| carp | (noun) any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae | - |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised | - |
| (verb) raise trivial objections | Synonyms: cavil, chicane |
| carpal | (adjective) of or relating to the wrist | - |
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| (noun) any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | Synonyms: carpal bone, wrist bone |
| carpel | (noun) a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil | - |
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| carpellary | (adjective) belonging to or forming or containing carpels | - |
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| carpellate | (adjective) bearing or consisting of carpels | Synonyms: pistillate |
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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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| carpentry | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: woodwork, woodworking |
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| carper | (noun) someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way | Synonyms: niggler |
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| carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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| (noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover with a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
| (verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
| carpetbag | (adjective) following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers | - |
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| (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbagging |
| (noun) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century | - |
| carpetbagger | (noun) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously | - |
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| carpetbagging | (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbag |
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| carpeted | (adjective) covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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| carpetweed | (noun) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America | Synonyms: Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| carpophagous | (adjective) feeding on fruit | Synonyms: fruit-eating |
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| carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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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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| carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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| carposporic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carpospore | - |
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| carposporous | (adjective) having carpospores | - |
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| carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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