avalanche | (noun) a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain | - |
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(noun) a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things | - |
(verb) gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | Synonyms: roll down |
cavalcade | (noun) a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
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cavalier | (adjective) given to haughty disregard of others | Synonyms: high-handed |
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(noun) a gallant or courtly gentleman | Synonyms: chevalier |
cavalierly | (adverb) in a proud and domineering manner | Synonyms: disdainfully |
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cavalla | (noun) large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil | Synonyms: cero, king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla |
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cavalry | (noun) a highly mobile army unit | - |
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(noun) troops trained to fight on horseback | Synonyms: horse, horse cavalry |
cavalryman | (noun) a soldier mounted on horseback | Synonyms: trooper |
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(noun) a soldier in a motorized army unit | Synonyms: trooper |
contravallation | (noun) a fortification build around a sieged target by the besiegers to prevent attacks by the defenders. | - |
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davallia | (noun) any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes | - |
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lavalava | (noun) a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans) | - |
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lavalier | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavaliere, lavalliere |
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lavaliere | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavalier, lavalliere |
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lavalliere | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavalier, lavaliere |
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naval | (adjective) connected with or belonging to or used in a navy | - |
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pentavalent | (adjective) having a valence of five | - |
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tetravalent | (adjective) having a valence of four | - |
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upheaval | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil |
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(noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: uplift, upthrow, upthrust |
(noun) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) | Synonyms: Sturm und Drang, turbulence |
(noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: convulsion, turmoil |