colourcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colorcast |
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coloured | (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored, colored person, coloured person |
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colouring | (noun) the act or process of changing the color of something | Synonyms: coloring |
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(noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colour |
(noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food | Synonyms: coloring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring |
colourlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness |
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colours | (noun) a flag that shows its nationality | Synonyms: colors |
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(noun) a distinguishing emblem | Synonyms: colors |
colpitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina | - |
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colpocele | (noun) hernia projecting into the vagina | Synonyms: vaginocele |
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colpocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina and bladder | - |
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colpocystocele | (noun) hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth | Synonyms: cystocele |
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colposcope | (noun) An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues. | Synonyms: vaginoscope |
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colpoxerosis | (noun) a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry | - |
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colt | (noun) a young male horse under the age of four | - |
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coltan | (noun) a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips | Synonyms: columbite-tantalite |
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colter | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | Synonyms: coulter |
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coltsfoot | (noun) perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly | Synonyms: Tussilago farfara |
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(noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
colubrid | (noun) mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes | Synonyms: colubrid snake |
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colugo | (noun) arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps | Synonyms: flying cat, flying lemur |
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columbarium | (noun) a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns | - |
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(noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: cinerarium |
(noun) a birdhouse for pigeons | Synonyms: columbary, dovecote |
columbary | (noun) a birdhouse for pigeons | Synonyms: columbarium, dovecote |
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columbine | (noun) a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | Synonyms: aquilege, aquilegia |
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columbite | (noun) a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum | Synonyms: niobite |
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columbium | (noun) a former name for niobium | - |
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columbo | (noun) any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington | Synonyms: American columbo, American gentian, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant |
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columella | (noun) a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal | - |
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column | (noun) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | Synonyms: pillar |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | Synonyms: pillar |
(noun) a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands | Synonyms: chromatography column |
(noun) any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body | - |
(noun) an article giving opinions or perspectives | Synonyms: editorial, newspaper column |
(noun) a page or text that is vertically divided | - |
(noun) a line of units following one after another | - |
(noun) a vertical array of numbers or other information | - |
(noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: pillar, tower |
columnea | (noun) tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage | - |
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columniation | (noun) (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure | - |
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columnist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: editorialist |
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colza | (noun) Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop | Synonyms: Brassica napus, rape |
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coma | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: comatoseness |
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(noun) (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed | - |
(noun) (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) | - |
comatoseness | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: coma |
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comatulid | (noun) free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms | Synonyms: feather star |
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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 | - |
combat | (noun) an engagement fought between two military forces | Synonyms: armed combat |
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(noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: fight, fighting, scrap |
combatant | (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper |
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combativeness | (noun) a militant aggressiveness | Synonyms: militance, militancy |
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comber | (noun) a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool | - |
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(noun) a long curling sea wave | - |
(noun) a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool | - |
combination | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combining, compounding |
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(noun) the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order | - |
(noun) a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | - |
(noun) a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose | - |
(noun) a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock | - |
(noun) an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) | - |
(noun) a coordinated sequence of chess moves | - |
combine | (noun) harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field | - |
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(noun) an occurrence that results in things being united | Synonyms: combining |
(noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: cartel, corporate trust, trust |
combing | (noun) the act of drawing a comb through hair | Synonyms: comb |
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combining | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, compounding |
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(noun) an occurrence that results in things being united | Synonyms: combine |
combo | (noun) a small band of jazz musicians | Synonyms: jazz band, jazz group |
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combretum | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers | - |
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combustibility | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibleness |
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combustible | (noun) a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power | Synonyms: combustible material |
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combustibleness | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibility |
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combustion | (noun) the act of burning something | Synonyms: burning |
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(noun) a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light | Synonyms: burning |
(noun) a state of violent disturbance and excitement | - |
come | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid |
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comeback | (noun) return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity | - |
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(noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte |
comedian | (noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | Synonyms: comic |
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(noun) an actor in a comedy | - |
comedienne | (noun) a female comedian | - |
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(noun) a female actor in a comedy | - |
comedo | (noun) a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin | Synonyms: blackhead |
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comedogen | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogenic, comedogenic substance |
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comedogenic | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogen, comedogenic substance |
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comedown | (noun) decline to a lower status or level | - |
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comedy | (noun) light and humorous drama with a happy ending | - |
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(noun) a comic incident or series of incidents | Synonyms: clowning, drollery, funniness |
comeliness | (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, fairness, loveliness |
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comer | (noun) someone who arrives (or has arrived) | Synonyms: arrival, arriver |
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(noun) someone with a promising future | - |
comestible | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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comet | (noun) (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit | - |
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comeupance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeuppance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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comeuppance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeupance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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comfit | (noun) candy containing a fruit or nut | - |
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comfort | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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(noun) assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | - |
(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt |
(noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | - |
(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfortableness |
(noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: ease |
(noun) satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | - |
comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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(noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
(noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
(noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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comfrey | (noun) leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked | Synonyms: healing herb |
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(noun) perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas | Synonyms: cumfrey |
comic | (noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | Synonyms: comedian |
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comicality | (noun) the quality of being comical | - |
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coming | (noun) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: climax, orgasm, sexual climax |
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(noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | Synonyms: advent |
(noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, approaching |
(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, approaching |
comity | (noun) a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect | - |
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comma | (noun) anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing | Synonyms: comma butterfly, Polygonia comma |
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(noun) a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence | - |
command | (noun) the power or authority to command | - |
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(noun) availability for use | - |
(noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: control, mastery |
(noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, bidding, dictation |
(noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: instruction, program line, statement |
(noun) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer | - |
(noun) a position of highest authority | - |
commandant | (noun) an officer in command of a military unit | Synonyms: commander, commanding officer |
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commander | (noun) an officer in command of a military unit | Synonyms: commandant, commanding officer |
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(noun) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain | - |
(noun) an officer in the airforce | Synonyms: air force officer |
(noun) someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others | - |
commandership | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandery |
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commandery | (noun) the position or office of commander | Synonyms: commandership |
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commandment | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: precept, teaching |
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(noun) something that is commanded | - |
commando | (noun) an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory | - |
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(noun) a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids | Synonyms: ranger |
commelina | (noun) any plant of the genus Commelina | - |
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commemoration | (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: memorial, remembrance |
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(noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: memorialisation, memorialization |
commemorative | (noun) an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person | - |
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commencement | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, start |
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(noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise |
(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
commendation | (noun) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement | Synonyms: citation |
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(noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: approval |
commensal | (noun) either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent | - |
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commensalism | (noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it | - |
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commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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comment | (noun) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information | Synonyms: input, remark |
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(noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: commentary |
(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | Synonyms: gossip, scuttlebutt |
commentary | (noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | Synonyms: comment |
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commentator | (noun) a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | Synonyms: reviewer |
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(noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: observer |
commerce | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism |
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(noun) social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. | - |
commercial | (noun) a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television | Synonyms: commercial message |
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commercialisation | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialization |
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commercialism | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commerce, mercantilism |
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commercialization | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialisation |
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commie | (noun) a socialist who advocates communism | Synonyms: communist |
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commination | (noun) a threat of divine punishment or vengeance | - |
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(noun) prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday | - |
commiseration | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: condolence |
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(noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth |
commissar | (noun) an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | Synonyms: political commissar |
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