concourse | (noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: confluence |
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(noun) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk | - |
(noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: multitude, throng |
courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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courante | (noun) a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats | - |
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courbaril | (noun) West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood | Synonyms: Hymenaea courbaril |
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courgette | (noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | Synonyms: zucchini |
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(noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | Synonyms: zucchini |
courier | (noun) a person who carries a message | Synonyms: messenger |
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courlan | (noun) wading bird of South America and Central America | Synonyms: Aramus guarauna |
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course | (noun) a mode of action | Synonyms: course of action |
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(noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
(noun) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | - |
(noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: row |
(noun) part of a meal served at one time | - |
(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: line |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, form, grade |
(noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: trend |
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: path, track |
courser | (noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | - |
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(noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: charger |
(noun) a dog trained for coursing | - |
(noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey | - |
coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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court | (noun) respectful deference | Synonyms: homage |
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(noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: courtyard |
(noun) a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played | - |
(noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: courtroom |
(noun) a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area | Synonyms: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court |
(noun) the residence of a sovereign or nobleman | - |
(noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: judicature, tribunal |
(noun) the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state | Synonyms: royal court |
(noun) the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince | Synonyms: royal court |
courtesan | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, doxy, paramour |
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courtesy | (noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate act | - |
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(noun) a courteous manner | Synonyms: good manners |
(noun) a courteous or respectful or considerate remark | - |
courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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(noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
courtier | (noun) an attendant at the court of a sovereign | - |
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courting | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courtship, suit, wooing |
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courtliness | (noun) elegance suggestive of a royal court | - |
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courtroom | (noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: court |
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courtship | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courting, suit, wooing |
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courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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discouragement | (noun) the act of discouraging | - |
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(noun) the expression of opposition and disapproval | - |
(noun) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles | Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay |
discourse | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discussion, treatment |
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(noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | - |
(noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: preaching, sermon |
discourtesy | (noun) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | Synonyms: offence, offense, offensive activity |
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(noun) a manner that is rude and insulting | Synonyms: rudeness |
(noun) an expression of lack of respect | Synonyms: disrespect |
encouragement | (noun) the act of giving hope or support to someone | Synonyms: boost |
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(noun) the expression of approval and support | - |
(noun) the feeling of being encouraged | - |
forecourt | (noun) the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings | - |
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intercourse | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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(noun) communication between individuals | Synonyms: social intercourse |
lawcourt | (noun) a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws | Synonyms: court of justice, court of law, law court |
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outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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racecourse | (noun) a course over which races are run | Synonyms: racetrack, raceway, track |
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rancour | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancor, resentment |
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recourse | (noun) act of turning to for assistance | Synonyms: refuge, resort |
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(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security | Synonyms: refuge, resort |
scour | (noun) a place that is scoured (especially by running water) | - |
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scourer | (noun) someone who cleanses by scouring | - |
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(noun) someone who travels widely and energetically | - |
scourge | (noun) a whip used to inflict punishment | Synonyms: flagellum |
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(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | Synonyms: terror, threat |
(noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: bane, curse, nemesis |
scourger | (noun) a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) | Synonyms: flogger |
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scouring | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scrub, scrubbing |
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(noun) moving over territory to search for something | - |
scours | (noun) diarrhea in livestock | - |
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succour | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, relief, succor |
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succourer | (noun) someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | Synonyms: succorer |
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watercourse | (noun) a conduit through which water flows | Synonyms: waterway |
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(noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | Synonyms: stream |
(noun) natural or artificial channel through which water flows | - |