birthmark | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: nevus |
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birthplace | (noun) the place where someone was born | Synonyms: place of birth |
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(noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience |
birthrate | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality |
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birthright | (noun) a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth | - |
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(noun) an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | Synonyms: patrimony |
birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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birthwort | (noun) creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America | Synonyms: Aristolochia clematitis |
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bitartrate | (noun) an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate | - |
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blackheart | (noun) heart cherry with dark flesh and skin | Synonyms: blackheart cherry |
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(noun) any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken | - |
bladderwort | (noun) any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals | - |
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blameworthiness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: culpability, culpableness |
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blameworthy | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable |
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bloodwort | (noun) any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter | - |
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blurt | (verb) utter impulsively | Synonyms: blunder, blunder out, blurt out, ejaculate |
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bortsch | (noun) a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | Synonyms: borsch, borscht, borsh, borshch, borsht |
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bourtree | (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies | Synonyms: black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra |
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boxershorts | (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, drawers, shorts, underdrawers |
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braggart | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, boastful, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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(noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter |
brokenhearted | (adjective) full of sorrow | Synonyms: heartbroken, heartsick |
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brokenheartedness | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: grief, heartache, heartbreak |
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burthen | (noun) a variant of `burden' | - |
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(verb) weight down with a load | Synonyms: burden, weight, weight down |
butterwort | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects | - |
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carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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cart | (noun) a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal | - |
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(noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: go-cart, handcart, pushcart |
(verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: drag, hale, haul |
(verb) transport something in a cart | - |
cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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carte | (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, card, carte du jour, menu |
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cartel | (noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: combine, corporate trust, trust |
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cartelization | (noun) the process of cartelizing, usually occuring in oligopolistic industry. | - |
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carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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cartilage | (noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | Synonyms: gristle |
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cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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cartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to cartilage | - |
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(adjective) difficult to chew | Synonyms: gristly, rubbery |
carting | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: cartage |
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cartload | (noun) the quantity that a cart holds | - |
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cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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cartographic | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographical |
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cartographical | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographic |
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cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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carton | (noun) a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top | - |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: cartonful |
cartonful | (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: carton |
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cartoon | (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: sketch |
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(noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | Synonyms: animated cartoon, toon |
(verb) draw cartoons of | - |
cartoonist | (noun) a person who draws cartoons | - |
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cartouch | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouche |
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cartouche | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouch |
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cartridge | (noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun | - |
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(noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | Synonyms: pickup |
(noun) a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment | - |
(noun) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required | Synonyms: magazine |
cartroad | (noun) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | Synonyms: cart track, track |
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cartwheel | (noun) acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel | - |
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(noun) a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim | - |
(noun) a dollar made of silver | Synonyms: silver dollar |
(verb) do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet | - |
cartwright | (noun) a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons | - |
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cathartic | (adjective) emotionally purging (of e.g. art) | Synonyms: releasing |
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(adjective) strongly laxative | Synonyms: evacuant, purgative |
(adjective) emotionally purging | Synonyms: psychotherapeutic |
(noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: aperient, physic, purgative |
cathartid | (noun) large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures | Synonyms: New World vulture |
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cavort | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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cert | (noun) an absolute certainty | - |
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certain | (adjective) established beyond doubt or question; definitely known | - |
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(adjective) having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) certain to occur; destined or inevitable | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: sealed |
(adjective) exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance | Synonyms: sure |
(adjective) definite but not specified or identified | - |
(adjective) reliable in operation or effect | Synonyms: sure |
certainly | (adverb) definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') | Synonyms: for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely |
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certainty | (noun) something that is certain | Synonyms: foregone conclusion, sure thing |
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(noun) the state of being certain | - |
certifiable | (adjective) capable of being guaranteed or certified | - |
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(adjective) fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) | Synonyms: certified |
certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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(noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
(verb) authorize by certificate | - |
(verb) present someone with a certificate | - |
certificated | (adjective) furnished with or authorized by a certificate: | - |
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certification | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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(noun) validating the authenticity of something or someone | Synonyms: authentication |
(noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: corroboration, documentation |
(noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, credential, credentials |
certificatory | (adjective) serving to certify or endorse authoritatively | - |
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certified | (adjective) endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements | - |
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(adjective) fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) | Synonyms: certifiable |
(adjective) holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | Synonyms: qualified |
certify | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
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(verb) declare legally insane | - |
(verb) guarantee payment on; of checks | - |
(verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: endorse, indorse |
(verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: licence, license |
certiorari | (noun) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case | Synonyms: writ of certiorari |
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certitude | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: cocksureness, overconfidence |
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champerty | (noun) an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded | - |
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chart | (noun) a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea | - |
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(noun) a visual display of information | Synonyms: graph |
(noun) (usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music | - |
(verb) plan in detail | - |
(verb) make a chart of | - |
(verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: graph |
chartaceous | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: paperlike, papery |
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charter | (noun) a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation | - |
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(noun) a contract to hire or lease transportation | - |
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: engage, hire, lease, rent, take |
(verb) grant a charter to | - |
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: hire, lease, rent |
chartered | (adjective) hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | Synonyms: hired, leased |
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charterhouse | (noun) a Carthusian monastery | - |
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chartist | (noun) a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities | Synonyms: technical analyst |
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chartless | (adjective) (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated | Synonyms: uncharted, unmapped |
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chartreuse | (adjective) of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur | - |
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(noun) a shade of green tinged with yellow | Synonyms: Paris green, pea green, yellow green, yellowish green |
chert | (noun) variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz | - |
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cherty | (adjective) resembling or containing chert | - |
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chickenhearted | (adjective) easily frightened | Synonyms: chicken, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied, yellow |
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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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chlortetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases | Synonyms: Aureomycin |
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chlorthalidone | (noun) a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks | Synonyms: Hygroton, Thalidone |
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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 |
cohort | (noun) a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion) | - |
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(noun) a company of companions or supporters | - |
(noun) a group of people having approximately the same age | Synonyms: age bracket, age group |
coldhearted | (adjective) lacking in sympathy or feeling | - |
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coldheartedness | (noun) an absence of concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: hardheartedness, heartlessness |
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colewort | (noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, kail, kale |
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comfort | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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(noun) assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | - |
(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt |
(noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | - |
(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfortableness |
(noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: ease |
(noun) satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | - |
(verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
(verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
comfortable | (adjective) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal) | Synonyms: comfy |
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(adjective) free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind | - |
(adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
(adjective) sufficient to provide comfort | - |
(adjective) having a wide margin | - |
comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
comfortably | (adverb) in mental comfort; without stress | - |
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(adverb) in financial comfort | Synonyms: well |
(adverb) in physical comfort | - |
comforted | (adjective) made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | - |
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comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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(noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
(noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
(noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
comforting | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: consolatory, consoling |
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(adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, satisfying |
comfortingly | (adverb) in a comforting or consoling manner | Synonyms: consolingly |
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comfortless | (adjective) without comfort | - |
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comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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compart | (verb) lay out in parts according to a plan | - |
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compartment | (noun) a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area | - |
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(noun) a space into which an area is subdivided | - |
compartmental | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalised, compartmentalized |
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compartmentalisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalization |
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(noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalization |
compartmentalise | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalize, cut up |
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compartmentalised | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalized |
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