| catabiosis | (noun) normal aging of cells | - |
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| 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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| catalysis | (noun) acceleration of a chemical reaction induced by the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction | Synonyms: contact action |
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| cataphasia | (noun) a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession | - |
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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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| cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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| catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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| catharsis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: abreaction, katharsis |
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| (noun) purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: katharsis, purgation |
| causing | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causation |
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| celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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| cellulosic | (noun) a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose) | - |
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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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| ceratopsian | (noun) any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia | Synonyms: horned dinosaur |
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| cerebroside | (noun) A cerebroside is any of various organic lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose; it occurs in the myelin sheath of cerebrospinal neurons. | - |
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| ceresin | (noun) a white wax extracted from ozokerite | - |
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| cerussite | (noun) a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead | Synonyms: white lead ore |
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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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| cession | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: ceding |
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| chabasite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum | Synonyms: chabazite |
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| chamosite | (noun) a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum | - |
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| chassis | (noun) the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor | - |
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| (noun) a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device | - |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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| cheiloschisis | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cleft lip, harelip |
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| cheilosis | (noun) a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin | Synonyms: perleche |
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| chemosis | (noun) edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining | - |
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| chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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| chlorosis | (noun) iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin | Synonyms: greensickness |
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| cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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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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| 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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| chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
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| chymosin | (noun) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate | Synonyms: rennin |
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| circumcision | (noun) the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males | - |
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| (noun) the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite | - |
| cirrhosis | (noun) a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism | Synonyms: cirrhosis of the liver |
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| classic | (noun) a creation of the highest excellence | - |
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| (noun) an artist who has created classic works | - |
| classical | (noun) traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste | Synonyms: classical music, serious music |
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| classicalism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicism |
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| classicism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicalism |
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| classicist | (noun) an artistic person who adheres to classicism | - |
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| (noun) a student of ancient Greek and Latin | Synonyms: classical scholar |
| classics | (noun) study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome | - |
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| 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 | - |
| cleansing | (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleanup |
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| closing | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closure, shutdown |
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| (noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: shutting |
| (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: completion, culmination, mop up, windup |
| (noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closure |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending |
| clumsiness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | Synonyms: awkwardness |
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| (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, gracelessness, stiffness |
| (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
| clusia | (noun) an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers | - |
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| coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiosis | (noun) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia | - |
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| coelophysis | (noun) one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic | - |
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| coextension | (noun) equality of extension or duration | - |
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| cohesion | (noun) (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid | - |
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| (noun) (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) | - |
| (noun) (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. | - |
| (noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesiveness |
| cohesiveness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| (noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesion |
| collision | (noun) a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals | - |
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| (noun) an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object | - |
| (noun) (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | Synonyms: hit |
| collusion | (noun) secret agreement | - |
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| (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: connivance |
| colpoxerosis | (noun) a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry | - |
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| commission | (noun) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | Synonyms: charge, mission |
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| (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: committal, perpetration |
| (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commissioning |
| (noun) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces | Synonyms: military commission |
| (noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | Synonyms: charge, direction |
| (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: committee |
| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission |
| (noun) a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary) | - |
| (noun) the state of being in good working order and ready for operation | - |
| commissionaire | (noun) a uniformed doorman | - |
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| commissioner | (noun) a government administrator | - |
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| (noun) a member of a commission | - |
| commissioning | (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commission |
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| compassion | (noun) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it | Synonyms: pity |
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| (noun) a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering | Synonyms: compassionateness |
| compassionateness | (noun) a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering | Synonyms: compassion |
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| composing | (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composition |
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| (noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composition |
| composite | (noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts | Synonyms: complex |
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| (noun) considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers | Synonyms: composite plant |
| compositeness | (noun) the property of being a composite number | - |
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| composition | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: authorship, penning, writing |
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| (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composing |
| (noun) something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole | - |
| (noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
| (noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composing |
| (noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) | Synonyms: paper, report, theme |
| (noun) a musical work that has been created | Synonyms: musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music |
| (noun) art and technique of printing with movable type | Synonyms: typography |
| (noun) a mixture of ingredients | - |
| compositor | (noun) one who sets written material into type | Synonyms: setter, typesetter, typographer |
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| comprehensibility | (noun) the quality of comprehensible language or thought | Synonyms: understandability |
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| comprehension | (noun) an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) | - |
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| (noun) the relation of comprising something | Synonyms: inclusion |
| comprehensive | (noun) an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge | Synonyms: comp, comprehensive examination |
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| comprehensiveness | (noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: breadth, largeness |
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| (noun) completeness over a broad scope | Synonyms: fullness |
| compressibility | (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: sponginess, squeezability |
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| compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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| compression | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compressing |
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| (noun) encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required | - |
| (noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: condensation, contraction |
| (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, concretion, densification |
| compulsion | (noun) using force to cause something to occur | Synonyms: coercion |
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| (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid | Synonyms: irresistible impulse |
| compulsive | (noun) a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things | - |
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| compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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| compulsivity | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsiveness |
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| concession | (noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business | Synonyms: grant |
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| (noun) a point conceded or yielded | - |
| (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: conceding, yielding |
| concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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| concessioner | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessionaire |
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| concision | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, pithiness, succinctness |
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| conclusion | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: ending, termination |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) an intuitive assumption | - |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, end, ending |
| (noun) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | Synonyms: ratiocination |
| (noun) a final settlement | - |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: ending, finish |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| conclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: decisiveness, finality |
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| concussion | (noun) injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness | - |
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| (noun) any violent blow | - |
| condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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| condescension | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: disdainfulness, superciliousness |
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| (noun) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank | Synonyms: condescendingness |
| (noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: disdain, patronage |
| conessi | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi |
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| confession | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution | - |
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| (noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults | - |
| (noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party | - |
| (noun) a public declaration of your faith | - |
| (noun) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) | - |
| confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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| confusion | (noun) a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | Synonyms: mix-up |
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| (noun) an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended | - |
| (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
| (noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: discombobulation |
| (noun) disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably | - |
| considerateness | (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: consideration, thoughtfulness |
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| consideration | (noun) a considerate and thoughtful act | Synonyms: thoughtfulness |
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| (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: considerateness, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) the process of giving careful thought to something | - |
| (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, condition |
| (noun) a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting) | - |
| (noun) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | Synonyms: retainer |
| consignee | (noun) the person to whom merchandise is delivered over | - |
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| consigner | (noun) the person who delivers over or commits merchandise | Synonyms: consignor |
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| consignment | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, committal |
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| (noun) the delivery of goods for sale or disposal | - |
| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |