chintz | (noun) a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric | - |
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chintzily | (adverb) in a stingy manner | Synonyms: cheaply, stingily |
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chintzy | (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny |
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(adjective) embarrassingly stingy | Synonyms: cheap, chinchy |
chlordiazepoxide | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism | Synonyms: Libritabs, Librium |
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chlorobenzene | (noun) a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds | - |
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chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile | (noun) a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema | Synonyms: CS gas |
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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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chlorpromazine | (noun) a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer | Synonyms: Thorazine |
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chorizo | (noun) a spicy Spanish pork sausage | - |
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chronologize | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologise |
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chutzpa | (noun) (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | Synonyms: chutzpah, hutzpah |
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chutzpah | (noun) (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | Synonyms: chutzpa, hutzpah |
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chutzpanik | (noun) (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa | - |
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cicatrize | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrise |
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cinematize | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematise |
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circularization | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularisation |
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circularize | (verb) make circular | - |
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(verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
(verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularise |
(verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularise |
(verb) canvass by using a questionnaire | - |
citizen | (noun) a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community | - |
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citizenry | (noun) the body of citizens of a state or country | Synonyms: people |
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citizenship | (noun) conduct as a citizen | - |
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(noun) the status of a citizen with rights and duties | - |
civilization | (noun) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste | Synonyms: civilisation, refinement |
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(noun) a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | Synonyms: civilisation |
(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, culture |
(noun) the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization | Synonyms: civilisation |
civilize | (verb) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | Synonyms: civilise |
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(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train |
civilized | (adjective) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | Synonyms: civilised |
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(adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite |
classicize | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicise |
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clericalization | (noun) The process of increasing the power or influence of a religious hierarchy. | - |
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clozapine | (noun) an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; known to have few side effects | Synonyms: Clozaril |
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cloze | (adjective) based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure | - |
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cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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cocozelle | (noun) squash resembling zucchini | - |
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(noun) squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow | Synonyms: Italian vegetable marrow |
coenzyme | (noun) a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes | - |
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cognizable | (adjective) capable of being known | Synonyms: cognisable, cognoscible, knowable |
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cognizance | (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: awareness, cognisance, consciousness, knowingness |
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(noun) range of what one can know or understand | Synonyms: ken |
(noun) range or scope of what is perceived | - |
cognizant | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception | Synonyms: aware, cognisant |
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cognize | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognise, know |
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collateralize | (verb) pledge as a collateral | - |
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collectivization | (noun) the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism | Synonyms: collectivisation |
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collectivize | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivise |
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collectivized | (adjective) characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production | Synonyms: collectivised |
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(adjective) subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively | Synonyms: collectivised, collectivist, collectivistic, state-controlled |
colonization | (noun) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | Synonyms: colonisation, settlement |
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colonize | (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonise |
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(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonise |
colonized | (adjective) inhabited by colonists | Synonyms: colonised, settled |
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colonizer | (noun) someone who helps to found a colony | Synonyms: coloniser |
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colorize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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colourize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise |
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colza | (noun) Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop | Synonyms: Brassica napus, rape |
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commercialization | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialisation |
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commercialize | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialise, market |
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(verb) exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality | - |
commercialized | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialised |
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communalize | (verb) make something the property of the commune or community | Synonyms: communalise |
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communization | (noun) the organization of a nation of the basis of communism | Synonyms: communisation |
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(noun) a change from private property to public property owned by the community | Synonyms: communisation |
(noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, nationalisation, nationalization |
communize | (verb) make into property owned by the state | Synonyms: communise |
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(verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, bolshevize, communise |
compartmentalization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation |
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(noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalisation |
compartmentalize | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalise, cut up |
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compartmentalized | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalised |
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computerization | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: cybernation |
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computerize | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerise, cybernate |
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(verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerise |
(verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerise |
conceptualization | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, formulation |
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(noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptuality |
conceptualize | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, gestate |
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concertize | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertise |
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concretize | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretise |
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(verb) make something concrete | - |
constitutionalize | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalise |
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(verb) take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal | - |
(verb) provide with a constitution, as of a country | - |
containerize | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerise |
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contemporize | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
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(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
conventionalization | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalisation |
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conventionalize | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalise |
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(verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: stylise, stylize |
conventionalized | (adjective) using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous | Synonyms: conventionalised, stylised, stylized |
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copolymerize | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerise |
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corozo | (noun) any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts | Synonyms: corozo palm |
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coryza | (noun) an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge) | Synonyms: rhinitis |
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cozen | (verb) cheat or trick | - |
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(verb) act with artful deceit | - |
(verb) be false to; be dishonest with | Synonyms: deceive, delude, lead on |
cozenage | (noun) a fraudulent business scheme | Synonyms: scam |
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cozily | (adverb) in a cozy manner | Synonyms: cosily |
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coziness | (noun) a state of warm snug comfort | Synonyms: cosiness, snugness |
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cozy | (adjective) suggesting connivance | Synonyms: cosy |
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(adjective) enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space | Synonyms: cosy, snug |
(adjective) having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | Synonyms: cosy, informal, intimate |
(noun) a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm | Synonyms: cosy, tea cosy, tea cozy |
craze | (noun) a fine crack in a glaze or other surface | - |
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(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: cult, fad, furor, furore, rage |
(noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria |
(verb) develop a fine network of cracks | - |
(verb) cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind | Synonyms: madden |
crazed | (adjective) driven insane | Synonyms: deranged, half-crazed |
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crazily | (adverb) in an insane manner | Synonyms: dementedly, insanely, madly |
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craziness | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
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(noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, madness |
(noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: daftness, flakiness |
crazy | (adjective) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | Synonyms: dotty, gaga, wild |
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(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement | - |
(adjective) foolish; totally unsound | Synonyms: half-baked, screwball, softheaded |
(adjective) affected with madness or insanity | Synonyms: brainsick, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged |
(adjective) bizarre or fantastic | - |
(noun) someone deranged and possibly dangerous | Synonyms: looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo |
crazyweed | (noun) any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock | Synonyms: crazy weed, locoweed |
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credenza | (noun) a kind of sideboard or buffet | Synonyms: credence |
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creolize | (verb) develop into a creole | - |
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criminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalisation |
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criminalize | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw |
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(verb) treat as a criminal | - |
criticize | (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticise, knock, pick apart |
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(verb) act as a critic | Synonyms: criticise |
crozier | (noun) a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office | Synonyms: crosier |
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crystalize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallize, effloresce |
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(verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
(verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
crystalized | (adjective) (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar | Synonyms: candied, crystalised, glace |
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crystallization | (noun) a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation | - |
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(noun) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces | Synonyms: crystal |
(noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallizing |
crystallize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, effloresce |
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(verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
(verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
crystallized | (adjective) having become fixed and definite in form | Synonyms: crystallised |
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(adjective) having both internal structure and external form of a crystal | Synonyms: crystalised |
crystallizing | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallization |
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customize | (verb) make according to requirements | Synonyms: customise |
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(verb) make to specifications | Synonyms: custom-make, customise, tailor-make |
cutinize | (verb) convert into cutin | - |
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cyclobenzaprine | (noun) muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury | Synonyms: Flexeril |
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czar | (noun) a person having great power | - |
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(noun) a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | Synonyms: tsar, tzar |
czardas | (noun) a piece of music composed for the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
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(noun) a piece of music in the rhythm of the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
czarina | (noun) the wife or widow of a czar | Synonyms: czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina |
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czarist | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a czar | Synonyms: czaristic, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist |
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czaristic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a czar | Synonyms: czarist, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist |
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