| allocution | (noun) (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts | - |
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| circumlocution | (noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | Synonyms: ambage, periphrasis |
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| (noun) an indirect way of expressing something | Synonyms: indirect expression |
| cuticle | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, shell, shield |
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| (noun) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | Synonyms: epidermis |
| (noun) the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail | - |
| cuticula | (noun) the outer body wall of an insect | - |
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| cutin | (noun) (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids | - |
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| cutis | (noun) a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch | Synonyms: skin, tegument |
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| electrocution | (noun) killing by electric shock | - |
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| (noun) execution by electricity | Synonyms: burning |
| electrocutioner | (noun) an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person | - |
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| elocution | (noun) an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture | - |
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| elocutionist | (noun) a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery | - |
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| executing | (noun) putting a condemned person to death | Synonyms: capital punishment, death penalty, execution |
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| execution | (noun) putting a condemned person to death | Synonyms: capital punishment, death penalty, executing |
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| (noun) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | Synonyms: murder, slaying |
| (noun) the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it | Synonyms: carrying into action, carrying out, performance |
| (noun) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | Synonyms: carrying out, implementation |
| (noun) a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out | Synonyms: writ of execution |
| (noun) (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable | Synonyms: execution of instrument |
| (noun) (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer | Synonyms: instruction execution |
| executioner | (noun) an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant | Synonyms: public executioner |
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| executive | (noun) persons who administer the law | - |
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| (noun) a person responsible for the administration of a business | Synonyms: executive director |
| (noun) someone who manages a government agency or department | Synonyms: administrator |
| locution | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, saying |
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| persecution | (noun) the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) | - |
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| prosecution | (noun) the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior | Synonyms: criminal prosecution |
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| (noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | Synonyms: pursuance |
| (noun) the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant | - |