| abcoulomb | (noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs | - |
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| aplomb | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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| bomb | (noun) an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions | - |
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| (noun) strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion | Synonyms: bomb calorimeter |
| (noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | Synonyms: dud, turkey |
| catacomb | (noun) an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) | - |
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| cockscomb | (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | Synonyms: comb, coxcomb |
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| (noun) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red | Synonyms: coxcomb |
| (noun) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | Synonyms: coxcomb |
| (noun) garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers | Synonyms: Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb |
| comb | (noun) the act of drawing a comb through hair | Synonyms: combing |
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| (noun) ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore | - |
| (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | Synonyms: cockscomb, coxcomb |
| (noun) a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair | - |
| (noun) any of several tools for straightening fibers | - |
| coulomb | (noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second | Synonyms: ampere-second, C |
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| coxcomb | (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | Synonyms: cockscomb, comb |
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| (noun) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red | Synonyms: cockscomb |
| (noun) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | Synonyms: cockscomb |
| currycomb | (noun) a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses | - |
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| firebomb | (noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | Synonyms: incendiary, incendiary bomb |
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| hecatomb | (noun) a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen | - |
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| honeycomb | (noun) a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees | - |
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| (noun) a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae | - |
| pocketcomb | (noun) a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket | Synonyms: pocket comb |
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| rhomb | (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: diamond, rhombus |
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| tomb | (noun) a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | Synonyms: grave |
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| womb | (noun) a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus | Synonyms: uterus |
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