| abomasum | (noun) the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place | Synonyms: fourth stomach |
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| absurd | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | - |
| (noun) a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | Synonyms: the absurd |
| absurdity | (noun) a ludicrous folly | Synonyms: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness |
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| (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdness, ridiculousness |
| absurdly | (adverb) in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree | - |
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| absurdness | (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdity, ridiculousness |
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| acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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| admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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| alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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| alyssum | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers | Synonyms: madwort |
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| antisubmarine | (adjective) defensive against enemy submarines | - |
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| assuage | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, palliate, relieve |
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| (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, quench, slake |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| assuagement | (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: alleviation, relief |
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| assuasive | (adjective) freeing from fear and anxiety | Synonyms: soothing |
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| assume | (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: don, get into, put on, wear |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, take, take on |
| (verb) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof | Synonyms: presume, take for granted |
| (verb) take up someone's soul into heaven | - |
| (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: feign, sham, simulate |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: strike, take, take up |
| (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, seize, take over, usurp |
| (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: accept, bear, take over |
| (verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: adopt, take on, take over |
| assumed | (adjective) adopted in order to deceive | Synonyms: false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham |
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| assuming | (adjective) excessively forward | Synonyms: assumptive, presumptuous |
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| assumption | (noun) the act of taking possession of or power over something | Synonyms: laying claim |
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| (noun) the act of assuming or taking for granted | - |
| (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to | Synonyms: effrontery, presumption, presumptuousness |
| (noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: supposal, supposition |
| (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: premise, premiss |
| assumptive | (adjective) accepted as real or true without proof | - |
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| (adjective) excessively forward | Synonyms: assuming, presumptuous |
| assurance | (noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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| (noun) a statement intended to inspire confidence | - |
| (noun) a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | Synonyms: pledge |
| (noun) a British term for some kinds of insurance | - |
| assure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) inform positively and with certainty and confidence | Synonyms: tell |
| (verb) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence | - |
| (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: promise |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure |
| assured | (adjective) marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by certainty or security | - |
| assuredly | (adverb) without a doubt | - |
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| assuredness | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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| assurgent | (adjective) growing or extending upward | - |
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| (adjective) rising from the sea | - |
| assuring | (adjective) giving confidence | - |
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| asunder | (adjective) widely separated especially in space | - |
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| (adverb) into parts or pieces | Synonyms: apart |
| audiovisual | (adjective) involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids) | - |
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| (noun) materials using sight or sound to present information | Synonyms: audiovisual aid |
| autosuggestion | (noun) a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s | Synonyms: auto-suggestion, self-suggestion |
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| babassu | (noun) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory | Synonyms: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa |
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| basuco | (noun) low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis | - |
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| bicapsular | (adjective) divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule | - |
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| bisulcate | (adjective) (used of hooves) split, divided | Synonyms: cloven |
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| bisulfate | (noun) a salt or an ester of sulphuric acid with the chemical formula HSO4-. | Synonyms: hydrogen sulfate |
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| bloodsucker | (noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | Synonyms: hirudinean, leech |
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| bloodsucking | (adjective) drawing blood from the body of another | - |
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| (adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | Synonyms: leechlike, parasitic, parasitical |
| boilersuit | (noun) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work | Synonyms: boilers suit, overall |
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| bosun | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | Synonyms: bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n |
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| byssus | (noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | Synonyms: beard |
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| caesura | (noun) a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | - |
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| (noun) a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) | - |
| caesural | (adjective) of or relating to a caesura | - |
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| capsular | (adjective) of or relating to a capsule | - |
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| (adjective) resembling a capsule | - |
| capsulate | (adjective) used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulated |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
| capsulated | (adjective) used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate |
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| capsule | (noun) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside | - |
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| (noun) a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space | Synonyms: space capsule |
| (noun) a small container | - |
| (noun) a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute | Synonyms: ejection seat, ejector seat |
| (noun) a structure that encloses a body part | - |
| (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, condensation |
| (noun) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses | - |
| (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate |
| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize |
| capsulise | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulize, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulize |
| capsulize | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulise |
| casual | (adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | Synonyms: cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial |
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| (adjective) not showing effort or strain | Synonyms: effortless |
| (adjective) occurring on a temporary or irregular basis | Synonyms: occasional |
| (adjective) marked by blithe unconcern | Synonyms: insouciant, nonchalant |
| (adjective) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions | Synonyms: daily, everyday |
| (adjective) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance | Synonyms: chance |
| (adjective) natural and unstudied | Synonyms: free-and-easy |
| (adjective) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility | Synonyms: fooling |
