| corpulency | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: fleshiness, obesity |
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| corpus | (noun) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure | - |
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| (noun) a collection of writings | - |
| (noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: principal, principal sum |
| corpuscle | (noun) either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets | Synonyms: blood cell, blood corpuscle |
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| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck |
| corral | (noun) a pen for cattle | Synonyms: cattle pen, cow pen |
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| corrasion | (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, detrition |
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| correction | (noun) the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right | Synonyms: rectification |
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| (noun) treatment of a specific defect | - |
| (noun) the act of disciplining | Synonyms: discipline |
| (noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases | - |
| (noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, chastisement |
| (noun) something substituted for an error | - |
| (noun) a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure | Synonyms: fudge factor |
| corrections | (noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole | - |
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| (noun) the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders | Synonyms: department of corrections |
| correctitude | (noun) correct or appropriate behavior | Synonyms: properness, propriety |
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| corrective | (noun) a device for treating injury or disease | Synonyms: restorative |
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| correctness | (noun) conformity to fact or truth | Synonyms: rightness |
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| (noun) the quality of conformity to social expectations | - |
| correlate | (noun) either of two or more related or complementary variables | Synonyms: correlative |
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| correlation | (noun) a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation) | Synonyms: coefficient of correlation, correlation coefficient |
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| (noun) a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other | Synonyms: correlational statistics |
| (noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things | Synonyms: correlativity |
| correlative | (noun) either of two or more related or complementary variables | Synonyms: correlate |
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| correlativity | (noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things | Synonyms: correlation |
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| correspondence | (noun) similarity by virtue of corresponding | Synonyms: parallelism |
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| (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | Synonyms: balance, symmetricalness, symmetry |
| (noun) communication by the exchange of letters | - |
| (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: commensurateness, proportionateness |
| correspondent | (noun) someone who communicates by means of letters | Synonyms: letter writer |
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| (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newswriter |
| corrida | (noun) a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators | Synonyms: bullfight |
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| corridor | (noun) an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it | - |
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| corrie | (noun) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake | Synonyms: cirque, cwm |
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| corrigenda | (noun) a list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections | - |
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| corrigendum | (noun) a printer's error; to be corrected | - |
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| corroboration | (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: certification, documentation |
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| corroding | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosion, erosion |
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| corrosion | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corroding, erosion |
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| (noun) a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action | - |
| corrosive | (noun) a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) | - |
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| corrugation | (noun) the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves | - |
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| (noun) a ridge on a corrugated surface | - |
| corruptibility | (noun) the capability of being corrupted | - |
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| corruption | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | Synonyms: subversion |
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| (noun) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | - |
| (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruptness |
| (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
| (noun) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | - |
| (noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, rottenness |
| corruptness | (noun) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | Synonyms: corruption |
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| (noun) the state of being corrupt | - |
| corsage | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: bouquet, nosegay, posy |
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| corsair | (noun) a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction) | - |
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| (noun) a pirate along the Barbary Coast | Synonyms: Barbary pirate |
| corselet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corslet |
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| corset | (noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | Synonyms: girdle, stays |
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| corslet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corselet |
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| cortege | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: entourage, retinue, suite |
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| (noun) a funeral procession | - |
| cortex | (noun) the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal | - |
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| (noun) the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium |
| (noun) the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus | Synonyms: lens cortex |
| corticoid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticosteroid |
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| corticosteroid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid |
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| corticosterone | (noun) secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body | - |
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| corticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin |
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| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| cortina | (noun) a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils | - |
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| cortisol | (noun) an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism | Synonyms: Cortef, hydrocortisone, Hydrocortone |
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| cortisone | (noun) a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone | Synonyms: Cortone Acetate |
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| corundom | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundum |
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| corundum | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundom |
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| coruscation | (noun) a sudden or striking display of brilliance | - |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: glitter, sparkle |
| corvee | (noun) unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes | - |
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| corvette | (noun) a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
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| corydalis | (noun) a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers | - |
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| corymb | (noun) flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first | - |
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| corynebacterium | (noun) any species of the genus Corynebacterium | - |
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| coryphantha | (noun) a cactus of the genus Coryphantha | - |
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| corythosaur | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaurus |
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| corythosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaur |
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| coryza | (noun) an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge) | Synonyms: rhinitis |
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