achillea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads | - |
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archil | (noun) any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil | Synonyms: orchil |
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(noun) a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | Synonyms: cudbear, orchil |
brainchild | (noun) a product of your creative thinking and work | Synonyms: inspiration |
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camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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chilblain | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblains, pernio |
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chilblained | (adjective) having chilblains | - |
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chilblains | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblain, pernio |
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child | (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
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(noun) a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age | Synonyms: kid |
(noun) an immature childish person | Synonyms: baby |
(noun) a member of a clan or tribe | - |
childbearing | (adjective) relating to or suitable for childbirth | - |
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(noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: accouchement, childbirth, vaginal birth |
childbed | (noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
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childbirth | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: accouchement, childbearing, vaginal birth |
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childcare | (noun) a service involving care for other people's children | Synonyms: child care |
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childhood | (noun) the state of a child between infancy and adolescence | Synonyms: puerility |
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(noun) the time of person's life when they are a child | - |
childish | (adjective) indicating a lack of maturity | Synonyms: infantile |
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childishly | (adverb) in a childlike manner | - |
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childishness | (noun) a property characteristic of a child | Synonyms: puerility |
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childless | (adjective) without offspring | - |
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childlessness | (noun) the condition of being without offspring | - |
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childlike | (adjective) exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | Synonyms: dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed |
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(adjective) befitting a young child | Synonyms: childly |
childly | (adjective) befitting a young child | Synonyms: childlike |
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childproof | (verb) make safe against children | Synonyms: child-proof |
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chile | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly |
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chili | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chile, chili pepper, chilli, chilly |
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(noun) ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans | Synonyms: chili con carne |
chiliad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard |
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chiliasm | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism |
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chiliast | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: millenarian, millenarist |
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chiliastic | (adjective) relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness | Synonyms: millenarian |
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chill | (noun) coldness due to a cold environment | Synonyms: gelidity, iciness |
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(noun) a sudden numbing dread | Synonyms: pall |
(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle |
(noun) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | Synonyms: shivering |
(verb) loose heat | Synonyms: cool, cool down |
(verb) make cool or cooler | Synonyms: cool, cool down |
(verb) depress or discourage | - |
chiller | (noun) excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones | Synonyms: hair-raiser |
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chilli | (noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chile, chili, chili pepper, chilly |
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chilliness | (noun) the property of being moderately cold | Synonyms: coolness, nip |
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(noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
chilling | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: scary, shivery, shuddery |
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(noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: cooling, temperature reduction |
chilly | (adjective) appreciably or disagreeably cold | Synonyms: parky |
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(adjective) not characterized by emotion | - |
(adjective) lacking warmth of feeling | - |
(noun) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | Synonyms: chile, chili, chili pepper, chilli |
chinchilla | (noun) small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur | Synonyms: Chinchilla laniger |
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(noun) a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton | - |
(noun) the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla | - |
chinchillon | (noun) gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas | Synonyms: Lagostomus maximus, viscacha |
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enchilada | (noun) tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili | - |
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godchild | (noun) an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism | - |
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grandchild | (noun) a child of your son or daughter | - |
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grouchily | (adverb) in an ill-natured manner | Synonyms: crossly, grumpily |
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huamachil | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: camachile, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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kanchil | (noun) small chevrotain of southeastern Asia | Synonyms: Tragulus kanchil |
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machilid | (noun) wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed | Synonyms: jumping bristletail |
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orchil | (noun) any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil | Synonyms: archil |
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(noun) a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | Synonyms: archil, cudbear |
patchily | (adverb) in spots | - |
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schilling | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Austria | Synonyms: Austrian schilling |
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schoolchild | (noun) a young person attending school (up through senior high school) | Synonyms: pupil, school-age child |
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sketchily | (adverb) in a sketchy incomplete manner | - |
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slouchily | (adverb) in a slouchy manner | - |
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stepchild | (noun) a child of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
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tetchily | (adverb) in an ill-natured and tetchy manner | - |
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touchily | (adverb) in a touchy manner | - |
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