| chequered | (adjective) patterned with alternating squares of color | Synonyms: checked, checkered |
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| chinquapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinkapin |
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| (noun) shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts | Synonyms: Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin |
| (noun) shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States | Synonyms: Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin |
| chloroquine | (noun) an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus | - |
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| churrigueresque | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco |
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| cinque | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
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| cinquefoil | (noun) an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties | Synonyms: five-finger |
| cirque | (noun) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake | Synonyms: corrie, cwm |
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| claque | (noun) a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance | - |
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| clinquant | (adjective) glittering with gold or silver | Synonyms: tinseled, tinselly |
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| clique | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
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| cliquish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, clubby, snobbish, snobby |
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| cliquishly | (adverb) in a clannish manner | Synonyms: clannishly |
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| cliquishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: clannishness, exclusiveness |
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| coequal | (adjective) having the same standing before the law | - |
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| colloquial | (adjective) characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation | Synonyms: conversational |
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| colloquialism | (noun) a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | - |
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| colloquially | (adverb) with the use of colloquial expressions | Synonyms: conversationally, informally |
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| colloquium | (noun) an address to an academic meeting or seminar | - |
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| (noun) an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting | - |
| colloquy | (noun) formal conversation | - |
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| (noun) a conversation especially a formal one | - |
| communique | (noun) an official report (usually sent in haste) | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch |
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| conquer | (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: stamp down, subdue, suppress |
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| (verb) overcome by conquest | - |
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, capture, seize |
| conquerable | (adjective) subject to being conquered or overcome | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: superable |
| conquering | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation |
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| conqueror | (noun) someone who is victorious by force of arms | Synonyms: vanquisher |
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| conquest | (noun) success in mastering something difficult | - |
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| (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation |
| (noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | Synonyms: seduction |
| conquistador | (noun) an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) | - |
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| consequence | (noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: import, moment |
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| (noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | Synonyms: aftermath |
| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
| consequent | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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| consequential | (adjective) having important issues or results | Synonyms: eventful |
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| consequentially | (adverb) having the result that | - |
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| consequently | (adverb) (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | Synonyms: accordingly |
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| (adverb) as a consequence | Synonyms: therefore |
| coquet | (noun) a seductive man who uses his sex appeal to exploit women | - |
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| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
| coquetry | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying |
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| coquette | (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper |
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| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
| coquettish | (adjective) like a coquette | Synonyms: flirtatious |
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| coquettishly | (adverb) in a flirtatious manner | Synonyms: flirtatiously |
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| coquille | (noun) a dish in the form of a scallop shell | - |
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| (noun) seafood served in a scallop shell | - |
| critique | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: criticism |
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| (noun) an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | Synonyms: critical review, review, review article |
| (verb) appraise critically | Synonyms: review |
| croquet | (noun) a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg | - |
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| (verb) play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops | - |
| (verb) drive away by hitting with one's ball | - |
| croquette | (noun) minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried | - |
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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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| daiquiri | (noun) a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice | Synonyms: rum cocktail |
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| delinquency | (noun) an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor | Synonyms: juvenile delinquency |
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| (noun) a tendency to be negligent and uncaring | Synonyms: dereliction, willful neglect |
| (noun) nonpayment of a debt when due | - |
| delinquent | (adjective) past due; not paid at the scheduled time | Synonyms: overdue |
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| (adjective) guilty of a misdeed | - |
| (adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: derelict, neglectful, remiss |
| (noun) a young offender | Synonyms: juvenile delinquent |
| deliquesce | (verb) melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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| (verb) melt away in the process of decay | - |
| deliquescent | (adjective) (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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| deliquium | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: faint, swoon, syncope |
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| demisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note | Synonyms: thirty-second note |
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| derequisition | (verb) release from government control | - |
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| desquamate | (verb) peel off in scales | Synonyms: peel off |
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| desquamation | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | Synonyms: peeling, shedding |
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| diddlysquat | (noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat |
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| discotheque | (noun) a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | Synonyms: disco |
