C-section, Noun
  • (n) cesarean_delivery, caesarean_delivery, caesarian_delivery, cesarean_section, cesarian_section, caesarean_section, caesarian_section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal_delivery: (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))
C.P.U., Noun
  • (n) central_processing_unit, CPU, , central_processor, processor, mainframe: ((computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing) "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"
C2H6, Noun
  • (n) ethane, C2H6: (a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel)
CAD, Noun
  • (n) cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel: (someone who is morally reprehensible) "you dirty dog"
  • (n) computer-aided_design, CAD: (software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing)
CAT, Noun
  • (n) big_cat, cat: (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)
  • (n) cat-o'-nine-tails, cat: (a whip with nine knotted cords) "British sailors feared the cat"
  • (n) cat, true_cat: (feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats)
  • (n) cat: (a spiteful woman gossip) "what a cat she is!"
  • (n) Caterpillar, cat: (a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work)
  • (n) computerized_tomography, computed_tomography, CT, computerized_axial_tomography, computed_axial_tomography, CAT: (a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis)
  • (n) guy, cat, hombre, bozo: (an informal term for a youth or man) "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
  • (n) kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian_tea, African_tea: (the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant) "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
CA, Noun
  • (n) calcium, Ca, atomic_number_20: (a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals)
  • (n) California, Golden_State, CA, : (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
CBC, Noun
  • (n) complete_blood_count, CBC, blood_profile: (counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood)
CBR, Noun
  • (n) cosmic_background_radiation, CBR, cosmic_microwave_background_radiation, CMBR, cosmic_microwave_background, CMB: ((cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin)
CCRC, Noun
  • (n) Casualty_Care_Research_Center, CCRC: (an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care)
CD-R, Noun
  • (n) CD-R, compact_disc_recordable, CD-WO, compact_disc_write-once: (a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory)
CD-WO, Noun
  • (n) CD-R, compact_disc_recordable, CD-WO, compact_disc_write-once: (a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory)
CDC, Noun
  • (n) Center_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention, CDC: (a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases))
CD, Noun
  • (n) cadmium, Cd, atomic_number_48: (a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores)
  • (n) candle, candela, cd, standard_candle: (the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin)
  • (n) certificate_of_deposit, CD: (a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest)
  • (n) compact_disk, compact_disc, CD: (a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser)
CEO, Noun
  • (n) chief_executive_officer, CEO, chief_operating_officer: (the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president))
CFC, Noun
  • (n) chlorofluorocarbon, CFC: (a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans) "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone"
CFO, Noun
  • (n) chief_financial_officer, CFO: (the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm)
CF, Noun
  • (n) californium, Cf, atomic_number_98: (a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles)
  • (n) cystic_fibrosis, CF, fibrocystic_disease_of_the_pancreas, pancreatic_fibrosis, mucoviscidosis: (the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known)
CIA, Noun
  • (n) Central_Intelligence_Agency, CIA: (an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council)
CID, Noun
  • (n) Criminal_Investigation_Command, CID: (the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world)
CIO, Noun
  • (n) Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations, CIO: (a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955)
CISC, Noun
  • (n) complex_instruction_set_computing, complex_instruction_set_computer, CISC: ((computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip)
  • (n) Criminal_Intelligence_Services_of_Canada, CISC: (an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies)
CJD, Noun
  • (n) Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease, CJD, Jakob-Creutzfeldt_disease: (rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control)
CLI, Noun
  • (n) command_line_interface, CLI: (a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon)
CMBR, Noun
  • (n) cosmic_background_radiation, CBR, cosmic_microwave_background_radiation, CMBR, cosmic_microwave_background, CMB: ((cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin)
CMB, Noun
  • (n) cosmic_background_radiation, CBR, cosmic_microwave_background_radiation, CMBR, cosmic_microwave_background, CMB: ((cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin)
CMV, Noun
  • (n) cytomegalovirus, CMV: (any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems)
CNPZ, Noun
  • (n) National_Liberation_Army, ELN, Nestor_Paz_Zamora_Commission, CNPZ: (a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s)
CNS, Noun
  • (n) central_nervous_system, CNS, systema_nervosum_centrale: (the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord)
COBOL, Noun
  • (n) COBOL: (common business-oriented language)
CORE, Noun
  • (n) Congress_of_Racial_Equality, CORE: (an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality)
  • (n) core, nucleus, core_group: (a small group of indispensable persons or things) "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
  • (n) core: (the center of an object) "the ball has a titanium core"
  • (n) core: (the central part of the Earth)
  • (n) core: (a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill)
  • (n) core, magnetic_core: ((computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories) "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"
  • (n) core: (the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place)
  • (n) core: (a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil)
  • (n) effect, essence, burden, core, gist: (the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work)
  • (n) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty: (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience) "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
CO, Noun
  • (n) carbon_monoxide, carbon_monoxide_gas, CO: (an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon)
  • (n) cobalt, Co, atomic_number_27: (a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition)
  • (n) Colorado, Centennial_State, CO: (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
  • (n) conscientious_objector, CO: (one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience)
CPA, Noun
  • (n) certified_public_accountant, CPA: (an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state) "in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations"
CPI, Noun
  • (n) California_Personality_Inventory, CPI: (a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.)
  • (n) consumer_price_index, CPI, cost-of-living_index: (an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer)
CPR, Noun
  • (n) cardiopulmonary_resuscitation, CPR, cardiac_resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth_resuscitation, kiss_of_life: (an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen)
CPU, Noun
  • (n) central_processing_unit, CPU, , central_processor, processor, mainframe: ((computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing) "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"
CRO, Noun
  • (n) oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray_oscilloscope, CRO: (electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities)
CRT, Noun
  • (n) cathode-ray_tube, CRT: (a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen)
CSIS, Noun
  • (n) Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service, CSIS: (Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government)
CTC, Noun
  • (n) Counterterrorist_Center, CTC: (an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage)
CT, Noun
  • (n) computerized_tomography, computed_tomography, CT, computerized_axial_tomography, computed_axial_tomography, CAT: (a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis)
  • (n) Connecticut, Nutmeg_State, Constitution_State, CT: (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)
CVA, Noun
  • (n) stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular_accident, CVA: (a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain)
CV, Noun
  • (n) curriculum_vitae, CV, resume: (a summary of your academic and work history)
C, Noun
  • (n) C: (a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system)
  • (n) C: ((music) the keynote of the scale of C major)
  • (n) C, c: (the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet)
  • (n) carbon, C, atomic_number_6: (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
  • (n) coke, blow, nose_candy, snow, C: (street names for cocaine)
  • (n) coulomb, C, ampere-second: (a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second)
  • (n) cytosine, C: (a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine)
  • (n) degree_centigrade, degree_Celsius, C: (a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature)
  • (n) deoxycytidine_monophosphate, C: (one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose))
  • (n) hundred, 100, C, century, one_C: (ten 10s)
  • (n) speed_of_light, light_speed, c: (the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second)
  • (n) vitamin_C, C, ascorbic_acid: (a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy)
Caaba, Noun
  • (n) Kaaba, Caaba: ((Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying)
Cabala, Noun
  • (n) cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah: (an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret)
  • (n) Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala: (an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries)
Cabalism, Noun
  • (n) Kabbalism, Cabalism: (the doctrines of the Kabbalah)
  • (n) kabbalism, cabalism: (adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation)
Cabalist, Noun
  • (n) cabalist: (a member of a cabal)
  • (n) cabalist, kabbalist: (an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters)
  • (n) Cabalist, Kabbalist: (a student of the Jewish Kabbalah)
Cabbala, Noun
  • (n) cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah: (an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret)
  • (n) Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala: (an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries)
Cabbalah, Noun
  • (n) cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah: (an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret)
  • (n) Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala: (an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries)
Cabernet, Noun
  • (n) Cabernet, Cabernet_Sauvignon: (superior Bordeaux type of red wine)
Cacatua, Noun
  • (n) Kakatoe, genus_Kakatoe, Cacatua, genus_Cacatua: (a genus of Psittacidae)
Caddo, Noun
  • (n) Caddo: (a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas)
  • (n) Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan_language: (a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo)
Caddoan, Noun
  • (n) Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan_language: (a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo)
Caeciliadae, Noun
  • (n) Caeciliidae, family_Caeciliidae, Caeciliadae, family_Caeciliadae: (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)
Caeciliidae, Noun
  • (n) Caeciliidae, family_Caeciliidae, Caeciliadae, family_Caeciliadae: (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)
Caesar, Noun
  • (n) Caesar, Julius_Caesar, Gaius_Julius_Caesar: (conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC))
  • (n) Caesar, Sid_Caesar, Sidney_Caesar: (United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922))
Caesarean, Adjective
  • (a) Caesarian, Caesarean: (of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar)
  • (a) cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian: (relating to abdominal delivery)
Caesarian, Adjective
  • (a) Caesarian, Caesarean: (of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar)
  • (a) cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian: (relating to abdominal delivery)
Caesarism, Noun
  • (n) dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man_rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny: (a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))
Caesaropapism, Noun
  • (n) Erastianism, Byzantinism, Caesaropapism: (the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters)
Cage, Noun
  • (n) batting_cage, cage: (a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice)
  • (n) cage, coop: (an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept)
  • (n) cage: (something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement)
  • (n) Cage, John_Cage, : (United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992))
  • (n) cage: (the net that is the goal in ice hockey)
Cagney, Noun
  • (n) Cagney, Jimmy_Cagney, James_Cagney: (United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986))
Cairo, Noun
  • (n) Cairo: (a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers)
  • (n) Cairo, Al_Qahira, El_Qahira, Egyptian_capital, capital_of_Egypt: (the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs)
Caitra, Noun
  • (n) Chait, Caitra: (the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar))
Cajun, Noun
  • (n) Cajun: (a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian'))
Calais, Noun
  • (n) Calais: (a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558)
Calamus, Noun
  • (n) calamus: (any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes)
  • (n) calamus: (the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally)
  • (n) Calamus, genus_Calamus: (a genus of Sparidae)
  • (n) quill, calamus, shaft: (the hollow spine of a feather)
  • (n) sweet_flag, calamus, sweet_calamus, myrtle_flag, flagroot, Acorus_calamus: (perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots)
Calan, Noun
  • (n) verapamil, Calan, Isoptin: (a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine)
Calapooya, Noun
  • (n) Kalapooia, Kalapuya, Calapooya, Calapuya: (a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon)
Calapuya, Noun
  • (n) Kalapooia, Kalapuya, Calapooya, Calapuya: (a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon)
Calcutta, Noun
  • (n) Kolkata, Calcutta: (the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding)
Calder, Noun
  • (n) Calder, Alexander_Calder: (United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976))
Caldwell, Noun
  • (n) Caldwell, Erskine_Caldwell, Erskine_Preston_Caldwell: (United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987))
Calgary, Noun
  • (n) Calgary: (the largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada)
Cali, Noun
  • (n) Cali: (city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area)
Calif., Noun
  • (n) California, Golden_State, CA, : (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
California, Noun
  • (n) California, Golden_State, CA, : (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
Californian, Adjective
  • (a) Californian: (of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants) "Californian beaches"
Californian, Noun
  • (n) Californian: (a native or resident of California)
Caligula, Noun
  • (n) Caligula, Gaius, Gaius_Caesar: (Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41))
Call, Noun
  • (n) birdcall, call, birdsong, song: (the characteristic sound produced by a bird) "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
  • (n) call, phone_call, telephone_call: (a telephone connection) "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"
  • (n) Call: (a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course) "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
  • (n) call, claim: (a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty")
  • (n) call: (a brief social visit) "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"
  • (n) call: (a demand for a show of hands in a card game) "after two raises there was a call"
  • (n) call: (a request) "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
  • (n) call: (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed) "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"
  • (n) call: (a visit in an official or professional capacity) "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer"
  • (n) call: ((sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee) "he was ejected for protesting the call"
  • (n) call_option, call: (the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date)
  • (n) cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation: (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition) "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
  • (n) margin_call, call: (a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement)
Calla, Noun
  • (n) Calla, genus_Calla: (water arum)
  • (n) calla_lily, calla, arum_lily, Zantedeschia_aethiopica: (South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix)
Calliophis, Noun
  • (n) Calliophis, genus_Calliophis, Callophis, genus_Callophis: (Asian coral snakes)
Callophis, Noun
  • (n) Calliophis, genus_Calliophis, Callophis, genus_Callophis: (Asian coral snakes)
Calorie, Noun
  • (n) Calorie, kilogram_calorie, kilocalorie, large_calorie, nutritionist's_calorie: (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)
  • (n) calorie, gram_calorie, small_calorie: (unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure)
Calpe, Noun
  • (n) Gibraltar, Rock_of_Gibraltar, Calpe: (location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules)
Calvary, Noun
  • (n) Calvary, Golgotha: (a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified)
  • (n) calvary, martyrdom: (any experience that causes intense suffering)
Calvin, Noun
  • (n) Calvin, Melvin_Calvin: (United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-))
  • (n) Calvin, John_Calvin, Jean_Cauvin, Jean_Caulvin, Jean_Chauvin: (Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564))
Calvinist, Adjective
  • (a) Calvinist, Calvinistic, Calvinistical: (of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents)
Calvinist, Noun
  • (n) Calvinist, Genevan: (an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin)
Calvinistic, Adjective
  • (a) Calvinist, Calvinistic, Calvinistical: (of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents)
Calvinistical, Adjective
  • (a) Calvinist, Calvinistic, Calvinistical: (of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents)
Calypso, Noun
  • (n) calypso, fairy-slipper, Calypso_bulbosa: (rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf)
  • (n) Calypso: ((Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years)
Cam, Noun
  • (n) Cam, River_Cam, Cam_River: (a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River)
  • (n) cam: (a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion)
Camassia, Noun
  • (n) Camassia, genus_Camassia, Quamassia, genus_Quamassia: (genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs)
Cambodia, Noun
  • (n) Cambodia, Kingdom_of_Cambodia, Kampuchea: (a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946)
Cambodian, Adjective
  • (a) Cambodian, Kampuchean: (of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language)
Cambodian, Noun
  • (n) Cambodian, Kampuchean: (a native or inhabitant of Cambodia)
Cambria, Noun
  • (n) Wales, Cymru, Cambria: (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)
Cambrian, Adjective
  • (a) Welsh, Cambrian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language) "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"
Cambrian, Noun
  • (n) Cambrian, Cambrian_period: (from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates)
  • (n) Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry: (a native or resident of Wales)
Cambridge, Noun
  • (n) Cambridge: (a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • (n) Cambridge: (a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University)
  • (n) Cambridge_University, Cambridge: (a university in England)
Camden, Noun
  • (n) Camden: (a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia)
Camelot, Noun
  • (n) Camelot: ((Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there)
Cameroon, Noun
  • (n) Cameroon: (an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast)
  • (n) Cameroon, Republic_of_Cameroon, Cameroun: (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960)
Cameroun, Noun
  • (n) Cameroon, Republic_of_Cameroon, Cameroun: (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960)
Campbell, Noun
  • (n) Campbell, Joseph_Campbell: (United States mythologist (1904-1987))
Campylorhynchus, Noun
  • (n) Campylorhynchus, genus_Campylorhynchus, Heleodytes, genus_Heleodytes: (alternative classifications for the cactus wrens)
Camus, Noun
  • (n) Camus, Albert_Camus: (French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960))
Canaan, Noun
  • (n) Palestine, Canaan, Holy_Land, Promised_Land: (an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism)
Canada, Noun
  • (n) Canada: (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
Canadian, Adjective
  • (a) Canadian: (of or relating to Canada or its people)
Canadian, Noun
  • (n) Canadian: (a native or inhabitant of Canada)
  • (n) Canadian, Canadian_River: (a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma)
Cananga, Noun
  • (n) Cananga, genus_Cananga, Canangium, genus_Canangium: (a genus of Malayan tree)
Canangium, Noun
  • (n) Cananga, genus_Cananga, Canangium, genus_Canangium: (a genus of Malayan tree)
Canara, Noun
  • (n) Kanara, Canara: (a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast)
Canarese, Noun
  • (n) Kanarese, Canarese: (a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India)
Canberra, Noun
  • (n) Canberra, Australian_capital, capital_of_Australia: (the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia)
Cancer, Noun
  • (n) cancer, malignant_neoplastic_disease: (any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream)
  • (n) Cancer, Crab: ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer)
  • (n) Cancer: (a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini)
  • (n) Cancer, Cancer_the_Crab, Crab: (the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22)
  • (n) Cancer, genus_Cancer: (type genus of the family Cancridae)
Cancun, Noun
  • (n) Cancun: (a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula)
Candlemas, Noun
  • (n) Candlemas, Candlemas_Day, Feb_2: (feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland)
Canicula, Noun
  • (n) Sirius, Dog_Star, Canicula, Sothis: (the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major)
Canis, Noun
  • (n) Canis, genus_Canis: (type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals)
Cannes, Noun
  • (n) Cannes: (a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival)
Canopus, Noun
  • (n) Canopus: (supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky)
Canterbury, Noun
  • (n) Canterbury: (a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church)
Canton, Noun
  • (n) canton: (a small administrative division of a country)
  • (n) Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton: (a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port)
Cantonese, Noun
  • (n) Yue, Yue_dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese_dialect: (the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China)
Canuck, Noun
  • (n) Canuck: (informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular)
Canute, Noun
  • (n) Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute_the_Great: (king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035))
Capella, Noun
  • (n) Capella: (the brightest star in Auriga)
  • (n) Gallinago, genus_Gallinago, Capella, genus_Capella: (snipes)
Capital, Noun
  • (n) capital, working_capital: (assets available for use in the production of further assets)
  • (n) capital: (wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value)
  • (n) capital: (a seat of government)
  • (n) capital, capital_letter, uppercase, upper-case_letter, majuscule: (one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters") "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases"
  • (n) capital: (a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product) "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"
  • (n) Capital, Washington: (the federal government of the United States)
  • (n) capital, chapiter, cap: (the upper part of a column that supports the entablature)
  • (n) Das_Kapital, Capital: (a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories)
Capitol, Noun
  • (n) capitol: (a building occupied by a state legislature)
  • (n) Capitol, Capitol_Building: (the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet)
Capone, Noun
  • (n) Capone, Al_Capone, Alphonse_Capone, Scarface: (United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947))
Capoten, Noun
  • (n) captopril, Capoten: (a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure)
Capri, Noun
  • (n) Capri: (an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery)
Capricorn, Noun
  • (n) Capricorn, Goat: ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn)
  • (n) Capricorn, Capricorn_the_Goat, Goat: (the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19)
  • (n) Capricornus, Capricorn: (a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius)
Capricornus, Noun
  • (n) Capricornus, Capricorn: (a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius)
Capsicum, Noun
  • (n) capsicum, pepper, capsicum_pepper_plant: (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)
  • (n) genus_Capsicum, Capsicum: (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)
Capsidae, Noun
  • (n) Miridae, family_Miridae, Capsidae, family_Capsidae: (leaf bugs)
Carafate, Noun
  • (n) sucralfate, Carafate: (medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it)
Caravaggio, Noun
  • (n) Caravaggio, Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio: (Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610))
Carboniferous, Noun
  • (n) Carboniferous, Carboniferous_period: (from 345 million to 280 million years ago)
Carcharias, Noun
  • (n) Carcharias, genus_Carcharias, Odontaspis, genus_Odontaspis: (type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks)
Carchariidae, Noun
  • (n) Carchariidae, family_Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family_Odontaspididae: (sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae)
Cardiff, Noun
  • (n) Cardiff: (the capital and largest city of Wales)
Cardigan, Noun
  • (n) cardigan: (knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper)
  • (n) Cardigan, Cardigan_Welsh_corgi: (slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail)
Cardizem, Noun
  • (n) diltiazem, Cardizem: (a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure)
Cardura, Noun
  • (n) doxazosin, Cardura: (an antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia)
Carelian, Noun
  • (n) Karelian, Carelian: (a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia)
  • (n) Karelian, Carelian: (a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia)
Caribbean, Noun
  • (n) Caribbean, Caribbean_Sea: (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream)
  • (n) Caribbean: (region including the Caribbean Islands)
Carlos, Noun
  • (n) Sanchez, Ilich_Sanchez, Ilich_Ramirez_Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos_the_Jackal, Salim, Andres_Martinez, Taurus, Glen_Gebhard, Hector_Hevodidbon, Michael_Assat: (Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949))
Carlovingian, Noun
  • (n) Carolingian, Carlovingian: (a member of the Carolingian dynasty)
Carlsbad, Noun
  • (n) Carlsbad: (a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits)
Carnegie, Noun
  • (n) Carnegie, Dale_Carnegie: (United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955))
  • (n) Carnegie, Andrew_Carnegie: (United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919))
Carolean, Adjective
  • (a) Caroline, Carolean: (of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England)
Carolina, Noun
  • (n) Carolina, Carolinas: (the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina)
Carolinas, Noun
  • (n) Carolina, Carolinas: (the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina)
Caroline, Adjective
  • (a) Caroline, Carolean: (of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England)
Carolingian, Adjective
  • (a) Carolingian: (of or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father)
Carolingian, Noun
  • (n) Carolingian, Carlovingian: (a member of the Carolingian dynasty)
Carolus, Noun
  • (n) Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles_I, Charles_the_Great: (king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814))
Carrel, Noun
  • (n) Carrel, Alexis_Carrel: (French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944))
  • (n) carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall: (small individual study area in a library)
Carroll, Noun
  • (n) Carroll, Lewis_Carroll, Dodgson, Reverend_Dodgson, Charles_Dodgson, Charles_Lutwidge_Dodgson: (English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898))
Carson, Noun
  • (n) Carson, Rachel_Carson, Rachel_Louise_Carson: (United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964))
  • (n) Carson, Kit_Carson, Christopher_Carson: (United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868))
Cartagena, Noun
  • (n) Cartagena: (a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean)
  • (n) Cartagena: (a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean)
Carter, Noun
  • (n) Carter, Howard_Carter: (Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939))
  • (n) Carter, Jimmy_Carter, James_Earl_Carter, , President_Carter: (39th President of the United States (1924-))
  • (n) carter: (someone whose work is driving carts)
Carthaginian, Adjective
  • (a) Carthaginian, Punic: (of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language) "the Punic Wars"; "Carthaginian peace"
Carthaginian, Noun
  • (n) Carthaginian: (a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Cartier, Noun
  • (n) Cartier, Jacques_Cartier: (French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557))
Cartwright, Noun
  • (n) Cartwright, Edmund_Cartwright: (English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823))
  • (n) cartwright: (a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons)
Carver, Noun
  • (n) Carver, George_Washington_Carver: (United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943))
  • (n) cutter, carver: (someone who carves the meat)
  • (n) sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue_maker: (an artist who creates sculptures)
  • (n) woodcarver, carver: (makes decorative wooden panels)
Caryophyllales, Noun
  • (n) Caryophyllales, order_Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales: (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)
Casablanca, Noun
  • (n) Casablanca: (a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco)
Cash, Noun
  • (n) cash, hard_cash, hard_currency: (money in the form of bills or coins) "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"
  • (n) cash, immediate_payment: (prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check)
  • (n) Cash, Johnny_Cash, John_Cash: (United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003))
Cashmere, Noun
  • (n) cashmere: (a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat)
  • (n) cashmere: (the wool of the Kashmir goat)
  • (n) Kashmir, Cashmere, Jammu_and_Kashmir: (an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India)
Caspar, Noun
  • (n) Caspar, Gaspar: ((New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus)
Casper, Noun
  • (n) Casper: (a city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river)
Caspian, Noun
  • (n) Caspian, Caspian_Sea: (a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world)
Cassite, Noun
  • (n) Kassite, Cassite: (a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC)
  • (n) Kassite, Cassite: (an ancient language spoken by the Kassites)
Castile, Noun
  • (n) Castile, Castilla: (a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479)
Castilla, Noun
  • (n) Castile, Castilla: (a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479)
Castilleia, Noun
  • (n) Castilleja, genus_Castilleja, Castilleia, genus_Castilleia: (genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses)
Castilleja, Noun
  • (n) Castilleja, genus_Castilleja, Castilleia, genus_Castilleia: (genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses)
Castor, Noun
  • (n) beaver, castor: (a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material))
  • (n) caster, castor: (a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar)
  • (n) caster, castor: (a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable)
  • (n) Castor, Alpha_Geminorum: (a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux)
  • (n) Castor, genus_Castor: (type genus of the Castoridae: beavers)
Castro, Noun
  • (n) Castro, Fidel_Castro, Fidel_Castro_Ruz: (Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927))
Catalan, Adjective
  • (a) Catalan: (relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants) "Catalan independence movement"
  • (a) Catalan: (relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language) "Catalan poetry"
Catalan, Noun
  • (n) Catalan: (a native or inhabitant of Catalonia)
  • (n) Catalan: (the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan))
Catapres, Noun
  • (n) clonidine, Catapres: (an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches)
Caterpillar, Noun
  • (n) caterpillar: (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
  • (n) Caterpillar, cat: (a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work)
Cathari, Noun
  • (n) Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari: (a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism)
Catharism, Noun
  • (n) Albigensianism, Catharism: (a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition)
Cathars, Noun
  • (n) Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari: (a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism)
Cathay, Noun
  • (n) China, People's_Republic_of_China, mainland_China, Communist_China, Red_China, PRC, Cathay: (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Cather, Noun
  • (n) Cather, Willa_Cather, Willa_Sibert_Cather: (United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947))
Catherine, Noun
  • (n) Catherine_II, Catherine, Catherine_the_Great: (empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796))
  • (n) Catherine_of_Aragon, Catherine: (first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536))
Catholic, Adjective
  • (a) Catholic: (of or relating to or supporting Catholicism) "the Catholic Church"
  • (s) catholic: (free from provincial prejudices or attachments) "catholic in one's tastes"
Catholic, Noun
  • (n) Catholic: (a member of a Catholic church)
Catholicism, Noun
  • (n) Catholicism, Catholicity: (the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church)
Catholicity, Noun
  • (n) Catholicism, Catholicity: (the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church)
  • (n) universality, catholicity: (the quality of being universal; existing everywhere)
Caucasia, Noun
  • (n) Caucasia, Caucasus: (a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource)
Caucasian, Adjective
  • (a) Caucasian, Caucasic: (of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia) "Caucasian languages"
  • (s) Caucasian, Caucasoid: (of or relating to Caucasian people)
Caucasian, Noun
  • (n) Caucasian, Caucasian_language: (a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere)
  • (n) White, White_person, Caucasian: (a member of the Caucasoid race)
Caucasic, Adjective
  • (a) Caucasian, Caucasic: (of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia) "Caucasian languages"
Caucasoid, Adjective
  • (s) Caucasian, Caucasoid: (of or relating to Caucasian people)
Caucasus, Noun
  • (n) Caucasia, Caucasus: (a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource)
  • (n) Caucasus, Caucasus_Mountains: (the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia)
Caudata, Noun
  • (n) Urodella, order_Urodella, Caudata, order_Caudata: (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)
Cavalier, Noun
  • (n) cavalier, chevalier: (a gallant or courtly gentleman)
  • (n) Cavalier, Royalist: (a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War)
Ce, Noun
  • (n) cerium, Ce, atomic_number_58: (a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group)
Cebuan, Noun
  • (n) Cebuan: (inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines)
  • (n) Cebuan, Cebuano: (language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines)
Cebuano, Noun
  • (n) Cebuan, Cebuano: (language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines)
Cefobid, Noun
  • (n) cefoperazone, Cefobid: (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections)
Ceftin, Noun
  • (n) cefuroxime, Ceftin, Zinacef: (a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges)
Celebes, Noun
  • (n) Celebes, Sulawesi: (a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia)
Celebrex, Noun
  • (n) celecoxib, Celebrex: (a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract)
Celt, Noun
  • (n) Celt, Kelt: (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)
Celtic, Adjective
  • (a) Celtic, Gaelic: (relating to or characteristic of the Celts)
Celtic, Noun
  • (n) Celtic, Celtic_language: (a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era)
Centaur, Noun
  • (n) centaur: ((classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse)
  • (n) Centaurus, Centaur: (a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross)
Centaurus, Noun
  • (n) Centaurus, Centaur: (a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross)
Centre, Noun
  • (n) center, centre, middle, heart, eye: (an area that is approximately central within some larger region) "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
  • (n) center, centre: (a building dedicated to a particular activity) "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
  • (n) center, centre, midpoint: (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
  • (n) center, centre, center_of_attention, centre_of_attention: (the object upon which interest and attention focuses) "his stories made him the center of the party"
  • (n) center, centre, nerve_center, nerve_centre: (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process) "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
  • (n) center, centre: (a place where some particular activity is concentrated) "they received messages from several centers"
  • (n) center, centre: (the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering)
  • (n) Centre: (a low-lying region in central France)
  • (n) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty: (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience) "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
Cephalaspida, Noun
  • (n) Osteostraci, suborder_Osteostraci, Cephalaspida, suborder_Cephalaspida: (extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)
Ceratostomella, Noun
  • (n) Ceratostomella, genus_Ceratostomella: (genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores)
Cerberus, Noun
  • (n) Cerberus, hellhound: ((Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon)
Cercospora, Noun
  • (n) Cercospora, genus_Cercospora: (form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores)
Cereus, Noun
  • (n) Cereus, genus_Cereus: (genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white)
Cetacea, Noun
  • (n) Cetacea, order_Cetacea: (an order of Eutheria)
Cewa, Noun
  • (n) Chewa, Cewa, Chichewa: (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)
Ceylonite, Noun
  • (n) Ceylonite, pleonaste: (a dark-colored spinel containing iron)
Ch'in, Noun
  • (n) Qin, Qin_dynasty, Ch'in, Ch'in_dynasty: (the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall)
Ch'ing, Noun
  • (n) Qing, Qing_dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing_dynasty, Manchu, Manchu_dynasty: (the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu)
Chabad-Lubavitch, Noun
  • (n) Lubavitch, Lubavitch_movement, Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad: (a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study)
Chabad, Noun
  • (n) Chabad, Chabad_Hasidism: (a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement)
  • (n) Lubavitch, Lubavitch_movement, Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad: (a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study)
Chad, Noun
  • (n) chad: (a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape)
  • (n) Chad, Republic_of_Chad, Tchad: (a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960)
  • (n) Chad, Chadic, Chadic_language: (a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa)
  • (n) Lake_Chad, Chad: (a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river)
Chadian, Adjective
  • (a) Chadian: (of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language) "the Chadian desert"; "Chad soldiers"; "Chadian folktales"
Chadian, Noun
  • (n) Chadian: (a native or inhabitant of Chad)
Chadic, Noun
  • (n) Chad, Chadic, Chadic_language: (a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa)
Chaga, Noun
  • (n) Kichaga, Chaga, Chagga: (a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania)
Chagall, Noun
  • (n) Chagall, Marc_Chagall: (French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985))
Chagatai, Noun
  • (n) Chagatai, Jagatai, Jaghatai, Eastern_Turki: (a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan))
Chagga, Noun
  • (n) Kichaga, Chaga, Chagga: (a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania)
Chahta, Noun
  • (n) Choctaw, Chahta: (the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw)
Chain, Noun
  • (n) chain, concatenation: (a series of things depending on each other as if linked together) "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
  • (n) chain, chemical_chain: ((chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule))
  • (n) chain: (a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament)
  • (n) chain: ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)
  • (n) chain: (anything that acts as a restraint)
  • (n) chain: (a unit of length)
  • (n) Chain, Ernst_Boris_Chain, Sir_Ernst_Boris_Chain: (British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979))
  • (n) chain: (a linked or connected series of objects) "a chain of daisies"
  • (n) chain, string, strand: (a necklace made by a stringing objects together; ) "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"
  • (n) range, mountain_range, range_of_mountains, chain, mountain_chain, chain_of_mountains: (a series of hills or mountains) "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
Chait, Noun
  • (n) Chait, Caitra: (the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar))
Chalcedon, Noun
  • (n) Chalcedon, Kadikoy: (a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon)
  • (n) Chalcedon, Council_of_Chalcedon: (the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ)
Chalcidae, Noun
  • (n) Chalcididae, family_Chalcididae, Chalcidae, family_Chalcidae: (an arthropod family including: chalcidflies)
Chalcididae, Noun
  • (n) Chalcididae, family_Chalcididae, Chalcidae, family_Chalcidae: (an arthropod family including: chalcidflies)
Chaldaea, Noun
  • (n) Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea: (an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king))
  • (n) Chaldea, Chaldaea: (an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II)
Chaldaean, Adjective
  • (a) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture)
Chaldaean, Noun
  • (n) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (a wise man skilled in occult learning)
  • (n) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea)
Chaldea, Noun
  • (n) Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea: (an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king))
  • (n) Chaldea, Chaldaea: (an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II)
Chaldean, Adjective
  • (a) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture)
Chaldean, Noun
  • (n) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (a wise man skilled in occult learning)
  • (n) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea)
Chaldee, Adjective
  • (a) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture)
Chaldee, Noun
  • (n) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (a wise man skilled in occult learning)
  • (n) Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee: (an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea)
Chalons-sur-Marne, Noun
  • (n) Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne: (the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451)
Chalons, Noun
  • (n) Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne: (the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451)
Chamaeleon, Noun
  • (n) Chamaeleon, Chameleon: (a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa)
  • (n) chameleon, chamaeleon: (lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue)
Chamaeleonidae, Noun
  • (n) Chamaeleontidae, family_Chamaeleontidae, Chamaeleonidae, family_Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family_Rhiptoglossa: (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)
Chamaeleontidae, Noun
  • (n) Chamaeleontidae, family_Chamaeleontidae, Chamaeleonidae, family_Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family_Rhiptoglossa: (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)
Chameleon, Noun
  • (n) Chamaeleon, Chameleon: (a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa)
  • (n) chameleon: (a changeable or inconstant person)
  • (n) chameleon, chamaeleon: (lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue)
Champagne-Ardenne, Noun
  • (n) Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne: (a region of northeastern France)
Champagne, Noun
  • (n) champagne, bubbly: (a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there)
  • (n) Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne: (a region of northeastern France)
Champaign, Noun
  • (n) Champaign: (a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana)
  • (n) plain, field, champaign: (extensive tract of level open land) "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
Chancellor, Noun
  • (n) chancellor, premier, prime_minister: (the person who is head of state (in several countries))
  • (n) chancellor: (the honorary or titular head of a university)
  • (n) Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer, Chancellor: (the British cabinet minister responsible for finance)
Chandler, Noun
  • (n) Chandler, Raymond_Chandler, Raymond_Thornton_Chandler: (United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959))
  • (n) chandler: (a retail dealer in provisions and supplies)
  • (n) chandler: (a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints)
Chang, Noun
  • (n) Chang_Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze_River, Yangtze_Kiang: (the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai)
Changan, Noun
  • (n) Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian: (a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC)
Changjiang, Noun
  • (n) Chang_Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze_River, Yangtze_Kiang: (the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai)
Channukah, Noun
  • (n) Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival_of_Lights, Feast_of_Lights, Feast_of_Dedication, Feast_of_the_Dedication: ((Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC)
Channukkah, Noun
  • (n) Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival_of_Lights, Feast_of_Lights, Feast_of_Dedication, Feast_of_the_Dedication: ((Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC)
Chanukah, Noun
  • (n) Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival_of_Lights, Feast_of_Lights, Feast_of_Dedication, Feast_of_the_Dedication: ((Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC)
Chanukkah, Noun
  • (n) Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival_of_Lights, Feast_of_Lights, Feast_of_Dedication, Feast_of_the_Dedication: ((Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC)
Chaos, Noun
  • (n) chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness: (a state of extreme confusion and disorder)
  • (n) chaos: (the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos)
  • (n) Chaos: ((Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe)
  • (n) chaos: ((physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions)
Chapman, Noun
  • (n) Chapman, John_Chapman, Johnny_Appleseed: (United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845))
  • (n) chapman: (archaic term for an itinerant peddler)
Chardonnay, Noun
  • (n) Chardonnay, chardonnay_grape: (white wine grape)
  • (n) Chardonnay, Pinot_Chardonnay: (dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes)
Chari, Noun
  • (n) Shari, Shari_River, Chari, Chari_River: (an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad)
Charioteer, Noun
  • (n) Auriga, Charioteer: (a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way)
  • (n) charioteer: (the driver of a chariot)
Charlemagne, Noun
  • (n) Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles_I, Charles_the_Great: (king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814))
Charles, Noun
  • (n) Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles_I, Charles_the_Great: (king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814))
  • (n) Charles, Charles_IX: (King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574))
  • (n) Charles, Charles_VII: (King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461))
  • (n) Charles, Charles_II, Charles_I, Charles_the_Bald: (as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877))
  • (n) Charles, Charles_II: (King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685))
  • (n) Charles, Charles_I, Charles_Stuart: (son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649))
  • (n) Charles, Prince_Charles: (the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948))
  • (n) Charles, Jacques_Charles, Jacques_Alexandre_Cesar_Charles: (French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823))
  • (n) Charles, Charles_River: (a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston)
Charleston, Noun
  • (n) Charleston, capital_of_West_Virginia: (state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river)
  • (n) Charleston: (a port city in southeastern South Carolina)
  • (n) Charleston: (an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century)
Charleston, Verb
  • (v) Charleston: (dance the Charleston)
Charlotte, Noun
  • (n) Charlotte, Queen_City: (the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina)
  • (n) charlotte: (a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard)
Charolais, Noun
  • (n) Charolais: (large white or cream-colored breed from France)
Chase, Noun
  • (n) Chase, _Chase, Salmon_Portland_Chase: (United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873))
  • (n) chase: (a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time)
  • (n) pursuit, chase, pursual, following: (the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture) "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
Chasid, Noun
  • (n) Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid: (a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism)
Chasidic, Adjective
  • (a) Hasidic, Hassidic, Chasidic, Chassidic: (of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices)
Chasidim, Noun
  • (n) Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid: (a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism)
  • (n) Hasidim, Hassidim, Hasidism, Chasidim, Chassidim: (a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly)
Chasidism, Noun
  • (n) Hasidism, Hassidism, Chasidism, Chassidism: (beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews)
Chassid, Noun
  • (n) Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid: (a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism)
Chassidic, Adjective
  • (a) Hasidic, Hassidic, Chasidic, Chassidic: (of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices)
Chassidim, Noun
  • (n) Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid: (a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism)
  • (n) Hasidim, Hassidim, Hasidism, Chasidim, Chassidim: (a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly)
Chassidism, Noun
  • (n) Hasidism, Hassidism, Chasidism, Chassidism: (beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews)
Chattahoochee, Noun
  • (n) Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee_River: (a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River)
Chaucer, Noun
  • (n) Chaucer, Geoffrey_Chaucer: (English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400))
Chavez, Noun
  • (n) Chavez, Carlos_Chavez: (Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978))
  • (n) Chavez, Cesar_Chavez, Cesar_Estrada_Chavez: (United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927))
Chechen, Adjective
  • (a) Chechen: (of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture)
Chechen, Noun
  • (n) Chechen: (a native or inhabitant of Chechnya)
  • (n) Chechen: (a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen)
Chechenia, Noun
  • (n) Chechnya, Chechenia, Chechen_Republic: (an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic)
Chechnya, Noun
  • (n) Chechnya, Chechenia, Chechen_Republic: (an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic)
Cheddar, Noun
  • (n) Cheddar: (a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made)
  • (n) cheddar, cheddar_cheese, Armerican_cheddar, American_cheese: (hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England)
Chekhov, Noun
  • (n) Chekhov, Chekov, Anton_Chekhov, Anton_Chekov, Anton_Pavlovich_Chekhov, Anton_Pavlovich_Chekov: (Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904))
Chekov, Noun
  • (n) Chekhov, Chekov, Anton_Chekhov, Anton_Chekov, Anton_Pavlovich_Chekhov, Anton_Pavlovich_Chekov: (Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904))
Chelonethida, Noun
  • (n) Chelonethida, order_Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order_Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order_Pseudoscorpiones: (false scorpions)
Chelonia, Noun
  • (n) Chelonia, genus_Chelonia: (green turtles)
  • (n) Chelonia, order_Chelonia, Testudinata, order_Testudinata, Testudines, order_Testudines: (tortoises and turtles)
Chelonidae, Noun
  • (n) Cheloniidae, family_Cheloniidae, Chelonidae, family_Chelonidae: (green turtles; hawksbills)
Cheloniidae, Noun
  • (n) Cheloniidae, family_Cheloniidae, Chelonidae, family_Chelonidae: (green turtles; hawksbills)
Chemnitz, Noun
  • (n) Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt: (a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing)
Chemulpo, Noun
  • (n) Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo: (a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea)
Chen, Noun
  • (n) Chen, subgenus_Chen: (wild goose having white adult plumage)
Chennai, Noun
  • (n) Chennai, Madras: (a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras)
Chenopodiales, Noun
  • (n) Caryophyllales, order_Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales: (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)
Cheops, Noun
  • (n) Cheops, Khufu: (Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza)
Cheremis, Noun
  • (n) Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari: (a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia)
  • (n) Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari: (the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis)
Cheremiss, Noun
  • (n) Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari: (a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia)
  • (n) Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari: (the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis)
Chermidae, Noun
  • (n) Psyllidae, family_Psyllidae, Chermidae, family_Chermidae: (jumping plant lice)
Chernobyl, Noun
  • (n) Chernobyl: (a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986))
Cherokee, Noun
  • (n) Cherokee: (the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee)
  • (n) Cherokee: (a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma)
Chester, Noun
  • (n) Chester: (a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia))
Chesterfield, Noun
  • (n) Chesterfield, Fourth_Earl_of_Chesterfield, Philip_Dormer_Stanhope: (suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773))
  • (n) chesterfield: (an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests)
  • (n) chesterfield: (a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar)
Chesterton, Noun
  • (n) Chesterton, _Chesterton, Gilbert_Keith_Chesterton: (conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936))
Chevalier, Noun
  • (n) cavalier, chevalier: (a gallant or courtly gentleman)
  • (n) Chevalier, Maurice_Chevalier: (French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972))
Chewa, Noun
  • (n) Chewa, Cewa, Chichewa: (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)
Chicago, Noun
  • (n) Chicago, Windy_City: (largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan)
  • (n) Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops: (a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card)
Chicano, Noun
  • (n) Chicano: (a person of Mexican descent)
Chichewa, Noun
  • (n) Chewa, Cewa, Chichewa: (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)
  • (n) Chichewa: (the Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa)
Chico, Noun
  • (n) Marx, Leonard_Marx, Chico: (United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961))
Chihuahua, Noun
  • (n) Chihuahua: (a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico)
  • (n) Chihuahua: (a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau)
  • (n) Chihuahua: (an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization)
Chile, Noun
  • (n) Chile, Republic_of_Chile: (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)
  • (n) chili, chili_pepper, chilli, chilly, chile: (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)
Chilean, Adjective
  • (a) Chilean: (of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people) "Chilean volcanoes"
Chilean, Noun
  • (n) Chilean: (a native or inhabitant of Chile)
Chiluba, Noun
  • (n) Luba, Chiluba: (a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo)
Chimaera, Noun
  • (n) chimaera: (a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail)
  • (n) Chimera, Chimaera: ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
  • (n) chimera, chimaera: (a grotesque product of the imagination)
Chimera, Noun
  • (n) Chimera, Chimaera: ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
  • (n) chimera, chimaera: (a grotesque product of the imagination)
Chin, Noun
  • (n) chin, mentum: (the protruding part of the lower jaw)
  • (n) Kuki, Chin, Kuki-Chin: (Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India)
China, Noun
  • (n) China, People's_Republic_of_China, mainland_China, Communist_China, Red_China, PRC, Cathay: (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
  • (n) china: (high quality porcelain originally made only in China)
  • (n) chinaware, china: (dishware made of high quality porcelain)
  • (n) Taiwan, China, Nationalist_China, Republic_of_China: (a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong)
Chinaman, Noun
  • (n) Chinaman: (a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg)
  • (n) chink, Chinaman: ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent)
Chinese-red, Adjective
  • (s) vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red: (of a vivid red to reddish-orange color)
Chinese, Adjective
  • (a) Chinese: (of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures) "Chinese food"
  • (a) Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan: (of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language) "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
Chinese, Noun
  • (n) Chinese: (any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system)
  • (n) Chinese: (a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China)
Chingpo, Noun
  • (n) Jinghpo, Jinghpaw, Chingpo: (a Kachinic language)
Chinook, Noun
  • (n) chinook, chinook_wind, snow_eater: (a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies)
  • (n) Chinook: (a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes)
  • (n) chinook, chinook_salmon, king_salmon, quinnat_salmon, Oncorhynchus_tshawytscha: (large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning)
  • (n) chinook_salmon, chinook, king_salmon: (pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon)
  • (n) Chinookan, Chinook: (a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook)
Chinookan, Noun
  • (n) Chinookan, Chinook: (a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook)
Chios, Noun
  • (n) Chios, Khios: (an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece)
Chipewyan, Noun
  • (n) Chipewyan: (a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay)
  • (n) Chipewyan, Chippewyan, Chippewaian: (the language spoken by the Chipewyan)
Chippewa, Noun
  • (n) Ojibwa, Ojibway, Chippewa: (a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior)
  • (n) Ojibwa, Ojibway, Chippewa: (the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa)
Chippewaian, Noun
  • (n) Chipewyan, Chippewyan, Chippewaian: (the language spoken by the Chipewyan)
Chippewyan, Noun
  • (n) Chipewyan, Chippewyan, Chippewaian: (the language spoken by the Chipewyan)
Chirocephalus, Noun
  • (n) Artemia, genus_Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus_Chirocephalus: (fairy shrimp; brine shrimp)
Chisinau, Noun
  • (n) Kishinev, Chisinau, capital_of_Moldova: (the capital of Moldova)
Chislev, Noun
  • (n) Kislev, Chislev: (the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December))
Chlor-Trimeton, Noun
  • (n) chlorpheniramine_maleate, Coricidin, Chlor-Trimeton: (an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton))
Chloromycetin, Noun
  • (n) chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin: (an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever))
Choctaw, Noun
  • (n) Choctaw: (a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama)
  • (n) Choctaw, Chahta: (the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw)
Chomsky, Noun
  • (n) Chomsky, Noam_Chomsky, _Noam_Chomsky: (United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928))
Chongqing, Noun
  • (n) Chongqing, Chungking: (a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China)
Chosen, Noun
  • (n) chosen: (one who is the object of choice; who is given preference) "she was Mama's chosen"
  • (n) Chosen: (the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945))
  • (n) chosen, elect: (an exclusive group of people) "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
Chou, Noun
  • (n) cabbage, chou: (any of various types of cabbage)
  • (n) cream_puff, chou: (puff filled with cream or custard)
  • (n) Zhou, Zhou_dynasty, Chou, Chou_dynasty, Chow, Chow_dynasty: (the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism)
Chow, Noun
  • (n) chow, chuck, eats, grub: (informal terms for a meal)
  • (n) chow, chow_chow: (breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China)
  • (n) Zhou, Zhou_dynasty, Chou, Chou_dynasty, Chow, Chow_dynasty: (the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism)
Christ's-thorn, Noun
  • (n) Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem_thorn, Paliurus_spina-christi: (thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit)
  • (n) jujube, jujube_bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem_thorn, Ziziphus_jujuba: (spiny tree having dark red edible fruits)
Christ, Noun
  • (n) Jesus, Jesus_of_Nazareth, the_Nazarene, Jesus_Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good_Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer: (a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29))
  • (n) messiah, christ: (any expected deliverer)
Christchurch, Noun
  • (n) Christchurch: (industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region)
Christendom, Noun
  • (n) Christendom, Christianity: (the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)) "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"
Christian, Adjective
  • (a) Christian: (relating to or characteristic of Christianity) "Christian rites"
  • (a) christian: (following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ)
Christian, Noun
  • (n) Christian: (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)
Christiania, Noun
  • (n) Oslo, Christiania, capital_of_Norway: (the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast)
Christianisation, Noun
  • (n) Christianization, Christianisation: (conversion to Christianity)
Christianise, Verb
  • (v) Christianize, Christianise: (convert to Christianity) "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world"
Christianity, Noun
  • (n) Christendom, Christianity: (the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)) "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"
  • (n) Christianity, Christian_religion: (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)
Christianization, Noun
  • (n) Christianization, Christianisation: (conversion to Christianity)
Christianize, Verb
  • (v) Christianize: (adapt in the name of Christianity) "some people want to Christianize ancient pagan sites"
  • (v) Christianize, Christianise: (convert to Christianity) "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world"
Christie, Noun
  • (n) Christie, Agatha_Christie, Dame_Agatha_Mary_Clarissa_Christie: (prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976))
Christmas, Noun
  • (n) Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel: (period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6)
  • (n) Christmas, Christmas_Day, Xmas, Dec_25: (a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland)
Christmasberry, Noun
  • (n) Christmasberry, Christmas_berry, Lycium_carolinianum: (spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries)
  • (n) toyon, tollon, Christmasberry, Christmas_berry, Heteromeles_arbutifolia, Photinia_arbutifolia: (ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia)
Christmastide, Noun
  • (n) Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel: (period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6)
Christmastime, Noun
  • (n) Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel: (period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6)
Christopher, Noun
  • (n) Christopher, Saint_Christopher, _Christopher: (Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century))
Chrysophyceae, Noun
  • (n) Chrysophyceae, class_Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class_Heterokontae: (all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length)
Chungking, Noun
  • (n) Chongqing, Chungking: (a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China)
Churchill, Noun
  • (n) Churchill, John_Churchill, Duke_of_Marlborough, First_Duke_of_Marlborough: (English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722))
  • (n) Churchill, Winston_Churchill, _Churchill, Sir_Winston_Leonard_Spenser_Churchill: (British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965))
  • (n) Churchill: (a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain)
Ci, Noun
  • (n) curie, Ci: (a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second)
Cialis, Noun
  • (n) tadalafil, Cialis: (virility drug (trade name Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men)
Cicero, Noun
  • (n) cicero: (a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em)
  • (n) Cicero, Marcus_Tullius_Cicero, Tully: (a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC))
Ciliata, Noun
  • (n) Ciliata, class_Ciliata, Ciliophora, class_Ciliophora: (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)
Cilioflagellata, Noun
  • (n) Dinoflagellata, order_Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order_Cilioflagellata: (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta)
Ciliophora, Noun
  • (n) Ciliata, class_Ciliata, Ciliophora, class_Ciliophora: (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)
Cimarron, Noun
  • (n) bighorn, bighorn_sheep, cimarron, Rocky_Mountain_bighorn, Rocky_Mountain_sheep, Ovis_canadensis: (wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns)
  • (n) Cimarron, Cimarron_River: (a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River)
Cincinnati, Noun
  • (n) Cincinnati: (a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river)
Cinderella, Noun
  • (n) Cinderella: (a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition)
  • (n) Cinderella: (a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince)
Cipro, Noun
  • (n) ciprofloxacin, Cipro: (an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints)
Circumcision, Noun
  • (n) Circumcision, Feast_of_the_Circumcision, January_1: ((Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st)
  • (n) circumcision: (the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite)
  • (n) circumcision: (the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males)
Circus, Noun
  • (n) circus: (a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals) "he ran away from home to join the circus"
  • (n) circus: (a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals) "the children always love to go to the circus"
  • (n) circus, carnival: (a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment) "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
  • (n) circus: ((antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games)
  • (n) circus: (an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent) "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"
  • (n) Circus, genus_Circus: (a genus of haws comprising the harriers)
Cistercian, Noun
  • (n) Trappist, Cistercian: (member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence)
Citation, Noun
  • (n) citation, commendation: (an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement)
  • (n) citation: ((law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.))
  • (n) citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation: (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage) "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
  • (n) citation: (a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding)
  • (n) Citation: (thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948)
  • (n) quotation, quote, citation: (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)
Citellus, Noun
  • (n) Citellus, genus_Citellus, Spermophilus, genus_Spermophilus: (typical ground squirrels)
Cl, Noun
  • (n) centiliter, centilitre, cl: (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)
  • (n) chlorine, Cl, atomic_number_17: (a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water))
Claforan, Noun
  • (n) cefotaxime, Claforan: (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract)
Clark, Noun
  • (n) Clark, William_Clark: (United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838))
  • (n) Clark, Mark_Clark, Mark_Wayne_Clark: (United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984))
  • (n) Clark, Kenneth_Clark, Kenneth_Bancroft_Clark: (United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005))
  • (n) Clark, Joe_Clark, Charles_Joseph_Clark: (Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-))
Claviceps, Noun
  • (n) Claviceps, genus_Claviceps: (fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses)
Clay, Noun
  • (n) cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains: (the dead body of a human being) "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
  • (n) clay: (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)
  • (n) Clay, Lucius_Clay, Lucius_DuBignon_Clay: (United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978))
  • (n) Clay, Henry_Clay, the_Great_Compromiser: (United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852))
  • (n) mud, clay: (water soaked soil; soft wet earth)
Cleome, Noun
  • (n) genus_Cleome, Cleome: (tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs)
  • (n) spiderflower, cleome: (any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers)
Cleopatra, Noun
  • (n) Cleopatra: (beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC))
Cleveland, Noun
  • (n) Cleveland: (the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port)
  • (n) Cleveland, Grover_Cleveland, Stephen_Grover_Cleveland, President_Cleveland: (22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908))
Clichy-la-Garenne, Noun
  • (n) Clichy, Clichy-la-Garenne: (a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century)
Clichy, Noun
  • (n) Clichy, Clichy-la-Garenne: (a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century)
Cline, Noun
  • (n) Cline, Martin_Cline: (American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934))
Clinoril, Noun
  • (n) sulindac, Clinoril: (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril))
Clinton, Noun
  • (n) Clinton, Hilary_Clinton, Hilary_Rodham_Clinton: (wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-))
  • (n) Clinton, Bill_Clinton, William_Jefferson_Clinton, President_Clinton: (42nd President of the United States (1946-))
  • (n) Clinton, DeWitt_Clinton: (United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828))
  • (n) Clinton: (a town in east central Iowa)
Clio, Noun
  • (n) Clio: ((Greek mythology) the Muse of history)
Clioquinol, Noun
  • (n) iodochlorhydroxyquin, Clioquinol: (drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot))
Clive, Noun
  • (n) Clive, Robert_Clive, Baron_Clive, Baron_Clive_of_Plassey: (British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774))
Clomid, Noun
  • (n) clomiphene, clomiphene_citrate, Clomid: (a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births)
Clorox, Noun
  • (n) Clorox: (a commercial bleaching agent)
Clotho, Noun
  • (n) Clotho, Klotho: (the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life)
Clozaril, Noun
  • (n) clozapine, Clozaril: (an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; know to have few side effects)
Clusiaceae, Noun
  • (n) Guttiferae, family_Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family_Clusiaceae, St_John's_wort_family: (widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber)
Cm, Noun
  • (n) centimeter, centimetre, cm: (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)
  • (n) curium, Cm, atomic_number_96: (a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei)
Cnidaria, Noun
  • (n) Cnidaria, phylum_Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum_Coelenterata: (hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals)
Cnossos, Noun
  • (n) Knossos, Cnossos, Cnossus: (an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC)
Cnossus, Noun
  • (n) Knossos, Cnossos, Cnossus: (an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC)
Cnut, Noun
  • (n) Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute_the_Great: (king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035))
Coca, Noun
  • (n) Coca, Imogene_Coca: (United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001))
  • (n) coca: (dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect)
  • (n) Erythroxylon_coca, coca, coca_plant: (a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine)
Cochran, Noun
  • (n) Cochran, Jacqueline_Cochran: (United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980))
Cockney, Adjective
  • (a) cockney: (characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect) "cockney vowels"
  • (a) Cockney: (relating to or resembling a cockney) "Cockney street urchins"
Cockney, Noun
  • (n) Cockney: (a native of the east end of London)
  • (n) cockney: (the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London)
Cocopa, Noun
  • (n) Cocopa, Cocopah: (a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River)
  • (n) Cocopa, Cocopah: (the Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa)
Cocopah, Noun
  • (n) Cocopa, Cocopah: (a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River)
  • (n) Cocopa, Cocopah: (the Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa)
Coelenterata, Noun
  • (n) Cnidaria, phylum_Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum_Coelenterata: (hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals)
Coerebidae, Noun
  • (n) Coerebidae, family_Coerebidae, Dacninae, family_Dacninae: (the honeycreepers)
Cohn, Noun
  • (n) Cohn, Ferdinand_Julius_Cohn: (German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants)
Coke, Noun
  • (n) Coca_Cola, Coke: (Coca Cola is a trademarked cola)
  • (n) coke: (carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal)
  • (n) coke, blow, nose_candy, snow, C: (street names for cocaine)
Cola, Noun
  • (n) Cola, genus_Cola: (large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts)
  • (n) cola, dope: (carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States))
  • (n) colon: (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)
  • (n) colon, El_Salvadoran_colon: (the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos)
  • (n) colon, Costa_Rican_colon: (the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos)
  • (n) Colon, Aspinwall: (a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal)
  • (n) colon: (a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter))
Coleridge, Noun
  • (n) Coleridge, Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge: (English romantic poet (1772-1834))
Coleridgean, Adjective
  • (a) Coleridgian, Coleridgean: (of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings)
Coleridgian, Adjective
  • (a) Coleridgian, Coleridgean: (of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings)
Collins, Noun
  • (n) Collins, Wilkie_Collins, William_Wilkie_Collins: (English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889))
  • (n) collins, Tom_Collins: (tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice)
Cologne, Noun
  • (n) Cologne, Koln: (a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League)
  • (n) cologne, cologne_water, eau_de_cologne: (a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol)
Colombia, Noun
  • (n) Colombia, Republic_of_Colombia: (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)
Colombian, Adjective
  • (a) Colombian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people) "Colombian coffee"
Colombian, Noun
  • (n) Colombian: (a native or inhabitant of Colombia)
Colon, Noun
  • (n) colon: (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)
  • (n) colon, El_Salvadoran_colon: (the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos)
  • (n) colon, Costa_Rican_colon: (the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos)
  • (n) Colon, Aspinwall: (a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal)
  • (n) colon: (a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter))
Colony, Noun
  • (n) colony, settlement: (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government) "the American colony in Paris"
  • (n) colony: (a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together)
  • (n) Colony: (one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States)
  • (n) colony: (a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated) "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"
  • (n) colony, dependency: (a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country)
  • (n) colony: ((microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell)
Colorado, Noun
  • (n) Colorado, Centennial_State, CO: (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
  • (n) Colorado, Colorado_River: (a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico)
  • (n) Colorado, Colorado_River: (an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States)
Colt, Noun
  • (n) colt: (a young male horse under the age of four)
  • (n) Colt: (a kind of revolver)
Columba, Noun
  • (n) Columba, Dove: (a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum)
  • (n) Columba, genus_Columba: (type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons)
Columbia, Noun
  • (n) Columbia, Columbia_River: (a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring)
  • (n) Columbia: (a town in west central Tennessee)
  • (n) Columbia, capital_of_South_Carolina: (capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina)
  • (n) Columbia: (a university town in central Missouri)
  • (n) Columbia_University, Columbia: (a university in New York City)
Columbus, Noun
  • (n) Columbus, capital_of_Ohio: (the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University)
  • (n) Columbus, Christopher_Columbus, Cristoforo_Colombo, Cristobal_Colon: (Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506))
  • (n) Columbus: (a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama)
  • (n) Columbus: (a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center)
Colymbiformes, Noun
  • (n) Podicipitiformes, order_Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order_Podicipediformes, Colymbiformes, order_Colymbiformes: (grebes)
Commelinales, Noun
  • (n) Xyridales, order_Xyridales, Commelinales, order_Commelinales: (an order of monocotyledonous herbs)
Commerce, Noun
  • (n) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism: (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
  • (n) commerce: (social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.)
  • (n) Department_of_Commerce, Commerce_Department, Commerce, DoC: (the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913)
Communion, Noun
  • (n) Communion, Holy_Communion, sacramental_manduction, manduction: (the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist) "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"
  • (n) communion, sharing: (sharing thoughts and feelings)
  • (n) communion: ((Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites)
Communist, Noun
  • (n) Communist: (a member of the communist party)
  • (n) communist, commie: (a socialist who advocates communism)
Compositae, Noun
  • (n) Compositae, family_Compositae, Asteraceae, family_Asteraceae, aster_family: (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
Compton, Noun
  • (n) Compton, Arthur_Compton, Arthur_Holly_Compton: (United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962))
Comrade, Noun
  • (n) brother, comrade: (used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement) "Greetings, comrade!"
  • (n) companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate: (a friend who is frequently in the company of another) "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
  • (n) Comrade: (a fellow member of the Communist Party)
Comstock, Noun
  • (n) Comstock, Anthony_Comstock: (United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915))
Comte, Noun
  • (n) Comte, Auguste_Comte, Isidore_Auguste_Marie_Francois_Comte: (French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study)
Conakry, Noun
  • (n) Conakry, Konakri, capital_of_Guinea: (a port and the capital of Guinea)
Concord, Noun
  • (n) agreement, concord: (the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations)
  • (n) Concord, capital_of_New_Hampshire: (capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river)
  • (n) Concord: (town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought)
  • (n) harmony, concord, concordance: (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)
  • (n) harmony, concord, concordance: (agreement of opinions)
  • (n) Lexington, Concord, Lexington_and_Concord: (the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775))
Confederacy, Noun
  • (n) Confederacy, Confederate_States, Confederate_States_of_America, South, Dixie, Dixieland: (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)
  • (n) confederation, confederacy, federation: (a union of political organizations)
  • (n) conspiracy, confederacy: (a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act)
  • (n) conspiracy, confederacy: (a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)
Confederate, Adjective
  • (s) allied, confederate, confederative: (united in a confederacy or league)
  • (s) Confederate: (of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War) "Confederate soldiers"
Confederate, Noun
  • (n) accomplice, confederate: (a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan))
  • (n) Confederate: (a supporter of the Confederate States of America)
  • (n) confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner_in_crime: (someone who assists in a plot)
Confucian, Adjective
  • (a) Confucian: (relating to or characteristic of Confucianism) "Confucian ethics"
Confucian, Noun
  • (n) Confucian, Confucianist: (a believer in the teachings of Confucius)
Confucianist, Noun
  • (n) Confucian, Confucianist: (a believer in the teachings of Confucius)
Confucius, Noun
  • (n) Confucius, Kongfuze, K'ung_Futzu, Kong_the_Master: (Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC))
Congo, Noun
  • (n) Congo, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, Zaire, Belgian_Congo: (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960)
  • (n) Congo, Congo_River, Zaire_River: (a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic)
  • (n) Congo, Republic_of_the_Congo, French_Congo: (a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960)
  • (n) congou, congo, congou_tea, English_breakfast_tea: (black tea grown in China)
Congregational, Adjective
  • (a) congregational: (relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation) "congregational membership"; "congregational singing"
  • (a) Congregational, Congregationalist: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church)
Congregationalist, Adjective
  • (a) Congregational, Congregationalist: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church)
Congregationalist, Noun
  • (n) Congregationalist: (a member of the Congregational Church)
Congress, Noun
  • (n) Congress, United_States_Congress, _Congress, US_Congress: (the legislature of the United States government)
  • (n) congress: (a meeting of elected or appointed representatives)
  • (n) congress: (a national legislative assembly)
  • (n) sexual_intercourse, intercourse, sex_act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual_congress, congress, sexual_relation, relation, carnal_knowledge: (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
Coniferophyta, Noun
  • (n) Coniferopsida, class_Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision_Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta: (cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian))
Coniferophytina, Noun
  • (n) Coniferopsida, class_Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision_Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta: (cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian))
Coniferopsida, Noun
  • (n) Coniferopsida, class_Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision_Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta: (cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian))
Connecticut, Noun
  • (n) Connecticut, Nutmeg_State, Constitution_State, CT: (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)
  • (n) Connecticut, Connecticut_River: (a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound)
  • (n) Connecticut: (one of the British colonies that formed the United States)
Connolly, Noun
  • (n) Connolly, Maureen_Catherine_Connolly, Little_Mo_Connolly: (United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969))
Conodonta, Noun
  • (n) Conodonta, order_Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order_Conodontophorida: (extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum)
Conodontophorida, Noun
  • (n) Conodonta, order_Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order_Conodontophorida: (extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum)
Conrad, Noun
  • (n) Conrad, Joseph_Conrad, Teodor_Josef_Konrad_Korzeniowski: (English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924))
Conservative, Noun
  • (n) conservative, conservativist: (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
  • (n) Conservative: (a member of a Conservative Party)
Constable, Noun
  • (n) constable: (a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff)
  • (n) Constable, John_Constable: (English landscape painter (1776-1837))
  • (n) constable, police_constable: (a police officer of the lowest rank)
Constance, Noun
  • (n) Constance, Lake_Constance, Bodensee: (a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River)
  • (n) Constance, Council_of_Constance: (the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church)
Constantine, Noun
  • (n) Constantine, Constantine_I, Constantine_the_Great, Flavius_Valerius_Constantinus: (Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337))
  • (n) Constantine: (a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I)
Constantinople, Noun
  • (n) Constantinople, Fourth_Council_of_Constantinople: (the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches)
  • (n) Constantinople, Third_Council_of_Constantinople: (the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human)
  • (n) Constantinople, Second_Council_of_Constantinople: (the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic)
  • (n) Constantinople, First_Council_of_Constantinople: (the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed)
  • (n) Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople: (the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Constitution, Noun
  • (n) constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation: (the act of forming or establishing something) "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
  • (n) constitution, composition, physical_composition, makeup, make-up: (the way in which someone or something is composed)
  • (n) Constitution, Old_Ironsides: (a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston)
  • (n) fundamental_law, organic_law, constitution: (law determining the fundamental political principles of a government)
  • (n) United_States_Constitution, _Constitution, US_Constitution, Constitution, Constitution_of_the_United_States: (the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states)
Continent, Noun
  • (n) continent: (one of the large landmasses of the earth) "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
  • (n) Continent: (the European mainland) "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
Continental, Adjective
  • (a) Continental: (of or pertaining to or typical of Europe) "a Continental breakfast"
  • (a) continental: (of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War) "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"
  • (a) continental: (of or relating to or characteristic of a continent) "the continental divide"; "continental drift"
  • (a) continental: (being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe) "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
Contra, Noun
  • (n) Contra: (a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua)
Cook, Noun
  • (n) cook: (someone who cooks food)
  • (n) Cook, James_Cook, Captain_Cook, Captain_James_Cook: (English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779))
Cooper, Noun
  • (n) Cooper, Peter_Cooper: (United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883))
  • (n) Cooper, Gary_Cooper, Frank_Cooper: (United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961))
  • (n) Cooper, James_Fenimore_Cooper: (United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851))
  • (n) cooper, barrel_maker: (a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs)
Copenhagen, Noun
  • (n) Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Danish_capital: (the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand) "Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North"
Coppola, Noun
  • (n) Coppola, Francis_Ford_Coppola: (United States filmmaker (born in 1939))
Cora, Noun
  • (n) Persephone, Despoina, Kore, Cora: ((Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina)
Cordarone, Noun
  • (n) amiodarone, Cordarone: (an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective)
Cordoba, Noun
  • (n) cordoba: (the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos)
  • (n) Cordoba, Francisco_Fernandez_Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco_Fernandez_de_Cordova: (Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526))
  • (n) Cordoba, Cordova: (a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture)
  • (n) Cordoba, Cordova: (a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613)
Cordova, Noun
  • (n) Cordoba, Francisco_Fernandez_Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco_Fernandez_de_Cordova: (Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526))
  • (n) Cordoba, Cordova: (a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture)
  • (n) Cordoba, Cordova: (a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613)
Cordyline, Noun
  • (n) Cordyline, genus_Cordyline: (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)
Corgard, Noun
  • (n) nadolol, Corgard: (a beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina)
Coricidin, Noun
  • (n) chlorpheniramine_maleate, Coricidin, Chlor-Trimeton: (an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton))
Corinth, Noun
  • (n) Corinth, Korinthos: (the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens)
Corinthian, Noun
  • (n) Corinthian: (a resident of Corinth)
  • (n) playboy, man-about-town, Corinthian: (a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure)
Cork, Noun
  • (n) bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat: (a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line)
  • (n) cork: (outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.)
