| carminative | (adjective) relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping) | Synonyms: flatus-relieving |
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| (noun) medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing | - |
| carmine | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet |
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| (noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: cardinal |
| (verb) color carmine | - |
| carnage | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter |
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| carnal | (adjective) of or relating to the body or flesh | - |
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| (adjective) marked by the appetites and passions of the body | Synonyms: animal, fleshly, sensual |
| carnalise | (verb) debase through carnal gratification | Synonyms: carnalize, sensualise, sensualize |
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| carnality | (noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness | Synonyms: lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience, pruriency |
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| carnalize | (verb) debase through carnal gratification | Synonyms: carnalise, sensualise, sensualize |
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| (verb) ascribe to an origin in sensation | Synonyms: sensualize |
| (verb) represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture | Synonyms: sensualize |
| carnallite | (noun) a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium | - |
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| carnally | (adverb) in a carnal manner | - |
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| carnassial | (adjective) (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh | - |
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| carnation | (adjective) pink or pinkish | - |
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| (noun) a pink or reddish-pink color | - |
| (noun) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | Synonyms: clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower |
| carnauba | (noun) Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax | Synonyms: carnauba palm, Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, wax palm |
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| (noun) hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes | Synonyms: carnauba wax |
| carnelian | (noun) a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: cornelian |
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| carnify | (verb) become muscular or fleshy | - |
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| carnival | (noun) a festival marked by merrymaking and processions | - |
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| (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: fair, funfair |
| (noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | Synonyms: circus |
| carnivore | (noun) a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal | - |
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| (noun) any animal that feeds on flesh | - |
| carnivorous | (adjective) (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of carnivores | - |
| carnivorousness | (noun) The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet. | Synonyms: zoophagy |
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| carnosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws | - |
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| carnotite | (noun) a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium | - |
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| carob | (noun) powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: carob powder, Saint-John's-bread |
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| (noun) evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob | Synonyms: algarroba, carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua |
| (noun) long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: algarroba, algarroba bean, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod |
| caroche | (noun) a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century | - |
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| carol | (noun) a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ) | - |
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| (noun) joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ | Synonyms: Christmas carol |
| (verb) sing carols | - |
| caroler | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroller |
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| caroling | (noun) singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | - |
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| caroller | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroler |
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| carom | (noun) a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other | Synonyms: cannon |
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| (noun) a glancing rebound | Synonyms: ricochet |
| (verb) make a carom | - |
| (verb) rebound after hitting | - |
| carotene | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotin, provitamin A |
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| (noun) yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants | - |
| carotenemia | (noun) excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color | Synonyms: xanthemia |
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| carotenoid | (noun) any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals | - |
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| carotid | (adjective) of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck | - |
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| carotin | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotene, provitamin A |
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| carousal | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carouse, toot |
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| carouse | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carousal, toot |
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| (verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: riot, roister |
| carousel | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig |
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| (noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers | Synonyms: carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel |
| carouser | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: wassailer |
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| carousing | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, orgiastic |
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| carp | (noun) any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae | - |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised | - |
| (verb) raise trivial objections | Synonyms: cavil, chicane |
| carpal | (adjective) of or relating to the wrist | - |
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| (noun) any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | Synonyms: carpal bone, wrist bone |
| carpel | (noun) a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil | - |
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| carpellary | (adjective) belonging to or forming or containing carpels | - |
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| carpellate | (adjective) bearing or consisting of carpels | Synonyms: pistillate |
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| carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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| (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
| carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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| carpentry | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: woodwork, woodworking |
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| carper | (noun) someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way | Synonyms: niggler |
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| carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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| (noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover with a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
| (verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
| 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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| carpeted | (adjective) covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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| carpetweed | (noun) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America | Synonyms: Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| carpophagous | (adjective) feeding on fruit | Synonyms: fruit-eating |
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| carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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| carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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| carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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| carposporic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carpospore | - |
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| carposporous | (adjective) having carpospores | - |
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| carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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| carrack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carack |
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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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| carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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| carrel | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrell, cubicle, stall |
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| carrell | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, cubicle, stall |
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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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| carrier | (noun) (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring | - |
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| (noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop |
| (noun) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like | - |
| (noun) a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something | - |
| (noun) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages | Synonyms: common carrier |
| (noun) (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others | Synonyms: immune carrier |
| (noun) a boy who delivers newspapers | Synonyms: newsboy |
| (noun) a man who delivers the mail | Synonyms: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman |
| (noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: bearer, toter |
| (noun) a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | Synonyms: carrier wave |
| (noun) an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction | - |
| carrion | (noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
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| carrizo | (noun) tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts | Synonyms: common reed, ditch reed, Phragmites communis |
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| carrot | (noun) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | - |
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| (noun) orange root; important source of carotene | - |
| (noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions | Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa |
| (noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | - |
| carrottop | (noun) someone who has red hair | Synonyms: red-header, redhead, redheader |
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| carroty | (adjective) resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant | - |
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| carrousel | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig |
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| (noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers | Synonyms: carousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel |
| carry | (noun) the act of carrying something | - |
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| (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
| (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport, do |
| (verb) continue or extend | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) include, as on a list | - |
| (verb) sing or play against other voices or parts | - |
| (verb) serve as a means for expressing something | Synonyms: convey, express |
| (verb) pass on a communication | - |
| (verb) win in an election | - |
| (verb) secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions) | - |
| (verb) cover a certain distance or advance beyond | - |
| (verb) have a certain range | - |
| (verb) be successful in | - |
| (verb) drink alcohol without showing ill effects | Synonyms: hold |
| (verb) be able to feed | - |
| (verb) support or hold in a certain manner | Synonyms: bear, hold |
| (verb) move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body | Synonyms: transport |
| (verb) propel | Synonyms: dribble |
| (verb) bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of | - |
| (verb) propel or give impetus to | - |
| (verb) include as the content; broadcast or publicize | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) bear (a crop) | - |
| (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit |
| (verb) pursue a line of scent or be a bearer | - |
| (verb) transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication | - |
| (verb) have on hand | Synonyms: stock, stockpile |
| (verb) capture after a fight | - |
| (verb) have on the surface or on the skin | - |
| (verb) transfer (entries) from one account book to another | Synonyms: post |
| (verb) extend to a certain degree | - |
| (verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: persuade, sway |
| (verb) compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance | - |
| (verb) take further or advance | - |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: pack, take |
| (verb) be necessarily associated with or result in or involve | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, contain, hold |
| (verb) be equipped with (a mast or sail) | - |
| (verb) have or possess something abstract | - |
| (verb) have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence | - |
| (verb) keep up with financial support | - |
| (verb) be conveyed over a certain distance | - |
| carryall | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: holdall, tote, tote bag |
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| carrycot | (noun) box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried) | - |
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| carsick | (adjective) experiencing motion sickness | Synonyms: air sick, airsick, seasick |
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| cart | (noun) a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal | - |
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| (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: go-cart, handcart, pushcart |
| (verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: drag, hale, haul |
| (verb) transport something in a cart | - |
| cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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| carte | (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, card, carte du jour, menu |
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| cartel | (noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: combine, corporate trust, trust |
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| cartelization | (noun) the process of cartelizing, usually occuring in oligopolistic industry. | - |
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| carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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| carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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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 |
| carting | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: cartage |
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| cartload | (noun) the quantity that a cart holds | - |
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| cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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| cartographic | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographical |
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| cartographical | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographic |
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| cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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| carton | (noun) a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top | - |
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| (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: cartonful |
| cartonful | (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: carton |
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