anchor | (noun) a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving | Synonyms: ground tackle |
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(noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay |
(noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchorman, anchorperson |
(verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
anchorage | (noun) the act of anchoring | - |
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(noun) place for vessels to anchor | Synonyms: anchorage ground |
(noun) a fee for anchoring | - |
(noun) the condition of being secured to a base | - |
(noun) the provision of a sense of security or steadfastness | - |
anchorite | (noun) one retired from society for religious reasons | Synonyms: hermit |
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anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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anchorman | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorperson |
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anchorperson | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorman |
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cephalochordate | (noun) fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column | - |
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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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choral | (adjective) related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir | - |
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(noun) a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | Synonyms: chorale |
chorale | (noun) a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | Synonyms: choral |
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chorally | (adverb) by a chorus | - |
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chord | (noun) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together | - |
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(noun) a straight line connecting two points on a curve | - |
(verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
(verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
chordal | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords | - |
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chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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chordate | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata | - |
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(noun) any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | - |
chorditis | (noun) inflammation of the vocal cords | - |
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(noun) inflammation of the spermatic cord or vocal cords or vocal folds | - |
chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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chordophone | (noun) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers | - |
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chore | (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: job, task |
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chorea | (noun) any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs | - |
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(noun) chorea in dogs | Synonyms: canine chorea |
choreograph | (verb) plan and oversee the development and details of | - |
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(verb) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | - |
choreographer | (noun) someone who creates new dances | - |
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choreographic | (adjective) of or concerned with choreography | - |
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choreography | (noun) a show involving artistic dancing | Synonyms: stage dancing |
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(noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes | - |
(noun) a notation used by choreographers | - |
choric | (adjective) relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus | - |
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chorine | (noun) a woman who dances in a chorus line | Synonyms: chorus girl, showgirl |
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chorioallantois | (noun) the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois | Synonyms: chorioallantoic membrane |
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choriomeningitis | (noun) a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges | - |
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chorion | (noun) the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | - |
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chorionic | (adjective) of or relating to a chorion | - |
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chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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chorister | (noun) a singer in a choir | - |
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chorizo | (noun) a spicy Spanish pork sausage | - |
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choroid | (noun) a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye | Synonyms: choroid coat |
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chortle | (noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh | Synonyms: chuckle |
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(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly |
chorus | (noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | Synonyms: refrain |
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(noun) any utterance produced simultaneously by a group | - |
(noun) a group of people assembled to sing together | - |
(noun) a body of dancers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: chorus line |
(noun) a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play | Synonyms: Greek chorus |
(verb) utter in unison | - |
(verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: choir |
clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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corchorus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute | - |
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harpsichord | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: cembalo |
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harpsichordist | (noun) someone who plays the harpsichord | - |
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ichor | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration |
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(noun) (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods | - |
ichorous | (adjective) of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies | Synonyms: sanious |
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kinetochore | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: centromere |
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mantichora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: manticora, manticore, mantiger |
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notochord | (noun) a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates | - |
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orthochorea | (noun) a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect | - |
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schorl | (noun) black tourmaline | - |
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terpsichore | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, dancing, saltation |
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terpsichorean | (adjective) of or relating to dancing | - |
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(noun) a performer who dances professionally | Synonyms: dancer, professional dancer |
urochord | (noun) a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region | - |
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(noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochordate |
urochordate | (noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochord |
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