  • (n) Cork: (a port city in southern Ireland)
  • (n) cork, bottle_cork: (the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle))
  • (n) phellem, cork: ((botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells)
Cornell, Noun
  • (n) Cornell, Katherine_Cornell: (United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974))
  • (n) Cornell, Ezra_Cornell: (United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874))
Cornhusker, Noun
  • (n) cornhusker: (a worker who husks corn)
  • (n) Nebraskan, Cornhusker: (a native or resident of Nebraska)
Cornish, Adjective
  • (a) Cornish: (of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language)
Cornish, Noun
  • (n) Cornish: (a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall)
  • (n) Cornish, Cornish_fowl: (English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters)
Cornwall, Noun
  • (n) Cornwall: (a hilly county in southwestern England)
Corregidor, Noun
  • (n) Bataan, Corregidor: (the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945)
Corrodentia, Noun
  • (n) Psocoptera, order_Psocoptera, Corrodentia, order_Corrodentia: (an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice)
Corse, Noun
  • (n) Corse, Corsica: (an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France)
  • (n) Corse, Corsica: (a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte)
Corsica, Noun
  • (n) Corse, Corsica: (an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France)
  • (n) Corse, Corsica: (a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte)
Cortef, Noun
  • (n) hydrocortisone, cortisol, Hydrocortone, Cortef: (an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism)
Cortes, Noun
  • (n) Cortes, Cortez, Hernando_Cortes, Hernando_Cortez, Hernan_Cortes, Hernan_Cortez: (Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547))
Cortez, Noun
  • (n) Cortes, Cortez, Hernando_Cortes, Hernando_Cortez, Hernan_Cortes, Hernan_Cortez: (Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547))
Corvus, Noun
  • (n) Corvus, Crow: (a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo)
  • (n) Corvus, genus_Corvus: (type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens)
Corydalis, Noun
  • (n) corydalis: (a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers)
  • (n) Corydalis, genus_Corydalis: (annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa)
  • (n) Corydalus, genus_Corydalus, Corydalis, genus_Corydalis: (type genus of the Corydalidae)
Corydalus, Noun
  • (n) Corydalus, genus_Corydalus, Corydalis, genus_Corydalis: (type genus of the Corydalidae)
Cotswold, Noun
  • (n) Cotswold: (sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills)
Coulomb, Noun
  • (n) coulomb, C, ampere-second: (a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second)
  • (n) Coulomb, Charles_Augustin_de_Coulomb: (French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806))
Coumadin, Noun
  • (n) warfarin, Coumadin: (an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus)
Coumarouna, Noun
  • (n) Coumarouna, genus_Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus_Dipteryx: (tropical American trees: tonka beans)
Court, Noun
  • (n) court, tribunal, judicature: (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
  • (n) court, courtroom: (a room in which a lawcourt sits) "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"
  • (n) court, royal_court: (the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state)
  • (n) court: (a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played) "players had to reserve a court in advance"
  • (n) Court, Margaret_Court: (Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947))
  • (n) court, royal_court: (the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince)
  • (n) court, lawcourt, court_of_law, court_of_justice: (a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws)
  • (n) court: (the residence of a sovereign or nobleman) "the king will visit the duke's court"
  • (n) court, courtyard: (an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings) "the house was built around an inner court"
  • (n) court, homage: (respectful deference) "pay court to the emperor"
  • (n) motor_hotel, motor_inn, motor_lodge, tourist_court, court: (a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area)
Coventry, Noun
  • (n) banishment, ostracism, Coventry: (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)) "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
  • (n) Coventry: (an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century)
Coward, Noun
  • (n) coward: (a person who shows fear or timidity)
  • (n) Coward, Noel_Coward, Sir_Noel_Pierce_Coward: (English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973))
Cox-1, Noun
  • (n) cyclooxygenase-1, Cox-1: (an enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys) "an unfortunate side effect of NSAIDs is that they block Cox-1"
Cox-2, Noun
  • (n) cyclooxygenase-2, Cox-2: (an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever) "the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2"
Cox, Noun
  • (n) coxswain, cox: (the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew)
  • (n) cyclooxygenase, Cox: (either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin)
Cr, Noun
  • (n) chromium, Cr, atomic_number_24: (a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing)
Crab, Noun
  • (n) Cancer, Crab: ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer)
  • (n) Cancer, Cancer_the_Crab, Crab: (the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22)
  • (n) crab: (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)
  • (n) crab, crabby_person: (a quarrelsome grouch)
  • (n) crab, crabmeat: (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)
  • (n) crab: (a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply) "he caught a crab and lost the race"
  • (n) crab_louse, pubic_louse, crab, Phthirius_pubis: (a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body)
Cracow, Noun
  • (n) Cracow, Krakow, Krakau: (an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula)
Crane, Noun
  • (n) Crane, Stephen_Crane: (United States writer (1871-1900))
  • (n) Crane, Hart_Crane, Harold_Hart_Crane: (United States poet (1899-1932))
  • (n) crane: (lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis)
  • (n) crane: (large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world)
  • (n) Grus, Crane: (a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix)
Craniata, Noun
  • (n) Vertebrata, subphylum_Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum_Craniata: (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
Crater, Noun
  • (n) Crater: (a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus)
  • (n) crater: (a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb)
  • (n) volcanic_crater, crater: (a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano)
Creation, Noun
  • (n) creation, creative_activity: (the human act of creating)
  • (n) creation: (an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone)
  • (n) creation, conception: (the event that occurred at the beginning of something) "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
  • (n) Creation: ((theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence)
  • (n) initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration: (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
  • (n) universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm: (everything that exists anywhere) "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
Creator, Noun
  • (n) creator: (a person who grows or makes or invents things)
  • (n) Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God_Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah: (terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God)
Cree, Noun
  • (n) Cree: (a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada)
  • (n) Cree: (the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree)
Creek, Noun
  • (n) brook, creek: (a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)) "the creek dried up every summer"
  • (n) Creek: (any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma)
Cretaceous, Adjective
  • (a) cretaceous: (abounding in chalk)
  • (a) Cretaceous: (of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era)
Cretaceous, Noun
  • (n) Cretaceous, Cretaceous_period: (from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants)
Crete, Noun
  • (n) Crete, Kriti: (the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC)
Crick, Noun
  • (n) crick, kink, rick, wrick: (a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British))
  • (n) Crick, Francis_Crick, Francis_Henry_Compton_Crick: (English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004))
Crimea, Noun
  • (n) Crimea: (a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov)
Crixivan, Noun
  • (n) indinavir, Crixivan: (a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV)
Croat, Noun
  • (n) Croatian, Croat: (a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia)
Croatia, Noun
  • (n) Croatia, Republic_of_Croatia, Hrvatska: (a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991)
Croatian, Adjective
  • (a) Croatian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language) "Croatian villages"
Croatian, Noun
  • (n) Croatian, Croat: (a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia)
Crocodilia, Noun
  • (n) Crocodylia, order_Crocodylia, Crocodilia, order_Crocodilia: (crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials)
Crocodilus, Noun
  • (n) Crocodylus, genus_Crocodylus, Crocodilus, genus_Crocodilus: (type genus of the Crocodylidae)
Crocodylia, Noun
  • (n) Crocodylia, order_Crocodylia, Crocodilia, order_Crocodilia: (crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials)
Crocodylus, Noun
  • (n) Crocodylus, genus_Crocodylus, Crocodilus, genus_Crocodilus: (type genus of the Crocodylidae)
Crohn, Noun
  • (n) Crohn, Burrill_Bernard_Crohn: (United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983))
Cromwell, Noun
  • (n) Cromwell, Oliver_Cromwell, Ironsides: (English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658))
Cronartium, Noun
  • (n) Cronartium, genus_Cronartium: (rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns)
Crosby, Noun
  • (n) Crosby, Bing_Crosby, Harry_Lillis_Crosby: (United States singer and film actor (1904-1977))
Cross, Noun
  • (n) crisscross, cross, mark: (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)
  • (n) cross: (a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece)
  • (n) Cross: (a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry)
  • (n) cross, crown_of_thorns: (any affliction that causes great suffering) "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
  • (n) hybrid, crossbreed, cross: ((genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species) "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
  • (n) hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing: ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)
Crow, Noun
  • (n) brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade: (an instance of boastful talk) "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
  • (n) Corvus, Crow: (a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo)
  • (n) crow: (black birds having a raucous call)
  • (n) crow: (the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it))
  • (n) Crow: (a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana)
  • (n) Crow: (a Siouan language spoken by the Crow)
Crown, Noun
  • (n) Crown: (the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy) "the colonies revolted against the Crown"
  • (n) crown: (the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel)
  • (n) crown: (a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory)
  • (n) crown, diadem: (an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty)
  • (n) crown: (the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head)
  • (n) crown: (an English coin worth 5 shillings)
  • (n) crown, treetop: (the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant)
  • (n) crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket_crown, cap: ((dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth) "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
  • (n) crown, crest: (the center of a cambered road)
  • (n) pate, poll, crown: (the top of the head)
  • (n) peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit: (the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)) "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
  • (n) pennant, crown: (the award given to the champion)
Cruciferae, Noun
  • (n) Cruciferae, family_Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family_Brassicaceae, mustard_family: (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)
Crucifixion, Noun
  • (n) crucifixion: (the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross)
  • (n) Crucifixion: (the death of Jesus by crucifixion)
  • (n) crucifixion, excruciation: (the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering)
Crusade, Noun
  • (n) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort: (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end) "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
  • (n) Crusade: (any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims)
Crusader, Noun
  • (n) Crusader: (a warrior who engages in a holy war) "the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
  • (n) reformer, reformist, crusader, social_reformer, meliorist: (a disputant who advocates reform)
Crux, Noun
  • (n) crux, crux_of_the_matter: (the most important point)
  • (n) Southern_Cross, Crux, Crux_Australis: (a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus)
Cryptogamia, Noun
  • (n) Cryptogamia: (in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi)
Cs, Noun
  • (n) C: (a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system)
  • (n) C: ((music) the keynote of the scale of C major)
  • (n) C, c: (the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet)
  • (n) carbon, C, atomic_number_6: (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
  • (n) cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic_number_55: (a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal)
  • (n) coke, blow, nose_candy, snow, C: (street names for cocaine)
  • (n) coulomb, C, ampere-second: (a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second)
  • (n) cytosine, C: (a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine)
  • (n) degree_centigrade, degree_Celsius, C: (a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature)
  • (n) deoxycytidine_monophosphate, C: (one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose))
  • (n) hundred, 100, C, century, one_C: (ten 10s)
  • (n) speed_of_light, light_speed, c: (the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second)
  • (n) vitamin_C, C, ascorbic_acid: (a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy)
Cu, Noun
  • (n) copper, Cu, atomic_number_29: (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)
Cuba, Noun
  • (n) Cuba, Republic_of_Cuba: (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)
  • (n) Cuba: (the largest island in the West Indies)
Cuban, Adjective
  • (a) Cuban: (of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba) "Cuban rum"
Cuban, Noun
  • (n) Cuban: (a native or inhabitant of Cuba)
Cumbria, Noun
  • (n) Cumbria: (a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines)
  • (n) Cumbria: (a county of northwestern England)
Cunningham, Noun
  • (n) Cunningham, Merce_Cunningham: (United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922))
Cuon, Noun
  • (n) Cuon, Cyon, genus_Cuon, genus_Cyon: (Asiatic wild dog)
Cupid, Noun
  • (n) Cupid, Amor: ((Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros)
  • (n) cupid: (a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow)
Cuprimine, Noun
  • (n) penicillamine, Cuprimine: (a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis)
Cuquenan, Noun
  • (n) Cuquenan, Cuquenan_Falls, Kukenaam, Kukenaam_Falls: (a famous waterfall in Venezuela)
Curacao, Noun
  • (n) Curacao: (a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles)
  • (n) curacao, curacoa: (flavored with sour orange peel)
Curb, Noun
  • (n) American_Stock_Exchange, AMEX, Curb: (a stock exchange in New York)
  • (n) bridle, check, curb: (the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess) "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
  • (n) curb, curbing, kerb: (an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter))
  • (n) curb, curb_bit: (a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse)
Curie, Noun
  • (n) curie, Ci: (a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second)
  • (n) Curie, Pierre_Curie: (French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906))
  • (n) Curie, Marie_Curie, Madame_Curie, Marya_Sklodowska: (French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934))
Curl, Noun
  • (n) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll: (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
  • (n) Curl, Robert_Curl, _Curl, : (American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933))
  • (n) lock, curl, ringlet, whorl: (a strand or cluster of hair)
Curtis, Noun
  • (n) Curtis, William_Curtis: (English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799))
Cusco, Noun
  • (n) Cuzco, Cusco: (a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire)
Cushing, Noun
  • (n) Cushing, Harvey_Cushing, Harvery_Williams_Cushing: (United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939))
Cuzco, Noun
  • (n) Cuzco, Cusco: (a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire)
Cybele, Noun
  • (n) Cybele, Dindymene, Great_Mother, Magna_Mater, Mater_Turrita: (great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops)
Cycadofilicales, Noun
  • (n) Cycadofilicales, order_Cycadofilicales, Lyginopteridales, order_Lyginopteridales: (fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns)
Cycadophyta, Noun
  • (n) Cycadopsida, class_Cycadopsida, Cycadophytina, subdivision_Cycadophytina, Cycadophyta, subdivision_Cycadophyta: (palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta))
Cycadophytina, Noun
  • (n) Cycadopsida, class_Cycadopsida, Cycadophytina, subdivision_Cycadophytina, Cycadophyta, subdivision_Cycadophyta: (palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta))
Cycadopsida, Noun
  • (n) Cycadopsida, class_Cycadopsida, Cycadophytina, subdivision_Cycadophytina, Cycadophyta, subdivision_Cycadophyta: (palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta))
Cyclades, Noun
  • (n) Cyclades, Kikladhes: (a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean)
  • (n) Cycladic_civilization, Cycladic_civilisation, Cycladic_culture, Cyclades: (the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC)
Cydippea, Noun
  • (n) Cydippida, order_Cydippida, Cydippidea, order_Cydippidea, Cydippea, order_Cydippea: (ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles)
Cydippida, Noun
  • (n) Cydippida, order_Cydippida, Cydippidea, order_Cydippidea, Cydippea, order_Cydippea: (ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles)
Cydippidea, Noun
  • (n) Cydippida, order_Cydippida, Cydippidea, order_Cydippidea, Cydippea, order_Cydippea: (ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles)
Cymric, Noun
  • (n) Welsh, Cymric: (a Celtic language of Wales)
Cymru, Noun
  • (n) Wales, Cymru, Cambria: (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)
Cymry, Noun
  • (n) Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry: (a native or resident of Wales)
Cynewulf, Noun
  • (n) Cynewulf, Cynwulf: (Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century))
Cynic, Noun
  • (n) cynic, faultfinder: (someone who is critical of the motives of others)
  • (n) Cynic: (a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control)
Cynthia, Noun
  • (n) Artemis, Cynthia: ((Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana)
Cynwulf, Noun
  • (n) Cynewulf, Cynwulf: (Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century))
Cyon, Noun
  • (n) Cuon, Cyon, genus_Cuon, genus_Cyon: (Asiatic wild dog)
Cyprian, Adjective
  • (a) Cyprian, Cypriote, Cypriot: (of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture) "Cypriot expatriates"; "Cypriote monasteries"
  • (s) cyprian: (resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus)
Cyprian, Noun
  • (n) Cypriot, Cypriote, Cyprian: (a native or inhabitant of Cyprus)
  • (n) prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy_woman, working_girl, sporting_lady, lady_of_pleasure, woman_of_the_street: (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
Cypriot, Adjective
  • (a) Cyprian, Cypriote, Cypriot: (of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture) "Cypriot expatriates"; "Cypriote monasteries"
Cypriot, Noun
  • (n) Cypriot, Cypriote, Cyprian: (a native or inhabitant of Cyprus)
Cypriote, Adjective
  • (a) Cyprian, Cypriote, Cypriot: (of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture) "Cypriot expatriates"; "Cypriote monasteries"
Cypriote, Noun
  • (n) Cypriot, Cypriote, Cyprian: (a native or inhabitant of Cyprus)
Cyprus, Noun
  • (n) Cyprus, Republic_of_Cyprus: (a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin)
  • (n) Cyprus: (an island in the eastern Mediterranean)
Cytherea, Noun
  • (n) Aphrodite, Cytherea: (goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus)
Czech, Adjective
  • (a) Czech, Czechoslovakian: (of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language) "The Czech border"; "Czechoslovak nationalists"; "The Czechoslovakian population"
Czech, Noun
  • (n) Czech: (a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic)
  • (n) Czech: (the Slavic language of Czechs)
  • (n) Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech: (a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia)
Czechoslovak, Noun
  • (n) Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech: (a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia)
Czechoslovakian, Adjective
  • (a) Czech, Czechoslovakian: (of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language) "The Czech border"; "Czechoslovak nationalists"; "The Czechoslovakian population"
Czechoslovakian, Noun
  • (n) Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech: (a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia)
cDNA, Noun
  • (n) complementary_DNA, cDNA: (single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase)
c, Adjective
  • (s) hundred, one_hundred, 100, c: (being ten more than ninety)
ca-ca, Verb
  • (v) stool, defecate, shit, take_a_shit, take_a_crap, ca-ca, crap, make: (have a bowel movement) "The dog had made in the flower beds"
cab, Noun
  • (n) cab: (a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits)
  • (n) cab, cabriolet: (small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood)
  • (n) cab, hack, taxi, taxicab: (a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money)
cab, Verb
  • (v) taxi, cab: (ride in a taxicab)
cabal, Noun
  • (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla: (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)
  • (n) conspiracy, cabal: (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
cabal, Verb
  • (v) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate: (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together) "They conspired to overthrow the government"
cabalistic, Adjective
  • (s) cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline: (having a secret or hidden meaning) "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther"
cabaret, Noun
  • (n) cabaret, nightclub, night_club, club, nightspot: (a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink) "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club"
  • (n) cabaret, floorshow, floor_show: (a series of acts at a night club)
cabasset, Noun
  • (n) morion, cabasset: (a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century)
cabassous, Noun
  • (n) tatouay, cabassous, Cabassous_unicinctus: (naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America)
cabbage, Noun
  • (n) boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum: (informal terms for money)
  • (n) cabbage, chou: (any of various types of cabbage)
  • (n) cabbage, cultivated_cabbage, Brassica_oleracea: (any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers)
cabbage, Verb
  • (v) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift: (make off with belongings of others)
cabby, Noun
  • (n) taxidriver, taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hack_driver, hack-driver, livery_driver: (someone who drives a taxi for a living)
cabdriver, Noun
  • (n) taxidriver, taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hack_driver, hack-driver, livery_driver: (someone who drives a taxi for a living)
cabin, Noun
  • (n) cabin: (small room on a ship or boat where people sleep)
  • (n) cabin: (a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area)
  • (n) cabin: (the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried)
cabin, Verb
  • (v) cabin: (confine to a small space, such as a cabin)
cabinet, Noun
  • (n) cabinet: (a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display)
  • (n) cabinet: (persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers)
  • (n) cabinet, locker, storage_locker: (a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock)
  • (n) cabinet, console: (housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television)
cabinetmaking, Noun
  • (n) cabinetmaking, joinery: (the craft of a joiner)
cabinetry, Noun
  • (n) cabinetwork, cabinetry: (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))
cabinetwork, Noun
  • (n) cabinetwork: (woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker)
  • (n) cabinetwork, cabinetry: (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))
cable, Noun
  • (n) cable, cablegram, overseas_telegram: (a telegram sent abroad)
  • (n) cable, line, transmission_line: (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power)
  • (n) cable: (a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire)
  • (n) cable, cable_length, cable's_length: (a nautical unit of depth)
  • (n) cable, cable_television, cable_system, cable_television_service: (a television system that transmits over cables)
  • (n) cable_television, cable: (television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver)
cable, Verb
  • (v) cable, telegraph, wire: (send cables, wires, or telegrams)
  • (v) cable: (fasten with a cable) "cable trees"
cablegram, Noun
  • (n) cable, cablegram, overseas_telegram: (a telegram sent abroad)
cabman, Noun
  • (n) taxidriver, taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hack_driver, hack-driver, livery_driver: (someone who drives a taxi for a living)
cabochon, Noun
  • (n) cabochon: (a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets)
caboodle, Noun
  • (n) bunch, lot, caboodle: (any collection in its entirety) "she bought the whole caboodle"
caboose, Noun
  • (n) cabin_car, caboose: (a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train)
  • (n) galley, ship's_galley, caboose, cookhouse: (the area for food preparation on a ship)
cabriolet, Noun
  • (n) cab, cabriolet: (small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood)
cabstand, Noun
  • (n) cabstand, taxistand, taxi_rank: (a place where taxis park while awaiting customers) "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'"
cacao, Noun
  • (n) cacao, cacao_tree, chocolate_tree, Theobroma_cacao: (tropical American tree producing cacao beans)
cache, Noun
  • (n) cache: (a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons))
  • (n) cache, memory_cache: ((computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics)
  • (n) hoard, cache, stash: (a secret store of valuables or money)
cache, Verb
  • (v) hoard, stash, cache, lay_away, hive_up, squirrel_away: (save up as for future use)
cachet, Noun
  • (n) cachet, seal, seal_of_approval: (an indication of approved or superior status)
  • (n) cachet, lettre_de_cachet: (a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal)
  • (n) cachet: (a seal on a letter)
cachexia, Noun
  • (n) cachexia, cachexy, wasting: (any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease)
cachexy, Noun
  • (n) cachexia, cachexy, wasting: (any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease)
cacique, Noun
  • (n) cacique, cazique: (black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics)
cackle, Noun
  • (n) cackle: (the sound made by a hen after laying an egg)
  • (n) cackle: (a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle)
  • (n) yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle: (noisy talk)
cackle, Verb
  • (v) cackle: (talk or utter in a cackling manner) "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"
  • (v) cackle: (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)
  • (v) cackle: (emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing)
cackler, Noun
  • (n) babbler, cackler: (any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae)
  • (n) cackler: (a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk)
cackly, Adjective
  • (s) cackly, squawky: (like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg)
cacodaemon, Noun
  • (n) cacodemon, cacodaemon: (an evil spirit)
cacodaemonic, Adjective
  • (a) cacodemonic, cacodaemonic: (of or relating to evil spirits)
cacodemon, Noun
  • (n) cacodemon, cacodaemon: (an evil spirit)
cacodemonic, Adjective
  • (a) cacodemonic, cacodaemonic: (of or relating to evil spirits)
cacodyl, Noun
  • (n) cacodyl, tetramethyldiarsine: (a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air)
  • (n) cacodyl, cacodyl_group, cacodyl_radical, arsenic_group: (the univalent group derived from arsine)
cacoethes, Noun
  • (n) mania, passion, cacoethes: (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)
cacogenic, Adjective
  • (a) dysgenic, cacogenic: (pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced)
cacogenics, Noun
  • (n) dysgenics, cacogenics: (the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced)
cacography, Noun
  • (n) scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography: (poor handwriting)
cacomistle, Noun
  • (n) bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon_cat, raccoon_fox, ringtail, ring-tailed_cat, civet_cat, miner's_cat, Bassariscus_astutus: (raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings)
cacomixle, Noun
  • (n) bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon_cat, raccoon_fox, ringtail, ring-tailed_cat, civet_cat, miner's_cat, Bassariscus_astutus: (raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings)
cacophonic, Adjective
  • (a) cacophonous, cacophonic: (having an unpleasant sound) "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten"
cacophonous, Adjective
  • (a) cacophonous, cacophonic: (having an unpleasant sound) "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten"
cacophony, Noun
  • (n) blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din: (a loud harsh or strident noise)
  • (n) cacophony: (loud confusing disagreeable sounds)
cactus, Noun
  • (n) cactus: (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
cacuminal, Adjective
  • (s) cacuminal, retroflex: (pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate)
cadaster, Noun
  • (n) cadaster, cadastre: (a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation)
cadastre, Noun
  • (n) cadaster, cadastre: (a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation)
cadaver, Noun
  • (n) cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains: (the dead body of a human being) "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
cadaveric, Adjective
  • (a) cadaverous, cadaveric: (of or relating to a cadaver or corpse) "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
cadaverous, Adjective
  • (s) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted: (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold) "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
  • (a) cadaverous, cadaveric: (of or relating to a cadaver or corpse) "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
caddice-fly, Noun
  • (n) caddis_fly, caddis-fly, caddice_fly, caddice-fly: (small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae)
caddie, Noun
  • (n) caddie, golf_caddie: (an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player)
caddie, Verb
  • (v) caddie, caddy: (act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player)
caddis-fly, Noun
  • (n) caddis_fly, caddis-fly, caddice_fly, caddice-fly: (small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae)
caddish, Adjective
  • (s) caddish, unchivalrous, ungallant: (offensively discourteous)
caddisworm, Noun
  • (n) caddisworm, strawworm: (larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris)
caddy, Noun
  • (n) caddy, tea_caddy: (a can for storing tea)
caddy, Verb
  • (v) caddie, caddy: (act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player)
cadence, Noun
  • (n) cadence: (the close of a musical section)
  • (n) cadence, cadency: (a recurrent rhythmical series)
  • (n) meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence: ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
cadenced, Adjective
  • (s) cadenced, cadent: (marked by a rhythmical cadence) "the cadenced crunch of marching feet"
cadency, Noun
  • (n) cadence, cadency: (a recurrent rhythmical series)
cadent, Adjective
  • (s) cadenced, cadent: (marked by a rhythmical cadence) "the cadenced crunch of marching feet"
cadet, Noun
  • (n) cadet, plebe: (a military trainee (as at a military academy))
cadge, Verb
  • (v) mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge: (ask for and get free; be a parasite)
  • (v) schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge: (obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling) "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
cadger, Noun
  • (n) moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger: (someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free))
cadmium, Noun
  • (n) cadmium, Cd, atomic_number_48: (a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores)
cadre, Noun
  • (n) cadre: (a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion)
  • (n) cell, cadre: (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement)
caduceus, Noun
  • (n) caduceus: (an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes)
caducous, Adjective
  • (a) caducous, shed: (shed at an early stage of development) "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"
caecal, Adjective
  • (a) cecal, caecal: (of or like a cecum)
caecilian, Adjective
  • (a) caecilian: (of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae)
caecilian, Noun
  • (n) caecilian, blindworm: (any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions)
caecum, Noun
  • (n) cecum, caecum, blind_gut: (the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens) "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
caenogenesis, Noun
  • (n) cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis: (introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution))
caesarean, Noun
  • (n) cesarean_delivery, caesarean_delivery, caesarian_delivery, cesarean_section, cesarian_section, caesarean_section, caesarian_section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal_delivery: (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))
caesarian, Noun
  • (n) cesarean_delivery, caesarean_delivery, caesarian_delivery, cesarean_section, cesarian_section, caesarean_section, caesarian_section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal_delivery: (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))
caesium, Noun
  • (n) cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic_number_55: (a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal)
caespitose, Adjective
  • (s) caespitose, cespitose, tufted: ((of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts)
cafe, Noun
  • (n) cafe, coffeehouse, coffee_shop, coffee_bar: (a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold)
cafeteria, Noun
  • (n) cafeteria: (a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier)
caffein, Noun
  • (n) caffeine, caffein: (a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects)
caffeine, Noun
  • (n) caffeine, caffein: (a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects)
caffer, Noun
  • (n) kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre: (an offensive and insulting term for any Black African)
caffre, Noun
  • (n) kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre: (an offensive and insulting term for any Black African)
caftan, Noun
  • (n) caftan, kaftan: (a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East)
  • (n) caftan, kaftan: (a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant)
cage, Verb
  • (v) cage, cage_in: (confine in a cage) "The animal was caged"
cager, Noun
  • (n) basketball_player, basketeer, cager: (an athlete who plays basketball)
cagey, Adjective
  • (s) cagey, cagy, canny, clever: (showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others) "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
  • (s) cagey, cagy, chary: (characterized by great caution and wariness) "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
cagy, Adjective
  • (s) cagey, cagy, canny, clever: (showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others) "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
  • (s) cagey, cagy, chary: (characterized by great caution and wariness) "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
caiman, Noun
  • (n) caiman, cayman: (a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly)
caimitillo, Noun
  • (n) satinleaf, satin_leaf, caimitillo, damson_plum, Chrysophyllum_oliviforme: (tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit)
cainogenesis, Noun
  • (n) cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis: (introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution))
cairn, Noun
  • (n) cairn: (a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path)
  • (n) cairn, cairn_terrier: (small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland)
caisson, Noun
  • (n) caisson: (a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition)
  • (n) caisson, ammunition_chest: (a chest to hold ammunition)
  • (n) caisson, pneumatic_caisson, cofferdam: (large watertight chamber used for construction under water)
  • (n) coffer, caisson, lacuna: (an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome)
caitiff, Adjective
  • (s) caitiff: (despicably mean and cowardly)
caitiff, Noun
  • (n) caitiff: (a cowardly and despicable person)
cajole, Verb
  • (v) wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle: (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering) "He palavered her into going along"
cajolery, Noun
  • (n) blandishment, cajolery, palaver: (flattery intended to persuade)
cake, Noun
  • (n) cake, bar: (a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)) "a bar of chocolate"
  • (n) cake: (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)
  • (n) patty, cake: (small flat mass of chopped food)
cake, Verb
  • (v) coat, cake: (form a coat over) "Dirt had coated her face"
cakehole, Noun
  • (n) trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob: (informal terms for the mouth)
cakewalk, Noun
  • (n) cakewalk: (a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake)
  • (n) cakewalk: (an easy accomplishment) "winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him"; "invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk"
cakewalk, Verb
  • (v) cakewalk: (perform the cakewalk dance)
calabash, Noun
  • (n) bottle_gourd, calabash, Lagenaria_siceraria: (Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits)
  • (n) calabash: (round gourd of the calabash tree)
  • (n) calabash, calabash_tree, Crescentia_cujete: (tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds)
  • (n) calabash, calabash_pipe: (a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd)
  • (n) gourd, calabash: (bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd)
calabura, Noun
  • (n) Jamaican_cherry, calabur_tree, calabura, silk_wood, silkwood, Muntingia_calabura: (a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves)
calamari, Noun
  • (n) squid, calamari, calamary: ((Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food)
calamary, Noun
  • (n) squid, calamari, calamary: ((Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food)
calamine, Noun
  • (n) hemimorphite, calamine: (a white mineral; a common ore of zinc)
calamitous, Adjective
  • (s) black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful: ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin) "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin"; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur"; "a fateful error"
calamity, Noun
  • (n) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm: (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune) "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
calash, Noun
  • (n) calash, caleche: (a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century)
  • (n) calash, caleche, calash_top: (the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage)
calc-tufa, Noun
  • (n) tufa, calc-tufa: (a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime)
calcaneal, Adjective
  • (a) calcaneal: (relating to the heel bone or heel)
calcaneus, Noun
  • (n) heelbone, calcaneus, os_tarsi_fibulare: (the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel)
calcareous, Adjective
  • (a) calcareous, chalky: (composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk)
calced, Adjective
  • (a) calced, shod: (used of certain religious orders who wear shoes)
calcedony, Noun
  • (n) chalcedony, calcedony: (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)
calceiform, Adjective
  • (a) calceolate, calceiform: (of slipper-shaped blossoms) "the calceiform lip of certain orchids"
calceolaria, Noun
  • (n) calceolaria, slipperwort: (any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip)
calceolate, Adjective
  • (a) calceolate, calceiform: (of slipper-shaped blossoms) "the calceiform lip of certain orchids"
calcicolous, Adjective
  • (a) calcicolous: (growing or living in soil rich in lime)
calciferol, Noun
  • (n) vitamin_D, calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol, D: (a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets)
calcification, Noun
  • (n) calcification: (a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts))
  • (n) calcification: (tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts)
  • (n) calcification: (an inflexible and unchanging state) "the calcification of negotiations"
calcifugous, Adjective
  • (a) calcifugous: (growing or living in acid soil)
calcify, Verb
  • (v) calcify: (become impregnated with calcium salts)
  • (v) calcify: (become inflexible and unchanging) "Old folks can calcify"
  • (v) calcify: (turn into lime; become calcified) "The rock calcified over the centuries"
  • (v) calcify: (convert into lime) "the salts calcified the rock"
calcitonin, Noun
  • (n) calcitonin, thyrocalcitonin: (thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone)
calcium-cyanamide, Noun
  • (n) calcium-cyanamide, cyanamide: (a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds)
calcium, Noun
  • (n) calcium, Ca, atomic_number_20: (a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals)
calculable, Adjective
  • (a) calculable: (capable of being calculated or estimated) "a calculable risk"; "calculable odds"
calculate, Verb
  • (v) account, calculate: (keep an account of)
  • (v) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure: (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
  • (v) calculate, estimate, reckon, count_on, figure, forecast: (judge to be probable)
  • (v) calculate, aim, direct: (specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public)
  • (v) count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon: (have faith or confidence in) "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
  • (v) forecast, calculate: (predict in advance)
calculated, Adjective
  • (s) deliberate, calculated, measured: (carefully thought out in advance) "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
calculating, Adjective
  • (s) calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd: (used of persons) "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
calculation, Noun
  • (n) calculation, computation, computing: (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)
  • (n) calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning: (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)
  • (n) calculation, deliberation: (planning something carefully and intentionally) "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"
calculative, Adjective
  • (s) calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd: (used of persons) "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
calculator, Noun
  • (n) calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer: (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))
  • (n) calculator, calculating_machine: (a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations)
calculus, Noun
  • (n) calculus, concretion: (a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body) "renal calculi can be very painful"
  • (n) calculus, infinitesimal_calculus: (the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions)
  • (n) tartar, calculus, tophus: (an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums)
caldera, Noun
  • (n) caldera: (a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression)
caldron, Noun
  • (n) caldron, cauldron: (a very large pot that is used for boiling)
calean, Noun
  • (n) hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water_pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly: (an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water) "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"
caleche, Noun
  • (n) calash, caleche: (a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century)
  • (n) calash, caleche, calash_top: (the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage)
calefacient, Adjective
  • (s) calefacient, warming: (producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body) "a mustard plaster is calefacient"
calefaction, Noun
  • (n) calefaction, incalescence: (the property of being warming)
calefactive, Adjective
  • (s) calefactory, calefactive: (serving to heat) "a heating pad is calefactory"
calefactory, Adjective
  • (s) calefactory, calefactive: (serving to heat) "a heating pad is calefactory"
calendar, Noun
  • (n) calendar: (a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year)
  • (n) calendar: (a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc)) "I have you on my calendar for next Monday"
  • (n) calendar: (a tabular array of the days (usually for one year))
calendar, Verb
  • (v) calendar: (enter into a calendar)
calender, Noun
  • (n) calender: (a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers)
calender, Verb
  • (v) calender: (press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets) "calender paper"
calendered, Adjective
  • (s) glossy, calendered: ((of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers) "calendered paper"; "glossy paper"
calendric, Adjective
  • (a) calendric, calendrical: (relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement) "calendric systems"; "solstice is a time of calendric importance"
calendrical, Adjective
  • (a) calendric, calendrical: (relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement) "calendric systems"; "solstice is a time of calendric importance"
calf, Noun
  • (n) calf: (young of domestic cattle)
  • (n) calf, sura: (the muscular back part of the shank)
  • (n) calf, calfskin: (fine leather from the skin of a calf)
  • (n) calf: (young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo)
calfskin, Noun
  • (n) calf, calfskin: (fine leather from the skin of a calf)
caliber, Noun
  • (n) bore, gauge, caliber, calibre: (diameter of a tube or gun barrel)
  • (n) quality, caliber, calibre: (a degree or grade of excellence or worth) "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
calibrate, Verb
  • (v) calibrate, graduate, fine-tune: (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring) "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"
  • (v) calibrate: (mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units) "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"
  • (v) calibrate: (measure the caliber of) "calibrate a gun"
calibrated, Adjective
  • (a) calibrated, graduated: (marked with or divided into degrees) "a calibrated thermometer"
calibration, Noun
  • (n) calibration, standardization, standardisation: (the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument) "the thermometer needed calibration"
calibre, Noun
  • (n) bore, gauge, caliber, calibre: (diameter of a tube or gun barrel)
  • (n) quality, caliber, calibre: (a degree or grade of excellence or worth) "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
caliche, Noun
  • (n) caliche, hardpan: (crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions)
  • (n) caliche: (nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru)
calico, Adjective
  • (a) calico: (made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned) "calico dresses"; "a calico cat"
  • (s) motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured: (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly) "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
calico, Noun
  • (n) calico: (coarse cloth with a bright print)
calicular, Adjective
  • (a) calycular, calicular: (relating to or resembling a calyculus)
caliculus, Noun
  • (n) calyculus, caliculus, calycle: (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))
calif, Noun
  • (n) caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah: (the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth) "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
californium, Noun
  • (n) californium, Cf, atomic_number_98: (a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles)
caliper, Noun
  • (n) caliper, calliper: (an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural))
caliper, Verb
  • (v) caliper, calliper: (measure the diameter of something with calipers)
caliph, Noun
  • (n) caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah: (the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth) "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
calisthenics, Noun
  • (n) calisthenics, callisthenics: (the practice of calisthenic exercises) "calisthenics is recommended for general good health"
  • (n) calisthenics, callisthenics: (light exercises designed to promote general fitness) "several different calisthenics were illustrated in the video"
calk, Noun
  • (n) calk, calkin: (a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping)
calk, Verb
  • (v) calk: (provide with calks) "calk horse shoes"
  • (v) calk: (injure with a calk)
  • (v) caulk, calk: (seal with caulking) "caulk the window"
calkin, Noun
  • (n) calk, calkin: (a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping)
call, Verb
  • (v) address, call: (greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name) "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
  • (v) bid, call: (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands) "He called his trump"
  • (v) call: (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality) "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful"
  • (v) call, telephone, call_up, phone, ring: (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone) "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
  • (v) call, send_for: (order, request, or command to come) "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
  • (v) call: (call a meeting; invite or command to meet) "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week"
  • (v) call: (read aloud to check for omissions or absentees) "Call roll"
  • (v) call: (send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message) "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"
  • (v) call: (utter a characteristic note or cry) "bluejays called to one another"
  • (v) call: (stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather) "call a football game"
  • (v) call: (make a stop in a harbour) "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow"
  • (v) call, call_in: (demand payment of (a loan)) "Call a loan"
  • (v) call, call_off: (give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance)
  • (v) call: (indicate a decision in regard to) "call balls and strikes behind the plate"
  • (v) call: (require the presentation of for redemption before maturation) "Call a bond"
  • (v) call: (challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense) "He deserves to be called on that"
  • (v) call: (declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee) "call a runner out"
  • (v) call: (lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal) "Call ducks"
  • (v) call: (order or request or give a command for) "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"
  • (v) call: (order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role) "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty"
  • (v) call: (utter in a loud voice or announce) "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"
  • (v) call: (challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of) "call the speaker on a question of fact"
  • (v) call: (consider or regard as being) "I would not call her beautiful"
  • (v) call: (rouse somebody from sleep with a call) "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
  • (v) name, call: (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to) "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
  • (v) predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise: (make a prediction about; tell in advance) "Call the outcome of an election"
  • (v) shout, shout_out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall: (utter a sudden loud cry) "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
  • (v) visit, call_in, call: (pay a brief visit) "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
callable, Adjective
  • (s) callable: (subject to a demand for payment before due date) "callable bonds"
callathump, Noun
  • (n) callithump, callathump, callithump_parade: (a noisy boisterous parade)
  • (n) shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling: (a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple)
callback, Noun
  • (n) recall, callback: (a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair))
caller-out, Noun
  • (n) caller, caller-out: (a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance) "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"
caller-up, Noun
  • (n) caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner: (the person initiating a telephone call) "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"
caller, Adjective
  • (s) caller: (providing coolness) "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"
  • (s) caller: (fresh) "caller fish"
caller, Noun
  • (n) caller, company: (a social or business visitor) "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"
  • (n) caller: (an investor who buys a call option)
  • (n) caller: (the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands)
  • (n) caller, caller-out: (a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance) "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"
  • (n) caller: (someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice) "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner"
  • (n) caller: (the person who convenes a meeting) "who is the caller of this meeting?"
  • (n) caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner: (the person initiating a telephone call) "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"
calligrapher, Noun
  • (n) calligrapher, calligraphist: (someone skilled in penmanship)
calligraphic, Adjective
  • (a) calligraphic, calligraphical: (of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy)
calligraphical, Adjective
  • (a) calligraphic, calligraphical: (of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy)
calligraphist, Noun
  • (n) calligrapher, calligraphist: (someone skilled in penmanship)
calligraphy, Noun
  • (n) calligraphy, penmanship, chirography: (beautiful handwriting)
calling, Noun
  • (n) career, calling, vocation: (the particular occupation for which you are trained)
calliper, Noun
  • (n) caliper, calliper: (an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural))
calliper, Verb
  • (v) caliper, calliper: (measure the diameter of something with calipers)
callipygian, Adjective
  • (s) callipygian, callipygous: (pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks) "the quest for the callipygian ideal"
callipygous, Adjective
  • (s) callipygian, callipygous: (pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks) "the quest for the callipygian ideal"
callisthenics, Noun
  • (n) calisthenics, callisthenics: (the practice of calisthenic exercises) "calisthenics is recommended for general good health"
  • (n) calisthenics, callisthenics: (light exercises designed to promote general fitness) "several different calisthenics were illustrated in the video"
callithump, Noun
  • (n) callithump, callathump, callithump_parade: (a noisy boisterous parade)
  • (n) shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling: (a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple)
callosectomy, Noun
  • (n) callosotomy, callosectomy: (severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy))
callosity, Noun
  • (n) callosity, callus: (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))
  • (n) unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility: (devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness)
callosotomy, Noun
  • (n) callosotomy, callosectomy: (severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy))
callous, Adjective
  • (s) callous, indurate, pachydermatous: (emotionally hardened) "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
  • (s) calloused, callous, thickened: (having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear) "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
callous, Verb
  • (v) callous, cauterize, cauterise: (make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals)
calloused, Adjective
  • (s) calloused, callous, thickened: (having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear) "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
callousness, Noun
  • (n) unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility: (devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness)
callow, Adjective
  • (s) fledgling, unfledged, callow: (young and inexperienced) "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
callowness, Noun
  • (n) callowness, jejuneness, juvenility: (lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life)
callus, Noun
  • (n) callosity, callus: (an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot))
  • (n) callus: (bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone)
  • (n) callus: ((botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid)
callus, Verb
  • (v) callus: (cause a callus to form on) "The long march had callused his feet"
  • (v) callus: (form a callus or calluses) "His foot callused"
calm, Adjective
  • (a) calm: ((of weather) free from storm or wind) "calm seas"
  • (s) calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil: (not agitated; without losing self-possession) "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"
calm, Noun
  • (n) calm_air, calm: (wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale)
  • (n) composure, calm, calmness, equanimity: (steadiness of mind under stress) "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
calm, Verb
  • (v) calm, calm_down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still: (make calm or still) "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
  • (v) calm, calm_down, cool_off, chill_out, simmer_down, settle_down, cool_it: (become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation) "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
  • (v) sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise: (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to) "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
  • (v) steady, calm, becalm: (make steady) "steady yourself"
calmer, Adjective
  • (a) calm: ((of weather) free from storm or wind) "calm seas"
  • (s) calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil: (not agitated; without losing self-possession) "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"
calming, Noun
  • (n) appeasement, calming: (the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of))
calmness, Noun
  • (n) calmness: (an absence of strong winds or rain)
  • (n) calmness: (a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement)
  • (n) composure, calm, calmness, equanimity: (steadiness of mind under stress) "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
caloric, Adjective
  • (a) caloric: (of or relating to calories in food) "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"
  • (a) thermal, thermic, caloric: (relating to or associated with heat) "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight"
calorie-free, Adjective
  • (s) light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free: (having relatively few calories) "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"
calorific, Adjective
  • (s) calorific: (heat-generating) "the calorific properties of fuels"
calpac, Noun
  • (n) calpac, calpack, kalpac: (a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus)
calpack, Noun
  • (n) calpac, calpack, kalpac: (a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus)
caltrop, Noun
  • (n) caltrop, devil's_weed, Tribulus_terestris: (tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed)
  • (n) star-thistle, caltrop, Centauria_calcitrapa: (Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America)
  • (n) water_chestnut, water_chestnut_plant, caltrop: (a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits)
calumniate, Verb
  • (v) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch: (charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone) "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
calumniation, Noun
  • (n) defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet_job: (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
calumniatory, Adjective
  • (s) calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous: ((used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign)
calumnious, Adjective
  • (s) calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous: ((used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign)
calumny, Noun
  • (n) aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration: (an abusive attack on a person's character or good name)
  • (n) defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet_job: (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
calvaria, Noun
  • (n) calvaria, skullcap: (the dome of the skull)
calve, Verb
  • (v) calve, break_up: (release ice) "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
  • (v) calve, have_young: (birth) "the whales calve at this time of year"
calving, Noun
  • (n) calving: (giving birth to a calf)
calx, Noun
  • (n) calcium_oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined_lime, fluxing_lime, unslaked_lime, burnt_lime: (a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide)
calyceal, Adjective
  • (a) calyceal, calycine, calycinal: (of or relating to or resembling a calyx)
calycinal, Adjective
  • (a) calyceal, calycine, calycinal: (of or relating to or resembling a calyx)
calycine, Adjective
  • (a) calyceal, calycine, calycinal: (of or relating to or resembling a calyx)
calycle, Noun
  • (n) calyculus, caliculus, calycle: (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))
  • (n) epicalyx, false_calyx, calycle, calyculus: (a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus)
calycled, Adjective
  • (a) calyculate, calycled: (having a calyculus)
calycular, Adjective
  • (a) calycular, calicular: (relating to or resembling a calyculus)
calyculate, Adjective
  • (a) calyculate, calycled: (having a calyculus)
calyculus, Noun
  • (n) calyculus, caliculus, calycle: (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))
  • (n) epicalyx, false_calyx, calycle, calyculus: (a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus)
calypter, Noun
  • (n) alula, calypter: (scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly)
camachile, Noun
  • (n) manila_tamarind, camachile, huamachil, wild_tamarind, Pithecellobium_dulce: (common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum)
camail, Noun
  • (n) camail, aventail, ventail: (a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck)
camaraderie, Noun
  • (n) chumminess, camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship: (the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability)
camarilla, Noun
  • (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla: (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)
camas, Noun
  • (n) camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash: (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)
camash, Noun
  • (n) camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash: (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)
camass, Noun
  • (n) camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash: (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)
camber, Noun
  • (n) bank, cant, camber: (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force)
  • (n) camber: (a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road))
  • (n) camber: (the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top)
camber, Verb
  • (v) camber: (curve upward in the middle)
camcorder, Noun
  • (n) camcorder: (a portable television camera and videocassette recorder)
camel, Noun
  • (n) camel: (cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions)
camelia, Noun
  • (n) camellia, camelia: (any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers)
camellia, Noun
  • (n) camellia, camelia: (any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers)
camelopard, Noun
  • (n) giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa_camelopardalis: (tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa)
cameo, Noun
  • (n) cameo: (engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring))
camera, Noun
  • (n) camera, photographic_camera: (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
  • (n) television_camera, tv_camera, camera: (television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam)
cameraman, Noun
  • (n) cameraman, camera_operator, cinematographer: (a photographer who operates a movie camera)
camion, Noun
  • (n) dray, camion: (a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage)
  • (n) lorry, camion: (a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides)
camisole, Noun
  • (n) camisole, underbodice: (a short sleeveless undergarment for women)
  • (n) camisole: (a short negligee)
camo, Noun
  • (n) camouflage, camo: (fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background)
camomile, Noun
  • (n) chamomile, camomile, Chamaemelum_nobilis, Anthemis_nobilis: (Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis)
camosh, Noun
  • (n) camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash: (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)
camouflage, Noun
  • (n) camouflage, camo: (fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background)
  • (n) camouflage: (device or stratagem for concealment or deceit)
  • (n) disguise, camouflage: (an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something) "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories"
  • (n) disguise, camouflage: (the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance) "he is a master of disguise"
camouflage, Verb
  • (v) camouflage: (disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something) "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"
camp, Adjective
  • (s) camp, campy: (providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities) "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
camp, Noun
  • (n) camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac: (temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers) "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
  • (n) camp: (a group of people living together in a camp) "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
  • (n) camp: (temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers) "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
  • (n) camp: (a penal institution (often for forced labor)) "China has many camps for political prisoners"
  • (n) camp: (something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality) "the living room was pure camp"
  • (n) camp, refugee_camp: (shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs)
  • (n) camp, summer_camp: (a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months) "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
  • (n) clique, coterie, ingroup, inner_circle, pack, camp: (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
camp, Verb
  • (v) camp, encamp, camp_out, bivouac, tent: (live in or as if in a tent) "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
  • (v) camp, camp_down: (establish or set up a camp)
  • (v) camp: (give an artificially banal or sexual quality to)
campaign, Noun
  • (n) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort: (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end) "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
  • (n) campaign, military_campaign: (several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints))
  • (n) campaign, hunting_expedition, safari: (an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa))
  • (n) political_campaign, campaign, run: (a race between candidates for elective office) "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"
campaign, Verb
  • (v) campaign, run: (run, stand, or compete for an office or a position) "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
  • (v) campaign, take_the_field: (go on a campaign; go off to war)
  • (v) crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate: (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for) "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
campaigner, Noun
  • (n) campaigner, candidate, nominee: (a politician who is running for public office)
campaigning, Noun
  • (n) campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political_campaign: (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
campana, Noun
  • (n) bell, bell_shape, campana: (the shape of a bell)
campanile, Noun
  • (n) campanile, belfry: (a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building)
campanula, Noun
  • (n) campanula, bellflower: (any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers)
campanular, Adjective
  • (a) campanulate, campanular, campanulated: (shaped like a bell or campana) "campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula"
campanulate, Adjective
  • (a) campanulate, campanular, campanulated: (shaped like a bell or campana) "campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula"
campanulated, Adjective
  • (a) campanulate, campanular, campanulated: (shaped like a bell or campana) "campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula"
campeachy, Noun
  • (n) logwood, logwood_tree, campeachy, bloodwood_tree, Haematoxylum_campechianum: (spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye)
camper, Noun
  • (n) camper: (someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation)
  • (n) camper, camping_bus, motor_home: (a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling)
campfire, Noun
  • (n) campfire: (a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp))
campground, Noun
  • (n) campsite, campground, camping_site, camping_ground, bivouac, encampment, camping_area: (a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent)
camphorate, Verb
  • (v) camphorate: (treat with camphor)
camphorated, Adjective
  • (a) camphorated: (impregnated with camphor) "camphorated oil"
camphorweed, Noun
  • (n) turpentine_camphor_weed, camphorweed, vinegarweed, Trichostema_lanceolatum: (aromatic plant of western United States)
camping, Noun
  • (n) camping, encampment, bivouacking, tenting: (the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp)
campion, Noun
  • (n) silene, campion, catchfly: (any plant of the genus Silene)
campong, Noun
  • (n) kampong, campong: (a native village in Malaysia)
campsite, Noun
  • (n) campsite, campground, camping_site, camping_ground, bivouac, encampment, camping_area: (a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent)
campus, Noun
  • (n) campus: (a field on which the buildings of a university are situated)
campy, Adjective
  • (s) camp, campy: (providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities) "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
campylotropous, Adjective
  • (a) campylotropous: ((of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk)
can, Noun
  • (n) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind_end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear_end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail_end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass: (the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on) "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
  • (n) can, tin, tin_can: (airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.)
  • (n) can, canful: (the quantity contained in a can)
  • (n) can, can_buoy: (a buoy with a round bottom and conical top)
  • (n) toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom: (a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)
  • (n) toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne: (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)
can, Verb
  • (v) can, tin, put_up: (preserve in a can or tin) "tinned foods are not very tasty"
  • (v) displace, fire, give_notice, can, dismiss, give_the_axe, send_away, sack, force_out, give_the_sack, terminate: (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position) "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
canafistola, Noun
  • (n) golden_shower_tree, drumstick_tree, purging_cassia, pudding_pipe_tree, canafistola, canafistula, Cassia_fistula: (deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia)
canafistula, Noun
  • (n) golden_shower_tree, drumstick_tree, purging_cassia, pudding_pipe_tree, canafistola, canafistula, Cassia_fistula: (deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia)
canal, Noun
  • (n) canal: ((astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion)
  • (n) canal: (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)
  • (n) duct, epithelial_duct, canal, channel: (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance) "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
canal, Verb
  • (v) canal, canalize, canalise: (provide (a city) with a canal)
canalisation, Noun
  • (n) canalization, canalisation: (the production of a canal or a conversion to canals)
  • (n) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation: (management through specified channels of communication)
canalise, Verb
  • (v) canal, canalize, canalise: (provide (a city) with a canal)
  • (v) channel, canalize, canalise: (direct the flow of) "channel information towards a broad audience"
canalization, Noun
  • (n) canalization, canalisation: (the production of a canal or a conversion to canals)
  • (n) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation: (management through specified channels of communication)
canalize, Verb
  • (v) canal, canalize, canalise: (provide (a city) with a canal)
  • (v) channel, canalize, canalise: (direct the flow of) "channel information towards a broad audience"
canary-yellow, Adjective
  • (s) canary, canary-yellow: (having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow)
canary, Adjective
  • (s) canary, canary-yellow: (having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow)
canary, Noun
  • (n) canary: (a female singer)
  • (n) canary, canary_bird: (any of several small Old World finches)
  • (n) canary_yellow, canary: (a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge)
  • (n) fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool_pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary: (someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police)
canasta, Noun
  • (n) canasta, basket_rummy, meld: (a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank)
cancel, Noun
  • (n) natural, cancel: (a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat)
cancel, Verb
  • (v) cancel, call_off, scratch, scrub: (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled) "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
  • (v) cancel, offset, set_off: (make up for) "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
  • (v) cancel, strike_down: (declare null and void; make ineffective) "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
  • (v) cancel, invalidate: (make invalid for use) "cancel cheques or tickets"
  • (v) delete, cancel: (remove or make invisible) "Please delete my name from your list"
cancellate, Adjective
  • (s) cancellate, cancellated, clathrate: (having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows)
  • (s) cancellate, cancellated, cancellous: (having an open or latticed or porous structure)
cancellated, Adjective
  • (s) cancellate, cancellated, clathrate: (having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows)
  • (s) cancellate, cancellated, cancellous: (having an open or latticed or porous structure)
cancellation, Noun
  • (n) cancellation: (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)
  • (n) cancellation: (the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void)
cancelled, Adjective
  • (a) off, cancelled: ((of events) no longer planned or scheduled) "the wedding is definitely off"
cancellous, Adjective
  • (s) cancellate, cancellated, cancellous: (having an open or latticed or porous structure)
cancerous, Adjective
  • (s) cancerous: (relating to or affected with cancer) "a cancerous growth"
  • (s) cancerous: (like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads) "remorse was cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children"
candela, Noun
  • (n) candle, candela, cd, standard_candle: (the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin)
candelabra, Noun
  • (n) candelabrum, candelabra: (branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights)
candelabrum, Noun
  • (n) candelabrum, candelabra: (branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights)
candent, Adjective
  • (s) incandescent, candent: (emitting light as a result of being heated) "an incandescent bulb"
candid, Adjective
  • (s) blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder: (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion) "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
  • (s) candid: (informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared) "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"
  • (s) candid, open, heart-to-heart: (openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness) "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"
candida, Noun
  • (n) candida: (any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida)
candidacy, Noun
  • (n) campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political_campaign: (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
candidate, Noun
  • (n) campaigner, candidate, nominee: (a politician who is running for public office)
  • (n) candidate, prospect: (someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.))
candidature, Noun
  • (n) campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political_campaign: (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
candidiasis, Noun
  • (n) candidiasis, moniliasis, monilia_disease: (an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans))
candidness, Noun
  • (n) candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness: (the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech)
candied, Adjective
  • (s) candied, sugar-coated: (encrusted with sugar or syrup) "candied grapefruit peel"
  • (s) candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace: ((used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar)
candle, Noun
  • (n) candle, taper, wax_light: (stick of wax with a wick in the middle)
  • (n) candle, candela, cd, standard_candle: (the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin)
candle, Verb
  • (v) candle: (examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light)
candleberry, Noun
  • (n) bayberry, candleberry, swamp_candleberry, waxberry, Myrica_pensylvanica: (deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries)
candlelight, Noun
  • (n) candlelight, candle_flame: (the light provided by a burning candle)
candlestick, Noun
  • (n) candlestick, candle_holder: (a holder with sockets for candles)
candor, Noun
  • (n) candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness: (the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech)
  • (n) fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candour: (ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty)
candour, Noun
  • (n) candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness: (the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech)
  • (n) fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candour: (ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty)
candy, Noun
  • (n) candy, confect: (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)
candy, Verb
  • (v) sugarcoat, glaze, candy: (coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze)
candymaker, Noun
  • (n) confectioner, candymaker: (someone who makes candies and other sweets)
cane, Noun
  • (n) cane: (a stick that people can lean on to help them walk)
  • (n) cane: (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)
  • (n) cane: (a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment)
cane, Verb
  • (v) cane, flog, lambaste, lambast: (beat with a cane)
canella, Noun
  • (n) canella, canella_bark, white_cinnamon: (highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic)
canescent, Adjective
  • (s) canescent: (of greyish white) "the canescent moon"
  • (s) canescent, hoary: (covered with fine whitish hairs or down)
canfield, Noun
  • (n) canfield: (a form of solitaire that involves gambling)
canful, Noun
  • (n) can, canful: (the quantity contained in a can)
canid, Noun
  • (n) canine, canid: (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)
canine, Adjective
  • (a) canine, laniary: (of or relating to a pointed conical tooth)
  • (a) canine: (of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae)
canine, Noun
  • (n) canine, canine_tooth, eyetooth, eye_tooth, dogtooth, cuspid: (one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars)
  • (n) canine, canid: (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)
caning, Noun
  • (n) wicker, wickerwork, caning: (work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches))
canistel, Noun
  • (n) canistel, canistel_tree, Pouteria_campechiana_nervosa: (tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit)
  • (n) canistel, eggfruit: (ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies)
canister, Noun
  • (n) canister, cannister, tin: (metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour)
  • (n) case_shot, canister, canister_shot: (a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm)
canker, Noun
  • (n) canker: (a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark)
  • (n) canker, canker_sore: (an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth))
  • (n) pestilence, canker: (a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of) "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
canker, Verb
  • (v) canker: (become infected with a canker)
  • (v) canker: (infect with a canker)
cankerous, Adjective
  • (s) cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous: (having an ulcer or canker)
canna, Noun
  • (n) canna: (any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers)
cannabis, Noun
  • (n) cannabis, hemp: (any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs)
  • (n) cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja: (the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect)
canned, Adjective
  • (s) canned, transcribed: (recorded for broadcast) "a transcribed announcement"; "canned laughter"
  • (s) canned, tinned: (sealed in a can or jar)
cannibal, Noun
  • (n) cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite: (a person who eats human flesh)
cannibalise, Verb
  • (v) cannibalize, cannibalise: (eat human flesh)
  • (v) cannibalize, cannibalise: (use parts of something to repair something else)
cannibalism, Noun
  • (n) cannibalism: (the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind)
cannibalistic, Adjective
  • (a) cannibalistic: (characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism) "cannibalistic behavior"
cannibalize, Verb
  • (v) cannibalize, cannibalise: (eat human flesh)
  • (v) cannibalize, cannibalise: (use parts of something to repair something else)
cannister, Noun
  • (n) canister, cannister, tin: (metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour)
cannon, Noun
  • (n) cannon: (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)
  • (n) cannon: (heavy gun fired from a tank)
  • (n) cannon: ((Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm)
  • (n) cannon: (heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane)
  • (n) cannon, shank: (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)
  • (n) carom, cannon: (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)
cannon, Verb
  • (v) cannon: (make a cannon)
  • (v) cannon: (fire a cannon)
cannonade, Noun
  • (n) cannonade, drumfire: (intense and continuous artillery fire)
cannonade, Verb
  • (v) cannonade: (attack with cannons or artillery)
cannoneer, Noun
  • (n) artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine_gunner: (a serviceman in the artillery)
cannula, Noun
  • (n) cannula: (a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication)
cannular, Adjective
  • (s) tubular, cannular, tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform: (constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids))
cannulate, Verb
  • (v) cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate: (introduce a cannula or tube into) "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
cannulation, Noun
  • (n) cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation: (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)
cannulisation, Noun
  • (n) cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation: (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)
cannulise, Verb
  • (v) cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate: (introduce a cannula or tube into) "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
cannulization, Noun
  • (n) cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation: (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)
cannulize, Verb
  • (v) cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate: (introduce a cannula or tube into) "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
canny, Adjective
  • (s) cagey, cagy, canny, clever: (showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others) "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
canoe, Noun
  • (n) canoe: (small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle)
canoe, Verb
  • (v) canoe: (travel by canoe) "canoe along the canal"
canoeist, Noun
  • (n) canoeist, paddler: (someone paddling a canoe)
canola, Noun
  • (n) canola_oil, canola: (vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids)
canon, Noun
  • (n) canon: (a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy) "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
  • (n) canon: (a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter)
  • (n) canon: (a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts)
  • (n) canon: (a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church)
  • (n) canon: (a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired)
  • (n) canyon, canon: (a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall)
canonic, Adjective
  • (s) basic, canonic, canonical: (reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality) "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
  • (a) canonic, canonical: (appearing in a biblical canon) "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"
  • (a) canonic, canonical: (of or relating to or required by canon law)
  • (s) canonic, canonical, sanctioned: (conforming to orthodox or recognized rules) "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis"
canonical, Adjective
  • (s) basic, canonic, canonical: (reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality) "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
  • (a) canonic, canonical: (appearing in a biblical canon) "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"
  • (a) canonic, canonical: (of or relating to or required by canon law)
  • (s) canonic, canonical, sanctioned: (conforming to orthodox or recognized rules) "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis"
canonisation, Noun
  • (n) canonization, canonisation: ((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints)
canonise, Verb
  • (v) canonize, canonise, saint: (declare (a dead person) to be a saint) "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
  • (v) canonize, canonise: (treat as a sacred person) "He canonizes women"
canonised, Adjective
  • (s) canonized, canonised, glorified: (accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing)
canonization, Noun
  • (n) canonization, canonisation: ((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints)
canonize, Verb
  • (v) canonize, canonise, saint: (declare (a dead person) to be a saint) "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
  • (v) canonize, canonise: (treat as a sacred person) "He canonizes women"
canonized, Adjective
  • (s) canonized, canonised, glorified: (accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing)
canopied, Adjective
  • (s) canopied: (covered with or as with a canopy) "a canopied bed"; "streets canopied by stately trees"
canopy, Noun
  • (n) canopy: (the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit)
  • (n) canopy: (the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air)
  • (n) canopy: (a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather)
canopy, Verb
  • (v) canopy: (cover with a canopy)
canorous, Adjective
  • (s) canorous, songful: (richly melodious)
cant, Noun
  • (n) bank, cant, camber: (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force)
  • (n) bevel, cant, chamfer: (two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees)
  • (n) buzzword, cant: (stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition)
  • (n) cant, pious_platitude: (insincere talk about religion or morals)
  • (n) slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular: (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)) "they don't speak our lingo"
cant, Verb
  • (v) cant, cant_over, tilt, slant, pitch: (heel over) "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
cantabile, Adjective
  • (s) cantabile, singing: (smooth and flowing)
cantala, Noun
  • (n) cantala, Cebu_maguey, manila_maguey: (hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants)
  • (n) maguey, cantala, Agave_cantala: (Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine)
cantaloup, Noun
  • (n) cantaloup, cantaloupe: (the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh)
  • (n) cantaloupe, cantaloup, cantaloupe_vine, cantaloup_vine, Cucumis_melo_cantalupensis: (a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh)
cantaloupe, Noun
  • (n) cantaloup, cantaloupe: (the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh)
  • (n) cantaloupe, cantaloup, cantaloupe_vine, cantaloup_vine, Cucumis_melo_cantalupensis: (a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh)
cantankerous, Adjective
  • (s) bloody-minded, cantankerous: (stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate) "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator"
  • (s) cantankerous, crotchety, ornery: (having a difficult and contrary disposition) "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers"
cantata, Noun
  • (n) cantata, oratorio: (a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text)
canted, Adjective
  • (s) atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped: (departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal) "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
canter, Noun
  • (n) canter, lope: (a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop)
canter, Verb
  • (v) canter: (ride at a canter) "The men cantered away"
  • (v) canter: (go at a canter, of horses)
  • (v) canter: (ride at a cantering pace) "He cantered the horse across the meadow"
cantilever, Noun
  • (n) cantilever: (projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only)
cantilever, Verb
  • (v) cantilever: (project as a cantilever)
  • (v) cantilever: (construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed) "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
cantillate, Verb
  • (v) chant, intone, intonate, cantillate: (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm) "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
canto, Noun
  • (n) canto: (the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music)
  • (n) canto: (a major division of a long poem)
canton, Verb
  • (v) canton: (divide into cantons, of a country)
  • (v) quarter, billet, canton: (provide housing for (military personnel))
cantonal, Adjective
  • (a) cantonal: (of or relating to a canton)
cantonment, Noun
  • (n) camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac: (temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers) "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
cantor, Noun
  • (n) cantor, hazan: (the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos)
  • (n) choirmaster, precentor, cantor: (the musical director of a choir)
canulate, Verb
  • (v) cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate: (introduce a cannula or tube into) "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
canulation, Noun
  • (n) cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation: (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)
canulisation, Noun
  • (n) cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation: (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)
canulization, Noun
  • (n) cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation: (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)
canvas, Noun
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents))
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (an oil painting on canvas fabric)
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account) "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete) "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
  • (n) canvas_tent, canvas, canvass: (a tent made of canvas fabric)
  • (n) sail, canvas, canvass, sheet: (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)
canvas, Verb
  • (v) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas: (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning) "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
  • (v) canvas: (cover with canvas) "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
  • (v) canvass, canvas: (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
  • (v) poll, canvass, canvas: (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)
canvass, Noun
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents))
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (an oil painting on canvas fabric)
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account) "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
  • (n) canvas, canvass: (the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete) "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"
  • (n) canvas_tent, canvas, canvass: (a tent made of canvas fabric)
  • (n) poll, opinion_poll, public_opinion_poll, canvass: (an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people)
  • (n) sail, canvas, canvass, sheet: (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)
canvass, Verb
  • (v) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas: (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning) "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
  • (v) canvas: (cover with canvas) "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
  • (v) canvass, canvas: (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)
  • (v) poll, canvass, canvas: (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)
canvasser, Noun
  • (n) canvasser: (a person who takes or counts votes)
  • (n) pollster, poll_taker, headcounter, canvasser: (someone who conducts surveys of public opinion) "a pollster conducts public opinion polls"; "a headcounter counts heads"
  • (n) scrutineer, canvasser: (someone who examines votes at an election)
  • (n) solicitor, canvasser: (a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes)
canvassing, Noun
  • (n) electioneering, bell_ringing, canvassing: (persuasion of voters in a political campaign)
canyon, Noun
  • (n) canyon, canon: (a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall)
caoutchouc, Noun
  • (n) rubber, natural_rubber, India_rubber, gum_elastic, caoutchouc: (an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products)
cap, Noun
  • (n) cap: (a tight-fitting headdress)
  • (n) cap: (a top (as for a bottle))
  • (n) cap: (something serving as a cover or protection)
  • (n) cap, pileus: (a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom)
  • (n) capital, chapiter, cap: (the upper part of a column that supports the entablature)
  • (n) ceiling, roof, cap: (an upper limit on what is allowed) "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices"
  • (n) crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket_crown, cap: ((dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth) "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
  • (n) detonator, detonating_device, cap: (a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive)
  • (n) hood, cap: (a protective covering that is part of a plant)
cap, Verb
  • (v) cap, crest: (lie at the top of) "Snow capped the mountains"
  • (v) cap: (restrict the number or amount of) "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"
capability, Noun
  • (n) capability, capableness: (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally) "he worked to the limits of his capability"
  • (n) capability, capacity: (the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment) "the capability of a metal to be fused"
  • (n) capability, capableness, potentiality: (an aptitude that may be developed)
capable, Adjective
  • (s) able, capable: (have the skills and qualifications to do things well) "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
  • (s) adequate_to, capable, equal_to, up_to: (having the requisite qualities for) "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require"
  • (a) capable: ((usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability) "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet"
  • (a) capable: ((followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for) "no one believed her capable of murder"
  • (s) capable, open, subject: (possibly accepting or permitting) "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"
capableness, Noun
  • (n) capability, capableness: (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally) "he worked to the limits of his capability"
  • (n) capability, capableness, potentiality: (an aptitude that may be developed)
capaciousness, Noun
  • (n) capaciousness, roominess: (intellectual breadth) "the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary"; "his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess"
  • (n) capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness, commodiousness: (spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)) "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child"; "roominess in this size car is always a compromise"; "his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to"
capacitance, Noun
  • (n) capacitance, electrical_capacity, capacity: (an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored)
  • (n) capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical_condenser: (an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge)
capacitate, Verb
  • (v) capacitate: (make legally capable or qualify in law)
  • (v) capacitate: (cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg)
  • (v) capacitate: (make capable) "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem"
capacitive, Adjective
  • (a) capacitive: (of or relating to capacitance)
capacitor, Noun
  • (n) capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical_condenser: (an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge)
capacity, Noun
  • (n) capability, capacity: (the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment) "the capability of a metal to be fused"
  • (n) capacitance, electrical_capacity, capacity: (an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored)
  • (n) capacity: (capability to perform or produce) "among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a great capacity for growth"
  • (n) capacity, content: (the amount that can be contained) "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
  • (n) capacity: (the maximum production possible) "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
  • (n) capacity: (a specified function) "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
  • (n) capacity: ((computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive) "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
  • (n) capacity, mental_ability: (the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior)
  • (n) capacity: (tolerance for alcohol) "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
caparison, Noun
  • (n) caparison, trapping, housing: (stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse)
caparison, Verb
  • (v) caparison, bard, barde, dress_up: (put a caparison on) "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
cape, Noun
  • (n) cape, ness: (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)
  • (n) cape, mantle: (a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter)
capelan, Noun
  • (n) capelin, capelan, caplin: (very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes)
capelin, Noun
  • (n) capelin, capelan, caplin: (very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes)
caper, Noun
  • (n) antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on: (a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement)
  • (n) caper: (any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis)
  • (n) caper: (pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces)
  • (n) caper, job: (a crime (especially a robbery)) "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
  • (n) caper, capriole: (a playful leap or hop)
  • (n) play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper: (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement) "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
caper, Verb
  • (v) caper: (jump about playfully)
capercaillie, Noun
  • (n) capercaillie, capercailzie, horse_of_the_wood, Tetrao_urogallus: (large black Old World grouse)
capercailzie, Noun
  • (n) capercaillie, capercailzie, horse_of_the_wood, Tetrao_urogallus: (large black Old World grouse)
capeweed, Noun
  • (n) cat's-ear, California_dandelion, capeweed, gosmore, Hypochaeris_radicata: (European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears)
capibara, Noun
  • (n) capybara, capibara, Hydrochoerus_hydrochaeris: (pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent)
capillary, Adjective
  • (a) capillary: (of or relating to hair)
  • (s) capillary, hairlike: (long and slender with a very small internal diameter) "a capillary tube"
capillary, Noun
  • (n) capillary, capillary_tube, capillary_tubing: (a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action)
  • (n) capillary, capillary_vessel: (any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules)
capital, Adjective
  • (s) capital: (first-rate) "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"
  • (s) capital: (of primary importance) "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
  • (s) capital, great, majuscule: (uppercase) "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
capitalisation, Noun
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (writing in capital letters)
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (an estimation of the value of a business)
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (the act of capitalizing on an opportunity)
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (the sale of capital stock)
capitalise, Verb
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise, take_advantage: (draw advantages from) "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (write in capital letters)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (compute the present value of a business or an income)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)
capitalism, Noun
  • (n) capitalism, capitalist_economy: (an economic system based on private ownership of capital)
capitalist, Adjective
  • (a) capitalist, capitalistic: (of or relating to capitalism or capitalists) "a capitalist nation"; "capitalistic methods and incentives"
  • (a) capitalistic, capitalist: (favoring or practicing capitalism)
capitalist, Noun
  • (n) capitalist: (a conservative advocate of capitalism)
  • (n) capitalist: (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))
capitalistic, Adjective
  • (a) capitalist, capitalistic: (of or relating to capitalism or capitalists) "a capitalist nation"; "capitalistic methods and incentives"
  • (a) capitalistic, capitalist: (favoring or practicing capitalism)
capitalization, Noun
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (writing in capital letters)
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (an estimation of the value of a business)
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (the act of capitalizing on an opportunity)
  • (n) capitalization, capitalisation: (the sale of capital stock)
capitalize, Verb
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise, take_advantage: (draw advantages from) "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (write in capital letters)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (compute the present value of a business or an income)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses)
  • (v) capitalize, capitalise: (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)
capitular, Adjective
  • (a) capitular, capitulary: (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter) "capitular estates"
capitulary, Adjective
  • (a) capitular, capitulary: (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter) "capitular estates"
capitulation, Noun
  • (n) capitulation: (a document containing the terms of surrender)
  • (n) capitulation: (a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic)
  • (n) capitulation, fall, surrender: (the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)) "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
capitulum, Noun
  • (n) capitulum, head: (a dense cluster of flowers or foliage) "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
  • (n) capitulum: (an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree)
  • (n) ear, spike, capitulum: (fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn)
capiz, Noun
  • (n) window_oyster, windowpane_oyster, capiz, Placuna_placenta: (marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell)
caplin, Noun
  • (n) capelin, capelan, caplin: (very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes)
capo, Noun
  • (n) capo: (the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate)
caponise, Verb
  • (v) caponize, caponise: (convert a cock into a capon)
caponize, Verb
  • (v) caponize, caponise: (convert a cock into a capon)
cappelletti, Noun
  • (n) ravioli, cappelletti: (small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings)
cappuccino, Noun
  • (n) cappuccino, cappuccino_coffee, coffee_cappuccino: (equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream)
caprice, Noun
  • (n) caprice, impulse, whim: (a sudden desire) "he bought it on an impulse"
capricious, Adjective
  • (s) capricious, freakish: (changeable) "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"
  • (s) capricious, impulsive, whimsical: (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason) "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
capriciousness, Noun
  • (n) capriciousness, unpredictability: (the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses)
  • (n) flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness: (the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment) "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
caprimulgid, Noun
  • (n) goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid: (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)
capriole, Noun
  • (n) caper, capriole: (a playful leap or hop)
  • (n) capriole: ((dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump)
capriole, Verb
  • (v) capriole: (perform a capriole, of horses in dressage)
  • (v) capriole: (perform a capriole, in ballet)
capsaicin, Noun
  • (n) capsaicin: (colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno)
capsid, Noun
  • (n) capsid: (the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus)
  • (n) mirid_bug, mirid, capsid: (a variety of leaf bug)
capsize, Verb
  • (v) capsize, turtle, turn_turtle: (overturn accidentally) "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"
capsizing, Noun
  • (n) capsizing: ((nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water)
capstone, Noun
  • (n) capstone, copestone, coping_stone, stretcher: (a stone that forms the top of wall or building)
  • (n) finishing_touch, capstone, copestone: (a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination)
capsular, Adjective
  • (a) capsular: (resembling a capsule) "the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones"
  • (a) capsular: (of or relating to a capsule)
capsulate, Adjective
  • (s) capsulate, capsulated: (used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule)
capsulate, Verb
  • (v) capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise: (enclose in a capsule)
capsulated, Adjective
  • (s) capsulate, capsulated: (used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule)
capsule, Noun
  • (n) capsule: (a small container)
  • (n) capsule: (a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside)
  • (n) capsule: (a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses)
  • (n) capsule: (a structure that encloses a body part)
  • (n) condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule: (a shortened version of a written work)
  • (n) ejection_seat, ejector_seat, capsule: (a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute)
  • (n) space_capsule, capsule: (a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space)
capsule, Verb
  • (v) capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise: (enclose in a capsule)
  • (v) encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise: (put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume) "capsulize the news"
capsulise, Verb
  • (v) capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise: (enclose in a capsule)
  • (v) encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise: (put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume) "capsulize the news"
capsulize, Verb
  • (v) capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise: (enclose in a capsule)
  • (v) encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise: (put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume) "capsulize the news"
captain, Noun
  • (n) captain: (an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant)
  • (n) captain, skipper: (the naval officer in command of a military ship)
  • (n) captain, police_captain, police_chief: (a policeman in charge of a precinct)
  • (n) captain, chieftain: (the leader of a group of people) "a captain of industry"
  • (n) captain, senior_pilot: (the pilot in charge of an airship)
  • (n) captain, headwaiter, maitre_d'hotel, maitre_d': (a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers)
  • (n) master, captain, sea_captain, skipper: (an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship)
captain, Verb
  • (v) captain: (be the captain of a sports team)
captaincy, Noun
  • (n) captainship, captaincy: (the post of captain)
captainship, Noun
  • (n) captainship, captaincy: (the post of captain)
caption, Noun
  • (n) caption: (taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument) "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
  • (n) caption, legend: (brief description accompanying an illustration)
  • (n) subtitle, caption: (translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)
caption, Verb
  • (v) caption: (provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing)
captious, Adjective
  • (s) captious, faultfinding: (tending to find and call attention to faults) "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
captivate, Verb
  • (v) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant: (attract; cause to be enamored) "She captured all the men's hearts"
captivated, Adjective
  • (s) beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced: (filled with wonder and delight)
  • (s) captivated, charmed: (strongly attracted)
captivating, Adjective
  • (s) bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating: (capturing interest as if by a spell) "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman"
captivation, Noun
  • (n) captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination: (a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual)
  • (n) fascination, captivation: (the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror))
captive, Adjective
  • (s) captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed: (being in captivity)
  • (s) captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped: (giving or marked by complete attention to) "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare"; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
captive, Noun
  • (n) captive: (an animal that is confined)
  • (n) captive: (a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion)
  • (n) prisoner, captive: (a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war)
captivity, Noun
  • (n) captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement: (the state of being imprisoned) "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
  • (n) enslavement, captivity: (the state of being a slave) "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare"
captopril, Noun
  • (n) captopril, Capoten: (a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure)
captor, Noun
  • (n) captor, capturer: (a person who captures and holds people or animals)
capture, Noun
  • (n) capture, gaining_control, seizure: (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)
  • (n) capture: (a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field)
  • (n) capture: (any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle)
  • (n) capture, seizure: (the act of taking of a person by force)
  • (n) capture: (the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board)
capture, Verb
  • (v) appropriate, capture, seize, conquer: (take possession of by force, as after an invasion) "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
  • (v) capture: (succeed in representing or expressing something intangible) "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"
  • (v) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant: (attract; cause to be enamored) "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • (v) capture: (bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit) "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"
  • (v) capture, catch: (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping) "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
  • (v) get, catch, capture: (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase) "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
capturer, Noun
  • (n) captor, capturer: (a person who captures and holds people or animals)
capuchin, Noun
  • (n) capuchin: (a hooded cloak for women)
  • (n) capuchin, ringtail, Cebus_capucinus: (monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl)
caput, Noun
  • (n) caput: (a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure) "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"
  • (n) head, caput: (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains) "he stuck his head out the window"
capybara, Noun
  • (n) capybara, capibara, Hydrochoerus_hydrochaeris: (pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent)
car-mechanic, Noun
  • (n) automobile_mechanic, auto-mechanic, car-mechanic, mechanic, grease_monkey: (someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles)
car, Noun
  • (n) cable_car, car: (a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway) "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
  • (n) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar: (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) "he needs a car to get to work"
  • (n) car, railcar, railway_car, railroad_car: (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad) "three cars had jumped the rails"
  • (n) car, gondola: (the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant)
  • (n) car, elevator_car: (where passengers ride up and down) "the car was on the top floor"
carabineer, Noun
  • (n) carbineer, carabineer, carabinier: (a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine)
carabiner, Noun
  • (n) carabiner, karabiner, snap_ring: (an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes)
carabinier, Noun
  • (n) carbineer, carabineer, carabinier: (a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine)
carack, Noun
  • (n) carrack, carack: (a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman)
caracul, Noun
  • (n) broadtail, caracul, karakul: (hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur)
carafe, Noun
  • (n) carafe, decanter: (a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water)
carageen, Noun
  • (n) Irish_moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus_crispus: (dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America)
caramel, Adjective
  • (s) caramel, caramel_brown: (having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown)
caramel, Noun
  • (n) caramel: (firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk)
  • (n) caramel, caramelized_sugar: (burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food)
  • (n) yellowish_brown, raw_sienna, buff, caramel, caramel_brown: (a medium to dark tan color)
caramelise, Verb
  • (v) caramelize, caramelise: (be converted into caramel) "The sugar caramelized"
  • (v) caramelize, caramelise: (convert to caramel)
caramelize, Verb
  • (v) caramelize, caramelise: (be converted into caramel) "The sugar caramelized"
  • (v) caramelize, caramelise: (convert to caramel)
caranda, Noun
  • (n) caranday, caranda, caranda_palm, wax_palm, Copernicia_australis, Copernicia_alba: (South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax)
caranday, Noun
  • (n) caranday, caranda, caranda_palm, wax_palm, Copernicia_australis, Copernicia_alba: (South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax)
carapace, Noun
  • (n) carapace, shell, cuticle, shield: (hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles)
carat, Noun
  • (n) carat: (a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg)
  • (n) karat, carat, kt: (the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold)
caravan, Noun
  • (n) caravan, train, wagon_train: (a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file) "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"
  • (n) van, caravan: (a camper equipped with living quarters)
caravan, Verb
  • (v) caravan: (travel in a caravan)
caravanning, Noun
  • (n) caravanning: (the practice of taking holidays in a caravan)
caravansary, Noun
  • (n) caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan_inn: (an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans)
caravanserai, Noun
  • (n) caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan_inn: (an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans)
carbamide, Noun
  • (n) urea, carbamide: (the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics)
carbide, Noun
  • (n) carbide: (a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element)
carbineer, Noun
  • (n) carbineer, carabineer, carabinier: (a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine)
carbohydrate, Noun
  • (n) carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar: (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)
carbon, Noun
  • (n) carbon, C, atomic_number_6: (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
  • (n) carbon, carbon_copy: (a copy made with carbon paper)
  • (n) carbon_paper, carbon: (a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper)
carbonaceous, Adjective
  • (a) carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous: (relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon)
carbonate, Noun
  • (n) carbonate: (a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3))
carbonate, Verb
  • (v) carbonate: (turn into a carbonate)
  • (v) carbonate: (treat with carbon dioxide) "Carbonated soft drinks"
carbonated, Adjective
  • (s) carbonated: (having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated))
carbonic, Adjective
  • (a) carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous: (relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon)
carboniferous, Adjective
  • (a) carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous: (relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon)
  • (a) carboniferous: (of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era) "carboniferous rock system"
carbonisation, Noun
  • (n) carbonization, carbonisation: (the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens))
carbonise, Verb
  • (v) carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise: (unite with carbon) "carburize metal"
  • (v) carbonize, carbonise: (turn into carbon, as by burning) "carbonize coal"
carbonization, Noun
  • (n) carbonization, carbonisation: (the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens))
carbonize, Verb
  • (v) carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise: (unite with carbon) "carburize metal"
  • (v) carbonize, carbonise: (turn into carbon, as by burning) "carbonize coal"
carbonous, Adjective
  • (a) carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous: (relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon)
carbonyl, Adjective
  • (a) carbonyl, carbonylic: (relating to or containing the carbonyl group)
carbonyl, Noun
  • (n) carbonyl: (a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide)
carbonylic, Adjective
  • (a) carbonyl, carbonylic: (relating to or containing the carbonyl group)
carboxyl, Adjective
  • (a) carboxyl, carboxylic: (relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical)
carboxyl, Noun
  • (n) carboxyl, carboxyl_group: (the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids)
carboxylate, Verb
  • (v) carboxylate: (treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid)
carboxylic, Adjective
  • (a) carboxyl, carboxylic: (relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical)
carbuncled, Adjective
  • (s) carbuncled, carbuncular: (afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle)
  • (s) carbuncled: (set with carbuncles)
carbuncular, Adjective
  • (s) carbuncled, carbuncular: (afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle)
carburetor, Noun
  • (n) carburetor, carburettor: (mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion)
carburettor, Noun
  • (n) carburetor, carburettor: (mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion)
carburise, Verb
  • (v) carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise: (unite with carbon) "carburize metal"
carburize, Verb
  • (v) carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise: (unite with carbon) "carburize metal"
carcajou, Noun
  • (n) wolverine, carcajou, skunk_bear, Gulo_luscus: (stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal)
carcase, Noun
  • (n) carcase, carcass: (the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food)
carcass, Noun
  • (n) carcase, carcass: (the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food)
carcinogen, Noun
  • (n) carcinogen: (any substance that produces cancer)
carcinogenic, Adjective
  • (a) carcinogenic: (causing or tending to cause cancer) "the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals"
carcinoma, Noun
  • (n) carcinoma: (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
card-house, Noun
  • (n) house_of_cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle: (an unstable construction with playing cards) "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"
card-playing, Adjective
  • (s) dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting: (preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance) "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
card, Noun
  • (n) batting_order, card, lineup: ((baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat) "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"
  • (n) calling_card, visiting_card, card: (a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited)
  • (n) card: (one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes) "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"
  • (n) card, identity_card: (a card certifying the identity of the bearer) "he had to show his card to get in"
  • (n) card: (a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)) "they sent us a card from Miami"
  • (n) card: (thin cardboard, usually rectangular)
  • (n) card, scorecard: ((golf) a record of scores (as in golf)) "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"
  • (n) circuit_board, circuit_card, board, card, plug-in, add-in: (a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities)
  • (n) menu, bill_of_fare, card, carte_du_jour, carte: (a list of dishes available at a restaurant) "the menu was in French"
  • (n) poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card: (a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement) "a poster advertised the coming attractions"
  • (n) wag, wit, card: (a witty amusing person who makes jokes)
card, Verb
  • (v) card: (ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor) "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"
  • (v) tease, card: (separate the fibers of) "tease wool"
cardamom, Noun
  • (n) cardamom, cardamon, Elettaria_cardamomum: (rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning)
  • (n) cardamom, cardamon, cardamum: (aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces)
cardamon, Noun
  • (n) cardamom, cardamon, Elettaria_cardamomum: (rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning)
  • (n) cardamom, cardamon, cardamum: (aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces)
cardamum, Noun
  • (n) cardamom, cardamon, cardamum: (aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces)
cardboard, Adjective
  • (s) cardboard, unlifelike: (without substance) "cardboard caricatures of historical figures"
cardboard, Noun
  • (n) cardboard, composition_board: (a stiff moderately thick paper)
cardcastle, Noun
  • (n) house_of_cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle: (an unstable construction with playing cards) "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"
cardholder, Noun
  • (n) cardholder: (a person who holds a credit card or debit card)
  • (n) cardholder: (a player who holds a card or cards in a card game)
cardhouse, Noun
  • (n) house_of_cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle: (an unstable construction with playing cards) "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"
cardiac, Adjective
  • (a) cardiac: (of or relating to the heart) "cardiac arrest"
cardinal, Adjective
  • (a) cardinal: (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order) "cardinal numbers"
  • (s) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal: (serving as an essential component) "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
cardinal, Noun
  • (n) cardinal: ((Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes)
  • (n) cardinal, carmine: (a variable color averaging a vivid red)
  • (n) cardinal, cardinal_grosbeak, Richmondena_Cardinalis, Cardinalis_cardinalis, redbird: (crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male)
  • (n) cardinal_number, cardinal: (the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order)
cardinality, Noun
  • (n) cardinality: ((mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping))
cardiogram, Noun
  • (n) electrocardiogram, cardiogram, EKG, ECG: (a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph)
cardiograph, Noun
  • (n) ballistocardiograph, cardiograph: (a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles)
  • (n) cardiograph, electrocardiograph: (medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart)
cardiography, Noun
  • (n) cardiography, electrocardiography: (diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram))
cardiologist, Noun
  • (n) cardiologist, heart_specialist, heart_surgeon: (a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart)
cardiomegaly, Noun
  • (n) cardiomegaly, megalocardia, megacardia, enlarged_heart: (an abnormal enlargement of the heart) "mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes"
cardiomyopathy, Noun
  • (n) cardiomyopathy, myocardiopathy: (a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium))
cardiopulmonary, Adjective
  • (a) cardiopulmonary, cardiorespiratory: (of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions) "cardiopulmonary resuscitation"
cardiorespiratory, Adjective
  • (a) cardiopulmonary, cardiorespiratory: (of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions) "cardiopulmonary resuscitation"
cardiovascular, Adjective
  • (a) cardiovascular: (of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels) "cardiovascular conditioning"
cardsharp, Noun
  • (n) cardsharp, card_sharp, cardsharper, card_sharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, card_shark: (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)
cardsharper, Noun
  • (n) cardsharp, card_sharp, cardsharper, card_sharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, card_shark: (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)
care-laden, Adjective
  • (s) care-laden, heavy-laden: (burdened by cares) "all ye that labor and are heavy-laden"-Matt.11:28"
care, Noun
  • (n) care, attention, aid, tending: (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something) "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
  • (n) care: (a cause for feeling concern) "his major care was the illness of his wife"
  • (n) care, charge, tutelage, guardianship: (attention and management implying responsibility for safety) "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
  • (n) care, maintenance, upkeep: (activity involved in maintaining something in good working order) "he wrote the manual on car care"
  • (n) caution, precaution, care, forethought: (judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger) "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
  • (n) concern, care, fear: (an anxious feeling) "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
care, Verb
  • (v) care: (feel concern or interest) "I really care about my work"; "I don't care"
  • (v) care, give_care: (provide care for) "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
  • (v) manage, deal, care, handle: (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of) "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
  • (v) wish, care, like: (prefer or wish to do something) "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
  • (v) worry, care: (be concerned with) "I worry about my grades"
cared-for, Adjective
  • (a) cared-for: (having needed care and attention) "well-cared-for children"
careen, Noun
  • (n) rock, careen, sway, tilt: (pitching dangerously to one side)
careen, Verb
  • (v) careen, wobble, shift, tilt: (move sideways or in an unsteady way) "The ship careened out of control"
  • (v) stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen: (walk as if unable to control one's movements) "The drunken man staggered into the room"
career, Noun
  • (n) career, calling, vocation: (the particular occupation for which you are trained)
  • (n) career, life_history: (the general progression of your working or professional life) "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
career, Verb
  • (v) career: (move headlong at high speed) "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"
carefree, Adjective
  • (s) carefree, unworried: (free of trouble and worry and care) "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially"
  • (s) carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy: (cheerfully irresponsible) "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"
carefreeness, Noun
  • (n) carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness: (the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you)
  • (n) carefreeness: (the trait of being without worry or responsibility)
careful, Adjective
  • (a) careful: (exercising caution or showing care or attention) "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
  • (s) careful, heedful: (cautiously attentive) "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
  • (s) careful, deliberate, measured: (unhurried and with care and dignity) "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
  • (s) careful: (full of cares or anxiety) "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41"
  • (s) careful, thrifty: (mindful of the future in spending money) "careful with money"
carefulness, Noun
  • (n) carefulness: (the quality of being careful and painstaking) "I admired the carefulness of his work"
  • (n) caution, cautiousness, carefulness: (the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger) "a man of caution"
caregiver, Noun
  • (n) caregiver: (a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult)
  • (n) health_professional, primary_care_provider, PCP, health_care_provider, caregiver: (a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability)
careless, Adjective
  • (a) careless: (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful) "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
  • (s) careless: (effortless and unstudied) "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
  • (s) careless, regardless: ((usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration) "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread"
carelessness, Noun
  • (n) carelessness, sloppiness: (the quality of not being careful or taking pains)
  • (n) negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance: (failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances)
caress, Noun
  • (n) caress: (a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)) "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"
caress, Verb
  • (v) caress, fondle: (touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner) "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"
caressing, Noun
  • (n) caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling: (affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs))
caret, Noun
  • (n) caret: (a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text)
caretaker, Noun
  • (n) caretaker: (a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person))
  • (n) caretaker: (an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily) "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
careworn, Adjective
  • (s) careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn: (showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering) "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens"
cargo, Noun
  • (n) cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment: (goods carried by a large vehicle)
caribe, Noun
  • (n) piranha, pirana, caribe: (small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals)
caribou, Noun
  • (n) caribou, reindeer, Greenland_caribou, Rangifer_tarandus: (Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America)
caricature, Noun
  • (n) caricature, imitation, impersonation: (a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect)
caricature, Verb
  • (v) caricature, ape: (represent in or produce a caricature of) "The drawing caricatured the President"
caries, Noun
  • (n) cavity, caries, dental_caries, tooth_decay: (soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth)
carinate, Adjective
  • (a) ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled: (having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship) "a carinate sepal"
carinate, Noun
  • (n) carinate, carinate_bird, flying_bird: (birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles)
carinated, Adjective
  • (a) ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled: (having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship) "a carinate sepal"
caring, Adjective
  • (s) caring: (feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others) "caring friends"
caring, Noun
  • (n) lovingness, caring: (a loving feeling)
carjack, Verb
  • (v) carjack: (take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it) "My car was carjacked last night!"
carjacking, Noun
  • (n) carjacking: (the violent theft of an occupied car)
cark, Verb
  • (v) perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder: (disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed) "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
carload, Noun
  • (n) boatload, shipload, carload: (the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car) "he imported wine by the boatload"
  • (n) carload: (a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile)
carmaker, Noun
  • (n) car_manufacturer, car_maker, carmaker, auto_manufacturer, auto_maker, automaker: (a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles)
carminative, Adjective
  • (s) carminative, flatus-relieving: (relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping))
carminative, Noun
  • (n) carminative: (medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing)
carmine, Adjective
  • (s) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet: (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
carmine, Noun
  • (n) cardinal, carmine: (a variable color averaging a vivid red)
carmine, Verb
  • (v) carmine: (color carmine)
carnage, Noun
  • (n) slaughter, massacre, mass_murder, carnage, butchery: (the savage and excessive killing of many people)
carnal, Adjective
  • (s) animal, carnal, fleshly, sensual: (marked by the appetites and passions of the body) "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
  • (a) carnal: (of or relating to the body or flesh) "carnal remains"
carnalise, Verb
  • (v) sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise: (debase through carnal gratification)
carnality, Noun
  • (n) prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity: (feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness)
carnalize, Verb
  • (v) sensualize, carnalize: (represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture)
  • (v) sensualize, carnalize: (ascribe to an origin in sensation)
  • (v) sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise: (debase through carnal gratification)
carnation, Adjective
  • (s) carnation: (pink or pinkish)
carnation, Noun
  • (n) carnation, clove_pink, gillyflower, Dianthus_caryophyllus: (Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors)
  • (n) carnation: (a pink or reddish-pink color)
carnelian, Noun
  • (n) carnelian, cornelian: (a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony)
carnival, Noun
  • (n) carnival: (a festival marked by merrymaking and processions)
  • (n) carnival, fair, funfair: (a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.)
  • (n) circus, carnival: (a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment) "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
carnivorous, Adjective
  • (a) carnivorous: (relating to or characteristic of carnivores) "the lion and other carnivorous animals"
  • (a) carnivorous: ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals) "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
carob, Noun
  • (n) carob, carob_bean, algarroba_bean, algarroba, locust_bean, locust_pod: (long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute)
  • (n) carob, carob_tree, carob_bean_tree, algarroba, Ceratonia_siliqua: (evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob)
  • (n) carob, carob_powder, Saint-John's-bread: (powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute)
carol, Noun
  • (n) carol, Christmas_carol: (joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ)
  • (n) carol: (a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ))
carol, Verb
  • (v) carol: (sing carols) "They went caroling on Christmas Day"
caroler, Noun
  • (n) caroler, caroller: (a singer of carols)
caroller, Noun
  • (n) caroler, caroller: (a singer of carols)
carom, Noun
  • (n) carom, cannon: (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)
  • (n) ricochet, carom: (a glancing rebound)
carom, Verb
  • (v) carom: (rebound after hitting) "The car caromed off several lampposts"
  • (v) carom: (make a carom)
carotene, Noun
  • (n) carotene: (yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants)
  • (n) provitamin_A, carotene, carotin: (an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver)
carotenemia, Noun
  • (n) carotenemia, xanthemia: (excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color)
carotenoid, Noun
  • (n) carotenoid: (any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals)
carotid, Adjective
  • (a) carotid: (of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck)
carotin, Noun
  • (n) provitamin_A, carotene, carotin: (an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver)
carousal, Noun
  • (n) carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up: (revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party)
carouse, Noun
  • (n) carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up: (revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party)
carouse, Verb
  • (v) carouse, roister, riot: (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking) "They were out carousing last night"
carousel, Noun
  • (n) carousel, carrousel, luggage_carousel, luggage_carrousel: (a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers)
  • (n) carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig: (a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement)
carouser, Noun
  • (n) wassailer, carouser: (someone who enjoys riotous drinking)
carousing, Adjective
  • (s) bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic: (used of riotously drunken merrymaking) "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"
carp, Noun
  • (n) carp: (the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised)
  • (n) carp: (any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae)
carp, Verb
  • (v) cavil, carp, chicane: (raise trivial objections)
carpal, Adjective
  • (a) carpal: (of or relating to the wrist) "Carpal tunnel syndrome"
carpal, Noun
  • (n) carpal_bone, carpal, wrist_bone: (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)
carpellate, Adjective
  • (a) carpellate, pistillate: (bearing or consisting of carpels)
carpenter, Noun
  • (n) carpenter: (a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects)
carpenter, Verb
  • (v) carpenter: (work as a carpenter)
carpentry, Noun
  • (n) carpentry, woodworking, woodwork: (the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood)
carper, Noun
  • (n) carper, niggler: (someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way)
carpet, Noun
  • (n) carpet: (a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet) "a carpet of flowers"; "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet"
  • (n) rug, carpet, carpeting: (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))
carpet, Verb
  • (v) carpet: (form a carpet-like cover (over))
  • (v) carpet: (cover completely, as if with a carpet) "flowers carpeted the meadows"
  • (v) carpet: (cover with a carpet) "carpet the floors of the house"
carpetbag, Adjective
  • (a) carpetbag: (following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers) "carpetbag adventurers"; "a carpetbag government"
  • (s) carpetbag, carpetbagging: (presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality) "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
carpetbag, Noun
  • (n) carpetbag: (traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century)
carpetbagging, Adjective
  • (s) carpetbag, carpetbagging: (presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality) "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician"
carpeted, Adjective
  • (a) carpeted: (covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination) "the carpeted hallway"; "a flower-carpeted hillside"
carpeting, Noun
  • (n) rug, carpet, carpeting: (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))
carping, Noun
  • (n) faultfinding, carping: (persistent petty and unjustified criticism)
carpophagous, Adjective
  • (s) carpophagous, fruit-eating: (feeding on fruit)
carpus, Noun
  • (n) wrist, carpus, wrist_joint, radiocarpal_joint, articulatio_radiocarpea: (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones)
carrack, Noun
  • (n) carrack, carack: (a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman)
carrageen, Noun
  • (n) Irish_moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus_crispus: (dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America)
carrageenan, Noun
  • (n) carrageenin, carrageenan: (a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae)
carrageenin, Noun
  • (n) carrageenin, carrageenan: (a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae)
carragheen, Noun
  • (n) Irish_moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus_crispus: (dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America)
carrefour, Noun
  • (n) intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour: (a junction where one street or road crosses another)
carrell, Noun
  • (n) carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall: (small individual study area in a library)
carriage, Noun
  • (n) baby_buggy, baby_carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher: (a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around)
  • (n) carriage, equipage, rig: (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)
  • (n) carriage, bearing, posture: (characteristic way of bearing one's body) "stood with good posture"
  • (n) carriage: (a machine part that carries something else)
  • (n) passenger_car, coach, carriage: (a railcar where passengers ride)
carriageway, Noun
  • (n) carriageway: (one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes)
carrier, Noun
  • (n) aircraft_carrier, carrier, flattop, attack_aircraft_carrier: (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
  • (n) carrier, bearer, toter: (someone whose employment involves carrying something) "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
  • (n) carrier: (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something) "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
  • (n) carrier: (an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction)
  • (n) carrier, common_carrier: (a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages)
  • (n) carrier, newsboy: (a boy who delivers newspapers)
  • (n) carrier, immune_carrier: ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)
  • (n) carrier: (a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like)
  • (n) carrier: ((genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring)
  • (n) carrier_wave, carrier: (a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal)
  • (n) mailman, postman, mail_carrier, letter_carrier, carrier: (a man who delivers the mail)
carrot, Noun
  • (n) carrot: (deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant)
  • (n) carrot, cultivated_carrot, Daucus_carota_sativa: (perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions)
  • (n) carrot: (orange root; important source of carotene)
  • (n) carrot: (promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; ) "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"
carrottop, Noun
  • (n) redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop: (someone who has red hair)
carrousel, Noun
  • (n) carousel, carrousel, luggage_carousel, luggage_carrousel: (a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers)
  • (n) carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig: (a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement)
carry-forward, Noun
  • (n) carry-over, carry-forward: (the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves)
carry-over, Noun
  • (n) carry-over, carry-forward: (the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves)
  • (n) transfer, transfer_of_training, carry-over: (application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation)
carry, Noun
  • (n) carry: (the act of carrying something)
carry, Verb
  • (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry: (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
  • (v) carry, pack, take: (have with oneself; have on one's person) "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
  • (v) carry, convey, express: (serve as a means for expressing something) "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
  • (v) carry: (bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of) "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"
  • (v) carry: (extend to a certain degree) "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
  • (v) carry, extend: (continue or extend) "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
  • (v) carry: (be necessarily associated with or result in or involve) "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
  • (v) carry: (win in an election) "The senator carried his home state"
  • (v) carry: (include, as on a list) "How many people are carried on the payroll?"
