| conge | (noun) formal permission to depart | Synonyms: congee |
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| (noun) an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | Synonyms: congee |
| (noun) (architecture) a concave molding | Synonyms: congee |
| congealment | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congelation |
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| congee | (noun) formal permission to depart | Synonyms: conge |
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| (noun) an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | Synonyms: conge |
| (noun) (architecture) a concave molding | Synonyms: conge |
| (noun) a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast | Synonyms: jook |
| congelation | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congealment |
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| congenator | (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congener, congeneric, relative |
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| congener | (noun) a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another | - |
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| (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congenator, congeneric, relative |
| (noun) a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character | - |
| congeneric | (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congenator, congener, relative |
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| congeniality | (noun) a congenial disposition | - |
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| (noun) compatibility between persons | Synonyms: congenialness |
| congenialness | (noun) compatibility between persons | Synonyms: congeniality |
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| conger | (noun) large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food | Synonyms: conger eel |
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| congeries | (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, conglomeration |
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| congestion | (noun) excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part | - |
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| (noun) excessive crowding | Synonyms: over-crowding |
| congius | (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters | Synonyms: gallon, Imperial gallon |
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| conglobation | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglomeration |
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| (noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglomeration |
| conglomerate | (noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | Synonyms: empire |
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| (noun) a composite rock made up of particles of varying size | Synonyms: pudding stone |
| conglomeration | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglobation |
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| (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, congeries |
| (noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglobation |
| conglutination | (noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion |
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| (noun) healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones | Synonyms: union |
| congo | (noun) black tea grown in China | Synonyms: congou, congou tea, English breakfast tea |
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| congou | (noun) black tea grown in China | Synonyms: congo, congou tea, English breakfast tea |
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| congratulation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: felicitation |
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| (noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: felicitation |
| congratulations | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: extolment, kudos, praise |
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| congregant | (noun) a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue) | - |
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| congregating | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregation |
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| congregation | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregating |
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| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: faithful, fold |
| (noun) an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together | - |
| congress | (noun) the social act of assembling for some common purpose | Synonyms: coming together, meeting |
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| (noun) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives | - |
| (noun) a national legislative assembly | - |
| congressman | (noun) a male member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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| congresswoman | (noun) a female member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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| congruence | (noun) the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate | Synonyms: congruity, congruousness |
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| congruity | (noun) the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate | Synonyms: congruence, congruousness |
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| congruousness | (noun) the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate | Synonyms: congruence, congruity |
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| conic | (noun) (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone | Synonyms: conic section |
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| conidiophore | (noun) a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia | - |
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| conidiospore | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidium |
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| conidium | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidiospore |
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| conifer | (noun) any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | Synonyms: coniferous tree |
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| conima | (noun) a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum | - |
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| conjecture | (noun) a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) | Synonyms: speculation |
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| (noun) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence | - |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
| conjugate | (noun) a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A | Synonyms: conjugate solution |
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| conjugation | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) the act of making or becoming a single unit | Synonyms: jointure, unification, union, uniting |
| (noun) a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms | - |
| (noun) the complete set of inflected forms of a verb | - |
| (noun) the inflection of verbs | - |
| (noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjunction, junction |
| conjunction | (noun) something that joins or connects | Synonyms: junction |
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| (noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence |
| (noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunctive, connective, continuative |
| (noun) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac | Synonyms: alignment |
| (noun) the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction | - |
| (noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, junction |
| conjunctiva | (noun) a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid | - |
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| conjunctive | (noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunction, connective, continuative |
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| conjunctivitis | (noun) inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye | Synonyms: pinkeye |
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| conjuncture | (noun) a critical combination of events or circumstances | - |
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| conjuration | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
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| (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuring, conjury, invocation |
| (noun) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect | Synonyms: incantation |
| conjurer | (noun) a witch doctor who practices conjury | Synonyms: conjure man, conjuror |
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| (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator |
| conjuring | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjury, invocation |
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| conjuror | (noun) a witch doctor who practices conjury | Synonyms: conjure man, conjurer |
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| (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator |
| conjury | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring, invocation |
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| conk | (noun) informal term for the nose | - |
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| conker | (noun) the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut | Synonyms: buckeye, horse chestnut |
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| connectedness | (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connection, connexion |