| (adjective) without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand | - |
| casually | (adverb) in an unconcerned manner | Synonyms: nonchalantly |
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| (adverb) not methodically or according to plan | - |
| casualness | (noun) a casual manner | Synonyms: familiarity |
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| (noun) The state of coming without regularity; of being occasional or incidental. | - |
| casualty | (noun) a decrease of military personnel or equipment | - |
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| (noun) an accident that causes someone to die | Synonyms: fatal accident |
| (noun) someone injured or killed in an accident | Synonyms: injured party |
| (noun) someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement | - |
| casuarina | (noun) any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood | - |
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| casuist | (noun) someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious | Synonyms: sophist |
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| casuistic | (adjective) of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems | Synonyms: casuistical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or practicing casuistry | Synonyms: casuistical |
| casuistical | (adjective) of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems | Synonyms: casuistic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or practicing casuistry | Synonyms: casuistic |
| casuistry | (noun) moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas | - |
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| (noun) argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading | - |
| catsup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: cetchup, ketchup, tomato ketchup |
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| censurable | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, culpable |
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| censure | (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval | Synonyms: animadversion |
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| (noun) the state of being excommunicated | Synonyms: exclusion, excommunication |
| (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: criminate, reprimand |
| census | (noun) a periodic count of the population | Synonyms: nose count, nosecount |
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| (verb) conduct a census | - |
| chasuble | (noun) a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass | - |
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| checksum | (noun) a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage | - |
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| chemosurgery | (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | - |
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| closure | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closing, shutdown |
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| (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: blockage, occlusion |
| (noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closing |
| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
| (noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric | Synonyms: law of closure |
| (noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: resolution, settlement |
| (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: cloture, gag law, gag rule |
| (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: cloture |
| cocksucker | (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, bastard, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
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| (noun) a person who performs fellatio | - |
| cocksure | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: overconfident, positive |
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| cocksureness | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, overconfidence |
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| coinsurance | (noun) insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters | - |
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| coinsure | (verb) take out coinsurance | - |
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| colossus | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, giant, goliath, monster |
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| (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan |
| commensurable | (adjective) capable of being measured by a common standard | - |
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| commensurate | (adjective) corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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| commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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| commissure | (noun) a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord | - |
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| composure | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity |
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| consensual | (adjective) existing by consent | - |
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| consensus | (noun) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | - |
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| consubstantial | (adjective) regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity) | - |
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| consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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| (verb) unite in one common substance | - |
| consubstantiation | (noun) the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine | - |
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| consuetude | (noun) a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law | - |
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| consuetudinal | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinary |
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| consuetudinary | (noun) a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) | Synonyms: consuetudinal |
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| consul | (noun) a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country | - |
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| consular | (adjective) having to do with a consul or his office or duties | - |
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| consulate | (noun) diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
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| consulship | (noun) the post of consul | - |
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| consult | (verb) advise professionally | - |
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| (verb) seek information from | Synonyms: look up, refer |
| (verb) get or ask advice from | Synonyms: confer with |
| (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confabulate, confer |
| consultancy | (noun) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field | - |
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| consultant | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: adviser, advisor |
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| consultation | (noun) the act of referring or consulting | Synonyms: reference |
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| (noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, interview |
| (noun) a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question | - |
| consultative | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultatory, consultive |
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| consultatory | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultive |
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| consultive | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultatory |
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| consumable | (adjective) may be used up | - |
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| consume | (verb) engage fully | - |
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| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: have, ingest, take, take in |
| (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
| (verb) spend extravagantly | Synonyms: squander, ware, waste |
| (verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: demolish, devour, down, go through |
| (verb) destroy completely | - |
| consumer | (noun) a person who uses goods or services | - |
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| consumerism | (noun) a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers | - |
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| (noun) the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial | - |
| consuming | (adjective) very strong; urgently felt | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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| consummate | (adjective) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities | Synonyms: complete |
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| (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: masterful, masterly, virtuoso |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (verb) make perfect; bring to perfection | - |
| (verb) fulfill sexually | - |
| consummated | (adjective) brought to completion | - |
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