carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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carrack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carack |
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carrageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carrageenan | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenin |
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carrageenin | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenan |
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carragheen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carrageen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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carrel | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrell, cubicle, stall |
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carrell | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, cubicle, stall |
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carriage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: equipage, rig |
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(noun) a railcar where passengers ride | Synonyms: coach, passenger car |
(noun) a machine part that carries something else | - |
(noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller |
(noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, posture |
carriageway | (noun) one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes | - |
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carrier | (noun) (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring | - |
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(noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop |
(noun) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like | - |
(noun) a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something | - |
(noun) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages | Synonyms: common carrier |
(noun) (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others | Synonyms: immune carrier |
(noun) a boy who delivers newspapers | Synonyms: newsboy |
(noun) a man who delivers the mail | Synonyms: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman |
(noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: bearer, toter |
(noun) a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | Synonyms: carrier wave |
(noun) an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction | - |
carrion | (noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
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carrizo | (noun) tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts | Synonyms: common reed, ditch reed, Phragmites communis |
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carrot | (noun) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | - |
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(noun) orange root; important source of carotene | - |
(noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions | Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa |
(noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | - |
carrottop | (noun) someone who has red hair | Synonyms: red-header, redhead, redheader |
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carrousel | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig |
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(noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers | Synonyms: carousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel |
carry | (noun) the act of carrying something | - |
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carryall | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: holdall, tote, tote bag |
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carrycot | (noun) box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried) | - |
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cart | (noun) a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal | - |
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(noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: go-cart, handcart, pushcart |
cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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carte | (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, card, carte du jour, menu |
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cartel | (noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: combine, corporate trust, trust |
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cartelization | (noun) the process of cartelizing, usually occuring in oligopolistic industry. | - |
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carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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cartilage | (noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | Synonyms: gristle |
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cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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carting | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: cartage |
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cartload | (noun) the quantity that a cart holds | - |
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cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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carton | (noun) a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top | - |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: cartonful |
cartonful | (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: carton |
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cartoon | (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: sketch |
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(noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | Synonyms: animated cartoon, toon |
cartoonist | (noun) a person who draws cartoons | - |
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cartouch | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouche |
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cartouche | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouch |
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cartridge | (noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun | - |
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(noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | Synonyms: pickup |
(noun) a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment | - |
(noun) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required | Synonyms: magazine |
cartroad | (noun) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | Synonyms: cart track, track |
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cartwheel | (noun) acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel | - |
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(noun) a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim | - |
(noun) a dollar made of silver | Synonyms: silver dollar |
cartwright | (noun) a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons | - |
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caruncle | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncula |
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caruncula | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncle |
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carvedilol | (noun) beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced | - |
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carver | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker |
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(noun) someone who carves the meat | Synonyms: cutter |
(noun) makes decorative wooden panels | Synonyms: woodcarver |
carving | (noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions | Synonyms: sculpture |
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(noun) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Synonyms: cutting |
(noun) a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape | - |
caryatid | (noun) a supporting column carved in the shape of a person | - |
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caryopsis | (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: grain |
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casaba | (noun) melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh | Synonyms: casaba melon |
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casava | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | Synonyms: cassava |
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casbah | (noun) an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located | Synonyms: kasbah |
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cascabel | (noun) a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh | Synonyms: sleigh bell |
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cascade | (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: shower |
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(noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | - |
(noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | - |
cascara | (noun) dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative | Synonyms: cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark |
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cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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case | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: causa, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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(noun) a portable container for carrying several objects | - |
(noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine |
(noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: pillow slip, pillowcase, slip |
(noun) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | Synonyms: compositor's case, typesetter's case |
(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: casing, shell |
(noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: casing |
(noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | Synonyms: sheath |
(noun) the actual state of things | - |
(noun) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | Synonyms: grammatical case |
(noun) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | - |
(noun) a problem requiring investigation | - |
(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: face, font, fount, typeface |
(noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: example, instance |
(noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | Synonyms: guinea pig, subject |
(noun) a person requiring professional services | - |
(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: character, eccentric, type |
(noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: caseful |
(noun) a special set of circumstances | Synonyms: event |
(noun) a specific state of mind that is temporary | - |
casebook | (noun) a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work | - |
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caseful | (noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: case |
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casein | (noun) a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk | Synonyms: casein paint |
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(noun) a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives | - |
casement | (noun) a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) | - |
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casern | (noun) military barracks in a garrison town | - |
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casework | (noun) close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
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caseworker | (noun) someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) | Synonyms: social worker, welfare worker |
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caseworm | (noun) insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body | - |
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cash | (noun) money in the form of bills or coins | Synonyms: hard cash, hard currency |
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(noun) prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check | Synonyms: immediate payment |
cashbox | (noun) a strongbox for holding cash | Synonyms: money box, till |
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cashcard | (noun) a payment card that entitles the holder to receive cash | Synonyms: cash card |
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cashew | (noun) kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted | Synonyms: cashew nut |
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(noun) tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted | Synonyms: Anacardium occidentale, cashew tree |
cashier | (noun) an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money | Synonyms: bank clerk, teller |
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(noun) a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant) | - |
cashmere | (noun) a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat | - |
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(noun) the wool of the Kashmir goat | - |
casing | (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: case |
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(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, shell |
(noun) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire | - |
casino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: cassino |
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(noun) a public building for gambling and entertainment | Synonyms: gambling casino |
cask | (noun) a cylindrical container that holds liquids | Synonyms: barrel |
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(noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: caskful |
casket | (noun) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables | Synonyms: jewel casket |
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(noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: coffin |
caskful | (noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: cask |
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caspase | (noun) any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis | - |
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casque | (noun) (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor | - |
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casquet | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquetel |
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casquetel | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquet |
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cassareep | (noun) a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking | - |
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cassava | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | Synonyms: casava |
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(noun) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | Synonyms: manioc |
(noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | Synonyms: cassava starch, manioc, manioca |
casserole | (noun) large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served | - |
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(noun) food cooked and served in a casserole | - |
cassette | (noun) a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video | - |
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cassia | (noun) any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods | - |
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(noun) Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon | Synonyms: cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia |
cassie | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, flame tree, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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cassino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: casino |
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cassiri | (noun) a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice | - |
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cassiterite | (noun) a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin | - |
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cassock | (noun) a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers | - |
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cassowary | (noun) large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest | - |
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cast | (noun) the act of throwing dice | Synonyms: roll |
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(noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: casting |
(noun) a violent throw | Synonyms: hurl |
(noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: casting |
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal | Synonyms: plaster bandage, plaster cast |
(noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | Synonyms: mold, mould |
(noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: form, shape |
(noun) the actors in a play | Synonyms: cast of characters, dramatis personae |
(noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: mold, mould, stamp |
castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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castaway | (noun) a shipwrecked person | Synonyms: shipwreck survivor |
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(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah |
caste | (noun) in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony | - |
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(noun) a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth | - |
(noun) (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity | - |
(noun) social status or position conferred by a system based on class | - |
caster | (noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable | Synonyms: castor |
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(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar | Synonyms: castor |
(noun) a worker who casts molten metal into finished products | - |