| caesura | (noun) a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | - |
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| (noun) a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) | - |
| cainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| callousness | (noun) devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness | Synonyms: callosity, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness |
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| callowness | (noun) lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life | Synonyms: jejuneness, juvenility |
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| calmness | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, composure, equanimity |
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| (noun) a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement | - |
| (noun) an absence of strong winds or rain | - |
| candidness | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candor, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness |
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| candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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| candlestick | (noun) a holder with sockets for candles | Synonyms: candle holder |
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| capableness | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capability |
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| (noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capability, potentiality |
| capaciousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: commodiousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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| (noun) intellectual breadth | Synonyms: roominess |
| capriciousness | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: arbitrariness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
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| (noun) the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses | Synonyms: unpredictability |
| carefreeness | (noun) the trait of being without worry or responsibility | - |
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| (noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness |
| carefulness | (noun) the quality of being careful and painstaking | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: caution, cautiousness |
| carelessness | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: neglect, negligence, nonperformance |
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| (noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: sloppiness |
| caress | (noun) a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) | - |
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| caressing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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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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| carnivorousness | (noun) The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet. | Synonyms: zoophagy |
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| casualness | (noun) a casual manner | Synonyms: familiarity |
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| (noun) The state of coming without regularity; of being occasional or incidental. | - |
| catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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| cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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| catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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| cattiness | (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: bitchiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness |
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| cattleship | (noun) a cargo ship for the transport of livestock | Synonyms: cattle boat |
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| cautiousness | (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: carefulness, caution |
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| ceaselessness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: continuousness, incessancy, incessantness |
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| celesta | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
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| celestite | (noun) a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate | - |
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| celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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| cenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| centesimo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile | - |
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| centesis | (noun) (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid | - |
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| cerastes | (noun) highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye | Synonyms: Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper |
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| ceremoniousness | (noun) a ceremonial manner | - |
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| ceresin | (noun) a white wax extracted from ozokerite | - |
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| cesarean | (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section |
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| cesarian | (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section |
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| cesium | (noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | Synonyms: atomic number 55, caesium, Cs |
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| cessation | (noun) a stopping | Synonyms: surcease |
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| cession | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: ceding |
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| cesspit | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspool, sink, sump |
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| cesspool | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, sink, sump |
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| cestode | (noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | Synonyms: tapeworm |
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| changeableness | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeability |
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| changefulness | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: inconstancy |
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| changelessness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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| (noun) the property of remaining unchanged | - |
| characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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| charades | (noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
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| chariness | (noun) the trait of being cautious and watchful | Synonyms: wariness |
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| charitableness | (noun) generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate) | - |
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| chasteness | (noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: restraint, simpleness, simplicity |
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| cheapness | (noun) a price below the standard price | Synonyms: bargain rate, cut price, cut rate |
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| (noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | Synonyms: sleaze, tackiness, tat |
| cheekiness | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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| cheerfulness | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheer, sunniness, sunshine |
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| (noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: blitheness |
| cheerlessness | (noun) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | Synonyms: uncheerfulness |
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| cheese | (noun) a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk | - |
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| (noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
| cheeseboard | (noun) tray on which cheeses are served | Synonyms: cheese tray |
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| cheeseburger | (noun) a hamburger with melted cheese on it | - |
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| cheesecake | (noun) a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire | - |
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| (noun) made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust | - |
| cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
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| cheeseflower | (noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheese, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
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| cheesemonger | (noun) someone who sells cheese | - |
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| cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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| chemiluminescence | (noun) luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies | - |
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| chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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| chess | (noun) a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | Synonyms: chess game |
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| (noun) weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, cheat |
| chessboard | (noun) a checkerboard used to play chess | Synonyms: chess board |
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| chessman | (noun) any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | Synonyms: chess piece |
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| chest | (noun) box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy | - |
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| (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest of drawers, dresser |
| (noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: pectus, thorax |
| (noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: breast |
| chesterfield | (noun) a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar | - |
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| (noun) an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests | - |
| chestnut | (noun) a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse | - |
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| (noun) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg | - |
| (noun) the brown color of chestnuts | - |
| (noun) edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | - |
| (noun) any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | Synonyms: chestnut tree |
| (noun) wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | - |
| chicness | (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable | Synonyms: chic, chichi, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank |
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| childishness | (noun) a property characteristic of a child | Synonyms: puerility |
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| childlessness | (noun) the condition of being without offspring | - |
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| chilliness | (noun) the property of being moderately cold | Synonyms: coolness, nip |
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| (noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
| chirpiness | (noun) cheerful and lively | - |
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| chives | (noun) cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning | - |
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| (noun) perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning | Synonyms: Allium schoenoprasum, chive, cive, schnittlaugh |
| choiceness | (noun) the quality of being very good indeed | Synonyms: fineness |
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| cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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| cholesterin | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterol |
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| cholesterol | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterin |
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| cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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| choppiness | (noun) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | Synonyms: rough water, roughness |
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| chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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| chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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| chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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| chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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| chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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| chubbiness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness |
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| chumminess | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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| ciderpress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from apples | - |
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| circuitousness | (noun) The state of being roundabout, indirect or not to the point. | - |
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| circumstances | (noun) a person's financial situation (good or bad) | - |
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| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
| civies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civvies |
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| civvies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civies |
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| clamminess | (noun) unpleasant wetness | Synonyms: dankness |
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| clannishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: cliquishness, exclusiveness |
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| clayeyness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayiness, clayishness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayiness, clayishness |
| clayiness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
| clayishness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |