| buttery | (adjective) resembling or containing or spread with butter | - |
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| (adjective) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | Synonyms: fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous |
| (noun) a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals | - |
| (noun) a small storeroom for storing foods or wines | Synonyms: larder, pantry |
| cadaster | (noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation | Synonyms: cadastre |
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| cafeteria | (noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
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| calorimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat | - |
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| calypter | (noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | Synonyms: alula |
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| canecutter | (noun) a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands | Synonyms: swamp hare, swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus |
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| canister | (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: cannister, tin |
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| (noun) a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm | Synonyms: canister shot, case shot |
| cannister | (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: canister, tin |
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| canter | (noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | Synonyms: lope |
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| (verb) ride at a canter | - |
| (verb) go at a canter, of horses | - |
| (verb) cause to ride at a cantering pace | - |
| cantering | (adjective) riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop | - |
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| carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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| (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
| carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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| carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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| cassiterite | (noun) a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin | - |
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| caster | (noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable | Synonyms: castor |
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| (noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar | Synonyms: castor |
| (noun) a worker who casts molten metal into finished products | - |
| cater | (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: ply, provide, supply |
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| (verb) supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets | - |
| catercorner | (adjective) slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line | Synonyms: cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered |
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| caterer | (noun) someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
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| catering | (noun) providing food and services | - |
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| caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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| caterwaul | (noun) the yowling sound made by a cat in heat | - |
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| (verb) utter shrieks, as of cats | Synonyms: yowl |
| catheter | (noun) a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open | - |
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| catheterisation | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterization |
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| catheterise | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterize |
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| catheterization | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterisation |
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| catheterize | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterise |
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| cauterant | (noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | Synonyms: cautery |
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| cauterisation | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterization, cautery |
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| cauterise | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterize |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterize |
| cauterization | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterisation, cautery |
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| cauterize | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterise |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterise |
| cautery | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterisation, cauterization |
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| (noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | Synonyms: cauterant |
| celebrater | (noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrant, celebrator |
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| cemetery | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis |
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| center | (adjective) of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually | Synonyms: centre |
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| (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: centre, halfway, middle, midway |
| (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: centre, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center field, centerfield, centre |
| (noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: centre, nerve center, nerve centre |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center of attention, centre, centre of attention |
| (noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: centre, midpoint |
| (noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: centre, eye, heart, middle |
| (noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: centre, snapper |
| (noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: centre |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
| (verb) move into the center | Synonyms: centre |
| (verb) center upon | Synonyms: center on, centre, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
| centerboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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| centered | (adjective) being or placed in the center | Synonyms: centred |
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| centerfield | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield | Synonyms: center field |
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| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centre |
| centerfielder | (noun) the person who plays center field | Synonyms: center fielder |
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| centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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| centering | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centring, snap |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
| centerline | (noun) a line that bisects a plane figure | Synonyms: center line |
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| centerpiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centrepiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centrepiece |
| centiliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter | Synonyms: centilitre, cl |
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| centimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimetre, cm |
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| chanter | (noun) reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played | Synonyms: melody pipe |
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| chanterelle | (noun) widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | Synonyms: Cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle |
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| chapiter | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, capital |
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| chapter | (noun) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled | - |
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| (noun) a series of related events forming an episode | - |
| (noun) a local branch of some fraternity or association | - |
| (noun) an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church | - |
| (noun) any distinct period in history or in a person's life | - |
| chapterhouse | (noun) a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity | Synonyms: frat house, fraternity house |
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| (noun) a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter | - |
| character | (noun) (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes | - |
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| (noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: fiber, fibre |
| (noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: lineament, quality |
| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: part, persona, role, theatrical role |
| (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: graph, grapheme, graphic symbol |
| (noun) a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | Synonyms: character reference, reference |
| (noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: case, eccentric, type |
| (noun) an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) | Synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character |
| (noun) good repute | - |
| (verb) engrave or inscribe characters on | - |
| characterisation | (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
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| (noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterization |
| characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
| characteristic | (adjective) typical or distinctive | - |
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| (noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
| (noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
| (noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
| characteristically | (adverb) in characteristic manner | - |
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| characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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| characterization | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: enactment, personation, portrayal |
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| (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
| (noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterisation |
| characterize | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterise, qualify |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterise |
| characterless | (adjective) lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting | Synonyms: nondescript |
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| charcuterie | (noun) a delicatessen that specializes in meats | - |
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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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| chatter | (noun) noisy talk | Synonyms: cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak |
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| (noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chattering |
| (noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chattering |
| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
| (verb) make noise as if chattering away | - |
| (verb) cut unevenly with a chattering tool | - |
| (verb) click repeatedly or uncontrollably | Synonyms: click |
| chatterbox | (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter |
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| (noun) orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf | Synonyms: Epipactis gigantea, giant helleborine, stream orchid |
| chatterer | (noun) passerine bird of New World tropics | Synonyms: cotinga |
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| (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, magpie, prater, spouter |
| chattering | (noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chatter |
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| (noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chatter |
| cheater | (noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: beguiler, cheat, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
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| chesterfield | (noun) a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar | - |
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| (noun) an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests | - |
| chiropteran | (noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate | Synonyms: bat |
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| chitter | (verb) make high-pitched sounds, as of birds | Synonyms: twitter |
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| chitterlings | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlings, chitlins |
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| choirmaster | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, precentor |
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| cholesterin | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterol |
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| cholesterol | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterin |
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| cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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| chorister | (noun) a singer in a choir | - |
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| chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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| cistern | (noun) an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater | - |
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| (noun) a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet | Synonyms: water tank |
| (noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid | Synonyms: cisterna |
| cisterna | (noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid | Synonyms: cistern |
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| cittern | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, citole, gittern |
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| clatter | (noun) a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement) | - |
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| (verb) make a rattling sound | Synonyms: brattle, clack |
| clattery | (adjective) a rattling sound as of hard things striking together | - |
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| climacteric | (noun) the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | Synonyms: change of life, menopause |
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| (noun) a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause | - |
| clinometer | (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: inclinometer |
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| clitter | (verb) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures | Synonyms: stridulate |
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| cloister | (noun) residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) | Synonyms: religious residence |
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| (noun) a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) | - |
| (verb) seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister | - |
| (verb) surround with a cloister | - |
| (verb) surround with a cloister, as of a garden | - |
| cloistered | (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered |
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| (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical |
| cluster | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, clustering |
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| (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, bundle, clump |
| (verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, constellate, flock |
| clustered | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative |
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| (adjective) growing close together but not in dense mats | - |
| clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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| clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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| clutter | (noun) unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen | - |
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| (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
| (verb) fill a space in a disorderly way | Synonyms: clutter up |
| cluttered | (adjective) filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | Synonyms: littered |
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| clyster | (noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: enema |
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| coaster | (noun) a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle) | - |
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| (noun) someone who coasts | - |
| (noun) a resident of a coastal area | - |
| coelenterate | (noun) radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms | Synonyms: cnidarian |
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| coelenteron | (noun) the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate | - |
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| collateral | (adjective) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines | Synonyms: indirect |
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| (adjective) situated or running side by side | - |
| (adjective) additional but secondary; auxiliary; | - |
| (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
| (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
| (noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan | - |
| collateralize | (verb) pledge as a collateral | - |
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