  • (v) carry, run: (include as the content; broadcast or publicize) "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
  • (v) carry: (pass on a communication) "The news was carried to every village in the province"
  • (v) carry: (have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence) "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
  • (v) carry: (be conveyed over a certain distance) "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
  • (v) carry: (keep up with financial support) "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
  • (v) carry: (have or possess something abstract) "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"
  • (v) carry: (be equipped with (a mast or sail)) "This boat can only carry a small sail"
  • (v) carry, persuade, sway: (win approval or support for) "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
  • (v) carry: (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance) "I resent having to carry her all the time"
  • (v) carry: (take further or advance) "carry a cause"
  • (v) carry: (have on the surface or on the skin) "carry scars"
  • (v) carry: (capture after a fight) "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
  • (v) carry: (transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication) "put down 5 and carry 2"
  • (v) carry: (pursue a line of scent or be a bearer) "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
  • (v) carry: (bear (a crop)) "this land does not carry olives"
  • (v) carry: (propel or give impetus to) "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"
  • (v) carry, hold: (drink alcohol without showing ill effects) "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"
  • (v) carry: (be able to feed) "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
  • (v) carry: (have a certain range) "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
  • (v) carry: (cover a certain distance or advance beyond) "The drive carried to the green"
  • (v) carry: (secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)) "The motion carried easily"
  • (v) carry: (be successful in) "She lost the game but carried the match"
  • (v) carry: (sing or play against other voices or parts) "He cannot carry a tune"
  • (v) dribble, carry: (propel, "Carry the ball") "dribble the ball"
  • (v) have_a_bun_in_the_oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect: (be pregnant with) "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
  • (v) hold, bear, carry, contain: (contain or hold; have within) "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
  • (v) hold, carry, bear: (support or hold in a certain manner) "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
  • (v) impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel: (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission) "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
  • (v) post, carry: (transfer (entries) from one account book to another)
  • (v) stock, carry, stockpile: (have on hand) "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
  • (v) transport, carry: (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body) "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
carryall, Noun
  • (n) carryall, holdall, tote, tote_bag: (a capacious bag or basket)
carsick, Adjective
  • (s) airsick, air_sick, carsick, seasick: (experiencing motion sickness)
cart, Noun
  • (n) cart: (a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal)
  • (n) handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart: (wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels) "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries"
cart, Verb
  • (v) cart: (transport something in a cart)
  • (v) haul, hale, cart, drag: (draw slowly or heavily) "haul stones"; "haul nets"
cartage, Noun
  • (n) cartage, carting: (the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it)
carte, Noun
  • (n) menu, bill_of_fare, card, carte_du_jour, carte: (a list of dishes available at a restaurant) "the menu was in French"
cartel, Noun
  • (n) trust, corporate_trust, combine, cartel: (a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service) "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"
carthorse, Noun
  • (n) carthorse, cart_horse, drayhorse: (draft horse kept for pulling carts)
cartilage, Noun
  • (n) cartilage, gristle: (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)
cartilaginous, Adjective
  • (a) cartilaginous: (of or relating to cartilage)
  • (s) cartilaginous, gristly, rubbery: (difficult to chew)
carting, Noun
  • (n) cartage, carting: (the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it)
cartographic, Adjective
  • (a) cartographic, cartographical: (of or relating to the making of maps or charts)
cartographical, Adjective
  • (a) cartographic, cartographical: (of or relating to the making of maps or charts)
cartography, Noun
  • (n) mapmaking, cartography: (the making of maps and charts)
carton, Noun
  • (n) carton, cartonful: (the quantity contained in a carton)
  • (n) carton: (a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top)
cartonful, Noun
  • (n) carton, cartonful: (the quantity contained in a carton)
cartoon, Noun
  • (n) cartoon, sketch: (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)
  • (n) cartoon, animated_cartoon, toon: (a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence)
cartoon, Verb
  • (v) cartoon: (draw cartoons of)
cartoonist, Noun
  • (n) cartoonist: (a person who draws cartoons)
cartouch, Noun
  • (n) cartouche, cartouch: (a cartridge (usually with paper casing))
cartouche, Noun
  • (n) cartouche, cartouch: (a cartridge (usually with paper casing))
cartridge, Noun
  • (n) cartridge: (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun)
  • (n) cartridge: (a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment) "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck"
  • (n) cartridge, pickup: (an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable)
  • (n) magazine, cartridge: (a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required)
cartroad, Noun
  • (n) track, cart_track, cartroad: (any road or path affording passage especially a rough one)
caruncle, Noun
  • (n) caruncle, caruncula: (an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds)
caruncula, Noun
  • (n) caruncle, caruncula: (an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds)
caruncular, Adjective
  • (a) caruncular, carunculous: (resembling a caruncle)
carunculate, Adjective
  • (a) carunculate, carunculated: (having a caruncle)
carunculated, Adjective
  • (a) carunculate, carunculated: (having a caruncle)
carunculous, Adjective
  • (a) caruncular, carunculous: (resembling a caruncle)
carve, Verb
  • (v) carve: (form by carving) "Carve a flower from the ice"
  • (v) carve, chip_at: (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface) "carve one's name into the bark"
  • (v) carve, cut_up: (cut to pieces) "Father carved the ham"
carved, Adjective
  • (a) carved, carven: (made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)) "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"
carvel-built, Adjective
  • (a) carvel-built: ((of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks)
carven, Adjective
  • (a) carved, carven: (made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)) "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"
carving, Noun
  • (n) carving: (a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape)
  • (n) carving, cutting: (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)
  • (n) sculpture, carving: (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)
caryopsis, Noun
  • (n) grain, caryopsis: (dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn)
casava, Noun
  • (n) cassava, casava: (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)
casbah, Noun
  • (n) kasbah, casbah: (an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located)
cascade, Noun
  • (n) cascade: (a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls)
  • (n) cascade: (a succession of stages or operations or processes or units) "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
  • (n) shower, cascade: (a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower) "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"
cascade, Verb
  • (v) cascade, cascade_down: (rush down in big quantities, like a cascade)
  • (v) cascade: (arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible)
case-by-case, Adjective
  • (s) individual, case-by-case, item-by-item: (separate and distinct from others of the same kind) "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"
case-hardened, Adjective
  • (s) case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled: (used of persons; emotionally hardened) "faced a case-hardened judge"
case, Noun
  • (n) case, instance, example: (an occurrence of something) "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
  • (n) case: (the actual state of things) "that was not the case"
  • (n) case: (a portable container for carrying several objects) "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
  • (n) case: (a person requiring professional services) "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
  • (n) case: (a problem requiring investigation) "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
  • (n) case: (a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument) "he stated his case clearly"
  • (n) case, caseful: (the quantity contained in a case)
  • (n) case, grammatical_case: (nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence)
  • (n) case: (a specific state of mind that is temporary) "a case of the jitters"
  • (n) case, compositor's_case, typesetter's_case: ((printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers) "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"
  • (n) case, pillowcase, slip, pillow_slip: (bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow) "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
  • (n) case, display_case, showcase, vitrine: (a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home)
  • (n) casing, case: (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening) "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
  • (n) character, eccentric, type, case: (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)) "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
  • (n) event, case: (a special set of circumstances) "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
  • (n) font, fount, typeface, face, case: (a specific size and style of type within a type family)
  • (n) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa: (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy) "the family brought suit against the landlord"
  • (n) sheath, case: (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)
  • (n) shell, case, casing: (the housing or outer covering of something) "the clock has a walnut case"
  • (n) subject, case, guinea_pig: (a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation) "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
case, Verb
  • (v) case: (look over, usually with the intention to rob) "They men cased the housed"
  • (v) encase, incase, case: (enclose in, or as if in, a case) "my feet were encased in mud"
casebook, Adjective
  • (s) casebook, textbook: (according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical) "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"
casebook, Noun
  • (n) casebook: (a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work)
cased, Adjective
  • (s) cased, encased, incased: (covered or protected with or as if with a case) "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette"
  • (s) cased: (enclosed in a case)
caseful, Noun
  • (n) case, caseful: (the quantity contained in a case)
casein, Noun
  • (n) casein: (a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives)
  • (n) casein_paint, casein: (a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk)
casement, Noun
  • (n) casement: (a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side))
casework, Noun
  • (n) casework: (close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment)
caseworker, Noun
  • (n) social_worker, caseworker, welfare_worker: (someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged))
cash, Verb
  • (v) cash, cash_in: (exchange for cash) "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail"
cashable, Adjective
  • (s) cashable, redeemable: (able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent) "a cashable check"; "cashable gambling chips"; "redeemable stocks and bonds"; "a redeemable coupon"
cashbox, Noun
  • (n) cashbox, money_box, till: (a strongbox for holding cash)
cashew, Noun
  • (n) cashew, cashew_tree, Anacardium_occidentale: (tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted)
  • (n) cashew, cashew_nut: (kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted)
cashier, Noun
  • (n) cashier: (a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant))
  • (n) teller, cashier, bank_clerk: (an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money)
cashier, Verb
  • (v) cashier: (discard or do away with) "cashier the literal sense of this word"
  • (v) cashier: (discharge with dishonor, as in the army)
casing, Noun
  • (n) casing: (the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire)
  • (n) casing, case: (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening) "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
  • (n) shell, case, casing: (the housing or outer covering of something) "the clock has a walnut case"
casino-hotel, Noun
  • (n) hotel-casino, casino-hotel: (a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel)
  • (n) hotel-casino, casino-hotel: (a building that houses both a hotel and a casino)
casino, Noun
  • (n) casino, gambling_casino: (a public building for gambling and entertainment)
  • (n) casino, cassino: (a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand)
cask, Noun
  • (n) barrel, cask: (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)
  • (n) cask, caskful: (the quantity a cask will hold)
casket, Noun
  • (n) casket, jewel_casket: (small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables)
  • (n) coffin, casket: (box in which a corpse is buried or cremated)
casket, Verb
  • (v) casket: (enclose in a casket)
caskful, Noun
  • (n) cask, caskful: (the quantity a cask will hold)
casquet, Noun
  • (n) casquet, casquetel: (a light open casque without a visor or beaver)
casquetel, Noun
  • (n) casquet, casquetel: (a light open casque without a visor or beaver)
cassava, Noun
  • (n) cassava, cassava_starch, manioc, manioca: (a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics)
  • (n) cassava, manioc: (cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca)
  • (n) cassava, casava: (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)
cassette, Noun
  • (n) cassette: (a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video)
cassie, Noun
  • (n) huisache, cassie, mimosa_bush, sweet_wattle, sweet_acacia, scented_wattle, flame_tree, Acacia_farnesiana: (tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery)
cassino, Noun
  • (n) casino, cassino: (a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand)
cast-iron, Adjective
  • (s) cast-iron, iron: (extremely robust) "an iron constitution"
cast-off, Adjective
  • (s) cast-off, discarded, throwaway, thrown-away: (thrown away) "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
cast, Noun
  • (n) cast, cast_of_characters, dramatis_personae: (the actors in a play)
  • (n) cast, mold, mould, stamp: (the distinctive form in which a thing is made) "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"
  • (n) cast, plaster_cast, plaster_bandage: (bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal)
  • (n) cast, casting: (object formed by a mold)
  • (n) cast, roll: (the act of throwing dice)
  • (n) casting, cast: (the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel)
  • (n) form, shape, cast: (the visual appearance of something or someone) "the delicate cast of his features"
  • (n) hurl, cast: (a violent throw)
  • (n) mold, mould, cast: (container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens)
cast, Verb
  • (v) cast: (deposit) "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
  • (v) cast: (select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet) "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"
  • (v) cast: (assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors) "Who cast this beautiful movie?"
  • (v) cast, mold, mould: (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold) "cast a bronze sculpture"
  • (v) draw, cast: (choose at random) "draw a card"; "cast lots"
  • (v) frame, redact, cast, put, couch: (formulate in a particular style or language) "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
  • (v) hurl, hurtle, cast: (throw forcefully)
  • (v) project, cast, contrive, throw: (put or send forth) "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
  • (v) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond: (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment) "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
  • (v) shed, cast, cast_off, shake_off, throw, throw_off, throw_away, drop: (get rid of) "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
  • (v) vomit, vomit_up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be_sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw_up: (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth) "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
castanets, Noun
  • (n) bones, castanets, clappers, finger_cymbals: (a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance)
castaway, Noun
  • (n) castaway, shipwreck_survivor: (a shipwrecked person)
  • (n) outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael: (a person who is rejected (from society or home))
caste, Noun
  • (n) caste: (social status or position conferred by a system based on class) "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
  • (n) caste: ((Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity)
  • (n) caste: (a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth)
  • (n) caste: (in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony)
casteless, Adjective
  • (s) outcaste, casteless: (not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society) "the foreigner was a casteless person"
castellated, Adjective
  • (s) embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated: (having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement) "a crenelated molding"
caster, Noun
  • (n) caster: (a worker who casts molten metal into finished products)
  • (n) caster, castor: (a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar)
  • (n) caster, castor: (a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable)
castigate, Verb
  • (v) castigate: (inflict severe punishment on)
  • (v) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct: (censure severely) "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
castigation, Noun
  • (n) castigation, earful, bawling_out, chewing_out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing_down: (a severe scolding)
  • (n) castigation, chastisement: (verbal punishment)
casting, Noun
  • (n) cast, casting: (object formed by a mold)
  • (n) casting, cast: (the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel)
  • (n) casting: (the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie)
  • (n) molding, casting: (the act of creating something by casting it in a mold)
castle, Noun
  • (n) castle: (a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack)
  • (n) castle, rook: ((chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard)
  • (n) castle, castling: (interchanging the positions of the king and a rook)
  • (n) palace, castle: (a large and stately mansion)
castle, Verb
  • (v) castle: (move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king)
castled, Adjective
  • (s) embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated: (having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement) "a crenelated molding"
castling, Noun
  • (n) castle, castling: (interchanging the positions of the king and a rook)
castrate, Noun
  • (n) eunuch, castrate: (a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction) "eunuchs guarded the harem"
castrate, Verb
  • (v) alter, neuter, spay, castrate: (remove the ovaries of) "Is your cat spayed?"
  • (v) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten: (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate) "bowdlerize a novel"
  • (v) emasculate, castrate: (deprive of strength or vigor) "The Senate emasculated the law"
  • (v) emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise: (remove the testicles of a male animal)
castrated, Adjective
  • (a) castrated, unsexed: (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)
castration, Noun
  • (n) castration, emasculation: (neutering a male animal by removing the testicles)
  • (n) castration: (surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)) "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
  • (n) expurgation, castration: (the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work)
casual, Adjective
  • (s) casual, insouciant, nonchalant: (marked by blithe unconcern) "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
  • (s) casual: (without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand) "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
  • (s) casual, everyday, daily: (appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions) "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
  • (s) casual, chance: (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance) "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
  • (s) casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory: (hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough) "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
  • (s) casual, occasional: (occurring from time to time) "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
  • (s) casual, effortless: (not showing effort or strain) "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"
  • (s) fooling, casual: (characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; it is no fooling matter") "a broken back is nothing to be casual about"
  • (s) free-and-easy, casual: (natural and unstudied) "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"
casualness, Noun
  • (n) casualness, familiarity: (a casual manner)
casualty, Noun
  • (n) casualty: (someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement)
  • (n) casualty, injured_party: (someone injured or killed in an accident)
  • (n) casualty: (a decrease of military personnel or equipment)
  • (n) fatal_accident, casualty: (an accident that causes someone to die)
casuist, Noun
  • (n) casuist, sophist: (someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious)
casuistic, Adjective
  • (a) casuistic, casuistical: (of or relating to or practicing casuistry) "overly subtle casuistic reasoning"
  • (a) casuistic, casuistical: (of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems)
casuistical, Adjective
  • (a) casuistic, casuistical: (of or relating to or practicing casuistry) "overly subtle casuistic reasoning"
  • (a) casuistic, casuistical: (of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems)
cat's-claw, Noun
  • (n) cat's-claw, catclaw, black_bead, Pithecellodium_unguis-cati: (erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida)
cat's-ear, Noun
  • (n) cat's-ear: (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears)
  • (n) cat's-ear, California_dandelion, capeweed, gosmore, Hypochaeris_radicata: (European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears)
cat's-paw, Noun
  • (n) cat's-paw: (a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked)
  • (n) instrument, pawn, cat's-paw: (a person used by another to gain an end)
cat's-tail, Noun
  • (n) cat's-tail, bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, reed_mace, reedmace, Typha_latifolia: (tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa)
cat-o'-nine-tails, Noun
  • (n) cat-o'-nine-tails, cat: (a whip with nine knotted cords) "British sailors feared the cat"
cat, Verb
  • (v) cat: (beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails)
  • (v) vomit, vomit_up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be_sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw_up: (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth) "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
cata-cornered, Adjective
  • (s) catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered: (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line) "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
catabatic, Adjective
  • (a) katabatic, catabatic: (of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night)
catabolic, Adjective
  • (a) catabolic, katabolic: (relating to or characterized by catabolism)
  • (a) catabolic, katabolic: (characterized by destructive metabolism)
catabolise, Verb
  • (v) catabolize, catabolise: (subject to catabolism)
catabolism, Noun
  • (n) catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive_metabolism: (breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy)
catabolize, Verb
  • (v) catabolize, catabolise: (subject to catabolism)
catachrestic, Adjective
  • (a) catachrestic, catachrestical: (constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis)
catachrestical, Adjective
  • (a) catachrestic, catachrestical: (constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis)
cataclinal, Adjective
  • (a) cataclinal: (of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata)
cataclysm, Noun
  • (n) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm: (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune) "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
  • (n) catastrophe, cataclysm: (a sudden violent change in the earth's surface)
cataclysmal, Adjective
  • (s) cataclysmal, cataclysmic: (severely destructive) "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"
cataclysmic, Adjective
  • (s) cataclysmal, cataclysmic: (severely destructive) "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"
catacorner, Adjective
  • (s) catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered: (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line) "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
catadromous, Adjective
  • (a) catadromous: (migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn)
catalectic, Adjective
  • (a) catalectic: ((verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot)
catalectic, Noun
  • (n) catalectic: ((prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot)
catalog, Noun
  • (n) catalog, catalogue: (a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things) "he found it in the Sears catalog"
  • (n) catalog, catalogue: (a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically) "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements"
catalog, Verb
  • (v) catalogue, catalog: (make an itemized list or catalog of; classify) "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"
  • (v) catalogue, catalog: (make a catalogue, compile a catalogue) "She spends her weekends cataloguing"
cataloger, Noun
  • (n) cataloger, cataloguer: (a librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system)
catalogue, Noun
  • (n) catalog, catalogue: (a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things) "he found it in the Sears catalog"
  • (n) catalog, catalogue: (a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically) "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements"
catalogue, Verb
  • (v) catalogue, catalog: (make an itemized list or catalog of; classify) "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"
  • (v) catalogue, catalog: (make a catalogue, compile a catalogue) "She spends her weekends cataloguing"
cataloguer, Noun
  • (n) cataloger, cataloguer: (a librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system)
catalyse, Verb
  • (v) catalyze, catalyse: (change by catalysis or cause to catalyze)
catalyst, Noun
  • (n) catalyst, accelerator: ((chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected)
  • (n) catalyst: (something that causes an important event to happen) "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"
catalytic, Adjective
  • (a) catalytic: (relating to or causing or involving catalysis) "catalytic reactions"
catalyze, Verb
  • (v) catalyze, catalyse: (change by catalysis or cause to catalyze)
catamaran, Noun
  • (n) catamaran: (a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck)
catamenia, Noun
  • (n) menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow: (the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause) "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates"; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle"
catamenial, Adjective
  • (a) menstrual, catamenial: (of or relating to menstruation or the menses) "menstrual period"
catamount, Noun
  • (n) cougar, puma, catamount, mountain_lion, painter, panther, Felis_concolor: (large American feline resembling a lion)
  • (n) lynx, catamount: (short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur)
cataphatism, Noun
  • (n) cataphatism: (the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image'))
cataphoresis, Noun
  • (n) electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis: (the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode)
cataphoretic, Adjective
  • (a) electrophoretic, cataphoretic: (of or relating to electrophoresis)
cataplasm, Noun
  • (n) poultice, cataplasm, plaster: (a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.)
catapult, Noun
  • (n) catapult, launcher: (a device that launches aircraft from a warship)
  • (n) catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket: (an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles)
  • (n) slingshot, sling, catapult: (a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones)
catapult, Verb
  • (v) catapult: (shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult) "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
  • (v) sling, catapult: (hurl as if with a sling)
catapultian, Adjective
  • (a) catapultic, catapultian: (of or like a catapult) "a catapultic kind of action"
catapultic, Adjective
  • (a) catapultic, catapultian: (of or like a catapult) "a catapultic kind of action"
cataract, Noun
  • (n) cataract: (an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye)
  • (n) cataract: (a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice)
catarrhal, Adjective
  • (a) catarrhal: (of or relating to a catarrh) "catarrhal fever is any of several respiratory or oral diseases of livestock such as bluetongue in horses and sheep"
catarrhine, Adjective
  • (a) catarrhine, catarrhinian: (of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward)
catarrhine, Noun
  • (n) Old_World_monkey, catarrhine: (of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together)
catarrhinian, Adjective
  • (a) catarrhine, catarrhinian: (of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward)
catastrophe, Noun
  • (n) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm: (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune) "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
  • (n) catastrophe, disaster: (a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune) "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
  • (n) catastrophe, cataclysm: (a sudden violent change in the earth's surface)
catastrophic, Adjective
  • (s) catastrophic, ruinous: (extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin) "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"
catbird, Noun
  • (n) bowerbird, catbird: (any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females)
  • (n) catbird, grey_catbird, gray_catbird, Dumetella_carolinensis: (North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing)
catbrier, Noun
  • (n) bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse_brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax_rotundifolia: (a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries)
catch, Noun
  • (n) apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking_into_custody: (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
  • (n) catch, gimmick: (a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident) "it sounds good but what's the catch?"
  • (n) catch, haul: (the quantity that was caught) "the catch was only 10 fish"
  • (n) catch, match: (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
  • (n) catch: (anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)) "he shared his catch with the others"
  • (n) catch: (a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion))
  • (n) catch, stop: (a restraint that checks the motion of something) "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
  • (n) catch: (a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window)
  • (n) catch: (a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth) "he played catch with his son in the backyard"
  • (n) catch, grab, snatch, snap: (the act of catching an object with the hands) "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"
catch, Verb
  • (v) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant: (attract; cause to be enamored) "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • (v) capture, catch: (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping) "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
  • (v) catch: (discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state) "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting"
  • (v) catch, pick_up: (perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily) "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"
  • (v) catch, grab, take_hold_of: (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of) "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
  • (v) catch, arrest, get: (attract and fix) "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
  • (v) catch: (reach in time) "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock"
  • (v) catch: (get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly) "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"
  • (v) catch: (be struck or affected by) "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
  • (v) catch: (check oneself during an action) "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind"
  • (v) catch, take_in, overhear: (hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers) "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
  • (v) catch: (cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled) "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles"
  • (v) catch, get: (grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of) "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
  • (v) catch: (contract) "did you catch a cold?"
  • (v) catch: (start burning) "The fire caught"
  • (v) catch, get: (perceive by hearing) "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
  • (v) catch, get: (suffer from the receipt of) "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
  • (v) catch, get: (apprehend and reproduce accurately) "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
  • (v) catch: (take in and retain) "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"
  • (v) catch: (spread or be communicated) "The fashion did not catch"
  • (v) catch: (be the catcher) "Who is catching?"
  • (v) catch: (become aware of) "he caught her staring out the window"
  • (v) catch: (delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned) "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"
  • (v) get, catch, capture: (succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase) "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
  • (v) get, catch: (reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot) "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"
  • (v) hitch, catch: (to hook or entangle) "One foot caught in the stirrup"
  • (v) overtake, catch, catch_up_with: (catch up with and possibly overtake) "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
  • (v) trip_up, catch: (detect a blunder or misstep) "The reporter tripped up the senator"
  • (v) watch, view, see, catch, take_in: (see or watch) "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
catcher, Noun
  • (n) catcher, backstop: ((baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher)
  • (n) catcher: (the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws) "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "a catcher plays behind the plate"
catchfly, Noun
  • (n) lychnis, catchfly: (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)
  • (n) silene, campion, catchfly: (any plant of the genus Silene)
catching, Adjective
  • (s) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable: ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection)
catching, Noun
  • (n) catching: ((baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team)
  • (n) catching, contracting: (becoming infected) "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
  • (n) detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting: (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)
catchment, Noun
  • (n) catchment: (a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area))
catchweed, Noun
  • (n) cleavers, clivers, goose_grass, catchweed, spring_cleavers, Galium_aparine: (annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia)
catchword, Noun
  • (n) guide_word, guideword, catchword: (a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page)
  • (n) motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth: (a favorite saying of a sect or political group)
catchy, Adjective
  • (s) attention-getting, catchy: (likely to attract attention) "a catchy title for a movie"
  • (s) catchy, tricky: (having concealed difficulty) "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"
catclaw, Noun
  • (n) cat's-claw, catclaw, black_bead, Pithecellodium_unguis-cati: (erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida)
catechetic, Adjective
  • (a) catechetical, catechetic: (of or relating to or involving catechesis)
  • (a) catechistic, catechetic: (of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism) "the catechistic method"
catechetical, Adjective
  • (a) catechetical, catechetic: (of or relating to or involving catechesis)
catechise, Verb
  • (v) catechize, catechise: (examine through questioning and answering)
  • (v) catechize, catechise: (give religious instructions to)
catechist, Noun
  • (n) catechist: (one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism))
catechistic, Adjective
  • (a) catechistic, catechetic: (of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism) "the catechistic method"
catechize, Verb
  • (v) catechize, catechise: (examine through questioning and answering)
  • (v) catechize, catechise: (give religious instructions to)
catechumen, Noun
  • (n) catechumen, neophyte: (a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist)
categorem, Noun
  • (n) categorem, categoreme: (a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition) "names are called categorems"
categorematic, Adjective
  • (a) categorematic: (of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition)
categoreme, Noun
  • (n) categorem, categoreme: (a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition) "names are called categorems"
categoric, Adjective
  • (s) categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional: (not modified or restricted by reservations) "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
  • (a) categorical, categoric: (relating to or included in a category or categories)
categorical, Adjective
  • (s) categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional: (not modified or restricted by reservations) "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
  • (a) categorical, categoric: (relating to or included in a category or categories)
categorisation, Noun
  • (n) categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment: (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)
  • (n) classification, categorization, categorisation: (a group of people or things arranged by class or category)
  • (n) classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting: (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)
categorise, Verb
  • (v) categorize, categorise: (place into or assign to a category) "Children learn early on to categorize"
categorised, Adjective
  • (s) categorized, categorised: (arranged into categories)
categorization, Noun
  • (n) categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment: (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)
  • (n) classification, categorization, categorisation: (a group of people or things arranged by class or category)
  • (n) classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting: (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)
categorize, Verb
  • (v) categorize, categorise: (place into or assign to a category) "Children learn early on to categorize"
categorized, Adjective
  • (s) categorized, categorised: (arranged into categories)
category, Noun
  • (n) category: (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme)
  • (n) class, category, family: (a collection of things sharing a common attribute) "there are two classes of detergents"
catenate, Verb
  • (v) catenate, catenulate: (arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores)
catenulate, Adjective
  • (s) catenulate, chainlike: (having a chainlike form) "catenulate bacterial cell colonies"
catenulate, Verb
  • (v) catenate, catenulate: (arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores)
cater-cornered, Adjective
  • (s) catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered: (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line) "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
cater, Verb
  • (v) cater: (supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets)
  • (v) provide, supply, ply, cater: (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance) "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
catercorner, Adjective
  • (s) catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered: (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line) "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
caterer, Noun
  • (n) caterer: (someone who provides food and service (as for a party))
catering, Noun
  • (n) catering: (providing food and services)
caterwaul, Noun
  • (n) caterwaul: (the yowling sound made by a cat in heat)
caterwaul, Verb
  • (v) yowl, caterwaul: (utter shrieks, as of cats)
catfish, Noun
  • (n) catfish, mudcat: (flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed)
  • (n) catfish, siluriform_fish: (any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth)
  • (n) wolffish, wolf_fish, catfish: (large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins)
catgut, Noun
  • (n) catgut, goat's_rue, wild_sweet_pea, Tephrosia_virginiana: (perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone)
  • (n) catgut, gut: (a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery)
catharsis, Noun
  • (n) catharsis, katharsis, abreaction: ((psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions)
  • (n) catharsis, katharsis, purgation: (purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels)
cathartic, Adjective
  • (s) cathartic, psychotherapeutic: (emotionally purging)
  • (s) cathartic, releasing: (emotionally purging (of e.g. art))
  • (s) cathartic, evacuant, purgative: (strongly laxative)
cathartic, Noun
  • (n) purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient: (a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels)
cathedral, Adjective
  • (a) cathedral: (relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne) "a cathedral church"
cathedral, Noun
  • (n) cathedral: (any large and important church)
  • (n) cathedral, duomo: (the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese)
catheter, Noun
  • (n) catheter: (a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open)
catheterisation, Noun
  • (n) catheterization, catheterisation: (the operation of introducing a catheter into the body)
catheterise, Verb
  • (v) catheterize, catheterise: (insert a catheter into (a body part)) "catheterize the patient's bladder"
catheterization, Noun
  • (n) catheterization, catheterisation: (the operation of introducing a catheter into the body)
catheterize, Verb
  • (v) catheterize, catheterise: (insert a catheter into (a body part)) "catheterize the patient's bladder"
cathexis, Noun
  • (n) cathexis, charge: ((psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object) "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
cathode, Noun
  • (n) cathode: (a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device)
  • (n) cathode: (the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current)
cathodic, Adjective
  • (a) cathodic: (of or at or pertaining to a cathode) "cathodic deposition of metals"
catholicise, Verb
  • (v) catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise: (cause to adopt Catholicism)
catholicize, Verb
  • (v) catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise: (cause to adopt Catholicism)
catholicon, Noun
  • (n) panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all: (hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists)
cathouse, Noun
  • (n) whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house_of_prostitution, house_of_ill_repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting_house: (a building where prostitutes are available)
cation, Noun
  • (n) cation: (a positively charged ion)
cationic, Adjective
  • (a) cationic: (of or relating to cations)
catkin, Noun
  • (n) catkin, ament: (a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence)
catmint, Noun
  • (n) catmint, catnip, Nepeta_cataria: (hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats)
catnap, Noun
  • (n) nap, catnap, cat_sleep, forty_winks, short_sleep, snooze: (sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed))
catnap, Verb
  • (v) nap, catnap, catch_a_wink: (take a siesta) "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
catnip, Noun
  • (n) catmint, catnip, Nepeta_cataria: (hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats)
catoptric, Adjective
  • (a) catoptric, catoptrical: (of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors)
catoptrical, Adjective
  • (a) catoptric, catoptrical: (of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors)
catsup, Noun
  • (n) catsup, ketchup, cetchup, tomato_ketchup: (thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes)
cattalo, Noun
  • (n) cattalo, beefalo: (hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds)
cattie, Noun
  • (n) catty, cattie: (any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams))
cattiness, Noun
  • (n) cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness: (malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty)
cattish, Adjective
  • (s) bitchy, catty, cattish: (marked by or arising from malice) "a catty remark"
cattle, Noun
  • (n) cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos_taurus: (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age) "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible"; "a team of oxen"
cattleman, Noun
  • (n) cattleman, cow_man, beef_man: (a man who raises (or tends) cattle)
  • (n) cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd: (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
catty-corner, Adjective
  • (s) catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered: (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line) "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
catty-cornered, Adjective
  • (s) catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered: (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line) "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
catty, Adjective
  • (s) bitchy, catty, cattish: (marked by or arising from malice) "a catty remark"
catty, Noun
  • (n) catty, cattie: (any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams))
caucus, Noun
  • (n) caucus: (a closed political meeting)
caucus, Verb
  • (v) caucus: (meet to select a candidate or promote a policy)
caudal, Adjective
  • (a) caudal: (constituting or relating to a tail) "caudal appendage"
  • (s) caudal, taillike: (resembling a tail)
  • (s) caudal: (situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises) "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the body"
caudate, Adjective
  • (a) caudate, caudated: (having a tail or taillike appendage)
  • (s) caudate: ((of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip)
caudate, Noun
  • (n) caudate_nucleus, caudate: (a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain)
  • (n) urodele, caudate: (amphibians that resemble lizards)
caudated, Adjective
  • (a) caudate, caudated: (having a tail or taillike appendage)
caudex, Noun
  • (n) caudex: (woody stem of palms and tree ferns)
  • (n) stock, caudex: (persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant)
caul, Noun
  • (n) caul, veil, embryonic_membrane: (the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth))
  • (n) greater_omentum, gastrocolic_omentum, caul: (part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines)
cauldron, Noun
  • (n) caldron, cauldron: (a very large pot that is used for boiling)
caulescent, Adjective
  • (a) caulescent, cauline, stemmed: ((of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground)
cauliflower, Noun
  • (n) cauliflower, Brassica_oleracea_botrytis: (a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds)
  • (n) cauliflower: (compact head of white undeveloped flowers)
cauline, Adjective
  • (a) caulescent, cauline, stemmed: ((of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground)
  • (a) cauline: (especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem) "cauline leaves"
caulk, Noun
  • (n) caulk, caulking: (a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight)
caulk, Verb
  • (v) caulk, calk: (seal with caulking) "caulk the window"
caulked, Adjective
  • (a) caulked: (having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler)
caulking, Noun
  • (n) caulk, caulking: (a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight)
causa, Noun
  • (n) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa: (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy) "the family brought suit against the landlord"
causal, Adjective
  • (s) causal: (involving or constituting a cause; causing) "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices"
causality, Noun
  • (n) causality: (the relation between causes and effects)
causation, Noun
  • (n) causing, causation: (the act of causing something to happen)
causative, Adjective
  • (a) causative: (producing an effect) "poverty as a causative factor in crime"
cause, Noun
  • (n) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort: (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end) "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
  • (n) causal_agent, cause, causal_agency: (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
  • (n) cause: (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something) "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
  • (n) cause, reason, grounds: (a justification for something existing or happening) "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
  • (n) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa: (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy) "the family brought suit against the landlord"
cause, Verb
  • (v) cause, do, make: (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally) "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
  • (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make: (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
causeless, Adjective
  • (s) causeless, reasonless: (having no justifying cause or reason) "a senseless, causeless murder"; "a causeless war that never had an aim"; "an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change"
  • (s) causeless, fortuitous, uncaused: (having no cause or apparent cause) "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
causerie, Noun
  • (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit_chat, small_talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin_wag, chin-wag, chin_wagging, chin-wagging, causerie: (light informal conversation for social occasions)
causeway, Noun
  • (n) causeway: (a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand)
causeway, Verb
  • (v) causeway: (provide with a causeway) "A causewayed swamp"
  • (v) causeway: (pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles)
causing, Noun
  • (n) causing, causation: (the act of causing something to happen)
caustic, Adjective
  • (s) acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic: (harsh or corrosive in tone) "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
  • (s) caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant: (of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action)
caustic, Noun
  • (n) caustic: (any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue)
cauterant, Noun
  • (n) cautery, cauterant: (an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it)
cauterisation, Noun
  • (n) cautery, cauterization, cauterisation: (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)
cauterise, Verb
  • (v) callous, cauterize, cauterise: (make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals)
  • (v) cauterize, cauterise, burn: (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent) "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
cauterization, Noun
  • (n) cautery, cauterization, cauterisation: (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)
cauterize, Verb
  • (v) callous, cauterize, cauterise: (make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals)
  • (v) cauterize, cauterise, burn: (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent) "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
cautery, Noun
  • (n) cautery, cauterant: (an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it)
  • (n) cautery, cauterization, cauterisation: (the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing)
caution, Noun
  • (n) caution, cautiousness, carefulness: (the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger) "a man of caution"
  • (n) caution, caveat: (a warning against certain acts) "a caveat against unfair practices"
  • (n) caution, precaution, care, forethought: (judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger) "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
  • (n) circumspection, caution: (the trait of being circumspect and prudent)
caution, Verb
  • (v) caution, admonish, monish: (warn strongly; put on guard)
cautionary, Adjective
  • (s) admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning: (serving to warn) "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
  • (s) cautionary, prophylactic: (warding off) "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze"
cautious, Adjective
  • (a) cautious: (showing careful forethought; never making swift decisions") "reserved and cautious"; "a cautious driver"
  • (s) cautious, conservative: (avoiding excess) "a conservative estimate"
cautious, Noun
  • (n) timid, cautious: (people who are fearful and cautious) "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"
cautiousness, Noun
  • (n) caution, cautiousness, carefulness: (the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger) "a man of caution"
cavalier, Adjective
  • (s) cavalier, high-handed: (given to haughty disregard of others)
cavalla, Noun
  • (n) king_mackerel, cavalla, cero, Scomberomorus_cavalla: (large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil)
cavalry, Noun
  • (n) cavalry, horse_cavalry, horse: (troops trained to fight on horseback) "500 horse led the attack"
  • (n) cavalry: (a highly mobile army unit)
cavalryman, Noun
  • (n) cavalryman, trooper: (a soldier in a motorized army unit)
  • (n) cavalryman, trooper: (a soldier mounted on horseback) "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount"
cave, Noun
  • (n) cave: (a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea)
cave, Verb
  • (v) cave, undermine: (hollow out as if making a cave or opening) "The river was caving the banks"
  • (v) cave, spelunk: (explore natural caves)
caveat, Noun
  • (n) caution, caveat: (a warning against certain acts) "a caveat against unfair practices"
  • (n) caveat: ((law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing) "a caveat filed against the probate of a will"
caveman, Noun
  • (n) caveman, cave_man, cave_dweller, troglodyte: (someone who lives in a cave)
cavern, Noun
  • (n) cavern: (any large dark enclosed space) "his eyes were dark caverns"
  • (n) cavern: (a large cave or a large chamber in a cave)
cavern, Verb
  • (v) cavern, cavern_out: (hollow out as if making a cavern)
cavernous, Adjective
  • (s) cavernous: (being or suggesting a cavern) "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"
  • (s) erectile, cavernous: (filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood) "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ"
caviar, Noun
  • (n) caviar, caviare: (salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre)
caviare, Noun
  • (n) caviar, caviare: (salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre)
cavil, Noun
  • (n) quibble, quiddity, cavil: (an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections)
cavil, Verb
  • (v) cavil, carp, chicane: (raise trivial objections)
caviler, Noun
  • (n) quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger: (a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections)
caviller, Noun
  • (n) quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger: (a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections)
cavitied, Adjective
  • (s) alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted: (pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb))
cavity, Noun
  • (n) cavity, enclosed_space: (space that is surrounded by something)
  • (n) cavity, caries, dental_caries, tooth_decay: (soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth)
  • (n) cavity, bodily_cavity, cavum: ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
  • (n) pit, cavity: (a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)) "they dug a pit to bury the body"
cavort, Verb
  • (v) frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run_around, lark_about: (play boisterously) "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
cavum, Noun
  • (n) cavity, bodily_cavity, cavum: ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
cavy, Noun
  • (n) cavy: (short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent)
caw, Noun
  • (n) caw: (the sound made by corvine birds)
caw, Verb
  • (v) caw: (utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens)
cay, Noun
  • (n) key, cay, Florida_key: (a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida)
cayenne, Noun
  • (n) cayenne, cayenne_pepper, chili_pepper, chilli_pepper, long_pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum_annuum_longum: (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)
  • (n) cayenne, cayenne_pepper, red_pepper: (ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum)
  • (n) cayenne, cayenne_pepper: (a long and often twisted hot red pepper)
cayman, Noun
  • (n) caiman, cayman: (a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly)
cazique, Noun
  • (n) cacique, cazique: (black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics)
cc, Adjective
  • (s) two_hundred, 200, cc: (being ten more than one hundred ninety)
cc, Noun
  • (n) milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic_centimeter, cubic_centimetre, cc: (a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter)
cd, Adjective
  • (s) four_hundred, 400, cd: (being one hundred more than three hundred)
cease-fire, Noun
  • (n) armistice, cease-fire, truce: (a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms)
cease, Noun
  • (n) cease: ((`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end)
cease, Verb
  • (v) discontinue, stop, cease, give_up, quit, lay_off: (put an end to a state or an activity) "Quit teasing your little brother"
  • (v) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease: (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical) "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
ceaseless, Adjective
  • (s) ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting: (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing) "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
ceaselessness, Noun
  • (n) continuousness, ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness: (the quality of something that continues without end or interruption)
cecal, Adjective
  • (a) cecal, caecal: (of or like a cecum)
cecity, Noun
  • (n) blindness, sightlessness, cecity: (the state of being blind or lacking sight)
cecum, Noun
  • (n) cecum, caecum, blind_gut: (the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens) "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
cedar, Noun
  • (n) cedar, cedar_tree: (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
  • (n) cedar, cedarwood: (durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests)
  • (n) cedar, cedar_tree, true_cedar: (any cedar of the genus Cedrus)
cedarwood, Noun
  • (n) cedar, cedarwood: (durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests)
cede, Verb
  • (v) concede, yield, cede, grant: (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)
  • (v) surrender, cede, deliver, give_up: (relinquish possession or control over) "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
ceding, Noun
  • (n) cession, ceding: (the act of ceding)
cefadroxil, Noun
  • (n) cefadroxil, Ultracef: (a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef))
cefoperazone, Noun
  • (n) cefoperazone, Cefobid: (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections)
cefotaxime, Noun
  • (n) cefotaxime, Claforan: (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract)
ceftazidime, Noun
  • (n) ceftazidime, Fortaz, Tazicef: (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections)
ceftriaxone, Noun
  • (n) ceftriaxone, Rocephin: (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract)
cefuroxime, Noun
  • (n) cefuroxime, Ceftin, Zinacef: (a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges)
ceiling, Noun
  • (n) ceiling: (the overhead upper surface of a covered space) "he hated painting the ceiling"
  • (n) ceiling: ((meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds)
  • (n) ceiling, roof, cap: (an upper limit on what is allowed) "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices"
  • (n) ceiling: (maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions))
ceilinged, Adjective
  • (a) ceilinged: (provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface) "the large beam-ceilinged living room"
celandine, Noun
  • (n) celandine, greater_celandine, swallowwort, swallow_wort, Chelidonium_majus: (perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers)
  • (n) jewelweed, lady's_earrings, orange_balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens_capensis: (North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil)
celebrant, Noun
  • (n) celebrant, celebrator, celebrater: (a person who is celebrating)
  • (n) celebrant: (an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist)
celebrate, Verb
  • (v) celebrate, fete: (have a celebration) "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
  • (v) lionize, lionise, celebrate: (assign great social importance to) "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
  • (v) observe, celebrate, keep: (behave as expected during of holidays or rites) "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
celebrated, Adjective
  • (s) celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned: (widely known and esteemed) "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
  • (s) celebrated, historied, storied: (having an illustrious past)
celebrater, Noun
  • (n) celebrant, celebrator, celebrater: (a person who is celebrating)
celebration, Noun
  • (n) celebration, jubilation: (a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event)
  • (n) celebration, festivity: (any joyous diversion)
  • (n) celebration, solemnization, solemnisation: (the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual) "the celebration of marriage"
celebrator, Noun
  • (n) celebrant, celebrator, celebrater: (a person who is celebrating)
celebratory, Adjective
  • (a) celebratory: (used for celebrating)
celebrity, Noun
  • (n) celebrity, famous_person: (a widely known person) "he was a baseball celebrity"
  • (n) fame, celebrity, renown: (the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed)
celecoxib, Noun
  • (n) celecoxib, Celebrex: (a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract)
celerity, Noun
  • (n) celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness: (a rate that is rapid)
celery, Noun
  • (n) celery, cultivated_celery, Apium_graveolens_dulce: (widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked)
  • (n) celery: (stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning)
celesta, Noun
  • (n) celesta: (a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard)
celestial, Adjective
  • (a) celestial, heavenly: (of or relating to the sky) "celestial map"; "a heavenly body"
  • (a) celestial, heavenly: (relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven) "celestial beings"; "heavenly hosts"
  • (s) celestial, ethereal, supernal: (of heaven or the spirit) "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
celiac, Adjective
  • (a) celiac: (belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease) "a celiac diet"
  • (a) coeliac, celiac: (of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen)
celibacy, Noun
  • (n) celibacy: (an unmarried status)
  • (n) chastity, celibacy, sexual_abstention: (abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows))
celibate, Adjective
  • (s) celibate, continent: (abstaining from sexual intercourse) "celibate priests"
celibate, Noun
  • (n) celibate: (an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity)
cell, Noun
  • (n) cell: (any small compartment) "the cells of a honeycomb"
  • (n) cell: ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
  • (n) cell, electric_cell: (a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction)
  • (n) cell, cadre: (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement)
  • (n) cell, cubicle: (small room in which a monk or nun lives)
  • (n) cell, jail_cell, prison_cell: (a room where a prisoner is kept)
  • (n) cellular_telephone, cellular_phone, cellphone, cell, mobile_phone: (a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver)
cellar, Noun
  • (n) basement, cellar: (the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage)
  • (n) cellar, wine_cellar: (storage space where wines are stored)
  • (n) root_cellar, cellar: (an excavation where root vegetables are stored)
cellaret, Noun
  • (n) minibar, cellaret: (sideboard with compartments for holding bottles)
cellblock, Noun
  • (n) cellblock, ward: (a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells))
cellist, Noun
  • (n) cellist, violoncellist: (someone who plays a violoncello)
cello, Noun
  • (n) cello, violoncello: (a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing)
cellphone, Noun
  • (n) cellular_telephone, cellular_phone, cellphone, cell, mobile_phone: (a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver)
cellular, Adjective
  • (a) cellular: (relating to cells) "cellular walls"; "cellular physiology"
  • (a) cellular: (characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)) "the cellular construction of a beehive"; "any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular"
cellulite, Noun
  • (n) cellulite: (lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.)
cellulitis, Noun
  • (n) cellulitis: (an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain)
celluloid, Adjective
  • (s) celluloid, synthetic: (artificial as if portrayed in a film) "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
celluloid, Noun
  • (n) celluloid: (highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics)
  • (n) film, cinema, celluloid: (a medium that disseminates moving pictures) "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
cellulosic, Noun
  • (n) cellulosic: (a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose))
celom, Noun
  • (n) celom, coelom, celoma: (a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity)
celoma, Noun
  • (n) celom, coelom, celoma: (a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity)
cembalo, Noun
  • (n) harpsichord, cembalo: (a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots)
cement, Noun
  • (n) cement: (concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement) "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool"
  • (n) cement: (a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar)
  • (n) cement: (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)
  • (n) cement: (any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth)
  • (n) cementum, cement: (a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth)
cement, Verb
  • (v) cement: (make fast as if with cement) "We cemented our friendship"
  • (v) cement: (cover or coat with cement)
  • (v) cement: (bind or join with or as if with cement)
cementitious, Adjective
  • (a) cementitious: (like or relevant to or having the properties of cement) "the adhesion of cementitious materials"
cementum, Noun
  • (n) cementum, cement: (a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth)
cemetery, Noun
  • (n) cemetery, graveyard, burial_site, burial_ground, burying_ground, memorial_park, necropolis: (a tract of land used for burials)
cenobite, Noun
  • (n) cenobite, coenobite: (a member of a religious order living in common)
cenobitic, Adjective
  • (a) cenobitic, coenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical: (of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living)
cenobitical, Adjective
  • (a) cenobitic, coenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical: (of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living)
cenogenesis, Noun
  • (n) cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis: (introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution))
cenogenetic, Adjective
  • (a) cenogenetic: (of or relating to cenogenesis)
cenotaph, Noun
  • (n) cenotaph, empty_tomb: (a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered)
cense, Verb
  • (v) cense, incense, thurify: (perfume especially with a censer)
censer, Noun
  • (n) censer, thurible: (a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual))
censor, Noun
  • (n) censor: (someone who censures or condemns)
  • (n) censor: (a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable)
censor, Verb
  • (v) ban, censor: (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))
  • (v) censor: (subject to political, religious, or moral censorship) "This magazine is censored by the government"
censored, Adjective
  • (a) censored: (suppressed or subject to censorship) "the censored press in some countries"
censoring, Noun
  • (n) censoring, censorship, security_review: (counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy)
  • (n) censoring, censorship: (deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances)
censorship, Noun
  • (n) censoring, censorship, security_review: (counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy)
  • (n) censoring, censorship: (deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances)
censurable, Adjective
  • (s) blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable: (deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious) "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"
censure, Noun
  • (n) censure, animadversion: (harsh criticism or disapproval)
  • (n) excommunication, exclusion, censure: (the state of being excommunicated)
censure, Verb
  • (v) reprimand, censure, criminate: (rebuke formally)
census, Noun
  • (n) census, nose_count, nosecount: (a periodic count of the population)
census, Verb
  • (v) census: (conduct a census) "They censused the deer in the forest"
cent, Noun
  • (n) cent: (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)
  • (n) penny, cent, centime: (a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit)
cental, Noun
  • (n) hundredweight, cwt, short_hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal: (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds)
centenary, Adjective
  • (a) centennial, centenary: (of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years) "centennial celebration"
centenary, Noun
  • (n) centennial, centenary: (the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it))
centennial, Adjective
  • (a) centennial, centenary: (of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years) "centennial celebration"
centennial, Noun
  • (n) centennial, centenary: (the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it))
center, Adjective
  • (a) center: (of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually)
  • (s) center, halfway, middle, midway: (equally distant from the extremes)
center, Noun
  • (n) center, centre, middle, heart, eye: (an area that is approximately central within some larger region) "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
  • (n) center, centre: (a building dedicated to a particular activity) "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
  • (n) center, centre, midpoint: (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
  • (n) center, centre, center_of_attention, centre_of_attention: (the object upon which interest and attention focuses) "his stories made him the center of the party"
  • (n) center, centre, nerve_center, nerve_centre: (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process) "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
  • (n) center: (the middle of a military or naval formation) "they had to reinforce the center"
  • (n) center: ((basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team)
  • (n) center, snapper: ((football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback) "the center fumbled the handoff"
  • (n) center, centre: (a place where some particular activity is concentrated) "they received messages from several centers"
  • (n) center: (politically moderate persons; centrists)
  • (n) center: ((ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team)
  • (n) center, centre: (the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering)
  • (n) center: (the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game)
  • (n) center: ((American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play) "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
  • (n) center: (a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game)
  • (n) center_field, centerfield, center: (the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher) "he hit the ball to deep center"
  • (n) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty: (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience) "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
  • (n) plaza, mall, center, shopping_mall, shopping_center, shopping_centre: (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) "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
center, Verb
  • (v) center, centre: (move into the center) "That vase in the picture is not centered"
  • (v) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet: (direct one's attention on something) "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  • (v) focus_on, center_on, revolve_around, revolve_about, concentrate_on, center: (center upon) "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
centerboard, Noun
  • (n) centerboard, centreboard, drop_keel, sliding_keel: (a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward)
centered, Adjective
  • (s) centered: (being or placed in the center)
centerfield, Noun
  • (n) center_field, centerfield, center: (the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher) "he hit the ball to deep center"
  • (n) center_field, centerfield: (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield)
centerfold, Noun
  • (n) centerfold, centrefold: (a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature)
centering, Noun
  • (n) centering, snap: ((American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back) "the quarterback fumbled the snap"
  • (n) focus, focusing, focussing, focal_point, direction, centering: (the concentration of attention or energy on something) "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
centerpiece, Noun
  • (n) centerpiece, centrepiece: (the central or most important feature) "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform"
  • (n) centerpiece, centrepiece: (something placed at the center of something else (as on a table))
centesimal, Adjective
  • (a) centesimal: (relating to or divided into hundredths)
  • (s) hundredth, centesimal, 100th: (the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order)
centile, Noun
  • (n) percentile, centile: ((statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total)
centiliter, Noun
  • (n) centiliter, centilitre, cl: (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)
centilitre, Noun
  • (n) centiliter, centilitre, cl: (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)
centime, Noun
  • (n) centime: (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo)
  • (n) penny, cent, centime: (a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit)
centimeter, Noun
  • (n) centimeter, centimetre, cm: (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)
centimetre, Noun
  • (n) centimeter, centimetre, cm: (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)
centner, Noun
  • (n) centner: (in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms)
  • (n) hundredweight, metric_hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner: (a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms)
  • (n) hundredweight, cwt, short_hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal: (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds)
central, Adjective
  • (s) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal: (serving as an essential component) "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
  • (a) central: (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area) "a central position"
central, Noun
  • (n) central, telephone_exchange, exchange: (a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication)
centralisation, Noun
  • (n) centralization, centralisation: (the act of consolidating power under a central control)
  • (n) centralization, centralisation: (gathering to a center)
centralise, Verb
  • (v) centralize, centralise, concentrate: (make central) "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
centralised, Adjective
  • (a) centralized, centralised: (drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority) "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government"
centralising, Adjective
  • (a) centralizing, centralising: (tending to draw to a central point)
centralism, Noun
  • (n) centralism: (the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization)
centralist, Adjective
  • (a) centralist, centralistic: (advocating centralization)
centralistic, Adjective
  • (a) centralist, centralistic: (advocating centralization)
centrality, Noun
  • (n) centrality: (the property of being central)
centralization, Noun
  • (n) centralization, centralisation: (the act of consolidating power under a central control)
  • (n) centralization, centralisation: (gathering to a center)
centralize, Verb
  • (v) centralize, centralise, concentrate: (make central) "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
centralized, Adjective
  • (a) centralized, centralised: (drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority) "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government"
centralizing, Adjective
  • (a) centralizing, centralising: (tending to draw to a central point)
centrarchid, Noun
  • (n) sunfish, centrarchid: (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)
centre, Verb
  • (v) center, centre: (move into the center) "That vase in the picture is not centered"
  • (v) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet: (direct one's attention on something) "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
centreboard, Noun
  • (n) centerboard, centreboard, drop_keel, sliding_keel: (a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward)
centrefold, Noun
  • (n) centerfold, centrefold: (a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature)
centrepiece, Noun
  • (n) centerpiece, centrepiece: (the central or most important feature) "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform"
  • (n) centerpiece, centrepiece: (something placed at the center of something else (as on a table))
centrex, Noun
  • (n) centrex: ((CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange)
centric, Adjective
  • (s) centric, centrical: (having or situated at or near a center)
centrical, Adjective
  • (s) centric, centrical: (having or situated at or near a center)
centrifugal, Adjective
  • (a) centrifugal: (tending to move away from a center) "centrifugal force"
  • (s) centrifugal: (tending away from centralization, as of authority) "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress"
  • (s) centrifugal, motor: (conveying information to the muscles from the CNS) "motor nerves"
centrifugate, Verb
  • (v) centrifuge, centrifugate: (rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids)
centrifuge, Noun
  • (n) centrifuge, extractor, separator: (an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension)
centrifuge, Verb
  • (v) centrifuge, centrifugate: (rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids)
centripetal, Adjective
  • (a) centripetal: (tending to move toward a center) "centripetal force"
  • (s) centripetal, unifying: (tending to unify)
  • (s) centripetal, receptive, sensory: (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system) "sensory neurons"
centrism, Noun
  • (n) centrism, moderatism: (a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action)
centrist, Adjective
  • (s) centrist, middle-of-the-road: (supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative)
centrist, Noun
  • (n) centrist, middle_of_the_roader, moderate, moderationist: (a person who takes a position in the political center)
centromere, Noun
  • (n) centromere, kinetochore: (a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape) "the centromere is difficult to sequence"
century, Noun
  • (n) century: (a period of 100 years)
  • (n) hundred, 100, C, century, one_C: (ten 10s)
cephalalgia, Noun
  • (n) headache, head_ache, cephalalgia: (pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs)
cephalaspid, Noun
  • (n) osteostracan, cephalaspid: (extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head)
cephalexin, Noun
  • (n) cephalexin, Keflex, Keflin, Keftab: (an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract)
cephalhematoma, Noun
  • (n) cephalhematoma, cephalohematoma: (a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth)
cephalic, Adjective
  • (a) cephalic: (of or relating to the head)
cephalitis, Noun
  • (n) encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis: (inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use))
cephaloglycin, Noun
  • (n) cephaloglycin, Kafocin: (antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use)
cephalohematoma, Noun
  • (n) cephalhematoma, cephalohematoma: (a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth)
cephalopod, Adjective
  • (a) cephalopod, cephalopodan: (relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda)
cephalopod, Noun
  • (n) cephalopod, cephalopod_mollusk: (marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles)
cephalopodan, Adjective
  • (a) cephalopod, cephalopodan: (relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda)
cephalosporin, Noun
  • (n) cephalosporin, Mefoxin: (one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity)
ceramic, Adjective
  • (a) ceramic: (of or relating to or made from a ceramic) "a ceramic dish"
ceramic, Noun
  • (n) ceramic: (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)
ceramicist, Noun
  • (n) potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramist: (a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln)
ceramist, Noun
  • (n) potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramist: (a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln)
ceratin, Noun
  • (n) keratin, ceratin: (a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves)
ceratosaur, Noun
  • (n) ceratosaur, ceratosaurus: (primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America)
ceratosaurus, Noun
  • (n) ceratosaur, ceratosaurus: (primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America)
cereal, Adjective
  • (a) cereal: (made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it) "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses"
cereal, Noun
  • (n) cereal, cereal_grass: (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)
  • (n) cereal: (a breakfast food prepared from grain)
  • (n) grain, food_grain, cereal: (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)
cerebral, Adjective
  • (a) cerebral, intellectual: (involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct) "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
  • (a) cerebral: (of or relating to the cerebrum or brain) "cerebral hemisphere"; "cerebral activity"
cerebrate, Verb
  • (v) think, cogitate, cerebrate: (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
cerebration, Noun
  • (n) thinking, thought, thought_process, cerebration, intellection, mentation: (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully) "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
cerebromeningitis, Noun
  • (n) meningoencephalitis, cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis: (inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges)
cerebrovascular, Adjective
  • (a) cerebrovascular: (of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it) "a cerebrovascular accident"
cerement, Noun
  • (n) pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes: (burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped)
ceremonial, Adjective
  • (s) ceremonial: (marked by pomp or ceremony or formality) "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"
ceremonial, Noun
  • (n) ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial_occasion, observance: (a formal event performed on a special occasion) "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
ceremonious, Adjective
  • (s) ceremonious, conventional: (rigidly formal or bound by convention) "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
  • (a) pompous, ceremonious: (characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display)
ceremoniousness, Noun
  • (n) ceremoniousness: (a ceremonial manner)
ceremony, Noun
  • (n) ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial_occasion, observance: (a formal event performed on a special occasion) "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
  • (n) ceremony: (any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way) "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"
  • (n) ceremony: (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion) "an inaugural ceremony"
ceriman, Noun
  • (n) ceriman, Monstera_deliciosa: (tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor)
  • (n) ceriman, monstera: (tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor)
cerise, Adjective
  • (s) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet: (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
cerise, Noun
  • (n) cerise, cherry, cherry_red: (a red the color of ripe cherries)
cerium, Noun
  • (n) cerium, Ce, atomic_number_58: (a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group)
cerivastatin, Noun
  • (n) cerivastatin, Baycol: (an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels)
cernuous, Adjective
  • (s) cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping: (having branches or flower heads that bend downward) "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
cero, Noun
  • (n) cero, pintado, kingfish, Scomberomorus_regalis: (large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters)
  • (n) king_mackerel, cavalla, cero, Scomberomorus_cavalla: (large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil)
cert, Noun
  • (n) cert: (an absolute certainty) "it's a dead cert"
certain, Adjective
  • (a) certain, sure: (having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured) "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"
  • (a) certain: (established beyond doubt or question; definitely known) "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain"
  • (a) certain, sure: (certain to occur; destined or inevitable) "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin"; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"
  • (s) certain: (definite but not specified or identified) "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones"
  • (s) certain, sure: (reliable in operation or effect) "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites"
  • (s) certain, sure: (exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance) "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"
  • (a) sealed, certain: (established irrevocably) "his fate is sealed"
certainty, Noun
  • (n) certainty: (the state of being certain) "his certainty reassured the others"
  • (n) certainty, sure_thing, foregone_conclusion: (something that is certain) "his victory is a certainty"
certifiable, Adjective
  • (s) certifiable, certified: (fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly))
  • (s) certifiable: (capable of being guaranteed or certified) "a certifiable fact"
certificate, Noun
  • (n) certificate, certification, credential, credentials: (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)
  • (n) security, certificate: (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends) "he held several valuable securities"
certificate, Verb
  • (v) certificate: (present someone with a certificate)
  • (v) certificate: (authorize by certificate)
certification, Noun
  • (n) authentication, certification: (validating the authenticity of something or someone)
  • (n) certificate, certification, credential, credentials: (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)
  • (n) certification, enfranchisement: (the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on)
  • (n) documentation, certification, corroboration: (confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence)
certified, Adjective
  • (s) certifiable, certified: (fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly))
  • (a) certified: (endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements) "a certified public accountant"
  • (s) certified, qualified: (holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill) "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered hospital"
certify, Verb
  • (v) attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence: (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes) "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
  • (v) certify: (guarantee payment on; of checks)
  • (v) certify, endorse, indorse: (guarantee as meeting a certain standard) "certified grade AAA meat"
  • (v) certify: (declare legally insane)
  • (v) license, licence, certify: (authorize officially) "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
certiorari, Noun
  • (n) certiorari, writ_of_certiorari: (a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case)
certitude, Noun
  • (n) certitude, cocksureness, overconfidence: (total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant)
cerulean, Adjective
  • (s) azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright_blue: (of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky) "October's bright blue weather"
cerulean, Noun
  • (n) azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue: (a light shade of blue)
cerumen, Noun
  • (n) cerumen, earwax: (a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal)
cervical, Adjective
  • (a) cervical: (of or relating to the cervix of the uterus) "cervical cancer"
  • (a) cervical: (relating to or associated with the neck)
cervid, Noun
  • (n) deer, cervid: (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
cervix, Noun
  • (n) cervix, uterine_cervix, cervix_uteri: (necklike opening to the uterus)
  • (n) neck, cervix: (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body) "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck"
cesarean, Adjective
  • (a) cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian: (relating to abdominal delivery)
cesarean, Noun
  • (n) cesarean_delivery, caesarean_delivery, caesarian_delivery, cesarean_section, cesarian_section, caesarean_section, caesarian_section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal_delivery: (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))
cesarian, Adjective
  • (a) cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian: (relating to abdominal delivery)
cesarian, Noun
  • (n) cesarean_delivery, caesarean_delivery, caesarian_delivery, cesarean_section, cesarian_section, caesarean_section, caesarian_section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal_delivery: (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))
cesium, Noun
  • (n) cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic_number_55: (a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal)
cespitose, Adjective
  • (s) caespitose, cespitose, tufted: ((of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts)
cessation, Noun
  • (n) cessation, surcease: (a stopping) "a cessation of the thunder"
cession, Noun
  • (n) cession, ceding: (the act of ceding)
cesspit, Noun
  • (n) cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump: (a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it)
cesspool, Noun
  • (n) cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump: (a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it)
cestode, Noun
  • (n) tapeworm, cestode: (ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates)
cetacean, Adjective
  • (a) cetacean, cetaceous: (of or relating to whales and dolphins etc)
cetacean, Noun
  • (n) cetacean, cetacean_mammal, blower: (large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals)
cetaceous, Adjective
  • (a) cetacean, cetaceous: (of or relating to whales and dolphins etc)
cetchup, Noun
  • (n) catsup, ketchup, cetchup, tomato_ketchup: (thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes)
ch'i, Noun
  • (n) qi, chi, ch'i, ki: (the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health)
cha-cha-cha, Noun
  • (n) cha-cha, cha-cha-cha: (a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips)
cha-cha, Noun
  • (n) cha-cha, cha-cha-cha: (a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips)
cha-cha, Verb
  • (v) cha-cha: (dance the cha-cha)
chabasite, Noun
  • (n) chabazite, chabasite: (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum)
chabazite, Noun
  • (n) chabazite, chabasite: (a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum)
chachka, Noun
  • (n) chachka, tsatske, tshatshke, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh: ((Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman)
  • (n) chachka, tsatske, tshatshke, tchotchke: ((Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket)
chadar, Noun
  • (n) chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar: (a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women)
chaddar, Noun
  • (n) chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar: (a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women)
chadlock, Noun
  • (n) field_mustard, wild_mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica_kaber, Sinapis_arvensis: (weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields)
chador, Noun
  • (n) chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar: (a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women)
chaetognath, Noun
  • (n) arrowworm, chaetognath: (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)
chaetognathan, Adjective
  • (a) chaetognathan, chaetognathous: (of or relating to arrowworms)
chaetognathous, Adjective
  • (a) chaetognathan, chaetognathous: (of or relating to arrowworms)
chafe, Noun
  • (n) annoyance, chafe, vexation: (anger produced by some annoying irritation)
  • (n) chafe: (soreness and warmth caused by friction) "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"
chafe, Verb
  • (v) annoy, rag, get_to, bother, get_at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil: (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations) "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
  • (v) chafe, gall, fret: (become or make sore by or as if by rubbing)
  • (v) chafe: (feel extreme irritation or anger) "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"
  • (v) chafe, excoriate: (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading) "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
  • (v) chafe: (warm by rubbing, as with the hands)
  • (v) rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch: (cause friction) "my sweater scratches"
chafed, Adjective
  • (s) chafed, galled: (painful from having the skin abraded)
chaff, Noun
  • (n) chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble: (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)
  • (n) chaff: (foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure)
chaff, Verb
  • (v) kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter: (be silly or tease one another) "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
chaffer, Verb
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
  • (v) haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster: (wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)) "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
chafflike, Adjective
  • (a) chaffy, chafflike: (abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff)
chaffy, Adjective
  • (a) chaffy, chafflike: (abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff)
  • (s) chaffy: (value) "an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow"
chafing, Noun
  • (n) chafing: (soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction)
chagrin, Noun
  • (n) chagrin, humiliation, mortification: (strong feelings of embarrassment)
chagrin, Verb
  • (v) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase: (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of) "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
chagrined, Adjective
  • (s) abashed, chagrined, embarrassed: (feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious) "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"
chain, Verb
  • (v) chain: (connect or arrange into a chain by linking)
  • (v) chain: (fasten or secure with chains) "Chain the chairs together"
chained, Adjective
  • (s) chained, enchained: (bound with chains) "enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones"; "prisoners in chains"
chainlike, Adjective
  • (s) catenulate, chainlike: (having a chainlike form) "catenulate bacterial cell colonies"
chainsaw, Noun
  • (n) chain_saw, chainsaw: (portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain)
chair, Noun
  • (n) chair: (a seat for one person, with a support for the back) "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
  • (n) chair: (a particular seat in an orchestra) "he is second chair violin"
  • (n) electric_chair, chair, death_chair, hot_seat: (an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person) "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
  • (n) president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson: (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization) "address your remarks to the chairperson"
  • (n) professorship, chair: (the position of professor) "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
chair, Verb
  • (v) chair, chairman: (act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university) "She chaired the department for many years"
  • (v) moderate, chair, lead: (preside over) "John moderated the discussion"
chairman, Noun
  • (n) president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson: (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization) "address your remarks to the chairperson"
chairman, Verb
  • (v) chair, chairman: (act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university) "She chaired the department for many years"
chairmanship, Noun
  • (n) chairmanship: (the position of chairman)
chairperson, Noun
  • (n) president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson: (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization) "address your remarks to the chairperson"
chairwoman, Noun
  • (n) president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson: (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization) "address your remarks to the chairperson"
chaise, Noun
  • (n) chaise, shay: (a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse)
  • (n) chaise_longue, chaise, daybed: (a long chair; for reclining)
chalcedony, Noun
  • (n) chalcedony, calcedony: (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)
chalcid, Noun
  • (n) chalcid_fly, chalcidfly, chalcid, chalcid_wasp: (any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects)
chalcidfly, Noun
  • (n) chalcid_fly, chalcidfly, chalcid, chalcid_wasp: (any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects)
chalet, Noun
  • (n) chalet: (a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style)
chalice, Noun
  • (n) chalice, goblet: (a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup)
chalk, Noun
  • (n) chalk: (a soft whitish calcite)
  • (n) chalk: (a pure flat white with little reflectance)
  • (n) chalk: (a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces)
  • (n) methamphetamine, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken_feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash: (an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant)
chalk, Verb
  • (v) chalk: (write, draw, or trace with chalk)
chalkboard, Noun
  • (n) blackboard, chalkboard: (sheet of slate; for writing with chalk)
chalkstone, Noun
  • (n) tophus, chalkstone: (a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout)
chalky, Adjective
  • (a) calcareous, chalky: (composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk)
  • (s) chalky: (of something having the color of chalk) "she turned chalky white"
challah, Noun
  • (n) challah, hallah: ((Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking)
challenge, Noun
  • (n) challenge: (a demanding or stimulating situation) "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
  • (n) challenge: (a call to engage in a contest or fight)
  • (n) challenge: (questioning a statement and demanding an explanation) "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
  • (n) challenge: (a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror)
  • (n) challenge: (a demand by a sentry for a password or identification)
challenge, Verb
  • (v) challenge, dispute, gainsay: (take exception to) "She challenged his claims"
  • (v) challenge: (issue a challenge to) "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
  • (v) challenge: (ask for identification) "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
  • (v) challenge, take_exception: (raise a formal objection in a court of law)
challenger, Noun
  • (n) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender: (the contestant you hope to defeat) "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
challenging, Adjective
  • (s) ambitious, challenging: (requiring full use of your abilities or resources) "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
  • (s) challenging, thought-provoking: (stimulating interest or thought) "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book"
  • (s) challenging, intriguing: (disturbingly provocative) "an intriguing smile"
chalybite, Noun
  • (n) siderite, chalybite: (iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate)
chamber, Noun
  • (n) bedroom, sleeping_room, sleeping_accommodation, chamber, bedchamber: (a room used primarily for sleeping)
  • (n) chamber: (a natural or artificial enclosed space)
  • (n) chamber: (an enclosed volume in the body) "the chambers of his heart were healthy"
  • (n) chamber: (a room where a judge transacts business)
  • (n) chamber: (a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly) "the upper chamber is the senate"
chamber, Verb
  • (v) chamber: (place in a chamber)
chamberpot, Noun
  • (n) chamberpot, potty, thunder_mug: (a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom)
chamfer, Noun
  • (n) bevel, cant, chamfer: (two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees)
chamfer, Verb
  • (v) bevel, chamfer: (cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel) "bevel the surface"
  • (v) furrow, chamfer, chase: (cut a furrow into a columns)
chamfron, Noun
  • (n) chanfron, chamfron, testiere, frontstall, front-stall: (medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head)
chammy, Noun
  • (n) chamois, chamois_leather, chammy, chammy_leather, shammy, shammy_leather: (a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin)
chamois, Noun
  • (n) chamois, chamois_leather, chammy, chammy_leather, shammy, shammy_leather: (a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin)
  • (n) chamois, Rupicapra_rupicapra: (hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips)
chamomile, Noun
  • (n) chamomile, camomile, Chamaemelum_nobilis, Anthemis_nobilis: (Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis)
champ, Noun
  • (n) champion, champ, title-holder: (someone who has won first place in a competition)
champ, Verb
  • (v) champ: (chafe at the bit, like horses)
  • (v) chomp, champ: (chew noisily) "The boy chomped his sandwich"
champion, Adjective
  • (s) champion, prizewinning: (holding first place in a contest) "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"
champion, Noun
  • (n) ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz: (someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field)
  • (n) champion, champ, title-holder: (someone who has won first place in a competition)
  • (n) champion, fighter, hero, paladin: (someone who fights for a cause)
  • (n) supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend: (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.) "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
champion, Verb
  • (v) champion, defend: (protect or fight for as a champion)
championship, Noun
  • (n) backing, backup, championship, patronage: (the act of providing approval and support) "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
  • (n) championship, title: (the status of being a champion) "he held the title for two years"
  • (n) championship: (a competition at which a champion is chosen)
champleve, Adjective
  • (s) champleve, cloisonne: ((for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired)
chanal, Noun
  • (n) chanar, chanal, Geoffroea_decorticans: (thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries)
chanar, Noun
  • (n) chanar, chanal, Geoffroea_decorticans: (thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries)
chance, Adjective
  • (s) casual, chance: (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance) "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
chance, Noun
  • (n) chance: (a risk involving danger) "you take a chance when you let her drive"
  • (n) luck, fortune, chance, hazard: (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another) "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
  • (n) opportunity, chance: (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances) "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
  • (n) probability, chance: (a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible) "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"
  • (n) prospect, chance: (the possibility of future success) "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
chance, Verb
  • (v) chance: (be the case by chance) "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
  • (v) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter: (come upon, as if by accident; meet with) "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
  • (v) gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take_chances, adventure, run_a_risk, take_a_chance: (take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome) "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
chanceful, Adjective
  • (s) chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy: (of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk) "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker"
chancel, Noun
  • (n) chancel, sanctuary, bema: (area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing)
chancy, Adjective
  • (s) chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy: (of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk) "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker"
  • (s) chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy: (subject to accident or chance or change) "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"
chandelier, Noun
  • (n) chandelier, pendant, pendent: (branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling)
chanfron, Noun
  • (n) chanfron, chamfron, testiere, frontstall, front-stall: (medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head)
change-of-pace, Noun
  • (n) change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace_ball, off-speed_pitch: (a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball)
change-up, Noun
  • (n) change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace_ball, off-speed_pitch: (a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball)
change, Noun
  • (n) change, alteration, modification: (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another) "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
  • (n) change: (a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event) "he attributed the change to their marriage"
  • (n) change: (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
  • (n) change: (the result of alteration or modification) "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains"
  • (n) change: (the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due) "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change"
  • (n) change: (a thing that is different) "he inspected several changes before selecting one"
  • (n) change: (a different or fresh set of clothes) "she brought a change in her overnight bag"
  • (n) change: (coins of small denomination regarded collectively) "he had a pocketful of change"
  • (n) change: (money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency) "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver"
  • (n) variety, change: (a difference that is usually pleasant) "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"
change, Verb
  • (v) change, alter, modify: (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
  • (v) change: (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
  • (v) change, alter, vary: (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence) "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
  • (v) change: (change clothes; put on different clothes) "Change before you go to the opera"
  • (v) change, exchange, commute, convert: (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category) "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
  • (v) change: (remove or replace the coverings of) "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens"
  • (v) deepen, change: (become deeper in tone) "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
  • (v) exchange, change, interchange: (give to, and receive from, one another) "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
  • (v) switch, shift, change: (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another) "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
  • (v) transfer, change: (change from one vehicle or transportation line to another) "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
changeability, Noun
  • (n) changeableness, changeability: (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change) "the changeableness of the weather"
changeable, Adjective
  • (a) changeable, changeful: (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change) "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices"
  • (s) changeable, uncertain, unsettled: (subject to change) "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other"
  • (s) changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot: (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles) "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
  • (a) mutable, changeable: (capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature) "a mutable substance"; "the mutable ways of fortune"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy"
changeableness, Noun
  • (n) changeableness, changeability: (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change) "the changeableness of the weather"
changed, Adjective
  • (a) changed: (made or become different in nature or form) "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war"
  • (s) changed: (made or become different in some respect) "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress"
  • (s) changed: (changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism) "metamorphic rocks"
changeful, Adjective
  • (a) changeable, changeful: (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change) "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices"
changefulness, Noun
  • (n) inconstancy, changefulness: (the quality of being changeable and variable)
changeless, Adjective
  • (s) changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying: (unvarying in nature) "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity"
  • (s) changeless, unalterable: (remaining the same for indefinitely long times)
  • (a) immutable, changeless: (not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature) "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God"
changelessness, Noun
  • (n) changelessness: (the property of remaining unchanged)
  • (n) changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness: (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
changeling, Noun
  • (n) changeling: (a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy)
  • (n) idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard: (a person of subnormal intelligence)
changeover, Noun
  • (n) conversion, transition, changeover: (an event that results in a transformation)
changer, Noun
  • (n) changer, modifier: (a person who changes something) "an inveterate changer of the menu"
  • (n) record_changer, auto-changer, changer: (an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention)
changing, Adjective
  • (s) changing, ever-changing: (marked by continuous change or effective action)
channel-surf, Verb
  • (v) surf, channel-surf: (switch channels, on television)
channel, Noun
  • (n) channel, transmission_channel: (a path over which electrical signals can pass) "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
  • (n) channel: (a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through) "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
  • (n) channel: (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels) "the ship went aground in the channel"
  • (n) channel, communication_channel, line: ((often plural) a means of communication or access) "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
  • (n) channel, television_channel, TV_channel: (a television station and its programs) "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
  • (n) distribution_channel, channel: (a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors) "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"
  • (n) duct, epithelial_duct, canal, channel: (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance) "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
  • (n) groove, channel: (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))
channel, Verb
  • (v) channel, canalize, canalise: (direct the flow of) "channel information towards a broad audience"
  • (v) impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel: (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission) "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
  • (v) transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise: (send from one person or place to another) "transmit a message"
channelisation, Noun
  • (n) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation: (management through specified channels of communication)
channelise, Verb
  • (v) channelize, channelise: (make a channel for; provide with a channel) "channelize the country for better transportation"
  • (v) channelize, channelise: (cause to form a channel) "channelize a stream"
  • (v) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise: (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
  • (v) transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise: (send from one person or place to another) "transmit a message"
channelization, Noun
  • (n) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation: (management through specified channels of communication)
channelize, Verb
  • (v) channelize, channelise: (make a channel for; provide with a channel) "channelize the country for better transportation"
  • (v) channelize, channelise: (cause to form a channel) "channelize a stream"
  • (v) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise: (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
  • (v) transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise: (send from one person or place to another) "transmit a message"
chant, Noun
  • (n) chant: (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)
chant, Verb
  • (v) chant, intone, intonate, cantillate: (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm) "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
  • (v) tone, chant, intone: (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically) "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
chantarelle, Noun
  • (n) chanterelle, chantarelle, Cantharellus_cibarius: (widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma)
chanterelle, Noun
  • (n) chanterelle, chantarelle, Cantharellus_cibarius: (widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma)
chantey, Noun
  • (n) chantey, chanty, sea_chantey, shanty: (a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors)
chanting, Noun
  • (n) intonation, chanting: (the act of singing in a monotonous tone)
chantlike, Adjective
  • (s) chantlike, intoned, singsong: (uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting) "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking"
chanty, Noun
  • (n) chantey, chanty, sea_chantey, shanty: (a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors)
chaotic, Adjective
  • (a) chaotic: (of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions)
  • (s) chaotic, helter-skelter: (lacking a visible order or organization)
  • (s) chaotic, disorderly: (completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing)
chap, Noun
  • (n) chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke: (a boy or man) "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"
  • (n) chap: (a crack in a lip caused usually by cold)
  • (n) chap: ((usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs)
  • (n) crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap: (a long narrow depression in a surface)
chap, Verb
  • (v) chap: (crack due to dehydration) "My lips chap in this dry weather"
chaparral, Noun
  • (n) scrub, chaparral, bush: (dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes)
chapati, Noun
  • (n) chapatti, chapati: (flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle)
chapatti, Noun
  • (n) chapatti, chapati: (flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle)
chapeau, Noun
  • (n) hat, chapeau, lid: (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)
chapel, Noun
  • (n) chapel: (a place of worship that has its own altar)
  • (n) chapel_service, chapel: (a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar) "he was late for chapel"
chapelgoer, Noun
  • (n) Nonconformist, chapelgoer: (a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England)
chaperon, Noun
  • (n) chaperon, chaperone: (one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people)
chaperon, Verb
  • (v) chaperone, chaperon: (accompany as a chaperone)
chaperone, Noun
  • (n) chaperon, chaperone: (one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people)
chaperone, Verb
  • (v) chaperone, chaperon: (accompany as a chaperone)
chapfallen, Adjective
  • (s) chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated: (brought low in spirit) "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"
chapiter, Noun
  • (n) capital, chapiter, cap: (the upper part of a column that supports the entablature)
chaplain, Noun
  • (n) chaplain: (a clergyman ministering to some institution)
chaplaincy, Noun
  • (n) chaplaincy, chaplainship: (the position of chaplain)
chaplainship, Noun
  • (n) chaplaincy, chaplainship: (the position of chaplain)
chaplet, Noun
  • (n) wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei: (flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes)
chapped, Adjective
  • (s) chapped, cracked, roughened: (used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure) "chapped lips"
chapter, Noun
  • (n) chapter: (a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled) "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
  • (n) chapter: (any distinct period in history or in a person's life) "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"
  • (n) chapter: (a local branch of some fraternity or association) "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
  • (n) chapter: (an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church)
  • (n) chapter: (a series of related events forming an episode) "a chapter of disasters"
char, Noun
  • (n) char: (a charred substance)
  • (n) char, charr: (any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus)
  • (n) charwoman, char, cleaning_woman, cleaning_lady, woman: (a human female employed to do housework) "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
char, Verb
  • (v) char, coal: (burn to charcoal) "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
  • (v) char, blacken, sear, scorch: (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color) "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
charabanc, Noun
  • (n) bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger_vehicle: (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport) "he always rode the bus to work"
characid, Noun
  • (n) characin, characin_fish, characid: (any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae)
characin, Noun
  • (n) characin, characin_fish, characid: (any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae)
character, Noun
  • (n) character, fiber, fibre: (the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions) "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer"
  • (n) character, role, theatrical_role, part, persona: (an actor's portrayal of someone in a play) "she played the part of Desdemona"
  • (n) character, eccentric, type, case: (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)) "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
  • (n) character: (good repute) "he is a man of character"
  • (n) character, reference, character_reference: (a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability) "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
  • (n) character, grapheme, graphic_symbol: (a written symbol that is used to represent speech) "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
  • (n) character: ((genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes)
  • (n) fictional_character, fictitious_character, character: (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)) "she is the main character in the novel"
  • (n) quality, character, lineament: (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something) "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
character, Verb
  • (v) character: (engrave or inscribe characters on)
characterisation, Noun
  • (n) characterization, characterisation: (the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features) "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
  • (n) word_picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation: (a graphic or vivid verbal description) "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
characterise, Verb
  • (v) characterize, characterise: (be characteristic of) "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
  • (v) qualify, characterize, characterise: (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of) "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
characteristic, Adjective
  • (a) characteristic: (typical or distinctive) "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"
characteristic, Noun
  • (n) characteristic: (a distinguishing quality)
  • (n) characteristic: (the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2)
  • (n) characteristic, device_characteristic: (any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions)
  • (n) feature, characteristic: (a prominent attribute or aspect of something) "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"
characterization, Noun
  • (n) characterization, characterisation: (the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features) "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
  • (n) portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation: (acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture)
  • (n) word_picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation: (a graphic or vivid verbal description) "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
characterize, Verb
  • (v) characterize, characterise: (be characteristic of) "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
  • (v) qualify, characterize, characterise: (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of) "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
characterless, Adjective
  • (s) characterless, nondescript: (lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting) "women dressed in nondescript clothes"; "a nondescript novel"
charade, Noun
  • (n) charade: (a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades)
  • (n) parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on: (a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way)
charcoal-gray, Adjective
  • (s) charcoal, charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray: (of a very dark grey)
charcoal-grey, Adjective
  • (s) charcoal, charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray: (of a very dark grey)
charcoal, Adjective
  • (s) charcoal, charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray: (of a very dark grey)
charcoal, Noun
  • (n) charcoal, wood_coal: (a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air)
  • (n) charcoal, fusain: (a stick of black carbon material used for drawing)
  • (n) charcoal, charcoal_grey, charcoal_gray, oxford_grey, oxford_gray: (a very dark grey color)
  • (n) charcoal: (a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material)
charcoal, Verb
  • (v) charcoal: (draw, trace, or represent with charcoal)
charcuterie, Noun
  • (n) charcuterie: (a delicatessen that specializes in meats)
charge, Noun
  • (n) accusation, charge: (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence) "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
  • (n) bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick: (the swift release of a store of affective force) "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
  • (n) care, charge, tutelage, guardianship: (attention and management implying responsibility for safety) "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
  • (n) cathexis, charge: ((psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object) "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
  • (n) charge: (an impetuous rush toward someone or something) "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
  • (n) charge, complaint: ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense) "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
  • (n) charge: (the price charged for some article or service) "the admission charge"
  • (n) charge, electric_charge: (the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons) "the battery needed a fresh charge"
  • (n) charge: (a person committed to your care) "the teacher led her charges across the street"
  • (n) charge: (financial liabilities (such as a tax)) "the charges against the estate"
  • (n) charge, billing: (request for payment of a debt) "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
  • (n) charge, bearing, heraldic_bearing, armorial_bearing: (heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield)
  • (n) charge, burster, bursting_charge, explosive_charge: (a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time) "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
  • (n) commission, charge, direction: (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something) "the judge's charge to the jury"
  • (n) mission, charge, commission: (a special assignment that is given to a person or group) "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
charge, Verb
  • (v) agitate, rouse, turn_on, charge, commove, excite, charge_up: (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused) "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
  • (v) appoint, charge: (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to) "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
  • (v) blame, charge: (attribute responsibility to) "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
  • (v) charge, bear_down: (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle) "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
  • (v) charge, accuse: (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against) "he charged the director with indifference"
  • (v) charge, bill: (demand payment) "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
  • (v) charge, lodge, file: (file a formal charge against) "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
  • (v) charge: (make an accusatory claim) "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
  • (v) charge: (fill or load to capacity) "charge the wagon with hay"
  • (v) charge: (enter a certain amount as a charge) "he charged me $15"
  • (v) charge: (pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt) "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"
  • (v) charge: (lie down on command, of hunting dogs)
  • (v) charge: (place a heraldic bearing on) "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
  • (v) charge, level, point: (direct into a position for use) "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
  • (v) charge, saddle, burden: (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to) "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
  • (v) charge: (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence)
  • (v) charge: (instruct or command with authority) "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
  • (v) charge: (set or ask for a certain price) "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
  • (v) charge: (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on) "charge a conductor"
  • (v) charge: (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge) "I need to charge my car battery"
  • (v) charge: (saturate) "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
  • (v) commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge: (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution) "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • (v) consign, charge: (give over to another for care or safekeeping) "consign your baggage"
  • (v) load, charge: (provide (a device) with something necessary) "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
  • (v) tear, shoot, shoot_down, charge, buck: (move quickly and violently) "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
chargeable, Adjective
  • (s) chargeable, indictable: (liable to be accused, or cause for such liability) "the suspect was chargeable"; "an indictable offense"
charged, Adjective
  • (s) aerated, charged: (supplied with carbon dioxide)
  • (a) charged: (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge) "charged particles"; "a charged battery"
  • (s) charged, supercharged: (fraught with great emotion) "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech"
  • (s) charged: (capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy) "the highly charged issue of abortion"
chargeman, Noun
  • (n) blaster, chargeman: (a workman employed to blast with explosives)
charger, Noun
  • (n) charger, courser: (formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle)
  • (n) charger, battery_charger: (a device for charging or recharging batteries)
chariness, Noun
  • (n) wariness, chariness: (the trait of being cautious and watchful)
chariot, Noun
  • (n) chariot: (a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage)
  • (n) chariot: (a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome)
chariot, Verb
  • (v) chariot: (transport in a chariot)
  • (v) chariot: (ride in a chariot)
charisma, Noun
  • (n) charisma, personal_appeal, personal_magnetism: (a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others)
charismatic, Adjective
  • (s) charismatic, magnetic: (possessing an extraordinary ability to attract) "a charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality"
charitable, Adjective
  • (a) charitable: (relating to or characterized by charity) "a charitable foundation"
  • (a) charitable: (full of love and generosity) "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"
  • (s) charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted: (showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity) "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
charity, Noun
  • (n) charity: (a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals))
  • (n) charity, brotherly_love: (a kindly and lenient attitude toward people)
  • (n) charity: (an activity or gift that benefits the public at large)
  • (n) charity: (an institution set up to provide help to the needy)
  • (n) Jacob's_ladder, Greek_valerian, charity, Polemonium_caeruleum, Polemonium_van-bruntiae, Polymonium_caeruleum_van-bruntiae: (pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers)
charivari, Noun
  • (n) shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling: (a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple)
charlatan, Noun
  • (n) mountebank, charlatan: (a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes)
charlatanism, Noun
  • (n) charlatanism, quackery: (the dishonesty of a charlatan)
charlock, Noun
  • (n) field_mustard, wild_mustard, charlock, chadlock, Brassica_kaber, Sinapis_arvensis: (weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields)
charm, Noun
  • (n) appeal, appealingness, charm: (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates) "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
  • (n) charm, good_luck_charm: (something believed to bring good luck)
  • (n) charm: ((physics) one of the six flavors of quark)
  • (n) spell, magic_spell, magical_spell, charm: (a verbal formula believed to have magical force) "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"
charm, Verb
  • (v) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant: (attract; cause to be enamored) "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • (v) charm, becharm: (control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft)
  • (v) charm: (protect through supernatural powers or charms)
  • (v) charm, influence, tempt: (induce into action by using one's charm) "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
charmed, Adjective
  • (s) beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced: (filled with wonder and delight)
  • (s) captivated, charmed: (strongly attracted)
charmer, Noun
  • (n) charmer, beguiler: (a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness))
  • (n) smoothie, smoothy, sweet_talker, charmer: (someone with an assured and ingratiating manner)
charming, Adjective
  • (s) charming: (pleasing or delighting) "endowed with charming manners"; "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality"
  • (s) charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly: (possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers) "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare"; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers"
charnel, Adjective
  • (s) charnel, ghastly, sepulchral: (gruesomely indicative of death or the dead) "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
charnel, Noun
  • (n) charnel_house, charnel: (a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited)
charr, Noun
  • (n) char, charr: (any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus)
chart, Noun
  • (n) chart: (a visual display of information)
  • (n) chart: (a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea)
chart, Verb
  • (v) chart: (make a chart of) "chart the territory"
  • (v) chart: (plan in detail) "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"
  • (v) graph, chart: (represent by means of a graph) "chart the data"
chartaceous, Adjective
  • (a) chartaceous, papery, paperlike: (of or like paper)
charter, Noun
  • (n) charter: (a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation)
  • (n) charter: (a contract to hire or lease transportation)
charter, Verb
  • (v) charter: (grant a charter to)
  • (v) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take: (engage for service under a term of contract) "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
  • (v) rent, hire, charter, lease: (hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services)
chartered, Adjective
  • (a) chartered, hired, leased: (hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers) "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time"
chartless, Adjective
  • (s) chartless, uncharted, unmapped: ((of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated) "uncharted seas"
charwoman, Noun
  • (n) charwoman, char, cleaning_woman, cleaning_lady, woman: (a human female employed to do housework) "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
chary, Adjective
  • (s) cagey, cagy, chary: (characterized by great caution and wariness) "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
chase, Verb
  • (v) chase, chase_after, trail, tail, tag, give_chase, dog, go_after, track: (go after with the intent to catch) "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
  • (v) chase, chase_after: (pursue someone sexually or romantically)
  • (v) chase: (cut a groove into) "chase silver"
  • (v) furrow, chamfer, chase: (cut a furrow into a columns)
chased, Noun
  • (n) pursued, chased: (a person who is being chased) "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"
chaser, Noun
  • (n) chaser: (a drink to follow immediately after another drink)
  • (n) pursuer, chaser: (a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture) "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"
chasm, Noun
  • (n) chasm: (a deep opening in the earth's surface)
chasse, Noun
  • (n) chasse, sashay: ((ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading)
chasse, Verb
  • (v) chasse, sashay: (perform a chasse step, in ballet)
chassis, Noun
  • (n) chassis: (a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device)
  • (n) chassis: (the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor)
  • (n) human_body, physical_body, material_body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh: (alternative names for the body of a human being) "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
chaste, Adjective
  • (a) chaste: (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)) "a holy woman innocent and chaste"
  • (s) chaste: (pure and simple in design or style) "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
  • (s) chaste: (abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse)
chasten, Verb
  • (v) chasten, moderate, temper: (restrain)
  • (v) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct: (censure severely) "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
  • (v) tame, chasten, subdue: (correct by punishment or discipline)
chasteness, Noun
  • (n) chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness: (lack of ornamentation) "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
chastening, Noun
  • (n) correction, chastening, chastisement: (a rebuke for making a mistake)
chastise, Verb
  • (v) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct: (censure severely) "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
chastisement, Noun
  • (n) castigation, chastisement: (verbal punishment)
  • (n) correction, chastening, chastisement: (a rebuke for making a mistake)
chastity, Noun
  • (n) chastity, celibacy, sexual_abstention: (abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows))
  • (n) virtue, chastity, sexual_morality: (morality with respect to sexual relations)
chat, Noun
  • (n) chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose: (an informal conversation)
  • (n) New_World_chat, chat: (birds having a chattering call)
  • (n) Old_World_chat, chat: (songbirds having a chattering call)
chat, Verb
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
chateau, Noun
  • (n) chateau: (an impressive country house (or castle) in France)
chatoyant, Adjective
  • (s) changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot: (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles) "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
chatroom, Noun
  • (n) chat_room, chatroom: (a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic))
chattel, Noun
  • (n) chattel, personal_chattel, movable: (personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc))
chatter, Noun
  • (n) chatter, chattering: (the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine)
  • (n) chatter, chattering: (the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys))
  • (n) yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle: (noisy talk)
chatter, Verb
  • (v) chatter, click: (click repeatedly or uncontrollably) "Chattering teeth"
  • (v) chatter: (cut unevenly with a chattering tool)
  • (v) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble: (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
  • (v) chatter: (make noise as if chattering away) "The magpies were chattering in the trees"
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
chatterbox, Noun
  • (n) chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter: (an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker)
  • (n) stream_orchid, chatterbox, giant_helleborine, Epipactis_gigantea: (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)
chatterer, Noun
  • (n) chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter: (an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker)
  • (n) cotinga, chatterer: (passerine bird of New World tropics)
chattering, Noun
  • (n) chatter, chattering: (the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine)
  • (n) chatter, chattering: (the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys))
chatty, Adjective
  • (s) chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky: (full of trivial conversation) "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
  • (s) chatty, gossipy, newsy: (prone to friendly informal communication)
chauffeur, Noun
  • (n) chauffeur: (a man paid to drive a privately owned car)
chauffeur, Verb
  • (v) drive_around, chauffeur: (drive someone in a vehicle)
chaulmoogra, Noun
  • (n) chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra_tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus_kurzii, Taraktagenos_kurzii, Taraktogenos_kurzii: (East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy)
chaulmugra, Noun
  • (n) chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra_tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus_kurzii, Taraktagenos_kurzii, Taraktogenos_kurzii: (East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy)
chauvinism, Noun
  • (n) chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism: (fanatical patriotism)
  • (n) male_chauvinism, chauvinism, antifeminism: (activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women)
chauvinist, Noun
  • (n) chauvinist: (a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind)
  • (n) chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer: (an extreme bellicose nationalist)
chauvinistic, Adjective
  • (a) chauvinistic: (of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind)
  • (s) chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic: (fanatically patriotic)
chaw, Noun
  • (n) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad: (a wad of something chewable as tobacco)
chaw, Verb
  • (v) chaw: (chew without swallowing) "chaw tobacco"
chawbacon, Noun
  • (n) yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon: (a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture)
cheap-jack, Noun
  • (n) huckster, cheap-jack: (a seller of shoddy goods)
cheap, Adjective
  • (s) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy: (tastelessly showy) "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
  • (s) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny: (of very poor quality; flimsy)
  • (a) cheap, inexpensive: (relatively low in price or charging low prices) "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
  • (s) cheap, chinchy, chintzy: (embarrassingly stingy)
cheapen, Verb
  • (v) degrade, cheapen: (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)
cheaper, Adjective
  • (s) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy: (tastelessly showy) "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
  • (s) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny: (of very poor quality; flimsy)
  • (a) cheap, inexpensive: (relatively low in price or charging low prices) "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
  • (s) cheap, chinchy, chintzy: (embarrassingly stingy)
cheapest, Adjective
  • (s) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy: (tastelessly showy) "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
  • (s) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny: (of very poor quality; flimsy)
  • (a) cheap, inexpensive: (relatively low in price or charging low prices) "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
  • (s) cheap, chinchy, chintzy: (embarrassingly stingy)
cheapjack, Adjective
  • (s) cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry: (cheap and shoddy) "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist"
cheapjack, Noun
  • (n) cheapjack: (a peddler of inferior goods)
cheapness, Noun
  • (n) bargain_rate, cheapness, cut_rate, cut_price: (a price below the standard price)
  • (n) cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze: (tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar)
cheapskate, Noun
  • (n) cheapskate, tightwad: (a miserly person)
cheat, Noun
  • (n) cheat, cheating: (a deception for profit to yourself)
  • (n) chess, cheat, Bromus_secalinus: (weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat)
  • (n) darnel, tare, bearded_darnel, cheat, Lolium_temulentum: (weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous)
  • (n) deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker: (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
  • (n) swindle, cheat, rig: (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme) "that book is a fraud"
cheat, Verb
  • (v) cheat, rip_off, chisel: (deprive somebody of something by deceit) "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
  • (v) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey: (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)
  • (v) cheat, chisel: (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud) "Who's chiseling on the side?"
