca | - |
carissa | (noun) a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits | - |
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cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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cercaria | (noun) tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage | - |
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ocarina | (noun) egg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes | Synonyms: sweet potato |
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precariousness | (noun) extreme dangerousness | - |
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(noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: uncertainness, uncertainty |
urticaria | (noun) an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs | Synonyms: hives, nettle rash, urtication |
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vicariate | (noun) the religious institution under the authority of a vicar | Synonyms: vicarship |
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