| acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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| acupuncture | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: stylostixis |
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| buttercup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup |
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| concupiscence | (noun) a desire for sexual intimacy | Synonyms: eros, physical attraction, sexual desire |
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| creamcups | (noun) California plant with small pale yellow flowers | Synonyms: Platystemon californicus |
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| cup | (noun) a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle | - |
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| (noun) a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition | Synonyms: loving cup |
| (noun) the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green | - |
| (noun) a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl | - |
| (noun) cup-shaped plant organ | - |
| (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cupful |
| (noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces | - |
| (noun) any cup-shaped concavity | - |
| cupbearer | (noun) the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine | - |
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| cupboard | (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: closet |
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| cupcake | (noun) small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
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| cupel | (noun) a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead | Synonyms: bone-ash cup, refractory pot |
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| cupflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: nierembergia |
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| (noun) Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat | Synonyms: chalice vine, Solandra guttata, trumpet flower |
| cupful | (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cup |
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| cupid | (noun) a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow | - |
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| cupidity | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness |
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| cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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| (noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
| cuppa | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cupper |
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| cupper | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cuppa |
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| cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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| cuprite | (noun) a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper | - |
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| cupronickel | (noun) a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel | - |
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| cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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| (noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
| eggcup | (noun) dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg | Synonyms: egg cup |
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| eyecup | (noun) (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina | Synonyms: optic cup |
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| (noun) a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball | Synonyms: eye cup, eyebath |
| goldcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup |
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| hiccup | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccough, singultus |
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| kingcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup |
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| (noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, cowslip, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
| occupancy | (noun) an act of being a tenant or occupant | Synonyms: tenancy |
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| (noun) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | Synonyms: moving in, occupation |
| occupant | (noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupier, resident |
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| occupation | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: business, job, line, line of work |
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| (noun) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | Synonyms: moving in, occupancy |
| (noun) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power | Synonyms: military control |
| (noun) any activity that occupies a person's attention | - |
| (noun) the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied | - |
| occupier | (noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupant, resident |
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| (noun) a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country | - |
| porcupine | (noun) relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur | Synonyms: hedgehog |
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| porcupinefish | (noun) spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: Diodon hystrix, porcupine fish |
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| porcupines | (noun) meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce | Synonyms: porcupine ball |
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| preoccupancy | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupation |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupation |
| preoccupation | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupancy |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy |
| (noun) an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention | - |
| recuperation | (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | Synonyms: convalescence, recovery |
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| scup | (noun) porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America | Synonyms: southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus |
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| (noun) found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish | Synonyms: northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops |
| (noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: porgy |
| (noun) flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
| scupper | (noun) drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard | - |
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| scuppernong | (noun) amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States | - |
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| teacup | (noun) a cup from which tea is drunk | - |
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| (noun) as much as a teacup will hold | Synonyms: teacupful |
| teacupful | (noun) as much as a teacup will hold | Synonyms: teacup |
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| whitecup | (noun) prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose | Synonyms: Nierembergia repens, Nierembergia rivularis |
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