  • (v) cheat_on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander: (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage) "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
cheater, Noun
  • (n) deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker: (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
cheating, Adjective
  • (s) adulterous, cheating, two-timing: (not faithful to a spouse or lover) "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"
  • (s) cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike: (violating accepted standards or rules) "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
cheating, Noun
  • (n) cheat, cheating: (a deception for profit to yourself)
check, Noun
  • (n) arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage: (the state of inactivity following an interruption) "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
  • (n) assay, check: (an appraisal of the state of affairs) "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"
  • (n) bridle, check, curb: (the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess) "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
  • (n) check, bank_check, cheque: (a written order directing a bank to pay money) "he paid all his bills by check"
  • (n) check, chit, tab: (the bill in a restaurant) "he asked the waiter for the check"
  • (n) check, checkout, check-out_procedure: (the act of inspecting or verifying) "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"
  • (n) check, chip: (a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something)
  • (n) check: (a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)) "she wore a skirt with checks"
  • (n) check: (obstructing an opponent in ice hockey)
  • (n) check: ((chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king)
  • (n) check_mark, check, tick: (a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.) "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"
  • (n) confirmation, verification, check, substantiation: (additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct) "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
  • (n) hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap: (something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress)
check, Verb
  • (v) check, check_up_on, look_into, check_out, suss_out, check_over, go_over, check_into: (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition) "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
  • (v) check: (make an examination or investigation) "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class"
  • (v) check: (stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution) "She checked for an instant and missed a step"
  • (v) check, check_off, mark, mark_off, tick_off, tick: (put a check mark on or near or next to) "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"
  • (v) check, retard, delay: (slow the growth or development of) "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
  • (v) check, check_out: (be verified or confirmed; pass inspection) "These stories don't check!"
  • (v) check: (block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey)
  • (v) check: (consign for shipment on a vehicle) "check your luggage before boarding"
  • (v) check: (hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping) "Check your coat at the door"
  • (v) check: (abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey)
  • (v) check: (stop in a chase especially when scent is lost) "The dog checked"
  • (v) check, checker, chequer: (mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on)
  • (v) check: (decline to initiate betting)
  • (v) check, turn_back, arrest, stop, contain, hold_back: (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of) "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
  • (v) check: (place into check) "He checked my kings"
  • (v) check: (write out a check on a bank account)
  • (v) check: (verify by consulting a source or authority) "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts"
  • (v) check: (arrest the motion (of something) abruptly) "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve"
  • (v) check, chink: (make cracks or chinks in) "The heat checked the paint"
  • (v) control, hold_in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate: (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits) "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
  • (v) crack, check, break: (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only) "The glass cracked when it was heated"
  • (v) determine, check, find_out, see, ascertain, watch, learn: (find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort) "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
  • (v) discipline, train, check, condition: (develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control) "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
  • (v) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree: (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics) "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
  • (v) see, check, insure, see_to_it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure: (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something) "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"
checkbook, Noun
  • (n) checkbook, chequebook: (a book issued to holders of checking accounts)
checked, Adjective
  • (s) checked, checkered, chequered: (patterned with alternating squares of color)
checker, Noun
  • (n) checker: (an attendant who checks coats or baggage)
  • (n) checker: (one who checks the correctness of something)
  • (n) checker, chequer: (one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers)
checker, Verb
  • (v) check, checker, chequer: (mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on)
  • (v) checker, chequer: (variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns)
checkerberry, Noun
  • (n) teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain_tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping_wintergreen, Gaultheria_procumbens: (creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil)
  • (n) wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry: (spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil)
checkered, Adjective
  • (s) checked, checkered, chequered: (patterned with alternating squares of color)
  • (s) checkered: (marked by changeable fortune) "a checkered business career"
checklist, Noun
  • (n) checklist: (a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted)
checkmate, Noun
  • (n) checkmate: (complete victory)
  • (n) checkmate, mate: (a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king)
checkmate, Verb
  • (v) checkmate, mate: (place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game) "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
checkout, Noun
  • (n) check, checkout, check-out_procedure: (the act of inspecting or verifying) "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"
  • (n) checkout, checkout_time: (the latest time for vacating a hotel room) "the checkout here is 12 noon"
  • (n) checkout, checkout_counter: (a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases)
checkpoint, Noun
  • (n) checkpoint: (a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance)
checksum, Noun
  • (n) checksum: (a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage)
checkup, Noun
  • (n) checkup, medical_checkup, medical_examination, medical_exam, medical, health_check: (a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person)
cheek, Noun
  • (n) boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek: (impudent aggressiveness) "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
  • (n) buttock, cheek: (either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump)
  • (n) cheek: (either side of the face below the eyes)
  • (n) impudence, cheek, impertinence: (an impudent statement)
cheek, Verb
  • (v) cheek: (speak impudently to)
cheekbone, Noun
  • (n) cheekbone, zygomatic_bone, zygomatic, malar, malar_bone, jugal_bone, os_zygomaticum: (the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek)
cheekiness, Noun
  • (n) crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness: (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)
cheeky, Adjective
  • (s) brash, cheeky, nervy: (offensively bold) "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
cheep, Noun
  • (n) cheep, peep: (the short weak cry of a young bird)
cheep, Verb
  • (v) peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup: (make high-pitched sounds) "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
cheer, Noun
  • (n) cheer: (a cry or shout of approval)
  • (n) cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine: (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom) "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
cheer, Verb
  • (v) cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden: (give encouragement to)
  • (v) cheer: (show approval or good wishes by shouting) "everybody cheered the birthday boy"
  • (v) cheer, cheer_up, jolly_along, jolly_up: (cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful) "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
  • (v) cheer, cheer_up, chirk_up: (become cheerful)
  • (v) cheer, root_on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge_on, exhort, pep_up: (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts) "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
cheerful, Adjective
  • (a) cheerful: (being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits) "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"
  • (s) cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat: (pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic)
cheerfulness, Noun
  • (n) cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine: (the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom) "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
  • (n) cheerfulness, blitheness: (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits) "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"
cheering, Adjective
  • (s) comforting, cheering, satisfying: (providing freedom from worry)
cheering, Noun
  • (n) cheering, shouting: (encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators) "it's all over but the shouting"
cheerio, Noun
  • (n) adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf_wiedersehen, au_revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good_day, sayonara, so_long: (a farewell remark) "they said their good-byes"
cheerleader, Noun
  • (n) cheerleader: (an enthusiastic and vocal supporter) "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning"
  • (n) cheerleader: (someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event)
cheerless, Adjective
  • (a) depressing, cheerless, uncheerful: (causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy) "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
cheerlessness, Noun
  • (n) cheerlessness, uncheerfulness: (a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness)
cheery, Adjective
  • (s) cheery, gay, sunny: (bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer) "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
cheese, Noun
  • (n) cheese: (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)
  • (n) tall_mallow, high_mallow, cheese, cheeseflower, Malva_sylvestris: (erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States)
cheese, Verb
  • (v) cheese: (used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)) "Cheese it!"
  • (v) cheese: (wind onto a cheese) "cheese the yarn"
cheeseburger, Noun
  • (n) cheeseburger: (a hamburger with melted cheese on it)
cheesecake, Noun
  • (n) cheesecake: (made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust)
  • (n) cheesecake: (a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire)
cheeseflower, Noun
  • (n) tall_mallow, high_mallow, cheese, cheeseflower, Malva_sylvestris: (erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States)
cheeseparing, Adjective
  • (s) cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny: (giving or spending with reluctance) "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
cheesy, Adjective
  • (s) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny: (of very poor quality; flimsy)
cheetah, Noun
  • (n) cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx_jubatus: (long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game)
cheewink, Noun
  • (n) chewink, cheewink, Pipilo_erythrophthalmus: (common towhee of eastern North America)
chef-d'oeuvre, Noun
  • (n) masterpiece, chef-d'oeuvre: (the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman)
chef, Noun
  • (n) chef: (a professional cook)
cheiloschisis, Noun
  • (n) cleft_lip, harelip, cheiloschisis: (a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip)
cheilosis, Noun
  • (n) cheilosis, perleche: (a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin)
chela, Noun
  • (n) chela: (a Hindu disciple of a swami)
  • (n) claw, chela, nipper, pincer: (a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods)
chelate, Adjective
  • (a) chelate, chelated: (relating to or characterized by chelation)
  • (a) chelate: (having or resembling chelae or claws)
chelate, Noun
  • (n) chelate, chelate_compound: (a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions)
chelate, Verb
  • (v) chelate: (form a chelate, in chemistry)
chelated, Adjective
  • (a) chelate, chelated: (relating to or characterized by chelation)
chelation, Noun
  • (n) chelation: ((medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning)
  • (n) chelation: (the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds)
cheliceral, Adjective
  • (a) cheliceral, chelicerate: (of or relating to or resembling chelicerae)
chelicerate, Adjective
  • (a) cheliceral, chelicerate: (of or relating to or resembling chelicerae)
cheloid, Noun
  • (n) keloid, cheloid: (raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair)
chemic, Adjective
  • (a) chemical, chemic: (relating to or used in chemistry) "chemical engineer"; "chemical balance"
chemical, Adjective
  • (a) chemical, chemic: (relating to or used in chemistry) "chemical engineer"; "chemical balance"
  • (a) chemical: (of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes) "chemical fertilizer"
chemical, Noun
  • (n) chemical, chemical_substance: (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)
chemiluminescence, Noun
  • (n) chemiluminescence: (luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies)
chemiluminescent, Adjective
  • (a) chemiluminescent: (relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence) "fireflies are chemiluminescent"
chemise, Noun
  • (n) chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy: (a woman's sleeveless undergarment)
  • (n) chemise, sack, shift: (a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist)
chemisorption, Noun
  • (n) chemisorption, chemosorption: (adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces) "chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts"
chemisorptive, Adjective
  • (s) chemisorptive, chemosorptive: (having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces)
chemist's, Noun
  • (n) drugstore, apothecary's_shop, chemist's, chemist's_shop, pharmacy: (a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold)
chemist, Noun
  • (n) chemist: (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
  • (n) pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill_pusher, pill_roller: (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)
chemistry, Noun
  • (n) chemistry, chemical_science: (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
  • (n) chemistry: (the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object) "the chemistry of soil"
  • (n) chemistry, interpersonal_chemistry, alchemy: (the way two individuals relate to each other) "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together"
chemoimmunology, Noun
  • (n) immunochemistry, chemoimmunology: (the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies))
chemosorption, Noun
  • (n) chemisorption, chemosorption: (adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces) "chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts"
chemosorptive, Adjective
  • (s) chemisorptive, chemosorptive: (having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces)
chemotherapeutic, Adjective
  • (a) chemotherapeutic, chemotherapeutical: (of or relating to chemotherapy)
chemotherapeutical, Adjective
  • (a) chemotherapeutic, chemotherapeutical: (of or relating to chemotherapy)
chemotherapy, Noun
  • (n) chemotherapy: (the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness))
chenfish, Noun
  • (n) white_croaker, chenfish, kingfish, Genyonemus_lineatus: (small silvery marine food fish found off California)
cheque, Noun
  • (n) check, bank_check, cheque: (a written order directing a bank to pay money) "he paid all his bills by check"
cheque, Verb
  • (v) cheque, check_out: (withdraw money by writing a check)
chequebook, Noun
  • (n) checkbook, chequebook: (a book issued to holders of checking accounts)
chequer, Noun
  • (n) checker, chequer: (one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers)
chequer, Verb
  • (v) check, checker, chequer: (mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on)
  • (v) checker, chequer: (variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns)
chequered, Adjective
  • (s) checked, checkered, chequered: (patterned with alternating squares of color)
cherimolla, Noun
  • (n) cherimoya, cherimolla: (large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples)
cherimoya, Noun
  • (n) cherimoya, cherimoya_tree, Annona_cherimola: (small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit)
  • (n) cherimoya, cherimolla: (large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples)
cherish, Verb
  • (v) care_for, cherish, hold_dear, treasure: (be fond of; be attached to)
cherished, Adjective
  • (s) cherished, precious, treasured, wanted: (characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for) "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"
cherry-red, Adjective
  • (s) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet: (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
cherry, Adjective
  • (s) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet: (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
cherry, Noun
  • (n) cerise, cherry, cherry_red: (a red the color of ripe cherries)
  • (n) cherry: (wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry)
  • (n) cherry, cherry_tree: (any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood)
  • (n) cherry: (a red fruit with a single hard stone)
cherub, Noun
  • (n) cherub: (a sweet innocent baby)
  • (n) cherub: (an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child)
cherubic, Adjective
  • (s) angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet: (having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub) "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
chess, Noun
  • (n) chess, cheat, Bromus_secalinus: (weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat)
  • (n) chess, chess_game: (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)
chessboard, Noun
  • (n) chessboard, chess_board: (a checkerboard used to play chess)
chest, Noun
  • (n) breast, chest: (the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen) "he beat his breast in anger"
  • (n) chest: (box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy)
  • (n) chest_of_drawers, chest, bureau, dresser: (furniture with drawers for keeping clothes)
  • (n) thorax, chest, pectus: (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)
chestnut-colored, Adjective
  • (s) chestnut-colored, chestnut-coloured: (having the brown color of chestnuts)
chestnut-coloured, Adjective
  • (s) chestnut-colored, chestnut-coloured: (having the brown color of chestnuts)
chesty, Adjective
  • (s) arrogant, chesty, self-important: (having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride) "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"
  • (s) big-chested, chesty: (marked by a large or well-developed chest) "he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed"
chetah, Noun
  • (n) cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx_jubatus: (long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game)
cheval-de-frise, Noun
  • (n) cheval-de-frise, chevaux-de-frise: (defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry)
chevaux-de-frise, Noun
  • (n) cheval-de-frise, chevaux-de-frise: (defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry)
chevron, Noun
  • (n) chevron, stripe, stripes, grade_insignia: (V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service) "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"
  • (n) chevron: (an inverted V-shaped charge)
chevvy, Verb
  • (v) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke: (annoy continually or chronically) "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
chevy, Verb
  • (v) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke: (annoy continually or chronically) "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
chew, Noun
  • (n) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad: (a wad of something chewable as tobacco)
  • (n) chew, chewing, mastication, manduction: (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)
chew, Verb
  • (v) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw: (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth) "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
chewable, Adjective
  • (s) chewable, cuttable: (easy to cut or chew)
chewing, Noun
  • (n) chew, chewing, mastication, manduction: (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)
chewink, Noun
  • (n) chewink, cheewink, Pipilo_erythrophthalmus: (common towhee of eastern North America)
chewy, Adjective
  • (s) chewy: (requiring much chewing)
  • (s) chewy: ((of a consistency) requiring chewing) "chewy caramels"
chi, Noun
  • (n) chi, khi: (the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet)
  • (n) qi, chi, ch'i, ki: (the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health)
chiasm, Noun
  • (n) chiasma, chiasm, decussation: (an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X)
chiasma, Noun
  • (n) chiasma, chiasm, decussation: (an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X)
chiasmal, Adjective
  • (a) chiasmal, chiasmic, chiasmatic: (of or relating to a chiasm)
chiasmatic, Adjective
  • (a) chiasmal, chiasmic, chiasmatic: (of or relating to a chiasm)
chiasmic, Adjective
  • (a) chiasmal, chiasmic, chiasmatic: (of or relating to a chiasm)
chic, Adjective
  • (s) chic, smart, voguish: (elegant and stylish) "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"
chic, Noun
  • (n) chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last_word: (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
chicane, Noun
  • (n) chicane: (a bridge hand that is void of trumps)
  • (n) chicane: (a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file)
  • (n) trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan: (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))
chicane, Verb
  • (v) cavil, carp, chicane: (raise trivial objections)
  • (v) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey: (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)
chicanery, Noun
  • (n) trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan: (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))
chicha, Noun
  • (n) hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water_pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly: (an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water) "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"
chichi, Adjective
  • (s) chichi: (affectedly trendy and fashionable)
chichi, Noun
  • (n) chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last_word: (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
  • (n) chichi: (someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way)
chick, Noun
  • (n) chick, biddy: (young bird especially of domestic fowl)
  • (n) dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird: (informal terms for a (young) woman)
chicken-breasted, Adjective
  • (s) pigeon-breasted, chicken-breasted: (having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets)
chicken-fight, Verb
  • (v) chicken-fight, chickenfight: (fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders)
chicken, Adjective
  • (s) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied: (easily frightened)
chicken, Noun
  • (n) chicken, poulet, volaille: (the flesh of a chicken used for food)
  • (n) chicken, Gallus_gallus: (a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl)
  • (n) chicken: (a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops)
  • (n) wimp, chicken, crybaby: (a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy)
chickenfight, Verb
  • (v) chicken-fight, chickenfight: (fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders)
chickenhearted, Adjective
  • (s) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied: (easily frightened)
chickenpox, Noun
  • (n) chickenpox, varicella: (an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body)
chickpea, Noun
  • (n) chickpea, garbanzo: (the seed of the chickpea plant)
  • (n) chickpea, chickpea_plant, Egyptian_pea, Cicer_arietinum: (Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds)
  • (n) chickpea, garbanzo: (large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried)
chicness, Noun
  • (n) chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last_word: (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
chicory, Noun
  • (n) chicory, chicory_root: (the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute)
  • (n) chicory, succory, chicory_plant, Cichorium_intybus: (perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads)
  • (n) chicory, chicory_root: (root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee)
  • (n) chicory, curly_endive: (crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste)
chicot, Noun
  • (n) Kentucky_coffee_tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus_dioica: (handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute)
chide, Verb
  • (v) call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambaste, lambast: (censure severely or angrily) "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
chiding, Noun
  • (n) chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing: (rebuking a person harshly)
chief, Adjective
  • (s) chief, main, primary, principal, master: (most important element) "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"
chief, Noun
  • (n) foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss: (a person who exercises control over workers) "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
  • (n) head, chief, top_dog: (a person who is in charge) "the head of the whole operation"
  • (n) headman, tribal_chief, chieftain, chief: (the head of a tribe or clan)
chieftain, Noun
  • (n) captain, chieftain: (the leader of a group of people) "a captain of industry"
  • (n) headman, tribal_chief, chieftain, chief: (the head of a tribe or clan)
chieftaincy, Noun
  • (n) chieftaincy, chieftainship: (the position of chieftain)
chieftainship, Noun
  • (n) chieftaincy, chieftainship: (the position of chieftain)
chiffon, Noun
  • (n) chiffon: (a sheer fabric of silk or rayon)
chiffonier, Noun
  • (n) chiffonier, commode: (a tall elegant chest of drawers)
chigetai, Noun
  • (n) chigetai, dziggetai, Equus_hemionus_hemionus: (Mongolian wild ass)
chigger, Noun
  • (n) chigoe, chigger, chigoe_flea, Tunga_penetrans: (small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans)
  • (n) harvest_mite, chigger, jigger, redbug: (larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation)
chigoe, Noun
  • (n) chigoe, chigger, chigoe_flea, Tunga_penetrans: (small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans)
chilblain, Noun
  • (n) chilblain, chilblains, pernio: (inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture)
chilblains, Noun
  • (n) chilblain, chilblains, pernio: (inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture)
child-proof, Verb
  • (v) child-proof, childproof: (make safe against children) "childproof the apartment"
child, Noun
  • (n) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small_fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling: (a young person of either sex) "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
  • (n) child, kid: (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age) "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college"
  • (n) child, baby: (an immature childish person) "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
  • (n) child: (a member of a clan or tribe) "the children of Israel"
childbearing, Adjective
  • (a) childbearing: (relating to or suitable for childbirth) "of childbearing age"
childbearing, Noun
  • (n) childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal_birth: (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)
childbed, Noun
  • (n) parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed: (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child) "she was in labor for six hours"
childbirth, Noun
  • (n) childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal_birth: (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)
childcare, Noun
  • (n) childcare, child_care: (a service involving care for other people's children)
childhood, Noun
  • (n) childhood: (the time of person's life when they are a child)
  • (n) childhood, puerility: (the state of a child between infancy and adolescence)
childish, Adjective
  • (s) childish, infantile: (indicating a lack of maturity) "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior"
childishness, Noun
  • (n) childishness, puerility: (a property characteristic of a child)
childlike, Adjective
  • (s) childlike, childly: (befitting a young child) "childlike charm"
  • (s) childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple: (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity) "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
childly, Adjective
  • (s) childlike, childly: (befitting a young child) "childlike charm"
childproof, Verb
  • (v) child-proof, childproof: (make safe against children) "childproof the apartment"
chili, Noun
  • (n) chili, chili_con_carne: (ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans)
  • (n) chili, chili_pepper, chilli, chilly, chile: (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)
chiliad, Noun
  • (n) thousand, one_thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard: (the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100)
chiliasm, Noun
  • (n) millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism, chiliasm: (belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations)
chiliast, Noun
  • (n) millenarian, millenarist, chiliast: (a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity))
chiliastic, Adjective
  • (a) millenarian, chiliastic: (relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness)
chill, Noun
  • (n) chill, iciness, gelidity: (coldness due to a cold environment)
  • (n) chill, shivering: (a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever)
  • (n) chill, pall: (a sudden numbing dread)
  • (n) frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle: (an almost pleasurable sensation of fright) "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
chill, Verb
  • (v) chill: (depress or discourage) "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
  • (v) cool, chill, cool_down: (make cool or cooler) "Chill the food"
  • (v) cool, chill, cool_down: (loose heat) "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
chiller, Noun
  • (n) hair-raiser, chiller: (excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones) "the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser"
chilli, Noun
  • (n) chili, chili_pepper, chilli, chilly, chile: (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)
chilliness, Noun
  • (n) chilliness, coolness, nip: (the property of being moderately cold) "the chilliness of early morning"
  • (n) coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness: (a lack of affection or enthusiasm) "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"
chilling, Adjective
  • (s) chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery: (provoking fear terror) "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
chilling, Noun
  • (n) cooling, chilling, temperature_reduction: (the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature)
chilly, Adjective
  • (s) chilly: (not characterized by emotion) "a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham"
  • (s) chilly, parky: (appreciably or disagreeably cold)
  • (s) chilly: (lacking warmth of feeling) "a chilly greeting"
chilly, Noun
  • (n) chili, chili_pepper, chilli, chilly, chile: (very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency)
chime, Noun
  • (n) chime, bell, gong: (a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument)
chime, Verb
  • (v) chime: (emit a sound) "bells and gongs chimed"
chimeral, Adjective
  • (a) chimeric, chimerical, chimeral: (being or relating to or like a chimera) "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush"
chimeric, Adjective
  • (a) chimeric, chimerical, chimeral: (being or relating to or like a chimera) "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush"
chimerical, Adjective
  • (a) chimeric, chimerical, chimeral: (being or relating to or like a chimera) "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush"
  • (s) chimerical: (produced by a wildly fanciful imagination) "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush"
chimney, Noun
  • (n) chimney: (a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building)
  • (n) lamp_chimney, chimney: (a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp)
chimneypiece, Noun
  • (n) mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece: (shelf that projects from wall above fireplace) "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
chimneysweep, Noun
  • (n) chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep: (someone who cleans soot from chimneys)
chimneysweeper, Noun
  • (n) chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep: (someone who cleans soot from chimneys)
chimp, Noun
  • (n) chimpanzee, chimp, Pan_troglodytes: (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)
chimpanzee, Noun
  • (n) chimpanzee, chimp, Pan_troglodytes: (intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests)
chin-up, Noun
  • (n) pull-up, chin-up: (an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar)
chin-wag, Noun
  • (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit_chat, small_talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin_wag, chin-wag, chin_wagging, chin-wagging, causerie: (light informal conversation for social occasions)
chin-wagging, Noun
  • (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit_chat, small_talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin_wag, chin-wag, chin_wagging, chin-wagging, causerie: (light informal conversation for social occasions)
chin, Verb
  • (v) chin, chin_up: (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)
chinaberry, Noun
  • (n) China_tree, false_dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus_saponaria: (evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans)
  • (n) chinaberry, chinaberry_tree, China_tree, Persian_lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia_azederach, Melia_azedarach: (tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree)
chinaware, Noun
  • (n) chinaware, china: (dishware made of high quality porcelain)
chincapin, Noun
  • (n) chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin: (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)
chinch, Noun
  • (n) bedbug, bed_bug, chinch, Cimex_lectularius: (bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood)
chinchilla, Noun
  • (n) chinchilla: (the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla)
  • (n) chinchilla: (a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton)
  • (n) chinchilla, Chinchilla_laniger: (small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur)
chinchillon, Noun
  • (n) viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus_maximus: (gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas)
chinchona, Noun
  • (n) cinchona, chinchona: (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)
chinchy, Adjective
  • (s) cheap, chinchy, chintzy: (embarrassingly stingy)
chink, Noun
  • (n) chink, Chinaman: ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent)
  • (n) chink: (a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall)
  • (n) chink, click, clink: (a short light metallic sound)
chink, Verb
  • (v) check, chink: (make cracks or chinks in) "The heat checked the paint"
  • (v) chink: (fill the chinks of, as with caulking)
  • (v) tinkle, tink, clink, chink: (make or emit a high sound) "tinkling bells"
chinkapin, Noun
  • (n) chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin: (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)
chinked, Adjective
  • (s) chinked, stopped-up: (having narrow opening filled)
chinquapin, Noun
  • (n) Allegheny_chinkapin, eastern_chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf_chestnut, Castanea_pumila: (shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts)
  • (n) chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin: (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)
  • (n) Ozark_chinkapin, Ozark_chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea_ozarkensis: (shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States)
chintz, Noun
  • (n) chintz: (a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric)
chintzy, Adjective
  • (s) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny: (of very poor quality; flimsy)
  • (s) cheap, chinchy, chintzy: (embarrassingly stingy)
chip, Noun
  • (n) bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap: (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole) "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
  • (n) check, chip: (a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something)
  • (n) chip: (a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line)
  • (n) chip, cow_chip, cow_dung, buffalo_chip: (a piece of dried bovine dung)
  • (n) chip, crisp, potato_chip, Saratoga_chip: (a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat)
  • (n) chip, poker_chip: (a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling)
  • (n) chip, microchip, micro_chip, silicon_chip, microprocessor_chip: (electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit)
  • (n) chip, chip_shot: ((golf) a low running approach shot)
  • (n) chip, chipping, splintering: (the act of chipping something)
chip, Verb
  • (v) chip, chip_off, come_off, break_away, break_off: (break off (a piece from a whole)) "Her tooth chipped"
  • (v) chip: (play a chip shot)
  • (v) chip: (form by chipping) "They chipped their names in the stone"
  • (v) chip, knap, cut_off, break_off: (break a small piece off from) "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
  • (v) nick, chip: (cut a nick into)
chipboard, Noun
  • (n) chipboard, hardboard: (a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin)
chipper, Adjective
  • (s) chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty: (having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air) "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton"; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds"; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
chipping, Noun
  • (n) chip, chipping, splintering: (the act of chipping something)
chirography, Noun
  • (n) calligraphy, penmanship, chirography: (beautiful handwriting)
chirology, Noun
  • (n) palmistry, palm_reading, chiromancy, chirology: (telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand)
chiromancer, Noun
  • (n) palmist, palmister, chiromancer: (fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms)
chiromancy, Noun
  • (n) palmistry, palm_reading, chiromancy, chirology: (telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand)
chiropodist, Noun
  • (n) chiropodist, foot_doctor, podiatrist: (a specialist in care for the feet)
chiropody, Noun
  • (n) podiatry, chiropody: (the branch of medicine concerned with the feet)
chiropractic, Noun
  • (n) chiropractic: (a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure)
chiropractor, Noun
  • (n) chiropractor: (a therapist who practices chiropractic)
chiropteran, Noun
  • (n) bat, chiropteran: (nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate)
chirp, Noun
  • (n) chirp: (a sharp sound made by small birds or insects)
chirp, Verb
  • (v) peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup: (make high-pitched sounds) "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
  • (v) tweedle, chirp: (sing in modulation)
chirpy, Adjective
  • (s) buoyant, chirpy, perky: (characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness) "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
  • (a) chirpy: ((birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp)
chirrup, Noun
  • (n) chirrup, twitter: (a series of chirps)
chirrup, Verb
  • (v) peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup: (make high-pitched sounds) "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
chisel, Noun
  • (n) chisel: (an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge)
chisel, Verb
  • (v) cheat, rip_off, chisel: (deprive somebody of something by deceit) "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
  • (v) cheat, chisel: (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud) "Who's chiseling on the side?"
  • (v) chisel: (carve with a chisel) "chisel the marble"
chiseled, Adjective
  • (s) chiseled, well-defined: (having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges) "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features"
chiseler, Noun
  • (n) swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter: (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
chiseller, Noun
  • (n) swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter: (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
chit-chat, Noun
  • (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit_chat, small_talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin_wag, chin-wag, chin_wagging, chin-wagging, causerie: (light informal conversation for social occasions)
chit-chat, Verb
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
chit, Noun
  • (n) check, chit, tab: (the bill in a restaurant) "he asked the waiter for the check"
  • (n) chit: (a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect) "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a saucy chit"
chitchat, Noun
  • (n) chitchat, chit-chat, chit_chat, small_talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin_wag, chin-wag, chin_wagging, chin-wagging, causerie: (light informal conversation for social occasions)
chitchat, Verb
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
chitinous, Adjective
  • (a) chitinous: (of or resembling chitin)
chitlings, Noun
  • (n) chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings: (small intestines of hogs prepared as food)
chitlins, Noun
  • (n) chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings: (small intestines of hogs prepared as food)
chiton, Noun
  • (n) chiton: (a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece)
  • (n) chiton, coat-of-mail_shell, sea_cradle, polyplacophore: (primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates)
chittamwood, Noun
  • (n) American_smokewood, chittamwood, Cotinus_americanus, Cotinus_obovatus: (shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke)
  • (n) cascara_buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus_purshianus: (shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada)
  • (n) false_buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, black_haw, Bumelia_lanuginosa: (deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico)
chitter, Verb
  • (v) chitter, twitter: (make high-pitched sounds, as of birds)
chitterlings, Noun
  • (n) chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings: (small intestines of hogs prepared as food)
chittimwood, Noun
  • (n) cascara_buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus_purshianus: (shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada)
  • (n) false_buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, black_haw, Bumelia_lanuginosa: (deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico)
chivalric, Adjective
  • (s) chivalric, knightly, medieval: (characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages) "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
chivalrous, Adjective
  • (s) chivalrous, gallant, knightly: (being attentive to women like an ideal knight)
chivalry, Noun
  • (n) chivalry, gallantry, politesse: (courtesy towards women)
  • (n) chivalry, knightliness: (the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct)
chivaree, Noun
  • (n) shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling: (a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple)
chive, Noun
  • (n) chives, chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium_schoenoprasum: (perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning)
chives, Noun
  • (n) chives, chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium_schoenoprasum: (perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning)
  • (n) chives: (cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning)
chivvy, Verb
  • (v) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke: (annoy continually or chronically) "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
chivy, Verb
  • (v) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke: (annoy continually or chronically) "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
chlamydeous, Adjective
  • (a) chlamydeous: (having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla)
chlamydia, Noun
  • (n) chlamydia: (a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia)
  • (n) chlamydia: (coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract)
chlamyphore, Noun
  • (n) pichiciago, pichiciego, fairy_armadillo, chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus_truncatus: (very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck)
chlamys, Noun
  • (n) chlamys: (a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece)
  • (n) perianth, chlamys, floral_envelope, perigone, perigonium: (collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils)
chloasma, Noun
  • (n) chloasma, melasma, mask_of_pregnancy: (a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives)
chlorambucil, Noun
  • (n) chlorambucil, Leukeran: (an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer)
chloramine-T, Noun
  • (n) chloramine, chloramine-T: (any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds)
chloramine, Noun
  • (n) chloramine, chloramine-T: (any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds)
chloramphenicol, Noun
  • (n) chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin: (an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever))
chlordiazepoxide, Noun
  • (n) chlordiazepoxide, Librium, Libritabs: (a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism)
chlorella, Noun
  • (n) chlorella: (any alga of the genus Chlorella)
chloride, Noun
  • (n) chloride: (any compound containing a chlorine atom)
  • (n) chloride: (any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion))
chlorinate, Verb
  • (v) chlorinate: (treat or combine with chlorine) "chlorinated water"
  • (v) chlorinate: (disinfect with chlorine) "chlorinate a pool"
chlorine, Noun
  • (n) chlorine, Cl, atomic_number_17: (a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water))
chlorofluorocarbon, Noun
  • (n) chlorofluorocarbon, CFC: (a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans) "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone"
chloroform, Noun
  • (n) chloroform, trichloromethane: (a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic) "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"
chloroform, Verb
  • (v) chloroform: (anesthetize with chloroform) "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"
chlorophyl, Noun
  • (n) chlorophyll, chlorophyl: (any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms)
chlorophyll, Noun
  • (n) chlorophyll, chlorophyl: (any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms)
chlorophyllose, Adjective
  • (a) chlorophyllose, chlorophyllous: (relating to or being or containing chlorophyll)
chlorophyllous, Adjective
  • (a) chlorophyllose, chlorophyllous: (relating to or being or containing chlorophyll)
chloropicrin, Noun
  • (n) chloropicrin, nitrochloroform: (a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas)
chlorosis, Noun
  • (n) chlorosis, greensickness: (iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin)
chlorothiazide, Noun
  • (n) chlorothiazide, Diuril: (a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension)
chlorotic, Adjective
  • (a) chlorotic, greensick: (of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis)
chlorpromazine, Noun
  • (n) chlorpromazine, Thorazine: (a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer)
chlortetracycline, Noun
  • (n) chlortetracycline, Aureomycin: (a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases)
chlorthalidone, Noun
  • (n) chlorthalidone, Hygroton, Thalidone: (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)
chock-full, Adjective
  • (s) chockablock, chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram_full: (packed full to capacity) "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"
chock, Noun
  • (n) chock, wedge: (a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object)
chock, Verb
  • (v) chock: (secure with chocks)
  • (v) chock: (support on chocks) "chock the boat"
chockablock, Adjective
  • (s) chockablock, chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram_full: (packed full to capacity) "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"
chockful, Adjective
  • (s) chockablock, chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram_full: (packed full to capacity) "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"
chocolate-brown, Adjective
  • (s) brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown: (of a color similar to that of wood or earth)
chocolate-colored, Adjective
  • (s) chocolate-colored, chocolate-coloured: (having the color of dark chocolate)
chocolate-coloured, Adjective
  • (s) chocolate-colored, chocolate-coloured: (having the color of dark chocolate)
chocolate, Noun
  • (n) chocolate: (a food made from roasted ground cacao beans)
  • (n) chocolate, coffee, deep_brown, umber, burnt_umber: (a medium brown to dark-brown color)
  • (n) cocoa, chocolate, hot_chocolate, drinking_chocolate: (a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot)
choice, Adjective
  • (s) choice, prime, prize, quality, select: (of superior grade) "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
  • (s) choice: (appealing to refined taste) "choice wine"
choice, Noun
  • (n) choice, pick, selection: (the person or thing chosen or selected) "he was my pick for mayor"
  • (n) choice, selection, option, pick: (the act of choosing or selecting) "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
  • (n) option, alternative, choice: (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen) "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"
choiceness, Noun
  • (n) fineness, choiceness: (the quality of being very good indeed) "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine"
choicest, Adjective
  • (s) choice, prime, prize, quality, select: (of superior grade) "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
  • (s) choice: (appealing to refined taste) "choice wine"
choir, Noun
  • (n) choir: (a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony)
  • (n) choir, consort: (a family of similar musical instrument playing together)
  • (n) choir: (the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave)
choir, Verb
  • (v) choir, chorus: (sing in a choir)
choirmaster, Noun
  • (n) choirmaster, precentor, cantor: (the musical director of a choir)
choke-full, Adjective
  • (s) chockablock, chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram_full: (packed full to capacity) "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"
choke, Noun
  • (n) choke, choke_coil, choking_coil: (a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current)
  • (n) choke: (a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine)
choke, Verb
  • (v) choke: (breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion) "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
  • (v) choke, gag, fret: (be too tight; rub or press) "This neckband is choking the cat"
  • (v) choke, scrag: (wring the neck of) "The man choked his opponent"
  • (v) choke, strangle: (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)
  • (v) choke: (fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation) "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
  • (v) choke: (check or slow down the action or effect of) "She choked her anger"
  • (v) choke, throttle: (reduce the air supply) "choke a carburetor"
  • (v) clog, choke_off, clog_up, back_up, congest, choke, foul: (become or cause to become obstructed) "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
  • (v) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass_away, expire, pass, kick_the_bucket, cash_in_one's_chips, buy_the_farm, conk, give-up_the_ghost, drop_dead, pop_off, choke, croak, snuff_it: (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life) "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
  • (v) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate: (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake) "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
  • (v) gag, choke: (cause to retch or choke)
  • (v) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke: (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of) "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
  • (v) suffocate, choke: (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled) "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
  • (v) suffocate, choke: (suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of) "His job suffocated him"
choked, Adjective
  • (s) choked, clogged: (stopped up; clogged up) "clogged pipes"; "clogged up freeways"; "streets choked with traffic"
chokedamp, Noun
  • (n) chokedamp, blackdamp: (the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life)
chokehold, Noun
  • (n) chokehold, choke_hold: (a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind) "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"
  • (n) stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold: (complete power over a person or situation) "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
chokepoint, Noun
  • (n) chokepoint: (a point of congestion or blockage) "the bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour"
  • (n) constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint: (a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel)
choker, Noun
  • (n) choker: (an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation) "he could win if he wasn't a choker"
  • (n) choker, collar, dog_collar, neckband: (necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck)
  • (n) choker, ruff, ruffle, neck_ruff: (a high tight collar)
  • (n) garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker: (someone who kills by strangling)
chokey, Noun
  • (n) chokey, choky: (British slang (dated) for a prison)
choking, Noun
  • (n) choking: (a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx))
  • (n) choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling: (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe) "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
choky, Adjective
  • (s) choky: (so tight as to tend to choke) "a choky collar"
choky, Noun
  • (n) chokey, choky: (British slang (dated) for a prison)
cholecalciferol, Noun
  • (n) vitamin_D, calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol, D: (a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets)
choler, Noun
  • (n) anger, choler, ire: (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)
  • (n) irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler: (an irritable petulant feeling)
  • (n) yellow_bile, choler: (a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger)
cholera, Noun
  • (n) cholera, Asiatic_cholera, Indian_cholera, epidemic_cholera: (an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food)
choleric, Adjective
  • (s) choleric: (easily moved to anger) "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells"
  • (s) choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered: (quickly aroused to anger) "a hotheaded commander"
  • (s) choleric, irascible: (characterized by anger) "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"
cholestasis, Noun
  • (n) acholia, cholestasis: (a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed)
cholesterin, Noun
  • (n) cholesterol, cholesterin: (an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues)
cholesterol, Noun
  • (n) cholesterol, cholesterin: (an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues)
cholinergic, Adjective
  • (a) cholinergic: (releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound)
chomp, Noun
  • (n) bite, chomp: (the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws)
chomp, Verb
  • (v) chomp, champ: (chew noisily) "The boy chomped his sandwich"
chondriosome, Noun
  • (n) mitochondrion, chondriosome: (an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy)
chondritic, Adjective
  • (a) chondritic, granular: (having a granular structure like that of chondrites)
chondrodystrophy, Noun
  • (n) achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis_congenita, chondrodystrophy: (an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism)
choose, Verb
  • (v) choose, take, select, pick_out: (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives) "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
  • (v) choose, prefer, opt: (select as an alternative over another) "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
  • (v) choose: (see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way) "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"
chooser, Noun
  • (n) picker, chooser, selector: (a person who chooses or selects out)
choosey, Adjective
  • (s) choosy, choosey: (difficult to please)
choosy, Adjective
  • (s) choosy, choosey: (difficult to please)
chop, Noun
  • (n) chop: (the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)) "the boat headed into the chop"
  • (n) chop: (a small cut of meat including part of a rib)
  • (n) chop: (a jaw) "I'll hit him on the chops"
  • (n) chop, chop_shot: (a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball)
  • (n) chop, chopper: (a grounder that bounces high in the air)
chop, Verb
  • (v) chop, chop_up: (cut into pieces) "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
  • (v) chop: (move suddenly)
  • (v) chop: (form or shape by chopping) "chop a hole in the ground"
  • (v) chop: (strike sharply, as in some sports)
  • (v) chop, hack: (cut with a hacking tool)
  • (v) chop: (hit sharply)
chopfallen, Adjective
  • (s) chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated: (brought low in spirit) "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"
chophouse, Noun
  • (n) steakhouse, chophouse: (a restaurant that specializes in steaks)
chopine, Noun
  • (n) chopine, platform: (a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole)
chopped, Adjective
  • (s) chopped, shredded, sliced: (prepared by cutting) "sliced tomatoes"; "sliced ham"; "chopped clams"; "chopped meat"; "shredded cabbage"
chopper, Noun
  • (n) chop, chopper: (a grounder that bounces high in the air)
  • (n) chopper, pearly: (informal terms for a human `tooth')
  • (n) cleaver, meat_cleaver, chopper: (a butcher's knife having a large square blade)
  • (n) helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater: (an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades)
choppiness, Noun
  • (n) choppiness, roughness, rough_water: (used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather)
choppy, Adjective
  • (s) choppy, jerky: (marked by abrupt transitions) "choppy prose"
  • (s) choppy: (rough with small waves) "choppy seas"
chopstick, Noun
  • (n) chopstick: (one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with)
choral, Adjective
  • (a) choral: (related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir) "choral composition"; "choral ensemble"
choral, Noun
  • (n) chorale, choral: (a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune)
chorale, Noun
  • (n) chorale, choral: (a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune)
chord, Noun
  • (n) chord: (a straight line connecting two points on a curve)
  • (n) chord: (a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together)
chord, Verb
  • (v) chord: (play chords on (a string instrument))
  • (v) harmonize, harmonise, chord: (bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing)
chordamesoderm, Noun
  • (n) chordamesoderm, chordomesoderm: (the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord)
chordomesoderm, Noun
  • (n) chordamesoderm, chordomesoderm: (the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord)
chore, Noun
  • (n) job, task, chore: (a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee) "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
choreograph, Verb
  • (v) choreograph: (compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music) "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music"
  • (v) choreograph: (plan and oversee the development and details of) "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed"
chorine, Noun
  • (n) chorus_girl, showgirl, chorine: (a woman who dances in a chorus line)
choriomeningitis, Noun
  • (n) choriomeningitis: (a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges)
chorionic, Adjective
  • (a) chorionic: (of or relating to a chorion) "a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion"
chortle, Noun
  • (n) chortle, chuckle: (a soft partly suppressed laugh)
chortle, Verb
  • (v) chuckle, chortle, laugh_softly: (laugh quietly or with restraint)
chorus, Noun
  • (n) chorus: (any utterance produced simultaneously by a group) "a chorus of boos"
  • (n) chorus: (a group of people assembled to sing together)
  • (n) chorus, chorus_line: (a body of dancers or singers who perform together)
  • (n) chorus, Greek_chorus: (a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play)
  • (n) refrain, chorus: (the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers)
chorus, Verb
  • (v) choir, chorus: (sing in a choir)
  • (v) chorus: (utter in unison) "`yes,' the children chorused"
chouse, Verb
  • (v) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey: (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)
chrism, Noun
  • (n) chrism, chrisom, sacramental_oil, holy_oil: (a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam)
chrisom, Noun
  • (n) chrism, chrisom, sacramental_oil, holy_oil: (a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam)
christen, Verb
  • (v) baptize, baptise, christen: (administer baptism to) "The parents had the child baptized"
christening, Noun
  • (n) christening: (giving a Christian name at baptism)
christless, Adjective
  • (s) christless, nonchristian: (not believing in Christ)
christlike, Adjective
  • (s) christlike, christly: (resembling or showing the spirit of Christ)
christly, Adjective
  • (s) christlike, christly: (resembling or showing the spirit of Christ)
chroma, Noun
  • (n) saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness: (chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue)
chromaesthesia, Noun
  • (n) chromesthesia, chromaesthesia: (a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations)
chromatic, Adjective
  • (a) chromatic: (able to refract light without spectral color separation) "chromatic lens"
  • (a) chromatic: (based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones) "a chromatic scale"
  • (a) chromatic: (being or having or characterized by hue)
chromaticity, Noun
  • (n) hue, chromaticity: (the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength)
chromatid, Noun
  • (n) chromatid: (one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis)
chromatin, Noun
  • (n) chromatin, chromatin_granule: (the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes)
chromatinic, Adjective
  • (a) chromatinic: ((of substance of a cell nucleus) readily colored by stains)
chromatographic, Adjective
  • (a) chromatographic, chromatographical: (of or relating to chromatography)
chromatographical, Adjective
  • (a) chromatographic, chromatographical: (of or relating to chromatography)
chromatography, Noun
  • (n) chromatography: (a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency)
chrome, Noun
  • (n) chrome: (another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments)
chrome, Verb
  • (v) chrome, chromium-plate: (plate with chromium) "chrome bathroom fixtures"
  • (v) chrome: (treat with a chromium compound)
chromesthesia, Noun
  • (n) chromesthesia, chromaesthesia: (a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations)
chromium-plate, Verb
  • (v) chrome, chromium-plate: (plate with chromium) "chrome bathroom fixtures"
chromium, Noun
  • (n) chromium, Cr, atomic_number_24: (a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing)
chromosomal, Adjective
  • (a) chromosomal: (of or relating to a chromosome) "chromosomal defect"
chromosome, Noun
  • (n) chromosome: (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order) "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
chronic, Adjective
  • (a) chronic: (being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering) "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"
  • (s) chronic, continuing: (of long duration) "chronic money problems"
  • (s) chronic, inveterate: (habitual) "a chronic smoker"
chronicle, Noun
  • (n) history, account, chronicle, story: (a record or narrative description of past events) "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
chronicle, Verb
  • (v) chronicle: (record in chronological order; make a historical record)
chronograph, Noun
  • (n) chronograph: (an accurate timer for recording time)
chronological, Adjective
  • (a) chronological: (relating to or arranged according to temporal order) "chronological age"
chronologise, Verb
  • (v) chronologize, chronologise: (establish the order in time of something) "The archivist chronologized the documents"
chronologize, Verb
  • (v) chronologize, chronologise: (establish the order in time of something) "The archivist chronologized the documents"
chronology, Noun
  • (n) chronology: (an arrangement of events in time)
  • (n) chronology: (a record of events in the order of their occurrence)
  • (n) chronology: (the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events)
chrysanthemum, Noun
  • (n) chrysanthemum: (the flower of a chrysanthemum plant)
  • (n) chrysanthemum: (any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated)
chrysarobin, Noun
  • (n) araroba, Goa_powder, chrysarobin: (a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases)
chthonian, Adjective
  • (s) chthonian, chthonic, nether: (dwelling beneath the surface of the earth) "nether regions"
chthonic, Adjective
  • (s) chthonian, chthonic, nether: (dwelling beneath the surface of the earth) "nether regions"
chubbiness, Noun
  • (n) chubbiness, pudginess, tubbiness, rolypoliness: (the property of having a plump and round body)
chubby, Adjective
  • (s) chubby, embonpoint, plump: (sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; ) "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"
chuck-full, Adjective
  • (s) chockablock, chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram_full: (packed full to capacity) "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"
chuck, Noun
  • (n) chow, chuck, eats, grub: (informal terms for a meal)
  • (n) chuck: (the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade)
  • (n) chuck: (a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill)
chuck, Verb
  • (v) chuck, toss: (throw carelessly) "chuck the ball"
  • (v) chuck, ditch: (throw away) "Chuck these old notes"
  • (v) chuck, pat: (pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin)
  • (v) vomit, vomit_up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be_sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw_up: (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth) "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
chucker-out, Noun
  • (n) bouncer, chucker-out: (a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting)
chuckhole, Noun
  • (n) pothole, chuckhole: (a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface))
chuckle, Noun
  • (n) chortle, chuckle: (a soft partly suppressed laugh)
chuckle, Verb
  • (v) chuckle, chortle, laugh_softly: (laugh quietly or with restraint)
chuddar, Noun
  • (n) chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar: (a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women)
chuff, Verb
  • (v) puff, huff, chuff: (blow hard and loudly) "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
chukka, Noun
  • (n) chukka, chukka_boot: (a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets; often made of suede)
  • (n) chukker, chukka: ((polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided)
chukker-brown, Adjective
  • (s) snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown: (snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown)
chukker, Noun
  • (n) chukker, chukka: ((polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided)
chum, Noun
  • (n) buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick: (a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities)
  • (n) chum: (bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish)
  • (n) chum_salmon, chum, Oncorhynchus_keta: (a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish)
chumminess, Noun
  • (n) chumminess, camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship: (the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability)
chummy, Adjective
  • (s) chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy: ((used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals)
  • (s) chummy, buddy-buddy, thick: ((used informally) associated on close terms) "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
chump, Noun
  • (n) chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall_guy, sucker, soft_touch, mug: (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)
chunga, Noun
  • (n) chunga, seriema, Chunga_burmeisteri: (Argentinian Cariama)
chunk, Noun
  • (n) ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk: (a compact mass) "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
  • (n) chunk: (a substantial amount) "we won a chunk of money"
chunk, Verb
  • (v) collocate, lump, chunk: (group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side)
  • (v) lump, chunk: (put together indiscriminately) "lump together all the applicants"
chunking, Noun
  • (n) unitization, unitisation, chunking: ((psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units)
chunky, Adjective
  • (s) chunky, lumpy: (like or containing small sticky lumps) "the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough"
  • (s) chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy: (short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature) "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"
church, Noun
  • (n) church, Christian_church: (one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship)
  • (n) church, church_building: (a place for public (especially Christian) worship) "the church was empty"
  • (n) church: (the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church) "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
  • (n) church_service, church: (a service conducted in a house of worship) "don't be late for church"
church, Verb
  • (v) church: (perform a special church rite or service for) "church a woman after childbirth"
churchgoer, Noun
  • (n) churchgoer, church_member: (a religious person who goes to church regularly)
churchman, Noun
  • (n) cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic: (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)
churl, Noun
  • (n) grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch: (a bad-tempered person)
  • (n) niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl: (a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend)
  • (n) peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike: (a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement)
churn, Noun
  • (n) churn, butter_churn: (a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk)
churn, Verb
  • (v) churn: (stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter)
  • (v) churn, boil, moil, roil: (be agitated) "the sea was churning in the storm"
churned-up, Adjective
  • (s) churning, churned-up: (moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation) "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"; "a car stuck in the churned-up mud"
churning, Adjective
  • (s) churning, churned-up: (moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation) "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"; "a car stuck in the churned-up mud"
  • (s) churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent: ((of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence) "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"
churr, Verb
  • (v) churr, whirr: (make a vibrant sound, as of some birds)
churrigueresco, Adjective
  • (s) baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco: (having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation) "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells"
churrigueresque, Adjective
  • (s) baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco: (having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation) "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells"
chute, Noun
  • (n) chute, slide, slideway, sloping_trough: (sloping channel through which things can descend)
  • (n) parachute, chute: (rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall)
chute, Verb
  • (v) chute, parachute, jump: (jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute)
chutzpa, Noun
  • (n) chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah: ((Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity)
chutzpah, Noun
  • (n) chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah: ((Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity)
chylaceous, Adjective
  • (a) chylaceous, chylous: (consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle)
chylifactive, Adjective
  • (a) chylific, chylifactive, chylifactory: (producing or converting into chyle)
chylifactory, Adjective
  • (a) chylific, chylifactive, chylifactory: (producing or converting into chyle)
chylific, Adjective
  • (a) chylific, chylifactive, chylifactory: (producing or converting into chyle)
chylous, Adjective
  • (a) chylaceous, chylous: (consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle)
chymosin, Noun
  • (n) rennin, chymosin: (an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate)
ciao, Noun
  • (n) aloha, ciao: (an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian))
cicada, Noun
  • (n) cicada, cicala: (stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone)
cicala, Noun
  • (n) cicada, cicala: (stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone)
cicatrice, Noun
  • (n) scar, cicatrix, cicatrice: (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
cicatrise, Verb
  • (v) cicatrize, cicatrise: (form a scar, after an injury) "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon"
cicatrix, Noun
  • (n) scar, cicatrix, cicatrice: (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)
cicatrize, Verb
  • (v) cicatrize, cicatrise: (form a scar, after an injury) "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon"
cider, Noun
  • (n) cider, cyder: (a beverage made from juice pressed from apples)
cigar-shaped, Adjective
  • (s) fusiform, spindle-shaped, cigar-shaped: (tapering at each end)
cigar, Noun
  • (n) cigar: (a roll of tobacco for smoking)
cigaret, Noun
  • (n) cigarette, cigaret, coffin_nail, butt, fag: (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)
cigarette, Noun
  • (n) cigarette, cigaret, coffin_nail, butt, fag: (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)
cigarfish, Noun
  • (n) round_scad, cigarfish, quiaquia, Decapterus_punctatus: (small fusiform fish of western Atlantic)
cilantro, Noun
  • (n) coriander, coriander_plant, Chinese_parsley, cilantro, Coriandrum_sativum: (Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley)
  • (n) coriander, Chinese_parsley, cilantro: (parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish)
cilial, Adjective
  • (a) ciliary, ciliate, cilial: (of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell)
ciliary, Adjective
  • (a) ciliary: (relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye)
  • (a) ciliary, ciliate, cilial: (of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell)
  • (a) ciliary, ciliate: (of or relating to the human eyelash)
ciliate, Adjective
  • (a) ciliary, ciliate, cilial: (of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell)
  • (a) ciliary, ciliate: (of or relating to the human eyelash)
  • (s) ciliate, ciliated: (having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections)
ciliate, Noun
  • (n) ciliate, ciliated_protozoan, ciliophoran: (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)
ciliated, Adjective
  • (s) ciliate, ciliated: (having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections)
ciliophoran, Noun
  • (n) ciliate, ciliated_protozoan, ciliophoran: (a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell)
cilium, Noun
  • (n) cilium: (a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms)
  • (n) eyelash, lash, cilium: (any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids)
cimetidine, Noun
  • (n) cimetidine, Tagamet: (a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid)
cinch, Noun
  • (n) cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck_soup, child's_play, pushover, walkover, piece_of_cake: (any undertaking that is easy to do) "marketing this product will be no picnic"
  • (n) cinch, girth: (stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place)
  • (n) cinch: (a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps)
cinch, Verb
  • (v) cinch, girth: (tie a cinch around) "cinch horses"
  • (v) cinch: (make sure of)
  • (v) cinch: (get a grip on; get mastery of)
cinchona, Noun
  • (n) cinchona, cinchona_bark, Peruvian_bark, Jesuit's_bark: (medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine)
  • (n) cinchona, chinchona: (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)
cincture, Noun
  • (n) girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth: (a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers)
cinder, Noun
  • (n) cinder, clinker: (a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire)
cinema, Noun
  • (n) cinema, movie_theater, movie_theatre, movie_house, picture_palace: (a theater where films are shown)
  • (n) film, cinema, celluloid: (a medium that disseminates moving pictures) "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
cinematic, Adjective
  • (a) cinematic: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema)
cinematise, Verb
  • (v) cinematize, cinematise: (make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film) "cinematize history"
cinematize, Verb
  • (v) cinematize, cinematise: (make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film) "cinematize history"
cinematographer, Noun
  • (n) cameraman, camera_operator, cinematographer: (a photographer who operates a movie camera)
cinematography, Noun
  • (n) filming, cinematography, motion-picture_photography: (the act of making a film)
cinerarium, Noun
  • (n) columbarium, cinerarium: (a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead)
cingulum, Noun
  • (n) cingulum: ((anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth))
cinnabar, Adjective
  • (s) vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red: (of a vivid red to reddish-orange color)
cinnabar, Noun
  • (n) cinnabar: (a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury)
  • (n) cinnabar, cinnabar_moth, Callimorpha_jacobeae: (large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort)
cinnamene, Noun
  • (n) styrene, cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene: (a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene)
cinnamon-colored, Adjective
  • (s) cinnamon_colored, cinnamon_coloured, cinnamon-colored, cinnamon-coloured: (having the color of cinnamon)
cinnamon-coloured, Adjective
  • (s) cinnamon_colored, cinnamon_coloured, cinnamon-colored, cinnamon-coloured: (having the color of cinnamon)
cinnamon, Noun
  • (n) cinnamon, cinnamon_bark: (aromatic bark used as a spice)
  • (n) cinnamon, Ceylon_cinnamon, Ceylon_cinnamon_tree, Cinnamomum_zeylanicum: (tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon)
  • (n) cinnamon: (spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground)
cinque, Noun
  • (n) five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little_Phoebe: (the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one)
cinquefoil, Noun
  • (n) cinquefoil, five-finger: (any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties)
  • (n) cinquefoil: (an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle)
cipher, Noun
  • (n) cipher, cypher: (a message written in a secret code)
  • (n) cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity: (a person of no influence)
  • (n) cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret_code: (a secret method of writing)
  • (n) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose_egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo: (a quantity of no importance) "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
  • (n) zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher: (a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number)
cipher, Verb
  • (v) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure: (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
  • (v) code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write_in_code: (convert ordinary language into code) "We should encode the message for security reasons"
ciprofloxacin, Noun
  • (n) ciprofloxacin, Cipro: (an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints)
circinate, Adjective
  • (s) annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped: (shaped like a ring)
circle, Noun
  • (n) circle: (ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point) "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
  • (n) circle: (something approximating the shape of a circle) "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
  • (n) circle, dress_circle: (a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra) "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
  • (n) circle, round: (any circular or rotating mechanism) "the machine punched out metal circles"
  • (n) lap, circle, circuit: (movement once around a course) "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
  • (n) R-2, Mexican_valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget_me_drug, circle: (street names for flunitrazepan)
  • (n) set, circle, band, lot: (an unofficial association of people or groups) "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
  • (n) traffic_circle, circle, rotary, roundabout: (a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island) "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
circle, Verb
  • (v) circle: (travel around something) "circle the globe"
  • (v) circle, circulate: (move in circles)
  • (v) encircle, circle: (form a circle around) "encircle the errors"
circuit, Noun
  • (n) circuit, electrical_circuit, electric_circuit: (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
  • (n) circuit: (an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to) "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"
  • (n) circuit: ((law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals)
  • (n) circumference, circuit: (the boundary line encompassing an area or object) "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"
  • (n) lap, circle, circuit: (movement once around a course) "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
  • (n) racing_circuit, circuit: (a racetrack for automobile races)
  • (n) tour, circuit: (a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area) "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"
circuit, Verb
  • (v) circuit: (make a circuit) "They were circuiting about the state"
circuitous, Adjective
  • (s) circuitous, roundabout: (marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct) "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
  • (s) devious, circuitous, roundabout: (deviating from a straight course) "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
circuitry, Noun
  • (n) circuitry: (electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits)
circular, Adjective
  • (s) circular, rotary, orbitual: (describing a circle; moving in a circle) "the circular motion of the wheel"
  • (a) round, circular: (having a circular shape)
circular, Noun
  • (n) circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway: (an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution) "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
circularisation, Noun
  • (n) circularization, circularisation: (circulating printed notices as a means of advertising)
circularise, Verb
  • (v) circularize, circularise: (canvass by distributing letters)
  • (v) circularize, circularise: (distribute circulars to)
  • (v) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass_around: (cause to become widely known) "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
circularization, Noun
  • (n) circularization, circularisation: (circulating printed notices as a means of advertising)
circularize, Verb
  • (v) circularize, circularise: (canvass by distributing letters)
  • (v) circularize: (canvass by using a questionnaire)
  • (v) circularize, circularise: (distribute circulars to)
  • (v) circularize: (make circular)
  • (v) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass_around: (cause to become widely known) "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
circulate, Verb
  • (v) circle, circulate: (move in circles)
  • (v) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass_around: (cause to become widely known) "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  • (v) circulate, pass_around, pass_on, distribute: (cause be distributed) "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
  • (v) circulate: (move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point) "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
  • (v) circulate: (cause to move in a circuit or system) "The fan circulates the air in the room"
  • (v) circulate: (move around freely) "She circulates among royalty"
  • (v) go_around, spread, circulate: (become widely known and passed on) "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
  • (v) mobilize, mobilise, circulate: (cause to move around) "circulate a rumor"
circulation, Noun
  • (n) circulation: (the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines))
  • (n) circulation: (movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels)
  • (n) circulation: ((library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period)
  • (n) circulation: (number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold) "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising"
  • (n) circulation: (free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant)) "ocean circulation is an important part of global climate"; "a fan aids air circulation"
  • (n) circulation: (the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area)
circulative, Adjective
  • (a) circulative, circulatory: (of or relating to circulation)
circulatory, Adjective
  • (a) circulative, circulatory: (of or relating to circulation)
  • (a) circulatory: (relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood)
circumboreal, Adjective
  • (s) boreal, circumboreal: (comprising or throughout far northern regions)
circumference, Noun
  • (n) circumference, perimeter: (the size of something as given by the distance around it)
  • (n) circumference, circuit: (the boundary line encompassing an area or object) "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"
  • (n) circumference: (the length of the closed curve of a circle)
circumferent, Adjective
  • (s) encompassing, surrounding, circumferent: (closely encircling) "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"
circumferential, Adjective
  • (s) circumferential: (lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts) "circumferential highways around cities"
circumlocution, Noun
  • (n) circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage: (a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things)
  • (n) circumlocution, indirect_expression: (an indirect way of expressing something)
circumlocutious, Adjective
  • (s) circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious: (roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)) "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot"
circumlocutory, Adjective
  • (s) circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious: (roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)) "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot"
circumnavigate, Verb
  • (v) circumnavigate, compass: (travel around, either by plane or ship) "We compassed the earth"
circumnavigation, Noun
  • (n) circumnavigation: (traveling around something (by ship or plane)) "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"
circumscribe, Verb
  • (v) circumscribe: (draw a line around) "He drew a circle around the points"
  • (v) circumscribe: (to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect)
  • (v) limit, circumscribe, confine: (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")
circumscribed, Adjective
  • (s) circumscribed, limited: (subject to limits or subjected to limits)
circumspect, Adjective
  • (s) circumspect, discreet: (heedful of potential consequences) "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
circumspection, Noun
  • (n) circumspection, caution: (the trait of being circumspect and prudent)
  • (n) discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence: (knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress) "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
circumstance, Noun
  • (n) circumstance: (a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)
  • (n) circumstance, condition, consideration: (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision) "another consideration is the time it would take"
  • (n) circumstance: (formal ceremony about important occasions) "pomp and circumstance"
  • (n) context, circumstance, setting: (the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event) "the historical context"
circumstances, Noun
  • (n) circumstance: (a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity)
  • (n) circumstance, condition, consideration: (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision) "another consideration is the time it would take"
  • (n) circumstance: (formal ceremony about important occasions) "pomp and circumstance"
  • (n) circumstances: (a person's financial situation (good or bad)) "he found himself in straitened circumstances"
  • (n) context, circumstance, setting: (the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event) "the historical context"
  • (n) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion: (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)) "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
circumstantial, Adjective
  • (s) circumstantial: (fully detailed and specific about particulars) "a circumstantial report about the debate"
circumvent, Verb
  • (v) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem_in, circumvent: (surround so as to force to give up) "The Turks besieged Vienna"
  • (v) hedge, fudge, evade, put_off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep: (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)) "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
  • (v) outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent: (beat through cleverness and wit) "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
circumvention, Noun
  • (n) circumvention: (the act of evading by going around)
circumvolve, Verb
  • (v) rotate, circumvolve: (cause to turn on an axis or center) "Rotate the handle"
cirque, Noun
  • (n) cirque, corrie, cwm: (a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake)
cirrhosis, Noun
  • (n) cirrhosis, cirrhosis_of_the_liver: (a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism)
cirrhus, Noun
  • (n) cirrus, cirrhus: (usually coiled)
cirriped, Noun
  • (n) barnacle, cirriped, cirripede: (marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces)
cirripede, Noun
  • (n) barnacle, cirriped, cirripede: (marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces)
cirrus, Noun
  • (n) cirrus, cirrhus: (usually coiled)
  • (n) cirrus, cirrus_cloud: (a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles))
  • (n) cirrus: (a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile)
cisalpine, Adjective
  • (s) cisalpine, ultramontane: (on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps) "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
cisco, Noun
  • (n) cisco, lake_herring, Coregonus_artedi: (important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America)
  • (n) lake_herring, cisco: (cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward)
cislunar, Adjective
  • (a) sublunar, sublunary, cislunar: (situated between the earth and the moon)
cismontane, Adjective
  • (a) cismontane: (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains) "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people"
cissy, Adjective
  • (s) effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy: (having unsuitable feminine qualities)
cistern, Noun
  • (n) cistern, water_tank: (a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet)
  • (n) cistern: (an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater)
  • (n) cisterna, cistern: (a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid)
cisterna, Noun
  • (n) cisterna, cistern: (a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid)
cistron, Noun
  • (n) gene, cistron, factor: ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity) "genes were formerly called factors"
citadel, Noun
  • (n) bastion, citadel: (a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle)
cite, Noun
  • (n) citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation: (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage) "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
cite, Verb
  • (v) adduce, abduce, cite: (advance evidence for)
  • (v) mention, advert, bring_up, cite, name, refer: (make reference to) "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
  • (v) mention, cite: (commend) "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
  • (v) quote, cite: (repeat a passage from) "He quoted the Bible to her"
  • (v) quote, cite: (refer to for illustration or proof) "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
  • (v) reference, cite: (refer to) "he referenced his colleagues' work"
  • (v) summon, summons, cite: (call in an official matter, such as to attend court)
cither, Noun
  • (n) cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern: (a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings)
  • (n) zither, cither, zithern: (a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers)
cithern, Noun
  • (n) cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern: (a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings)
citified, Adjective
  • (s) citified, cityfied, city-bred, city-born: (being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person)
citify, Verb
  • (v) citify: (accustom to urban ways) "Immigration will citify the country?"
