cabbage | (noun) any of various types of cabbage | Synonyms: chou |
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(noun) any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage |
(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
(verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
cabbageworm | (noun) toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly | Synonyms: Pieris rapae |
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cabotage | (noun) navigation in coastal waters | - |
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(noun) the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders | - |
cage | (noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept | Synonyms: coop |
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(noun) the net that is the goal in ice hockey | - |
(noun) a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice | Synonyms: batting cage |
(noun) something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement | - |
(verb) confine in a cage | Synonyms: cage in |
cager | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, basketeer |
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cagey | (adjective) characterized by great caution and wariness | Synonyms: cagy, chary |
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(adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagy, canny, clever |
cagily | (adverb) in a cagey manner | Synonyms: circumspectly |
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cagoule | (noun) lightweight parka; waterproof | - |
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cagy | (adjective) characterized by great caution and wariness | Synonyms: cagey, chary |
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(adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagey, canny, clever |
camouflage | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: disguise |
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(noun) device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | - |
(noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camo |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: disguise |
(verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
camouflaged | (adjective) made invisible by means of protective coloring | - |
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caragana | (noun) any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod | Synonyms: pea tree |
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carageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carrageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carnage | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter |
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carpetbag | (adjective) following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers | - |
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(adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbagging |
(noun) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century | - |
carpetbagger | (noun) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously | - |
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carpetbagging | (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbag |
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carpophagous | (adjective) feeding on fruit | Synonyms: fruit-eating |
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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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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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cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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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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cartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to cartilage | - |
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(adjective) difficult to chew | Synonyms: gristly, rubbery |
cellarage | (noun) a storage area in a cellar | - |
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(noun) a charge for storing goods in a cellar | - |
chagrin | (noun) strong feelings of embarrassment | Synonyms: humiliation, mortification |
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(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, humble, humiliate, mortify |
chagrined | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: abashed, embarrassed |
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champagne | (noun) a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there | Synonyms: bubbly |
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choragic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus | - |
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choragus | (noun) (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
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cleavage | (noun) the act of cleaving or splitting | - |
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(noun) the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) | - |
(noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | Synonyms: segmentation |
(noun) the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules | - |
(noun) the state of being split or cleft | - |
clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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coagulable | (adjective) capable of coagulating and becoming thick | - |
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coagulant | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulator |
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coagulase | (noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation | - |
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coagulate | (adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | Synonyms: coagulated, curdled, grumose, grumous |
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(verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | Synonyms: clot |
(verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | Synonyms: clot |
coagulated | (adjective) changed into a solid mass | Synonyms: solidified |
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(adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | Synonyms: coagulate, curdled, grumose, grumous |
coagulation | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, curdling |
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coagulator | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulant |
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coagulum | (noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | Synonyms: clot |
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coinage | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
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(noun) a newly invented word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
(noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: metal money, mintage, specie |
coliphage | (noun) a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli | - |
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collage | (noun) a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | Synonyms: montage |
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(noun) any collection of diverse things | - |
collagen | (noun) a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling | - |
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collagenase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin | - |
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collagenic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of collagen | Synonyms: collagenous |
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collagenous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of collagen | Synonyms: collagenic |
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colleague | (noun) an associate that one works with | Synonyms: co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow |
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(noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: confrere, fellow |
commonage | (noun) property held in common | - |
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concubinage | (noun) cohabitation without being legally married | - |
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conflagrate | (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire |
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(verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: enkindle, inflame, kindle |
conflagration | (noun) a very intense and uncontrolled fire | Synonyms: inferno |
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contagion | (noun) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | Synonyms: infection |
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(noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | Synonyms: infection, transmission |
(noun) any disease easily transmitted by contact | Synonyms: contagious disease |
contagious | (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, transmittable |
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(adjective) easily diffused or spread as from one person to another | - |
contagiously | (adverb) in a contagious manner | Synonyms: infectiously |
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contagiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being contagious, easily transmitted to others. | - |
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contrafagotto | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrabassoon, double bassoon |
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coprophagia | (noun) eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity | Synonyms: coprophagy |
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coprophagy | (noun) eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity | Synonyms: coprophagia |
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cordage | (noun) the ropes in the rigging of a ship | - |
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(noun) the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords | - |
corkage | (noun) a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises | - |
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corsage | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: bouquet, nosegay, posy |
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cottage | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: bungalow |
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cottager | (noun) someone who lives in a cottage | Synonyms: cottage dweller |
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counterespionage | (noun) spying on the spies | - |
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courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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courageous | (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Synonyms: brave |
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courageously | (adverb) in a courageous manner | Synonyms: bravely |
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courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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(noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
(noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
cowage | (noun) the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing | Synonyms: Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean |
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(noun) pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey | - |
cozenage | (noun) a fraudulent business scheme | Synonyms: scam |
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crag | (noun) a steep rugged rock or cliff | - |
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cragfast | (adjective) stranded on or as if on a crag | - |
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cragged | (adjective) having hills and crags | Synonyms: craggy, hilly, mountainous |
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craggy | (adjective) having hills and crags | Synonyms: cragged, hilly, mountainous |
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cragsman | (noun) a climber of vertical rock faces | Synonyms: rock climber |
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cribbage | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: crib |
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curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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curtilage | (noun) the enclosed land around a house or other building | Synonyms: grounds, yard |
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dag | (noun) a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing | Synonyms: jag |
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(noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: decagram, dekagram, dkg |
dagame | (noun) source of a tough elastic wood | Synonyms: Calycophyllum candidissimum, lemonwood tree |
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dagga | (noun) relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco | Synonyms: Cape dagga, Leonotis leonurus, red dagga, wilde dagga |
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dagger | (noun) a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing | Synonyms: sticker |
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(noun) a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used | Synonyms: obelisk |
daggerboard | (noun) a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel | - |
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dago | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: ginzo, greaseball, Guinea, wop |
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daguerreotype | (noun) a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor | - |
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damage | (noun) the act of damaging something or someone | Synonyms: harm, hurt, scathe |
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(noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | Synonyms: legal injury, wrong |
(noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: harm, impairment |
(noun) loss of military equipment | Synonyms: equipment casualty |
(noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | Synonyms: price, terms |
(verb) inflict damage upon | - |
(verb) suffer or be susceptible to damage | - |
damaged | (adjective) harmed or injured or spoiled | - |
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(adjective) being unjustly brought into disrepute | Synonyms: discredited |
damages | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
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damaging | (adjective) designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | Synonyms: negative |
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(adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious |
decagon | (noun) a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles | - |
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decagram | (noun) 10 grams | Synonyms: dag, dekagram, dkg |
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decoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication |
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decolletage | (noun) a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress | - |
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decoupage | (noun) the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer | - |
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(noun) art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer | - |