| caucus | (noun) a closed political meeting | - |
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| (verb) meet to select a candidate or promote a policy | - |
| cauda | (noun) any taillike structure | - |
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| caudal | (adjective) constituting or relating to a tail | - |
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| (adjective) resembling a tail | Synonyms: taillike |
| (adjective) situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises | - |
| (adverb) toward the posterior end of the body | Synonyms: caudally |
| caudally | (adverb) toward the posterior end of the body | Synonyms: caudal |
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| caudate | (adjective) having a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: caudated |
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| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip | - |
| (noun) amphibians that resemble lizards | Synonyms: urodele |
| (noun) a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain | Synonyms: caudate nucleus |
| caudated | (adjective) having a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: caudate |
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| caudex | (noun) woody stem of palms and tree ferns | - |
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| (noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant | Synonyms: stock |
| caul | (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: embryonic membrane, veil |
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| (noun) part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines | Synonyms: gastrocolic omentum, greater omentum |
| cauldron | (noun) a very large pot that is used for boiling | Synonyms: caldron |
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| caulescent | (adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: cauline, stemmed |
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| cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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| (noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
| cauline | (adjective) especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem | - |
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| (adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: caulescent, stemmed |
| caulk | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulking |
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| (verb) seal with caulking | Synonyms: calk |
| caulked | (adjective) having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler | - |
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| caulking | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulk |
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| causa | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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| causal | (adjective) involving or constituting a cause; causing | - |
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| causalgia | (noun) a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes | - |
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| causality | (noun) the relation between causes and effects | - |
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| causally | (adverb) in a causal fashion | - |
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| causation | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causing |
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| causative | (adjective) producing an effect | - |
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| cause | (noun) any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Synonyms: causal agency, causal agent |
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| (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, lawsuit, suit |
| (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, crusade, drive, effort, movement |
| (noun) a justification for something existing or happening | Synonyms: grounds, reason |
| (noun) events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something | - |
| (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: get, have, induce, make, stimulate |
| (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally | Synonyms: do, make |
| causeless | (adjective) having no cause or apparent cause | Synonyms: fortuitous, uncaused |
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| (adjective) having no justifying cause or reason | Synonyms: reasonless |
| causerie | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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| causeway | (noun) a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
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| (verb) pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles | - |
| (verb) provide with a causeway | - |
| causing | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causation |
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| caustic | (adjective) of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| (noun) the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object | - |
| (noun) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue | - |
| caustically | (adverb) in a caustic vitriolic manner | Synonyms: vitriolically |
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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 |
| caution | (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: carefulness, cautiousness |
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| (noun) the trait of being circumspect and prudent | Synonyms: circumspection |
| (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, forethought, precaution |
| (noun) a warning against certain acts | Synonyms: caveat |
| (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, monish |
| cautionary | (adjective) serving to warn | Synonyms: admonitory, exemplary, monitory, warning |
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| (adjective) warding off | Synonyms: prophylactic |
| cautious | (adjective) showing careful forethought | - |
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| (adjective) avoiding excess | Synonyms: conservative |
| (noun) people who are fearful and cautious | Synonyms: timid |
| cautiously | (adverb) as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | Synonyms: carefully, with kid gloves |
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| (adverb) in a conservative manner | Synonyms: conservatively, guardedly |
| cautiousness | (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: carefulness, caution |
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