cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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cartonful | (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: carton |
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caseful | (noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: case |
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caskful | (noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: cask |
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catafalque | (noun) a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral | - |
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catalufa | (noun) brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters | Synonyms: Priacanthus arenatus |
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catchfly | (noun) mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone | Synonyms: lychnis |
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(noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: campion, silene |
catfish | (noun) any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth | Synonyms: siluriform fish |
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(noun) large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins | Synonyms: wolf fish, wolffish |
(noun) flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed | Synonyms: mudcat |
cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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(noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
cefadroxil | (noun) a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef) | Synonyms: Ultracef |
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cefoperazone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections | Synonyms: Cefobid |
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cefotaxime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Claforan |
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ceftazidime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections | Synonyms: Fortaz, Tazicef |
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ceftriaxone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Rocephin |
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cefuroxime | (noun) a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges | Synonyms: Ceftin, Zinacef |
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centerfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield | Synonyms: center field |
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(noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centre |
centerfielder | (noun) the person who plays center field | Synonyms: center fielder |
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centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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centrifugation | (noun) the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge | - |
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centrifuge | (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: extractor, separator |
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certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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(noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
certification | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) validating the authenticity of something or someone | Synonyms: authentication |
(noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: corroboration, documentation |
(noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, credential, credentials |
chafe | (noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation | Synonyms: annoyance, vexation |
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(noun) soreness and warmth caused by friction | - |
chafeweed | (noun) weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike | Synonyms: Gnaphalium sylvaticum, wood cudweed |
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chaff | (noun) foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure | - |
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(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble |
chaffinch | (noun) small European finch with a cheerful song | Synonyms: Fringilla coelebs |
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chaffweed | (noun) weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves | Synonyms: bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel |
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chafing | (noun) soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction | - |
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chairlift | (noun) a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | Synonyms: chair lift |
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chalcidfly | (noun) any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects | Synonyms: chalcid, chalcid fly, chalcid wasp |
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chamfer | (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: bevel, cant |
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chamfron | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chanfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere |
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chanfron | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere |
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changefulness | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: inconstancy |
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chauffeur | (noun) a person paid to drive a privately owned car | - |
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chauffeuse | (noun) a woman chauffeur | - |
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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 |
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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chef | (noun) a professional cook | - |
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chenfish | (noun) small silvery marine food fish found off California | Synonyms: Genyonemus lineatus, kingfish, white croaker |
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chesterfield | (noun) a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar | - |
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(noun) an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests | - |
chickenfeed | (noun) a trifling sum of money | Synonyms: chump change, small change |
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chief | (noun) a person who is in charge | Synonyms: head, top dog |
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(noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, foreman, gaffer, honcho |
(noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chieftain, headman, tribal chief |
chieftain | (noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chief, headman, tribal chief |
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(noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: captain |
chieftaincy | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftainship |
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chieftainship | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftaincy |
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chiffon | (noun) a sheer fabric of silk or rayon | - |
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chiffonier | (noun) a tall elegant chest of drawers | Synonyms: commode |
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chiggerflower | (noun) erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers | Synonyms: Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root |
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chlorofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans | Synonyms: CFC |
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chloroform | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: trichloromethane |
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chlorofucin | (noun) the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates | Synonyms: chlorophyll c |
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chlorpyrifos | (noun) a common organophosphate insecticide | - |
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cholecalciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: calciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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chufa | (noun) European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers | Synonyms: Cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass |
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cigarfish | (noun) small fusiform fish of western Atlantic | Synonyms: Decapterus punctatus, quiaquia, round scad |
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cinquefoil | (noun) an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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(noun) any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties | Synonyms: five-finger |
ciprofloxacin | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints | Synonyms: Cipro |
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circumference | (noun) the size of something as given by the distance around it | Synonyms: perimeter |
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(noun) the length of the closed curve of a circle | - |
(noun) the boundary line encompassing an area or object | Synonyms: circuit |
circumflex | (noun) a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality | - |
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clarification | (noun) the act of removing solid particles from a liquid | Synonyms: clearing |
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(noun) an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding | Synonyms: elucidation, illumination |
classification | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people | - |
(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, sorting |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorisation, categorization |
classified | (noun) a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type | Synonyms: classified ad, classified advertisement |
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classifier | (noun) an algorithm that implements classification. | - |
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(noun) a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs | - |
(noun) a person who creates classifications | - |
clawfoot | (noun) a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw | Synonyms: pes cavus |
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clef | (noun) a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it | - |
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cleft | (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: crack, crevice, fissure, scissure |
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(noun) a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) | - |
cliff | (noun) a steep high face of rock | Synonyms: drop-off, drop |
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cliffhanger | (noun) an episode that ends in suspense | - |
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(noun) a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end | - |
clingfilm | (noun) a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food | Synonyms: cling film, Saran Wrap |
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clingfish | (noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc. | - |
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clofibrate | (noun) a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases | Synonyms: Atromid-S |
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cloverleaf | (noun) an interchange that does not require left-hand turns | - |
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clubfoot | (noun) congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes | Synonyms: talipes |
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clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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coalface | (noun) the part of a coal seam that is being cut | - |
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coalfield | (noun) a region where there is coal underground | - |
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cockchafer | (noun) any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult | Synonyms: May beetle, May bug, Melolontha melolontha |
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cockfight | (noun) a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs | - |
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cockfighting | (noun) participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight | - |
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cockloft | (noun) a small loft or garret | - |
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cocksfoot | (noun) widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass | Synonyms: cockspur, Dactylis glomerata, orchard grass |
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codefendant | (noun) a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action | Synonyms: co-defendant |
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codfish | (noun) major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters | Synonyms: cod |
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(noun) lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached | Synonyms: cod |
codification | (noun) the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order | - |
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(noun) a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | Synonyms: code |
coefficient | (noun) a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | - |
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cofactor | (noun) a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result | - |
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coffee | (noun) a medium brown to dark-brown color | Synonyms: burnt umber, chocolate, deep brown, umber |
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(noun) a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans | Synonyms: java |
(noun) a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee | Synonyms: coffee bean, coffee berry |
(noun) any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans | Synonyms: coffee tree |
coffeeberry | (noun) evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits | Synonyms: California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus |
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coffeecake | (noun) a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee | Synonyms: coffee cake |
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coffeehouse | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop |
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coffeepot | (noun) tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
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coffer | (noun) a chest especially for storing valuables | - |
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(noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: caisson, lacunar |
cofferdam | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: caisson, pneumatic caisson |
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coffin | (noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: casket |
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cofounder | (noun) one of a group of founders | - |
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coif | (noun) a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law | - |
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(noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
coiffeur | (noun) a man hairdresser | - |
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coiffeuse | (noun) a woman hairdresser | - |
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