| coziness | (noun) a state of warm snug comfort | Synonyms: cosiness, snugness |
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| cps | (noun) the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz) | Synonyms: cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz, Hz |
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| crabbedness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbiness, crossness |
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| crabbiness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crossness |
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| crabgrass | (noun) grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns | Synonyms: crab grass, finger grass |
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| crabs | (noun) infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice | Synonyms: pediculosis pubis |
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| cracklings | (noun) the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered | - |
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| craftiness | (noun) the quality of being crafty | Synonyms: guile |
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| (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
| crankiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crotchetiness, grumpiness |
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| craps | (noun) a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice | - |
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| (noun) expressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot | Synonyms: snake eyes |
| crassness | (noun) the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement | Synonyms: crassitude |
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| cravenness | (noun) meanspirited cowardice | - |
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| craziness | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
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| (noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, madness |
| (noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: daftness, flakiness |
| creamcups | (noun) California plant with small pale yellow flowers | Synonyms: Platystemon californicus |
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| creaminess | (noun) the property of having the thickness of heavy cream | Synonyms: soupiness |
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| creativeness | (noun) the ability to create | Synonyms: creative thinking, creativity |
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| credentials | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, certification, credential |
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| credibleness | (noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy | Synonyms: believability, credibility |
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| credits | (noun) a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) | - |
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| creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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| credulousness | (noun) tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived | Synonyms: gullibility |
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| creepiness | (noun) an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin | - |
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| creeps | (noun) a feeling of fear and revulsion | - |
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| (noun) a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait | - |
| cremains | (noun) the remains of a dead body after cremation | - |
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| cress | (noun) pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste | Synonyms: cress plant |
| criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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| crisis | (noun) a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something | - |
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| (noun) an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty | - |
| crispiness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispness |
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| crispness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispiness |
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| (noun) a pleasing firmness and freshness | - |
| (noun) an expressive style that is direct and to the point | - |
| crisscross | (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: cross, mark |
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| criticalness | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, cruciality |
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| crocus | (noun) any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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| crookedness | (noun) having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | Synonyms: deviousness |
| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: contortion, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
| cross | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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| (noun) (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species | Synonyms: crossbreed, hybrid |
| (noun) a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece | - |
| (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: crisscross, mark |
| (noun) any affliction that causes great suffering | Synonyms: crown of thorns |
| crossbones | (noun) two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death | - |
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| crosshairs | (noun) a center of interest | - |
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| crossness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crabbiness |
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| (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| crossroads | (noun) a point where a choice must be made | - |
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| (noun) a community of people smaller than a village | Synonyms: hamlet |
| (noun) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made | Synonyms: critical point, juncture |
| crotchetiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crankiness, grumpiness |
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| crudeness | (noun) an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement | Synonyms: crudity, gaucheness |
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| (noun) an unpolished unrefined quality | Synonyms: roughness |
| (noun) a wild or unrefined state | Synonyms: crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness |
| crudites | (noun) raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip | - |
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| cruelness | (noun) the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance | Synonyms: cruelty, harshness |
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| crumbliness | (noun) excessive breakableness | Synonyms: friability |
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| crus | (noun) the leg from the knee to foot | - |
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| cryogenics | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogeny |
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| cryonics | (noun) the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life | - |
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| cryptanalysis | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology |
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| cryptanalytics | (noun) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology |
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| cryptobiosis | (noun) a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill | - |
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| cryptococcosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system | - |
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| csardas | (noun) a piece of music composed for the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: czardas |
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| (noun) a piece of music in the rhythm of the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: czardas |
| cubitus | (noun) hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | Synonyms: articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, elbow, elbow joint, human elbow |
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| (noun) the arm from the elbow to the fingertips | - |
| cuirass | (noun) medieval body armor that covers the chest and back | - |
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| cullis | (noun) a gutter in a roof | - |
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| culpableness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpability |
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| cultus | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cult, religious cult |
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| cumbersomeness | (noun) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | Synonyms: awkwardness, unwieldiness |
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| cummings | (noun) United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962) | Synonyms: e. e. cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings |
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| cumulonimbus | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud |
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| cumulus | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, heap, mound, pile |
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| (noun) a globular cloud | Synonyms: cumulus cloud |
| cuneus | (noun) any shape that is triangular in cross section | Synonyms: wedge, wedge shape |
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| cunnilinctus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilingus |
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| cunnilingus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilinctus |
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| curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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| curiousness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: foreignness, strangeness |
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| (noun) a state of active curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitiveness |
| curliness | (noun) (of hair) a tendency to curl | Synonyms: waviness |
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| currentness | (noun) the property of belonging to the present time | Synonyms: currency, up-to-dateness |
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| curtness | (noun) an abrupt discourteous manner | Synonyms: abruptness, brusqueness, gruffness, shortness |
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| curvaceousness | (noun) the quality of having a well-rounded body | Synonyms: shapeliness, voluptuousness |
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| cuscus | (noun) woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia | - |
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| cuss | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword |
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| (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer |
| (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
| cussedness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: orneriness |
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| customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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| customs | (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: custom, customs duty, impost |
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| cuteness | (noun) the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | Synonyms: prettiness |
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| cutis | (noun) a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch | Synonyms: skin, tegument |
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| cutlas | (noun) a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors | Synonyms: cutlass |
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| cutlass | (noun) a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors | Synonyms: cutlas |
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| cyanosis | (noun) a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes | - |
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| cybernetics | (noun) (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems) | - |
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| cyclops | (noun) minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms | Synonyms: water flea |
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| cyclosis | (noun) the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell | Synonyms: streaming |
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| cylindricalness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder | Synonyms: cylindricality |
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| cypress | (noun) any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | Synonyms: cypress tree |
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| (noun) wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus | - |
| cystitis | (noun) inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters | - |
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| cystoparalysis | (noun) paralysis of the urinary bladder | Synonyms: cystoplegia |
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| cytoarchitectonics | (noun) the cellular composition of a bodily structure | Synonyms: cytoarchitecture |
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| cytogenesis | (noun) the origin and development and variation of cells | Synonyms: cytogeny |
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| cytogenetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) | - |
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| cytokinesis | (noun) organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells | - |
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| cytolysis | (noun) pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane | - |
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| cytomegalovirus | (noun) any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems | Synonyms: CMV |
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| czardas | (noun) a piece of music composed for the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
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| (noun) a piece of music in the rhythm of the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
| dacryocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose | - |
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| daftness | (noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: craziness, flakiness |
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| daintiness | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: delicacy, fineness |
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| dais | (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump |
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| daktylos | (noun) a Greek unit of length equal to one centimeter. | - |
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| dallisgrass | (noun) tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States | Synonyms: dallis grass, paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum |
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| damages | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
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