citizen, Noun
  • (n) citizen: (a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community)
citizenry, Noun
  • (n) citizenry, people: (the body of citizens of a state or country) "the Spanish people"
citizenship, Noun
  • (n) citizenship: (the status of a citizen with rights and duties)
  • (n) citizenship: (conduct as a citizen) "award for good citizenship"
citole, Noun
  • (n) cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern: (a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings)
citrate, Noun
  • (n) citrate: (a salt or ester of citric acid)
citrate, Verb
  • (v) citrate: (cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid)
citrin, Noun
  • (n) vitamin_P, bioflavinoid, citrin: (a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation)
citrine, Noun
  • (n) citrine: (semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz)
citronwood, Noun
  • (n) citronwood: (wood of a citron tree)
  • (n) sandarac, citronwood: (durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain))
citrus, Noun
  • (n) citrus, citrus_fruit, citrous_fruit: (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)
  • (n) citrus, citrus_tree: (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)
cittern, Noun
  • (n) cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern: (a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings)
city-born, Adjective
  • (s) citified, cityfied, city-bred, city-born: (being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person)
city-bred, Adjective
  • (s) citified, cityfied, city-bred, city-born: (being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person)
city, Noun
  • (n) city, metropolis, urban_center: (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) "Ancient Troy was a great city"
  • (n) city: (an incorporated administrative district established by state charter) "the city raised the tax rate"
  • (n) city, metropolis: (people living in a large densely populated municipality) "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
cityfied, Adjective
  • (s) citified, cityfied, city-bred, city-born: (being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person)
cityscape, Noun
  • (n) cityscape: (a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area) "the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty"
  • (n) cityscape: (painting depicting a city or urban area)
cive, Noun
  • (n) chives, chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium_schoenoprasum: (perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning)
civic, Adjective
  • (a) civic: (of or relating or belonging to a city) "civic center"; "civic problems"
  • (a) civil, civic: (of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals) "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
civics, Noun
  • (n) civics: (the social science of municipal affairs)
civies, Noun
  • (n) civies, civvies: (civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform)
civil, Adjective
  • (a) civil, polite: (not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others) "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham"
  • (a) civil: (of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state) "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "civil branches of government"
  • (a) civil, civic: (of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals) "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
  • (a) civil: ((of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life) "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight"
  • (s) civil: (applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military) "civil authorities"
  • (s) civil: (of or in a condition of social order) "civil peoples"
civilian, Adjective
  • (a) civilian: (associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military) "civilian clothing"; "civilian life"
civilian, Noun
  • (n) civilian: (a nonmilitary citizen)
civilisation, Noun
  • (n) civilization, civilisation: (a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)) "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
  • (n) civilization, civilisation: (the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization)
  • (n) culture, civilization, civilisation: (a particular society at a particular time and place) "early Mayan civilization"
  • (n) refinement, civilization, civilisation: (the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste) "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
civilise, Verb
  • (v) civilize, civilise: (raise from a barbaric to a civilized state) "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
  • (v) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise: (teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment) "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
civilised, Adjective
  • (a) civilized, civilised: (having a high state of culture and development both social and technological) "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
  • (s) civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite: (marked by refinement in taste and manners) "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
civility, Noun
  • (n) civility: (formal or perfunctory politeness)
  • (n) politeness, civility: (the act of showing regard for others)
civilization, Noun
  • (n) civilization, civilisation: (a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)) "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
  • (n) civilization, civilisation: (the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization)
  • (n) culture, civilization, civilisation: (a particular society at a particular time and place) "early Mayan civilization"
  • (n) refinement, civilization, civilisation: (the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste) "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
civilize, Verb
  • (v) civilize, civilise: (raise from a barbaric to a civilized state) "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
  • (v) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise: (teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment) "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
civilized, Adjective
  • (a) civilized, civilised: (having a high state of culture and development both social and technological) "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
  • (s) civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite: (marked by refinement in taste and manners) "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
civvies, Noun
  • (n) civies, civvies: (civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform)
cl, Adjective
  • (s) one_hundred_fifty, 150, cl: (being ten more than one hundred forty)
clabber, Noun
  • (n) clabber: (raw milk that has soured and thickened)
clabber, Verb
  • (v) curdle, clabber, clot: (turn into curds) "curdled milk"
clack, Noun
  • (n) clack, clap: (a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated)
  • (n) clack_valve, clack, clapper_valve: (a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction)
clack, Verb
  • (v) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble: (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
  • (v) clatter, clack, brattle: (make a rattling sound) "clattering dishes"
  • (v) cluck, click, clack: (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)
clad, Adjective
  • (s) clad: (having an outer covering especially of thin metal) "steel-clad"; "armor-clad"
  • (a) clothed, clad: (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination) "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible"; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"
cladding, Noun
  • (n) facing, cladding: (a protective covering that protects the outside of a building)
cladode, Noun
  • (n) cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade: (a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf)
cladophyll, Noun
  • (n) cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade: (a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf)
claim, Noun
  • (n) call, claim: (a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty")
  • (n) claim: (an assertion of a right (as to money or property)) "his claim asked for damages"
  • (n) claim: (an assertion that something is true or factual) "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
  • (n) claim: (demand for something as rightful or due) "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
  • (n) claim, title: (an informal right to something) "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame"
  • (n) title, claim: (an established or recognized right) "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
claim, Verb
  • (v) claim: (assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing) "He claimed that he killed the burglar"
  • (v) claim, lay_claim, arrogate: (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to) "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
  • (v) claim: (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example) "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
  • (v) claim, take: (lay claim to; as of an idea) "She took credit for the whole idea"
  • (v) claim, take, exact: (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs) "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
claimant, Noun
  • (n) claimant: (someone who claims a benefit or right or title) "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne"
clairvoyance, Noun
  • (n) clairvoyance, second_sight, extrasensory_perception, , ESP: (apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses)
clairvoyant, Adjective
  • (s) clairvoyant: (perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses)
  • (s) clairvoyant, precognitive, second-sighted: (foreseeing the future)
clairvoyant, Noun
  • (n) clairvoyant: (someone who has the power of clairvoyance)
clam, Noun
  • (n) clam: (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)
  • (n) clam: (flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams)
  • (n) dollar, dollar_bill, one_dollar_bill, buck, clam: (a piece of paper money worth one dollar)
clam, Verb
  • (v) clam: (gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean)
clamant, Adjective
  • (s) blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous: (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry) "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
  • (s) clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant: (demanding attention) "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken"; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
clamber, Noun
  • (n) clamber: (an awkward climb) "reaching the crest was a real clamber"
clamber, Verb
  • (v) clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter: (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling)
clamminess, Noun
  • (n) dankness, clamminess: (unpleasant wetness)
clammy, Adjective
  • (s) clammy, dank: (unpleasantly cool and humid) "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
clamor, Noun
  • (n) blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din: (a loud harsh or strident noise)
  • (n) clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue_and_cry: (loud and persistent outcry from many people) "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
clamor, Verb
  • (v) clamor, clamour: (make loud demands) "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
  • (v) clamor, clamour: (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily) "The delegates clamored their disappointment"
  • (v) clamor: (compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring) "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"
clamoring, Noun
  • (n) clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue_and_cry: (loud and persistent outcry from many people) "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
clamorous, Adjective
  • (s) blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous: (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry) "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
clamour, Noun
  • (n) clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue_and_cry: (loud and persistent outcry from many people) "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
clamour, Verb
  • (v) clamor, clamour: (make loud demands) "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
  • (v) clamor, clamour: (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily) "The delegates clamored their disappointment"
clamouring, Noun
  • (n) clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue_and_cry: (loud and persistent outcry from many people) "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
clamp, Noun
  • (n) clamp, clinch: (a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together)
clamp, Verb
  • (v) clamp: (fasten or fix with a clamp) "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"
  • (v) clamp: (impose or inflict forcefully) "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"
clampdown, Noun
  • (n) clampdown: (sudden restriction on an activity)
clams, Noun
  • (n) boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum: (informal terms for money)
  • (n) clam: (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)
  • (n) clam: (flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams)
  • (n) dollar, dollar_bill, one_dollar_bill, buck, clam: (a piece of paper money worth one dollar)
clamshell, Noun
  • (n) clamshell: (the shell of a clam)
  • (n) clamshell, grapple: (a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam)
clan, Noun
  • (n) kin, kin_group, kinship_group, kindred, clan, tribe: (group of people related by blood or marriage)
clandestine, Adjective
  • (s) clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground: (conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods) "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
clang, Noun
  • (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash: (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
clang, Verb
  • (v) clang, clangor: (make a loud noise) "clanging metal"
clanging, Adjective
  • (s) clangorous, clanging: (having a loud resonant metallic sound) "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong"
clangor, Noun
  • (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash: (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
clangor, Verb
  • (v) clang, clangor: (make a loud noise) "clanging metal"
  • (v) clangor, clangour: (make a loud resonant noise) "the alarm clangored throughout the building"
clangoring, Noun
  • (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash: (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
clangorous, Adjective
  • (s) clangorous, clanging: (having a loud resonant metallic sound) "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong"
clangour, Noun
  • (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash: (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
clangour, Verb
  • (v) clangor, clangour: (make a loud resonant noise) "the alarm clangored throughout the building"
clank, Noun
  • (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash: (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
clank, Verb
  • (v) clank: (make a clank) "the train clanked through the village"
clannish, Adjective
  • (s) clannish: (characteristic of a clan especially in being unified) "clannish loyalty"
  • (s) clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby: (befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior)
clannishness, Noun
  • (n) clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness: (tendency to associate with only a select group)
clansman, Noun
  • (n) clansman, clanswoman, clan_member: (a member of a clan)
clanswoman, Noun
  • (n) clansman, clanswoman, clan_member: (a member of a clan)
clap, Noun
  • (n) bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam: (a sudden very loud noise)
  • (n) clack, clap: (a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated)
  • (n) gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap: (a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra)
clap, Verb
  • (v) applaud, clap, spat, acclaim: (clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval)
  • (v) clap: (put quickly or forcibly) "The judge clapped him in jail"
  • (v) clap: (cause to strike the air in flight) "The big bird clapped its wings"
  • (v) clap, spat: (clap one's hands together) "The children were clapping to the music"
  • (v) clap: (strike the air in flight) "the wings of the birds clapped loudly"
  • (v) clap: (strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting)
  • (v) clap: (strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise) "clap two boards together"
clapboard, Noun
  • (n) clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding: (a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below)
clapboard, Verb
  • (v) clapboard: (cover with clapboards)
clapper, Noun
  • (n) clapper, applauder: (someone who applauds)
  • (n) clapper, tongue: (metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side)
  • (n) tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper: (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)
clapperclaw, Verb
  • (v) abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout: (use foul or abusive language towards) "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
  • (v) clapperclaw: (claw with the nails)
clappers, Noun
  • (n) bones, castanets, clappers, finger_cymbals: (a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance)
  • (n) clapper, applauder: (someone who applauds)
  • (n) clapper, tongue: (metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side)
  • (n) tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper: (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)
clapping, Noun
  • (n) applause, hand_clapping, clapping: (a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together)
claptrap, Noun
  • (n) bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah: (pompous or pretentious talk or writing)
clarence, Noun
  • (n) clarence: (a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers)
clarification, Noun
  • (n) clarification, elucidation, illumination: (an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding) "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
  • (n) clearing, clarification: (the act of removing solid particles from a liquid)
clarify, Verb
  • (v) clarify, clear_up, elucidate: (make clear and (more) comprehensible) "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
  • (v) clarify: (make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating) "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
clarifying, Adjective
  • (s) clarifying, elucidative: (that makes clear) "a clarifying example"
clarinet, Noun
  • (n) clarinet: (a single-reed instrument with a straight tube)
clarinetist, Noun
  • (n) clarinetist, clarinettist: (a musician who plays the clarinet)
clarinettist, Noun
  • (n) clarinetist, clarinettist: (a musician who plays the clarinet)
clarion, Adjective
  • (s) clarion: (loud and clear) "a clarion call"
clarion, Noun
  • (n) clarion: (a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone)
clarion, Verb
  • (v) clarion: (blow the clarion)
  • (v) clarion: (proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion)
clarity, Noun
  • (n) clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity: (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)
  • (n) clearness, clarity, uncloudedness: (the quality of clear water) "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes"
clash, Noun
  • (n) brush, clash, encounter, skirmish: (a minor short-term fight)
  • (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash: (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
  • (n) clash, friction: (a state of conflict between persons)
  • (n) clash: (a state of conflict between colors) "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"
clash, Verb
  • (v) clash, jar, collide: (be incompatible; be or come into conflict) "These colors clash"
  • (v) clash: (disagree violently) "We clashed over the new farm policies"
  • (v) collide, clash: (crash together with violent impact) "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
clasp, Noun
  • (n) clasp: (a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together)
  • (n) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold: (the act of grasping) "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
clasp, Verb
  • (v) brooch, clasp: (fasten with or as if with a brooch)
  • (v) buckle, clasp: (fasten with a buckle or buckles)
  • (v) clasp: (hold firmly and tightly)
  • (v) clasp: (grasp firmly) "The child clasped my hands"
class-conscious, Adjective
  • (s) class-conscious, stratified: ((used of society) socially hierarchical) "American society is becoming increasingly stratified"
class, Noun
  • (n) class, category, family: (a collection of things sharing a common attribute) "there are two classes of detergents"
  • (n) class, form, grade, course: (a body of students who are taught together) "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  • (n) class, stratum, social_class, socio-economic_class: (people having the same social, economic, or educational status) "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
  • (n) class, division: (a league ranked by quality) "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
  • (n) class, year: (a body of students who graduate together) "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
  • (n) class: ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
  • (n) class: (elegance in dress or behavior) "she has a lot of class"
  • (n) course, course_of_study, course_of_instruction, class: (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings) "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
class, Verb
  • (v) classify, class, sort, assort, sort_out, separate: (arrange or order by classes or categories) "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
classic, Adjective
  • (s) authoritative, classical, classic, definitive: (of recognized authority or excellence) "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"
  • (a) classical, classic: (of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture) "classic Cinese pottery"
  • (s) classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures) "classical mythology"; "classical"
classic, Noun
  • (n) classic: (a creation of the highest excellence)
  • (n) classic: (an artist who has created classic works)
classical, Adjective
  • (s) authoritative, classical, classic, definitive: (of recognized authority or excellence) "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"
  • (a) classical, classic: (of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture) "classic Cinese pottery"
  • (a) classical: (of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome) " a classical scholar"
  • (s) classical: ((language) having the form used by ancient standard authors) "classical Greek"
  • (s) classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic: (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures) "classical mythology"; "classical"
classical, Noun
  • (n) classical_music, classical, serious_music: (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)
classicalism, Noun
  • (n) classicism, classicalism: (a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms) "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"
classicise, Verb
  • (v) classicize, classicise: (make classic or classical)
classicism, Noun
  • (n) classicism, classicalism: (a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms) "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"
classicist, Noun
  • (n) classicist: (an artistic person who adheres to classicism)
  • (n) classicist, classical_scholar: (a student of ancient Greek and Latin)
classicize, Verb
  • (v) classicize, classicise: (make classic or classical)
classifiable, Adjective
  • (s) classifiable, distinctive: (capable of being classified)
classification, Noun
  • (n) categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment: (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)
  • (n) classification, categorization, categorisation: (a group of people or things arranged by class or category)
  • (n) classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting: (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)
  • (n) classification: (restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people)
classified, Adjective
  • (a) classified: (arranged into classes)
  • (a) classified: (official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation) "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"
classified, Noun
  • (n) classified_ad, classified_advertisement, classified: (a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type)
classifier, Noun
  • (n) classifier: (a person who creates classifications)
  • (n) classifier: (a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs)
classify, Verb
  • (v) classify, class, sort, assort, sort_out, separate: (arrange or order by classes or categories) "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
  • (v) classify: (declare unavailable, as for security reasons) "Classify these documents"
  • (v) relegate, classify: (assign to a class or kind) "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
classless, Adjective
  • (s) classless, egalitarian: (favoring social equality) "a classless society"
classmate, Noun
  • (n) schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class_fellow: (an acquaintance that you go to school with)
classroom, Noun
  • (n) classroom, schoolroom: (a room in a school where lessons take place)
classy, Adjective
  • (s) classy, posh, swish: (elegant and fashionable) "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child"
clathrate, Adjective
  • (s) cancellate, cancellated, clathrate: (having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows)
  • (s) clathrate: (designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another)
clatter, Noun
  • (n) clatter: (a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)) "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"
clatter, Verb
  • (v) clatter, clack, brattle: (make a rattling sound) "clattering dishes"
claudication, Noun
  • (n) lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication: (disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet)
clause, Noun
  • (n) article, clause: (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))
  • (n) clause: ((grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence)
claustrophobia, Noun
  • (n) claustrophobia: (a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space)
claver, Verb
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
clavicle, Noun
  • (n) clavicle, collarbone: (bone linking the scapula and sternum)
clavier, Noun
  • (n) clavier, Klavier: (a stringed instrument that has a keyboard)
  • (n) piano_keyboard, fingerboard, clavier: (a bank of keys on a musical instrument)
clavus, Noun
  • (n) corn, clavus: (a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes)
claw, Noun
  • (n) claw: (sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles)
  • (n) claw, chela, nipper, pincer: (a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods)
  • (n) claw: (a bird's foot)
  • (n) hook, claw: (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something)
claw, Verb
  • (v) claw: (move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging) "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"
  • (v) claw: (clutch as if in panic) "She clawed the doorknob"
  • (v) claw: (scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails)
  • (v) claw: (attack as if with claws) "The politician clawed his rival"
clawed, Adjective
  • (s) clawed: (having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form) "sharp-clawed"
  • (s) clawed, taloned: ((of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons)
clawfoot, Noun
  • (n) clawfoot, pes_cavus: (a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw)
claxon, Noun
  • (n) klaxon, claxon: (a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles)
claxon, Verb
  • (v) honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot: (make a loud noise) "The horns of the taxis blared"
  • (v) honk, claxon: (use the horn of a car)
clayey, Adjective
  • (a) argillaceous, clayey: (resembling or containing clay) "argillaceous rocks"
  • (s) clayey, cloggy, heavy: ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained) "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
clayware, Noun
  • (n) pottery, clayware: (ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln)
clean-cut, Adjective
  • (s) clean-cut, trig, trim: (neat and smart in appearance) "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
  • (s) clear, clean-cut, clear-cut: (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible) "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
clean-handed, Adjective
  • (a) innocent, guiltless, clean-handed: (free from evil or guilt) "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
clean-living, Adjective
  • (s) clean, clean-living: (morally pure) "led a clean life"
clean-shaven, Adjective
  • (s) clean-shaven, smooth-shaven, well-shaven: (closely shaved recently)
clean, Adjective
  • (s) blank, clean, white: ((of a surface) not written or printed on) "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
  • (a) clean: (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits) "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
  • (a) clean: (ritually clean or pure)
  • (a) clean, uncontaminating: (not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination) "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
  • (a) clean, unobjectionable: ((of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers) "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
  • (s) clean, clear: (free of restrictions or qualifications) "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • (s) clean, clear, light, unclouded: ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
  • (s) clean, fresh: (free from impurities) "clean water"; "fresh air"
  • (s) clean: ((of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense) "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license"
  • (s) clean, clean-living: (morally pure) "led a clean life"
  • (s) clean, fair: ((of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections) "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
  • (s) clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike: (exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play) "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
  • (s) clean: (without difficulties or problems) "a clean test flight"
  • (s) clean: (thorough and without qualification) "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"
  • (s) clean: (not carrying concealed weapons)
  • (s) clean, neat: (free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed) "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
  • (s) clean: (free of drugs) "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"
  • (s) uninfected, clean: (free from sepsis or infection) "a clean (or uninfected) wound"
clean, Noun
  • (n) clean_and_jerk, clean: (a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead)
clean, Verb
  • (v) clean, make_clean: (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from) "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
  • (v) clean, pick: (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits) "Clean the turkey"
  • (v) clean: (be cleanable) "This stove cleans easily"
  • (v) clean: (deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.) "The other players cleaned him completely"
  • (v) clean, strip: (remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely) "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
  • (v) clean: (remove while making clean) "Clean the spots off the rug"
  • (v) clean: (remove shells or husks from) "clean grain before milling it"
  • (v) cleanse, clean: (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing) "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
  • (v) houseclean, clean_house, clean: (clean and tidy up the house) "She housecleans every week"
  • (v) scavenge, clean: (remove unwanted substances from)
cleaner, Adjective
  • (s) blank, clean, white: ((of a surface) not written or printed on) "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
  • (a) clean: (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits) "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
  • (a) clean: (ritually clean or pure)
  • (a) clean, uncontaminating: (not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination) "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
  • (a) clean, unobjectionable: ((of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers) "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
  • (s) clean, clear: (free of restrictions or qualifications) "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • (s) clean, clear, light, unclouded: ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
  • (s) clean, fresh: (free from impurities) "clean water"; "fresh air"
  • (s) clean: ((of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense) "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license"
  • (s) clean, clean-living: (morally pure) "led a clean life"
  • (s) clean, fair: ((of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections) "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
  • (s) clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike: (exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play) "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
  • (s) clean: (without difficulties or problems) "a clean test flight"
  • (s) clean: (thorough and without qualification) "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"
  • (s) clean: (not carrying concealed weapons)
  • (s) clean, neat: (free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed) "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
  • (s) clean: (free of drugs) "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"
  • (s) uninfected, clean: (free from sepsis or infection) "a clean (or uninfected) wound"
cleaner, Noun
  • (n) cleaner, dry_cleaner: (the operator of dry-cleaning establishment)
  • (n) cleaner: (someone whose occupation is cleaning)
  • (n) cleansing_agent, cleanser, cleaner: (a preparation used in cleaning something)
cleanest, Adjective
  • (s) blank, clean, white: ((of a surface) not written or printed on) "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
  • (a) clean: (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits) "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
  • (a) clean: (ritually clean or pure)
  • (a) clean, uncontaminating: (not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination) "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
  • (a) clean, unobjectionable: ((of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers) "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
  • (s) clean, clear: (free of restrictions or qualifications) "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • (s) clean, clear, light, unclouded: ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
  • (s) clean, fresh: (free from impurities) "clean water"; "fresh air"
  • (s) clean: ((of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense) "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license"
  • (s) clean, clean-living: (morally pure) "led a clean life"
  • (s) clean, fair: ((of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections) "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
  • (s) clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike: (exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play) "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
  • (s) clean: (without difficulties or problems) "a clean test flight"
  • (s) clean: (thorough and without qualification) "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"
  • (s) clean: (not carrying concealed weapons)
  • (s) clean, neat: (free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed) "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
  • (s) clean: (free of drugs) "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"
  • (s) uninfected, clean: (free from sepsis or infection) "a clean (or uninfected) wound"
cleaning, Noun
  • (n) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup: (the act of making something clean) "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
cleanliness, Noun
  • (n) cleanliness: (the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections)
  • (n) cleanliness: (diligence in keeping clean)
cleanness, Noun
  • (n) cleanness: (the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities)
  • (n) cleanness: (without moral defects)
cleanse, Verb
  • (v) cleanse, clean: (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing) "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
  • (v) cleanse: (purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins) "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
cleanser, Noun
  • (n) cleansing_agent, cleanser, cleaner: (a preparation used in cleaning something)
cleansing, Adjective
  • (s) ablutionary, cleansing: (cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands) "ablutionary rituals"
  • (s) cleansing, purifying: (acting like an antiseptic)
cleansing, Noun
  • (n) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup: (the act of making something clean) "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
cleanup, Noun
  • (n) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup: (the act of making something clean) "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
  • (n) cleanup, cleanup_position, cleanup_spot: ((baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team))
  • (n) killing, cleanup: (a very large profit)
clear-cut, Adjective
  • (s) clear-cut, distinct, trenchant: (clearly or sharply defined to the mind) "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
  • (s) clear-cut: (having had all the trees removed at one time) "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion"
  • (s) clear, clean-cut, clear-cut: (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible) "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
clear-cut, Verb
  • (v) clear-cut: (remove all the trees at one time) "clear-cut an acre of forest"
clear-eyed, Adjective
  • (s) clear-eyed, clear-sighted, perspicacious: (mentally acute or penetratingly discerning) "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
clear-sighted, Adjective
  • (s) clear-eyed, clear-sighted, perspicacious: (mentally acute or penetratingly discerning) "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
  • (s) clear-sighted: (having sharp clear vision)
clear-thinking, Adjective
  • (a) clearheaded, clear-thinking: (not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently)
clear, Adjective
  • (s) absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated: (freed from any question of guilt) "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
  • (s) clean, clear: (free of restrictions or qualifications) "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • (s) clean, clear, light, unclouded: ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
  • (a) clear: (readily apparent to the mind) "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
  • (a) clear: (allowing light to pass through) "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"
  • (a) clear: (free from clouds or mist or haze) "on a clear day"
  • (s) clear: (free from confusion or doubt) "a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"
  • (s) clear, open: (affording free passage or view) "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"; "open waters"; "the open countryside"
  • (s) clear: (free from contact or proximity or connection) "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef"
  • (s) clear: (characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)) "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"
  • (s) clear, unmortgaged: ((especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law) "I have clear title to this property"
  • (s) clear, clean-cut, clear-cut: (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible) "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
  • (s) clear: (free from flaw or blemish or impurity) "a clear perfect diamond"; "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman"
  • (s) clear: (clear of charges or deductions) "a clear profit"
  • (s) clear, decipherable, readable: (easily deciphered)
  • (s) clear, percipient: (characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving) "clear mind"; "a percipient author"
  • (a) well-defined, clear: (accurately stated or described) "a set of well-defined values"
clear, Noun
  • (n) clear: (the state of being free of suspicion) "investigation showed that he was in the clear"
  • (n) open, clear: (a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water) "finally broke out of the forest into the open"
clear, Verb
  • (v) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate: (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges) "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
  • (v) authorize, authorise, pass, clear: (grant authorization or clearance for) "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
  • (v) clear: (make a way or path by removing objects) "Clear a path through the dense forest"
  • (v) clear: (remove) "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
  • (v) clear: (be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts) "The check will clear within 2 business days"
  • (v) clear: (go away or disappear) "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
  • (v) clear, top: (pass by, over, or under without making contact) "the balloon cleared the tree tops"
  • (v) clear, clear_up, shed_light_on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten_out, sort_out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate: (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • (v) clear: (free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment) "Clear the ship and let it dock"
  • (v) clear: (clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.) "clear the water before it can be drunk"
  • (v) clear: (sell) "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
  • (v) clear: (pass an inspection or receive authorization) "clear customs"
  • (v) clear, solve: (settle, as of a debt) "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
  • (v) clear: (make clear, bright, light, or translucent) "The water had to be cleared through filtering"
  • (v) clear: (rid of instructions or data) "clear a memory buffer"
  • (v) clear: (remove (people) from a building) "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"
  • (v) clear: (remove the occupants of) "Clear the building"
  • (v) clear, clear_up: (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound) "Clear the throat"
  • (v) clear_up, clear, light_up, brighten: (become clear) "The sky cleared after the storm"
  • (v) gain, take_in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull_in, bring_in: (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages) "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
  • (v) net, sack, sack_up, clear: (make as a net profit) "The company cleared $1 million"
  • (v) net, clear: (yield as a net profit) "This sale netted me $1 million"
  • (v) pass, clear: (go unchallenged; be approved) "The bill cleared the House"
  • (v) unclutter, clear: (rid of obstructions) "Clear your desk"
clearance, Noun
  • (n) clearance: (the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them)
  • (n) clearance: (permission to proceed) "the plane was given clearance to land"
  • (n) headroom, headway, clearance: (vertical space available to allow easy passage under something)
clearcutness, Noun
  • (n) preciseness, clearcutness: (clarity as a consequence of precision)
cleared, Adjective
  • (s) absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated: (freed from any question of guilt) "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
  • (a) cleared: (rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush) "cleared land"; "cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris"; "a cleared passage through the underbrush"; "played poker on the cleared dining room table"
clearer, Adjective
  • (s) absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated: (freed from any question of guilt) "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
  • (s) clean, clear: (free of restrictions or qualifications) "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • (s) clean, clear, light, unclouded: ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
  • (a) clear: (readily apparent to the mind) "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
  • (a) clear: (allowing light to pass through) "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"
  • (a) clear: (free from clouds or mist or haze) "on a clear day"
  • (s) clear: (free from confusion or doubt) "a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"
  • (s) clear, open: (affording free passage or view) "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"; "open waters"; "the open countryside"
  • (s) clear: (free from contact or proximity or connection) "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef"
  • (s) clear: (characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)) "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"
  • (s) clear, unmortgaged: ((especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law) "I have clear title to this property"
  • (s) clear, clean-cut, clear-cut: (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible) "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
  • (s) clear: (free from flaw or blemish or impurity) "a clear perfect diamond"; "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman"
  • (s) clear: (clear of charges or deductions) "a clear profit"
  • (s) clear, decipherable, readable: (easily deciphered)
  • (s) clear, percipient: (characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving) "clear mind"; "a percipient author"
  • (a) well-defined, clear: (accurately stated or described) "a set of well-defined values"
clearest, Adjective
  • (s) absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated: (freed from any question of guilt) "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
  • (s) clean, clear: (free of restrictions or qualifications) "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
  • (s) clean, clear, light, unclouded: ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
  • (a) clear: (readily apparent to the mind) "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
  • (a) clear: (allowing light to pass through) "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"
  • (a) clear: (free from clouds or mist or haze) "on a clear day"
  • (s) clear: (free from confusion or doubt) "a complex problem requiring a clear head"; "not clear about what is expected of us"
  • (s) clear, open: (affording free passage or view) "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"; "open waters"; "the open countryside"
  • (s) clear: (free from contact or proximity or connection) "we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef"
  • (s) clear: (characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)) "a clear conscience"; "regarded her questioner with clear untroubled eyes"
  • (s) clear, unmortgaged: ((especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law) "I have clear title to this property"
  • (s) clear, clean-cut, clear-cut: (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible) "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern"
  • (s) clear: (free from flaw or blemish or impurity) "a clear perfect diamond"; "the clear complexion of a healthy young woman"
  • (s) clear: (clear of charges or deductions) "a clear profit"
  • (s) clear, decipherable, readable: (easily deciphered)
  • (s) clear, percipient: (characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving) "clear mind"; "a percipient author"
  • (a) well-defined, clear: (accurately stated or described) "a set of well-defined values"
clearheaded, Adjective
  • (a) clearheaded, clear-thinking: (not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently)
clearing, Noun
  • (n) clearing, glade: (a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area)
  • (n) clearing: (the act of freeing from suspicion)
  • (n) clearing, clarification: (the act of removing solid particles from a liquid)
clearness, Noun
  • (n) clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity: (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)
  • (n) clearness, clarity, uncloudedness: (the quality of clear water) "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes"
clearstory, Noun
  • (n) clerestory, clearstory: (part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light)
clearweed, Noun
  • (n) richweed, clearweed, dead_nettle, Pilea_pumilla: (a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves)
cleavage, Noun
  • (n) cleavage: (the state of being split or cleft) "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"
  • (n) cleavage: (the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules)
  • (n) cleavage, segmentation: ((embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum)
  • (n) cleavage: (the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts))
  • (n) cleavage: (the act of cleaving or splitting)
cleave, Verb
  • (v) cleave, split, rive: (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument) "cleave the bone"
  • (v) cleave: (make by cutting into) "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
  • (v) cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere: (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation) "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
cleaver, Noun
  • (n) cleaver, meat_cleaver, chopper: (a butcher's knife having a large square blade)
cleavers, Noun
  • (n) cleaver, meat_cleaver, chopper: (a butcher's knife having a large square blade)
  • (n) cleavers, clivers, goose_grass, catchweed, spring_cleavers, Galium_aparine: (annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia)
clef, Noun
  • (n) clef: (a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it)
cleft, Adjective
  • (s) cleft, dissected: (having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib)
cleft, Noun
  • (n) cleft: (a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin))
  • (n) crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure: (a long narrow opening)
cleg, Noun
  • (n) horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse_fly: (large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals)
clegg, Noun
  • (n) horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse_fly: (large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals)
cleistocarp, Noun
  • (n) cleistothecium, cleistocarp: (closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration)
cleistogamic, Adjective
  • (a) cleistogamous, cleistogamic: (exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy)
cleistogamous, Adjective
  • (a) cleistogamous, cleistogamic: (exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy)
cleistothecium, Noun
  • (n) cleistothecium, cleistocarp: (closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration)
clemency, Noun
  • (n) clemency, mercifulness, mercy: (leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice) "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
  • (n) mildness, clemency: (good weather with comfortable temperatures)
clement, Adjective
  • (a) clement: ((of weather or climate) physically mild) "clement weather"
  • (a) clement: ((used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy) "a more clement judge reduced the sentence"
clench, Noun
  • (n) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold: (the act of grasping) "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
  • (n) clinch, clench: (a small slip noose made with seizing)
clench, Verb
  • (v) clench, clinch: (hold in a tight grasp) "clench a steering wheel"
  • (v) clench: (squeeze together tightly) "clench one's jaw"
clenched, Adjective
  • (s) clenched, clinched: (closed or squeezed together tightly) "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth"
clerestory, Noun
  • (n) clerestory, clearstory: (part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light)
clergy, Noun
  • (n) clergy: (in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity))
clergyman, Noun
  • (n) clergyman, reverend, man_of_the_cloth: (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
cleric, Noun
  • (n) cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic: (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)
clerical, Adjective
  • (a) clerical: (of or relating to clerks) "clerical work"
  • (a) clerical: (of or relating to the clergy) "clerical collar"
  • (s) clerical: (appropriate for or engaged in office work) "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
clerisy, Noun
  • (n) intelligentsia, clerisy: (an educated and intellectual elite)
clerk, Noun
  • (n) clerk: (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))
  • (n) salesclerk, shop_clerk, clerk, shop_assistant: (a salesperson in a store)
clerk, Verb
  • (v) clerk: (work as a clerk, as in the legal business)
clerking, Noun
  • (n) bookkeeping, clerking: (the activity of recording business transactions)
clerkship, Noun
  • (n) clerkship: (the job of clerk)
clever, Adjective
  • (s) apt, clever: (mentally quick and resourceful) "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker"
  • (s) cagey, cagy, canny, clever: (showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others) "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
  • (s) clever, cunning, ingenious: (showing inventiveness and skill) "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
cleverest, Adjective
  • (s) apt, clever: (mentally quick and resourceful) "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker"
  • (s) cagey, cagy, canny, clever: (showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others) "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
  • (s) clever, cunning, ingenious: (showing inventiveness and skill) "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
cleverness, Noun
  • (n) brightness, cleverness, smartness: (intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty)
  • (n) ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness: (the property of being ingenious) "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"
  • (n) inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness: (the power of creative imagination)
clevis, Noun
  • (n) clevis: (a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.)
clew, Noun
  • (n) clew: (a ball of yarn or cord or thread)
  • (n) clue, clew, cue: (evidence that helps to solve a problem)
clew, Verb
  • (v) clue, clew: (roll into a ball)
cliche, Noun
  • (n) platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide: (a trite or obvious remark)
cliched, Adjective
  • (s) cliched, ready-made: (repeated regularly without thought or originality) "ready-made phrases"
click, Noun
  • (n) chink, click, clink: (a short light metallic sound)
  • (n) click, mouse_click: (depression of a button on a computer mouse) "a click on the right button for example"
  • (n) pawl, detent, click, dog: (a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward)
  • (n) suction_stop, click: (a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu))
click, Verb
  • (v) chatter, click: (click repeatedly or uncontrollably) "Chattering teeth"
  • (v) click, tick: (make a clicking or ticking sound) "The clock ticked away"
  • (v) click: (produce a click) "Xhosa speakers click"
  • (v) click, get_through, dawn, come_home, get_across, sink_in, penetrate, fall_into_place: (become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions) "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
  • (v) cluck, click, clack: (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)
  • (v) snap, click: (move or strike with a noise) "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
  • (v) snap, click, flick: (cause to make a snapping sound) "snap your fingers"
clickety-clack, Noun
  • (n) clickety-clack, clickety-click: (a fast and rhythmic click-clack) "the clickety-clack of the typewriters"
clickety-click, Noun
  • (n) clickety-clack, clickety-click: (a fast and rhythmic click-clack) "the clickety-clack of the typewriters"
client, Noun
  • (n) client: (a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer)
  • (n) customer, client: (someone who pays for goods or services)
  • (n) node, client, guest: ((computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network)
clientele, Noun
  • (n) clientele, patronage, business: (customers collectively) "they have an upper class clientele"
cliff-hanging, Adjective
  • (s) cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting: ((of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense)
cliff, Noun
  • (n) cliff, drop, drop-off: (a steep high face of rock) "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"
climacteric, Noun
  • (n) climacteric: (a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause)
  • (n) menopause, climacteric, change_of_life: (the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends)
climactic, Adjective
  • (a) climactic: (consisting of or causing a climax) "a climactic development"
climate, Noun
  • (n) climate, clime: (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time) "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"
  • (n) climate, mood: (the prevailing psychological state) "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"
climatic, Adjective
  • (a) climatic, climatical: (of or relating to a climate) "climatic changes"
climatical, Adjective
  • (a) climatic, climatical: (of or relating to a climate) "climatic changes"
climax, Noun
  • (n) climax, flood_tide: (the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding) "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
  • (n) climax, culmination: (the decisive moment in a novel or play) "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
  • (n) climax: (the most severe stage of a disease)
  • (n) climax: (arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness)
  • (n) orgasm, climax, sexual_climax, coming: (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)
climax, Verb
  • (v) culminate, climax: (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage) "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
climb-down, Noun
  • (n) withdrawal, backdown, climb-down: (a retraction of a previously held position)
climb, Noun
  • (n) ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade: (an upward slope or grade (as in a road)) "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
  • (n) climb, climbing, mounting: (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))
  • (n) climb, mount: (the act of climbing something) "it was a difficult climb to the top"
climb, Verb
  • (v) climb, climb_up, mount, go_up: (go upward with gradual or continuous progress) "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
  • (v) climb: (move with difficulty, by grasping)
  • (v) climb: (slope upward) "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
  • (v) climb: (improve one's social status) "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
  • (v) rise, go_up, climb: (increase in value or to a higher point) "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
  • (v) wax, mount, climb, rise: (go up or advance) "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
climbable, Adjective
  • (s) ascendable, ascendible, climbable: (capable of being ascended)
  • (s) surmountable, climbable: (capable of being surmounted)
climber, Noun
  • (n) climber: (a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants)
  • (n) climber: (someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains) "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes"
  • (n) crampon, crampoon, climbing_iron, climber: (an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing)
  • (n) mounter, climber: (someone who ascends on foot) "a solitary mounter of the staircase"
  • (n) social_climber, climber: (someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior)
climbing, Noun
  • (n) climb, climbing, mounting: (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))
clime, Noun
  • (n) climate, clime: (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time) "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"
clinch, Noun
  • (n) clamp, clinch: (a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together)
  • (n) clinch: ((boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily)
  • (n) clinch, clench: (a small slip noose made with seizing)
  • (n) clinch: (the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet)
  • (n) hug, clinch, squeeze: (a tight or amorous embrace) "come here and give me a big hug"
clinch, Verb
  • (v) clench, clinch: (hold in a tight grasp) "clench a steering wheel"
  • (v) clinch: (secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts) "The girder was clinched into the wall"
  • (v) clinch: (hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches)
  • (v) clinch: (embrace amorously)
  • (v) clinch: (flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)) "the nails were clinched"
  • (v) clinch: (settle conclusively) "clinch a deal"
clinched, Adjective
  • (s) clenched, clinched: (closed or squeezed together tightly) "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth"
clincher-built, Adjective
  • (a) clinker-built, clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked: (having overlapping hull planks)
clincher, Noun
  • (n) clincher, determiner, determining_factor: (an argument that is conclusive)
  • (n) clincher, decisive_factor: (a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively)
  • (n) clincher: (a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets)
cling, Noun
  • (n) cling, clingstone: (fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit)
cling, Verb
  • (v) cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere: (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation) "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
  • (v) cling: (to remain emotionally or intellectually attached) "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
  • (v) cling, hang: (hold on tightly or tenaciously) "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
clingstone, Noun
  • (n) cling, clingstone: (fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit)
clinic, Noun
  • (n) clinic: (a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists)
  • (n) clinic: (meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity)
  • (n) clinic: (a healthcare facility for outpatient care)
clinical, Adjective
  • (a) clinical: (relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients) "clinical observation"; "clinical case study"
  • (s) clinical: (scientifically detached; unemotional) "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
clinician, Noun
  • (n) clinician: (a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments)
clink, Noun
  • (n) chink, click, clink: (a short light metallic sound)
  • (n) jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey: (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))
clink, Verb
  • (v) clink: (make a high sound typical of glass) "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
  • (v) tinkle, tink, clink, chink: (make or emit a high sound) "tinkling bells"
clinker-built, Adjective
  • (a) clinker-built, clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked: (having overlapping hull planks)
clinker, Noun
  • (n) cinder, clinker: (a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire)
  • (n) clinker, clinker_brick: (a hard brick used as a paving stone)
clinker, Verb
  • (v) clinker: (clear out the cinders and clinker from) "we clinkered the fire frequently"
  • (v) clinker: (turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning)
clinocephalism, Noun
  • (n) clinocephaly, clinocephalism: (a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex))
clinocephaly, Noun
  • (n) clinocephaly, clinocephalism: (a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex))
clinometer, Noun
  • (n) clinometer, inclinometer: (an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation)
clinquant, Adjective
  • (s) clinquant, tinseled, tinselly: (glittering with gold or silver)
clip-clop, Noun
  • (n) clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping: (the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface)
clip, Noun
  • (n) cartridge_holder, cartridge_clip, clip, magazine: (a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun)
  • (n) clip: (any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together)
  • (n) clip: (an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress)
  • (n) clip, clipping, snip: (the act of clipping or snipping)
  • (n) clip: (a sharp slanting blow) "he gave me a clip on the ear"
  • (n) time, clip: (an instance or single occasion for some event) "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
clip, Verb
  • (v) clip: (attach with a clip) "clip the papers together"
  • (v) clip, curtail, cut_short: (terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent) "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
  • (v) nip, nip_off, clip, snip, snip_off: (sever or remove by pinching or snipping) "nip off the flowers"
  • (v) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut_back: (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of) "dress the plants in the garden"
  • (v) trot, jog, clip: (run at a moderately swift pace)
clipboard, Noun
  • (n) clipboard: (a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers)
clipper, Noun
  • (n) clipper, clipper_ship: (a fast sailing ship used in former times)
  • (n) clipper: (shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural))
  • (n) clipper: (scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural))
  • (n) limiter, clipper: ((electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)) "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
clippety-clop, Noun
  • (n) clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping: (the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface)
clipping, Noun
  • (n) clip, clipping, snip: (the act of clipping or snipping)
  • (n) clipping, newspaper_clipping, press_clipping, cutting, press_cutting: (an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine) "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
  • (n) trim, trimming, clipping: (cutting down to the desired size or shape)
clique, Noun
  • (n) clique, coterie, ingroup, inner_circle, pack, camp: (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
cliquish, Adjective
  • (s) clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby: (befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior)
cliquishness, Noun
  • (n) clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness: (tendency to associate with only a select group)
clit, Noun
  • (n) clitoris, clit, button: (a female sexual organ homologous to the penis)
clitoral, Adjective
  • (a) clitoral, clitoric: (of or relating to the clitoris)
clitoric, Adjective
  • (a) clitoral, clitoric: (of or relating to the clitoris)
clitoris, Noun
  • (n) clitoris, clit, button: (a female sexual organ homologous to the penis)
clitter, Verb
  • (v) stridulate, clitter: (make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures) "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
clivers, Noun
  • (n) cleavers, clivers, goose_grass, catchweed, spring_cleavers, Galium_aparine: (annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia)
cloaca, Noun
  • (n) cloaca: ((zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open)
  • (n) sewer, sewerage, cloaca: (a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water)
cloak-and-dagger, Adjective
  • (s) clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground: (conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods) "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
cloak, Noun
  • (n) cloak: (anything that covers or conceals)
  • (n) cloak: (a loose outer garment)
cloak, Verb
  • (v) cloak: (cover with or as if with a cloak) "cloaked monks"
  • (v) clothe, cloak, drape, robe: (cover as if with clothing) "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
  • (v) dissemble, cloak, mask: (hide under a false appearance) "He masked his disappointment"
cloaked, Adjective
  • (s) cloaked, disguised, masked: (having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading) "hidden agenda"; "masked threat"
  • (s) cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped: (covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak) "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks"
cloakmaker, Noun
  • (n) cloakmaker, furrier: (someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments)
cloakroom, Noun
  • (n) cloakroom: (a private lounge off of a legislative chamber)
  • (n) cloakroom, coatroom: (a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily)
clobber, Noun
  • (n) stuff, clobber: (informal terms for personal possessions) "did you take all your clobber?"
clobber, Verb
  • (v) clobber, baste, batter: (strike violently and repeatedly) "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
  • (v) cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick: (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight) "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
clock, Noun
  • (n) clock: (a timepiece that shows the time of day)
clock, Verb
  • (v) clock, time: (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time) "he clocked the runners"
clocking, Noun
  • (n) clocking: (the time taken to traverse a measured course) "it was a world record clocking"
clockmaker, Noun
  • (n) clocksmith, clockmaker: (someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches)
clocks, Noun
  • (n) clock: (a timepiece that shows the time of day)
  • (n) redstem_storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin_grass, pin_clover, Erodium_cicutarium: (European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage)
clocksmith, Noun
  • (n) clocksmith, clockmaker: (someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches)
clockwise, Adjective
  • (a) clockwise: (in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock)
clod, Noun
  • (n) ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk: (a compact mass) "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
  • (n) lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk: (an awkward stupid person)
cloddish, Adjective
  • (s) cloddish, doltish: (heavy and dull and stupid)
clodhopper, Noun
  • (n) brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work_shoe: (a thick and heavy shoe)
clofibrate, Noun
  • (n) clofibrate, Atromid-S: (a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases)
clog, Noun
  • (n) clog, geta, patten, sabot: (footwear usually with wooden soles)
  • (n) clog: (any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction)
  • (n) clog_dance, clog_dancing, clog: (a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps)
clog, Verb
  • (v) clog, choke_off, clog_up, back_up, congest, choke, foul: (become or cause to become obstructed) "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
  • (v) clog: (dance a clog dance)
  • (v) clog: (impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden) "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
  • (v) clog, constipate: (impede with a clog or as if with a clog) "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
  • (v) clog, clot: (coalesce or unite in a mass) "Blood clots"
  • (v) clog, overload: (fill to excess so that function is impaired) "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
clogged, Adjective
  • (s) choked, clogged: (stopped up; clogged up) "clogged pipes"; "clogged up freeways"; "streets choked with traffic"
  • (s) clogged, clotted: (thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)) "clotted blood"; "seeds clogged together"
  • (s) clogged: (loaded with something that hinders motion) "The wings of birds were clogged with ice and snow"-Dryden"
clogging, Adjective
  • (s) clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive: (preventing movement) "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
cloggy, Adjective
  • (s) clayey, cloggy, heavy: ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained) "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
cloisonne, Adjective
  • (s) champleve, cloisonne: ((for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired)
cloisonne, Noun
  • (n) cloisonne: (enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips)
cloister, Verb
  • (v) cloister: (surround with a cloister, as of a garden)
  • (v) cloister: (surround with a cloister) "cloister the garden"
  • (v) cloister: (seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister) "She cloistered herself in the office"
cloistered, Adjective
  • (s) cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical: (of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows)
  • (s) cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered: (providing privacy or seclusion) "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
cloistral, Adjective
  • (s) cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical: (of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows)
clomiphene, Noun
  • (n) clomiphene, clomiphene_citrate, Clomid: (a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births)
clomp, Verb
  • (v) clump, clomp: (walk clumsily)
clon, Noun
  • (n) clone, clon: (a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction)
clonal, Adjective
  • (a) clonal: (of or relating to a clone)
clone, Noun
  • (n) clone, clon: (a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction)
  • (n) knockoff, clone: (an unauthorized copy or imitation)
  • (n) ringer, dead_ringer, clone: (a person who is almost identical to another)
clone, Verb
  • (v) clone: (make multiple identical copies of) "people can clone a sheep nowadays"
clonidine, Noun
  • (n) clonidine, Catapres: (an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches)
cloning, Noun
  • (n) cloning: (a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell))
clop, Noun
  • (n) clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping: (the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface)
clop, Verb
  • (v) clop, clump, clunk, plunk: (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)
clopping, Noun
  • (n) clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping: (the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface)
close-fitting, Adjective
  • (s) close, snug, close-fitting: (fitting closely but comfortably) "a close fit"
close-grained, Adjective
  • (s) close-grained, fine-grained: (dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells) "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock"
close-minded, Adjective
  • (s) close-minded, closed-minded: (not ready to receive to new ideas)
close, Adjective
  • (s) airless, close, stuffy, unaired: (lacking fresh air) "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
  • (s) cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny: (giving or spending with reluctance) "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
  • (a) close: (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other) "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
  • (a) close: (close in relevance or relationship) "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
  • (s) close: (rigorously attentive; strict and thorough) "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"
  • (s) close, faithful: (marked by fidelity to an original) "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"
  • (s) close, tight: ((of a contest or contestants) evenly matched) "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
  • (s) close, confining: (crowded) "close quarters"
  • (s) close, tight: (of textiles) "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
  • (s) close: (strictly confined or guarded) "kept under close custody"
  • (s) close: (confined to specific persons) "a close secret"
  • (s) close, snug, close-fitting: (fitting closely but comfortably) "a close fit"
  • (s) close: (used of hair or haircuts) "a close military haircut"
  • (s) close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped: (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information) "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
  • (a) near, close, nigh: (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances) "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
close, Noun
  • (n) conclusion, end, close, closing, ending: (the last section of a communication) "in conclusion I want to say..."
  • (n) finale, close, closing_curtain, finis: (the concluding part of any performance)
  • (n) stopping_point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close: (the temporal end; the concluding time) "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
close, Verb
  • (v) close, shut: (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut) "Close the door"; "shut the window"
  • (v) close, shut: (become closed) "The windows closed with a loud bang"
  • (v) close: (finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)) "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
  • (v) close: (complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement) "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building"
  • (v) close: (be priced or listed when trading stops) "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
  • (v) close: (engage at close quarters) "close with the enemy"
  • (v) close: (cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop)
  • (v) close: (change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact)
  • (v) close, come_together: (come together, as if in an embrace) "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
  • (v) close: (draw near) "The probe closed with the space station"
  • (v) close: (bring together all the elements or parts of) "Management closed ranks"
  • (v) close: (bar access to) "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"
  • (v) close, fill_up: (fill or stop up) "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
  • (v) close: (finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead) "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
  • (v) close_up, close, fold, shut_down, close_down: (cease to operate or cause to cease operating) "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
  • (v) close_up, close: (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of) "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
  • (v) conclude, close: (come to a close) "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
closed-chain, Adjective
  • (s) closed-chain, closed-ring: (having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form)
closed-minded, Adjective
  • (s) close-minded, closed-minded: (not ready to receive to new ideas)
closed-ring, Adjective
  • (s) closed-chain, closed-ring: (having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form)
closed, Adjective
  • (a) closed: (not open or affording passage or access) "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains"
  • (a) closed: ((set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints)
  • (a) closed, shut: (used especially of mouth or eyes) "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
  • (s) closed: (requiring union membership) "a closed shop"
  • (s) closed: (with shutters closed)
  • (s) closed: (not open to the general public) "a closed meeting"
  • (s) closed, unsympathetic: (not having an open mind) "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
  • (s) closed, closed_in: (blocked against entry) "a closed porch"
  • (a) shut, unopen, closed: (not open) "the door slammed shut"
closedown, Noun
  • (n) closure, closedown, closing, shutdown: (termination of operations) "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
closefisted, Adjective
  • (s) closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted: (unwilling to part with money)
closelipped, Adjective
  • (s) close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped: (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information) "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
closemouthed, Adjective
  • (s) close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped: (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information) "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
closeness, Noun
  • (n) closeness, intimacy: (a feeling of being intimate and belonging together) "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
  • (n) closeness, secretiveness: (characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes))
  • (n) familiarity, intimacy, closeness: (close or warm friendship) "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
  • (n) meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness: (extreme stinginess)
  • (n) nearness, closeness: (the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance) "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
  • (n) stuffiness, closeness: (the quality of being close and poorly ventilated)
closeout, Noun
  • (n) closeout: (a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock)
closer, Adjective
  • (s) airless, close, stuffy, unaired: (lacking fresh air) "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
  • (s) cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny: (giving or spending with reluctance) "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
  • (a) close: (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other) "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
  • (a) close: (close in relevance or relationship) "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
  • (s) close: (rigorously attentive; strict and thorough) "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"
  • (s) close, faithful: (marked by fidelity to an original) "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"
  • (s) close, tight: ((of a contest or contestants) evenly matched) "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
  • (s) close, confining: (crowded) "close quarters"
  • (s) close, tight: (of textiles) "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
  • (s) close: (strictly confined or guarded) "kept under close custody"
  • (s) close: (confined to specific persons) "a close secret"
  • (s) close, snug, close-fitting: (fitting closely but comfortably) "a close fit"
  • (s) close: (used of hair or haircuts) "a close military haircut"
  • (s) close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped: (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information) "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
  • (a) near, close, nigh: (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances) "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
closer, Noun
  • (n) closer: (a person who closes something) "whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up"
  • (n) closer, finisher: ((baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game)
closest, Adjective
  • (s) airless, close, stuffy, unaired: (lacking fresh air) "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
  • (s) cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny: (giving or spending with reluctance) "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
  • (a) close: (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other) "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
  • (a) close: (close in relevance or relationship) "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
  • (s) close: (rigorously attentive; strict and thorough) "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"
  • (s) close, faithful: (marked by fidelity to an original) "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"
  • (s) close, tight: ((of a contest or contestants) evenly matched) "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
  • (s) close, confining: (crowded) "close quarters"
  • (s) close, tight: (of textiles) "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
  • (s) close: (strictly confined or guarded) "kept under close custody"
  • (s) close: (confined to specific persons) "a close secret"
  • (s) close, snug, close-fitting: (fitting closely but comfortably) "a close fit"
  • (s) close: (used of hair or haircuts) "a close military haircut"
  • (s) close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped: (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information) "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
  • (a) near, close, nigh: (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances) "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
closet, Noun
  • (n) closet: (a small private room for study or prayer)
  • (n) cupboard, closet: (a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space)
  • (n) wardrobe, closet, press: (a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes)
  • (n) water_closet, closet, , loo: (a toilet in Britain)
closet, Verb
  • (v) closet: (confine to a small space, as for intensive work)
closing, Adjective
  • (a) closing: (final or ending) "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks"
closing, Noun
  • (n) closing, closure: (approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap) "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
  • (n) closure, closedown, closing, shutdown: (termination of operations) "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
  • (n) completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop_up: (a concluding action)
  • (n) conclusion, end, close, closing, ending: (the last section of a communication) "in conclusion I want to say..."
  • (n) shutting, closing: (the act of closing something)
clostridia, Noun
  • (n) clostridium, clostridia: (spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore)
clostridium, Noun
  • (n) clostridium, clostridia: (spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore)
closure, Noun
  • (n) blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage: (an obstruction in a pipe or tube) "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
  • (n) blockage, closure, occlusion: (the act of blocking)
  • (n) closing, closure: (approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap) "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
  • (n) closure, cloture, gag_rule, gag_law: (a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body)
  • (n) closure, law_of_closure: (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric)
  • (n) closure, closedown, closing, shutdown: (termination of operations) "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
  • (n) settlement, resolution, closure: (something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making) "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
closure, Verb
  • (v) closure, cloture: (terminate debate by calling for a vote) "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
clot, Noun
  • (n) clot, coagulum: (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)
clot, Verb
  • (v) clog, clot: (coalesce or unite in a mass) "Blood clots"
  • (v) clot, coagulate: (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state) "coagulated blood"
  • (v) clot, coagulate: (cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state)
  • (v) curdle, clabber, clot: (turn into curds) "curdled milk"
clotbur, Noun
  • (n) burdock, clotbur: (any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs)
cloth, Noun
  • (n) fabric, cloth, material, textile: (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers) "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
clothe, Verb
  • (v) clothe, cloak, drape, robe: (cover as if with clothing) "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
  • (v) dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit_out, apparel: (provide with clothes or put clothes on) "Parents must feed and dress their child"
  • (v) invest, clothe, adorn: (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)
clothed, Adjective
  • (s) cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped: (covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak) "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks"
  • (a) clothed, clad: (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination) "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible"; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"
clothes, Noun
  • (n) apparel, wearing_apparel, dress, clothes: (clothing in general) "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress"
clotheshorse, Noun
  • (n) clotheshorse: (a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying))
  • (n) dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion_plate, clotheshorse: (a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance)
clothesless, Adjective
  • (s) clothesless, garmentless, raimentless: (possessing no clothing)
clothier, Noun
  • (n) clothier, haberdasher: (a merchant who sells men's clothing)
clothing, Noun
  • (n) clothing, article_of_clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment: (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)
clotted, Adjective
  • (s) clogged, clotted: (thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)) "clotted blood"; "seeds clogged together"
clotting, Noun
  • (n) curdling, clotting, coagulation: (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)
cloture, Noun
  • (n) closure, cloture, gag_rule, gag_law: (a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body)
cloture, Verb
  • (v) closure, cloture: (terminate debate by calling for a vote) "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
cloud-covered, Adjective
  • (s) cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless: (filled or abounding with clouds)
cloud, Noun
  • (n) cloud: (any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible)
  • (n) cloud: (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
  • (n) cloud: (out of touch with reality) "his head was in the clouds"
  • (n) cloud: (a cause of worry or gloom or trouble) "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"
  • (n) cloud: (suspicion affecting your reputation) "after that mistake he was under a cloud"
  • (n) swarm, cloud: (a group of many things in the air or on the ground) "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
cloud, Verb
  • (v) cloud: (billow up in the form of a cloud) "The smoke clouded above the houses"
  • (v) cloud: (make gloomy or depressed) "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
  • (v) cloud: (make less clear) "the stroke clouded memories of her youth"
  • (v) cloud: (make milky or dull) "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"
  • (v) defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud: (place under suspicion or cast doubt upon) "sully someone's reputation"
  • (v) mottle, dapple, cloud: (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)
  • (v) obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze_over, fog, cloud, mist: (make less visible or unclear) "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
  • (v) overcast, cloud: (make overcast or cloudy) "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
cloudberry, Noun
  • (n) cloudberry, dwarf_mulberry, bakeapple, baked-apple_berry, salmonberry, Rubus_chamaemorus: (creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries)
cloudburst, Noun
  • (n) downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker: (a heavy rain)
clouded, Adjective
  • (s) blurred, clouded: (unclear in form or expression) "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells"
  • (s) cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless: (filled or abounding with clouds)
  • (s) clouded: (made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance) "his face was clouded with unhappiness"
  • (s) clouded: (mentally disordered) "a mind clouded by sorrow"
cloudiness, Noun
  • (n) cloudiness, cloud_cover, overcast: (the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds)
  • (n) cloudiness, overcast: (gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover)
  • (n) cloudiness, murkiness, muddiness: (the quality of being cloudy)
clouding, Noun
  • (n) clouding, clouding_up: (the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky)
cloudless, Adjective
  • (s) cloudless, unclouded: (free from clouds) "under a cloudless sky"
cloudlike, Adjective
  • (s) cloudlike, nebular: (resembling a cloud)
cloudy, Adjective
  • (a) cloudy: (full of or covered with clouds) "cloudy skies"
  • (s) cloudy, nebulose, nebulous: (lacking definite form or limits) "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore"; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
  • (s) cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid: ((of liquids) clouded as with sediment) "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
clout, Noun
  • (n) clout: (a target used in archery)
  • (n) clout_nail, clout: (a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood)
  • (n) pull, clout: (special advantage or influence) "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"
  • (n) punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug: ((boxing) a blow with the fist) "I gave him a clout on his nose"
clout, Verb
  • (v) clout: (strike hard, especially with the fist) "He clouted his attacker"
cloven-footed, Adjective
  • (a) cloven-hoofed, cloven-footed: (of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine)
cloven-hoofed, Adjective
  • (a) cloven-hoofed, cloven-footed: (of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine)
cloven, Adjective
  • (s) cloven, bisulcate: ((used of hooves) split, divided) "bisulcate hoof"
clover-root, Noun
  • (n) herb_bennet, cloveroot, clover-root, wood_avens, Geum_urbanum: (hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally)
clover, Noun
  • (n) clover, trefoil: (a plant of the genus Trifolium)
cloveroot, Noun
  • (n) herb_bennet, cloveroot, clover-root, wood_avens, Geum_urbanum: (hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally)
clown, Noun
  • (n) clown, buffoon: (a rude or vulgar fool)
  • (n) clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry_andrew: (a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior)
clown, Verb
  • (v) clown, clown_around, antic: (act as or like a clown)
clowning, Noun
  • (n) buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank: (acting like a clown or buffoon)
  • (n) drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness: (a comic incident or series of incidents)
clownish, Adjective
  • (s) buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany: (like a clown) "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"
clownlike, Adjective
  • (s) buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany: (like a clown) "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"
cloy, Verb
  • (v) cloy, pall: (cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing) "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
  • (v) surfeit, cloy: (supply or feed to surfeit)
cloying, Adjective
  • (s) cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly: (overly sweet)
clozapine, Noun
  • (n) clozapine, Clozaril: (an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; know to have few side effects)
club-head, Noun
  • (n) golf-club_head, club_head, club-head, clubhead: ((golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball)
club-moss, Noun
  • (n) club_moss, club-moss, lycopod: (primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles)
club, Noun
  • (n) baseball_club, ball_club, club, nine: (a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together) "each club played six home games with teams in its own division"
  • (n) cabaret, nightclub, night_club, club, nightspot: (a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink) "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club"
  • (n) club, social_club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order: (a formal association of people with similar interests) "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
  • (n) club: (stout stick that is larger at one end) "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
  • (n) club: (a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it) "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps"
  • (n) clubhouse, club: (a building that is occupied by a social club) "the clubhouse needed a new roof"
  • (n) golf_club, golf-club, club: (golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball)
club, Verb
  • (v) club: (unite with a common purpose) "The two men clubbed together"
  • (v) club: (gather and spend time together) "They always club together"
  • (v) club, bludgeon: (strike with a club or a bludgeon)
  • (v) club: (gather into a club-like mass) "club hair"
clubable, Adjective
  • (s) clubbable, clubable: (inclined to club together) "a clubbable man"
clubbable, Adjective
  • (s) clubbable, clubable: (inclined to club together) "a clubbable man"
clubbing, Noun
  • (n) clubbing: (a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease)
clubbish, Adjective
  • (s) clubbish, clubby: (effusively sociable) "a clubbish set"; "we got rather clubby"
clubby, Adjective
  • (s) clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby: (befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior)
  • (s) clubbish, clubby: (effusively sociable) "a clubbish set"; "we got rather clubby"
clubfoot, Noun
  • (n) clubfoot, talipes: (congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes)
clubfooted, Adjective
  • (s) clubfooted, taliped: (having a deformed foot)
clubhead, Noun
  • (n) golf-club_head, club_head, club-head, clubhead: ((golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball)
clubhouse, Noun
  • (n) clubhouse, club: (a building that is occupied by a social club) "the clubhouse needed a new roof"
cluck, Noun
  • (n) cluck, clucking: (the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks))
cluck, Verb
  • (v) cluck, click, clack: (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)
clucking, Noun
  • (n) cluck, clucking: (the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks))
clue, Noun
  • (n) clue, clew, cue: (evidence that helps to solve a problem)
  • (n) hint, clue: (a slight indication)
clue, Verb
  • (v) clue, clew: (roll into a ball)
clump, Noun
  • (n) ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk: (a compact mass) "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
  • (n) bunch, clump, cluster, clustering: (a grouping of a number of similar things) "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
  • (n) thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud: (a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects))
clump, Verb
  • (v) bunch, bunch_up, bundle, cluster, clump: (gather or cause to gather into a cluster) "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
  • (v) clop, clump, clunk, plunk: (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)
  • (v) clump, clomp: (walk clumsily)
  • (v) cluster, constellate, flock, clump: (come together as in a cluster or flock) "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
clumping, Noun
  • (n) clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping: (the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface)
clumsiness, Noun
  • (n) awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness: (unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training)
  • (n) awkwardness, clumsiness: (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)
  • (n) awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness: (the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment))
clumsy, Adjective
  • (s) awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly: (difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape) "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
  • (s) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen: (not elegant or graceful in expression) "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
  • (s) bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent: (showing lack of skill or aptitude) "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
  • (s) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy: (lacking grace in movement or posture) "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
clunk, Noun
  • (n) thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud: (a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects))
clunk, Verb
  • (v) clop, clump, clunk, plunk: (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)
clunking, Noun
  • (n) clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping: (the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface)
clunky, Adjective
  • (s) clunky: (making a clunking sound)
  • (s) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy: (lacking grace in movement or posture) "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
cluster, Noun
  • (n) bunch, clump, cluster, clustering: (a grouping of a number of similar things) "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
cluster, Verb
  • (v) bunch, bunch_up, bundle, cluster, clump: (gather or cause to gather into a cluster) "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
  • (v) cluster, constellate, flock, clump: (come together as in a cluster or flock) "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
clustered, Adjective
  • (s) agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered: (clustered together but not coherent) "an agglomerated flower head"
  • (s) clustered: (growing close together but not in dense mats)
clustering, Noun
  • (n) bunch, clump, cluster, clustering: (a grouping of a number of similar things) "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
clutch, Noun
  • (n) batch, clutch: (a collection of things or persons to be handled together)
  • (n) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold: (the act of grasping) "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
  • (n) clutch: (a tense critical situation) "he is a good man in the clutch"
  • (n) clutch: (a number of birds hatched at the same time)
  • (n) clutch, clutch_pedal: (a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism) "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"
  • (n) clutch: (a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism) "this year's model has an improved clutch"
  • (n) clutch_bag, clutch: (a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand)
clutch, Verb
  • (v) cling_to, hold_close, hold_tight, clutch: (hold firmly, usually with one's hands) "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
  • (v) seize, prehend, clutch: (take hold of; grab) "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
  • (v) seize, clutch, get_hold_of: (affect) "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
clutches, Noun
  • (n) batch, clutch: (a collection of things or persons to be handled together)
  • (n) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold: (the act of grasping) "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
  • (n) clutch: (a tense critical situation) "he is a good man in the clutch"
  • (n) clutch: (a number of birds hatched at the same time)
  • (n) clutch, clutch_pedal: (a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism) "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"
  • (n) clutch: (a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism) "this year's model has an improved clutch"
  • (n) clutch_bag, clutch: (a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand)
clutter, Noun
  • (n) clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's_nest, welter, smother: (a confused multitude of things)
  • (n) clutter: (unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen)
clutter, Verb
  • (v) clutter, clutter_up: (fill a space in a disorderly way)
cluttered, Adjective
  • (s) cluttered, littered: (filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish) "the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris"; "his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair"
clyster, Noun
  • (n) enema, clyster: (an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes)
cnidarian, Noun
  • (n) coelenterate, cnidarian: (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)
co-defendant, Noun
  • (n) codefendant, co-defendant: (a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action)
co-ed, Adjective
  • (s) co-ed, coeducational: (attended by members of both sexes)
co-ed, Noun
  • (n) co-ed, college_girl: (a female student at a coeducational college or university)
co-educate, Verb
  • (v) co-educate, coeducate: (educate persons of both sexes together)
co-occur, Verb
  • (v) coincide, co-occur, cooccur: (go with, fall together)
co-occurrence, Noun
  • (n) accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence: (an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another)
  • (n) concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence: (the temporal property of two things happening at the same time) "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
co-occurrent, Adjective
  • (s) coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous: (occurring or operating at the same time) "a series of coincident events"
co-op, Noun
  • (n) cooperative, co-op: (a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners)
co-optation, Noun
  • (n) co-option, co-optation: (the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership))
  • (n) co-option, co-optation: (the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent))
co-option, Noun
  • (n) co-option, co-optation: (the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership))
  • (n) co-option, co-optation: (the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent))
co-ordinate, Noun
  • (n) coordinate, co-ordinate: (a number that identifies a position relative to an axis)
co-ordinated, Adjective
  • (s) coordinated, co-ordinated, interconnected, unified: (operating as a unit) "a unified utility system"; "a coordinated program"
  • (s) coordinated, co-ordinated: (being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements) "she was usually good with her hands and well coordinated"- Mary McCarthy"
  • (s) coordinated, co-ordinated, matching: (intentionally matched) "curtains and walls were color coordinated"
co-pilot, Noun
  • (n) copilot, co-pilot: (a relief pilot on an airplane)
co-referent, Adjective
  • (a) coreferential, co-referent: (relating to coreference)
co-respondent, Noun
  • (n) corespondent, co-respondent: (the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding)
co-sign, Verb
  • (v) co-sign, cosign: (sign jointly) "Husband and wife co-signed the lease"
  • (v) cosign, co-sign: (sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan)
co-worker, Noun
  • (n) colleague, co-worker, fellow_worker, workfellow: (an associate that one works with)
coach-and-four, Noun
  • (n) coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four: (a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver)
coach, Noun
  • (n) bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger_vehicle: (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport) "he always rode the bus to work"
  • (n) coach, manager, handler: ((sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team)
  • (n) coach, private_instructor, tutor: (a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.))
  • (n) coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four: (a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver)
  • (n) passenger_car, coach, carriage: (a railcar where passengers ride)
coach, Verb
  • (v) coach, train: (teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports) "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"
  • (v) coach: (drive a coach)
coaching, Noun
  • (n) coaching, coaching_job: (the job of a professional coach)
coachwhip, Noun
  • (n) coachwhip, coachwhip_snake, Masticophis_flagellum: (a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip)
  • (n) ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's_staff, vine_cactus, Fouquieria_splendens: (desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers)
coaction, Noun
  • (n) collaboration, coaction: (act of working jointly) "they worked either in collaboration or independently"
coagulant, Noun
  • (n) coagulant, coagulator: (an agent that produces coagulation)
coagulase, Noun
  • (n) coagulase: (an enzyme that induces coagulation)
coagulate, Adjective
  • (s) coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose: (transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass) "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
coagulate, Verb
  • (v) clot, coagulate: (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state) "coagulated blood"
  • (v) clot, coagulate: (cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state)
coagulated, Adjective
  • (s) coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose: (transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass) "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
  • (s) coagulated, solidified: (changed into a solid mass)
coagulation, Noun
  • (n) curdling, clotting, coagulation: (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)
coagulator, Noun
  • (n) coagulant, coagulator: (an agent that produces coagulation)
coagulum, Noun
  • (n) clot, coagulum: (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)
coal-black, Adjective
  • (s) coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty: (of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal)
coal-burning, Adjective
  • (s) coal-fired, coal-burning: (fueled by burning coal) "a coal-fired ship"
coal-fired, Adjective
  • (s) coal-fired, coal-burning: (fueled by burning coal) "a coal-fired ship"
coal, Noun
  • (n) coal: (fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)
  • (n) ember, coal: (a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering)
coal, Verb
  • (v) char, coal: (burn to charcoal) "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
  • (v) coal: (supply with coal)
  • (v) coal: (take in coal) "The big ship coaled"
coalbin, Noun
  • (n) coalbin, coalhole: (a bin for holding coal)
coalesce, Verb
  • (v) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge: (mix together different elements) "The colors blend well"
  • (v) coalesce: (fuse or cause to grow together)
coalesced, Adjective
  • (s) amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused: (joined together into a whole) "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"
coalescence, Noun
  • (n) coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination: (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)
coalescency, Noun
  • (n) coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination: (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)
coalescent, Adjective
  • (s) coalescent, coalescing: (growing together, fusing) "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones"
coalescing, Adjective
  • (s) coalescent, coalescing: (growing together, fusing) "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones"
coalhole, Noun
  • (n) coalbin, coalhole: (a bin for holding coal)
coalition, Noun
  • (n) alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement: (an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty)
  • (n) coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination: (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)
  • (n) coalition, fusion: (the state of being combined into one body)
coapt, Verb
  • (v) coapt, conglutinate: (cause to adhere) "The wounds were coapted"
  • (v) coapt: (fit tightly and fasten)
coarctation, Noun
  • (n) coarctation: ((biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta)
  • (n) constriction, coarctation: (tight or narrow compression)
coarse-furred, Adjective
  • (s) coarse-haired, coarse-furred: (having coarse hair or fur)
coarse-grained, Adjective
  • (s) coarse-grained, large-grained: (not having a fine texture) "coarse-grained wood"; "large-grained sand"
  • (s) farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy: (composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency) "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue"
coarse-haired, Adjective
  • (s) coarse-haired, coarse-furred: (having coarse hair or fur)
coarse-textured, Adjective
  • (s) textured, rough-textured, coarse-textured: (having surface roughness) "a textured wall of stucco"; "a rough-textured tweed"
coarse, Adjective
  • (a) coarse, harsh: (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles) "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
  • (s) coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar: (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste) "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
  • (s) coarse, common: (of low or inferior quality or value) "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare"; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
coarsen, Verb
  • (v) coarsen: (make or become coarse or coarser) "coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened"
  • (v) coarsen: (make less subtle or refined) "coarsen one's ideals"
coarseness, Noun
  • (n) coarseness, graininess, granularity: (the quality of being composed of relatively large particles)
  • (n) coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness: (looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth))
  • (n) coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch: (the quality of lacking taste and refinement)
  • (n) saltiness, coarseness: (language or humor that is down-to-earth) "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre"
coarsest, Adjective
  • (a) coarse, harsh: (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles) "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"
  • (s) coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar: (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste) "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
  • (s) coarse, common: (of low or inferior quality or value) "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare"; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
coast, Noun
  • (n) coast: (a slope down which sleds may coast) "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"
  • (n) coast: (the area within view) "the coast is clear"
  • (n) seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast: (the shore of a sea or ocean)
  • (n) slide, glide, coast: (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it) "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
coast, Verb
  • (v) coast: (move effortlessly; by force of gravity)
coastal, Adjective
  • (a) coastal: (of or relating to a coast) "coastal erosion"
  • (a) coastal: (located on or near or bordering on a coast) "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain"
coaster, Noun
  • (n) coaster: (a resident of a coastal area)
  • (n) coaster: (someone who coasts)
  • (n) coaster: (a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle))
coastguard, Noun
  • (n) coastguard: (a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters)
coastline, Noun
  • (n) coastline: (the outline of a coast)
coat, Noun
  • (n) coat: (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)
  • (n) coat, pelage: (growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal)
  • (n) coating, coat: (a thin layer covering something) "a second coat of paint"
coat, Verb
  • (v) coat, surface: (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface) "coat the cake with chocolate"
  • (v) coat: (cover or provide with a coat)
  • (v) coat, cake: (form a coat over) "Dirt had coated her face"
coated, Adjective
  • (a) coated: (having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination) "coated paper has a smooth polished coating especially suitable for halftone printing"; "sugar-coated pills"
  • (s) coated: (having or dressed in a coat)
coati-mondi, Noun
  • (n) coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon_cat, Nasua_narica: (omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America)
coati-mundi, Noun
  • (n) coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon_cat, Nasua_narica: (omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America)
coati, Noun
  • (n) coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon_cat, Nasua_narica: (omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America)
coating, Noun
  • (n) application, coating, covering: (the work of applying something; ) "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"
  • (n) coating, coat: (a thin layer covering something) "a second coat of paint"
  • (n) coating, finish, finishing: (a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)) "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly"
  • (n) coating: (a heavy fabric suitable for coats)
coatrack, Noun
  • (n) coatrack, coat_rack, hatrack: (a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats)
coatroom, Noun
  • (n) cloakroom, coatroom: (a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily)
coauthor, Noun
  • (n) coauthor, joint_author: (a writer who collaborates with others in writing something)
coax, Noun
  • (n) coaxial_cable, coax, coax_cable: (a transmission line for high-frequency signals)
coax, Verb
  • (v) wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle: (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering) "He palavered her into going along"
coaxal, Adjective
  • (s) coaxial, coaxal: (having a common axis)
coaxer, Noun
  • (n) wheedler, coaxer: (someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing)
coaxial, Adjective
  • (s) coaxial, coaxal: (having a common axis)
coaxing, Adjective
  • (s) coaxing, ingratiatory: (pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade) "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable"
coaxing, Noun
  • (n) blarney, coaxing, soft_soap, sweet_talk: (flattery designed to gain favor)
cob, Noun
  • (n) black-backed_gull, great_black-backed_gull, cob, Larus_marinus: (white gull having a black back and wings)
  • (n) cob: (stocky short-legged harness horse)
  • (n) cob: (adult male swan)
  • (n) hazelnut, filbert, cobnut, cob: (nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus)
cobalamin, Noun
  • (n) vitamin_B12, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, antipernicious_anemia_factor: (a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia)
cobalt, Noun
  • (n) cobalt, Co, atomic_number_27: (a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition)
cobble, Noun
  • (n) cobble, cobblestone, sett: (rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads)
cobble, Verb
  • (v) cobble, cobblestone: (pave with cobblestones)
  • (v) cobble: (repair or mend) "cobble shoes"
cobbler, Noun
  • (n) cobbler, shoemaker: (a person who makes or repairs shoes)
  • (n) cobbler: (tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit)
  • (n) deep-dish_pie, cobbler: (a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit)
cobblestone, Noun
  • (n) cobble, cobblestone, sett: (rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads)
cobblestone, Verb
  • (v) cobble, cobblestone: (pave with cobblestones)
cobbling, Noun
  • (n) shoemaking, shoe_repairing, cobbling: (the shoemaker's trade)
cobnut, Noun
  • (n) cobnut, filbert, Corylus_avellana, Corylus_avellana_grandis: (small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe)
  • (n) hazelnut, filbert, cobnut, cob: (nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus)
cobra, Noun
  • (n) cobra: (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)
cobweb, Noun
  • (n) cobweb: (a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider)
  • (n) cobweb, gossamer: (filaments from a web that was spun by a spider)
  • (n) cobweb: (a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web)
cobwebby, Adjective
  • (s) cobwebby: (covered with cobwebs)
  • (s) diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby: (so thin as to transmit light) "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
cocain, Noun
  • (n) cocaine, cocain: (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive)
cocaine, Noun
  • (n) cocaine, cocain: (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive)
cocainise, Verb
  • (v) cocainize, cocainise: (anesthetize with cocaine)
cocainize, Verb
  • (v) cocainize, cocainise: (anesthetize with cocaine)
cocci, Noun
  • (n) coccus, cocci: (any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria)
coccidioidomycosis, Noun
  • (n) coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, valley_fever, desert_rheumatism: (an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules)
coccidiomycosis, Noun
  • (n) coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, valley_fever, desert_rheumatism: (an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules)
coccidium, Noun
  • (n) coccidium, eimeria: (parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates)
coccus, Noun
  • (n) coccus, cocci: (any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria)
coccyx, Noun
  • (n) coccyx, tail_bone: (the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes)
cochlear, Adjective
  • (a) cochlear: (of or relating to the cochlea of the ear) "cochlear implant"
cock-a-hoop, Adjective
  • (s) boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising: (exhibiting self-importance) "big talk"
cock-a-leekie, Noun
  • (n) cock-a-leekie, cocky-leeky: (soup made from chicken boiled with leeks)
cock, Noun
  • (n) cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz: (obscene terms for penis)
  • (n) cock, rooster: (adult male chicken)
  • (n) cock: (adult male bird)
  • (n) hammer, cock: (the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled)
  • (n) stopcock, cock, turncock: (faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid)
cock, Verb
  • (v) cock: (tilt or slant to one side) "cock one's head"
  • (v) cock: (set the trigger of a firearm back for firing)
  • (v) tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock: (to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others) "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
cockamamie, Adjective
  • (s) cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany: (ludicrous, foolish) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
cockamamy, Adjective
  • (s) cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany: (ludicrous, foolish) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
cockateel, Noun
  • (n) cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo_parrot, Nymphicus_hollandicus: (small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head)
cockatiel, Noun
  • (n) cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo_parrot, Nymphicus_hollandicus: (small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head)
cockcrow, Noun
  • (n) dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first_light, daybreak, break_of_day, break_of_the_day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow: (the first light of day) "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
cocker, Noun
  • (n) cocker_spaniel, English_cocker_spaniel, cocker: (a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England)
cocker, Verb
  • (v) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge: (treat with excessive indulgence) "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
cockeyed, Adjective
  • (s) absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous: (incongruous; inviting ridicule) "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
  • (s) askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff: (turned or twisted toward one side) "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton"; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
  • (s) besotted, blind_drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet: (very drunk)
cockiness, Noun
  • (n) bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness, forwardness: (offensive boldness and assertiveness)
cockle-bur, Noun
  • (n) cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr: (any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs)
cockle-burr, Noun
  • (n) cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr: (any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs)
cockle, Noun
  • (n) cockle: (common edible European bivalve)
  • (n) cockle: (common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs)
cockle, Verb
  • (v) pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit: (to gather something into small wrinkles or folds) "She puckered her lips"
  • (v) ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate: (stir up (water) so as to form ripples)
cocklebur, Noun
  • (n) cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr: (any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs)
  • (n) great_burdock, greater_burdock, cocklebur, Arctium_lappa: (burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use)
cockleburr, Noun
  • (n) cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr: (any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs)
cockroach, Noun
  • (n) cockroach, roach: (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)
cockscomb, Noun
  • (n) cockscomb, common_cockscomb, Celosia_cristata, Celosia_argentea_cristata: (garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers)
  • (n) cockscomb, coxcomb: (a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red)
  • (n) comb, cockscomb, coxcomb: (the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds)
  • (n) coxcomb, cockscomb: (a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments)
cocksfoot, Noun
  • (n) orchard_grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, Dactylis_glomerata: (widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass)
cockspur, Noun
  • (n) cockspur, Pisonia_aculeata: (small spiny West Indian tree)
  • (n) orchard_grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, Dactylis_glomerata: (widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass)
cocksucker, Noun
  • (n) asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother_fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son_of_a_bitch, SOB: (insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous)
  • (n) cocksucker: (a person who performs fellatio)
cocksure, Adjective
  • (s) cocksure, overconfident, positive: (marked by excessive confidence) "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"
cocksureness, Noun
  • (n) certitude, cocksureness, overconfidence: (total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant)
cocktail, Noun
  • (n) cocktail: (a short mixed drink)
  • (n) cocktail: (an appetizer served as a first course at a meal)
cockup, Noun
  • (n) ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up: (something badly botched or muddled)
cocky-leeky, Noun
  • (n) cock-a-leekie, cocky-leeky: (soup made from chicken boiled with leeks)
coco, Noun
  • (n) coconut, coconut_palm, coco_palm, coco, cocoa_palm, coconut_tree, Cocos_nucifera: (tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics)
cocoa, Noun
  • (n) cocoa, chocolate, hot_chocolate, drinking_chocolate: (a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot)
  • (n) cocoa: (powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed)
cocoanut, Noun
  • (n) coconut, cocoanut: (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)
coconspirator, Noun
  • (n) conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator: (a member of a conspiracy)
coconut, Noun
  • (n) coconut, coconut_meat: (the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries)
  • (n) coconut, cocoanut: (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)
  • (n) coconut, coconut_palm, coco_palm, coco, cocoa_palm, coconut_tree, Cocos_nucifera: (tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics)
cocoon, Noun
  • (n) cocoon: (silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs)
cocoon, Verb
  • (v) cocoon: (retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment) "Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings"; "She loves to stay at home and cocoon"
  • (v) cocoon: (wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection)
cocoswood, Noun
  • (n) cocuswood, cocoswood, granadilla_wood: (wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets)
cocotte, Noun
  • (n) cocotte: (a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served)
  • (n) prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy_woman, working_girl, sporting_lady, lady_of_pleasure, woman_of_the_street: (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
cocoyam, Noun
  • (n) taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo: (edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants)
  • (n) taro, taro_root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda: (tropical starchy tuberous root)
cocuswood, Noun
  • (n) cocuswood, cocoswood, granadilla_wood: (wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets)
cod, Adjective
  • (s) collect, cod: (payable by the recipient on delivery) "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
cod, Noun
  • (n) cod, codfish: (lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached)
  • (n) cod, codfish: (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)
  • (n) pod, cod, seedcase: (the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves))
cod, Verb
  • (v) gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put_on, take_in, put_one_over, put_one_across: (fool or hoax) "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
  • (v) tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride: (harass with persistent criticism or carping) "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
coda, Noun
  • (n) finale, coda: (the closing section of a musical composition)
coddle, Verb
  • (v) coddle: (cook in nearly boiling water) "coddle eggs"
  • (v) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge: (treat with excessive indulgence) "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
coddler, Noun
  • (n) pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler: (someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence)
code, Noun
  • (n) code, codification: (a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones))
  • (n) code: (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)
  • (n) code, computer_code: ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
code, Verb
  • (v) code: (attach a code to) "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
  • (v) code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write_in_code: (convert ordinary language into code) "We should encode the message for security reasons"
codefendant, Noun
  • (n) codefendant, co-defendant: (a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action)
codeine, Noun
  • (n) codeine: (derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain))
coder, Noun
  • (n) programmer, computer_programmer, coder, software_engineer: (a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs)
codetalker, Noun
  • (n) codetalker, windtalker: (a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II)
codex, Noun
  • (n) codex: (an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.)