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| (noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connection, link |
| connecter | (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connection, connective, connector, connexion |
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| connection | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connexion, joining |
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| (noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connexion |
| (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connective, connector, connexion |
| (noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connexion |
| (noun) a supplier (especially of narcotics) | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) | - |
| (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connexion |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connexion, link |
| (noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connectedness, link |
| connective | (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connector, connexion |
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| (noun) an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences | Synonyms: conjunction, conjunctive, continuative |
| connectivity | (noun) the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections | - |
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| connector | (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connexion |
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| connexion | (noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | Synonyms: connection, joining |
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| (noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another | Synonyms: connection |
| (noun) an instrumentality that connects | Synonyms: connecter, connection, connective, connector |
| (noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: association, connection |
| (noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, link |
| conniption | (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: fit, scene, tantrum |
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| connivance | (noun) agreement on a secret plot | Synonyms: collusion |
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| (noun) (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing | Synonyms: secret approval, tacit consent |
| connoisseur | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: cognoscente |
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| connoisseurship | (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: vertu, virtu |
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| connotation | (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested | - |
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| (noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: intension |
| conodont | (noun) small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes | - |
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| (noun) the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta | - |
| conoid | (noun) a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point | Synonyms: cone, cone shape |
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| conquering | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation |
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| conqueror | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: vanquisher |
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| conquest | (noun) success in mastering something difficult | - |
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| (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation |
| (noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | Synonyms: seduction |
| conquistador | (noun) an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) | - |
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| consanguinity | (noun) (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood | Synonyms: blood kinship, cognation |
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| conscience | (noun) conformity to one's own sense of right conduct | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of shame when you do something immoral | - |
| (noun) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | Synonyms: moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong |
| conscientiousness | (noun) the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being painstaking and careful | Synonyms: painstakingness |
| consciousness | (noun) an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation | - |
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| (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: awareness, cognisance, cognizance, knowingness |
| conscript | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: draftee, inductee |
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| conscription | (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: draft, muster, selective service |
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| consecration | (noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God | - |
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| (noun) a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) | - |
| consensus | (noun) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | - |
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| consent | (noun) permission for something to happen | - |
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| consequence | (noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: import, moment |
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| (noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | Synonyms: aftermath |
| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
| conservancy | (noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. | - |
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| (noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river | - |
| conservation | (noun) the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations | - |
| (noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: preservation |
| conservationist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: environmentalist |
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| conservatism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservativism |
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| conservative | (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservativist |
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| conservativism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservatism |
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| conservativist | (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservative |
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| conservatoire | (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatory |
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| conservator | (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | Synonyms: curator |
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| (noun) someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person | - |
| conservatory | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | Synonyms: hothouse, indoor garden |
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| (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatoire |
| (noun) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts | - |
| conserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserves, preserve, preserves |
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| conserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, preserve, preserves |
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| considerateness | (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: consideration, thoughtfulness |
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| consideration | (noun) a considerate and thoughtful act | Synonyms: thoughtfulness |
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| (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: considerateness, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) the process of giving careful thought to something | - |
| (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: circumstance, condition |
| (noun) a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting) | - |
| (noun) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | Synonyms: retainer |
| consignee | (noun) the person to whom merchandise is delivered over | - |
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| consigner | (noun) the person who delivers over or commits merchandise | Synonyms: consignor |
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| consignment | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, committal |
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| (noun) the delivery of goods for sale or disposal | - |
| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
| consignor | (noun) the person who delivers over or commits merchandise | Synonyms: consigner |
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| consistence | (noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape | Synonyms: body, consistency, substance |
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| (noun) a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts | Synonyms: consistency |
| consistency | (noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape | Synonyms: body, consistence, substance |
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| (noun) (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another | - |
| (noun) a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts | Synonyms: consistence |
| (noun) logical coherence and accordance with the facts | - |
| consistory | (noun) a church tribunal or governing body | - |
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