| bucktooth | (noun) a large projecting front tooth | - |
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| bullethead | (noun) a head shaped like a bullet | - |
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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 |
| bypath | (noun) a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) | Synonyms: byroad, byway |
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| cacoethes | (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: mania, passion |
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| calanthe | (noun) any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise | - |
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| calisthenic | (adjective) of or relating to calisthenics | - |
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| calisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: callisthenics |
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| (noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: callisthenics |
| callathump | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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| (noun) a noisy boisterous parade | Synonyms: callithump, callithump parade |
| callisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: calisthenics |
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| (noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: calisthenics |
| callithump | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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| (noun) a noisy boisterous parade | Synonyms: callathump, callithump parade |
| callithumpian | (adjective) of or relating to a callithump | - |
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| canthus | (noun) either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet | - |
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| cardiomyopathy | (noun) a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) | Synonyms: myocardiopathy |
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| cardiopathy | (noun) a disease of the heart | Synonyms: heart disease |
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| carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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| catathymia | (noun) A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions. | - |
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| catharsis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: abreaction, katharsis |
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| (noun) purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: katharsis, purgation |
| 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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| cathect | (verb) inject with libidinal energy | - |
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| cathectic | (adjective) of or relating to cathexis | - |
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| cathedra | (noun) a throne that is the official chair of a bishop | Synonyms: bishop's throne |
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| cathedral | (adjective) relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne | - |
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| (noun) any large and important church | - |
| (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: duomo |
| 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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| cathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | Synonyms: charge |
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| cathode | (noun) a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | - |
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| (noun) the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current | - |
| cathodic | (adjective) of or at or pertaining to a cathode | - |
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| catholic | (adjective) free from provincial prejudices or attachments | - |
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| catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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| catholicity | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: universality |
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| catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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| catholicon | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: cure-all, nostrum, panacea |
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| cathouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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| cephalothin | (noun) a semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin | - |
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| cerecloth | (noun) a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud | - |
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| chaetognath | (noun) any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth | Synonyms: arrowworm |
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| chaetognathan | (adjective) of or relating to arrowworms | Synonyms: chaetognathous |
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| chaetognathous | (adjective) of or relating to arrowworms | Synonyms: chaetognathan |
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| chalcanthite | (noun) hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate | Synonyms: blue copperas, blue stone, blue vitriol |
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| cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
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| chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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| chemotherapeutic | (adjective) of or relating to chemotherapy | Synonyms: chemotherapeutical |
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| chemotherapeutical | (adjective) of or relating to chemotherapy | Synonyms: chemotherapeutic |
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| chemotherapy | (noun) the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) | - |
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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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| chlorothiazide | (noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension | Synonyms: Diuril |
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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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| cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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| cholelithotomy | (noun) removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder | - |
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| chondrichthian | (noun) fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified | Synonyms: cartilaginous fish |
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| chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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| chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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| chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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| chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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| chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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| chrysanthemum | (noun) any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated | - |
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| (noun) the flower of a chrysanthemum plant | - |
| chrysotherapy | (noun) the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis) | - |
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| chthonian | (adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: chthonic, nether |
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| chthonic | (adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: chthonian, nether |
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| cither | (noun) a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers | Synonyms: zither, zithern |
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| (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cithern, citole, cittern, gittern |
| cithern | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, citole, cittern, gittern |
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| clathrate | (adjective) designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another | - |
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| (adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | Synonyms: cancellate, cancellated |
| cleistothecium | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistocarp |
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| clianthus | (noun) any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes | Synonyms: glory pea |
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| clocksmith | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches | Synonyms: clockmaker |
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| closemouthed | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, secretive, tightlipped |
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| cloth | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: fabric, material, textile |
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| clothe | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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| (verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, drape, robe |
| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: adorn, invest |
| clothed | (adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: clad |
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| (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped |
| clothes | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, dress, wearing apparel |
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| clothesbrush | (noun) a brush used for cleaning clothing | - |
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| clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
| clothesless | (adjective) possessing no clothing | Synonyms: garmentless, raimentless |
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| clothesline | (noun) a cord on which clothes are hung to dry | - |
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| clothespin | (noun) wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | Synonyms: clothes peg, clothes pin |
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| clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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| clothier | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: haberdasher |
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| clothing | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable |
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| coauthor | (noun) a writer who collaborates with others in writing something | Synonyms: joint author |
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| coelacanth | (noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa | Synonyms: Latimeria chalumnae |
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| commonwealth | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state |
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| (noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: democracy, republic |
| (noun) a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | - |
| (noun) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | - |
| compsognathus | (noun) very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria | - |
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| coppersmith | (noun) someone who makes articles from copper | - |
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| coprolith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: faecalith, fecalith, stercolith |
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| corinthian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture | - |
| coryphantha | (noun) a cactus of the genus Coryphantha | - |
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| corythosaur | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaurus |
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| corythosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaur |
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| cothromboplastin | (noun) a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K | Synonyms: factor VII, proconvertin, stable factor |
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| cottonmouth | (noun) venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States | Synonyms: Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin |
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| courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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| (noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
| couth | (adjective) (used facetiously) refined and well-mannered | - |
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| (noun) (used facetiously) refinement | - |
| couthie | (adjective) (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial | Synonyms: couthy |
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| couthy | (adjective) (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial | Synonyms: couthie |
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| creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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