culprit | (noun) someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | Synonyms: perpetrator |
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cult | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cultus, religious cult |
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(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, fad, furor, furore, rage |
(noun) a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false | - |
(noun) followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices | - |
(noun) followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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cultism | (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: devotion, veneration |
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(noun) devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult | - |
cultist | (noun) a member of a religious cult | - |
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(noun) a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
cultivable | (adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively | Synonyms: arable, cultivatable, tillable |
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cultivar | (noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation | - |
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cultivatable | (adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively | Synonyms: arable, cultivable, tillable |
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cultivate | (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
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(verb) prepare for crops | Synonyms: crop, work |
(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, educate, school, train |
(verb) promote the growth of | Synonyms: foster, further |
cultivated | (adjective) (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing | - |
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(adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultured, genteel, polite |
(adjective) no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use | - |
cultivation | (noun) (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) | - |
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(noun) socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners | - |
(noun) the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale) | - |
(noun) the process of fostering the growth of something | - |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: culture, finish, polish, refinement |
cultivator | (noun) a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | Synonyms: tiller |
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(noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, grower, raiser |
cultural | (adjective) of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors | - |
(adjective) relating to the raising of plants or animals | - |
(adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | Synonyms: ethnic, ethnical |
culturally | (adverb) with regard to a culture | - |
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culturati | (noun) people interested in culture and cultural activities | - |
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culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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(noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
(noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
(noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
(verb) grow in a special preparation | - |
cultured | (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, genteel, polite |
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cultus | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cult, religious cult |
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culverin | (noun) a medieval musket | - |
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(noun) a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
culvert | (noun) a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | - |
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cum | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: come, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid |
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cumarone | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: benzofuran, coumarone |
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cumber | (verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: encumber, restrain |
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cumbersome | (adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, ill-chosen, inapt, inept |
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(adjective) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight | Synonyms: cumbrous |
cumbersomeness | (noun) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | Synonyms: awkwardness, unwieldiness |
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cumbrous | (adjective) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight | Synonyms: cumbersome |
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cumfrey | (noun) perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas | Synonyms: comfrey |
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cumin | (noun) aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family | Synonyms: cumin seed |
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(noun) dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds | Synonyms: Cuminum cyminum |
cummerbund | (noun) a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo | - |
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cummings | (noun) United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962) | Synonyms: e. e. cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings |
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cumquat | (noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: kumquat, kumquat tree |
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cumswallow | (verb) to swallow ejaculate | - |
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cumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, conglomerate, gather, pile up |
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cumulation | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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cumulative | (adjective) increasing by successive addition | Synonyms: accumulative |
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cumulatively | (adverb) in a cumulative manner | - |
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cumuliform | (adjective) shaped like a cumulus cloud | - |
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cumulonimbus | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud |
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cumulous | (adjective) of or related to cumulous clouds | Synonyms: cumulus |
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(adjective) thrown together in a pile | - |
cumulus | (adjective) of or related to cumulous clouds | Synonyms: cumulous |
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(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, heap, mound, pile |
(noun) a globular cloud | Synonyms: cumulus cloud |
cunctation | (noun) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time | Synonyms: procrastination, shillyshally |
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cunctator | (noun) someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | Synonyms: postponer, procrastinator |
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cuneal | (adjective) shaped like a wedge | Synonyms: cuneiform, wedge-shaped |
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cuneate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base | Synonyms: wedge-shaped |
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cuneiform | (adjective) of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) | - |
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(adjective) shaped like a wedge | Synonyms: cuneal, wedge-shaped |
(noun) an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | - |
cuneus | (noun) any shape that is triangular in cross section | Synonyms: wedge, wedge shape |
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cunner | (noun) common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States | Synonyms: bergall, Tautogolabrus adspersus |
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cunnilinctus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilingus |
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cunnilingus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilinctus |
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cunning | (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill | Synonyms: clever, ingenious |
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(adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
(adjective) attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness | Synonyms: cute |
(noun) crafty artfulness (especially in deception) | - |
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
cunningly | (adverb) in an subtle, cunning manner | Synonyms: artfully, craftily, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily |
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(adverb) in an attractive manner | Synonyms: cutely |
cunt | (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat |
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(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked | Synonyms: bitch |
cup | (noun) a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle | - |
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(noun) a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition | Synonyms: loving cup |
(noun) the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green | - |
(noun) a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl | - |
(noun) cup-shaped plant organ | - |
(noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cupful |
(noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces | - |
(noun) any cup-shaped concavity | - |
(verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: transfuse |
(verb) form into the shape of a cup | - |
(verb) put into a cup | - |
cupbearer | (noun) the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine | - |
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cupboard | (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: closet |
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cupcake | (noun) small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
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cupel | (noun) a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead | Synonyms: bone-ash cup, refractory pot |
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cupflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: nierembergia |
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(noun) Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat | Synonyms: chalice vine, Solandra guttata, trumpet flower |
cupful | (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cup |
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cupid | (noun) a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow | - |
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cupidity | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness |
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cuplike | (adjective) resembling the shape of a cup | - |
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cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
cuppa | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cupper |
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cupper | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cuppa |
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cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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cupric | (adjective) of or containing divalent copper | Synonyms: cuprous |
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cuprite | (noun) a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper | - |
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cupronickel | (noun) a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel | - |
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cuprous | (adjective) of or containing divalent copper | Synonyms: cupric |
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cupular | (adjective) shaped like (or supporting) a cupule | Synonyms: cupulate |
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cupulate | (adjective) shaped like (or supporting) a cupule | Synonyms: cupular |
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cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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(noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
cur | (noun) an inferior dog or one of mixed breed | Synonyms: mongrel, mutt |
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(noun) a cowardly or contemptible person | - |
curability | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curableness |
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curable | (adjective) able to be cured or healed | - |
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(adjective) capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent | - |
curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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curacao | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacoa |
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curacoa | (noun) flavored with sour orange peel | Synonyms: curacao |
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curacy | (noun) the position of a curate | - |
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curandera | (noun) a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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curandero | (noun) a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans | - |
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curare | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: tubocurarine |
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curassow | (noun) large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food | - |
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curate | (noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship | Synonyms: minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector |
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curative | (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: alterative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic |
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(noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: cure, remedy, therapeutic |
curator | (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | Synonyms: conservator |
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curatorial | (adjective) of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator | - |
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curatorship | (noun) the position of curator | - |
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curb | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, check |
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(noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curbing, kerb |
(noun) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse | Synonyms: curb bit |
(verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curtail, cut back, restrict |
(verb) keep to the curb | - |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, hold, hold in, moderate |
curbing | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, kerb |
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curbside | (noun) the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb | - |
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curbstone | (noun) a paving stone forming part of a curb | Synonyms: kerbstone |
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curd | (noun) coagulated milk; used to make cheese | - |
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(noun) a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd | - |
curdle | (verb) turn into curds | Synonyms: clabber, clot |
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(verb) turn from a liquid to a solid mass | - |
(verb) go bad or sour | - |
curdled | (adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | Synonyms: coagulate, coagulated, grumose, grumous |
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curdling | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, coagulation |
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cure | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, remedy, therapeutic |
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(verb) provide a cure for, make healthy again | Synonyms: bring around, heal |
(verb) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | - |
(verb) be or become preserved | - |
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability | - |
cured | (adjective) (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | Synonyms: vulcanised, vulcanized |
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(adjective) (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening | - |
(adjective) freed from illness or injury | Synonyms: healed, recovered |
(adjective) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process | Synonyms: aged |
(adjective) (used especially of meat) cured in brine | Synonyms: corned |
(adjective) (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry | - |
curet | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curette |
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