  • (n) codex, leaf-book: (an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll))
codfish, Noun
  • (n) cod, codfish: (lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached)
  • (n) cod, codfish: (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)
codification, Noun
  • (n) code, codification: (a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones))
  • (n) codification: (the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order)
codified, Adjective
  • (s) codified, statute: (enacted by a legislative body) "statute law"; "codified written laws"
codify, Verb
  • (v) codify: (organize into a code or system, such as a body of law) "Hammurabi codified the laws"
coding, Noun
  • (n) cryptography, coding, secret_writing, steganography: (act of writing in code or cipher)
codon, Noun
  • (n) codon: (a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid)
codswallop, Noun
  • (n) folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop: (nonsensical talk or writing)
coeducate, Verb
  • (v) co-educate, coeducate: (educate persons of both sexes together)
coeducational, Adjective
  • (s) co-ed, coeducational: (attended by members of both sexes)
coefficient, Noun
  • (n) coefficient: (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)
coelenterate, Noun
  • (n) coelenterate, cnidarian: (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)
coeliac, Adjective
  • (a) coeliac, celiac: (of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen)
coelom, Noun
  • (n) celom, coelom, celoma: (a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity)
coenobite, Noun
  • (n) cenobite, coenobite: (a member of a religious order living in common)
coenobitic, Adjective
  • (a) cenobitic, coenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical: (of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living)
coenobitical, Adjective
  • (a) cenobitic, coenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical: (of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living)
coenzyme, Noun
  • (n) coenzyme: (a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes)
coerce, Verb
  • (v) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force: (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city") "He squeezed her for information"
coercion, Noun
  • (n) coercion: (the act of compelling by force of authority)
  • (n) compulsion, coercion: (using force to cause something to occur) "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
coercive, Adjective
  • (s) coercive: (serving or intended to coerce) "authority is directional instead of coercive"
coetaneous, Adjective
  • (s) coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous: (of the same period)
coeval, Adjective
  • (s) coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous: (of the same period)
coeval, Noun
  • (n) contemporary, coeval: (a person of nearly the same age as another)
coevals, Noun
  • (n) coevals, contemporaries, generation: (all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age)
  • (n) contemporary, coeval: (a person of nearly the same age as another)
coexist, Verb
  • (v) coexist: (coexist peacefully, as of nations)
  • (v) coexist: (exist together)
coexistence, Noun
  • (n) coexistence: (existing peacefully together)
coexistent, Adjective
  • (s) coexistent, coexisting: (existing at the same time)
coexisting, Adjective
  • (s) coexistent, coexisting: (existing at the same time)
coextensive, Adjective
  • (s) coextensive, coterminous, conterminous: (being of equal extent or scope or duration)
coffee, Noun
  • (n) chocolate, coffee, deep_brown, umber, burnt_umber: (a medium brown to dark-brown color)
  • (n) coffee, java: (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans) "he ordered a cup of coffee"
  • (n) coffee, coffee_tree: (any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans)
  • (n) coffee_bean, coffee_berry, coffee: (a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee)
coffeehouse, Noun
  • (n) cafe, coffeehouse, coffee_shop, coffee_bar: (a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold)
coffer, Noun
  • (n) coffer, caisson, lacuna: (an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome)
  • (n) coffer: (a chest especially for storing valuables)
cofferdam, Noun
  • (n) caisson, pneumatic_caisson, cofferdam: (large watertight chamber used for construction under water)
coffin, Noun
  • (n) coffin, casket: (box in which a corpse is buried or cremated)
coffin, Verb
  • (v) coffin: (place into a coffin) "her body was coffined"
cofounder, Noun
  • (n) cofounder: (one of a group of founders)
cog, Noun
  • (n) cog: (a subordinate who performs an important but routine function) "he was a small cog in a large machine"
  • (n) cog, sprocket: (tooth on the rim of gear wheel)
cog, Verb
  • (v) cog: (roll steel ingots)
  • (v) cog: (join pieces of wood with cogs)
cogency, Noun
  • (n) cogency: (persuasive relevance)
  • (n) cogency, validity, rigor, rigour: (the quality of being valid and rigorous)
cogent, Adjective
  • (s) cogent, telling, weighty: (powerfully persuasive) "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
coggle, Verb
  • (v) toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle: (walk unsteadily) "small children toddle"
  • (v) wobble, coggle: (move unsteadily) "His knees wobbled"; "The old cart wobbled down the street"
cogitable, Adjective
  • (s) cogitable, ponderable: (capable of being thought about) "space flight to other galaxies becomes more cogitable"
cogitate, Verb
  • (v) cogitate: (consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind)
  • (v) think, cogitate, cerebrate: (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
cogitation, Noun
  • (n) cogitation: (a carefully considered thought about something) "his cogitations were dutifully recorded in his daybook"
  • (n) cogitation, study: (attentive consideration and meditation) "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
cognate, Adjective
  • (s) akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin: (related by blood)
  • (s) cognate: (having the same ancestral language) "cognate languages"
  • (s) connate, cognate: (related in nature) "connate qualities"
cognate, Noun
  • (n) blood_relation, blood_relative, cognate, sib: (one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another)
  • (n) cognate, cognate_word: (a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language)
cognation, Noun
  • (n) consanguinity, blood_kinship, cognation: ((anthropology) related by blood)
  • (n) matrilineage, enation, cognation: (line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family)
cognisable, Adjective
  • (a) knowable, cognizable, cognisable, cognoscible: (capable of being known)
cognisance, Noun
  • (n) awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness: (having knowledge of) "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
cognisant, Adjective
  • (a) aware, cognizant, cognisant: ((sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception) "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"
cognise, Verb
  • (v) know, cognize, cognise: (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about) "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"
cognition, Noun
  • (n) cognition, knowledge, noesis: (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
cognitive, Adjective
  • (a) cognitive: (of or being or relating to or involving cognition) "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"
cognizable, Adjective
  • (a) knowable, cognizable, cognisable, cognoscible: (capable of being known)
cognizance, Noun
  • (n) awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness: (having knowledge of) "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
  • (n) cognizance, ken: (range of what one can know or understand) "beyond my ken"
  • (n) cognizance: (range or scope of what is perceived)
cognizant, Adjective
  • (a) aware, cognizant, cognisant: ((sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception) "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"
cognize, Verb
  • (v) know, cognize, cognise: (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about) "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"
cognomen, Noun
  • (n) nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname: (a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)) "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
  • (n) surname, family_name, cognomen, last_name: (the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name))
cognoscente, Noun
  • (n) connoisseur, cognoscente: (an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts)
cognoscible, Adjective
  • (a) knowable, cognizable, cognisable, cognoscible: (capable of being known)
cogwheel, Noun
  • (n) gear, gear_wheel, geared_wheel, cogwheel: (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)
cohere, Verb
  • (v) cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere: (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation) "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
  • (v) cohere: (cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole) "Religion can cohere social groups"
  • (v) cohere: (have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results) "the principles by which societies cohere"
coherence, Noun
  • (n) coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness: (the state of cohering or sticking together)
  • (n) coherence, coherency: (logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts)
coherency, Noun
  • (n) coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness: (the state of cohering or sticking together)
  • (n) coherence, coherency: (logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts)
coherent, Adjective
  • (a) coherent, consistent, logical, ordered: (marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts) "a coherent argument"
  • (a) coherent: ((physics) of waves having a constant phase relation)
  • (s) coherent, logical, lucid: (capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner) "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident"
  • (s) coherent, tenacious: (sticking together) "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
cohesion, Noun
  • (n) coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness: (the state of cohering or sticking together)
  • (n) cohesion: ((botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals))
  • (n) cohesion: ((physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid)
cohesive, Adjective
  • (s) cohesive: (causing cohesion) "a cohesive agent"
  • (s) cohesive: (cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated) "a cohesive organization"
cohesiveness, Noun
  • (n) coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness: (the state of cohering or sticking together)
  • (n) cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness, ropiness, viscidity, viscidness: (the property of being cohesive and sticky)
coho, Noun
  • (n) coho, cohoe, coho_salmon, blue_jack, silver_salmon, Oncorhynchus_kisutch: (small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes)
  • (n) silver_salmon, coho_salmon, coho, cohoe: (fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes)
cohoe, Noun
  • (n) coho, cohoe, coho_salmon, blue_jack, silver_salmon, Oncorhynchus_kisutch: (small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes)
  • (n) silver_salmon, coho_salmon, coho, cohoe: (fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes)
cohort, Noun
  • (n) age_group, age_bracket, cohort: (a group of people having approximately the same age)
  • (n) cohort: (a company of companions or supporters)
  • (n) cohort: (a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion))
cohosh, Noun
  • (n) baneberry, cohosh, herb_Christopher: (a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries)
coif, Noun
  • (n) coif: (a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law)
  • (n) hairdo, hairstyle, hair_style, coiffure, coif: (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))
coif, Verb
  • (v) coif: (cover with a coif)
  • (v) dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure: (arrange attractively) "dress my hair for the wedding"
coiffe, Verb
  • (v) dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure: (arrange attractively) "dress my hair for the wedding"
coiffure, Noun
  • (n) hairdo, hairstyle, hair_style, coiffure, coif: (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))
coiffure, Verb
  • (v) dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure: (arrange attractively) "dress my hair for the wedding"
coign, Noun
  • (n) quoin, coign, coigne: (expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase)
  • (n) quoin, coign, coigne: (the keystone of an arch)
coigne, Noun
  • (n) quoin, coign, coigne: (expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase)
  • (n) quoin, coign, coigne: (the keystone of an arch)
coil, Noun
  • (n) coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix: (a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops) "a coil of rope"
  • (n) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll: (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
  • (n) coil: (a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine)
  • (n) coil: (a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb)
  • (n) coil: (tubing that is wound in a spiral)
  • (n) coil: (reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit)
coil, Verb
  • (v) coil, loop, curl: (wind around something in coils or loops)
  • (v) gyrate, spiral, coil: (to wind or move in a spiral course) "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
  • (v) handbuild, hand-build, coil: (make without a potter's wheel) "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
coiled, Adjective
  • (a) coiled: (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)) "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
coiling, Adjective
  • (s) coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate: (in the shape of a coil)
coin, Noun
  • (n) coin: (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
coin, Verb
  • (v) coin: (make up) "coin phrases or words"
  • (v) mint, coin, strike: (form by stamping, punching, or printing) "strike coins"; "strike a medal"
coinage, Noun
  • (n) coinage, mintage, specie, metal_money: (coins collectively)
  • (n) neologism, neology, coinage: (a newly invented word or phrase)
  • (n) neologism, neology, coinage: (the act of inventing a word or phrase)
coincide, Verb
  • (v) coincide, co-occur, cooccur: (go with, fall together)
  • (v) coincide: (be the same) "our views on this matter coincided"
  • (v) concur, coincide: (happen simultaneously) "The two events coincided"
coincidence, Noun
  • (n) coincidence, happenstance: (an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental)
  • (n) coincidence: (the quality of occupying the same position or area in space) "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
  • (n) concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence: (the temporal property of two things happening at the same time) "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
coincident, Adjective
  • (s) coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous: (occurring or operating at the same time) "a series of coincident events"
  • (s) coincident: (matching point for point) "coincident circles"
coincidental, Adjective
  • (s) coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous: (occurring or operating at the same time) "a series of coincident events"
coinciding, Adjective
  • (s) coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous: (occurring or operating at the same time) "a series of coincident events"
coiner, Noun
  • (n) coiner: (a maker of counterfeit coins)
  • (n) coiner: (someone who is a source of new words or new expressions)
  • (n) coiner, minter, moneyer: (a skilled worker who coins or stamps money)
coital, Adjective
  • (a) coital, copulatory: (of or relating to coitus or copulation)
coition, Noun
  • (n) sexual_intercourse, intercourse, sex_act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual_congress, congress, sexual_relation, relation, carnal_knowledge: (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
coitus, Noun
  • (n) sexual_intercourse, intercourse, sex_act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual_congress, congress, sexual_relation, relation, carnal_knowledge: (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
coke, Verb
  • (v) coke: (become coke) "petroleum oils coke after distillation"
col, Noun
  • (n) col, gap: (a pass between mountain peaks)
colander, Noun
  • (n) colander, cullender: (bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods)
cold-blooded, Adjective
  • (a) cold-blooded: (having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated))
  • (s) cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate: (without compunction or human feeling) "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
cold-eyed, Adjective
  • (s) dispassionate, cold-eyed: (unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice) "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact"
cold-shoulder, Verb
  • (v) slight, cold-shoulder: (pay no attention to, disrespect) "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
cold, Adjective
  • (a) cold: (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration) "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
  • (a) cold: (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion) "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
  • (s) cold: (having lost freshness through passage of time) "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
  • (s) cold: ((color) giving no sensation of warmth) "a cold bluish grey"
  • (s) cold: (marked by errorless familiarity) "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
  • (s) cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten: (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new) "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
  • (s) cold: (so intense as to be almost uncontrollable) "cold fury gripped him"
  • (s) cold, frigid: (sexually unresponsive) "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
  • (s) cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate: (without compunction or human feeling) "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
  • (s) cold: (feeling or showing no enthusiasm) "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
  • (s) cold: (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication) "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
  • (s) cold: (of a seeker; far from the object sought)
  • (s) cold: (lacking the warmth of life) "cold in his grave"
cold, Noun
  • (n) cold, common_cold: (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)) "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
  • (n) cold, coldness: (the sensation produced by low temperatures) "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
  • (n) coldness, cold, low_temperature, frigidity, frigidness: (the absence of heat) "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
coldcock, Verb
  • (v) deck, coldcock, dump, knock_down, floor: (knock down with force) "He decked his opponent"
colder, Adjective
  • (a) cold: (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration) "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
  • (a) cold: (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion) "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
  • (s) cold: (having lost freshness through passage of time) "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
  • (s) cold: ((color) giving no sensation of warmth) "a cold bluish grey"
  • (s) cold: (marked by errorless familiarity) "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
  • (s) cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten: (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new) "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
  • (s) cold: (so intense as to be almost uncontrollable) "cold fury gripped him"
  • (s) cold, frigid: (sexually unresponsive) "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
  • (s) cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate: (without compunction or human feeling) "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
  • (s) cold: (feeling or showing no enthusiasm) "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
  • (s) cold: (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication) "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
  • (s) cold: (of a seeker; far from the object sought)
  • (s) cold: (lacking the warmth of life) "cold in his grave"
coldest, Adjective
  • (a) cold: (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration) "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
  • (a) cold: (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion) "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
  • (s) cold: (having lost freshness through passage of time) "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
  • (s) cold: ((color) giving no sensation of warmth) "a cold bluish grey"
  • (s) cold: (marked by errorless familiarity) "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
  • (s) cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten: (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new) "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
  • (s) cold: (so intense as to be almost uncontrollable) "cold fury gripped him"
  • (s) cold, frigid: (sexually unresponsive) "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
  • (s) cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate: (without compunction or human feeling) "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
  • (s) cold: (feeling or showing no enthusiasm) "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
  • (s) cold: (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication) "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
  • (s) cold: (of a seeker; far from the object sought)
  • (s) cold: (lacking the warmth of life) "cold in his grave"
coldhearted, Adjective
  • (a) coldhearted: (lacking in sympathy or feeling)
coldheartedness, Noun
  • (n) heartlessness, coldheartedness, hardheartedness: (an absence of concern for the welfare of others)
coldness, Noun
  • (n) cold, coldness: (the sensation produced by low temperatures) "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
  • (n) coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness: (a lack of affection or enthusiasm) "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"
  • (n) coldness, cold, low_temperature, frigidity, frigidness: (the absence of heat) "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
cole, Noun
  • (n) kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica_oleracea_acephala: (a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head)
  • (n) kale, kail, cole: (coarse curly-leafed cabbage)
coleslaw, Noun
  • (n) coleslaw, slaw: (basically shredded cabbage)
colewort, Noun
  • (n) kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica_oleracea_acephala: (a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head)
colic, Noun
  • (n) colic, intestinal_colic, gripes, griping: (acute abdominal pain (especially in infants))
colicky, Adjective
  • (s) colicky, flatulent, gassy: (suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal)
coliseum, Noun
  • (n) amphitheater, amphitheatre, coliseum: (an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held)
colitis, Noun
  • (n) colitis, inflammatory_bowel_disease: (inflammation of the colon)
collaborate, Verb
  • (v) collaborate, join_forces, cooperate, get_together: (work together on a common enterprise of project) "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group"
  • (v) collaborate: (cooperate as a traitor) "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris"
collaboration, Noun
  • (n) collaboration, coaction: (act of working jointly) "they worked either in collaboration or independently"
  • (n) collaboration, collaborationism, quislingism: (act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country)
collaborationism, Noun
  • (n) collaboration, collaborationism, quislingism: (act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country)
collaborationist, Noun
  • (n) collaborator, collaborationist, quisling: (someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force)
collaborative, Adjective
  • (s) collaborative: (accomplished by collaboration) "collaborative research"
collaborator, Noun
  • (n) collaborator, collaborationist, quisling: (someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force)
  • (n) collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner: (an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest) "the musician and the librettist were collaborators"; "sexual partners"
  • (n) confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner_in_crime: (someone who assists in a plot)
collage, Noun
  • (n) collage, montage: (a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image) "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map"
  • (n) collage: (any collection of diverse things) "a collage of memories"
collagen, Noun
  • (n) collagen: (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)
collagenic, Adjective
  • (a) collagenous, collagenic: (relating to or consisting of collagen)
collagenous, Adjective
  • (a) collagenous, collagenic: (relating to or consisting of collagen)
collapsable, Adjective
  • (a) collapsible, collapsable: (capable of collapsing or being collapsed) "a collapsible boat"
collapse, Noun
  • (n) collapse, prostration: (an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion) "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"
  • (n) collapse: (a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in) "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"
  • (n) crash, collapse: (a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures))
  • (n) flop, collapse: (the act of throwing yourself down) "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
collapse, Verb
  • (v) break_down, collapse: (collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack)
  • (v) collapse, fall_in, cave_in, give, give_way, break, founder: (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
  • (v) collapse: (fold or close up) "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand"
  • (v) collapse, burst: (cause to burst) "The ice broke the pipe"
  • (v) collapse: (lose significance, effectiveness, or value) "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
  • (v) crack_up, crack, crock_up, break_up, collapse: (suffer a nervous breakdown)
  • (v) crumble, crumple, tumble, break_down, collapse: (fall apart) "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
collapsible, Adjective
  • (a) collapsible, collapsable: (capable of collapsing or being collapsed) "a collapsible boat"
collar, Noun
  • (n) apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking_into_custody: (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
  • (n) choker, collar, dog_collar, neckband: (necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck)
  • (n) collar, neckband: (a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over)
  • (n) collar: ((zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal)
  • (n) collar: (anything worn or placed about the neck) "the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar"; "a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse"
  • (n) collar: (a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part)
  • (n) collar, shoe_collar: (the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot)
  • (n) collar: (a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it)
  • (n) collar, leash: (a figurative restraint) "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"
collar, Verb
  • (v) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick_up, nab, cop: (take into custody) "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
  • (v) collar: (seize by the neck or collar)
  • (v) collar: (furnish with a collar) "collar the dog"
collarbone, Noun
  • (n) clavicle, collarbone: (bone linking the scapula and sternum)
collate, Verb
  • (v) collate: (compare critically; of texts)
  • (v) collate: (to assemble in proper sequence) "collate the papers"
collateral, Adjective
  • (a) collateral, indirect: (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
  • (s) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying: (serving to support or corroborate) "collateral evidence"
  • (s) collateral: (accompany, concomitant) "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
  • (s) collateral: (situated or running side by side) "collateral ridges of mountains"
collateral, Noun
  • (n) collateral: (a security pledged for the repayment of a loan)
collation, Noun
  • (n) bite, collation, snack: (a light informal meal)
  • (n) collation: (assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence)
  • (n) collation: (careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement)
colleague, Noun
  • (n) colleague, co-worker, fellow_worker, workfellow: (an associate that one works with)
  • (n) colleague, confrere, fellow: (a person who is member of one's class or profession) "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
collect, Adjective
  • (s) collect, cod: (payable by the recipient on delivery) "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
collect, Noun
  • (n) collect: (a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England)
collect, Verb
  • (v) collect, take_in: (call for and obtain payment of) "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
  • (v) collect, pull_in: (get or bring together) "accumulate evidence"
  • (v) collect, pick_up, gather_up, call_for: (gather or collect) "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
  • (v) gather, garner, collect, pull_together: (assemble or get together) "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
  • (v) roll_up, collect, accumulate, pile_up, amass, compile, hoard: (get or gather together) "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
collectable, Adjective
  • (s) collectible, collectable, payable: (subject to or requiring payment especially as specified) "a collectible bill"; "a note payable on demand"; "a check payable to John Doe"
collectable, Noun
  • (n) collectible, collectable: (things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique))
collected, Adjective
  • (a) collected, gathered: (brought together in one place) "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt"
  • (s) collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed: (in full control of your faculties) "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
collectible, Adjective
  • (s) collectible, collectable, payable: (subject to or requiring payment especially as specified) "a collectible bill"; "a note payable on demand"; "a check payable to John Doe"
collectible, Noun
  • (n) collectible, collectable: (things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique))
collecting, Noun
  • (n) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation: (the act of gathering something together)
collection, Noun
  • (n) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage: (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
  • (n) collection, compendium: (a publication containing a variety of works)
  • (n) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation: (the act of gathering something together)
  • (n) solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering: (request for a sum of money) "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
collective, Adjective
  • (a) collective: (forming a whole or aggregate)
  • (s) collective: (set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government) "collective farms"
  • (s) corporate, collective: (done by or characteristic of individuals acting together) "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"
collective, Noun
  • (n) collective: (members of a cooperative enterprise)
collectivisation, Noun
  • (n) collectivization, collectivisation: (the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism)
collectivise, Verb
  • (v) collectivize, collectivise: (bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises)
collectivised, Adjective
  • (s) collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, collectivised, state-controlled: (subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively)
  • (s) collectivized, collectivised: (characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production)
collectivism, Noun
  • (n) Bolshevism, collectivism, sovietism: (Soviet communism)
  • (n) collectivism: (a political theory that the people should own the means of production)
collectivist, Adjective
  • (s) collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, collectivised, state-controlled: (subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively)
collectivist, Noun
  • (n) collectivist, leftist, left-winger: (a person who belongs to the political left)
collectivistic, Adjective
  • (s) collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, collectivised, state-controlled: (subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively)
collectivization, Noun
  • (n) collectivization, collectivisation: (the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism)
collectivize, Verb
  • (v) collectivize, collectivise: (bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises)
collectivized, Adjective
  • (s) collectivist, collectivistic, collectivized, collectivised, state-controlled: (subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively)
  • (s) collectivized, collectivised: (characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production)
collector, Noun
  • (n) collector, aggregator: (a person who collects things)
  • (n) collector, gatherer, accumulator: (a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes))
  • (n) collector: (a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth)
  • (n) collector: (the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes)
colleen, Noun
  • (n) colleen: (an Irish girl)
college, Noun
  • (n) college: (the body of faculty and students of a college)
  • (n) college: (an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university)
  • (n) college: (a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed)
collegial, Adjective
  • (a) collegial: (characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues) "collegial harmony"; "a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management"- Merle Fainsod"
  • (a) collegiate, collegial: (of or resembling or typical of a college or college students) "collegiate living"; "collegiate attitudes"; "collegiate clothes"
collegiate, Adjective
  • (a) collegiate, collegial: (of or resembling or typical of a college or college students) "collegiate living"; "collegiate attitudes"; "collegiate clothes"
collembolan, Noun
  • (n) collembolan, springtail: (any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water)
collet, Noun
  • (n) collet, collet_chuck: (a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe)
  • (n) collet: (a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting)
  • (n) ferrule, collet: (a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting)
collide, Verb
  • (v) clash, jar, collide: (be incompatible; be or come into conflict) "These colors clash"
  • (v) collide: (cause to collide) "The physicists collided the particles"
  • (v) collide, clash: (crash together with violent impact) "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
collie, Noun
  • (n) collie: (a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland)
collier, Noun
  • (n) coal_miner, collier, pitman: (someone who works in a coal mine)
colliery, Noun
  • (n) colliery, pit: (a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it)
colligate, Verb
  • (v) associate, tie_in, relate, link, colligate, link_up, connect: (make a logical or causal connection) "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
  • (v) subsume, colligate: (consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle)
colligation, Noun
  • (n) colligation: (the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis)
  • (n) junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation: (the state of being joined together)
collimate, Verb
  • (v) collimate: (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument))
  • (v) parallel, collimate: (make or place parallel to something) "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
collimation, Noun
  • (n) collimation: (the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope)
collision, Noun
  • (n) collision, hit: ((physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together) "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
  • (n) collision: (an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object) "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"
  • (n) collision: (a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals) "a collision of interests"
collocate, Verb
  • (v) collocate: (have a strong tendency to occur side by side) "The words 'new' and 'world' collocate"
  • (v) collocate, lump, chunk: (group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side)
collocation, Noun
  • (n) collocation: (a grouping of words in a sentence)
  • (n) juxtaposition, apposition, collocation: (the act of positioning close together (or side by side)) "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
colloid, Noun
  • (n) colloid: (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)
colloidal, Adjective
  • (a) colloidal: (of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid)
colloquial, Adjective
  • (s) colloquial, conversational: (characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation) "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"
collude, Verb
  • (v) conspire, collude: (act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose) "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall"
collusion, Noun
  • (n) collusion: (secret agreement)
  • (n) connivance, collusion: (agreement on a secret plot)
collusive, Adjective
  • (s) collusive, conniving: (acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end)
colly, Verb
  • (v) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire: (make soiled, filthy, or dirty) "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
collyrium, Noun
  • (n) eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium: (lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes)
colonel, Noun
  • (n) colonel: (a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general)
colonial, Adjective
  • (a) colonial: (of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony)
  • (a) colonial: (of animals who live in colonies, such as ants)
  • (s) colonial, compound: (composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony) "coral is a colonial organism"
colonial, Noun
  • (n) colonial: (a resident of a colony)
colonialism, Noun
  • (n) colonialism: (exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country)
colonisation, Noun
  • (n) colonization, colonisation, settlement: (the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies) "the British colonization of America"
colonise, Verb
  • (v) colonize, colonise: (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world) "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
  • (v) colonize, colonise: (settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)) "The British colonized the East Coast"
colonised, Adjective
  • (s) colonized, colonised, settled: (inhabited by colonists)
coloniser, Noun
  • (n) colonizer, coloniser: (someone who helps to found a colony)
colonist, Noun
  • (n) settler, colonist: (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)
colonization, Noun
  • (n) colonization, colonisation, settlement: (the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies) "the British colonization of America"
colonize, Verb
  • (v) colonize, colonise: (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world) "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
  • (v) colonize, colonise: (settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)) "The British colonized the East Coast"
colonized, Adjective
  • (s) colonized, colonised, settled: (inhabited by colonists)
colonizer, Noun
  • (n) colonizer, coloniser: (someone who helps to found a colony)
colonnade, Noun
  • (n) arcade, colonnade: (a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns)
  • (n) colonnade: (structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns)
colonoscopy, Noun
  • (n) colonoscopy: (visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation)
color-blind, Adjective
  • (s) color-blind, colour-blind: (unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors)
  • (s) color-blind, colour-blind, nonracist: (unprejudiced about race)
color, Adjective
  • (a) color, colour: (having or capable of producing colors) "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
color, Noun
  • (n) color, colour, coloring, colouring: (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect) "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
  • (n) color, colour, vividness: (interest and variety and intensity) "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
  • (n) color, colour, coloration, colouration: (the timbre of a musical sound) "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
  • (n) color, colour, people_of_color, people_of_colour: (a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks))
  • (n) color, colour: ((physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction) "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
  • (n) color, colour: (the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation)
  • (n) coloring_material, colouring_material, color, colour: (any material used for its color) "she used a different color for the trim"
  • (n) semblance, gloss, color, colour: (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading) "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
color, Verb
  • (v) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in: (add color to) "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
  • (v) color, colour: (modify or bias) "His political ideas color his lectures"
  • (v) color, colour, emblazon: (decorate with colors) "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
  • (v) color, colour, gloss: (give a deceptive explanation or excuse for) "color a lie"
  • (v) discolor, discolour, colour, color: (change color, often in an undesired manner) "The shirts discolored"
  • (v) tinge, color, colour, distort: (affect as in thought or feeling) "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
coloration, Noun
  • (n) color, colour, coloration, colouration: (the timbre of a musical sound) "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
  • (n) coloration, colouration: (appearance with regard to color) "her healthy coloration"
  • (n) coloration, colouration: (choice and use of colors (as by an artist))
colorcast, Noun
  • (n) colorcast, colourcast: (a television program that is broadcast in color)
colorcast, Verb
  • (v) colorcast: (broadcast in color)
colorectal, Adjective
  • (a) colorectal: (relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum) "most colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps"
colored, Adjective
  • (s) biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted: (favoring one person or side over another) "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
  • (s) bleached, colored, coloured, dyed: ((used of color) artificially produced; not natural) "a bleached blonde"
  • (a) colored, coloured, colorful: (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination) "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
  • (s) colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white: (having skin rich in melanin pigments) "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
colored, Noun
  • (n) colored_person, colored: (a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive)
colorful, Adjective
  • (a) colored, coloured, colorful: (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination) "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
  • (a) colorful, colourful: (having striking color) "colorful autumn leaves"
  • (a) colorful, colourful: (striking in variety and interest) "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"
colorimeter, Noun
  • (n) colorimeter, tintometer: (a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents)
colorimetric, Adjective
  • (a) colorimetric, colorimetrical: (of or relating to colorimetry)
colorimetrical, Adjective
  • (a) colorimetric, colorimetrical: (of or relating to colorimetry)
coloring, Noun
  • (n) color, colour, coloring, colouring: (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect) "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
  • (n) coloring, colouring, food_coloring, food_colouring, food_color, food_colour: (a digestible substance used to give color to food) "food color made from vegetable dyes"
  • (n) coloring, colouring: (the act or process of changing the color of something)
colorise, Verb
  • (v) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in: (add color to) "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
colorize, Verb
  • (v) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in: (add color to) "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
colorless, Adjective
  • (a) colorless, colourless: (lacking in variety and interest) "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"
  • (a) colorless, colourless: (weak in color; not colorful)
colorlessness, Noun
  • (n) colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity: (the visual property of being without chromatic color)
colossal, Adjective
  • (s) colossal, prodigious, stupendous: (so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe) "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"
colossus, Noun
  • (n) colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan: (a person of exceptional importance and reputation)
  • (n) giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus: (someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful)
colostomy, Noun
  • (n) colostomy: (a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus)
colostrum, Noun
  • (n) colostrum, foremilk: (milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition)
colour-blind, Adjective
  • (s) color-blind, colour-blind: (unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors)
  • (s) color-blind, colour-blind, nonracist: (unprejudiced about race)
colour, Adjective
  • (a) color, colour: (having or capable of producing colors) "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
colour, Noun
  • (n) color, colour, coloring, colouring: (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect) "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
  • (n) color, colour, vividness: (interest and variety and intensity) "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
  • (n) color, colour, coloration, colouration: (the timbre of a musical sound) "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
  • (n) color, colour, people_of_color, people_of_colour: (a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks))
  • (n) color, colour: ((physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction) "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
  • (n) color, colour: (the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation)
  • (n) coloring_material, colouring_material, color, colour: (any material used for its color) "she used a different color for the trim"
  • (n) semblance, gloss, color, colour: (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading) "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
colour, Verb
  • (v) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in: (add color to) "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
  • (v) color, colour: (modify or bias) "His political ideas color his lectures"
  • (v) color, colour, emblazon: (decorate with colors) "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
  • (v) color, colour, gloss: (give a deceptive explanation or excuse for) "color a lie"
  • (v) discolor, discolour, colour, color: (change color, often in an undesired manner) "The shirts discolored"
  • (v) tinge, color, colour, distort: (affect as in thought or feeling) "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
colouration, Noun
  • (n) color, colour, coloration, colouration: (the timbre of a musical sound) "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
  • (n) coloration, colouration: (appearance with regard to color) "her healthy coloration"
  • (n) coloration, colouration: (choice and use of colors (as by an artist))
colourcast, Noun
  • (n) colorcast, colourcast: (a television program that is broadcast in color)
coloured, Adjective
  • (s) biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted: (favoring one person or side over another) "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
  • (s) bleached, colored, coloured, dyed: ((used of color) artificially produced; not natural) "a bleached blonde"
  • (a) colored, coloured, colorful: (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination) "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
  • (s) colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white: (having skin rich in melanin pigments) "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
colourful, Adjective
  • (a) colorful, colourful: (having striking color) "colorful autumn leaves"
  • (a) colorful, colourful: (striking in variety and interest) "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"
colouring, Noun
  • (n) color, colour, coloring, colouring: (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect) "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
  • (n) coloring, colouring, food_coloring, food_colouring, food_color, food_colour: (a digestible substance used to give color to food) "food color made from vegetable dyes"
  • (n) coloring, colouring: (the act or process of changing the color of something)
colourise, Verb
  • (v) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in: (add color to) "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
colourize, Verb
  • (v) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in: (add color to) "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
colourless, Adjective
  • (a) colorless, colourless: (lacking in variety and interest) "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"
  • (a) colorless, colourless: (weak in color; not colorful)
colourlessness, Noun
  • (n) colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity: (the visual property of being without chromatic color)
colpocele, Noun
  • (n) colpocele, vaginocele: (hernia projecting into the vagina)
colpocystocele, Noun
  • (n) cystocele, colpocystocele: (hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth)
coltan, Noun
  • (n) columbite-tantalite, coltan: (a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips)
colter, Noun
  • (n) colter, coulter: (a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil)
coltish, Adjective
  • (s) coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive: (given to merry frolicking) "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
coltsfoot, Noun
  • (n) coltsfoot, Tussilago_farfara: (perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly)
  • (n) galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax_urceolata: (tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall)
columbarium, Noun
  • (n) columbarium, cinerarium: (a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead)
  • (n) columbarium: (a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns)
  • (n) dovecote, columbarium, columbary: (a birdhouse for pigeons)
columbary, Noun
  • (n) dovecote, columbarium, columbary: (a birdhouse for pigeons)
columbine, Noun
  • (n) columbine, aquilegia, aquilege: (a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains)
columbite-tantalite, Noun
  • (n) columbite-tantalite, coltan: (a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips)
columbite, Noun
  • (n) niobite, columbite: (a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum)
columbo, Noun
  • (n) columbo, American_columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid_plant, American_gentian: (any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington)
column, Noun
  • (n) column: (a line of units following one after another)
  • (n) column, chromatography_column: (a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands)
  • (n) column: (a vertical array of numbers or other information) "he added a column of numbers"
  • (n) column, tower, pillar: (anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower) "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"
  • (n) column, editorial, newspaper_column: (an article giving opinions or perspectives)
  • (n) column, pillar: (a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument))
  • (n) column, pillar: ((architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure)
  • (n) column: (a page or text that is vertically divided) "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"
  • (n) column: (any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body)
columnar, Adjective
  • (s) columnar: (characterized by columns) "columnar construction"
  • (s) columniform, columnar, columnlike: (having the form of a column) "trees with columniform trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk"
columned, Adjective
  • (a) columned: (having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form)) "a columned portico"; "trees with columned trunks"; "white-columned houses"
columniform, Adjective
  • (s) columniform, columnar, columnlike: (having the form of a column) "trees with columniform trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk"
columnist, Noun
  • (n) columnist, editorialist: (a journalist who writes editorials)
columnlike, Adjective
  • (s) columniform, columnar, columnlike: (having the form of a column) "trees with columniform trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk"
colza, Noun
  • (n) rape, colza, Brassica_napus: (Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop)
coma, Noun
  • (n) coma, comatoseness: (a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury)
  • (n) coma: ((botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds))
  • (n) coma: ((astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed)
comal, Adjective
  • (s) comate, comose, comal: (of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair) "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft"
comate, Adjective
  • (s) comate, comose: (bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts) "comate royal palms"; "pineapples are comate"
  • (s) comate, comose, comal: (of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair) "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft"
comatose, Adjective
  • (a) comatose: (relating to or associated with a coma) "comatose breathing"; "comatose state"
  • (s) comatose: (in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli) "a comatose patient"
comatoseness, Noun
  • (n) coma, comatoseness: (a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury)
comb-like, Adjective
  • (a) ctenoid, comb-like: (resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb)
comb-out, Noun
  • (n) comb-out, teasing: (the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb)
  • (n) comb-out: (the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people) "the department got a good comb-out"
comb-plate, Noun
  • (n) ctene, comb-plate: (a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused)
comb, Noun
  • (n) comb: (a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair)
  • (n) comb, cockscomb, coxcomb: (the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds)
  • (n) comb: (any of several tools for straightening fibers)
  • (n) comb: (ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore)
  • (n) comb, combing: (the act of drawing a comb through hair) "his hair needed a comb"
comb, Verb
  • (v) comb: (straighten with a comb) "comb your hair"
  • (v) comb, ransack: (search thoroughly) "They combed the area for the missing child"
  • (v) comb, comb_out, disentangle: (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb) "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
combat-ready, Adjective
  • (s) active, combat-ready, fighting: (engaged in or ready for military or naval operations) "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
combat, Noun
  • (n) combat, armed_combat: (an engagement fought between two military forces)
  • (n) fight, fighting, combat, scrap: (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle) "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
combat, Verb
  • (v) battle, combat: (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle) "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
combatant, Adjective
  • (s) combatant: (engaging in or ready for combat)
combatant, Noun
  • (n) combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper: (someone who fights (or is fighting))
combative, Adjective
  • (s) agonistic, agonistical, combative: (striving to overcome in argument) "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
  • (s) battleful, bellicose, combative: (having or showing a ready disposition to fight) "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
  • (s) contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious: (inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits) "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
combativeness, Noun
  • (n) combativeness, militance, militancy: (a militant aggressiveness)
combed, Adjective
  • (a) combed: ((of hair) made tidy with a comb) "with hair combed to the side"
combinable, Adjective
  • (s) combinable, combinational, combinatory: (able to or tending to combine)
combination, Noun
  • (n) combination: (a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities)
  • (n) combination: (a coordinated sequence of chess moves)
  • (n) combination: (a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock) "he forgot the combination to the safe"
  • (n) combination: (a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose) "they were a winning combination"
  • (n) combination: (an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes))
  • (n) combination: (the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order)
  • (n) combination, combining, compounding: (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
combinational, Adjective
  • (s) combinable, combinational, combinatory: (able to or tending to combine)
combinative, Adjective
  • (a) combinative, combinatory: (marked by or relating to or resulting from combination)
  • (s) combinative, combinatory, combinatorial: (relating to or involving combinations)
combinatorial, Adjective
  • (s) combinative, combinatory, combinatorial: (relating to or involving combinations)
  • (s) combinatorial: (relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets)
combinatory, Adjective
  • (s) combinable, combinational, combinatory: (able to or tending to combine)
  • (a) combinative, combinatory: (marked by or relating to or resulting from combination)
  • (s) combinative, combinatory, combinatorial: (relating to or involving combinations)
combine, Noun
  • (n) combine: (harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field)
  • (n) combining, combine: (an occurrence that results in things being united)
  • (n) trust, corporate_trust, combine, cartel: (a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service) "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"
combine, Verb
  • (v) aggregate, combine: (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)
  • (v) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge: (mix together different elements) "The colors blend well"
  • (v) combine: (add together from different sources) "combine resources"
  • (v) combine: (join for a common purpose or in a common action) "These forces combined with others"
  • (v) compound, combine: (put or add together) "combine resources"
  • (v) compound, combine: (combine so as to form a whole; mix) "compound the ingredients"
  • (v) unite, combine: (have or possess in combination) "she unites charm with a good business sense"
combined, Adjective
  • (a) combined: (made or joined or united into one)
combing, Noun
  • (n) comb, combing: (the act of drawing a comb through hair) "his hair needed a comb"
combining, Noun
  • (n) combination, combining, compounding: (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
  • (n) combining, combine: (an occurrence that results in things being united)
combo, Noun
  • (n) jazz_band, jazz_group, combo: (a small band of jazz musicians)
comburant, Adjective
  • (s) comburent, comburant, combustive: (supporting combustion)
comburent, Adjective
  • (s) comburent, comburant, combustive: (supporting combustion)
combust, Verb
  • (v) burn, combust: (undergo combustion) "Maple wood burns well"
  • (v) burn, combust: (cause to burn or combust) "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
  • (v) combust: (cause to become violent or angry) "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
  • (v) erupt, ignite, catch_fire, take_fire, combust, conflagrate: (start to burn or burst into flames) "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
  • (v) flip_one's_lid, blow_up, throw_a_fit, hit_the_roof, hit_the_ceiling, have_kittens, have_a_fit, combust, blow_one's_stack, fly_off_the_handle, flip_one's_wig, lose_one's_temper, blow_a_fuse, go_ballistic: (get very angry and fly into a rage) "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
combustibility, Noun
  • (n) combustibility, combustibleness, burnability: (the quality of being capable of igniting and burning)
combustible, Adjective
  • (a) combustible: (capable of igniting and burning)
combustible, Noun
  • (n) combustible, combustible_material: (a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power)
combustibleness, Noun
  • (n) combustibility, combustibleness, burnability: (the quality of being capable of igniting and burning)
combustion, Noun
  • (n) burning, combustion: (the act of burning something) "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"
  • (n) combustion, burning: (a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light)
  • (n) combustion: (a state of violent disturbance and excitement) "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"
combustive, Adjective
  • (s) comburent, comburant, combustive: (supporting combustion)
come-at-able, Adjective
  • (s) attainable, come-at-able: (capable of being attained or accomplished) "choose an attainable goal"; "art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study"
  • (s) come-at-able, get-at-able, getatable: (capable of being reached or attained) "a very getatable man"; "both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations"
come-on, Noun
  • (n) bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener: (anything that serves as an enticement)
  • (n) lure, enticement, come-on: (qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward)
come, Noun
  • (n) semen, seed, seminal_fluid, ejaculate, cum, come: (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)
come, Verb
  • (v) arrive, get, come: (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress) "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
  • (v) come, come_up: (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody) "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
  • (v) come: (come to pass; arrive, as in due course) "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
  • (v) come: (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position) "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
  • (v) come, follow: (to be the product or result) "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
  • (v) come: (be found or available; The furniture comes unassembled") "These shoes come in three colors"
  • (v) come: (extend or reach) "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
  • (v) come: (exist or occur in a certain point in a series) "Next came the student from France"
  • (v) come: (cover a certain distance) "She came a long way"
  • (v) come: (happen as a result) "Nothing good will come of this"
  • (v) come, add_up, amount: (develop into) "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
  • (v) come, come_in: (be received) "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
  • (v) come: (experience orgasm) "she could not come because she was too upset"
  • (v) come: (have a certain priority) "My family comes first"
  • (v) derive, come, descend: (come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example) "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
  • (v) do, fare, make_out, come, get_along: (proceed or get along) "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"
  • (v) fall, come: (come under, be classified or included) "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
  • (v) hail, come: (be a native of) "She hails from Kalamazoo"
  • (v) issue_forth, come: (come forth) "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"
  • (v) occur, come: (come to one's mind; suggest itself) "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
  • (v) total, number, add_up, come, amount: (add up in number or quantity) "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
comeback, Noun
  • (n) comeback: (return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity)
  • (n) rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter: (a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)) "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
comedian, Noun
  • (n) comedian, comic: (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)
  • (n) comedian: (an actor in a comedy)
comedo, Noun
  • (n) blackhead, comedo: (a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin)
comedy, Noun
  • (n) comedy: (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)
  • (n) drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness: (a comic incident or series of incidents)
comeliness, Noun
  • (n) comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousness: (the quality of being good looking and attractive)
comely, Adjective
  • (s) becoming, comely, comme_il_faut, decent, decorous, seemly: (according with custom or propriety) "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
  • (s) bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly: (very pleasing to the eye) "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
comer, Noun
  • (n) arrival, arriver, comer: (someone who arrives (or has arrived))
  • (n) comer: (someone with a promising future)
comestible, Adjective
  • (a) edible, comestible, eatable: (suitable for use as food)
comestible, Noun
  • (n) comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals: (any substance that can be used as food)
comet, Noun
  • (n) comet: ((astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit)
cometary, Adjective
  • (a) cometary, cometic: (of or relating to or resembling a comet)
cometic, Adjective
  • (a) cometary, cometic: (of or relating to or resembling a comet)
comeupance, Noun
  • (n) deserts, comeuppance, comeupance: (an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved)
comeuppance, Noun
  • (n) deserts, comeuppance, comeupance: (an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved)
comfit, Noun
  • (n) comfit: (candy containing a fruit or nut)
comfit, Verb
  • (v) confect, confection, comfit: (make into a confection) "This medicine is home-confected"
comfort, Noun
  • (n) comfort, comfortableness: (a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain) "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
  • (n) comfort: (a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment)
  • (n) comfort: (satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing) "his friendship was a comfort"; "a padded chair was one of the room's few comforts"
  • (n) comfort: (assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal) "it gave comfort to the enemy"
  • (n) consolation, comfort, solace: (the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction) "his presence was a consolation to her"
  • (n) ease, comfort: (a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state) "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"
  • (n) quilt, comforter, comfort, puff: (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together)
comfort, Verb
  • (v) comfort, soothe, console, solace: (give moral or emotional strength to)
  • (v) comfort, ease: (lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate) "ease the pain in your legs"
comfortable, Adjective
  • (a) comfortable, comfy: (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)) "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?"
  • (a) comfortable: (free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind) "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared"; "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong"; "was comfortable in his religious beliefs"; "she's a comfortable person to be with"; "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents"
  • (s) comfortable: (more than adequate) "the home team had a comfortable lead"
  • (s) comfortable: (sufficient to provide comfort) "a comfortable salary"
  • (s) comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do: (in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich) "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
comfortableness, Noun
  • (n) comfort, comfortableness: (a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain) "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
  • (n) comfortableness: (a feeling of being at ease in a relationship)
comforter, Noun
  • (n) comforter, pacifier, baby's_dummy, teething_ring: (device used for an infant to suck or bite on)
  • (n) quilt, comforter, comfort, puff: (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together)
  • (n) reliever, allayer, comforter: (a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies) "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
  • (n) sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter: (commiserates with someone who has had misfortune)
comforting, Adjective
  • (s) comforting, cheering, satisfying: (providing freedom from worry)
  • (s) comforting, consolatory, consoling: (affording comfort or solace)
comfrey, Noun
  • (n) comfrey, cumfrey: (perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas)
  • (n) comfrey, healing_herb: (leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked)
comfy, Adjective
  • (a) comfortable, comfy: (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)) "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?"
comic, Adjective
  • (s) amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible: (arousing or provoking laughter) "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
  • (a) comic: (of or relating to or characteristic of comedy) "comic hero"
comic, Noun
  • (n) comedian, comic: (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)
comical, Adjective
  • (s) amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible: (arousing or provoking laughter) "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
coming, Adjective
  • (s) approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming: (of the relatively near future) "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
coming, Noun
  • (n) advent, coming: (arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)) "the advent of the computer"
  • (n) approach, approaching, coming: (the act of drawing spatially closer to something) "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
  • (n) approach, approaching, coming: (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time) "the approach of winter"
  • (n) orgasm, climax, sexual_climax, coming: (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)
comity, Noun
  • (n) comity: (a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect)
comma, Noun
  • (n) comma: (a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence)
  • (n) comma, comma_butterfly, Polygonia_comma: (anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing)
command, Noun
  • (n) command, bid, bidding, dictation: (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)
  • (n) command: (a military unit or region under the control of a single officer)
  • (n) command: (the power or authority to command) "an admiral in command"
  • (n) command: (availability for use) "the materials at the command of the potters grew"
  • (n) command: (a position of highest authority) "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
  • (n) command, control, mastery: (great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity) "a good command of French"
  • (n) instruction, command, statement, program_line: ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)
command, Verb
  • (v) command: (be in command of) "The general commanded a huge army"
  • (v) command, require: (make someone do something)
  • (v) command: (demand as one's due) "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
  • (v) control, command: (exercise authoritative control or power over) "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
  • (v) dominate, command, overlook, overtop: (look down on) "The villa dominates the town"
commandant, Noun
  • (n) commanding_officer, commandant, commander: (an officer in command of a military unit)
commandeer, Verb
  • (v) commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate: (take arbitrarily or by force) "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
commander, Noun
  • (n) air_force_officer, commander: (an officer in the airforce)
  • (n) commander: (someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others)
  • (n) commander: (a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain)
  • (n) commanding_officer, commandant, commander: (an officer in command of a military unit)
commandership, Noun
  • (n) commandership, commandery: (the position or office of commander)
commandery, Noun
  • (n) commandership, commandery: (the position or office of commander)
commanding, Adjective
  • (s) commanding, dominating, overlooking: (used of a height or viewpoint) "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
commandment, Noun
  • (n) commandment: (something that is commanded)
  • (n) teaching, precept, commandment: (a doctrine that is taught) "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
commando, Noun
  • (n) commando, ranger: (a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids)
  • (n) commando: (an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory)
commemorate, Verb
  • (v) commemorate, mark: (mark by some ceremony or observation) "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
  • (v) commemorate, remember: (call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony) "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"
  • (v) commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record: (be or provide a memorial to a person or an event) "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
commemorating, Adjective
  • (a) commemorative, commemorating: (intended as a commemoration) "a commemorative plaque"
commemoration, Noun
  • (n) commemoration, memorialization, memorialisation: (a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something)
  • (n) memorial, commemoration, remembrance: (a recognition of meritorious service)
commemorative, Adjective
  • (a) commemorative, commemorating: (intended as a commemoration) "a commemorative plaque"
commemorative, Noun
  • (n) commemorative: (an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person)
commence, Verb
  • (v) begin, lead_off, start, commence: (set in motion, cause to start) "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
  • (v) get_down, begin, get, start_out, start, set_about, set_out, commence: (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action) "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
  • (v) start, start_up, embark_on, commence: (get off the ground) "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
commencement, Noun
  • (n) beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting_time, showtime, offset: (the time at which something is supposed to begin) "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
  • (n) beginning, start, commencement: (the act of starting something) "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
  • (n) commencement, commencement_exercise, commencement_ceremony, graduation, graduation_exercise: (an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred)
commend, Verb
  • (v) commend: (express approval of)
  • (v) commend: (present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence) "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"
  • (v) commend: (give to in charge) "I commend my children to you"
  • (v) commend, recommend: (express a good opinion of)
  • (v) commend, remember: (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship) "Remember me to your wife"
commendable, Adjective
  • (s) applaudable, commendable, laudable, praiseworthy: (worthy of high praise) "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence"
commendation, Noun
  • (n) approval, commendation: (a message expressing a favorable opinion) "words of approval seldom passed his lips"
  • (n) citation, commendation: (an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement)
commensurate, Adjective
  • (a) commensurate: (corresponding in size or degree or extent) "pay should be commensurate with the time worked"
commensurateness, Noun
  • (n) commensurateness, correspondence, proportionateness: (the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount)
comment, Noun
  • (n) comment, commentary: (a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material) "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
  • (n) gossip, comment, scuttlebutt: (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people) "the divorce caused much gossip"
  • (n) remark, comment, input: (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information) "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
comment, Verb
  • (v) comment, notice, remark, point_out: (make or write a comment on) "he commented the paper of his colleague"
  • (v) comment: (explain or interpret something)
  • (v) gloss, comment, annotate: (provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases) "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
commentary, Noun
  • (n) comment, commentary: (a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material) "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
commentator, Noun
  • (n) commentator, reviewer: (a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day)
  • (n) observer, commentator: (an expert who observes and comments on something)
commercial-grade, Adjective
  • (s) commercial, commercial-grade: (of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior) "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"
commercial, Adjective
  • (a) commercial: (connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises) "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"
  • (a) commercial: (of or relating to commercialism) "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law"
  • (s) commercial, commercial-grade: (of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior) "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"
commercial, Noun
  • (n) commercial, commercial_message: (a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television)
commercialisation, Noun
  • (n) commercialization, commercialisation: (the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce) "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products"
commercialise, Verb
  • (v) commercialize, commercialise, market: (make commercial) "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
commercialised, Adjective
  • (s) commercialized, commercialised: (organized principally for financial gain) "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle"
commercialism, Noun
  • (n) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism: (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
commercialization, Noun
  • (n) commercialization, commercialisation: (the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce) "my father considered the commercialization of Christmas to be a sacrilege"; "the government tried to accelerate the commercialization of this development"; "both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products"
commercialize, Verb
  • (v) commercialize: (exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality) "The hotel owners are commercializing the beaches"
  • (v) commercialize, commercialise, market: (make commercial) "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
commercialized, Adjective
  • (s) commercialized, commercialised: (organized principally for financial gain) "Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle"
commie, Noun
  • (n) communist, commie: (a socialist who advocates communism)
comminate, Verb
  • (v) accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise: (curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment)
comminatory, Adjective
  • (s) comminatory, denunciative, denunciatory: (containing warning of punishment)
commingle, Verb
  • (v) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge: (mix together different elements) "The colors blend well"
  • (v) commingle: (mix or blend) "His book commingles sarcasm and sadness"
comminute, Verb
  • (v) grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute: (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading) "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
commiserate, Verb
  • (v) commiserate, sympathize, sympathise: (to feel or express sympathy or compassion)
commiseration, Noun
  • (n) commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos: (a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others) "the blind are too often objects of pity"
  • (n) condolence, commiseration: (an expression of sympathy with another's grief) "they sent their condolences"
commissariat, Noun
  • (n) commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals: (a stock or supply of foods)
commission, Noun
  • (n) commission: (a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)) "he works on commission"
  • (n) commission, commissioning: (the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions)
  • (n) commission: (the state of being in good working order and ready for operation) "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"
  • (n) commission, charge, direction: (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something) "the judge's charge to the jury"
  • (n) commission, military_commission: (an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces)
  • (n) committee, commission: (a special group delegated to consider some matter) "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle"
  • (n) deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission: (a group of representatives or delegates)
  • (n) mission, charge, commission: (a special assignment that is given to a person or group) "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
  • (n) perpetration, commission, committal: (the act of committing a crime)
commission, Verb
  • (v) commission: (put into commission; equip for service; of ships)
  • (v) commission: (place an order for)
  • (v) commission: (charge with a task)
commissioned, Adjective
  • (s) accredited, commissioned, licensed, licenced: (given official approval to act) "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative"
  • (a) commissioned: ((of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above)
commissioner, Noun
  • (n) commissioner: (a government administrator)
  • (n) commissioner: (a member of a commission)
commissioning, Noun
  • (n) commission, commissioning: (the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions)
commit, Verb
  • (v) commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge: (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution) "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • (v) commit, practice: (engage in or perform) "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • (v) entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit: (confer a trust upon) "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote: (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • (v) invest, put, commit, place: (make an investment) "Put money into bonds"
  • (v) perpetrate, commit, pull: (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation) "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
commitment, Noun
  • (n) commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication: (the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action) "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
  • (n) commitment: (an engagement by contract involving financial obligation) "his business commitments took him to London"
  • (n) commitment, dedication: (a message that makes a pledge)
  • (n) commitment, committal, consignment: (the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital))
  • (n) committedness, commitment: (the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose) "a man of energy and commitment"
committal, Noun
  • (n) commitment, committal, consignment: (the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital))
  • (n) perpetration, commission, committal: (the act of committing a crime)
committed, Adjective
  • (a) attached, committed: (associated in an exclusive sexual relationship)
  • (a) committed: (bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude) "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist"
committedness, Noun
  • (n) committedness, commitment: (the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose) "a man of energy and commitment"
committee, Noun
  • (n) committee, commission: (a special group delegated to consider some matter) "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle"
  • (n) committee, citizens_committee: (a self-constituted organization to promote something)
commix, Verb
  • (v) mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate: (to bring or combine together or with something else) "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
commixture, Noun
  • (n) mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing: (the act of mixing together) "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
commode, Noun
  • (n) chiffonier, commode: (a tall elegant chest of drawers)
  • (n) toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne: (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)
commodious, Adjective
  • (a) commodious, convenient: (large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)) "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"
commodiousness, Noun
  • (n) capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness, commodiousness: (spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)) "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child"; "roominess in this size car is always a compromise"; "his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to"
commodity, Noun
  • (n) commodity, trade_good, good: (articles of commerce)
commodore, Noun
  • (n) commodore: (a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral)
common, Adjective
  • (s) coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar: (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste) "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
  • (s) coarse, common: (of low or inferior quality or value) "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare"; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
  • (a) common: (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public) "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"
  • (a) common: (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual) "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"
  • (s) common, mutual: (common to or shared by two or more parties) "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
  • (s) common, usual: (commonly encountered) "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
  • (s) common, vernacular, vulgar: (being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language) "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
  • (s) common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed: (of or associated with the great masses of people) "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
  • (s) common: (to be expected; standard) "common decency"
common, Noun
  • (n) park, commons, common, green: (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area) "they went for a walk in the park"
commonality, Noun
  • (n) commonality, commonness: (sharing of common attributes)
  • (n) commonalty, commonality, commons: (a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank)
commonalty, Noun
  • (n) commonalty, commonality, commons: (a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank)
commoner, Noun
  • (n) commoner, common_man, common_person: (a person who holds no title)
commonness, Noun
  • (n) coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch: (the quality of lacking taste and refinement)
  • (n) commonality, commonness: (sharing of common attributes)
  • (n) commonness, expectedness: (the state of being that is commonly observed)
  • (n) commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness: (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
commonplace, Adjective
  • (s) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn: (repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse) "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
  • (s) commonplace: (completely ordinary and unremarkable) "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
  • (s) commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous: (not challenging; dull and lacking excitement) "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
commonplace, Noun
  • (n) platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide: (a trite or obvious remark)
commonplaceness, Noun
  • (n) commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness: (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
commons, Noun
  • (n) commonalty, commonality, commons: (a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank)
  • (n) commons, common_land: (a pasture subject to common use)
  • (n) park, commons, common, green: (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area) "they went for a walk in the park"
  • (n) third_estate, Commons: (the common people)
commonsense, Adjective
  • (s) commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical: (exhibiting native good judgment) "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated"
commonsensible, Adjective
  • (s) commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical: (exhibiting native good judgment) "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated"
commonsensical, Adjective
  • (s) commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical: (exhibiting native good judgment) "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated"
commonwealth, Noun
  • (n) commonwealth: (the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico))
  • (n) commonwealth: (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)
  • (n) democracy, republic, commonwealth: (a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them)
  • (n) state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res_publica, body_politic: (a politically organized body of people under a single government) "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
commotion, Noun
  • (n) commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult: (the act of making a noisy disturbance)
  • (n) disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly_burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle: (a disorderly outburst or tumult) "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
  • (n) whirl, commotion: (confused movement) "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
commove, Verb
  • (v) agitate, rouse, turn_on, charge, commove, excite, charge_up: (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused) "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
  • (v) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake_up, stir_up, raise_up: (change the arrangement or position of)
communal, Adjective
  • (a) communal: (relating to a small administrative district or community) "communal elections in several European countries"
  • (s) communal: (for or by a group rather than individuals) "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche"; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort"
communalise, Verb
  • (v) communalize, communalise: (make something the property of the commune or community)
communalize, Verb
  • (v) communalize, communalise: (make something the property of the commune or community)
commune, Noun
  • (n) commune: (the smallest administrative district of several European countries)
  • (n) commune: (a body of people or families living together and sharing everything)
commune, Verb
  • (v) commune: (communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity) "He seemed to commune with nature"
  • (v) commune, communicate: (receive Communion, in the Catholic church)
communicable, Adjective
  • (s) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable: ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection)
  • (s) communicable: (readily communicated) "communicable ideas"
communicant, Noun
  • (n) communicant: (a person entitled to receive Communion)
communicate, Verb
  • (v) commune, communicate: (receive Communion, in the Catholic church)
  • (v) communicate, pass_on, pass, pass_along, put_across: (transmit information) "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
  • (v) communicate, intercommunicate: (transmit thoughts or feelings) "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
  • (v) communicate: (join or connect) "The rooms communicated"
  • (v) communicate: (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas) "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"
  • (v) communicate: (administer Communion; in church)
  • (v) convey, transmit, communicate: (transfer to another) "communicate a disease"
communicating, Noun
  • (n) communication, communicating: (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information) "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
communication, Noun
  • (n) communication, communicating: (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information) "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
  • (n) communication: (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
  • (n) communication: (a connection allowing access between persons or places) "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?"; "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms"
communicative, Adjective
  • (a) communicative: (of or relating to communication) "communicative arts"
  • (a) communicative, communicatory: (able or tending to communicate) "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray"
communicativeness, Noun
  • (n) communicativeness: (the trait of being communicative)
communicator, Noun
  • (n) communicator: (a person who communicates with others)
communicatory, Adjective
  • (a) communicative, communicatory: (able or tending to communicate) "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray"
communique, Noun
  • (n) dispatch, despatch, communique: (an official report (usually sent in haste))
communisation, Noun
  • (n) communization, communisation: (a change from private property to public property owned by the community)
  • (n) communization, communisation: (the organization of a nation of the basis of communism)
  • (n) nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation: (changing something from private to state ownership or control)
communise, Verb
  • (v) communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise: (make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles) "communize the government"
  • (v) communize, communise: (make into property owned by the state) "The new government communized all banks"
communism, Noun
  • (n) communism: (a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership)
  • (n) communism: (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)
communist, Adjective
  • (a) communist, communistic: (relating to or marked by communism) "Communist Party"; "communist governments"; "communistic propaganda"
communistic, Adjective
  • (a) communist, communistic: (relating to or marked by communism) "Communist Party"; "communist governments"; "communistic propaganda"
community, Noun
  • (n) community: (a group of people living in a particular local area) "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
  • (n) community: (common ownership) "they shared a community of possessions"
  • (n) community: (a group of nations having common interests) "they hoped to join the NATO community"
  • (n) community, community_of_interests: (agreement as to goals) "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
  • (n) community, biotic_community: ((ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other)
  • (n) residential_district, residential_area, community: (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)
communization, Noun
  • (n) communization, communisation: (a change from private property to public property owned by the community)
  • (n) communization, communisation: (the organization of a nation of the basis of communism)
  • (n) nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation: (changing something from private to state ownership or control)
communize, Verb
  • (v) communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise: (make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles) "communize the government"
  • (v) communize, communise: (make into property owned by the state) "The new government communized all banks"
commutability, Noun
  • (n) commutability, transmutability: (the quality of being commutable)
  • (n) replaceability, substitutability, commutability: (exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable)
commutable, Adjective
  • (a) commutable: (subject to alteration or change) "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment"
  • (s) commutable, substitutable: (capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent)
commutation, Noun
  • (n) commutation, commuting: (the travel of a commuter)
  • (n) commutation: (a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one)
  • (n) commutation, re-sentencing: ((law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law)
  • (n) substitution, exchange, commutation: (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help")
commutative, Adjective
  • (s) commutative: ((of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a")
commute, Noun
  • (n) commute: (a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work) "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"
commute, Verb
  • (v) change, exchange, commute, convert: (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category) "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
  • (v) commute, transpose: (exchange positions without a change in value) "These operators commute with each other"
  • (v) commute: (travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home)
  • (v) commute, convert, exchange: (exchange a penalty for a less severe one)
  • (v) permute, commute, transpose: (change the order or arrangement of) "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
commuter, Noun
  • (n) commuter, commuter_train: (a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another)
  • (n) commuter: (someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city)
commuting, Noun
  • (n) commutation, commuting: (the travel of a commuter)
comose, Adjective
  • (s) comate, comose: (bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts) "comate royal palms"; "pineapples are comate"
  • (s) comate, comose, comal: (of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair) "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft"
comp, Noun
  • (n) comprehensive_examination, comprehensive, comp: (an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge) "she took her comps in English literature"
compact, Adjective
  • (a) compact: (closely and firmly united or packed together) "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
  • (s) compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset: (having a short and solid form or stature) "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
  • (s) compendious, compact, succinct, summary: (briefly giving the gist of something) "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
compact, Noun
  • (n) compact, powder_compact: (a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse)
  • (n) compact, compact_car: (a small and economical car)
  • (n) covenant, compact, concordat: (a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action)
compact, Verb
  • (v) compact, pack: (have the property of being packable or of compacting easily) "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
  • (v) compress, compact, pack_together: (make more compact by or as if by pressing) "compress the data"
  • (v) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press: (squeeze or press together) "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  • (v) pack, bundle, wad, compact: (compress into a wad) "wad paper into the box"
compaction, Noun
  • (n) compaction, compression, concretion, densification: (an increase in the density of something)
  • (n) crush, crunch, compaction: (the act of crushing)
compactness, Noun
  • (n) compactness: (the consistency of a compact solid)
  • (n) concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactness: (the spatial property of being crowded together)
companion, Noun
  • (n) companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate: (a friend who is frequently in the company of another) "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
  • (n) companion, fellow_traveler, fellow_traveller: (a traveler who accompanies you)
  • (n) companion: (one paid to accompany or assist or live with another)
companion, Verb
  • (v) company, companion, accompany, keep_company: (be a companion to somebody)
companionability, Noun
  • (n) companionability, companionableness: (suitability to be a companion)
companionableness, Noun
  • (n) companionability, companionableness: (suitability to be a companion)
companionship, Noun
  • (n) company, companionship, fellowship, society: (the state of being with someone) "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"
company, Noun
  • (n) caller, company: (a social or business visitor) "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"
  • (n) company: (an institution created to conduct business) "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"
  • (n) company: (small military unit; usually two or three platoons)
  • (n) company, companionship, fellowship, society: (the state of being with someone) "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"
  • (n) company, troupe: (organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)) "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"
  • (n) company: (a social gathering of guests or companions) "the house was filled with company when I arrived"
  • (n) company: (a unit of firefighters including their equipment) "a hook-and-ladder company"
  • (n) party, company: (a band of people associated temporarily in some activity) "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"
  • (n) ship's_company, company: (crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship)
company, Verb
  • (v) company, companion, accompany, keep_company: (be a companion to somebody)
comparability, Noun
  • (n) comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability: (qualities that are comparable) "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
comparable, Adjective
  • (a) comparable: (able to be compared or worthy of comparison)
  • (s) comparable, corresponding, like: (conforming in every respect) "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
comparative, Adjective
  • (a) comparative: (relating to or based on or involving comparison) "comparative linguistics"
  • (a) relative, comparative: (estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete) "a relative stranger"
comparative, Noun
  • (n) comparative, comparative_degree: (the comparative form of an adjective or adverb) "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"
compare, Noun
  • (n) comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability: (qualities that are comparable) "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
compare, Verb
  • (v) compare: (examine and note the similarities or differences of) "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"
  • (v) compare: (be comparable) "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
  • (v) compare, liken, equate: (consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous) "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"
  • (v) compare: (to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb)
comparing, Noun
  • (n) comparison, comparing: (the act of examining resemblances) "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"
comparison, Noun
  • (n) comparison, comparing: (the act of examining resemblances) "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"
  • (n) comparison: (relation based on similarities and differences)
  • (n) comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability: (qualities that are comparable) "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
compartment, Noun
  • (n) compartment: (a space into which an area is subdivided)
  • (n) compartment: (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)
compartmental, Adjective
  • (s) compartmental, compartmentalized, compartmentalised: (divided up into compartments or categories) "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"
compartmentalisation, Noun
  • (n) categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment: (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)
  • (n) compartmentalization, compartmentalisation: (a mild state of dissociation)
compartmentalise, Verb
  • (v) compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut_up: (separate into isolated compartments or categories) "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
compartmentalised, Adjective
  • (s) compartmental, compartmentalized, compartmentalised: (divided up into compartments or categories) "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"
compartmentalization, Noun
  • (n) categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment: (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)
  • (n) compartmentalization, compartmentalisation: (a mild state of dissociation)
compartmentalize, Verb
  • (v) compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut_up: (separate into isolated compartments or categories) "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
compartmentalized, Adjective
  • (s) compartmental, compartmentalized, compartmentalised: (divided up into compartments or categories) "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"
compartmented, Adjective
  • (a) compartmented: (divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units) "a compartmented box"; "the protected and compartmented society of Beacon Hill"- John Mason Brown"
compass, Noun
  • (n) compass: (navigational instrument for finding directions)
  • (n) compass, range, reach, grasp: (the limit of capability) "within the compass of education"
  • (n) compass: (drafting instrument used for drawing circles)
  • (n) scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit: (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet") "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
compass, Verb
  • (v) circumnavigate, compass: (travel around, either by plane or ship) "We compassed the earth"
  • (v) compass: (bring about; accomplish) "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"
  • (v) grok, get_the_picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend: (get the meaning of something) "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
compassion, Noun
  • (n) compassion, compassionateness: (a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering)
  • (n) compassion, pity: (the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it)
compassionate, Adjective
  • (a) compassionate: (showing or having compassion) "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
compassionate, Verb
  • (v) feel_for, pity, compassionate, condole_with, sympathize_with: (share the suffering of)
compassionateness, Noun
  • (n) compassion, compassionateness: (a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering)
compatibility, Noun
  • (n) compatibility: (a feeling of sympathetic understanding)
  • (n) compatibility: (capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination)
compatible, Adjective
  • (a) compatible: (able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination) "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds were compatible with her ideology"
  • (a) compatible: (capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification)
  • (s) compatible: (capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction)
compatriot, Noun
  • (n) compatriot: (a person from your own country)
compeer, Noun
  • (n) peer, equal, match, compeer: (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)
compel, Verb
  • (v) compel, oblige, obligate: (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
  • (v) compel: (necessitate or exact) "the water shortage compels conservation"
compelling, Adjective
  • (s) compelling: (driving or forcing) "compelling ambition"
  • (s) compelling: (tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument) "new and compelling evidence"
compendious, Adjective
  • (s) compendious, compact, succinct, summary: (briefly giving the gist of something) "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
compendium, Noun
  • (n) collection, compendium: (a publication containing a variety of works)
  • (n) compendium: (a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work)
compensable, Adjective
  • (s) compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary: (for which money is paid) "a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services"
compensate, Verb
  • (v) compensate, counterbalance, correct, make_up, even_out, even_off, even_up: (adjust for) "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
  • (v) compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify: (make amends for; pay compensation for) "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
  • (v) compensate, recompense, remunerate: (make payment to; compensate) "My efforts were not remunerated"
  • (v) cover, compensate, overcompensate: (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities) "he is compensating for being a bad father"
  • (v) pay, pay_off, make_up, compensate: (do or give something to somebody in return) "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
  • (v) right, compensate, redress, correct: (make reparations or amends for) "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
compensated, Adjective
  • (s) compensated, remunerated, salaried, stipendiary: (receiving or eligible for compensation) "salaried workers"; "a stipendiary magistrate"
compensation, Noun
  • (n) compensation: (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))
  • (n) compensation: ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors)
  • (n) recompense, compensation: (the act of compensating for service or loss or injury)
compere, Noun
  • (n) compere: (British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc)
compere, Verb
  • (v) emcee, compere: (act as a master of ceremonies)
compete, Verb
  • (v) compete, vie, contend: (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
competence, Noun
  • (n) competence, competency: (the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually)
competency, Noun
  • (n) competence, competency: (the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually)
competent, Adjective
  • (a) competent: (properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient) "a competent typist"
  • (a) competent: (legally qualified or sufficient) "a competent court"; "competent testimony"
  • (s) competent: (adequate for the purpose) "a competent performance"
competition, Noun
  • (n) competition: (a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers) "business competition can be fiendish at times"
  • (n) competition, contention, rivalry: (the act of competing as for profit or a prize) "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
  • (n) contest, competition: (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
  • (n) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender: (the contestant you hope to defeat) "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
competitive, Adjective
  • (a) competitive, competitory: (involving competition or competitiveness) "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position"
  • (s) competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprise: (subscribing to capitalistic competition)
  • (s) competitive, militant: (showing a fighting disposition) "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"
competitiveness, Noun
  • (n) competitiveness, fight: (an aggressive willingness to compete) "the team was full of fight"
competitor, Noun
  • (n) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender: (the contestant you hope to defeat) "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
competitory, Adjective
  • (a) competitive, competitory: (involving competition or competitiveness) "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position"
compilation, Noun
  • (n) compilation, digest: (something that is compiled (as into a single book or file))
  • (n) compilation, compiling: (the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)) "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
compile, Verb
  • (v) compile: (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)
  • (v) compose, compile: (put together out of existing material) "compile a list"
  • (v) roll_up, collect, accumulate, pile_up, amass, compile, hoard: (get or gather together) "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
compiler, Noun
  • (n) compiler: (a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes))
  • (n) compiler, compiling_program: ((computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program)
compiling, Noun
  • (n) compilation, compiling: (the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)) "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
complacence, Noun
  • (n) complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction: (the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself) "his complacency was absolutely disgusting"
complacency, Noun
  • (n) complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction: (the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself) "his complacency was absolutely disgusting"
complacent, Adjective
  • (s) complacent, self-satisfied, self-complacent: (contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions) "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"
complain, Verb
  • (v) complain, kick, plain, sound_off, quetch, kvetch: (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness) "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
  • (v) complain: (make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge) "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"
complainant, Noun
  • (n) plaintiff, complainant: (a person who brings an action in a court of law)
complainer, Noun
  • (n) whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker: (a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining)
complaining, Adjective
  • (a) complaining, complaintive: (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment) "a complaining boss"
complaint, Noun
  • (n) ailment, complaint, ill: (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)
  • (n) charge, complaint: ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense) "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
  • (n) complaint: ((formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow)
  • (n) complaint: (an expression of grievance or resentment)
  • (n) complaint: ((civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based)
complaintive, Adjective
  • (a) complaining, complaintive: (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment) "a complaining boss"
complaisance, Noun
  • (n) complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference: (a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others)
complaisant, Adjective
  • (s) complaisant, obliging: (showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others) "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"
complect, Verb
  • (v) complect, interconnect, interlink: (be interwoven or interconnected) "The bones are interconnected via the muscle"
complement, Noun
  • (n) complement: (a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction)
  • (n) complement: (a complete number or quantity) "a full complement"
  • (n) complement, full_complement: (number needed to make up a whole force) "a full complement of workers"
  • (n) complement, accompaniment: (something added to complete or embellish or make perfect) "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • (n) complement: (one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response)
  • (n) complement: (either of two parts that mutually complete each other)
complement, Verb
  • (v) complement: (make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to) "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"
complemental, Adjective
  • (s) complemental, complementary, completing: (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))
complementarity, Noun
  • (n) complementarity: (a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities)
  • (n) complementarity: (the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other) "the complementarity of the sexes"
complementary, Adjective
  • (s) complemental, complementary, completing: (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))
  • (s) complementary: (of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other) "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
complementary, Noun
  • (n) complementary_color, complementary: (either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)) "yellow and blue are complementaries"
complete, Adjective
  • (s) accomplished, complete: (highly skilled) "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician"
  • (s) arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated: (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers) "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
  • (a) complete: (having every necessary or normal part or component or step) "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
  • (s) complete, consummate: (perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities) "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
  • (s) complete, concluded, ended, over, all_over, terminated: (having come or been brought to a conclusion) "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
complete, Verb
  • (v) complete, finish: (come or bring to a finish or an end; others finished in over 4 hours") "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours"
  • (v) complete: (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements) "A child would complete the family"
  • (v) complete, nail: (complete a pass)
  • (v) complete, fill_out, fill_in, make_out: (write all the required information onto a form) "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
  • (v) dispatch, discharge, complete: (complete or carry out) "discharge one's duties"
completed, Adjective
  • (s) accomplished, completed, realized, realised: (successfully completed or brought to an end) "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"; "the completed project"; "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him"
  • (s) completed: ((of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony)
  • (s) completed: (caught) "a completed forward pass"
completeness, Noun
  • (n) completeness: (the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed)
  • (n) completeness: ((logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system)
completing, Adjective
  • (s) complemental, complementary, completing: (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))
completion, Noun
  • (n) completion, pass_completion: ((American football) a successful forward pass in football)
  • (n) completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop_up: (a concluding action)
complex, Adjective
  • (a) complex: (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts) "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
complex, Noun
  • (n) building_complex, complex: (a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures)
  • (n) complex, composite: (a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts) "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"
  • (n) complex, coordination_compound: (a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated)
  • (n) complex: ((psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior)
complexify, Verb
  • (v) complexify, ramify: (have or develop complicating consequences) "These actions will ramify"
  • (v) complexify: (make complex) "he unnecessarily complexified every problem"
complexion, Noun
  • (n) complexion, skin_color, skin_colour: (the coloring of a person's face)
  • (n) complexion: (a combination that results from coupling or interlinking) "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
  • (n) complexion: (a point of view or general attitude or inclination) "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
  • (n) complexion: (texture and appearance of the skin of the face)
  • (n) complexion: ((obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament)
complexion, Verb
  • (v) complexion: (give a certain color to) "The setting sun complexioned the hills"
complexity, Noun
  • (n) complexity, complexness: (the quality of being intricate and compounded) "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
complexness, Noun
  • (n) complexity, complexness: (the quality of being intricate and compounded) "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
compliance, Noun
  • (n) complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference: (a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others)
  • (n) conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance: (acting according to certain accepted standards) "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
  • (n) submission, compliance: (the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another)
compliancy, Noun
  • (n) complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference: (a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others)
compliant, Adjective
  • (a) compliant: (disposed or willing to comply) "children compliant with the parental will"
complicate, Verb
  • (v) complicate, perplex: (make more complicated) "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
  • (v) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate: (make more complex, intricate, or richer) "refine a design or pattern"
complicated, Adjective
  • (s) complicated: (difficult to analyze or understand) "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"
complicatedness, Noun
  • (n) complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness: (puzzling complexity)
complication, Noun
  • (n) complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness: (puzzling complexity)
  • (n) complication: (the act or process of complicating)
  • (n) complication: (a situation or condition that is complex or confused) "her coming was a serious complication"
  • (n) complication: (any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease) "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"
  • (n) complication, ramification: (a development that complicates a situation) "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
complicity, Noun
  • (n) complicity: (guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense)
compliment, Noun
  • (n) compliment: (a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration)
compliment, Verb
  • (v) compliment, congratulate: (say something to someone that expresses praise) "He complimented her on her last physics paper"
  • (v) compliment: (express respect or esteem for)
complimentary, Adjective
  • (a) complimentary: (conveying or resembling a compliment) "a complimentary remark"
  • (s) complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous: (costing nothing) "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
compliments, Noun
  • (n) compliment: (a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration)
  • (n) regard, wish, compliments: ((usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare) "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes"
complin, Noun
  • (n) compline, complin: (last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring)
compline, Noun
  • (n) compline, complin: (last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring)
complot, Verb
  • (v) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate: (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together) "They conspired to overthrow the government"
comply, Verb
  • (v) comply, follow, abide_by: (act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes) "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
component, Noun
  • (n) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient: (an abstract part of something) "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
  • (n) component, constituent, element: (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system) "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
  • (n) part, portion, component_part, component, constituent: (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
comport, Verb
  • (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry: (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
  • (v) behave, comport: (behave well or properly) "The children must learn to behave"
comportment, Noun
  • (n) bearing, comportment, presence, mien: (dignified manner or conduct)
compose, Verb
  • (v) compose: (form the substance of) "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
  • (v) compose, write: (write music) "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
  • (v) compose, compile: (put together out of existing material) "compile a list"
  • (v) compose: (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet) "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
  • (v) frame, compose, draw_up: (make up plans or basic details for) "frame a policy"
  • (v) write, compose, pen, indite: (produce a literary work) "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
composed, Adjective
  • (a) composed: (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress) "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"
composer, Noun
  • (n) composer: (someone who composes music as a profession)
composing, Noun
  • (n) composing, composition: (musical creation)
  • (n) composition, composing: (the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole) "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
composite, Adjective
  • (a) composite: (of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae)
  • (s) composite: (consisting of separate interconnected parts)
composite, Noun
  • (n) complex, composite: (a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts) "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"
  • (n) composite, composite_plant: (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)
composition, Noun
  • (n) composing, composition: (musical creation)
  • (n) composition, composing: (the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole) "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
  • (n) composition: (a mixture of ingredients)
  • (n) composition, paper, report, theme: (an essay (especially one written as an assignment)) "he got an A on his composition"
  • (n) composition: (something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole) "he envied the composition of their faculty"
  • (n) constitution, composition, physical_composition, makeup, make-up: (the way in which someone or something is composed)
  • (n) musical_composition, opus, composition, piece, piece_of_music: (a musical work that has been created) "the composition is written in four movements"
  • (n) typography, composition: (art and technique of printing with movable type)
  • (n) writing, authorship, composition, penning: (the act of creating written works) "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
compositor, Noun
  • (n) compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer: (one who sets written material into type)
compost, Noun
  • (n) compost: (a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer)
compost, Verb
  • (v) compost: (convert to compost) "compost organic debris"
composure, Noun
  • (n) composure, calm, calmness, equanimity: (steadiness of mind under stress) "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
compound, Adjective
  • (s) colonial, compound: (composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony) "coral is a colonial organism"
  • (a) compound: (composed of more than one part) "compound leaves are composed of several lobes"; "compound flower heads"
  • (s) compound: (consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts) "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
compound, Noun
  • (n) compound: (a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts)
  • (n) compound, chemical_compound: ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
  • (n) compound: (an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient))
compound, Verb
  • (v) compound, combine: (put or add together) "combine resources"
  • (v) compound: (calculate principal and interest)
  • (v) compound: (create by mixing or combining)
  • (v) compound, combine: (combine so as to form a whole; mix) "compound the ingredients"
  • (v) intensify, compound, heighten, deepen: (make more intense, stronger, or more marked) "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
compounded, Adjective
  • (s) compounded: (combined into or constituting a chemical compound)
compounding, Noun
  • (n) combination, combining, compounding: (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
comprehend, Verb
  • (v) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover: (include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory) "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"
  • (v) grok, get_the_picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend: (get the meaning of something) "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
  • (v) perceive, comprehend: (to become aware of through the senses) "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"
comprehended, Adjective
  • (s) appreciated, apprehended, comprehended: (fully understood or grasped) "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known"
comprehendible, Adjective
  • (a) comprehensible, comprehendible: (capable of being comprehended or understood) "an idea comprehensible to the average mind"
comprehensibility, Noun
  • (n) comprehensibility, understandability: (the quality of comprehensible language or thought)
comprehensible, Adjective
  • (a) comprehensible, comprehendible: (capable of being comprehended or understood) "an idea comprehensible to the average mind"
comprehension, Noun
  • (n) comprehension: (an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)) "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"
  • (n) inclusion, comprehension: (the relation of comprising something) "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"
comprehensive, Adjective
  • (a) comprehensive: (including all or everything) "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"
  • (s) comprehensive: (broad in scope) "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"
comprehensive, Noun
  • (n) comprehensive_examination, comprehensive, comp: (an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge) "she took her comps in English literature"
comprehensiveness, Noun
  • (n) breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness: (the capacity to understand a broad range of topics) "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"
  • (n) comprehensiveness, fullness: (completeness over a broad scope)
compress, Noun
  • (n) compress: (a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever))
compress, Verb
  • (v) compress, compact, pack_together: (make more compact by or as if by pressing) "compress the data"
  • (v) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press: (squeeze or press together) "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
compressed, Adjective
  • (s) compressed, tight: (pressed tightly together) "with lips compressed"
  • (s) compressed: (reduced in volume by pressure) "compressed air"
  • (s) compressed, flat: (flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes))
compressibility, Noun
  • (n) compressibility, squeezability, sponginess: (the property of being able to occupy less space)
compressible, Adjective
  • (a) compressible: (capable of being compressed or made more compact) "compressible packing materials"; "a compressible box"
  • (s) compressible, squeezable: (capable of being easily compressed)
compressing, Noun
  • (n) compression, compressing: (applying pressure)
compression, Noun
  • (n) compaction, compression, concretion, densification: (an increase in the density of something)
  • (n) compression, condensation, contraction: (the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together) "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
  • (n) compression: (encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required)
  • (n) compression, compressing: (applying pressure)
compressor, Noun
  • (n) compressor: (a mechanical device that compresses gasses)
comprise, Verb
  • (v) consist, comprise: (be composed of) "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"
  • (v) constitute, represent, make_up, comprise, be: (form or compose) "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
  • (v) incorporate, contain, comprise: (include or contain; have as a component) "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
compromise, Noun
  • (n) compromise, via_media: (a middle way between two extremes)
  • (n) compromise: (an accommodation in which both sides make concessions) "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"
compromise, Verb
  • (v) compromise: (make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; we all must compromise") "nobody will get everything he wants"
  • (v) compromise: (settle by concession)
  • (v) compromise: (expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute) "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
compromising, Adjective
  • (a) compromising, conciliatory, flexible: (making or willing to make concessions) "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
  • (s) compromising: (vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion) "she found herself in a compromising situation"
comptroller, Noun
  • (n) accountant, comptroller, controller: (someone who maintains and audits business accounts)
compulsion, Noun
  • (n) compulsion, irresistible_impulse: (an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid) "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
  • (n) compulsion, obsession: (an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will) "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
  • (n) compulsion, coercion: (using force to cause something to occur) "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
compulsive, Adjective
  • (s) compulsive: (caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion) "compulsive drinking"
  • (s) compulsive, determined, driven: (strongly motivated to succeed)
compulsive, Noun
  • (n) compulsive: (a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things)
compulsiveness, Noun
  • (n) compulsiveness, compulsivity: (the trait of acting compulsively)
compulsivity, Noun
  • (n) compulsiveness, compulsivity: (the trait of acting compulsively)
compulsory, Adjective
  • (s) compulsory, mandatory, required: (required by rule) "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
compunction, Noun
  • (n) compunction, remorse, self-reproach: (a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed))
computable, Adjective
  • (s) computable, estimable: (may be computed or estimated) "a calculable risk"; "computable odds"; "estimable assets"
computation, Noun
  • (n) calculation, computation, computing: (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)
  • (n) calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning: (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)
computational, Adjective
  • (a) computational: (of or involving computation or computers) "computational linguistics"
compute, Verb
  • (v) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure: (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
computer, Noun
  • (n) calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer: (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))
  • (n) computer, computing_machine, computing_device, data_processor, electronic_computer, information_processing_system: (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
computerise, Verb
  • (v) computerize, computerise: (provide with computers) "Our office is fully computerized now"
  • (v) computerize, computerise: (store in a computer) "computerized dictionary"
  • (v) cybernate, computerize, computerise: (control a function, process, or creation by a computer) "They computerized the car industry"; "we live in a cybernated age"; "cybernate a factory"
computerization, Noun
  • (n) computerization, cybernation: (the control of processes by computer)
computerize, Verb
  • (v) computerize, computerise: (provide with computers) "Our office is fully computerized now"
  • (v) computerize, computerise: (store in a computer) "computerized dictionary"
  • (v) cybernate, computerize, computerise: (control a function, process, or creation by a computer) "They computerized the car industry"; "we live in a cybernated age"; "cybernate a factory"
computing, Noun
  • (n) calculation, computation, computing: (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)
  • (n) computer_science, computing: (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
comradeliness, Noun
  • (n) chumminess, camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship: (the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability)
comradely, Adjective
  • (s) comradely, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met: (heartily friendly and congenial)
comradery, Noun
  • (n) chumminess, camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship: (the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability)
comradeship, Noun
  • (n) chumminess, camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship: (the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability)
con, Noun
  • (n) bunco, bunco_game, bunko, bunko_game, con, confidence_trick, confidence_game, con_game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam: (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
  • (n) con: (an argument opposed to a proposal)
  • (n) convict, con, inmate, yard_bird, yardbird: (a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison)
con, Verb
  • (v) memorize, memorise, con, learn: (commit to memory; learn by heart) "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
  • (v) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con: (deprive of by deceit) "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
concatenate, Verb
  • (v) concatenate: (combine two strings to form a single one)
  • (v) concatenate: (add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series) "concatenate terms"; "concatenate characters"
concatenation, Noun
  • (n) chain, concatenation: (a series of things depending on each other as if linked together) "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
  • (n) concatenation: (the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series)
  • (n) concatenation: (the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc) "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances"
  • (n) concatenation: (the act of linking together as in a series or chain)
concave, Adjective
  • (a) concave: (curving inward)
concaveness, Noun
  • (n) concavity, concaveness: (the property possessed by a concave shape)
concavity, Noun
  • (n) concave_shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature: (a shape that curves or bends inward)
  • (n) concavity, concaveness: (the property possessed by a concave shape)
concavo-concave, Adjective
  • (s) biconcave, concavo-concave: (concave on both sides)
conceal, Verb
  • (v) conceal, hold_back, hold_in: (hold back; keep from being perceived by others) "She conceals her anger well"
  • (v) hide, conceal: (prevent from being seen or discovered) "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
concealed, Adjective
  • (a) concealed: (hidden on any grounds for any motive) "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase"
  • (s) concealed, hidden, out_of_sight: (not accessible to view) "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight"
concealing, Adjective
  • (a) concealing: (covering or hiding) "the concealing darkness"; "concealing curtains prevented discovery"
concealing, Noun
  • (n) concealment, concealing, hiding: (the activity of keeping something secret)
concealment, Noun
  • (n) concealment, concealing, hiding: (the activity of keeping something secret)
  • (n) privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment: (the condition of being concealed or hidden)
  • (n) screen, cover, covert, concealment: (a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something) "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
concede, Verb
  • (v) concede, profess, confess: (admit (to a wrongdoing)) "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  • (v) concede, yield, grant: (be willing to concede) "I grant you this much"
  • (v) concede, yield, cede, grant: (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)
  • (v) concede: (acknowledge defeat) "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
conceding, Noun
  • (n) concession, conceding, yielding: (the act of conceding or yielding)
conceit, Noun
  • (n) amour_propre, conceit, self-love, vanity: (feelings of excessive pride)
  • (n) conceit: (an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things)
  • (n) conceit: (a witty or ingenious turn of phrase) "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"
  • (n) conceit: (an artistic device or effect) "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"
  • (n) conceit, conceitedness, vanity: (the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride)
conceited, Adjective
  • (s) conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain: (characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance) "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
conceitedness, Noun
  • (n) conceit, conceitedness, vanity: (the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride)
conceivability, Noun
  • (n) conceivableness, conceivability: (the state of being conceivable)
conceivable, Adjective
  • (s) conceivable, imaginable: (capable of being imagined) "that is one possible answer"
conceivableness, Noun
  • (n) conceivableness, conceivability: (the state of being conceivable)
conceive, Verb
  • (v) conceive: (become pregnant; undergo conception) "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
  • (v) gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise: (have the idea for) "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
  • (v) think, believe, consider, conceive: (judge or regard; look upon; judge) "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
conceiver, Noun
  • (n) originator, conceiver, mastermind: (someone who creates new things)
concenter, Verb
  • (v) concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus: (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)
concentrate, Noun
  • (n) concentrate: (a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water)
  • (n) concentrate: (a concentrated example of something) "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
  • (n) dressed_ore, concentrate: (the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore)
concentrate, Verb
  • (v) boil_down, reduce, decoct, concentrate: (be cooked until very little liquid is left) "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
  • (v) centralize, centralise, concentrate: (make central) "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
  • (v) concentrate: (make denser, stronger, or purer) "concentrate juice"
  • (v) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet: (direct one's attention on something) "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  • (v) concentrate: (draw together or meet in one common center) "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
  • (v) condense, concentrate, contract: (compress or concentrate) "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
  • (v) digest, condense, concentrate: (make more concise) "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
  • (v) reduce, boil_down, concentrate: (cook until very little liquid is left) "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
concentrated, Adjective
  • (a) concentrated: (gathered together or made less diffuse) "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"
  • (s) concentrated: (of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced)
  • (s) concentrated: (intensely focused) "her concentrated passion held them at bay"
  • (a) hard, concentrated: ((of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source)
  • (a) saturated, concentrated: (being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance) "a saturated solution"
concentration, Noun
  • (n) assiduity, assiduousness, concentration: (great and constant diligence and attention)
  • (n) concentration: (the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume)
  • (n) concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactness: (the spatial property of being crowded together)
  • (n) concentration: (strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material)
  • (n) concentration: (increase in density)
  • (n) concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion: (complete attention; intense mental effort)
  • (n) concentration: (bringing together military forces)
concentre, Verb
  • (v) concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus: (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)
concentric, Adjective
  • (a) concentric, concentrical, homocentric: (having a common center) "concentric rings"
concentrical, Adjective
  • (a) concentric, concentrical, homocentric: (having a common center) "concentric rings"
concentricity, Noun
  • (n) concentricity: (the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another))
concept, Noun
  • (n) concept, conception, construct: (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
conception, Noun
  • (n) concept, conception, construct: (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
  • (n) conception: (the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon)
  • (n) creation, conception: (the event that occurred at the beginning of something) "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
  • (n) invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design: (the creation of something in the mind)
conceptional, Adjective
  • (s) conceptional, ideational, notional: (being of the nature of a notion or concept) "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"
conceptive, Adjective
  • (s) conceptive, impregnable: (capable of conceiving)
conceptual, Adjective
  • (s) conceptual: (being or characterized by concepts or their formation) "conceptual discussions"; "the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking"; "sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category"
conceptualisation, Noun
  • (n) conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation: (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)
  • (n) conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality: (an elaborated concept)
conceptualise, Verb
  • (v) gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise: (have the idea for) "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
conceptuality, Noun
  • (n) conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality: (an elaborated concept)
conceptualization, Noun
  • (n) conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation: (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)
  • (n) conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality: (an elaborated concept)
conceptualize, Verb
  • (v) gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise: (have the idea for) "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
conceptus, Noun
  • (n) embryo, conceptus, fertilized_egg: (an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life)
concern, Noun
  • (n) business, concern, business_concern, business_organization, business_organisation: (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it) "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
  • (n) concern: (something that interests you because it is important or affects you) "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
  • (n) concern, care, fear: (an anxious feeling) "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
  • (n) concern: (a feeling of sympathy for someone or something) "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
  • (n) concern, worry, headache, vexation: (something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness) "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
concern, Verb
  • (v) concern, interest, occupy, worry: (be on the mind of) "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
  • (v) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come_to, bear_on, touch, touch_on, have-to_doe_with: (be relevant to) "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
concerned, Adjective
  • (a) concerned: (feeling or showing worry or solicitude) "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child"
  • (s) concerned, interested: (involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in) "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business"
  • (s) implicated, concerned: (culpably involved) "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime"
concert, Noun
  • (n) concert: (a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging)
concert, Verb
  • (v) concert: (contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement)
  • (v) concert: (settle by agreement) "concert one's differences"
concerted, Adjective
  • (s) concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative: (involving the joint activity of two or more) "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"
concertise, Verb
  • (v) concertize, concertise: (give concerts; perform in concerts) "My niece is off concertizing in Europe"
concertize, Verb
  • (v) concertize, concertise: (give concerts; perform in concerts) "My niece is off concertizing in Europe"
concession, Noun
  • (n) concession, grant: (a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business) "he got the beer concession at the ball park"
  • (n) concession, conceding, yielding: (the act of conceding or yielding)
  • (n) concession: (a point conceded or yielded) "they won all the concessions they asked for"
concessionaire, Noun
  • (n) concessionaire, concessioner: (someone who holds or operates a concession)
concessioner, Noun
  • (n) concessionaire, concessioner: (someone who holds or operates a concession)
concierge, Noun
  • (n) concierge: (a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter)
conciliable, Adjective
  • (s) appeasable, conciliable: (capable of being pacified)
conciliate, Verb
  • (v) accommodate, reconcile, conciliate: (make (one thing) compatible with (another)) "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
  • (v) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle: (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of) "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  • (v) reconcile, patch_up, make_up, conciliate, settle: (come to terms) "After some discussion we finally made up"
conciliation, Noun
  • (n) conciliation: (the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled) "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed"
  • (n) conciliation: (any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration)
  • (n) placation, conciliation, propitiation: (the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity)
conciliative, Adjective
  • (a) conciliatory, conciliative: (intended to placate) "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"
conciliator, Noun
  • (n) conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler: (someone who tries to bring peace)
conciliatory, Adjective
  • (a) compromising, conciliatory, flexible: (making or willing to make concessions) "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
  • (a) conciliatory, conciliative: (intended to placate) "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"
concise, Adjective
  • (a) concise: (expressing much in few words) "a concise explanation"
conciseness, Noun
  • (n) conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness: (terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words)
concision, Noun
  • (n) conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness: (terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words)
conclave, Noun
  • (n) conclave: (a confidential or secret meeting)
conclude, Verb
  • (v) conclude: (bring to a close) "The committee concluded the meeting"
  • (v) conclude, resolve: (reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation)
  • (v) conclude, close: (come to a close) "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
  • (v) conclude: (reach agreement on) "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"
  • (v) reason, reason_out, conclude: (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion) "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
concluded, Adjective
  • (s) complete, concluded, ended, over, all_over, terminated: (having come or been brought to a conclusion) "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
concluding, Adjective
  • (s) concluding, final, last, terminal: (occurring at or forming an end or termination) "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
conclusion, Noun
  • (n) conclusion: (an intuitive assumption) "jump to a conclusion"
  • (n) conclusion, ratiocination: (the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism))
  • (n) conclusion: (a final settlement) "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"
  • (n) conclusion, end, close, closing, ending: (the last section of a communication) "in conclusion I want to say..."
