| bloodstain | (noun) a discoloration caused by blood | - |
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| captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| (noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
| (noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
| (noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
| (noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
| (noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
| catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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| chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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| 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 |
| counterstain | (noun) a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly | - |
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| curtain | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: drape, drapery, mantle, pall |
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| (noun) any barrier to communication or vision | - |
| fountain | (noun) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water | Synonyms: fount |
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| (noun) an artificially produced flow of water | Synonyms: jet |
| (noun) a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises | - |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring |
| mountain | (noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mount |
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| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| plantain | (noun) starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics | - |
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| (noun) a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | Synonyms: Musa paradisiaca, plantain tree |
| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally | - |
| stain | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, spot |
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| (noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, discolouration |
| (noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigma |
| (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grease, grime, grunge, soil |
| (noun) (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible | - |