childbirth | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: accouchement, childbearing, vaginal birth |
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childcare | (noun) a service involving care for other people's children | Synonyms: child care |
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childhood | (noun) the state of a child between infancy and adolescence | Synonyms: puerility |
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(noun) the time of person's life when they are a child | - |
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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chile | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly |
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chili | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chile, chili pepper, chilli, chilly |
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(noun) ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans | Synonyms: chili con carne |
chiliad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard |
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chiliasm | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism |
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chiliast | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: millenarian, millenarist |
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chill | (noun) coldness due to a cold environment | Synonyms: gelidity, iciness |
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(noun) a sudden numbing dread | Synonyms: pall |
(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle |
(noun) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | Synonyms: shivering |
chiller | (noun) excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones | Synonyms: hair-raiser |
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chilli | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chile, chili, chili pepper, chilly |
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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 |
chilling | (noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: cooling, temperature reduction |
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chilly | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chile, chili, chili pepper, chilli |
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chimaera | (noun) a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail | - |
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(noun) a grotesque product of the imagination | Synonyms: chimera |
chime | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | Synonyms: bell, gong |
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chimer | (noun) a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century. | Synonyms: chamarre, simarre |
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chimera | (noun) a grotesque product of the imagination | Synonyms: chimaera |
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chimney | (noun) a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building | - |
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(noun) a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp | Synonyms: lamp chimney |
chimneypiece | (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece |
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chimneypot | (noun) a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft | - |
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chimneystack | (noun) the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues | - |
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chimneysweep | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweeper, sweep |
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chimneysweeper | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, sweep |
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chimp | (noun) intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests | Synonyms: chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes |
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chimpanzee | (noun) intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests | Synonyms: chimp, Pan troglodytes |
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chin | (noun) the protruding part of the lower jaw | Synonyms: mentum |
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china | (noun) high quality porcelain originally made only in China | - |
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(noun) dishware made of high quality porcelain | Synonyms: chinaware |
chinaberry | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azedarach, azederach, China tree, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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(noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria |
chinaware | (noun) dishware made of high quality porcelain | Synonyms: china |
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chincapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chinkapin, chinquapin |
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chinch | (noun) bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood | Synonyms: bed bug, bedbug, Cimex lectularius |
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chincherinchee | (noun) South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers | Synonyms: Ornithogalum thyrsoides, wonder flower |
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chinchilla | (noun) small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur | Synonyms: Chinchilla laniger |
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(noun) a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton | - |
(noun) the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla | - |
chinchillon | (noun) gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas | Synonyms: Lagostomus maximus, viscacha |
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chinchona | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Cinchona | Synonyms: cinchona |
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chine | (noun) backbone of an animal | - |
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(noun) cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone | - |
chink | (noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: click, clink |
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(noun) a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | - |
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent | Synonyms: Chinaman |
chinkapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinquapin |
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chino | (noun) a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms | - |
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chinoiserie | (noun) a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned | - |
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chinook | (noun) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon |
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(noun) pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon |
(noun) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies | Synonyms: chinook wind, snow eater |
chinos | (noun) (plural) trousers made with chino cloth | - |
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chinquapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinkapin |
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(noun) shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts | Synonyms: Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin |
(noun) shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States | Synonyms: Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin |
chintz | (noun) a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric | - |
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chiocciole | (noun) a type of pasta that is elbow-shaped. | - |
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chip | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chipping, splintering |
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(noun) (golf) a low running approach shot | Synonyms: chip shot |
(noun) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit | Synonyms: micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip |
(noun) a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling | Synonyms: poker chip |
(noun) a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line | - |
(noun) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something | Synonyms: check |
(noun) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip |
(noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, flake, fleck, scrap |
(noun) a piece of dried bovine dung | Synonyms: buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung |
chipboard | (noun) a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin | Synonyms: hardboard |
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chipmunk | (noun) a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body | - |
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chipolata | (noun) a small thin sausage | - |
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chipotle | (noun) a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking | - |
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chipping | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chip, splintering |
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chips | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: french-fried potatoes, french fries, fries |
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chiralgia | (noun) a pain in the hand that is not traumatic | - |
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chirography | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: calligraphy, penmanship |
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chirology | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry |
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chiromancer | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: palmist, palmister |
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chiromancy | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chirology, palm reading, palmistry |
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chiropodist | (noun) a specialist in care for the feet | Synonyms: foot doctor, podiatrist |
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chiropody | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the feet | Synonyms: podiatry |
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chiropractic | (noun) a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure | - |
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chiropractor | (noun) a therapist who practices chiropractic | - |
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chiropteran | (noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate | Synonyms: bat |
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chirp | (noun) a sharp sound made by small birds or insects | - |
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chirpiness | (noun) cheerful and lively | - |
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chirrup | (noun) a series of chirps | Synonyms: twitter |
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chisel | (noun) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge | - |
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chiseler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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chiseller | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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chit | (noun) the bill in a restaurant | Synonyms: check, tab |
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(noun) a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect | - |
chitchat | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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chitin | (noun) a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi | - |
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chitlings | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlins, chitterlings |
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chitlins | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlings, chitterlings |
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chiton | (noun) primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates | Synonyms: coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle |
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(noun) a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece | - |
chittamwood | (noun) deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood |
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(noun) shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada | Synonyms: bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus |
(noun) shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke | Synonyms: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus |
chitterlings | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlings, chitlins |
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chittimwood | (noun) deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittamwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood |
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(noun) shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada | Synonyms: bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, Rhamnus purshianus |
chivalry | (noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: gallantry, politesse |
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(noun) the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct | Synonyms: knightliness |
chivaree | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, callithump, charivari, shivaree |
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chive | (noun) perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning | Synonyms: Allium schoenoprasum, chives, cive, schnittlaugh |
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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 |
chlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension | Synonyms: Diuril |
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cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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chondrichthian | (noun) fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified | Synonyms: cartilaginous fish |
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citizenship | (noun) conduct as a citizen | - |
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(noun) the status of a citizen with rights and duties | - |
clerkship | (noun) the job of clerk | - |
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clothier | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: haberdasher |
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clothing | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable |
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coaching | (noun) the job of a professional coach | Synonyms: coaching job |
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coachwhip | (noun) a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip | Synonyms: coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum |
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(noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus |
cochin | (noun) Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs | Synonyms: cochin china |
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cochineal | (noun) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye | Synonyms: cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus |
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(noun) a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects | - |
colchicine | (noun) an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout | - |
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commandership | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandery |
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companionship | (noun) the state of being with someone | Synonyms: company, fellowship, society |
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comptrollership | (noun) the position of comptroller | - |
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comradeship | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradery |
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