  • (n) decision, determination, conclusion: (the act of making up your mind about something) "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
  • (n) decision, determination, conclusion: (a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration) "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
  • (n) ending, conclusion, finish: (event whose occurrence ends something) "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
  • (n) stopping_point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close: (the temporal end; the concluding time) "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
  • (n) termination, ending, conclusion: (the act of ending something) "the termination of the agreement"
conclusive, Adjective
  • (a) conclusive: (forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question) "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive"
conclusiveness, Noun
  • (n) finality, conclusiveness, decisiveness: (the quality of being final or definitely settled) "the finality of death"
concoct, Verb
  • (v) concoct: (make a concoction (of) by mixing)
  • (v) concoct, cook_up: (prepare or cook by mixing ingredients) "concoct a strange mixture"
  • (v) think_up, think_of, dream_up, hatch, concoct: (devise or invent) "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
  • (v) trump_up, concoct: (invent) "trump up charges"
concoction, Noun
  • (n) concoction, mixture, intermixture: (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients) "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
  • (n) concoction: (an occurrence of an unusual mixture) "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
  • (n) concoction: (the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose) "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
  • (n) confection, concoction: (the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components)
concomitant, Adjective
  • (s) attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent: (following or accompanying as a consequence) "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
concomitant, Noun
  • (n) accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence: (an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another)
concord, Verb
  • (v) agree, hold, concur, concord: (be in accord; be in agreement) "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
  • (v) concord: (arrange by concord or agreement) "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner"
  • (v) concord: (arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance) "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives"
  • (v) harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit_in, agree: (go together) "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
concordance, Noun
  • (n) concordance: (an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts)
  • (n) harmony, concord, concordance: (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)
  • (n) harmony, concord, concordance: (agreement of opinions)
concordant, Adjective
  • (s) accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant: (in keeping) "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background"
  • (s) concordant, concurring: (being of the same opinion)
concordat, Noun
  • (n) covenant, compact, concordat: (a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action)
concourse, Noun
  • (n) concourse: (a wide hallway in a building where people can walk)
  • (n) concourse, confluence: (a coming together of people)
  • (n) multitude, throng, concourse: (a large gathering of people)
concrete, Adjective
  • (a) concrete: (capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary) "concrete objects such as trees"
  • (s) concrete: (formed by the coalescence of particles)
concrete, Noun
  • (n) concrete: (a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water)
concrete, Verb
  • (v) concrete: (cover with cement) "concrete the walls"
  • (v) concrete: (form into a solid mass; coalesce)
concreteness, Noun
  • (n) concreteness: (the quality of being concrete (not abstract))
concretion, Noun
  • (n) calculus, concretion: (a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body) "renal calculi can be very painful"
  • (n) coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination: (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)
  • (n) compaction, compression, concretion, densification: (an increase in the density of something)
  • (n) concretion: (the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys))
concretise, Verb
  • (v) concretize, concretise: (become specific) "the idea concretized in her mind"
concretize, Verb
  • (v) concretize: (make something concrete)
  • (v) concretize, concretise: (become specific) "the idea concretized in her mind"
concubine, Noun
  • (n) concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour: (a woman who cohabits with an important man)
concupiscence, Noun
  • (n) sexual_desire, eros, concupiscence, physical_attraction: (a desire for sexual intimacy)
concupiscent, Adjective
  • (s) lustful, lusty, concupiscent: (vigorously passionate)
concur, Verb
  • (v) agree, hold, concur, concord: (be in accord; be in agreement) "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
  • (v) concur, coincide: (happen simultaneously) "The two events coincided"
concurrence, Noun
  • (n) concurrence, concurrency: (agreement of results or opinions)
  • (n) concurrence, concurrency: (acting together, as agents or circumstances or events)
  • (n) concurrence, meeting_of_minds: (a state of cooperation)
  • (n) concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence: (the temporal property of two things happening at the same time) "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
concurrency, Noun
  • (n) concurrence, concurrency: (agreement of results or opinions)
  • (n) concurrence, concurrency: (acting together, as agents or circumstances or events)
concurrent, Adjective
  • (s) coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous: (occurring or operating at the same time) "a series of coincident events"
concurring, Adjective
  • (s) concordant, concurring: (being of the same opinion)
concussion, Noun
  • (n) concussion: (injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness)
  • (n) concussion: (any violent blow)
condemn, Verb
  • (v) condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate: (express strong disapproval of) "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
  • (v) condemn: (declare or judge unfit for use or habitation) "The building was condemned by the inspector"
  • (v) condemn: (compel or force into a particular state or activity) "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
  • (v) condemn: (demonstrate the guilt of (someone)) "Her strange behavior condemned her"
  • (v) condemn: (appropriate (property) for public use) "the county condemned the land to build a highway"
  • (v) sentence, condemn, doom: (pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law) "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
condemnable, Adjective
  • (s) condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious: (bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure) "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
condemnation, Noun
  • (n) condemnation: ((law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building))
  • (n) condemnation: (the condition of being strongly disapproved of) "he deserved nothing but condemnation"
  • (n) conviction, judgment_of_conviction, condemnation, sentence: ((criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed) "the conviction came as no surprise"
  • (n) disapprobation, condemnation: (an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable) "his uncompromising condemnation of racism"
  • (n) execration, condemnation, curse: (an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group)
condemnatory, Adjective
  • (s) condemnatory, condemning: (containing or imposing condemnation or censure) "a condemnatory decree"
condemning, Adjective
  • (s) condemnatory, condemning: (containing or imposing condemnation or censure) "a condemnatory decree"
condensate, Noun
  • (n) condensate: (a product of condensation)
  • (n) condensation, condensate: (atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold)
condensation, Noun
  • (n) compression, condensation, contraction: (the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together) "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
  • (n) condensation: ((psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams)
  • (n) condensation: (the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state)
  • (n) condensation, condensate: (atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold)
  • (n) condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule: (a shortened version of a written work)
  • (n) condensing, condensation: (the act of increasing the density of something)
condense, Verb
  • (v) condense, distill, distil: (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops) "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
  • (v) condense: (remove water from) "condense the milk"
  • (v) condense: (cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid) "The cold air condensed the steam"
  • (v) condense: (become more compact or concentrated) "Her feelings condensed"
  • (v) condense: (develop due to condensation) "All our planets condensed out of the same material"
  • (v) condense, concentrate, contract: (compress or concentrate) "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
  • (v) digest, condense, concentrate: (make more concise) "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
condenser, Noun
  • (n) capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical_condenser: (an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge)
  • (n) condenser: (an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid)
  • (n) condenser: (a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat)
  • (n) condenser, optical_condenser: (lens used to concentrate light on an object)
condensing, Noun
  • (n) condensing, condensation: (the act of increasing the density of something)
condescend, Verb
  • (v) condescend: (behave in a patronizing and condescending manner)
  • (v) condescend, deign, descend: (do something that one considers to be below one's dignity)
  • (v) condescend, stoop, lower_oneself: (debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way) "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
  • (v) patronize, patronise, condescend: (treat condescendingly)
condescending, Adjective
  • (s) arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising: ((used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension)
condescendingness, Noun
  • (n) condescension, condescendingness: (affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank) "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable"
condescension, Noun
  • (n) condescension, superciliousness, disdainfulness: (the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior)
  • (n) condescension, disdain, patronage: (a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient)
  • (n) condescension, condescendingness: (affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank) "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable"
condiment, Noun
  • (n) condiment: (a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment) "mustard and ketchup are condiments"
condition, Noun
  • (n) circumstance, condition, consideration: (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision) "another consideration is the time it would take"
  • (n) condition, status: (a state at a particular time) "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
  • (n) condition, precondition, stipulation: (an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else)
  • (n) condition: (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing) "the human condition"
  • (n) condition, shape: (the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape'))
  • (n) condition: (an illness, disease, or other medical problem) "a heart condition"; "a skin condition"
  • (n) condition, term: ((usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement) "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
  • (n) condition, experimental_condition: (the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition)
condition, Verb
  • (v) condition: (establish a conditioned response)
  • (v) condition: (put into a better state) "he conditions old cars"
  • (v) condition: (apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny) "I condition my hair after washing it"
  • (v) discipline, train, check, condition: (develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control) "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
  • (v) stipulate, qualify, condition, specify: (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement) "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
conditional, Adjective
  • (a) conditional: (imposing or depending on or containing a condition) "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"
  • (s) conditional: (qualified by reservations)
conditioned, Adjective
  • (a) conditioned, learned: (established by conditioning or learning) "a conditioned response"
  • (s) conditioned, in_condition: (physically fit) "exercised daily to keep herself in condition"
conditioner, Noun
  • (n) conditioner: (exercise that conditions the body) "farm work can be a good conditioner"
  • (n) conditioner: (a trainer of athletes)
  • (n) conditioner: (a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer)
conditioning, Noun
  • (n) conditioning: (a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment)
conditions, Noun
  • (n) circumstance, condition, consideration: (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision) "another consideration is the time it would take"
  • (n) condition, status: (a state at a particular time) "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
  • (n) condition, precondition, stipulation: (an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else)
  • (n) condition: (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing) "the human condition"
  • (n) condition, shape: (the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape'))
  • (n) condition: (an illness, disease, or other medical problem) "a heart condition"; "a skin condition"
  • (n) condition, term: ((usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement) "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
  • (n) condition, experimental_condition: (the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition)
  • (n) conditions: (the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process) "there were wide variations in the conditions of observation"
  • (n) conditions: (the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare) "hazardous working conditions"; "harsh living conditions"
  • (n) weather, weather_condition, conditions, atmospheric_condition: (the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation) "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow"
condo, Noun
  • (n) condominium, condo: (one of the dwelling units in a condominium)
condolence, Noun
  • (n) condolence, commiseration: (an expression of sympathy with another's grief) "they sent their condolences"
condom, Noun
  • (n) condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic: (contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse)
condominium, Noun
  • (n) condominium, condo: (one of the dwelling units in a condominium)
  • (n) condominium: (housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned)
condone, Verb
  • (v) excuse, condone: (excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with) "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
conduce, Verb
  • (v) contribute, lead, conduce: (be conducive to) "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
conducive, Adjective
  • (s) conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary: (tending to bring about; being partly responsible for) "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
conduct, Noun
  • (n) behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings: (manner of acting or controlling yourself)
  • (n) demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment: ((behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people)
conduct, Verb
  • (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry: (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
  • (v) conduct, carry_on, deal: (direct the course of; manage or control) "You cannot conduct business like this"
  • (v) conduct, lead, direct: (lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years") "conduct an orchestra"
  • (v) conduct: (lead musicians in the performance of) "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"
  • (v) impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel: (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission) "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
  • (v) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide: (take somebody somewhere) "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
conductance, Noun
  • (n) conductance: (a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance)
conduction, Noun
  • (n) conduction, conductivity: (the transmission of heat or electricity or sound)
conductive, Adjective
  • (a) conductive: (having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity)
conductivity, Noun
  • (n) conduction, conductivity: (the transmission of heat or electricity or sound)
conductor, Noun
  • (n) conductor, music_director, director: (the person who leads a musical group)
  • (n) conductor: (a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat)
  • (n) conductor: (the person who collects fares on a public conveyance)
  • (n) conductor: (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)
conduit, Noun
  • (n) conduit: (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass) "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"
cone-bearing, Adjective
  • (s) coniferous, cone-bearing: (of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves)
cone-shaped, Adjective
  • (a) conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped: (relating to or resembling a cone) "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit"
cone, Noun
  • (n) cone: (any cone-shaped artifact)
  • (n) cone, conoid, cone_shape: (a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point)
  • (n) cone, strobilus, strobile: (cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts)
  • (n) cone, cone_cell, retinal_cone: (a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color)
cone, Verb
  • (v) cone: (make cone-shaped) "cone a tire"
conelike, Adjective
  • (a) conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped: (relating to or resembling a cone) "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit"
conessi, Noun
  • (n) ivory_tree, conessi, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena_pubescens, Holarrhena_antidysenterica: (tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea)
coney, Noun
  • (n) coney, Epinephelus_fulvus: (black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins)
  • (n) hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das: (any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes)
  • (n) pika, mouse_hare, rock_rabbit, coney, cony: (small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America)
  • (n) rabbit, coney, cony: (any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food)
confab, Noun
  • (n) chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose: (an informal conversation)
confab, Verb
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
  • (v) confer, confabulate, confab, consult: (have a conference in order to talk something over) "We conferred about a plan of action"
confabulate, Verb
  • (v) chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit: (talk socially without exchanging too much information) "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
  • (v) confabulate: (unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory)
  • (v) confer, confabulate, confab, consult: (have a conference in order to talk something over) "We conferred about a plan of action"
confabulation, Noun
  • (n) chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose: (an informal conversation)
  • (n) confabulation: ((psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered)
confect, Noun
  • (n) candy, confect: (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)
confect, Verb
  • (v) confect: (make or construct)
  • (v) confect, confection, comfit: (make into a confection) "This medicine is home-confected"
confection, Noun
  • (n) confection, concoction: (the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components)
  • (n) sweet, confection: (a food rich in sugar)
confection, Verb
  • (v) confect, confection, comfit: (make into a confection) "This medicine is home-confected"
confectionary, Noun
  • (n) confectionery, confectionary, candy_store: (a confectioner's shop)
confectioner, Noun
  • (n) confectioner, candymaker: (someone who makes candies and other sweets)
confectionery, Noun
  • (n) confectionery: (candy and other sweets considered collectively) "the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks"
  • (n) confectionery, confectionary, candy_store: (a confectioner's shop)
  • (n) confectionery: (the occupation and skills of a confectioner)
confederate, Verb
  • (v) band_together, confederate: (form a group or unite) "The groups banded together"
  • (v) confederate: (form a confederation with; of nations)
confederation, Noun
  • (n) alliance, confederation: (the state of being allied or confederated)
  • (n) confederation, confederacy, federation: (a union of political organizations)
  • (n) confederation, alliance: (the act of forming an alliance or confederation)
confederative, Adjective
  • (s) allied, confederate, confederative: (united in a confederacy or league)
confer, Verb
  • (v) confer, confabulate, confab, consult: (have a conference in order to talk something over) "We conferred about a plan of action"
  • (v) confer, bestow: (present) "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
conferee, Noun
  • (n) conferee: (a person on whom something is bestowed; the conferees were...") "six honorary were conferred"
  • (n) conferee: (a member of a conference)
conference, Noun
  • (n) conference: (a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda))
  • (n) conference, group_discussion: (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)
  • (n) league, conference: (an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members)
conferment, Noun
  • (n) bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment: (the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift)
conferral, Noun
  • (n) bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment: (the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift)
conferrer, Noun
  • (n) conferrer: (someone who converses or confers (as in a conference))
  • (n) donor, giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer: (person who makes a gift of property)
confess, Verb
  • (v) concede, profess, confess: (admit (to a wrongdoing)) "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  • (v) confess, squeal, fink: (confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure)
  • (v) confess: (confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith)
confession, Noun
  • (n) confession: (an admission of misdeeds or faults)
  • (n) confession: (a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party)
  • (n) confession: ((Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution)
  • (n) confession: (a public declaration of your faith)
  • (n) confession: (the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century))
confessional, Noun
  • (n) confessional: (a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions)
confetti, Noun
  • (n) confetti: (small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding))
confidant, Noun
  • (n) confidant, intimate: (someone to whom private matters are confided)
confide, Verb
  • (v) confide: (reveal in private; tell confidentially)
  • (v) entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit: (confer a trust upon) "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
confidence, Noun
  • (n) assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness: (freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities) "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
  • (n) confidence: (a feeling of trust (in someone or something)) "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"
  • (n) confidence: (a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable) "public confidence in the economy"
  • (n) confidence, trust: (a trustful relationship) "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
  • (n) confidence: (a secret that is confided or entrusted to another) "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"
confident, Adjective
  • (a) confident: (having or marked by confidence or assurance) "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"
  • (s) confident, surefooted, sure-footed: (not liable to error in judgment or action) "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman"; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani"
  • (s) convinced, positive, confident: (persuaded of; very sure) "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win"
confidential, Adjective
  • (s) confidential: (entrusted with private information and the confidence of another) "a confidential secretary"
  • (s) confidential, secret: ((of information) given in confidence or in secret) "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
  • (s) confidential: (denoting confidence or intimacy) "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"
  • (s) confidential: (the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified)
confidentiality, Noun
  • (n) confidentiality: (the state of being secret) "you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications"
  • (n) confidentiality: (discretion in keeping secret information)
configuration, Noun
  • (n) configuration, constellation: (an arrangement of parts or elements) "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
  • (n) shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation: (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)) "he could barely make out their shapes"
configure, Verb
  • (v) configure: (set up for a particular purpose) "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission"
configured, Adjective
  • (s) configured: (organized so as to give configuration to) "a magnet is surrounded by a configured field"
confine, Verb
  • (v) confine: (prevent from leaving or from being removed)
  • (v) confine, detain: (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
  • (v) enclose, hold_in, confine: (close in; darkness enclosed him")
  • (v) limit, circumscribe, confine: (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")
  • (v) restrain, confine, hold: (to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement) "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
  • (v) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle: (place limits on (extent or access)) "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
confined, Adjective
  • (s) captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed: (being in captivity)
  • (a) confined: (not invading healthy tissue)
  • (a) confined: (not free to move about)
confinement, Noun
  • (n) confinement: (the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them)
  • (n) confinement: (the state of being confined) "he was held in confinement"
  • (n) parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed: (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child) "she was in labor for six hours"
  • (n) restriction, confinement: (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)) "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"
confines, Noun
  • (n) confines: (a bounded scope) "he stayed within the confines of the city"
confining, Adjective
  • (s) close, confining: (crowded) "close quarters"
  • (s) confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting: (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
confirm, Verb
  • (v) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm: (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts) "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • (v) confirm, reassert: (strengthen or make more firm) "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
  • (v) confirm: (make more firm) "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
  • (v) confirm: (support a person for a position) "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
  • (v) confirm: (administer the rite of confirmation to) "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
confirmable, Adjective
  • (s) confirmable, verifiable, falsifiable: (capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation)
confirmation, Noun
  • (n) confirmation, verification, check, substantiation: (additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct) "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
  • (n) confirmation: (information that confirms or verifies)
  • (n) confirmation: (a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism)
  • (n) confirmation: (a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church)
  • (n) ratification, confirmation: (making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it) "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment"
confirmative, Adjective
  • (s) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying: (serving to support or corroborate) "collateral evidence"
confirmatory, Adjective
  • (s) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying: (serving to support or corroborate) "collateral evidence"
confirmed, Adjective
  • (a) confirmed: (having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation) "confirmed reservations"; "received confirmed reports of casualties"; "a confirmed Catholic"
  • (s) confirmed: (of persons; not subject to change) "a confirmed bachelor"; "a confirmed invalid"
confirming, Adjective
  • (s) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying: (serving to support or corroborate) "collateral evidence"
  • (a) positive, confirming: (indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen) "a positive pregnancy test"
confiscate, Adjective
  • (s) confiscate, forfeit, forfeited: (surrendered as a penalty)
confiscate, Verb
  • (v) impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize: (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority) "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
confiscation, Noun
  • (n) confiscation, arrogation: (seizure by the government)
conflagrate, Verb
  • (v) erupt, ignite, catch_fire, take_fire, combust, conflagrate: (start to burn or burst into flames) "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
  • (v) kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame: (cause to start burning) "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
conflagration, Noun
  • (n) conflagration, inferno: (a very intense and uncontrolled fire)
conflate, Verb
  • (v) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge: (mix together different elements) "The colors blend well"
conflict, Noun
  • (n) battle, conflict, fight, engagement: (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war) "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
  • (n) conflict, struggle, battle: (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)) "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
  • (n) conflict: (opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings) "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
  • (n) conflict: (a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests) "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
  • (n) conflict: (an incompatibility of dates or events) "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
  • (n) conflict: (opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)) "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
  • (n) dispute, difference, difference_of_opinion, conflict: (a disagreement or argument about something important) "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
conflict, Verb
  • (v) conflict: (be in conflict) "The two proposals conflict!"
  • (v) conflict, run_afoul, infringe, contravene: (go against, as of rules and laws) "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
conflicting, Adjective
  • (s) at_odds, conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory: (in disagreement) "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley"
  • (s) conflicting: (on bad terms) "they were usually at odds over politics"; "conflicting opinions"
confluence, Noun
  • (n) concourse, confluence: (a coming together of people)
  • (n) confluence, meeting: (a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)) "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
  • (n) confluence, conflux, merging: (a flowing together)
confluent, Adjective
  • (s) confluent, merging: (flowing together)
confluent, Noun
  • (n) feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent: (a branch that flows into the main stream)
conflux, Noun
  • (n) confluence, conflux, merging: (a flowing together)
conform, Verb
  • (v) adjust, conform, adapt: (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions) "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
  • (v) conform: (be similar, be in line with)
conformable, Adjective
  • (s) accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant: (in keeping) "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background"
  • (s) amenable, conformable: (disposed or willing to comply) "someone amenable to persuasion"
  • (s) conformable: (quick to comply) "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare"
conformance, Noun
  • (n) conformity, conformance: (correspondence in form or appearance)
conformation, Noun
  • (n) conformation: (a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing)
  • (n) conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance: (acting according to certain accepted standards) "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
  • (n) shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation: (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)) "he could barely make out their shapes"
conforming, Adjective
  • (s) conforming, conformist: (adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion))
conformism, Noun
  • (n) conformity, conformism: (orthodoxy in thoughts and belief)
conformist, Adjective
  • (s) conforming, conformist: (adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion))
  • (a) conformist: (marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles) "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"
conformist, Noun
  • (n) conformist: (someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters))
conformity, Noun
  • (n) accord, conformity, accordance: (concurrence of opinion) "we are in accord with your proposal"
  • (n) conformity, conformance: (correspondence in form or appearance)
  • (n) conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance: (acting according to certain accepted standards) "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"
  • (n) conformity, conformism: (orthodoxy in thoughts and belief)
  • (n) ossification, conformity: (hardened conventionality)
confound, Verb
  • (v) confuse, confound: (mistake one thing for another) "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
  • (v) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate: (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly) "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
confounded, Adjective
  • (s) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at_sea: (perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment) "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
confounding, Adjective
  • (s) confounding, contradictory: (that confounds or contradicts or confuses)
confrere, Noun
  • (n) colleague, confrere, fellow: (a person who is member of one's class or profession) "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
confront, Verb
  • (v) confront, face: (oppose, as in hostility or a competition) "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
  • (v) confront, face_up, face: (deal with (something unpleasant) head on) "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
  • (v) confront, face, present: (present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize) "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
  • (v) confront: (be face to face with) "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
confrontation, Noun
  • (n) confrontation: (a bold challenge)
  • (n) confrontation: (discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions)
  • (n) confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off: (a hostile disagreement face-to-face)
  • (n) confrontation, opposition: (the act of hostile groups opposing each other) "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
  • (n) confrontation: (a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison)
confusable, Adjective
  • (s) confusable, mistakable: (so similar as to be easily identified for another thing) "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"
confuse, Verb
  • (v) confuse, confound: (mistake one thing for another) "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
  • (v) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate: (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly) "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
  • (v) confuse, flurry, disconcert, put_off: (cause to feel embarrassment) "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
  • (v) confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate: (make unclear, indistinct, or blurred) "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
  • (v) jumble, confuse, mix_up: (assemble without order or sense) "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
confused, Adjective
  • (s) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at_sea: (perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment) "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
  • (s) broken, confused, disordered, upset: (thrown into a state of disarray or confusion) "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
  • (a) confused: (mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently) "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"
  • (s) confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected: (lacking orderly continuity) "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
  • (s) confused, disoriented, lost: (having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity) "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
confusedness, Noun
  • (n) confusion, mental_confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray: (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior) "a confusion of impressions"
confusing, Adjective
  • (s) confusing: (causing confusion or disorientation) "a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child"
  • (s) confusing, perplexing, puzzling: (lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity) "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"
confusion, Noun
  • (n) confusion: (disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably) "the army retreated in confusion"
  • (n) confusion, mental_confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray: (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior) "a confusion of impressions"
  • (n) confusion, discombobulation: (a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused)
  • (n) confusion: (an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended) "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
  • (n) confusion, mix-up: (a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another) "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
confutable, Adjective
  • (s) questionable, refutable, confutable, confutative: (able to be refuted)
confutative, Adjective
  • (s) questionable, refutable, confutable, confutative: (able to be refuted)
confute, Verb
  • (v) disprove, confute: (prove to be false) "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
confuter, Noun
  • (n) rebutter, disprover, refuter, confuter: (a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument)
conga, Noun
  • (n) conga: (music composed for dancing the conga)
  • (n) conga: (a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file)
conga, Verb
  • (v) conga: (dance the conga)
conge, Noun
  • (n) conge, congee: ((architecture) a concave molding)
  • (n) conge, congee: (formal permission to depart) "he gave me his conge"
  • (n) conge, congee: (an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal)
conge, Verb
  • (v) congee, conge: (perform a ceremonious bow)
congeal, Verb
  • (v) jell, set, congeal: (become gelatinous) "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"
congealed, Adjective
  • (s) congealed, jelled, jellied: (congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling) "in Georgia they serve congealed salads"
congealment, Noun
  • (n) congealment, congelation: (the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing)
congee, Noun
  • (n) conge, congee: ((architecture) a concave molding)
  • (n) conge, congee: (formal permission to depart) "he gave me his conge"
  • (n) conge, congee: (an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal)
  • (n) congee, jook: (a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast)
congee, Verb
  • (v) congee: (depart after obtaining formal permission) "He has congeed with the King"
  • (v) congee, conge: (perform a ceremonious bow)
congelation, Noun
  • (n) congealment, congelation: (the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing)
congenator, Noun
  • (n) relative, congener, congenator, congeneric: (an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus))
congener, Noun
  • (n) congener: (a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character)
  • (n) congener: (a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another) "lard was also used, though its congener, butter, was more frequently employed"; "the American shopkeeper differs from his European congener"
  • (n) relative, congener, congenator, congeneric: (an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus))
congeneric, Adjective
  • (a) congeneric, congenerical, congenerous: (belonging to the same genus)
congeneric, Noun
  • (n) relative, congener, congenator, congeneric: (an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus))
congenerical, Adjective
  • (a) congeneric, congenerical, congenerous: (belonging to the same genus)
congenerous, Adjective
  • (a) congeneric, congenerical, congenerous: (belonging to the same genus)
congenial, Adjective
  • (a) congenial: (suitable to your needs) "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock"
  • (s) congenial: ((used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted)
congeniality, Noun
  • (n) congeniality: (a congenial disposition)
  • (n) congenialness, congeniality: (compatibility between persons)
congenialness, Noun
  • (n) congenialness, congeniality: (compatibility between persons)
congenital, Adjective
  • (s) congenital, inborn, innate: (present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development)
congeries, Noun
  • (n) aggregate, congeries, conglomeration: (a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together)
congest, Verb
  • (v) clog, choke_off, clog_up, back_up, congest, choke, foul: (become or cause to become obstructed) "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
congested, Adjective
  • (s) congested, engorged: (overfull as with blood)
congestion, Noun
  • (n) congestion: (excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part)
  • (n) congestion, over-crowding: (excessive crowding) "traffic congestion"
congestive, Adjective
  • (a) congestive: (relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid) "congestive heart disease"
congius, Noun
  • (n) gallon, Imperial_gallon, congius: (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters)
conglobate, Verb
  • (v) conglobate, conglobe: (assume a globular shape)
conglobation, Noun
  • (n) conglomeration, conglobation: (a rounded spherical form)
  • (n) conglomeration, conglobation: (an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass)
conglobe, Verb
  • (v) conglobate, conglobe: (assume a globular shape)
conglomerate, Adjective
  • (s) conglomerate: (composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass) "the conglomerate peoples of New England"
conglomerate, Noun
  • (n) conglomerate, empire: (a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization)
  • (n) pudding_stone, conglomerate: (a composite rock made up of particles of varying size)
conglomerate, Verb
  • (v) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile_up, gather, amass: (collect or gather) "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
conglomeration, Noun
  • (n) aggregate, congeries, conglomeration: (a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together)
  • (n) conglomeration, conglobation: (a rounded spherical form)
  • (n) conglomeration, conglobation: (an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass)
conglutinate, Verb
  • (v) coapt, conglutinate: (cause to adhere) "The wounds were coapted"
  • (v) conglutinate: (stick together) "the edges of the wound conglutinated"
conglutination, Noun
  • (n) coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination: (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)
  • (n) union, conglutination: (healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones)
congou, Noun
  • (n) congou, congo, congou_tea, English_breakfast_tea: (black tea grown in China)
congratulate, Verb
  • (v) compliment, congratulate: (say something to someone that expresses praise) "He complimented her on her last physics paper"
  • (v) congratulate, felicitate: (express congratulations)
  • (v) preen, congratulate: (pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement)
  • (v) pride, plume, congratulate: (be proud of) "He prides himself on making it into law school"
congratulation, Noun
  • (n) congratulation, felicitation: (the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration)
  • (n) congratulation, felicitation: ((usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another) "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage"
congratulations, Noun
  • (n) congratulation, felicitation: (the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration)
  • (n) congratulation, felicitation: ((usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another) "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage"
  • (n) praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment: (an expression of approval and commendation) "he always appreciated praise for his work"
congratulatory, Adjective
  • (s) congratulatory, gratulatory: (expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune) "a congratulatory telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address"
congregant, Noun
  • (n) congregant: (a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue))
congregate, Verb
  • (v) congregate: (come together, usually for a purpose) "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"
congregating, Noun
  • (n) congregation, congregating: (the act of congregating)
congregation, Noun
  • (n) congregation, fold, faithful: (a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church)
  • (n) congregation: (an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together) "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"
  • (n) congregation, congregating: (the act of congregating)
congressional, Adjective
  • (a) congressional: (of or relating to congress) "congressional hearing"
congressman, Noun
  • (n) congressman, congresswoman, representative: (a member of the United States House of Representatives)
congresswoman, Noun
  • (n) congressman, congresswoman, representative: (a member of the United States House of Representatives)
congruence, Noun
  • (n) congruity, congruousness, congruence: (the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate)
congruent, Adjective
  • (a) congruent: (coinciding when superimposed)
  • (a) congruous, congruent: (corresponding in character or kind)
congruity, Noun
  • (n) congruity, congruousness, congruence: (the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate)
congruous, Adjective
  • (a) congruous, congruent: (corresponding in character or kind)
  • (s) congruous: (suitable or appropriate together)
congruousness, Noun
  • (n) congruity, congruousness, congruence: (the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate)
conic, Adjective
  • (a) conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped: (relating to or resembling a cone) "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit"
conic, Noun
  • (n) conic_section, conic: ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)
conical, Adjective
  • (a) conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped: (relating to or resembling a cone) "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit"
conidiospore, Noun
  • (n) conidium, conidiospore: (an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore)
conidium, Noun
  • (n) conidium, conidiospore: (an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore)
conifer, Noun
  • (n) conifer, coniferous_tree: (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
coniferous, Adjective
  • (s) coniferous, cone-bearing: (of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves)
conjectural, Adjective
  • (s) conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious: (based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence) "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"
conjecture, Noun
  • (n) conjecture: (reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence)
  • (n) guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis: (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)
  • (n) speculation, conjecture: (a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)) "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
conjecture, Verb
  • (v) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose: (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds) "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
conjoin, Verb
  • (v) join, conjoin: (make contact or come together) "The two roads join here"
  • (v) marry, get_married, wed, conjoin, hook_up_with, get_hitched_with, espouse: (take in marriage)
conjoined, Adjective
  • (s) conjoined, conjoint: (consisting of two or more associated entities) "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank"
conjoint, Adjective
  • (s) conjoined, conjoint: (consisting of two or more associated entities) "the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors"; "social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government"- J.K.Fairbank"
conjugal, Adjective
  • (a) conjugal, connubial: (of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband) "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits"
conjugate, Adjective
  • (s) conjugate, conjugated, coupled: (joined together especially in a pair or pairs)
  • (s) conjugate: ((of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets)
  • (s) conjugate, conjugated: (formed by the union of two compounds) "a conjugated protein"
  • (s) conjugate, conjugated: (of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond)
conjugate, Noun
  • (n) conjugate_solution, conjugate: (a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A)
conjugate, Verb
  • (v) conjugate: (unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds)
  • (v) conjugate: (add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.) "conjugate the verb"
  • (v) conjugate: (undergo conjugation)
conjugated, Adjective
  • (s) conjugate, conjugated, coupled: (joined together especially in a pair or pairs)
  • (s) conjugate, conjugated: (formed by the union of two compounds) "a conjugated protein"
  • (s) conjugate, conjugated: (of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond)
conjugation, Noun
  • (n) conjugation: (the inflection of verbs)
  • (n) conjugation: (the complete set of inflected forms of a verb)
  • (n) conjugation: (a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms)
  • (n) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual_union: (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes) "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
  • (n) junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation: (the state of being joined together)
  • (n) union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure: (the act of making or becoming a single unit) "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
conjunct, Adjective
  • (s) concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative: (involving the joint activity of two or more) "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"
  • (a) conjunct: (progressing melodically by intervals of a second) "conjunct motion of an ascending scale"
  • (s) conjunct: (bound in close association) "conjunct influences"; "conjunct ideas"
conjunction, Noun
  • (n) concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence: (the temporal property of two things happening at the same time) "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"
  • (n) conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative: (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)
  • (n) conjunction: (the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction)
  • (n) conjunction, alignment: ((astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac)
  • (n) junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation: (the state of being joined together)
  • (n) junction, conjunction: (something that joins or connects)
conjunctive, Adjective
  • (s) concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative: (involving the joint activity of two or more) "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"
  • (a) conjunctive: (serving or tending to connect)
conjunctive, Noun
  • (n) conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative: (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)
conjunctivitis, Noun
  • (n) conjunctivitis, pinkeye: (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye)
conjuration, Noun
  • (n) conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation: (calling up a spirit or devil)
  • (n) incantation, conjuration: (a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect)
  • (n) magic_trick, conjuring_trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception: (an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers)
conjure, Verb
  • (v) bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure: (ask for or request earnestly) "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
  • (v) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate: (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together) "They conspired to overthrow the government"
  • (v) raise, conjure, conjure_up, invoke, evoke, stir, call_down, arouse, bring_up, put_forward, call_forth: (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic) "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
conjurer, Noun
  • (n) conjurer, conjuror, conjure_man: (a witch doctor who practices conjury)
  • (n) magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist: (someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience)
conjuring, Noun
  • (n) conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation: (calling up a spirit or devil)
conjuror, Noun
  • (n) conjurer, conjuror, conjure_man: (a witch doctor who practices conjury)
  • (n) magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist: (someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience)
conjury, Noun
  • (n) conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation: (calling up a spirit or devil)
conk, Noun
  • (n) conk: (informal term for the nose)
conk, Verb
  • (v) conk: (hit, especially on the head) "The stranger conked him and he fainted"
  • (v) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass_away, expire, pass, kick_the_bucket, cash_in_one's_chips, buy_the_farm, conk, give-up_the_ghost, drop_dead, pop_off, choke, croak, snuff_it: (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life) "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
  • (v) faint, conk, swoon, pass_out: (pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain)
  • (v) stall, conk: (come to a stop) "The car stalled in the driveway"
conker, Noun
  • (n) buckeye, horse_chestnut, conker: (the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut)
connate, Adjective
  • (a) connate: (of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united) "a connate tomato flower"
  • (s) connate, cognate: (related in nature) "connate qualities"
connatural, Adjective
  • (s) connatural: (similar in nature) "and mix with our connatural dust"- John Milton"
  • (s) connatural, inborn, inbred: (normally existing at birth) "mankind's connatural sense of the good"
connect, Verb
  • (v) associate, tie_in, relate, link, colligate, link_up, connect: (make a logical or causal connection) "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
  • (v) connect, link, tie, link_up: (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces) "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
  • (v) connect, link, link_up, join, unite: (be or become joined or united or linked) "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
  • (v) connect: (join by means of communication equipment) "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area"
  • (v) connect: (land on or hit solidly) "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out"
  • (v) connect: (join for the purpose of communication) "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?"
  • (v) connect: (be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation) "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours"
  • (v) connect: (establish a rapport or relationship) "The President of this university really connects with the faculty"
  • (v) connect: (hit or play a ball successfully) "The batter connected for a home run"
  • (v) get_in_touch, touch_base, connect: (establish communication with someone) "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?"
  • (v) plug_in, plug_into, connect: (plug into an outlet) "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight"
connected, Adjective
  • (s) affiliated, attached, connected: (being joined in close association) "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities"
  • (a) connected: (joined or linked together)
  • (s) connected: (wired together to an alarm system) "all the window alarms are connected"
  • (s) connected: (plugged in) "first check to see whether the appliance is connected"
  • (s) machine-accessible, connected: (stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer)
connectedness, Noun
  • (n) connection, connexion, connectedness: (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)) "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
  • (n) connection, link, connectedness: (the state of being connected) "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
connecter, Noun
  • (n) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective: (an instrumentality that connects) "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
connection, Noun
  • (n) association, connection, connexion: (the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination) "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
  • (n) connection, connexion, connectedness: (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)) "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
  • (n) connection, link, connectedness: (the state of being connected) "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
  • (n) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective: (an instrumentality that connects) "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
  • (n) connection: ((usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)) "he has powerful connections"
  • (n) connection, connexion, link: (a connecting shape)
  • (n) connection: (a supplier (especially of narcotics))
  • (n) connection, connexion: (shifting from one form of transportation to another) "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
  • (n) joining, connection, connexion: (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)) "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
connective, Adjective
  • (s) connective: (connecting or tending to connect) "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants"
connective, Noun
  • (n) conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative: (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)
  • (n) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective: (an instrumentality that connects) "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
connectivity, Noun
  • (n) connectivity: (the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections)
connector, Noun
  • (n) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective: (an instrumentality that connects) "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
connexion, Noun
  • (n) association, connection, connexion: (the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination) "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
  • (n) connection, connexion, connectedness: (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)) "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
  • (n) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective: (an instrumentality that connects) "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
  • (n) connection, connexion, link: (a connecting shape)
  • (n) connection, connexion: (shifting from one form of transportation to another) "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
  • (n) joining, connection, connexion: (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)) "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
conniption, Noun
  • (n) fit, tantrum, scene, conniption: (a display of bad temper) "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
connivance, Noun
  • (n) connivance, collusion: (agreement on a secret plot)
  • (n) connivance, secret_approval, tacit_consent: ((law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing)
connive, Verb
  • (v) connive: (encourage or assent to illegally or criminally)
  • (v) scheme, intrigue, connive: (form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner)
conniving, Adjective
  • (s) calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd: (used of persons) "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
  • (s) collusive, conniving: (acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end)
connoisseur, Noun
  • (n) connoisseur, cognoscente: (an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts)
connoisseurship, Noun
  • (n) virtu, vertu, connoisseurship: (love of or taste for fine objects of art)
connotation, Noun
  • (n) connotation: (an idea that is implied or suggested)
  • (n) intension, connotation: (what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression)
connotative, Adjective
  • (a) connotative: (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)
connote, Verb
  • (v) connote, predicate: (involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic) "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
  • (v) imply, connote: (express or state indirectly)
connubial, Adjective
  • (a) conjugal, connubial: (of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband) "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits"
conoid, Noun
  • (n) cone, conoid, cone_shape: (a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point)
conquer, Verb
  • (v) appropriate, capture, seize, conquer: (take possession of by force, as after an invasion) "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
  • (v) conquer: (overcome by conquest) "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"
  • (v) suppress, stamp_down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb: (to put down by force or authority) "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
conquerable, Adjective
  • (a) conquerable: (subject to being conquered or overcome) "knew her fears were ultimately conquerable"
  • (s) conquerable, superable: (capable of being surmounted or excelled)
conquering, Noun
  • (n) conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation: (the act of conquering)
conqueror, Noun
  • (n) conqueror, vanquisher: (someone who is victorious by force of arms)
conquest, Noun
  • (n) conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation: (the act of conquering)
  • (n) conquest: (success in mastering something difficult) "the conquest of space"
  • (n) seduction, conquest: (an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone)
consanguine, Adjective
  • (s) akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin: (related by blood)
consanguineal, Adjective
  • (s) akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin: (related by blood)
consanguineous, Adjective
  • (s) akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin: (related by blood)
consanguinity, Noun
  • (n) consanguinity, blood_kinship, cognation: ((anthropology) related by blood)
conscience, Noun
  • (n) conscience, scruples, moral_sense, sense_of_right_and_wrong: (motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions)
  • (n) conscience: (conformity to one's own sense of right conduct) "a person of unflagging conscience"
  • (n) conscience: (a feeling of shame when you do something immoral) "he has no conscience about his cruelty"
conscienceless, Adjective
  • (s) conscienceless, unconscionable: (lacking a conscience) "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar"
conscientious, Adjective
  • (a) conscientious: (guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong) "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice"
  • (s) conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous: (characterized by extreme care and great effort) "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
conscientiousness, Noun
  • (n) conscientiousness: (the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience)
  • (n) conscientiousness, painstakingness: (the trait of being painstaking and careful)
conscious, Adjective
  • (a) conscious: (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts) "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"
  • (s) conscious, witting: (intentionally conceived) "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"
  • (s) conscious: ((followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something) "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy"
consciousness, Noun
  • (n) awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness: (having knowledge of) "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
  • (n) consciousness: (an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation) "he lost consciousness"
conscript, Noun
  • (n) draftee, conscript, inductee: (someone who is drafted into military service)
conscript, Verb
  • (v) conscript: (enroll into service compulsorily) "The men were conscripted"
conscription, Noun
  • (n) conscription, muster, draft, selective_service: (compulsory military service)
consecrate, Adjective
  • (a) consecrated, consecrate, dedicated: (solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose) "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
consecrate, Verb
  • (v) consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify: (render holy by means of religious rites)
  • (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote: (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • (v) ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order: (appoint to a clerical posts) "he was ordained in the Church"
  • (v) vow, consecrate: (dedicate to a deity by a vow)
consecrated, Adjective
  • (a) consecrated, consecrate, dedicated: (solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose) "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
  • (s) consecrated, sacred, sanctified: (made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use) "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine"
consecration, Noun
  • (n) consecration: (a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)) "his consecration to study"
  • (n) consecration: ((religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God) "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"
consecutive, Adjective
  • (s) back-to-back, consecutive: (one after the other) "back-to-back home runs"
  • (s) consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive: (in regular succession without gaps) "serial concerts"
  • (s) straight, consecutive: (successive (without a break)) "sick for five straight days"
consensual, Adjective
  • (s) consensual: (existing by consent) "a consensual contract"
consensus, Noun
  • (n) consensus: (agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole) "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"
consent, Noun
  • (n) consent: (permission to do something) "he indicated his consent"
consent, Verb
  • (v) accept, consent, go_for: (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to) "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
consentaneous, Adjective
  • (s) consentaneous, consentient, unanimous: (in complete agreement) "a unanimous decision"
consentient, Adjective
  • (s) consentaneous, consentient, unanimous: (in complete agreement) "a unanimous decision"
consequence, Noun
  • (n) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot: (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon) "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
  • (n) consequence, aftermath: (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)
  • (n) consequence, import, moment: (having important effects or influence) "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
consequent, Adjective
  • (s) attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent: (following or accompanying as a consequence) "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
consequential, Adjective
  • (s) consequential, eventful: (having important issues or results) "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"
conservation, Noun
  • (n) conservation, preservation: (an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change)
  • (n) conservation: (the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources)
  • (n) conservation: ((physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations)
conservationist, Noun
  • (n) environmentalist, conservationist: (someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution)
conservatism, Noun
  • (n) conservatism, conservativism: (a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes)
conservative, Adjective
  • (s) bourgeois, conservative, materialistic: (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class) "a bourgeois mentality"
  • (s) button-down, buttoned-down, conservative: (unimaginatively conventional) "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek"
  • (s) cautious, conservative: (avoiding excess) "a conservative estimate"
  • (a) conservative: (resistant to change)
  • (s) conservative: (having social or political views favoring conservatism)
conservativism, Noun
  • (n) conservatism, conservativism: (a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes)
conservativist, Noun
  • (n) conservative, conservativist: (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
conservatoire, Noun
  • (n) conservatory, conservatoire: (a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts)
conservator, Noun
  • (n) conservator: (someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person)
  • (n) curator, conservator: (the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library))
conservatory, Noun
  • (n) conservatory: (the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts)
  • (n) conservatory, conservatoire: (a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts)
  • (n) conservatory, hothouse, indoor_garden: (a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner)
conserve, Noun
  • (n) conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves: (fruit preserved by cooking with sugar)
conserve, Verb
  • (v) conserve: (keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change) "Energy is conserved in this process"
  • (v) conserve, preserve, maintain, keep_up: (keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction) "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
  • (v) conserve, husband, economize, economise: (use cautiously and frugally) "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
  • (v) conserve: (preserve with sugar) "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
conserves, Noun
  • (n) conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves: (fruit preserved by cooking with sugar)
consider, Verb
  • (v) consider, take, deal, look_at: (take into consideration for exemplifying purposes) "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
  • (v) consider, count, weigh: (show consideration for; take into account) "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
  • (v) consider, debate, moot, turn_over, deliberate: (think about carefully; weigh) "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
  • (v) consider: (regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem) "Please consider your family"
  • (v) regard, consider: (look at attentively)
  • (v) see, consider, reckon, view, regard: (deem to be) "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
  • (v) study, consider: (give careful consideration to) "consider the possibility of moving"
  • (v) think, believe, consider, conceive: (judge or regard; look upon; judge) "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
  • (v) view, consider, look_at: (look at carefully; study mentally) "view a problem"
considerable, Adjective
  • (a) considerable: (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree) "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"
considerate, Adjective
  • (a) considerate: (showing concern for the rights and feelings of others) "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"
considerateness, Noun
  • (n) consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness: (kind and considerate regard for others) "he showed no consideration for her feelings"
consideration, Noun
  • (n) circumstance, condition, consideration: (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision) "another consideration is the time it would take"
  • (n) consideration: (the process of giving careful thought to something)
  • (n) consideration: (a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)) "consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour"
  • (n) consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness: (kind and considerate regard for others) "he showed no consideration for her feelings"
  • (n) consideration, thoughtfulness: (a considerate and thoughtful act)
  • (n) retainer, consideration: (a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone)
consign, Verb
  • (v) consign: (commit forever; commit irrevocably)
  • (v) consign, charge: (give over to another for care or safekeeping) "consign your baggage"
  • (v) consign: (send to an address)
consignee, Noun
  • (n) consignee: (the person to whom merchandise is delivered over)
consigner, Noun
  • (n) consigner, consignor: (the person who delivers over or commits merchandise)
consignment, Noun
  • (n) cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment: (goods carried by a large vehicle)
  • (n) commitment, committal, consignment: (the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital))
  • (n) consignment: (the delivery of goods for sale or disposal)
consignor, Noun
  • (n) consigner, consignor: (the person who delivers over or commits merchandise)
consist, Verb
  • (v) consist: (have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in) "The payment consists in food"; "What does love consist in?"
  • (v) consist: (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous) "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end"
  • (v) consist, comprise: (be composed of) "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"
  • (v) dwell, consist, lie, lie_in: (originate (in)) "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
consistence, Noun
  • (n) consistency, consistence, eubstance, body: (the property of holding together and retaining its shape) "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
  • (n) consistency, consistence: (a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts)
consistency, Noun
  • (n) consistency, consistence, eubstance, body: (the property of holding together and retaining its shape) "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
  • (n) consistency, consistence: (a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts)
  • (n) consistency: (logical coherence and accordance with the facts) "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
  • (n) consistency: ((logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another)
consistent, Adjective
  • (a) coherent, consistent, logical, ordered: (marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts) "a coherent argument"
  • (a) consistent: ((sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable) "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR"
  • (s) consistent, uniform: (the same throughout in structure or composition) "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product"
  • (a) reproducible, consistent: (capable of being reproduced) "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained"
consociate, Verb
  • (v) consociate, associate: (bring or come into association or action) "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
consolable, Adjective
  • (a) consolable: (able to be consoled)
consolation, Noun
  • (n) consolation, solace, solacement: (the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment) "second place was no consolation to him"
  • (n) consolation, comfort, solace: (the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction) "his presence was a consolation to her"
consolatory, Adjective
  • (s) comforting, consolatory, consoling: (affording comfort or solace)
console, Noun
  • (n) cabinet, console: (housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television)
  • (n) console: (a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system))
  • (n) console: (an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)) "the bust of Napoleon stood on a console"
  • (n) console_table, console: (a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall)
console, Verb
  • (v) comfort, soothe, console, solace: (give moral or emotional strength to)
consolidate, Verb
  • (v) consolidate: (unite into one) "The companies consolidated"
  • (v) consolidate: (make firm or secure; strengthen) "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
  • (v) consolidate: (bring together into a single whole or system) "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
  • (v) consolidate: (form into a solid mass or whole) "The mud had consolidated overnight"
  • (v) consolidate: (make or form into a solid or hardened mass) "consolidate fibers into boards"
consolidated, Adjective
  • (s) amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused: (joined together into a whole) "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"
  • (s) consolidated: (forming a solid mass)
consolidation, Noun
  • (n) consolidation: (combining into a solid mass)
  • (n) consolidation, integration: (the act of combining into an integral whole) "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"
  • (n) consolidation: (something that has consolidated into a compact mass) "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath"
consolidative, Adjective
  • (s) consolidative, unifying: (combining into a single unit)
  • (s) consolidative, integrative: (tending to consolidate)
consoling, Adjective
  • (s) comforting, consolatory, consoling: (affording comfort or solace)
consonance, Noun
  • (n) consonance, consonant_rhyme: (the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words)
  • (n) consonance, harmoniousness: (the property of sounding harmonious)
consonant, Adjective
  • (s) accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant: (in keeping) "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background"
  • (s) consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised: (involving or characterized by harmony)
consonant, Noun
  • (n) consonant: (a speech sound that is not a vowel)
  • (n) consonant: (a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant)
consonantal, Adjective
  • (a) consonantal: (being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant) "consonantal sounds"; "a consonantal Hebrew text"; "consonantal alliteration"; "a consonantal cluster"
  • (a) consonantal: (relating to or having the nature of a consonant)
consort, Noun
  • (n) choir, consort: (a family of similar musical instrument playing together)
  • (n) consort: (the husband or wife of a reigning monarch)
consort, Verb
  • (v) consort, associate, affiliate, assort: (keep company with; hang out with) "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
  • (v) harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit_in, agree: (go together) "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
  • (v) run, consort: (keep company) "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring"
consortium, Noun
  • (n) consortium, pool, syndicate: (an association of companies for some definite purpose)
conspicuous, Adjective
  • (s) blatant, blazing, conspicuous: (without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious) "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"
  • (a) conspicuous: (obvious to the eye or mind) "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"
conspicuousness, Noun
  • (n) conspicuousness: (the state of being conspicuous)
  • (n) conspicuousness: (high visibility)
conspiracy, Noun
  • (n) conspiracy, confederacy: (a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act)
  • (n) conspiracy, cabal: (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
  • (n) conspiracy, confederacy: (a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)
conspirative, Adjective
  • (a) conspiratorial, conspirative: (relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators) "a conspiratorial whisper"; "the discovery of possible conspirative codes"
conspirator, Noun
  • (n) conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator: (a member of a conspiracy)
conspiratorial, Adjective
  • (a) conspiratorial, conspirative: (relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators) "a conspiratorial whisper"; "the discovery of possible conspirative codes"
conspire, Verb
  • (v) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate: (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together) "They conspired to overthrow the government"
  • (v) conspire, collude: (act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose) "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall"
constabulary, Noun
  • (n) police, police_force, constabulary, law: (the force of policemen and officers) "the law came looking for him"
constancy, Noun
  • (n) constancy, stability: (the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation) "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"
  • (n) constancy, perceptual_constancy: ((psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation)
  • (n) constancy: (faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity))
constant, Adjective
  • (s) ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting: (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing) "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
  • (s) changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying: (unvarying in nature) "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity"
  • (a) constant: (steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection) "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"
constant, Noun
  • (n) constant, constant_quantity, invariable: (a quantity that does not vary)
  • (n) constant: (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context) "the velocity of light is a constant"
constantan, Noun
  • (n) constantan, Eureka: (an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire)
constellate, Verb
  • (v) cluster, constellate, flock, clump: (come together as in a cluster or flock) "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
  • (v) constellate: (form a constellation or cluster)
  • (v) dot, stud, constellate: (scatter or intersperse like dots or studs) "Hills constellated with lights"
constellation, Noun
  • (n) configuration, constellation: (an arrangement of parts or elements) "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
  • (n) constellation: (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
consternation, Noun
  • (n) alarm, dismay, consternation: (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)
constipate, Verb
  • (v) clog, constipate: (impede with a clog or as if with a clog) "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
  • (v) constipate, bind: (cause to be constipated) "These foods tend to constipate you"
constipated, Adjective
  • (a) constipated: (have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels)
constipation, Noun
  • (n) constipation, irregularity: (irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis)
  • (n) stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening: (the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine))
constituency, Noun
  • (n) constituency: (the body of voters who elect a representative for their area)
constituent, Adjective
  • (s) constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic: (constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup))
constituent, Noun
  • (n) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient: (an abstract part of something) "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
  • (n) component, constituent, element: (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system) "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
  • (n) constituent: (a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes) "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
  • (n) constituent, grammatical_constituent: ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction)
  • (n) part, portion, component_part, component, constituent: (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
constitute, Verb
  • (v) appoint, name, nominate, constitute: (create and charge with a task or function) "nominate a committee"
  • (v) constitute, represent, make_up, comprise, be: (form or compose) "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
  • (v) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute: (set up or lay the groundwork for) "establish a new department"
  • (v) form, constitute, make: (to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting") "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
constituted, Adjective
  • (a) established, constituted: (brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established) "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"
constitutional, Adjective
  • (s) built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral: (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic) "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
  • (s) constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic: (constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup))
  • (a) constitutional: (of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup) "constitutional walk"
  • (a) constitutional: (sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government) "the constitutional right of free speech"; "constitutional government"; "constitutional guarantees"
constitutional, Noun
  • (n) constitutional: (a regular walk taken as a form of exercise)
constitutionalise, Verb
  • (v) constitutionalize, constitutionalise: (incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional) "A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's"
constitutionalize, Verb
  • (v) constitutionalize: (provide with a constitution, as of a country) "The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century"
  • (v) constitutionalize: (take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal) "A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize"
  • (v) constitutionalize, constitutionalise: (incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional) "A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's"
constitutive, Adjective
  • (s) constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic: (constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup))
constrain, Verb
  • (v) restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain: (hold back)
  • (v) stiffen, tighten, tighten_up, constrain: (restrict) "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
constrained, Adjective
  • (s) constrained, forced, strained: (lacking spontaneity; not natural) "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
constraining, Adjective
  • (s) confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting: (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
constraint, Noun
  • (n) constraint, restraint: (the state of being physically constrained) "dogs should be kept under restraint"
  • (n) constraint: (the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others)
  • (n) restraint, constraint: (a device that retards something's motion) "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
constrict, Verb
  • (v) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press: (squeeze or press together) "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  • (v) constrict, constringe, narrow: (become tight or as if tight) "Her throat constricted"
constricted, Adjective
  • (a) constricted: (drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically) "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"
  • (s) constricted: (especially tense; especially in some dialects)
constricting, Adjective
  • (s) constricting, constrictive, narrowing: ((of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom)
constriction, Noun
  • (n) constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint: (a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel)
  • (n) constriction, coarctation: (tight or narrow compression)
  • (n) constriction, tightness: (a tight feeling in some part of the body) "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"
  • (n) constriction: (the action or process of compressing)
constrictive, Adjective
  • (s) confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting: (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
  • (s) constricting, constrictive, narrowing: ((of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom)
constringe, Verb
  • (v) constrict, constringe, narrow: (become tight or as if tight) "Her throat constricted"
construct, Noun
  • (n) concept, conception, construct: (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
construct, Verb
  • (v) construct, build, make: (make by combining materials and parts) "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
  • (v) construct: (draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions) "construct an equilateral triangle"
  • (v) construct: (create by linking linguistic units) "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
  • (v) construct: (create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts) "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
  • (v) manufacture, fabricate, construct: (put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal") "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"
  • (v) reconstruct, construct, retrace: (reassemble mentally) "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
construction, Noun
  • (n) construction, building: (the act of constructing something) "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
  • (n) construction, grammatical_construction, expression: (a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit) "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
  • (n) construction, mental_synthesis: (the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)
  • (n) construction: (drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem) "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
  • (n) construction, twist: (an interpretation of a text or action) "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
  • (n) construction, building: (the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones) "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
  • (n) structure, construction: (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts) "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
constructive-metabolic, Adjective
  • (s) constructive-metabolic, energy-storing: (of or relating to anabolism)
constructive, Adjective
  • (a) constructive: (constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development) "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
  • (s) constructive: (emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good) "constructive criticism"
constructiveness, Noun
  • (n) constructiveness: (the quality of serving to build or improve)
constructor, Noun
  • (n) builder, constructor: (someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building))
construe, Verb
  • (v) interpret, construe, see: (make sense of; assign a meaning to) "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
consuetudinal, Noun
  • (n) consuetudinary, consuetudinal: (a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order))
consuetudinary, Noun
  • (n) consuetudinary, consuetudinal: (a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order))
consul, Noun
  • (n) consul: (a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country)
consular, Adjective
  • (a) consular: (having to do with a consul or his office or duties)
consulate, Noun
  • (n) consulate: (diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul)
consult, Verb
  • (v) confer, confabulate, confab, consult: (have a conference in order to talk something over) "We conferred about a plan of action"
  • (v) consult, confer_with: (get or ask advice from) "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision"
  • (v) consult, refer, look_up: (seek information from) "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes"
  • (v) consult: (advise professionally) "The professor consults for industry"
consultancy, Noun
  • (n) consultancy: (the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field) "a business management consultancy"
consultant, Noun
  • (n) adviser, advisor, consultant: (an expert who gives advice) "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala"
consultation, Noun
  • (n) consultation, audience, interview: (a conference (usually with someone important)) "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"
  • (n) consultation: (a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question) "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"
  • (n) reference, consultation: (the act of referring or consulting) "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
consultative, Adjective
  • (s) advisory, consultative, consultatory, consultive: (giving advice) "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"
consultatory, Adjective
  • (s) advisory, consultative, consultatory, consultive: (giving advice) "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"
consultive, Adjective
  • (s) advisory, consultative, consultatory, consultive: (giving advice) "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative"
consume, Verb
  • (v) consume, ingest, take_in, take, have: (serve oneself to, or consume regularly) "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  • (v) consume, squander, waste, ware: (spend extravagantly) "waste not, want not"
  • (v) consume: (destroy completely) "The fire consumed the building"
  • (v) consume, eat_up, use_up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run_through, wipe_out: (use up (resources or materials)) "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • (v) consume: (engage fully) "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
  • (v) devour, down, consume, go_through: (eat immoderately) "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
consumer, Noun
  • (n) consumer: (a person who uses goods or services)
consumerism, Noun
  • (n) consumerism: (the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial)
  • (n) consumerism: (a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers)
consuming, Adjective
  • (s) consuming, overwhelming: (very intense) "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
consummate, Adjective
  • (s) arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated: (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers) "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
  • (s) complete, consummate: (perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities) "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
  • (s) consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso: (having or revealing supreme mastery or skill) "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"
consummate, Verb
  • (v) consummate: (fulfill sexually) "consummate a marriage"
  • (v) consummate: (make perfect; bring to perfection)
consummated, Adjective
  • (a) consummated: (brought to completion) "a consummated transaction"
consummation, Noun
  • (n) consummation: (the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse)
  • (n) consummation: (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)
consumption, Noun
  • (n) consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake: (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))
  • (n) consumption, economic_consumption, usance, use, use_of_goods_and_services: ((economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing) "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
  • (n) consumption, using_up, expenditure: (the act of consuming something)
  • (n) pulmonary_tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting_disease, white_plague: (involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body)
consumptive, Adjective
  • (a) consumptive: (tending to consume or use often wastefully) "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
  • (s) consumptive: (afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis) "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
consumptive, Noun
  • (n) consumptive, lunger, tubercular: (a person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
contact, Noun
  • (n) contact: (close interaction) "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"
  • (n) contact, physical_contact: (the act of touching physically) "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"
  • (n) contact: (the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity) "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
  • (n) contact, impinging, striking: (the physical coming together of two or more things) "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
  • (n) contact, middleman: (a person who is in a position to give you special assistance) "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
  • (n) contact, tangency: ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact) "they forget to solder the contacts"
  • (n) contact, touch: (a communicative interaction) "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"
  • (n) contact, contact_lens: (a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication)
  • (n) liaison, link, contact, inter-group_communication: (a channel for communication between groups) "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
contact, Verb
  • (v) reach, get_through, get_hold_of, contact: (be in or establish communication with) "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
  • (v) touch, adjoin, meet, contact: (be in direct physical contact with; make contact) "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
contagion, Noun
  • (n) contagion, infection: (the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people) "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
  • (n) contagious_disease, contagion: (any disease easily transmitted by contact)
  • (n) infection, contagion, transmission: (an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted)
contagious, Adjective
  • (s) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable: ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection)
  • (s) contagious: (easily diffused or spread as from one person to another) "a contagious grin"
contain, Verb
  • (v) check, turn_back, arrest, stop, contain, hold_back: (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of) "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
  • (v) contain: (be divisible by) "24 contains 6"
  • (v) contain, take, hold: (be capable of holding or containing) "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
  • (v) control, hold_in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate: (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits) "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
  • (v) hold, bear, carry, contain: (contain or hold; have within) "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
  • (v) incorporate, contain, comprise: (include or contain; have as a component) "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
container, Noun
  • (n) container: (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
containerise, Verb
  • (v) containerize, containerise: (package in a container) "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping"
containerize, Verb
  • (v) containerize, containerise: (package in a container) "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping"
containership, Noun
  • (n) container_ship, containership, container_vessel: (a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes) "the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds"
containment, Noun
  • (n) containment: (a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully) "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
  • (n) containment: ((physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor)
  • (n) containment: (the act of containing; keeping something from spreading) "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
contaminant, Noun
  • (n) contaminant, contamination: (a substance that contaminates)
contaminate, Verb
  • (v) contaminate: (make radioactive by adding radioactive material) "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
  • (v) pollute, foul, contaminate: (make impure) "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
contaminated, Adjective
  • (a) contaminated: (corrupted by contact or association) "contaminated evidence"
  • (s) contaminated, polluted: (rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution) "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
contaminating, Adjective
  • (s) corrupting, contaminating: (that infects or taints)
  • (a) dirty, contaminating: (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination) "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"
contamination, Noun
  • (n) contaminant, contamination: (a substance that contaminates)
  • (n) contamination, taint: (the state of being contaminated)
  • (n) contamination, pollution: (the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors)
contemn, Verb
  • (v) contemn, despise, scorn, disdain: (look down on with disdain) "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
contemplate, Verb
  • (v) chew_over, think_over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull_over, ruminate, speculate: (reflect deeply on a subject) "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
  • (v) contemplate: (look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought) "contemplate one's navel"
  • (v) contemplate: (consider as a possibility) "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
  • (v) study, meditate, contemplate: (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes) "He is meditating in his study"
contemplation, Noun
  • (n) contemplation: (a long and thoughtful observation)
  • (n) contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness: (a calm, lengthy, intent consideration)
contemplative, Adjective
  • (s) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative: (deeply or seriously thoughtful; ) "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"
contemplative, Noun
  • (n) contemplative: (a person devoted to the contemplative life)
contemplativeness, Noun
  • (n) pensiveness, meditativeness, contemplativeness: (deep serious thoughtfulness)
contemporaneity, Noun
  • (n) contemporaneity, contemporaneousness: (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)
  • (n) modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness: (the quality of being current or of the present) "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
contemporaneous, Adjective
  • (s) coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous: (of the same period)
  • (s) contemporaneous, contemporary: (occurring in the same period of time) "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
contemporaneousness, Noun
  • (n) contemporaneity, contemporaneousness: (the quality of belonging to the same period of time)
  • (n) modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness: (the quality of being current or of the present) "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
contemporaries, Noun
  • (n) coevals, contemporaries, generation: (all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age)
  • (n) contemporary, coeval: (a person of nearly the same age as another)
contemporary, Adjective
  • (s) contemporaneous, contemporary: (occurring in the same period of time) "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
  • (s) contemporary, modern-day: (characteristic of the present) "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
  • (s) contemporary, present-day: (belonging to the present time) "contemporary leaders"
contemporary, Noun
  • (n) contemporary, coeval: (a person of nearly the same age as another)
contemporise, Verb
  • (v) synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise: (happen at the same time)
  • (v) synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise: (arrange or represent events so that they co-occur) "synchronize biblical events"
contemporize, Verb
  • (v) synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise: (happen at the same time)
  • (v) synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise: (arrange or represent events so that they co-occur) "synchronize biblical events"
contempt, Noun
  • (n) contempt, disdain, scorn, despite: (lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike) "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
  • (n) contempt, disrespect: (a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous)
  • (n) contempt, scorn: (open disrespect for a person or thing)
  • (n) contempt: (a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body)
contemptibility, Noun
  • (n) baseness, sordidness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability: (unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values)
contemptible, Adjective
  • (a) contemptible: (deserving of contempt or scorn)
contemptuous, Adjective
  • (s) contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful: (expressing extreme contempt)
contend, Verb
  • (v) argue, contend, debate, fence: (have an argument about something)
  • (v) compete, vie, contend: (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
  • (v) contend, postulate: (maintain or assert) "He contended that Communism had no future"
  • (v) contend, fight, struggle: (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight) "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
  • (v) contest, contend, repugn: (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation) "They contested the outcome of the race"
  • (v) cope, get_by, make_out, make_do, contend, grapple, deal, manage: (come to terms with) "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
contender, Noun
  • (n) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender: (the contestant you hope to defeat) "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
content, Adjective
  • (a) contented, content: (satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are) "a contented smile"
content, Noun
  • (n) capacity, content: (the amount that can be contained) "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
  • (n) content: (everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something) "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
  • (n) content: (the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.)
  • (n) content, cognitive_content, mental_object: (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
  • (n) contentedness, content: (the state of being contented with your situation in life) "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
  • (n) message, content, subject_matter, substance: (what a communication that is about something is about)
  • (n) subject, content, depicted_object: (something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation) "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
content, Verb
  • (v) content: (satisfy in a limited way) "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
  • (v) content: (make content) "I am contented"
contented, Adjective
  • (a) contented, content: (satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are) "a contented smile"
contentedness, Noun
  • (n) contentedness, content: (the state of being contented with your situation in life) "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
contention, Noun
  • (n) competition, contention, rivalry: (the act of competing as for profit or a prize) "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
  • (n) contention: (a point asserted as part of an argument)
  • (n) controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing: (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement) "they were involved in a violent argument"
contentious, Adjective
  • (s) contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious: (inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits) "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
  • (s) contentious: (involving or likely to cause controversy) "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson"
contentiousness, Noun
  • (n) quarrelsomeness, contentiousness: (an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious)
contentment, Noun
  • (n) contentment: (happiness with one's situation in life)
conterminous, Adjective
  • (s) adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring: (having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut") "Rhode Island has two bordering states"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"
  • (s) coextensive, coterminous, conterminous: (being of equal extent or scope or duration)
  • (s) conterminous, contiguous: (connecting without a break; within a common boundary) "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
contest, Noun
  • (n) contest, competition: (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
  • (n) contest: (a struggle between rivals)
contest, Verb
  • (v) contest, contend, repugn: (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation) "They contested the outcome of the race"
contestable, Adjective
  • (a) contestable: (capable of being contested)
contestant, Noun
  • (n) contestant: (a person who participates in competitions)
  • (n) dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant: (a person who dissents from some established policy)
contestation, Noun
  • (n) controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing: (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement) "they were involved in a violent argument"
contested, Adjective
  • (a) contested: (disputed or made the object of contention or competition) "a contested election"
context, Noun
  • (n) context, linguistic_context, context_of_use: (discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation)
  • (n) context, circumstance, setting: (the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event) "the historical context"
contextual, Adjective
  • (a) contextual: (relating to or determined by or in context) "contextual information"
contiguity, Noun
  • (n) adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness: (the attribute of being so near as to be touching)
contiguous, Adjective
  • (s) adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring: (having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut") "Rhode Island has two bordering states"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"
  • (s) conterminous, contiguous: (connecting without a break; within a common boundary) "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
  • (s) contiguous, immediate: (very close or connected in space or time) "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
contiguousness, Noun
  • (n) adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness: (the attribute of being so near as to be touching)
continence, Noun
  • (n) continence, continency: (the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters)
  • (n) continence: (voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge)
continency, Noun
  • (n) continence, continency: (the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters)
continent, Adjective
  • (s) celibate, continent: (abstaining from sexual intercourse) "celibate priests"
  • (a) continent: (having control over urination and defecation)
contingence, Noun
  • (n) eventuality, contingency, contingence: (a possible event or occurrence or result)
contingency, Noun
  • (n) contingency: (the state of being contingent on something)
  • (n) eventuality, contingency, contingence: (a possible event or occurrence or result)
contingent, Adjective
  • (s) contingent: (possible but not certain to occur) "they had to plan for contingent expenses"
  • (s) contingent, contingent_on, contingent_upon, dependent_on, dependant_on, dependent_upon, dependant_upon, depending_on: (determined by conditions or circumstances that follow) "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"
  • (s) contingent: (uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances) "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot"
contingent, Noun
  • (n) contingent: (a gathering of persons representative of some larger group) "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"
  • (n) contingent, detail: (a temporary military unit) "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"
continual, Adjective
  • (a) continual: (occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series) "the continual banging of the shutters"
  • (s) continual: (`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption))
continuance, Noun
  • (n) continuance, continuation: (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)
  • (n) duration, continuance: (the period of time during which something continues)
  • (n) duration, continuance: (the property of enduring or continuing in time)
continuant, Adjective
  • (s) fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident: (of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'))
continuant, Noun
  • (n) continuant_consonant, continuant: (consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract)
continuation, Noun
  • (n) continuance, continuation: (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)
  • (n) good_continuation, continuation, law_of_continuation: (a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction)
  • (n) lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction: (the consequence of being lengthened in duration)
  • (n) sequel, continuation: (a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it)
continuative, Noun
  • (n) conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative: (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)
continue, Verb
  • (v) continue, go_on, proceed, go_along, keep: (continue a certain state, condition, or activity) "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
  • (v) continue, go_on, carry_on, proceed: (continue talking) "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
  • (v) continue, uphold, carry_on, bear_on, preserve: (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last) "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
  • (v) continue, persist_in: (do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop) "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
  • (v) continue: (continue after an interruption) "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
  • (v) continue: (exist over a prolonged period of time) "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
  • (v) cover, continue, extend: (span an interval of distance, space or time) "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
  • (v) proceed, go_forward, continue: (move ahead; travel onward in time or space) "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
  • (v) retain, continue, keep, keep_on: (allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature) "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
  • (v) stay, stay_on, continue, remain: (continue in a place, position, or situation) "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
continued, Adjective
  • (a) continued: (without stop or interruption) "to insure the continued success of the war"; "the continued existence of nationalism"; "the continued popularity of Westerns"
continuing, Adjective
  • (s) chronic, continuing: (of long duration) "chronic money problems"
  • (s) continuing: (remaining in force or being carried on without letup) "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table"
continuity, Noun
  • (n) continuity: (uninterrupted connection or union)
  • (n) continuity: (a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot)
  • (n) continuity, persistence: (the property of a continuous and connected period of time)
continuous, Adjective
  • (a) continuous, uninterrupted: (continuing in time or space without interruption) "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans"; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
  • (a) continuous: (of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity)
continuousness, Noun
  • (n) continuousness, ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness: (the quality of something that continues without end or interruption)
continuum, Noun
  • (n) continuum: (a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts)
contort, Verb
  • (v) contort, deform, distort, wring: (twist and press out of shape)
contorted, Adjective
  • (s) contorted, writhed, writhen: (twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)) "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott"
contortion, Noun
  • (n) contortion, deformation: (the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself))
  • (n) tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness: (a tortuous and twisted shape or position) "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
contour, Noun
  • (n) contour, contour_line: (a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height)
  • (n) contour: (a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure) "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"
  • (n) shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation: (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)) "he could barely make out their shapes"
contour, Verb
  • (v) contour: (form the contours of)
contraband, Adjective
  • (s) bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled: (distributed or sold illicitly) "the black economy pays no taxes"
contraband, Noun
  • (n) contraband: (goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law)
contrabandist, Noun
  • (n) smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon_curser, moon-curser: (someone who imports or exports without paying duties)
contrabass, Adjective
  • (s) contrabass, double-bass: (pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range) "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
contrabass, Noun
  • (n) bass_fiddle, bass_viol, bull_fiddle, double_bass, contrabass, string_bass: (largest and lowest member of the violin family)
contrabassoon, Noun
  • (n) contrabassoon, contrafagotto, double_bassoon: (the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family)
contraception, Noun
  • (n) contraception, contraceptive_method: (birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery)
contraceptive, Adjective
  • (s) contraceptive, prophylactic, antifertility: (capable of preventing conception or impregnation) "contraceptive devices and medications"
contraceptive, Noun
  • (n) contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive_device, prophylactic_device, birth_control_device: (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)
contraclockwise, Adjective
  • (a) counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise: (in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock)
contract, Noun
  • (n) contract: (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
  • (n) contract, declaration: ((contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make)
  • (n) contract, contract_bridge: (a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid)
contract, Verb
  • (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce: (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
  • (v) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press: (squeeze or press together) "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  • (v) condense, concentrate, contract: (compress or concentrate) "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
  • (v) contract, undertake: (enter into a contractual arrangement)
  • (v) contract, take, get: (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness) "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
  • (v) contract: (make smaller) "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
  • (v) narrow, contract: (make or become more narrow or restricted) "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
  • (v) shrink, contract: (become smaller or draw together) "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
  • (v) sign, contract, sign_on, sign_up: (engage by written agreement) "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
contractable, Adjective
  • (s) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable: ((of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection)
contracted, Adjective
  • (a) contracted: (reduced in size or pulled together) "the contracted pupils of her eyes"
contractile, Adjective
  • (s) contractile: (capable of contracting or being contracted) "the contractile wings of an insect"
contractility, Noun
  • (n) contractility: (the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter)
contracting, Noun
  • (n) catching, contracting: (becoming infected) "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
contraction, Noun
  • (n) compression, condensation, contraction: (the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together) "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
  • (n) contraction, muscular_contraction, muscle_contraction: ((physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber))
  • (n) contraction: (a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds) "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"
  • (n) contraction: (the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)
contractor, Noun
  • (n) contractile_organ, contractor: (a bodily organ that contracts)
  • (n) contractor: (someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things)
  • (n) contractor, declarer: (the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps)
  • (n) contractor: ((law) a party to a contract)
contractual, Adjective
  • (a) contractual: (relating to or part of a binding legal agreement) "contractual obligations"
contracture, Noun
  • (n) contracture: (an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle)
contradance, Noun
  • (n) country-dance, country_dancing, contredanse, contra_danse, contradance: (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)
contradance, Verb
  • (v) contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra_danse: (perform a contradance)
contradict, Verb
  • (v) contradict, belie, negate: (be in contradiction with)
  • (v) contradict, negate, contravene: (deny the truth of)
  • (v) negate, contradict: (prove negative; show to be false)
  • (v) oppose, controvert, contradict: (be resistant to) "The board opposed his motion"
contradiction, Noun
  • (n) contradiction: (opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas)
  • (n) contradiction, contradiction_in_terms: ((logic) a statement that is necessarily false) "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
  • (n) contradiction: (the speech act of contradicting someone) "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
contradictory, Adjective
  • (s) at_odds, conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory: (in disagreement) "the figures are at odds with our findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley"
  • (s) confounding, contradictory: (that confounds or contradicts or confuses)
  • (s) contradictory: (of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false) "`perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms"
  • (s) contradictory, mutually_exclusive: (unable to be both true at the same time)
contradictory, Noun
  • (n) contradictory: (two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time)
contrafagotto, Noun
  • (n) contrabassoon, contrafagotto, double_bassoon: (the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family)
contraindicate, Verb
  • (v) contraindicate: (make a treatment inadvisable)
contraindication, Noun
  • (n) contraindication: ((medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment)
contralateral, Adjective
  • (a) contralateral: (on or relating to the opposite side (of the body))
contralto, Adjective
  • (s) alto, contralto: (of or being the lowest female voice)
contralto, Noun
  • (n) contralto: (a woman singer having a contralto voice)
  • (n) contralto, alto: (the lowest female singing voice)
contraption, Noun
  • (n) appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget: (a device or control that is very useful for a particular job)
contrapuntal, Adjective
  • (a) contrapuntal: (relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint) "contrapuntal base"
  • (a) polyphonic, contrapuntal: (having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together)
contrarian, Noun
  • (n) contrarian: (an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors)
contrariness, Noun
  • (n) contrariness, perversity, perverseness: (deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline)
  • (n) crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness: (a fussy and eccentric disposition)
contrarious, Adjective
  • (s) contrarious, cross-grained: (difficult to deal with)
contrary, Adjective
  • (s) adverse, contrary: (in an opposing direction) "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"
  • (s) contrary: (very opposed in nature or character or purpose) "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"
  • (s) contrary: (of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false) "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
  • (s) contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward: (resistant to guidance or discipline) "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
contrary, Noun
  • (n) contrary: (exact opposition) "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty"
  • (n) contrary: (a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false)
  • (n) reverse, contrary, opposite: (a relation of direct opposition) "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
contrast, Noun
  • (n) contrast, direct_contrast: (the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared) "in contrast to", "by contrast"
  • (n) contrast: (the act of distinguishing by comparing differences)
  • (n) contrast: (the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors)
  • (n) contrast: (the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness))
  • (n) line, dividing_line, demarcation, contrast: (a conceptual separation or distinction) "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
contrast, Verb
  • (v) contrast: (put in opposition to show or emphasize differences) "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"
  • (v) contrast, counterpoint: (to show differences when compared; be different) "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
contrasting, Adjective
  • (s) contrasting, contrastive: (strikingly different; tending to contrast) "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
contrastive, Adjective
  • (s) contrasting, contrastive: (strikingly different; tending to contrast) "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
  • (s) contrastive, incompatible: (of words so related that one contrasts with the other) "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"
  • (s) contrastive: (syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence) "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"
contrasty, Adjective
  • (a) contrasty: (having sharp differences between black and white)
contravene, Verb
  • (v) conflict, run_afoul, infringe, contravene: (go against, as of rules and laws) "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
  • (v) contradict, negate, contravene: (deny the truth of)
contravention, Noun
  • (n) dispute, contravention: (coming into conflict with)
contredanse, Noun
  • (n) country-dance, country_dancing, contredanse, contra_danse, contradance: (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)
contredanse, Verb
  • (v) contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra_danse: (perform a contradance)
contribute, Verb
  • (v) contribute, give, chip_in, kick_in: (contribute to some cause) "I gave at the office"
  • (v) contribute, lead, conduce: (be conducive to) "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
  • (v) lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring: (bestow a quality on) "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
  • (v) put_up, contribute: (provide) "The city has to put up half the required amount"
contributing, Adjective
  • (s) conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary: (tending to bring about; being partly responsible for) "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
contribution, Noun
  • (n) contribution, part, share: (the part played by a person in bringing about a result) "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"
  • (n) contribution, donation: (a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause)
  • (n) contribution, donation: (act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity)
  • (n) contribution: (an amount of money contributed) "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"
  • (n) contribution: (a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story)
contributive, Adjective
  • (s) conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary: (tending to bring about; being partly responsible for) "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
contributor, Noun
  • (n) contributor: (a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book)
  • (n) subscriber, contributor: (someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money)
contributory, Adjective
  • (s) conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary: (tending to bring about; being partly responsible for) "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
contrite, Adjective
  • (s) contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful: (feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses)
contriteness, Noun
  • (n) attrition, contrition, contriteness: (sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation)
contrition, Noun
  • (n) attrition, contrition, contriteness: (sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation)
contrivance, Noun
  • (n) appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget: (a device or control that is very useful for a particular job)
  • (n) contrivance: (the faculty of contriving; inventive skill) "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
  • (n) contrivance, stratagem, dodge: (an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade) "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
  • (n) contrivance: (an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.) "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
  • (n) devisal, contrivance: (the act of devising something)
  • (n) lash-up, contrivance: (any improvised arrangement for temporary use)
contrive, Verb
  • (v) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge: (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort) "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
  • (v) plan, project, contrive, design: (make or work out a plan for; devise) "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
  • (v) project, cast, contrive, throw: (put or send forth) "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
contrived, Adjective
  • (s) artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted: (artificially formal) "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
  • (s) contrived: (showing effects of planning or manipulation) "a novel with a contrived ending"
contriver, Noun
  • (n) planner, contriver, deviser: (a person who makes plans)
control, Noun
  • (n) command, control, mastery: (great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity) "a good command of French"
  • (n) control: (power to direct or determine) "under control"
  • (n) control: (a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another) "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus"
  • (n) control: ((physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc) "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters"
  • (n) control: (the activity of managing or exerting control over something) "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
  • (n) control, controller: (a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine) "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"
  • (n) control: (a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance)
  • (n) control: (the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.) "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls"
  • (n) control_condition, control: (a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment) "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw"
  • (n) dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control: (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another) "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
  • (n) restraint, control: (discipline in personal and social activities) "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
control, Verb
  • (v) control, command: (exercise authoritative control or power over) "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
  • (v) control, hold_in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate: (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits) "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
  • (v) control, verify: (check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard) "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
  • (v) control: (verify by using a duplicate register for comparison) "control an account"
  • (v) manipulate, keep_in_line, control: (control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage) "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
  • (v) master, control: (have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of) "Do you control these data?"
  • (v) operate, control: (handle and cause to function) "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
  • (v) see, check, insure, see_to_it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure: (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something) "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"
controllable, Adjective
  • (s) controllable, governable: (capable of being controlled)
controlled, Adjective
  • (a) controlled: (restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds) "controlled emotions"; "the controlled release of water from reservoirs"
controller, Noun
  • (n) accountant, comptroller, controller: (someone who maintains and audits business accounts)
  • (n) control, controller: (a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine) "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"
  • (n) restrainer, controller: (a person who directs and restrains)
controlling, Adjective
  • (s) controlling: (able to control or determine policy) "a controlling interest in the firm"
controversial, Adjective
  • (a) controversial: (marked by or capable of arousing controversy) "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action"
controversialist, Noun
  • (n) disputant, controversialist, eristic: (a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy)
controversy, Noun
  • (n) controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing: (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement) "they were involved in a violent argument"
controvert, Verb
  • (v) oppose, controvert, contradict: (be resistant to) "The board opposed his motion"
  • (v) refute, rebut, controvert: (prove to be false or incorrect)
contumely, Noun
  • (n) abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification: (a rude expression intended to offend or hurt) "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
contuse, Verb
  • (v) bruise, contuse: (injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of) "I bruised my knee"
contusion, Noun
  • (n) bruise, contusion: (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)
  • (n) contusion: (the action of bruising) "the bruise resulted from a contusion"
conundrum, Noun
  • (n) riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser: (a difficult problem)
conurbation, Noun
  • (n) conurbation, urban_sprawl, sprawl: (an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities)
convalesce, Verb
  • (v) recuperate, recover, convalesce: (get over an illness or shock) "The patient is recuperating"
convalescence, Noun
  • (n) convalescence, recuperation, recovery: (gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury)
convalescent, Adjective
  • (s) convalescent, recovering: (returning to health after illness or debility) "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed"
convalescent, Noun
  • (n) convalescent: (a person who is recovering from illness)
convection, Noun
  • (n) convection: (the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion)
  • (n) convection: ((meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere)
convene, Verb
  • (v) convene: (meet formally) "The council convened last week"
  • (v) convoke, convene: (call together) "The students were convened in the auditorium"
convenience, Noun
  • (n) appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget: (a device or control that is very useful for a particular job)
  • (n) convenience: (the state of being suitable or opportune) "chairs arranged for his own convenience"
  • (n) convenience: (the quality of being useful and convenient) "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"
  • (n) public_toilet, comfort_station, public_convenience, convenience, public_lavatory, restroom, toilet_facility, wash_room: (a toilet that is available to the public)
convenient, Adjective
  • (a) commodious, convenient: (large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)) "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"
  • (a) convenient: (suited to your comfort or purpose or needs) "a convenient excuse for not going"
convening, Noun
  • (n) convention, convening: (the act of convening)
convent, Noun
  • (n) convent: (a religious residence especially for nuns)
  • (n) convent: (a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together)
conventicle, Noun
  • (n) conventicle: (a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship)
  • (n) conventicle, meetinghouse: (a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers))
convention, Noun
  • (n) convention: (a large formal assembly) "political convention"
  • (n) convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula: (something regarded as a normative example) "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
  • (n) convention: ((diplomacy) an international agreement)
  • (n) convention, convening: (the act of convening)
  • (n) conventionality, convention, conventionalism: (orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional)
conventional, Adjective
  • (s) ceremonious, conventional: (rigidly formal or bound by convention) "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
  • (a) conventional: (following accepted customs and proprieties) "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
  • (a) conventional: ((weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy) "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
  • (a) conventional: (unimaginative and conformist) "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
  • (s) conventional, established: (conforming with accepted standards) "a conventional view of the world"
  • (s) conventional, formal, schematic: (represented in simplified or symbolic form)
  • (s) conventional: (in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past) "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"
conventionalisation, Noun
  • (n) conventionalization, conventionalisation: (the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style)
conventionalise, Verb
  • (v) conventionalize, conventionalise: (make conventional or adapt to conventions) "conventionalized behavior"
conventionalised, Adjective
  • (s) conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised: (using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous) "a stylized mode of theater production"
conventionalism, Noun
  • (n) conventionality, convention, conventionalism: (orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional)
conventionality, Noun
  • (n) conventionality: (conformity with conventional thought and behavior)
  • (n) conventionality: (unoriginality as a result of being too conventional)
  • (n) conventionality, convention, conventionalism: (orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional)
conventionalization, Noun
  • (n) conventionalization, conventionalisation: (the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style)
conventionalize, Verb
  • (v) conventionalize, conventionalise: (make conventional or adapt to conventions) "conventionalized behavior"
  • (v) stylize, stylise, conventionalize: (represent according to a conventional style) "a stylized female head"
conventionalized, Adjective
  • (s) conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised: (using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous) "a stylized mode of theater production"
conventual, Adjective
  • (s) cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical: (of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows)
converge, Verb
  • (v) converge, meet: (be adjacent or come together) "The lines converge at this point"
  • (v) converge: (approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit)
  • (v) converge: (move or draw together at a certain location) "The crowd converged on the movie star"
  • (v) converge: (come together so as to form a single product) "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
convergence, Noun
  • (n) convergence: (the occurrence of two or more things coming together)
  • (n) convergence, convergency: (the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit)
  • (n) convergence, converging, convergency: (the act of converging (coming closer))
  • (n) overlap, convergence, intersection: (a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena) "there was no overlap between their proposals"
convergency, Noun
  • (n) convergence, convergency: (the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit)
  • (n) convergence, converging, convergency: (the act of converging (coming closer))
convergent, Adjective
  • (a) convergent: (tending to come together from different directions)
converging, Noun
  • (n) convergence, converging, convergency: (the act of converging (coming closer))
conversance, Noun
  • (n) acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy: (personal knowledge or information about someone or something)
conversancy, Noun
  • (n) acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy: (personal knowledge or information about someone or something)
conversant, Adjective
  • (s) conversant, familiar: ((usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly) "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"
conversation, Noun
  • (n) conversation: (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)
conversational, Adjective
  • (s) colloquial, conversational: (characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation) "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"
conversationalist, Noun
  • (n) conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer: (someone skilled at conversation)
conversationist, Noun
  • (n) conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer: (someone skilled at conversation)
converse, Adjective
  • (s) converse: (of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other) "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"
  • (s) converse, reversed, transposed: (turned about in order or relation) "transposed letters"
converse, Noun
  • (n) converse: (a proposition obtained by conversion)
converse, Verb
  • (v) converse, discourse: (carry on a conversation)
conversion, Noun
  • (n) conversion, transition, changeover: (an event that results in a transformation)
  • (n) conversion: (a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade")
  • (n) conversion: (a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown)
  • (n) conversion, rebirth, spiritual_rebirth: (a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life)
  • (n) conversion: ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis)
  • (n) conversion: (a change of religion) "his conversion to the Catholic faith"
  • (n) conversion: (interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition)
  • (n) conversion: (act of exchanging one type of money or security for another)
  • (n) conversion: (the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another)
convert, Noun
  • (n) convert: (a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief)
convert, Verb
  • (v) change, exchange, commute, convert: (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category) "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
  • (v) commute, convert, exchange: (exchange a penalty for a less severe one)
  • (v) convert, change_over: (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy) "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
  • (v) convert: (change the nature, purpose, or function of something) "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
  • (v) convert: (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief) "She converted to Buddhism"
  • (v) convert: (cause to adopt a new or different faith) "The missionaries converted the Indian population"
  • (v) convert: (score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone) "Smith converted and his team won"
  • (v) convert: (complete successfully) "score a penalty shot or free throw"
  • (v) convert: (score (a spare))
  • (v) convert, win_over, convince: (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something) "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"
  • (v) convert: (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change) "The substance converts to an acid"
converted, Adjective
  • (s) born-again, converted, reborn: (spiritually reborn or converted) "a born-again Christian"
converter, Noun
  • (n) converter, convertor: (a device for changing one substance or form or state into another)
convertibility, Noun
  • (n) convertibility: (the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction))
convertible, Adjective
  • (a) convertible, exchangeable: (capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value) "convertible securities"
  • (s) convertible: (designed to be changed from one use or form to another) "a convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe"
  • (s) convertible, transformable, translatable, transmutable: (capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy) "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality"
convertible, Noun
  • (n) convertible: (a car that has top that can be folded or removed)
  • (n) convertible, convertible_security: (a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock))
  • (n) convertible, sofa_bed: (a sofa that can be converted into a bed)
convertor, Noun
  • (n) converter, convertor: (a device for changing one substance or form or state into another)
convex, Adjective
  • (a) convex, bulging: (curving or bulging outward)
convexity, Noun
  • (n) convex_shape, convexity: (a shape that curves or bulges outward)
  • (n) convexity, convexness: (the property possessed by a convex shape)
convexness, Noun
  • (n) convexity, convexness: (the property possessed by a convex shape)
convexo-convex, Adjective
  • (s) biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform: (convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil)
convey, Verb
  • (v) bring, convey, take: (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere) "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
  • (v) bring, get, convey, fetch: (go or come after and bring or take back) "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
  • (v) carry, convey, express: (serve as a means for expressing something) "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
  • (v) convey: (make known; pass on, of information) "She conveyed the message to me"
  • (v) convey, transmit, communicate: (transfer to another) "communicate a disease"
  • (v) convey: (transmit a title or property)
  • (v) impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel: (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission) "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
conveyable, Adjective
  • (s) assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable: (legally transferable to the ownership of another) "negotiable bonds"
conveyance, Noun
  • (n) conveyance: (document effecting a property transfer)
  • (n) conveyance, imparting, impartation: (the transmission of information)
  • (n) conveyance, transport: (something that serves as a means of transportation)
  • (n) conveyance, conveyance_of_title, conveyancing, conveying: (act of transferring property title from one person to another)
  • (n) transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance: (the act of moving something from one location to another)
conveyancing, Noun
  • (n) conveyance, conveyance_of_title, conveyancing, conveying: (act of transferring property title from one person to another)
conveyer, Noun
  • (n) conveyer, conveyor: (a person who conveys (carries or transmits)) "the conveyer of good tidings"
  • (n) conveyer_belt, conveyor_belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter: (a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory))
conveying, Noun
  • (n) conveyance, conveyance_of_title, conveyancing, conveying: (act of transferring property title from one person to another)
conveyor, Noun
  • (n) conveyer, conveyor: (a person who conveys (carries or transmits)) "the conveyer of good tidings"
  • (n) conveyer_belt, conveyor_belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter: (a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory))
convict, Noun
  • (n) convict, con, inmate, yard_bird, yardbird: (a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison)
  • (n) convict: (a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense)
convict, Verb
  • (v) convict: (find or declare guilty) "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"
conviction, Noun
  • (n) conviction, strong_belief, article_of_faith: (an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence)
  • (n) conviction, judgment_of_conviction, condemnation, sentence: ((criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed) "the conviction came as no surprise"
convince, Verb
  • (v) convert, win_over, convince: (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something) "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"
convinced, Adjective
  • (a) convinced: (having a strong belief or conviction) "a convinced and fanatical pacifist"
  • (s) convinced, positive, confident: (persuaded of; very sure) "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win"
convincible, Adjective
  • (s) convincible, persuadable, persuasible, suasible: (being susceptible to persuasion)
convincing, Adjective
  • (a) convincing: (causing one to believe the truth of something) "a convincing story"; "a convincing manner"
convivial, Adjective
  • (s) convivial, good-time: (occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company) "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion"; "a woman of convivial nature"; "he was a real good-time Charlie"
conviviality, Noun
  • (n) conviviality, joviality: (a jovial nature)
  • (n) merrymaking, conviviality, jollification: (a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity)
convocation, Noun
  • (n) convocation: (a group gathered in response to a summons)
  • (n) convocation, calling_together: (the act of convoking)
convoke, Verb
  • (v) convoke, convene: (call together) "The students were convened in the auditorium"
convolute, Adjective
  • (s) convolute, convoluted: (rolled longitudinally upon itself) "a convolute petal"
convolute, Verb
  • (v) convolve, convolute: (curl, wind, or twist together)
  • (v) twist, twist_around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate: (practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive) "Don't twist my words"
convoluted, Adjective
  • (s) Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous: (highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious) "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott"; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
  • (s) convolute, convoluted: (rolled longitudinally upon itself) "a convolute petal"
convolution, Noun
  • (n) convolution: (the action of coiling or twisting or winding together)
  • (n) gyrus, convolution: (a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain)
  • (n) whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution: (the shape of something rotating rapidly)
convolve, Verb
  • (v) convolve, convolute: (curl, wind, or twist together)
convoy, Noun
  • (n) convoy: (a procession of land vehicles traveling together)
  • (n) convoy: (a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships)
  • (n) convoy: (the act of escorting while in transit)
convoy, Verb
  • (v) convoy: (escort in transit) "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"
convulse, Verb
  • (v) convulse: (make someone convulse with laughter) "The comedian convulsed the crowd"
  • (v) convulse: (be overcome with laughter)
  • (v) convulse, thresh, thresh_about, thrash, thrash_about, slash, toss, jactitate: (move or stir about violently) "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
  • (v) convulse: (shake uncontrollably) "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
  • (v) convulse: (cause to contract) "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
  • (v) convulse: (contract involuntarily, as in a spasm) "The muscles in her face convulsed"
convulsion, Noun
  • (n) convulsion: (violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles)
  • (n) convulsion, turmoil, upheaval: (a violent disturbance) "the convulsions of the stock market"
  • (n) convulsion: (a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval)
  • (n) paroxysm, fit, convulsion: (a sudden uncontrollable attack) "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter"
convulsive, Adjective
  • (s) convulsive, spasmodic, spastic: (affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm) "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
  • (s) convulsive: (resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent) "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"
cony, Noun
  • (n) hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das: (any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes)
  • (n) pika, mouse_hare, rock_rabbit, coney, cony: (small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America)
  • (n) rabbit, coney, cony: (any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food)
coo, Noun
  • (n) coo: (the sound made by a pigeon)
coo, Verb
  • (v) coo: (speak softly or lovingly) "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly"
  • (v) coo: (cry softly, as of pigeons)
cooccur, Verb
  • (v) coincide, co-occur, cooccur: (go with, fall together)
cooccurring, Adjective
  • (s) coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous: (occurring or operating at the same time) "a series of coincident events"
cook, Verb
  • (v) cook: (prepare a hot meal) "My husband doesn't cook"
  • (v) cook, fix, ready, make, prepare: (prepare for eating by applying heat) "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
  • (v) cook: (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating) "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
  • (v) cook: (transform by heating) "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
  • (v) fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent: (tamper, with the purpose of deception) "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
cookbook, Noun
  • (n) cookbook, cookery_book: (a book of recipes and cooking directions)
cooked, Adjective
  • (a) cooked: (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)
cooker, Noun
  • (n) cooker: (a utensil for cooking)
cookery, Noun
  • (n) cooking, cookery, preparation: (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
cookhouse, Noun
  • (n) cookhouse: (a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking) "the circus used a tent as their cookhouse"
  • (n) galley, ship's_galley, caboose, cookhouse: (the area for food preparation on a ship)
cookie, Noun
  • (n) cookie, cooky, biscuit: (any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term))
  • (n) cookie, cooky: (the cook on a ranch or at a camp)
  • (n) cookie: (a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site)
cooking, Noun
  • (n) cooking, cookery, preparation: (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
cookware, Noun
  • (n) cooking_utensil, cookware: (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)
cooky, Noun
  • (n) cookie, cooky, biscuit: (any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term))
  • (n) cookie, cooky: (the cook on a ranch or at a camp)
cool-white, Adjective
  • (s) blue-white, bluish-white, cool-white: (of white tinged with blue)
cool, Adjective
  • (a) cool: (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat) "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"
  • (a) cool: ((color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets) "cool greens and blues and violets"
  • (a) cool: (psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike) "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
  • (s) cool, coolheaded, nerveless: (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional) "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
  • (s) cool: ((used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification) "a cool million bucks"
  • (s) cool: (fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept) "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"
cool, Noun
  • (n) aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid: (great coolness and composure under strain) "keep your cool"
  • (n) cool: (the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature) "the cool of early morning"
cool, Verb
  • (v) cool, chill, cool_down: (make cool or cooler) "Chill the food"
  • (v) cool, chill, cool_down: (loose heat) "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
  • (v) cool, cool_off, cool_down: (lose intensity) "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
coolant, Noun
  • (n) coolant: (a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another) "he added more coolant to the car's radiator"; "the atomic reactor used a gas coolant"; "lathe operators use an emulsion of oil and water as a coolant for the cutting tool"
cooler, Adjective
  • (a) cool: (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat) "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"
  • (a) cool: ((color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets) "cool greens and blues and violets"
  • (a) cool: (psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike) "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
  • (s) cool, coolheaded, nerveless: (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional) "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
  • (s) cool: ((used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification) "a cool million bucks"
  • (s) cool: (fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept) "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"
cooler, Noun
  • (n) cooler, ice_chest: (a refrigerator for cooling liquids)
  • (n) cooler: (an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice)
  • (n) cooler, tank: (a cell for violent prisoners)
coolest, Adjective
  • (a) cool: (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat) "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"
  • (a) cool: ((color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets) "cool greens and blues and violets"
  • (a) cool: (psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike) "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"
  • (s) cool, coolheaded, nerveless: (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional) "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
  • (s) cool: ((used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification) "a cool million bucks"
  • (s) cool: (fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept) "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"
coolheaded, Adjective
  • (s) cool, coolheaded, nerveless: (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional) "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
coolie, Noun
  • (n) coolie, cooly: ((ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer)
cooling, Noun
  • (n) cooling, chilling, temperature_reduction: (the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature)
  • (n) cooling_system, cooling: (a mechanism for keeping something cool) "the cooling was overhead fans"
coolness, Noun
  • (n) chilliness, coolness, nip: (the property of being moderately cold) "the chilliness of early morning"
  • (n) coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness: (a lack of affection or enthusiasm) "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"
  • (n) coolness, imperturbability, imperturbableness: (calm and unruffled self-assurance) "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran"
  • (n) coolness, nervelessness: (fearless self-possession in the face of danger)
coolwart, Noun
  • (n) foamflower, coolwart, false_miterwort, false_mitrewort, Tiarella_cordifolia: (stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant)
cooly, Noun
  • (n) coolie, cooly: ((ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer)
coon, Noun
  • (n) common_raccoon, common_racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon_lotor: (North American raccoon)
  • (n) coon: (an eccentric or undignified rustic) "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"
  • (n) nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra: ((ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person) "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
coop, Noun
  • (n) cage, coop: (an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept)
  • (n) chicken_coop, coop, hencoop, henhouse: (a farm building for housing poultry)
cooper, Verb
  • (v) cooper: (make barrels and casks)
cooperate, Verb
  • (v) collaborate, join_forces, cooperate, get_together: (work together on a common enterprise of project) "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group"
cooperation, Noun
  • (n) cooperation: (joint operation or action) "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission"
  • (n) cooperation: (the practice of cooperating) "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of cooperation"
cooperative, Adjective
  • (s) accommodative, cooperative: (willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement)
  • (s) concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative: (involving the joint activity of two or more) "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"
  • (a) cooperative: (done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit) "a cooperative effort"
cooperative, Noun
  • (n) cooperative, co-op: (a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners)
  • (n) cooperative: (an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it)
cooperativeness, Noun
  • (n) amenability, amenableness, cooperativeness: (the trait of being cooperative)
cooperator, Noun
  • (n) collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner: (an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest) "the musician and the librettist were collaborators"; "sexual partners"
coordinate, Adjective
  • (s) coordinate: (of equal importance, rank, or degree)
coordinate, Noun
  • (n) coordinate, co-ordinate: (a number that identifies a position relative to an axis)
coordinate, Verb
  • (v) align, ordinate, coordinate: (bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation) "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"
  • (v) coordinate: (bring into common action, movement, or condition) "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts"
  • (v) coordinate: (be co-ordinated) "These activities coordinate well"
  • (v) organize, organise, coordinate: (bring order and organization to) "Can you help me organize my files?"
