| acariasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acaridiasis, acariosis |
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| acaricide | (noun) a chemical agent used to kill mites | Synonyms: acaracide |
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| acarid | (noun) very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks | - |
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| acaridiasis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acariosis |
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| acarine | (noun) mite or tick | - |
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| acariosis | (noun) infestation with itch mites | Synonyms: acariasis, acaridiasis |
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| araucaria | (noun) any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds | - |
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| ascariasis | (noun) infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms | - |
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| bibliothecarial | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecal |
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| caribe | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: pirana, piranha |
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| caribou | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer |
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| caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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| (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
| caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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| caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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| carillon | (noun) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | Synonyms: bell ringing, carillon playing |
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| (noun) set of bells hung in a bell tower | - |
| carillonneur | (noun) a musician who plays a carillon | - |
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| carina | (noun) any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom | - |
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| carinal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carina | - |
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| carinate | (adjective) having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship | Synonyms: carinated, keeled, ridged |
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| (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles | Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird |
| carinated | (adjective) having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship | Synonyms: carinate, keeled, ridged |
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| caring | (adjective) feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others | - |
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| (noun) a loving feeling | Synonyms: lovingness |
| carioca | (noun) a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the carioca | - |
| carious | (adjective) (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay | - |
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| carissa | (noun) a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits | - |
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| cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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| cercaria | (noun) tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage | - |
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| cercarial | (adjective) of or relating to cercaria | - |
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| ocarina | (noun) egg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes | Synonyms: sweet potato |
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| precarious | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go |
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| (adjective) not secure; beset with difficulties | Synonyms: shaky |
| (adjective) affording no ease or reassurance | Synonyms: unstable |
| precariously | (adverb) in a precarious manner | - |
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| precariousness | (noun) extreme dangerousness | - |
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| (noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: uncertainness, uncertainty |
| scarify | (verb) puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals | - |
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| (verb) break up | - |
| (verb) scratch the surface of | - |
| scarily | (adverb) in a terrifying manner | Synonyms: frighteningly |
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| uncaring | (adjective) without care or thought for others | Synonyms: thoughtless, unthinking |
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| (adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling | Synonyms: detached, unaffectionate |
| urticaria | (noun) an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs | Synonyms: hives, nettle rash, urtication |
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| vicarial | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar | - |
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| vicariate | (noun) the religious institution under the authority of a vicar | Synonyms: vicarship |
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| vicarious | (adjective) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function | - |
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| (adjective) suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another | - |
| (adjective) experienced at secondhand | - |
| vicariously | (adverb) indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute | - |
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