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| disequilibrium | (noun) loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others | - |
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| disqualification | (noun) the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified | - |
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| (noun) unfitness that bars you from participation | - |
| disqualified | (adjective) disqualified by law or rule or provision | - |
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| (adjective) barred from competition for violation of rules | - |
| disqualify | (verb) make unfit or unsuitable | Synonyms: indispose, unfit |
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| (verb) declare unfit | - |
| disqualifying | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disabling |
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| disquiet | (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: unease, uneasiness |
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| (noun) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments | Synonyms: anxiousness |
| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
| disquieted | (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: distressed, disturbed, upset, worried |
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| disquieting | (adjective) causing mental discomfort | - |
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| disquietingly | (adverb) in a disquieting manner | - |
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| disquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: edginess, inquietude, uneasiness |
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| disquisition | (noun) an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion | - |
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| earthquake | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: quake, seism, temblor |
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| (noun) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive | - |
| eloquence | (noun) powerful and effective language | Synonyms: fluency, smoothness |
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| eloquent | (adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively | Synonyms: facile, fluent, silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken |
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| eloquently | (adverb) with eloquence | Synonyms: articulately |
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| (adverb) in an articulate manner | Synonyms: articulately |
| enquire | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: inquire, wonder |
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| (verb) address a question to and expect an answer from | Synonyms: ask, inquire |
| (verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: inquire, investigate |
| enquirer | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: asker, inquirer, querier, questioner |
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| enquiringly | (adverb) in an inquiring manner | Synonyms: inquiringly |
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| enquiry | (noun) a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | Synonyms: inquiry |
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| (noun) a search for knowledge | Synonyms: inquiry, research |
| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: inquiry, interrogation, query, question |
| eq | (noun) the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen | Synonyms: combining weight, equivalent, equivalent weight |
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| equable | (adjective) not easily irritated | Synonyms: even-tempered, good-tempered, placid |
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| (adjective) not varying | - |
| equably | (adverb) in an equable manner | - |
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| equal | (adjective) having the same quantity, value, or measure as another | - |
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| (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: adequate |
| (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, match, peer |
| (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equalise, equalize, equate, match |
| (verb) be identical or equivalent to | Synonyms: be |
| (verb) be equal to in quality or ability | Synonyms: match, rival, touch |
| equalisation | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalization, leveling |
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| equalise | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalize, equate, match |
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| (verb) compensate; make the score equal | Synonyms: equalize, get even |
| equaliser | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equalizer |
| equalitarian | (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people | Synonyms: egalitarian |
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| equalitarianism | (noun) the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality | Synonyms: egalitarianism |
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| equality | (noun) the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status | - |
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| (noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equation, equivalence, par |
| equalization | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalisation, leveling |
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| equalize | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equate, match |
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| (verb) compensate; make the score equal | Synonyms: equalise, get even |
| equalizer | (noun) a score that makes the match even | - |
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| (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser |
| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equaliser |
| equally | (adverb) to the same degree (often followed by `as') | Synonyms: as, every bit |
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| (adverb) in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way | Synonyms: evenly |
| equanimity | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, composure |
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| equanimous | (adjective) in full control of your faculties | Synonyms: collected, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed |
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| equatability | (noun) capability of being equated | - |
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| equate | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, match |
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| (verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: compare, liken |
| (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: correspond |
| equating | (noun) the act of regarding as equal | Synonyms: equation |
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| equation | (noun) the act of regarding as equal | Synonyms: equating |
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| (noun) a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal | - |
| (noun) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | Synonyms: equality, equivalence, par |
| equator | (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles | - |
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| (noun) a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts | - |
| equatorial | (adjective) of or existing at or near the geographic equator | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or at an equator | - |
| (noun) a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it | - |
| equerry | (noun) an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles | - |
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| (noun) a personal attendant of the British royal family | - |
| equestrian | (adjective) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or composed of knights | - |
| (noun) a person skilled in equitation | Synonyms: horseback rider |
| equiangular | (adjective) having all angles equal | - |
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| equid | (noun) hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck | Synonyms: equine |
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| equidistant | (adjective) the same distance apart at every point | - |
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| equidistribution | (noun) a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence | - |
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