coordinated, Adjective
  • (s) coordinated, co-ordinated, interconnected, unified: (operating as a unit) "a unified utility system"; "a coordinated program"
  • (s) coordinated, co-ordinated: (being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements) "she was usually good with her hands and well coordinated"- Mary McCarthy"
  • (s) coordinated, co-ordinated, matching: (intentionally matched) "curtains and walls were color coordinated"
coordinating, Adjective
  • (a) coordinating, coordinative: (serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'") "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction"
coordination, Noun
  • (n) coordination: (the skillful and effective interaction of movements)
  • (n) coordination: (the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation)
  • (n) coordination: (the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form)
  • (n) coordination: (being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree)
coordinative, Adjective
  • (a) coordinating, coordinative: (serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'") "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction"
coordinator, Noun
  • (n) coordinator: (someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously)
cootie, Noun
  • (n) body_louse, cootie, Pediculus_corporis: (a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings)
cop, Noun
  • (n) bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig: (uncomplimentary terms for a policeman)
cop, Verb
  • (v) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick_up, nab, cop: (take into custody) "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
  • (v) hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock_off, glom: (take by theft) "Someone snitched my wallet!"
copacetic, Adjective
  • (s) copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic: (completely satisfactory) "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara"
copaline, Noun
  • (n) copalite, copaline, fossil_copal: (partly mineralized copal dug from the ground)
copalite, Noun
  • (n) copalite, copaline, fossil_copal: (partly mineralized copal dug from the ground)
copasetic, Adjective
  • (s) copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic: (completely satisfactory) "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara"
cope, Noun
  • (n) cope: (a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions)
  • (n) header, coping, cope: (brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall)
cope, Verb
  • (v) cope, get_by, make_out, make_do, contend, grapple, deal, manage: (come to terms with) "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
copeck, Noun
  • (n) kopek, kopeck, copeck: (100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia)
copesetic, Adjective
  • (s) copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic: (completely satisfactory) "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara"
copesettic, Adjective
  • (s) copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic: (completely satisfactory) "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara"
copestone, Noun
  • (n) capstone, copestone, coping_stone, stretcher: (a stone that forms the top of wall or building)
  • (n) finishing_touch, capstone, copestone: (a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination)
copier, Noun
  • (n) duplicator, copier: (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)
copilot, Noun
  • (n) copilot, co-pilot: (a relief pilot on an airplane)
coping, Noun
  • (n) header, coping, cope: (brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall)
copious, Adjective
  • (s) ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich: (affording an abundant supply) "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"
  • (s) copious, voluminous: (large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)) "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
copiousness, Noun
  • (n) abundance, copiousness, teemingness: (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply) "an age of abundance"
copolymerise, Verb
  • (v) copolymerize, copolymerise: (polymerize together) "the two substances copolymerized"
copolymerize, Verb
  • (v) copolymerize, copolymerise: (polymerize together) "the two substances copolymerized"
copper, Noun
  • (n) bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig: (uncomplimentary terms for a policeman)
  • (n) copper, Cu, atomic_number_29: (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)
  • (n) copper: (a copper penny)
  • (n) copper, copper_color: (a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper)
  • (n) copper: (any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings)
copper, Verb
  • (v) copper: (coat with a layer of copper)
coppice, Noun
  • (n) brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket: (a dense growth of bushes)
coprolith, Noun
  • (n) coprolith, fecalith, faecalith, stercolith: (a hard mass of fecal matter)
coprophagia, Noun
  • (n) coprophagy, coprophagia: (eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity)
coprophagy, Noun
  • (n) coprophagy, coprophagia: (eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity)
copse, Noun
  • (n) brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket: (a dense growth of bushes)
copula, Noun
  • (n) copula, copulative, linking_verb: (an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence)
copulate, Verb
  • (v) copulate, mate, pair, couple: (engage in sexual intercourse) "Birds mate in the Spring"
copulation, Noun
  • (n) sexual_intercourse, intercourse, sex_act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual_congress, congress, sexual_relation, relation, carnal_knowledge: (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
copulative, Adjective
  • (s) copulative: (syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence) "`and' is a copulative conjunction"
copulative, Noun
  • (n) copula, copulative, linking_verb: (an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence)
copulatory, Adjective
  • (a) coital, copulatory: (of or relating to coitus or copulation)
copy, Noun
  • (n) copy: (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing) "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
  • (n) copy, written_matter: (matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials)
  • (n) copy: (material suitable for a journalistic account) "catastrophes make good copy"
  • (n) transcript, copy: (a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record))
copy, Verb
  • (v) copy: (copy down as is) "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"
  • (v) copy, re-create: (make a replica of) "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"
  • (v) imitate, copy, simulate: (reproduce someone's behavior or looks) "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
  • (v) replicate, copy: (reproduce or make an exact copy of) "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
copycat, Noun
  • (n) copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper: (someone who copies the words or behavior of another)
copyedit, Verb
  • (v) copyread, subedit, copyedit: (edit and correct (written or printed material))
copyholder, Noun
  • (n) copyholder: (mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor)
copying, Noun
  • (n) copying: (an act of copying)
copyist, Noun
  • (n) copyist, scribe, scrivener: (someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts)
copyread, Verb
  • (v) copyread, subedit, copyedit: (edit and correct (written or printed material))
copyright, Noun
  • (n) copyright, right_of_first_publication: (a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work)
copyright, Verb
  • (v) copyright: (secure a copyright on a written work) "did you copyright your manuscript?"
coquet, Verb
  • (v) chat_up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash: (talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions) "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
coquetry, Noun
  • (n) flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying: (playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest)
coquette, Noun
  • (n) coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser: (a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men)
coquette, Verb
  • (v) chat_up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash: (talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions) "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
coquettish, Adjective
  • (s) coquettish, flirtatious: (like a coquette)
coracan, Noun
  • (n) finger_millet, ragi, ragee, African_millet, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine_coracana: (East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient)
corakan, Noun
  • (n) finger_millet, ragi, ragee, African_millet, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine_coracana: (East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient)
coral-wood, Noun
  • (n) coralwood, coral-wood, red_sandalwood, Barbados_pride, peacock_flower_fence, Adenanthera_pavonina: (East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental)
coral, Adjective
  • (s) coral: (of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color)
coral, Noun
  • (n) coral: (a variable color averaging a deep pink)
  • (n) coral, red_coral, precious_coral: (the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry)
  • (n) coral: (unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces)
  • (n) coral: (marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs)
coralberry, Noun
  • (n) coralberry, Indian_currant, Symphoricarpos_orbiculatus: (North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits)
  • (n) coralberry, spiceberry, Ardisia_crenata: (shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India)
coralroot, Noun
  • (n) coral-root_bittercress, coralroot, coralwort, Cardamine_bulbifera, Dentaria_bulbifera: (European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock)
coralwood, Noun
  • (n) coralwood, coral-wood, red_sandalwood, Barbados_pride, peacock_flower_fence, Adenanthera_pavonina: (East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental)
coralwort, Noun
  • (n) coral-root_bittercress, coralroot, coralwort, Cardamine_bulbifera, Dentaria_bulbifera: (European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock)
corbel, Noun
  • (n) corbel, truss: ((architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent))
corbel, Verb
  • (v) corbel: (furnish with a corbel)
corbie-step, Noun
  • (n) corbel_step, corbie-step, corbiestep, crow_step: ((architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall)
corbiestep, Noun
  • (n) corbel_step, corbie-step, corbiestep, crow_step: ((architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall)
cord, Noun
  • (n) cord: (a line made of twisted fibers or threads) "the bundle was tied with a cord"
  • (n) cord: (a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet)
  • (n) cord, electric_cord: (a light insulated conductor for household use)
  • (n) cord, corduroy: (a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton)
cord, Verb
  • (v) cord: (stack in cords) "cord firewood"
  • (v) cord: (bind or tie with a cord)
cordate, Adjective
  • (s) cordate, heart-shaped, cordiform: ((of a leaf) shaped like a heart)
corded, Adjective
  • (s) corded, twilled: (of textiles; having parallel raised lines)
cordial, Adjective
  • (s) affable, amiable, cordial, genial: (diffusing warmth and friendliness) "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"
  • (s) cordial: (politely warm and friendly) "a cordial handshake"
  • (s) cordial: (sincerely or intensely felt) "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"
cordial, Noun
  • (n) liqueur, cordial: (strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal)
cordiality, Noun
  • (n) amity, cordiality: (a cordial disposition)
cordiform, Adjective
  • (s) cordate, heart-shaped, cordiform: ((of a leaf) shaped like a heart)
cordless, Adjective
  • (a) cordless: (not having a cord) "cordless telephone"
cordon, Noun
  • (n) cordon: (a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing)
  • (n) cordon: (cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank)
  • (n) cordon: (adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord)
corduroy, Noun
  • (n) cord, corduroy: (a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton)
  • (n) corduroy: (a road made of logs laid crosswise)
corduroy, Verb
  • (v) corduroy: (build (a road) from logs laid side by side)
core, Verb
  • (v) core: (remove the core or center from) "core an apple"
coreferential, Adjective
  • (a) coreferential, co-referent: (relating to coreference)
coreopsis, Noun
  • (n) coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed: (any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America)
corespondent, Noun
  • (n) corespondent, co-respondent: (the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding)
corgi, Noun
  • (n) corgi, Welsh_corgi: (either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head)
coriaceous, Adjective
  • (s) coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery: (resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable)
coriander, Noun
  • (n) coriander, coriander_plant, Chinese_parsley, cilantro, Coriandrum_sativum: (Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley)
  • (n) coriander, coriander_seed: (dried coriander seeds used whole or ground)
  • (n) coriander, Chinese_parsley, cilantro: (parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish)
corinthian, Adjective
  • (a) corinthian: (or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture)
  • (a) corinthian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants)
corium, Noun
  • (n) dermis, corium, derma: (the deep vascular inner layer of the skin)
cork, Verb
  • (v) cork, cork_up: (close a bottle with a cork)
  • (v) cork: (stuff with cork) "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
corked, Adjective
  • (s) corked, corky: ((of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin) "a corked port"
corking, Adjective
  • (s) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not_bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing: (very good) "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
corkscrew, Noun
  • (n) corkscrew, bottle_screw: (a bottle opener that pulls corks)
corkscrew, Verb
  • (v) corkscrew, spiral: (move in a spiral or zigzag course)
corky, Adjective
  • (s) corked, corky: ((of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin) "a corked port"
cormorant, Noun
  • (n) cormorant, Phalacrocorax_carbo: (large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish)
cormose, Adjective
  • (a) cormous, cormose: (having or producing corms)
cormous, Adjective
  • (a) cormous, cormose: (having or producing corms)
corn, Noun
  • (n) corn, maize, Indian_corn, Zea_mays: (tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times)
  • (n) corn: (the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal)
  • (n) corn, edible_corn: (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)
  • (n) corn, clavus: (a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes)
  • (n) corn: ((Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland))
  • (n) corn: (something sentimental or trite) "that movie was pure corn"
  • (n) corn_whiskey, corn_whisky, corn: (whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn)
corn, Verb
  • (v) corn: (feed (cattle) with corn)
  • (v) corn: (preserve with salt) "corned beef"
cornea, Noun
  • (n) cornea: (the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera)
corneal, Adjective
  • (a) corneal: (of or related to the cornea)
corned, Adjective
  • (s) corned, cured: ((used especially of meat) cured in brine)
cornel, Noun
  • (n) dogwood, dogwood_tree, cornel: (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)
cornelian, Noun
  • (n) carnelian, cornelian: (a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony)
corneous, Adjective
  • (s) corneous, hornlike, horny: (made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn))
corner, Noun
  • (n) corner: (a place off to the side of an area) "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
  • (n) corner: (the point where two lines meet or intersect) "the corners of a rectangle"
  • (n) corner, nook: (an interior angle formed by two meeting walls) "a piano was in one corner of the room"
  • (n) corner, street_corner, turning_point: (the intersection of two streets) "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
  • (n) corner: (the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect) "the corners of a cube"
  • (n) corner: (a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade) "a corner on the silver market"
  • (n) corner, box: (a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible) "his lying got him into a tight corner"
  • (n) corner: (a projecting part where two sides or edges meet) "he knocked off the corners"
  • (n) corner: (a remote area) "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
  • (n) corner, quoin: ((architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone)
  • (n) recess, recession, niche, corner: (a small concavity)
corner, Verb
  • (v) corner: (gain control over) "corner the gold market"
  • (v) corner, tree: (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)
  • (v) corner: (turn a corner) "the car corners"
cornerback, Noun
  • (n) cornerback: (a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers)
cornered, Adjective
  • (s) at_bay, cornered, trapped, treed: (forced to turn and face attackers) "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"
cornerstone, Noun
  • (n) basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone: (the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained) "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
  • (n) cornerstone: (a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies)
  • (n) cornerstone: (a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls)
cornet, Noun
  • (n) cornet, horn, trumpet, trump: (a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves)
cornetist, Noun
  • (n) trumpeter, cornetist: (a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet)
cornflour, Noun
  • (n) cornstarch, cornflour: (starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener)
cornflower, Noun
  • (n) cornflower, bachelor's_button, bluebottle, Centaurea_cyanus: (an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers)
  • (n) strawflower, cornflower, Uvularia_grandiflora: (plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried)
cornice, Noun
  • (n) cornice, valance, valance_board, pelmet: (a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing)
  • (n) cornice: (a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall)
  • (n) cornice: (the topmost projecting part of an entablature)
cornice, Verb
  • (v) cornice: (furnish with a cornice)
cornpone, Noun
  • (n) cornpone, pone: (cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern))
cornstarch, Noun
  • (n) cornstarch, cornflour: (starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener)
cornucopia, Noun
  • (n) horn_of_plenty, cornucopia: (a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity)
  • (n) profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia: (the property of being extremely abundant) "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
corny, Adjective
  • (s) bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous: (dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality) "bromidic sermons"
corona, Noun
  • (n) aureole, corona: (the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse)
  • (n) corona: ((botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower)
  • (n) corona: (one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object)
  • (n) corona: ((anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape)
  • (n) corona: (a long cigar with blunt ends)
  • (n) corona_discharge, corona, corposant, _Elmo's_fire, Saint_Elmo's_fire, Saint_Elmo's_light, Saint_Ulmo's_fire, Saint_Ulmo's_light, electric_glow: (an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere)
coronach, Noun
  • (n) dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody: (a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person)
coronal, Noun
  • (n) wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei: (flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes)
coronary, Adjective
  • (a) coronary: (surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)) "coronary arteries"
coronary, Noun
  • (n) coronary_thrombosis, coronary: (obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus))
coronate, Verb
  • (v) crown, coronate: (invest with regal power; enthrone) "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"
coronation, Noun
  • (n) coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture: (the ceremony of installing a new monarch)
coronet, Noun
  • (n) coronet: (a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign)
  • (n) coronet: (margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof)
coroneted, Adjective
  • (s) coroneted, highborn, titled: (belonging to the peerage) "the princess and her coroneted companions"; "the titled classes"
corp, Noun
  • (n) corporation, corp: (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)
corporal, Adjective
  • (s) bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate: (possessing or existing in bodily form) "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare"; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
  • (s) bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic: (affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit) "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
corporal, Noun
  • (n) corporal: (a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines)
corporality, Noun
  • (n) materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality: (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
corporate, Adjective
  • (s) bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate: (possessing or existing in bodily form) "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare"; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
  • (a) corporate: (of or belonging to a corporation) "corporate rates"; "corporate structure"
  • (s) corporate, collective: (done by or characteristic of individuals acting together) "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"
  • (s) corporate, incorporated: (organized and maintained as a legal corporation) "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town"
corporation, Noun
  • (n) corporation, corp: (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)
  • (n) pot, potbelly, bay_window, corporation, tummy: (slang for a paunch)
corporeal, Adjective
  • (s) bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic: (affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit) "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
  • (a) corporeal, material: (having material or physical form or substance) "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett"
corporeality, Noun
  • (n) materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality: (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
corposant, Noun
  • (n) corona_discharge, corona, corposant, _Elmo's_fire, Saint_Elmo's_fire, Saint_Elmo's_light, Saint_Ulmo's_fire, Saint_Ulmo's_light, electric_glow: (an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere)
corpse, Noun
  • (n) cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains: (the dead body of a human being) "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
corpulence, Noun
  • (n) corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposis: (the property of excessive fatness)
corpulency, Noun
  • (n) fleshiness, obesity, corpulency: (more than average fatness)
corpulent, Adjective
  • (s) corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund: (excessively fat) "a weighty man"
corpus, Noun
  • (n) corpus: (a collection of writings) "he edited the Hemingway corpus"
  • (n) corpus: (the main part of an organ or other bodily structure)
  • (n) principal, corpus, principal_sum: (capital as contrasted with the income derived from it)
corpuscle, Noun
  • (n) atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck: ((nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything)
  • (n) blood_cell, blood_corpuscle, corpuscle: (either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets)
corrade, Verb
  • (v) abrade, corrade, abrase, rub_down, rub_off: (wear away)
corral, Noun
  • (n) cow_pen, cattle_pen, corral: (a pen for cattle)
corral, Verb
  • (v) corral: (enclose in a corral) "corral the horses"
  • (v) corral: (arrange wagons so that they form a corral)
  • (v) corral: (collect or gather) "corralling votes for an election"
corrasion, Noun
  • (n) abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition: (erosion by friction)
correct, Adjective
  • (a) correct, right: (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth) "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
  • (s) correct, right: (socially right or correct) "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
  • (s) correct, right: (in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure) "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
  • (a) right, correct: (correct in opinion or judgment) "time proved him right"
correct, Verb
  • (v) adjust, set, correct: (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard) "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
  • (v) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct: (censure severely) "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
  • (v) compensate, counterbalance, correct, make_up, even_out, even_off, even_up: (adjust for) "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
  • (v) correct, rectify, right: (make right or correct) "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
  • (v) correct: (treat a defect) "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
  • (v) decline, slump, correct: (go down in value) "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
  • (v) discipline, correct, sort_out: (punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience) "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
  • (v) right, compensate, redress, correct: (make reparations or amends for) "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
correctable, Adjective
  • (s) amendable, correctable: (capable of being corrected by additions) "an amendable flaw"
  • (s) correctable: (capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent) "a correctable image"
corrected, Adjective
  • (a) corrected: (having something undesirable neutralized) "with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20"
correction, Noun
  • (n) correction, rectification: (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)
  • (n) correction, fudge_factor: (a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure)
  • (n) correction: (something substituted for an error)
  • (n) correction, chastening, chastisement: (a rebuke for making a mistake)
  • (n) correction: (a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases) "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
  • (n) correction: (treatment of a specific defect) "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
  • (n) discipline, correction: (the act of punishing) "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
correctional, Adjective
  • (s) correctional: (concerned with or providing correction) "a correctional institution"
correctitude, Noun
  • (n) propriety, properness, correctitude: (correct or appropriate behavior)
corrective, Adjective
  • (s) corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal: (designed to promote discipline) "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
  • (s) corrective: (tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition) "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
corrective, Noun
  • (n) corrective, restorative: (a device for treating injury or disease)
correctness, Noun
  • (n) correctness, rightness: (conformity to fact or truth)
  • (n) correctness: (the quality of conformity to social expectations)
correlate, Adjective
  • (s) correlative, correlate, correlated: (mutually related)
correlate, Noun
  • (n) correlate, correlative: (either of two or more related or complementary variables)
correlate, Verb
  • (v) correlate: (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation) "Do these facts correlate?"
  • (v) correlate: (bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation) "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"
correlated, Adjective
  • (s) correlative, correlate, correlated: (mutually related)
correlation, Noun
  • (n) correlation, correlativity: (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)
  • (n) correlation, correlational_statistics: (a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other)
  • (n) correlation_coefficient, coefficient_of_correlation, correlation: (a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)) "what is the correlation between those two variables?"
correlative, Adjective
  • (s) correlative, correlate, correlated: (mutually related)
  • (s) correlative: (expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation) "correlative conjunctions"
correlative, Noun
  • (n) correlate, correlative: (either of two or more related or complementary variables)
correlativity, Noun
  • (n) correlation, correlativity: (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)
correspond, Verb
  • (v) correspond: (exchange messages) "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years"
  • (v) equate, correspond: (be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics)
  • (v) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree: (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics) "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
  • (v) represent, stand_for, correspond: (take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to) "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"
correspondence, Noun
  • (n) agreement, correspondence: (compatibility of observations) "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
  • (n) commensurateness, correspondence, proportionateness: (the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount)
  • (n) correspondence: (communication by the exchange of letters)
  • (n) parallelism, correspondence: (similarity by virtue of corresponding)
  • (n) symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance: ((mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane)
correspondent, Adjective
  • (s) analogous, correspondent: (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar) "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"
correspondent, Noun
  • (n) correspondent, letter_writer: (someone who communicates by means of letters)
  • (n) correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman: (a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media)
corresponding, Adjective
  • (s) comparable, corresponding, like: (conforming in every respect) "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
  • (s) corresponding: (accompanying) "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities"
  • (s) corresponding: (similar especially in position or purpose) "a number of corresponding diagonal points"
corrida, Noun
  • (n) bullfight, corrida: (a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators)
corridor, Noun
  • (n) corridor: (an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it)
corrie, Noun
  • (n) cirque, corrie, cwm: (a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake)
corrigible, Adjective
  • (a) corrigible: (capable of being corrected or set right) "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner"
corroborate, Verb
  • (v) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm: (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts) "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • (v) corroborate, underpin, bear_out, support: (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm) "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • (v) validate, corroborate: (give evidence for)
corroboration, Noun
  • (n) documentation, certification, corroboration: (confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence)
corroborative, Adjective
  • (s) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying: (serving to support or corroborate) "collateral evidence"
corroboratory, Adjective
  • (s) collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying: (serving to support or corroborate) "collateral evidence"
corrode, Verb
  • (v) corrode, eat, rust: (cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid) "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
  • (v) corrode, rust: (become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid) "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"
corroding, Noun
  • (n) corrosion, corroding, erosion: (erosion by chemical action)
corrosion, Noun
  • (n) corrosion: (a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action)
  • (n) corrosion, corroding, erosion: (erosion by chemical action)
corrosive, Adjective
  • (s) caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant: (of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action)
  • (s) corrosive: (spitefully sarcastic) "corrosive cristism"
corrosive, Noun
  • (n) corrosive: (a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali))
corrugate, Verb
  • (v) corrugate: (fold into ridges) "corrugate iron"
corrugated, Adjective
  • (s) corrugated: (shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges) "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated"
corrupt, Adjective
  • (a) corrupt: (lacking in integrity) "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
  • (s) corrupt, corrupted: (containing errors or alterations) "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
  • (s) corrupt, tainted: (touched by rot or decay) "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
  • (a) crooked, corrupt: (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive)
corrupt, Verb
  • (v) bribe, corrupt, buy, grease_one's_palms: (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence) "This judge can be bought"
  • (v) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect: (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality) "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
  • (v) corrupt, spoil: (alter from the original)
  • (v) defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud: (place under suspicion or cast doubt upon) "sully someone's reputation"
corrupted, Adjective
  • (s) corrupt, corrupted: (containing errors or alterations) "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"
  • (s) corrupted, debased, vitiated: (ruined in character or quality)
corruptibility, Noun
  • (n) corruptibility: (the capability of being corrupted)
corruptible, Adjective
  • (s) corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal: (capable of being corrupted) "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
corrupting, Adjective
  • (s) corrupting: (seducing into corrupt practices)
  • (s) corrupting, degrading: (harmful to the mind or morals) "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"
  • (s) corrupting, contaminating: (that infects or taints)
corruption, Noun
  • (n) corruption: (decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation))
  • (n) corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction: (moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles) "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
  • (n) corruption, subversion: (destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity) "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
  • (n) corruption: (inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)) "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
  • (n) corruptness, corruption: (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)
  • (n) putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption: (in a state of progressive putrefaction)
corruptive, Adjective
  • (s) corruptive, perversive, pestiferous: (tending to corrupt or pervert)
corruptness, Noun
  • (n) corruptness: (the state of being corrupt)
  • (n) corruptness, corruption: (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)
corsage, Noun
  • (n) bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay: (an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present)
corselet, Noun
  • (n) corselet, corslet: (a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece)
corset, Noun
  • (n) corset, girdle, stays: (a woman's close-fitting foundation garment)
corset, Verb
  • (v) corset: (dress with a corset)
corslet, Noun
  • (n) corselet, corslet: (a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece)
cortege, Noun
  • (n) cortege: (a funeral procession)
  • (n) cortege, retinue, suite, entourage: (the group following and attending to some important person)
cortex, Noun
  • (n) cerebral_cortex, cerebral_mantle, pallium, cortex: (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)
  • (n) cortex: (the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal)
  • (n) lens_cortex, cortex: (the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus)
cortical, Adjective
  • (a) cortical: (of or relating to a cortex)
corticifugal, Adjective
  • (s) corticoefferent, corticofugal, corticifugal: (of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex) "corticofugal discharges"
corticipetal, Adjective
  • (s) corticoafferent, corticipetal: (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex)
corticoafferent, Adjective
  • (s) corticoafferent, corticipetal: (of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex)
corticoefferent, Adjective
  • (s) corticoefferent, corticofugal, corticifugal: (of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex) "corticofugal discharges"
corticofugal, Adjective
  • (s) corticoefferent, corticofugal, corticifugal: (of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex) "corticofugal discharges"
corticoid, Noun
  • (n) corticosteroid, corticoid, adrenal_cortical_steroid: (a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response) "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions"
corticosteroid, Noun
  • (n) corticosteroid, corticoid, adrenal_cortical_steroid: (a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response) "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions"
corticotrophin, Noun
  • (n) adrenocorticotropic_hormone, adrenocorticotrophic_hormone, ACTH, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin: (a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex)
corticotropin, Noun
  • (n) adrenocorticotropic_hormone, adrenocorticotrophic_hormone, ACTH, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin: (a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex)
cortisol, Noun
  • (n) hydrocortisone, cortisol, Hydrocortone, Cortef: (an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism)
cortisone, Noun
  • (n) cortisone, Cortone_Acetate: (a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone)
corundom, Noun
  • (n) corundom, corundum: (very hard mineral used as an abrasive)
corundum, Noun
  • (n) corundom, corundum: (very hard mineral used as an abrasive)
coruscant, Adjective
  • (s) aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly: (having brief brilliant points or flashes of light) "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
coruscate, Verb
  • (v) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate: (reflect brightly) "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
  • (v) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate: (be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity) "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
coruscation, Noun
  • (n) coruscation: (a sudden or striking display of brilliance) "coruscations of great wit"
  • (n) glitter, sparkle, coruscation: (the occurrence of a small flash or spark)
corvette, Noun
  • (n) corvette: (a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer)
corynebacterium, Noun
  • (n) corynebacterium: (any species of the genus Corynebacterium)
corythosaur, Noun
  • (n) corythosaur, corythosaurus: (duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet)
corythosaurus, Noun
  • (n) corythosaur, corythosaurus: (duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet)
coryza, Noun
  • (n) rhinitis, coryza: (an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge))
cos, Noun
  • (n) carbon_monoxide, carbon_monoxide_gas, CO: (an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon)
  • (n) cobalt, Co, atomic_number_27: (a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition)
  • (n) Colorado, Centennial_State, CO: (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
  • (n) conscientious_objector, CO: (one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience)
  • (n) cos, cos_lettuce, romaine, romaine_lettuce: (lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head)
  • (n) cosine, cos: (ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle)
cosec, Noun
  • (n) cosecant, cosec: (ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle)
cosecant, Noun
  • (n) cosecant, cosec: (ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle)
coseismal, Adjective
  • (s) coseismic, coseismal: (being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously)
coseismic, Adjective
  • (s) coseismic, coseismal: (being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously)
cosh, Noun
  • (n) blackjack, cosh, sap: (a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people)
cosh, Verb
  • (v) cosh: (hit with a cosh, usually on the head)
cosher, Adjective
  • (s) kosher, cosher: (conforming to dietary laws) "kosher meat"; "a kosher kitchen"
cosign, Verb
  • (v) co-sign, cosign: (sign jointly) "Husband and wife co-signed the lease"
  • (v) cosign, co-sign: (sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan)
cosignatory, Adjective
  • (s) cosignatory: (signing jointly with others)
cosignatory, Noun
  • (n) cosigner, cosignatory: (one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration))
cosigner, Noun
  • (n) cosigner, cosignatory: (one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration))
  • (n) cosigner: (a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety))
cosine, Noun
  • (n) cosine, cos: (ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle)
cosiness, Noun
  • (n) coziness, cosiness, snugness: (a state of warm snug comfort)
cosmea, Noun
  • (n) cosmos, cosmea: (any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals)
cosmetic, Adjective
  • (s) cosmetic, decorative, ornamental: (serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose) "cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative"
  • (s) cosmetic, enhancive: (serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body) "cosmetic surgery"; "enhansive makeup"
cosmetic, Noun
  • (n) cosmetic: (a toiletry designed to beautify the body)
cosmetician, Noun
  • (n) beautician, cosmetician: (someone who works in a beauty parlor)
  • (n) cosmetician: (someone who sells or applies cosmetics)
cosmic, Adjective
  • (a) cosmic: (of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe) "cosmic laws"; "cosmic catastrophe"; "cosmic rays"
  • (s) cosmic: (inconceivably extended in space or time)
cosmogenic, Adjective
  • (a) cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogenic: (pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe) "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe"
cosmogeny, Noun
  • (n) cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny: (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)
cosmogonic, Adjective
  • (a) cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogenic: (pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe) "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe"
cosmogonical, Adjective
  • (a) cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogenic: (pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe) "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe"
cosmogony, Noun
  • (n) cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny: (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)
cosmographer, Noun
  • (n) cosmographer, cosmographist: (a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography)
cosmographist, Noun
  • (n) cosmographer, cosmographist: (a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography)
cosmologic, Adjective
  • (a) cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogenic: (pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe) "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe"
  • (a) cosmologic, cosmological: (pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality) "cosmologic philosophy"; "a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God"
cosmological, Adjective
  • (a) cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogenic: (pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe) "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe"
  • (a) cosmologic, cosmological: (pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality) "cosmologic philosophy"; "a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God"
cosmology, Noun
  • (n) cosmology: (the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe)
  • (n) cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny: (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)
cosmonaut, Noun
  • (n) astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut: (a person trained to travel in a spacecraft) "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"
cosmopolitan, Adjective
  • (a) cosmopolitan, widely_distributed: (growing or occurring in many parts of the world) "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"
  • (a) cosmopolitan: (composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests) "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay"; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"
  • (s) cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide: (of worldwide scope or applicability) "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley"; "universal experience"
cosmopolitan, Noun
  • (n) cosmopolitan, cosmopolite: (a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries)
cosmopolite, Noun
  • (n) cosmopolitan, cosmopolite: (a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries)
cosmos, Noun
  • (n) cosmos, cosmea: (any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals)
  • (n) universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm: (everything that exists anywhere) "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
cosponsor, Verb
  • (v) cosponsor: (sponsor together with another sponsor)
cosset, Verb
  • (v) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge: (treat with excessive indulgence) "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
cost-effective, Adjective
  • (s) cost-efficient, cost-effective: (productive relative to the cost)
cost-efficient, Adjective
  • (s) cost-efficient, cost-effective: (productive relative to the cost)
cost, Noun
  • (n) cost: (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)
  • (n) monetary_value, price, cost: (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)) "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
  • (n) price, cost, toll: (value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something) "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
cost, Verb
  • (v) cost, be: (be priced at) "These shoes cost $100"
  • (v) cost: (require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice) "This mistake cost him his job"
costa, Noun
  • (n) costa: (a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing))
  • (n) rib, costa: (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))
costalgia, Noun
  • (n) pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia: (pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs)
costate, Adjective
  • (s) costate, ribbed: ((of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture)
  • (s) costate: (having ribs)
costermonger, Noun
  • (n) costermonger, barrow-man, barrow-boy: (a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow)
costing, Noun
  • (n) costing: (cost accounting)
costive, Adjective
  • (a) costive: (retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating)
costless, Adjective
  • (s) complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous: (costing nothing) "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
costlier, Adjective
  • (s) costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy: (having a high price) "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant"
  • (s) dearly-won, costly: (entailing great loss or sacrifice) "a dearly-won victory"
costliness, Noun
  • (n) costliness, dearness, preciousness: (the quality possessed by something with a great price or value)
costly, Adjective
  • (s) costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy: (having a high price) "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant"
  • (s) dearly-won, costly: (entailing great loss or sacrifice) "a dearly-won victory"
costmary, Noun
  • (n) costmary, alecost, bible_leaf, mint_geranium, balsam_herb, Tanacetum_balsamita, Chrysanthemum_balsamita: (tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)
  • (n) costmary: (leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings)
costume, Noun
  • (n) costume: (the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball) "he won the prize for best costume"
  • (n) costume: (unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place) "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"
  • (n) costume: (the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments))
  • (n) costume: (the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class) "he wore his national costume"
costume, Verb
  • (v) costume, dress_up: (dress in a costume) "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
  • (v) costume: (furnish with costumes; as for a film or play)
costumed, Adjective
  • (s) costumed: (dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class)
costumer, Noun
  • (n) costumier, costumer, costume_designer: (someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade))
costumier, Noun
  • (n) costumier, costumer, costume_designer: (someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade))
cosy, Adjective
  • (s) cozy, cosy, snug: (enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space) "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment"
cosy, Noun
  • (n) cosy, tea_cosy, cozy, tea_cozy: (a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm)
cot, Noun
  • (n) cot, camp_bed: (a small bed that folds up for storage or transport)
  • (n) crib, cot: (baby bed with high sides made of slats)
  • (n) fingerstall, cot: (a sheath worn to protect a finger)
cotan, Noun
  • (n) cotangent, cotan: (ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle)
cotangent, Noun
  • (n) cotangent, cotan: (ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle)
coterie, Noun
  • (n) clique, coterie, ingroup, inner_circle, pack, camp: (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
coterminous, Adjective
  • (s) coextensive, coterminous, conterminous: (being of equal extent or scope or duration)
cothromboplastin, Noun
  • (n) proconvertin, cothromboplastin, stable_factor, factor_VII: (a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K)
cotilion, Noun
  • (n) cotillion, cotilion: (a ball at which young ladies are presented to society)
  • (n) cotillion, cotilion: (a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century)
cotillion, Noun
  • (n) cotillion, cotilion: (a ball at which young ladies are presented to society)
  • (n) cotillion, cotilion: (a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century)
cotinga, Noun
  • (n) cotinga, chatterer: (passerine bird of New World tropics)
cottage, Noun
  • (n) bungalow, cottage: (a small house with a single story)
cottager, Noun
  • (n) cottager, cottage_dweller: (someone who lives in a cottage)
cottar, Noun
  • (n) cotter, cottar: (a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands)
  • (n) cotter, cottar: (fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together)
cotter, Noun
  • (n) cotter, cottar: (a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands)
  • (n) cotter, cottier: (a medieval English villein)
  • (n) cotter, cottar: (fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together)
cottier, Noun
  • (n) cotter, cottier: (a medieval English villein)
cotton, Noun
  • (n) cotton, cotton_fiber, cotton_wool: (soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state)
  • (n) cotton: (fabric woven from cotton fibers)
  • (n) cotton, cotton_plant: (erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers)
  • (n) cotton: (thread made of cotton fibers)
cotton, Verb
  • (v) cotton: (take a liking to) "cotton to something"
cottonwood, Noun
  • (n) cottonwood: (any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed)
  • (n) white_basswood, cottonwood, Tilia_heterophylla: (American basswood of the Allegheny region)
cotyloid, Adjective
  • (s) acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidal: (of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone)
cotyloidal, Adjective
  • (s) acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidal: (of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone)
couch, Noun
  • (n) couch: (a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer)
  • (n) couch: (a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment)
  • (n) sofa, couch, lounge: (an upholstered seat for more than one person)
couch, Verb
  • (v) frame, redact, cast, put, couch: (formulate in a particular style or language) "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
cougar, Noun
  • (n) cougar, puma, catamount, mountain_lion, painter, panther, Felis_concolor: (large American feline resembling a lion)
cough, Noun
  • (n) cough, coughing: (a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis)
cough, Verb
  • (v) cough: (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion) "The smoker coughs all day"
coughing, Noun
  • (n) cough, coughing: (a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis)
coulter, Noun
  • (n) colter, coulter: (a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil)
coumarone, Noun
  • (n) benzofuran, coumarone, cumarone: (a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins)
council, Noun
  • (n) council: (a body serving in an administrative capacity) "student council"
  • (n) council: ((Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine)
  • (n) council: (a meeting of people for consultation) "emergency council"
councillor, Noun
  • (n) council_member, councillor: (a member of a council)
councillorship, Noun
  • (n) councillorship, councilorship: (the position of council member)
councilman, Noun
  • (n) councilman: (a man who is a council member)
councilorship, Noun
  • (n) councillorship, councilorship: (the position of council member)
councilwoman, Noun
  • (n) councilwoman: (a woman who is a council member)
counsel, Noun
  • (n) advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader: (a lawyer who pleads cases in court)
  • (n) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction: (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)
counsel, Verb
  • (v) rede, advise, counsel: (give advice to) "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
counseling, Noun
  • (n) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction: (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)
counselling, Noun
  • (n) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction: (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)
counsellor, Noun
  • (n) advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader: (a lawyer who pleads cases in court)
  • (n) counselor, counsellor: (someone who gives advice about problems)
  • (n) counselor, counsellor: (someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp)
counsellorship, Noun
  • (n) counselorship, counsellorship: (the position of counselor)
counselor-at-law, Noun
  • (n) advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader: (a lawyer who pleads cases in court)
counselor, Noun
  • (n) advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader: (a lawyer who pleads cases in court)
  • (n) counselor, counsellor: (someone who gives advice about problems)
  • (n) counselor, counsellor: (someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp)
counselorship, Noun
  • (n) counselorship, counsellorship: (the position of counselor)
count, Noun
  • (n) count: (the total number counted) "a blood count"
  • (n) count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally: (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order) "the counting continued for several hours"
  • (n) count: (a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl)
count, Verb
  • (v) consider, count, weigh: (show consideration for; take into account) "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
  • (v) count, number, enumerate, numerate: (determine the number or amount of) "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
  • (v) count, matter, weigh: (have weight; have import, carry weight) "It does not matter much"
  • (v) count: (name or recite the numbers in ascending order) "The toddler could count to 100"
  • (v) count, number: (put into a group) "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
  • (v) count: (include as if by counting) "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
  • (v) count: (have a certain value or carry a certain weight) "each answer counts as three points"
  • (v) count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon: (have faith or confidence in) "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
  • (v) reckon, count: (take account of) "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
countable, Adjective
  • (s) countable, denumerable, enumerable, numerable: (that can be counted) "countable sins"; "numerable assets"
countdown, Noun
  • (n) countdown: (counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle))
countenance, Noun
  • (n) countenance, visage: (the appearance conveyed by a person's face) "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"
  • (n) countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug: (the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British))
  • (n) sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur: (formal and explicit approval) "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
countenance, Verb
  • (v) permit, allow, let, countenance: (consent to, give permission) "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
counter-revolutionist, Noun
  • (n) counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary: (a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution)
counter, Adjective
  • (s) antagonistic, counter: (indicating opposition or resistance)
counter, Noun
  • (n) buffet, counter, sideboard: (a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers)
  • (n) counter: (table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted)
  • (n) counter: (game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games)
  • (n) counter, tabulator: (a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens)
  • (n) counter: (a person who counts things)
  • (n) counter: ((computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers))
  • (n) counter, heel_counter: (a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot) "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot"
  • (n) counterpunch, parry, counter: (a return punch (especially by a boxer))
  • (n) rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter: (a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)) "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
counter, Verb
  • (v) anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter: (act in advance of; deal with ahead of time)
  • (v) counter: (speak in response) "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
counteract, Verb
  • (v) antagonize, antagonise, counteract: (act in opposition to)
  • (v) counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance: (oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions) "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
  • (v) countercheck, counteract: (oppose or check by a counteraction)
  • (v) sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken: (destroy property or hinder normal operations) "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
counteraction, Noun
  • (n) neutralization, neutralisation, counteraction: (action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action)
counterattack, Noun
  • (n) counterattack, countermove: (an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.)
  • (n) counterattack, counterplay: ((chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board)
counterattack, Verb
  • (v) counterattack, counterstrike: (make a counterattack)
counterbalance, Noun
  • (n) balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance: (equality of distribution)
  • (n) counterbalance, offset: (a compensating equivalent)
  • (n) counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser: (a weight that balances another weight)
counterbalance, Verb
  • (v) compensate, counterbalance, correct, make_up, even_out, even_off, even_up: (adjust for) "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
  • (v) counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance: (oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions) "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
  • (v) oppose, counterbalance: (contrast with equal weight or force)
counterbalanced, Adjective
  • (s) counterbalanced, counterpoised: (brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another)
counterbore, Noun
  • (n) counterbore, countersink, countersink_bit: (a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole)
counterchange, Verb
  • (v) counterchange, transpose, interchange: (cause to change places) "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
countercheck, Noun
  • (n) countercheck: (a check that restrains another check)
  • (n) countercheck, double_check: (something that checks the correctness of a previous check)
countercheck, Verb
  • (v) countercheck, counteract: (oppose or check by a counteraction)
  • (v) countercheck: (check a second time)
counterclockwise, Adjective
  • (a) counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise: (in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock)
countercurrent, Noun
  • (n) countercurrent, crosscurrent: (actions counter to the main group activity) "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"
  • (n) rip, riptide, tide_rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent: (a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current)
counterfactuality, Noun
  • (n) counterfactuality: (the quality of being contrary to fact)
counterfeit, Adjective
  • (a) counterfeit, imitative: (not genuine; imitating something superior) "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
counterfeit, Noun
  • (n) counterfeit, forgery: (a copy that is represented as the original)
counterfeit, Verb
  • (v) forge, fake, counterfeit: (make a copy of with the intent to deceive) "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
counterfeiter, Noun
  • (n) forger, counterfeiter: (someone who makes copies illegally)
counterfoil, Noun
  • (n) stub, check_stub, counterfoil: (the part of a check that is retained as a record)
counterglow, Noun
  • (n) counterglow, gegenschein: (a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space)
counterinsurgency, Noun
  • (n) pacification, counterinsurgency: (actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency)
counterintelligence, Noun
  • (n) counterintelligence: (intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism)
counterman, Noun
  • (n) counterperson, counterwoman, counterman: (someone who attends a counter (as in a diner))
countermand, Noun
  • (n) countermand: (a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command)
countermand, Verb
  • (v) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate: (cancel officially) "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
countermeasure, Noun
  • (n) countermeasure: (an action taken to offset another action)
countermine, Noun
  • (n) countermine: ((military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy)
countermine, Verb
  • (v) countermine: (destroy enemy mines with one's own mines) "We countermined the banks of the river"
  • (v) sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken: (destroy property or hinder normal operations) "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
countermove, Noun
  • (n) counterattack, countermove: (an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.)
counterpane, Noun
  • (n) bedspread, bedcover, bed_cover, bed_covering, counterpane, spread: (decorative cover for a bed)
counterpart, Noun
  • (n) counterpart, opposite_number, vis-a-vis: (a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another)
  • (n) counterpart, similitude, twin: (a duplicate copy)
counterperson, Noun
  • (n) counterperson, counterwoman, counterman: (someone who attends a counter (as in a diner))
counterplan, Noun
  • (n) counterplot, counterplan: (a plot intended to subvert another plot)
counterplay, Noun
  • (n) counterattack, counterplay: ((chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board)
counterplot, Noun
  • (n) counterplot, counterplan: (a plot intended to subvert another plot)
counterplot, Verb
  • (v) counterplot: (make a plot in response to another plot)
counterpoint, Noun
  • (n) counterpoint: (a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies)
counterpoint, Verb
  • (v) contrast, counterpoint: (to show differences when compared; be different) "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
  • (v) counterpoint: (write in counterpoint) "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"
counterpoise, Noun
  • (n) counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser: (a weight that balances another weight)
counterpoise, Verb
  • (v) counterweight, counterpoise, counterpose: (constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to)
counterpoised, Adjective
  • (s) counterbalanced, counterpoised: (brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another)
counterpoison, Noun
  • (n) antidote, counterpoison: (a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison)
counterpose, Verb
  • (v) counterweight, counterpoise, counterpose: (constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to)
counterpunch, Noun
  • (n) counterpunch, parry, counter: (a return punch (especially by a boxer))
counterrevolutionary, Adjective
  • (a) counterrevolutionary: (relating to or being a counterrevolution)
  • (a) counterrevolutionary: (marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution) "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies"
counterrevolutionary, Noun
  • (n) counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary: (a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution)
counterrevolutionist, Noun
  • (n) counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary: (a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution)
countersign, Noun
  • (n) countersignature, countersign: (a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed)
  • (n) password, watchword, word, parole, countersign: (a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group) "he forgot the password"
countersign, Verb
  • (v) countersign: (add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity) "You must countersign on this line of the contract"
countersignature, Noun
  • (n) countersignature, countersign: (a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed)
countersink, Noun
  • (n) counterbore, countersink, countersink_bit: (a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole)
  • (n) countersink: (a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface)
countersink, Verb
  • (v) set, countersink: (insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink))
counterspy, Noun
  • (n) counterspy, mole: (a spy who works against enemy espionage)
counterstrike, Verb
  • (v) counterattack, counterstrike: (make a counterattack)
countertenor, Adjective
  • (s) countertenor, alto: (of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor)
countertenor, Noun
  • (n) countertenor: (a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor)
  • (n) countertenor, alto: (the highest adult male singing voice)
counterterror, Adjective
  • (a) counterterror, counterterrorist: (intended to prevent terrorism) "the government took counterterror measures"
counterterrorism, Noun
  • (n) counterterrorism: (a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism)
counterterrorist, Adjective
  • (a) counterterror, counterterrorist: (intended to prevent terrorism) "the government took counterterror measures"
counterterrorist, Noun
  • (n) counterterrorist: (someone who attempts to prevent terrorism)
countertop, Noun
  • (n) countertop: (the top side of a counter)
countervail, Verb
  • (v) counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance: (oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions) "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
  • (v) offset, countervail: (compensate for or counterbalance) "offset deposits and withdrawals"
counterweight, Noun
  • (n) counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser: (a weight that balances another weight)
counterweight, Verb
  • (v) counterweight, counterpoise, counterpose: (constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to)
counterwoman, Noun
  • (n) counterperson, counterwoman, counterman: (someone who attends a counter (as in a diner))
counting, Noun
  • (n) count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally: (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order) "the counting continued for several hours"
countless, Adjective
  • (s) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
countlessness, Noun
  • (n) innumerableness, countlessness: (a number beyond counting)
countrified, Adjective
  • (s) countrified, countryfied, rustic: (characteristic of rural life) "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"
country-dance, Noun
  • (n) country-dance, country_dancing, contredanse, contra_danse, contradance: (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)
country-dance, Verb
  • (v) contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra_danse: (perform a contradance)
country, Noun
  • (n) area, country: (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)) "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
  • (n) country, state, land: (the territory occupied by a nation) "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
  • (n) country, rural_area: (an area outside of cities and towns) "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
  • (n) nation, land, country: (the people who live in a nation or country) "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
  • (n) state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res_publica, body_politic: (a politically organized body of people under a single government) "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
countryfied, Adjective
  • (s) countrified, countryfied, rustic: (characteristic of rural life) "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness"
countryman, Noun
  • (n) countryman: (a man from your own country)
  • (n) countryman, ruralist: (a man who lives in the country and has country ways)
countryside, Noun
  • (n) countryside: (rural regions)
countrywide, Adjective
  • (s) countrywide, nationwide: (occurring or extending throughout a country or nation) "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign"
county, Noun
  • (n) county: ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
  • (n) county: ((United States) the largest administrative district within a state) "the county plans to build a new road"
countywide, Adjective
  • (s) countywide: (occurring or extending throughout a county) "a countywide war on drugs"; "countywide elections"
coup, Noun
  • (n) coup: (a brilliant and notable success)
  • (n) coup_d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover: (a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force)
coupe, Noun
  • (n) coupe: (a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment)
couple, Noun
  • (n) couple, twosome, duo, duet: (a pair who associate with one another) "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"
  • (n) couple, mates, match: (a pair of people who live together) "a married couple from Chicago"
  • (n) couple: (a small indefinite number) "he's coming for a couple of days"
  • (n) couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad: (two items of the same kind)
  • (n) couple: ((physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines)
couple, Verb
  • (v) copulate, mate, pair, couple: (engage in sexual intercourse) "Birds mate in the Spring"
  • (v) couple, couple_on, couple_up: (link together) "can we couple these proposals?"
  • (v) match, mate, couple, pair, twin: (bring two objects, ideas, or people together) "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  • (v) pair, pair_off, partner_off, couple: (form a pair or pairs) "The two old friends paired off"
coupled, Adjective
  • (s) conjugate, conjugated, coupled: (joined together especially in a pair or pairs)
  • (s) coupled, joined, linked: (connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks)
coupler, Noun
  • (n) coupling, coupler: (a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects)
couplet, Noun
  • (n) couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad: (two items of the same kind)
  • (n) couplet: (a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed)
coupling, Noun
  • (n) coupling, coupler: (a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects)
  • (n) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual_union: (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes) "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
  • (n) yoke, coupling: (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)
coupon, Noun
  • (n) coupon, voucher: (a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed)
  • (n) coupon: (a test sample of some substance)
courage, Noun
  • (n) courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness: (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
courageous, Adjective
  • (a) brave, courageous: (possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching) "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville"; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth"; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
courageousness, Noun
  • (n) courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness: (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)
courgette, Noun
  • (n) zucchini, courgette: (marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small)
  • (n) zucchini, courgette: (small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green)
courier, Noun
  • (n) messenger, courier: (a person who carries a message)
course, Noun
  • (n) class, form, grade, course: (a body of students who are taught together) "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  • (n) course, course_of_study, course_of_instruction, class: (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings) "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
  • (n) course, line: (a connected series of events or actions or developments) "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
  • (n) course, trend: (general line of orientation) "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
  • (n) course, course_of_action: (a mode of action) "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
  • (n) course: (part of a meal served at one time) "she prepared a three course meal"
  • (n) course, row: ((construction) a layer of masonry) "a course of bricks"
  • (n) course: (facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport) "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile"
  • (n) path, track, course: (a line or route along which something travels or moves) "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
course, Verb
  • (v) course: (move swiftly through or over) "ships coursing the Atlantic"
  • (v) course: (hunt with hounds) "He often courses hares"
  • (v) run, flow, feed, course: (move along, of liquids) "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
courser, Noun
  • (n) charger, courser: (formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle)
  • (n) courser: (a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey)
  • (n) courser: (a dog trained for coursing)
  • (n) courser: (swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles)
coursework, Noun
  • (n) coursework: (work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course)
court, Verb
  • (v) court: (engage in social activities leading to marriage) "We were courting for over ten years"
  • (v) woo, court: (seek someone's favor) "China is wooing Russia"
  • (v) woo, court, romance, solicit: (make amorous advances towards) "John is courting Mary"
courteous, Adjective
  • (a) courteous: (characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners) "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon"
  • (s) courteous, gracious, nice: (exhibiting courtesy and politeness) "a nice gesture"
courtesan, Noun
  • (n) concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour: (a woman who cohabits with an important man)
courtesy, Noun
  • (n) courtesy: (a courteous or respectful or considerate act)
  • (n) courtesy: (a courteous or respectful or considerate remark)
  • (n) courtesy, good_manners: (a courteous manner)
courthouse, Noun
  • (n) courthouse: (a government building that houses the offices of a county government)
  • (n) courthouse: (a building that houses judicial courts)
courting, Noun
  • (n) courtship, wooing, courting, suit: (a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)) "its was a brief and intense courtship"
courtly, Adjective
  • (s) courtly, formal, stately: (refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court) "a courtly gentleman"
courtroom, Noun
  • (n) court, courtroom: (a room in which a lawcourt sits) "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"
courtship, Noun
  • (n) courtship, wooing, courting, suit: (a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)) "its was a brief and intense courtship"
courtyard, Noun
  • (n) court, courtyard: (an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings) "the house was built around an inner court"
cousin-german, Noun
  • (n) cousin, first_cousin, cousin-german, full_cousin: (the child of your aunt or uncle)
cousin, Noun
  • (n) cousin, first_cousin, cousin-german, full_cousin: (the child of your aunt or uncle)
cousinly, Adjective
  • (a) cousinly: (like or befitting a cousin) "a cousinly kiss"
couthie, Adjective
  • (s) couthie, couthy: ((chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial)
couthy, Adjective
  • (s) couthie, couthy: ((chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial)
couture, Noun
  • (n) couture: (high fashion designing and dressmaking)
couturier, Noun
  • (n) couturier, fashion_designer, clothes_designer, designer: (someone who designs clothing)
covalence, Noun
  • (n) covalence, covalency: (valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share)
covalency, Noun
  • (n) covalence, covalency: (valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share)
covariance, Noun
  • (n) covariance: ((statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means)
cove, Noun
  • (n) cove: (a small inlet)
  • (n) cove: (small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain)
covenant, Noun
  • (n) covenant, compact, concordat: (a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action)
  • (n) covenant: ((Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return)
covenant, Verb
  • (v) covenant: (enter into a covenant)
  • (v) covenant: (enter into a covenant or formal agreement) "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"
cover, Noun
  • (n) binding, book_binding, cover, back: (the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book) "the book had a leather binding"
  • (n) blanket, cover: (bedding that keeps a person warm in bed) "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
  • (n) cover, covering, screening, masking: (the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it) "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
  • (n) cover, covering_fire: (fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations) "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal"
  • (n) cover, cover_version, cover_song: (a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else) "they made a cover of a Beatles' song"
  • (n) cover: (a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)) "her new name and passport are cover for her next assignment"
  • (n) cover_charge, cover: (a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink)
  • (n) covering, natural_covering, cover: (a natural object that covers or envelops) "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"
  • (n) screen, cover, covert, concealment: (a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something) "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
  • (n) top, cover: (covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)) "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"
cover, Verb
  • (v) breed, cover: (copulate with a female, used especially of horses) "The horse covers the mare"
  • (v) brood, hatch, cover, incubate: (sit on (eggs)) "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
  • (v) cover: (provide with a covering or cause to be covered) "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
  • (v) cover, spread_over: (form a cover over) "The grass covered the grave"
  • (v) cover, continue, extend: (span an interval of distance, space or time) "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
  • (v) cover: (provide for) "The grant doesn't cover my salary"
  • (v) cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address: (act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression) "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
  • (v) cover: (hold within range of an aimed firearm)
  • (v) cover: (to take an action to protect against future problems) "Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself"
  • (v) cover, cover_up: (hide from view or knowledge) "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
  • (v) cover: (protect or defend (a position in a game)) "he covered left field"
  • (v) cover: (maintain a check on; especially by patrolling) "The second officer covered the top floor"
  • (v) cover, insure, underwrite: (protect by insurance) "The insurance won't cover this"
  • (v) cover, compensate, overcompensate: (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities) "he is compensating for being a bad father"
  • (v) cover: (invest with a large or excessive amount of something) "She covered herself with glory"
  • (v) cover: (help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities) "She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week"
  • (v) cover: (be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of) "Is this enough to cover the check?"
  • (v) cover: (spread over a surface to conceal or protect) "This paint covers well"
  • (v) cover: (play a higher card than the one previously played) "Smith covered again"
  • (v) cover: (be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game)
  • (v) cover, wrap_up: (clothe, as if for protection from the elements) "cover your head!"
  • (v) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover: (include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory) "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"
  • (v) overlay, cover: (put something on top of something else) "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"
  • (v) report, cover: (be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism) "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City"
  • (v) shroud, enshroud, hide, cover: (cover as if with a shroud) "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
  • (v) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass_over, get_over, get_across, cut_through, cut_across: (travel across or pass over) "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
coverage, Noun
  • (n) coverage, insurance_coverage: (the total amount and type of insurance carried)
  • (n) coverage: (the extent to which something is covered) "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent"
  • (n) coverage, reporting, reportage: (the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television) "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations"
covered, Adjective
  • (a) covered: (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form) "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
covering, Noun
  • (n) application, coating, covering: (the work of applying something; ) "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"
  • (n) cover, covering, screening, masking: (the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it) "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
  • (n) covering, natural_covering, cover: (a natural object that covers or envelops) "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"
  • (n) covering: (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
  • (n) covering: (the act of protecting something by covering it)
covert, Adjective
  • (a) covert: (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed) "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
  • (s) covert: ((of a wife) being under the protection of her husband) "a woman covert"
covert, Noun
  • (n) covert: (a flock of coots)
  • (n) screen, cover, covert, concealment: (a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something) "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
covertness, Noun
  • (n) hiddenness, covertness: (the state of being covert and hidden)
covet, Verb
  • (v) covet: (wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)) "She covets her sister's house"
coveted, Adjective
  • (s) coveted, desired, in_demand, sought_after: (greatly desired)
covetous, Adjective
  • (s) avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile: (immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth) "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
  • (s) covetous, envious, jealous: (showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages) "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
covetousness, Noun
  • (n) avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia: (reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins))
  • (n) avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity: (extreme greed for material wealth)
  • (n) covetousness: (an envious eagerness to possess something)
covey, Noun
  • (n) covey: (a small collection of people)
  • (n) covey: (a small flock of grouse or partridge)
coville, Noun
  • (n) creosote_bush, coville, hediondilla, Larrea_tridentata: (desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers)
cow, Noun
  • (n) cow, moo-cow: (female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term")
  • (n) cow: (mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull')
  • (n) cow: (a large unpleasant woman)
cow, Verb
  • (v) overawe, cow: (subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats))
cowardice, Noun
  • (n) cowardice, cowardliness: (the trait of lacking courage)
cowardliness, Noun
  • (n) cowardice, cowardliness: (the trait of lacking courage)
cowardly, Adjective
  • (a) cowardly, fearful: (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted) "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley"
cowbarn, Noun
  • (n) cowbarn, cowshed, cow_barn, cowhouse, byre: (a barn for cows)
cowbell, Noun
  • (n) cowbell: (a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located)
cowberry, Noun
  • (n) cowberry, mountain_cranberry, lingonberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium_vitis-idaea: (low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries)
  • (n) lingonberry, mountain_cranberry, cowberry, lowbush_cranberry: (tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller)
cowboy, Noun
  • (n) cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd: (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
  • (n) cowboy, rodeo_rider: (a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging)
  • (n) cowboy: (someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles))
cowcatcher, Noun
  • (n) fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot: (an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track)
cower, Verb
  • (v) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel: (show submission or fear)
  • (v) huddle, cower: (crouch or curl up) "They huddled outside in the rain"
cowgirl, Noun
  • (n) cowgirl: (a woman cowboy)
cowhand, Noun
  • (n) cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd: (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
cowherd, Noun
  • (n) cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd: (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
cowhide, Noun
  • (n) cowhide, cowskin: (leather made from the hide of a cow)
  • (n) cowhide: (the hide of a cow)
  • (n) cowhide: (a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow)
cowhide, Verb
  • (v) cowhide: (flog with a cowhide)
cowhouse, Noun
  • (n) cowbarn, cowshed, cow_barn, cowhouse, byre: (a barn for cows)
cowl, Noun
  • (n) cowl: (a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk))
  • (n) hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling: (protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine) "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
cowl, Verb
  • (v) cowl: (cover with or as with a cowl) "cowl the boys and veil the girls"
cowling, Noun
  • (n) hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling: (protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine) "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
cowman, Noun
  • (n) cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd: (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
cowpoke, Noun
  • (n) cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd: (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
cowpox, Noun
  • (n) cowpox, vaccinia: (a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox)
cowpuncher, Noun
  • (n) cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd: (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
cowrie, Noun
  • (n) cowrie, cowry: (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)
cowry, Noun
  • (n) cowrie, cowry: (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)
cows, Noun
  • (n) cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos_taurus: (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age) "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible"; "a team of oxen"
  • (n) cow, moo-cow: (female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term")
  • (n) cow: (mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull')
  • (n) cow: (a large unpleasant woman)
cowshed, Noun
  • (n) cowbarn, cowshed, cow_barn, cowhouse, byre: (a barn for cows)
cowskin, Noun
  • (n) cowhide, cowskin: (leather made from the hide of a cow)
cowslip, Noun
  • (n) cowslip, paigle, Primula_veris: (early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers)
  • (n) marsh_marigold, kingcup, meadow_bright, May_blob, cowslip, water_dragon, Caltha_palustris: (swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups)
cox, Verb
  • (v) cox: (act as the coxswain, in a boat race)
coxa, Noun
  • (n) hip, hip_joint, coxa, articulatio_coxae: (the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum)
coxcomb, Noun
  • (n) cockscomb, coxcomb: (a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red)
  • (n) comb, cockscomb, coxcomb: (the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds)
  • (n) coxcomb, cockscomb: (a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments)
coxswain, Noun
  • (n) coxswain, cox: (the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew)
coy, Adjective
  • (s) coy, demure, overmodest: (affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way)
  • (s) coy: (showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement) "a politician coy about his intentions"
  • (s) coy: (modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures) "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"
coyness, Noun
  • (n) coyness, demureness: (the affectation of being demure in a provocative way)
coyote, Noun
  • (n) coyote, prairie_wolf, brush_wolf, Canis_latrans: (small wolf native to western North America)
  • (n) coyote: (someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border))
  • (n) coyote: (a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time))
coypu, Noun
  • (n) coypu, nutria, Myocastor_coypus: (aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur)
cozen, Verb
  • (v) cozen: (act with artful deceit)
  • (v) cozen: (cheat or trick) "He cozened the money out of the old man"
  • (v) deceive, lead_on, delude, cozen: (be false to; be dishonest with)
cozenage, Noun
  • (n) scam, cozenage: (a fraudulent business scheme)
coziest, Adjective
  • (s) cozy, cosy, snug: (enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space) "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment"
  • (s) cozy, intimate, informal: (having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere) "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"
  • (s) cozy: (suggesting connivance) "a cozy arrangement with the police"
coziness, Noun
  • (n) coziness, cosiness, snugness: (a state of warm snug comfort)
cozy, Adjective
  • (s) cozy, cosy, snug: (enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space) "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment"
  • (s) cozy, intimate, informal: (having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere) "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"
  • (s) cozy: (suggesting connivance) "a cozy arrangement with the police"
cozy, Noun
  • (n) cosy, tea_cosy, cozy, tea_cozy: (a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm)
cps, Noun
  • (n) hertz, Hz, cycle_per_second, cycles/second, cps, cycle: (the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second)
crab, Verb
  • (v) crab: (direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind)
  • (v) crab: (scurry sideways like a crab)
  • (v) crab: (fish for crab)
  • (v) gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler: (complain) "What was he hollering about?"
crabbed, Adjective
  • (s) crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered: (annoyed and irritable)
crabbedness, Noun
  • (n) crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness: (a disposition to be ill-tempered)
crabbiness, Noun
  • (n) crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness: (a disposition to be ill-tempered)
crabby, Adjective
  • (s) crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered: (annoyed and irritable)
crabmeat, Noun
  • (n) crab, crabmeat: (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)
crabwise, Adjective
  • (s) crabwise, sideways: ((of movement) at an angle)
crack-up, Noun
  • (n) breakdown, crack-up: (a mental or physical breakdown)
crack, Adjective
  • (s) ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops: (of the highest quality) "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
crack, Noun
  • (n) crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure: (a long narrow opening)
  • (n) crack, cracking, snap: (a sudden sharp noise) "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
  • (n) crack: (a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts) "there was a crack in the mirror"
  • (n) crack, crack_cocaine, tornado: (a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive)
  • (n) crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer: (a usually brief attempt) "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
  • (n) crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap: (a long narrow depression in a surface)
  • (n) fracture, crack, cracking: (the act of cracking something)
  • (n) gap, crack: (a narrow opening) "he opened the window a crack"
  • (n) shot, crack: (a chance to do something) "he wanted a shot at the champion"
  • (n) wisecrack, crack, sally, quip: (witty remark)
crack, Verb
  • (v) break_through, crack: (pass through (a barrier)) "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
  • (v) crack, check, break: (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only) "The glass cracked when it was heated"
  • (v) crack: (make a very sharp explosive sound) "His gun cracked"
  • (v) crack: (hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise) "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
  • (v) crack: (break partially but keep its integrity) "The glass cracked"
  • (v) crack: (gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions) "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
  • (v) crack: (tell spontaneously) "crack a joke"
  • (v) crack: (cause to become cracked) "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
  • (v) crack: (reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking)
  • (v) crack: (break into simpler molecules by means of heat) "The petroleum cracked"
  • (v) crack_up, crack, crock_up, break_up, collapse: (suffer a nervous breakdown)
  • (v) snap, crack: (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension) "The pipe snapped"
  • (v) snap, crack: (make a sharp sound) "his fingers snapped"
crackbrained, Adjective
  • (s) crackbrained, idiotic: (insanely irresponsible) "an idiotic idea"
crackdown, Noun
  • (n) crackdown: (severely repressive actions)
cracked, Adjective
  • (s) alligatored, cracked: (of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide)
  • (s) balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round_the_bend, around_the_bend, wacky, whacky: (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular) "it used to drive my husband balmy"
  • (s) chapped, cracked, roughened: (used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure) "chapped lips"
cracker-barrel, Adjective
  • (s) cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun: (characteristic of country life) "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
cracker, Noun
  • (n) cracker: (a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet)
  • (n) cracker: (a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things) "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"
  • (n) cracker, snapper, cracker_bonbon: (a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends)
  • (n) firecracker, cracker, banger: (firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing)
  • (n) redneck, cracker: (a poor White person in the southern United States)
crackerberry, Noun
  • (n) bunchberry, dwarf_cornel, crackerberry, pudding_berry, Cornus_canadensis: (creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska)
crackerjack, Noun
  • (n) jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack: (someone excellent of their kind) "he's a jimdandy of a soldier"
  • (n) jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack: (something excellent of its kind) "the bike was a jimdandy"
crackers, Adjective
  • (s) balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round_the_bend, around_the_bend, wacky, whacky: (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular) "it used to drive my husband balmy"
cracking, Adjective
  • (s) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not_bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing: (very good) "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
cracking, Noun
  • (n) crack, cracking, snap: (a sudden sharp noise) "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
  • (n) cracking: (the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process))
  • (n) fracture, crack, cracking: (the act of cracking something)
crackle, Adjective
  • (s) crackle: (having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware) "a crackle glaze"
crackle, Noun
  • (n) crackle, crackling, crepitation: (the sharp sound of snapping noises)
  • (n) crackle, crackleware, crackle_china: (glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface)
crackle, Verb
  • (v) crackle: (to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks) "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
  • (v) crepitate, crackle: (make a crackling sound) "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl"
  • (v) crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle: (make a crushing noise) "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
crackleware, Noun
  • (n) crackle, crackleware, crackle_china: (glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface)
crackling, Noun
  • (n) crackle, crackling, crepitation: (the sharp sound of snapping noises)
  • (n) greaves, crackling: (the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered)
crackpot, Noun
  • (n) crackpot, crank, nut, nut_case, fruitcake, screwball: (a whimsically eccentric person)
cracksman, Noun
  • (n) safebreaker, safecracker, cracksman: (a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents)
cradle, Noun
  • (n) birthplace, cradle, place_of_origin, provenance, provenience: (where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence) "the birthplace of civilization"
  • (n) cradle: (a baby bed with sides and rockers)
  • (n) cradle: (birth of a person) "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
  • (n) rocker, cradle: (a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold)
cradle, Verb
  • (v) cradle: (hold gently and carefully) "He cradles the child in his arms"
  • (v) cradle: (bring up from infancy)
  • (v) cradle: (hold or place in or as if in a cradle) "He cradled the infant in his arms"
  • (v) cradle: (cut grain with a cradle scythe)
  • (v) cradle: (wash in a cradle) "cradle gold"
  • (v) cradle: (run with the stick)
cradlesong, Noun
  • (n) lullaby, cradlesong, berceuse: (a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep)
  • (n) lullaby, cradlesong: (the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep)
craft, Noun
  • (n) craft: (a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)
  • (n) craft, trade: (people who perform a particular kind of skilled work) "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
  • (n) craft, craftsmanship, workmanship: (skill in an occupation or trade)
  • (n) craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness: (shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception)
  • (n) trade, craft: (the skilled practice of a practical occupation) "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
craft, Verb
  • (v) craft: (make by hand and with much skill) "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"
crafter, Noun
  • (n) craftsman, crafter: (a creator of great skill in the manual arts) "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen"
craftier, Adjective
  • (s) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily: (marked by skill in deception) "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
craftiness, Noun
  • (n) craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness: (shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception)
  • (n) craftiness, deceitfulness, guile: (the quality of being crafty)
craftsman, Noun
  • (n) craftsman: (a professional whose work is consistently of high quality) "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman"
  • (n) craftsman, crafter: (a creator of great skill in the manual arts) "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen"
  • (n) craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer: (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)
craftsmanship, Noun
  • (n) craft, craftsmanship, workmanship: (skill in an occupation or trade)
crafty, Adjective
  • (s) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily: (marked by skill in deception) "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
cragged, Adjective
  • (s) cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous: (having hills and crags) "hilly terrain"
craggy, Adjective
  • (s) cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous: (having hills and crags) "hilly terrain"
cram, Verb
  • (v) cram: (put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled) "cram books into the suitcase"
  • (v) cram, grind_away, drum, bone_up, swot, get_up, mug_up, swot_up, bone: (study intensively, as before an exam) "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
  • (v) cram: (prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam)
  • (v) jam, jampack, ram, chock_up, cram, wad: (crowd or pack to capacity) "the theater was jampacked"
cramp, Noun
  • (n) cramp: (a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued)
  • (n) cramp, cramp_iron: (a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together)
  • (n) spasm, cramp, muscle_spasm: (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)
cramp, Verb
  • (v) cramp: (secure with a cramp) "cramp the wood"
  • (v) cramp: (affect with or as if with a cramp)
  • (v) cramp: (suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle)
  • (v) hamper, halter, cramp, strangle: (prevent the progress or free movement of) "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
crampfish, Noun
  • (n) electric_ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo: (any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges)
crampon, Noun
  • (n) crampon, crampoon: (a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects)
  • (n) crampon, crampoon, climbing_iron, climber: (an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing)
crampoon, Noun
  • (n) crampon, crampoon: (a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects)
  • (n) crampon, crampoon, climbing_iron, climber: (an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing)
cranberry, Noun
  • (n) cranberry: (any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries)
  • (n) cranberry: (very tart red berry used for sauce or juice)
cranch, Verb
  • (v) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind: (press or grind with a crushing noise)
crane, Verb
  • (v) crane, stretch_out: (stretch (the neck) so as to see better) "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by"
cranial, Adjective
  • (a) cranial: (of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain) "cranial pressure"
craniate, Noun
  • (n) vertebrate, craniate: (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
craniologist, Noun
  • (n) phrenologist, craniologist: (someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull)
craniometric, Adjective
  • (a) craniometric, craniometrical: (of or relating to craniometry)
craniometrical, Adjective
  • (a) craniometric, craniometrical: (of or relating to craniometry)
cranium, Noun
  • (n) cranium, braincase, brainpan: (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)
crank, Adjective
  • (s) crank, cranky, tender, tippy: ((used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail)
crank, Noun
  • (n) crackpot, crank, nut, nut_case, fruitcake, screwball: (a whimsically eccentric person)
  • (n) crank, starter: (a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle)
  • (n) grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch: (a bad-tempered person)
  • (n) methamphetamine, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken_feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash: (an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant)
crank, Verb
  • (v) crank, crank_up: (start by cranking) "crank up the engine"
  • (v) crank, crank_up: (rotate with a crank)
  • (v) crank: (fasten with a crank)
  • (v) crank: (bend into the shape of a crank)
  • (v) zigzag, crank: (travel along a zigzag path) "The river zigzags through the countryside"
crankiness, Noun
  • (n) crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness: (a fussy and eccentric disposition)
cranky, Adjective
  • (s) crank, cranky, tender, tippy: ((used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail)
  • (s) cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy: (easily irritated or annoyed) "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
crannied, Adjective
  • (a) crannied: (having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones)) "a crannied wall"
cranny, Noun
  • (n) cranny: (a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall))
  • (n) crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap: (a long narrow depression in a surface)
crap-shooter, Noun
  • (n) shooter, crap-shooter: (a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps)
crap, Noun
  • (n) bullshit, bull, Irish_bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit: (obscene words for unacceptable behavior) "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
  • (n) crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd: (obscene terms for feces)
crap, Verb
  • (v) stool, defecate, shit, take_a_shit, take_a_crap, ca-ca, crap, make: (have a bowel movement) "The dog had made in the flower beds"
crape, Noun
  • (n) crape, crepe, French_pancake: (small very thin pancake)
  • (n) crepe, crape: (a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface)
crape, Verb
  • (v) crape, crepe: (cover or drape with crape) "crape the mirror"
  • (v) crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink_up, kink: (curl tightly) "crimp hair"
crapper, Noun
  • (n) toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne: (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)
crappie, Noun
  • (n) crappie: (small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers)
  • (n) crappie: (small sunfishes of central United States rivers)
crappy, Adjective
  • (s) icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky: (very bad) "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
crapulence, Noun
  • (n) drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence: (the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess) "drink was his downfall"
crapulent, Adjective
  • (s) crapulent, crapulous: (suffering from excessive eating or drinking) "crapulent sleep"; "a crapulous stomach"
crapulous, Adjective
  • (s) crapulent, crapulous: (suffering from excessive eating or drinking) "crapulent sleep"; "a crapulous stomach"
  • (s) crapulous: (given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking) "a crapulous old reprobate"
crash, Noun
  • (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash: (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
  • (n) crash, wreck: (a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)) "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
  • (n) crash, collapse: (a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures))
  • (n) crash, smash: (the act of colliding with something) "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
  • (n) crash: ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative) "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
crash, Verb
  • (v) barge_in, crash, gate-crash: (enter uninvited; informal) "let's crash the party!"
  • (v) crash: (fall or come down violently) "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
  • (v) crash: (move with, or as if with, a crashing noise) "The car crashed through the glass door"
  • (v) crash, ram: (undergo damage or destruction on impact) "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
  • (v) crash: (move violently as through a barrier) "The terrorists crashed the gate"
  • (v) crash, break_up, break_apart: (break violently or noisily; smash; )
  • (v) crash: (occupy, usually uninvited) "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
  • (v) crash: (make a sudden loud sound) "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
  • (v) crash: (cause to crash) "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
  • (v) crash, dash: (hurl or thrust violently) "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
  • (v) crash: (undergo a sudden and severe downturn) "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
  • (v) crash, go_down: (stop operating) "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
  • (v) doss, doss_down, crash: (sleep in a convenient place) "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
crasher, Noun
  • (n) gatecrasher, crasher, unwelcome_guest: (someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying)
crashing, Adjective
  • (s) bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking: (informal intensifiers) "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
crassitude, Noun
  • (n) crassness, crassitude: (the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement)
crassness, Noun
  • (n) crassness, crassitude: (the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement)
crate, Noun
  • (n) crate: (a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping)
  • (n) crate, crateful: (the quantity contained in a crate)
crate, Verb
  • (v) crate: (put into a crate; as for protection) "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum"
crateful, Noun
  • (n) crate, crateful: (the quantity contained in a crate)
craunch, Verb
  • (v) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind: (press or grind with a crushing noise)
crave, Verb
  • (v) crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust: (have a craving, appetite, or great desire for)
  • (v) crave: (plead or ask for earnestly)
craved, Adjective
  • (s) craved, desired: (wanted intensely) "the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies"; "it produced the desired effect"
craven, Adjective
  • (s) craven, recreant: (lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful) "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser"
craven, Noun
  • (n) poltroon, craven, recreant: (an abject coward)
cravenness, Noun
  • (n) cravenness: (meanspirited cowardice)
craving, Noun
  • (n) craving: (an intense desire for some particular thing)
craw, Noun
  • (n) craw, crop: (a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food)
crawdad, Noun
  • (n) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse: (tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly)
  • (n) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy: (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)
crawdaddy, Noun
  • (n) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy: (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)
crawfish, Noun
  • (n) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse: (tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly)
  • (n) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy: (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)
  • (n) spiny_lobster, langouste, rock_lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea_crawfish: (large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)
crawfish, Verb
  • (v) retreat, pull_back, back_out, back_away, crawfish, crawfish_out, pull_in_one's_horns, withdraw: (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity) "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
crawl, Noun
  • (n) crawl: (a very slow movement) "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
  • (n) crawl, front_crawl, Australian_crawl: (a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick)
  • (n) crawl, crawling, creep, creeping: (a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body) "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
crawl, Verb
  • (v) crawl, creep: (move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground) "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
  • (v) crawl: (feel as if crawling with insects) "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
  • (v) crawl: (be full of) "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
  • (v) crawl: (swim by doing the crawl; they often don't know how to crawl") "European children learn the breast stroke"
  • (v) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel: (show submission or fear)
crawler, Noun
  • (n) crawler, creeper: (a person who crawls or creeps along the ground)
  • (n) earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing_worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew_worm, red_worm: (terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers)
  • (n) sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser: (a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage)
crawling, Noun
  • (n) crawl, crawling, creep, creeping: (a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body) "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
crayfish, Noun
  • (n) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse: (tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly)
  • (n) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy: (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)
  • (n) spiny_lobster, langouste, rock_lobster, crayfish: (warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California)
  • (n) spiny_lobster, langouste, rock_lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea_crawfish: (large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)
crayon, Noun
  • (n) crayon, wax_crayon: (writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing)
crayon, Verb
  • (v) crayon: (write, draw, or trace with a crayon)
craze, Noun
  • (n) craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria: (state of violent mental agitation)
  • (n) craze: (a fine crack in a glaze or other surface)
  • (n) fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage: (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal) "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
craze, Verb
  • (v) craze: (develop a fine network of cracks) "Crazed ceramics"
  • (v) madden, craze: (cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind)
crazed, Adjective
  • (s) crazed, deranged, half-crazed: (driven insane)
craziest, Adjective
  • (s) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged: (affected with madness or insanity) "a man who had gone mad"
  • (s) crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded: (foolish; totally unsound) "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
  • (s) crazy: (possessed by inordinate excitement) "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"
  • (s) crazy: (bizarre or fantastic) "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
  • (s) crazy, wild, dotty, gaga: (intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with) "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her"
craziness, Noun
  • (n) craziness, daftness, flakiness: (informal terms for insanity)
  • (n) folly, foolishness, craziness, madness: (the quality of being rash and foolish) "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
  • (n) folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence: (foolish or senseless behavior)
crazy, Adjective
  • (s) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged: (affected with madness or insanity) "a man who had gone mad"
  • (s) crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded: (foolish; totally unsound) "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
  • (s) crazy: (possessed by inordinate excitement) "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"
  • (s) crazy: (bizarre or fantastic) "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
  • (s) crazy, wild, dotty, gaga: (intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with) "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her"
crazy, Noun
  • (n) crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo: (someone deranged and possibly dangerous)
crazyweed, Noun
  • (n) locoweed, crazyweed, crazy_weed: (any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock)
creak, Noun
  • (n) creak, creaking: (a squeaking sound) "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
creak, Verb
  • (v) whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak: (make a high-pitched, screeching noise) "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
creaking, Noun
  • (n) creak, creaking: (a squeaking sound) "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
creaky, Adjective
  • (s) arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy: (of or pertaining to arthritis) "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"
  • (s) creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone: (worn and broken down by hard use) "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
  • (s) creaky, screaky: (having a rasping or grating sound) "creaky stairs"
cream-colored, Adjective
  • (s) cream-colored, creamy-colored, creamy-white: (having the color of fresh cream)
cream, Noun
  • (n) cream, pick: (the best people or things in a group) "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
  • (n) cream: (the part of milk containing the butterfat)
  • (n) cream, ointment, emollient: (toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin)
cream, Verb
  • (v) cream: (make creamy by beating) "Cream the butter"
  • (v) cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick: (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight) "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
  • (v) cream: (put on cream, as on one's face or body) "She creams her face every night"
  • (v) cream: (add cream to one's coffee, for example)
  • (v) skim, skim_off, cream_off, cream: (remove from the surface) "skim cream from the surface of milk"
creaminess, Noun
  • (n) creaminess, soupiness: (the property of having the thickness of heavy cream)
creamy-colored, Adjective
  • (s) cream-colored, creamy-colored, creamy-white: (having the color of fresh cream)
creamy-white, Adjective
  • (s) cream-colored, creamy-colored, creamy-white: (having the color of fresh cream)
creamy, Adjective
  • (s) creamy: (of the color of cream) "creamy translucent pebbles"
  • (s) creamy: (thick like cream)
crease-resistant, Adjective
  • (a) creaseproof, wrinkleproof, crease-resistant, wrinkle-resistant: (of fabric that does not wrinkle easily)
crease, Noun
  • (n) fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend: (an angular or rounded shape made by folding) "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
  • (n) kris, creese, crease: (a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade)
  • (n) wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line: (a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface) "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
crease, Verb
  • (v) furrow, wrinkle, crease: (make wrinkled or creased) "furrow one's brow"
  • (v) graze, crease, rake: (scrape gently) "graze the skin"
  • (v) rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle: (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased) "This fabric won't wrinkle"
  • (v) wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch_up, crisp: (make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in) "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
creaseless, Adjective
  • (s) creaseless, uncreased: (used especially of fabrics) "uncreased trousers"
creaseproof, Adjective
  • (a) creaseproof, wrinkleproof, crease-resistant, wrinkle-resistant: (of fabric that does not wrinkle easily)
creashak, Noun
  • (n) common_bearberry, red_bearberry, wild_cranberry, mealberry, hog_cranberry, sand_berry, sandberry, mountain_box, bear's_grape, creashak, Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi: (evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn)
create, Verb
  • (v) create: (bring into existence) "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"
  • (v) create: (pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity) "Don't disturb him--he is creating"
  • (v) create: (invest with a new title, office, or rank) "Create one a peer"
  • (v) create, make: (create by artistic means) "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
  • (v) make, create: (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
  • (v) produce, make, create: (create or manufacture a man-made product) "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
creatin, Noun
  • (n) creatine, creatin: (an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction)
creatine, Noun
  • (n) creatine, creatin: (an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction)
creationism, Noun
  • (n) creationism: (the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis) "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species"
creative, Adjective
  • (a) creative, originative: (having the ability or power to create) "a creative imagination"
  • (s) creative: (promoting construction or creation) "creative work"
creativeness, Noun
  • (n) creativity, creativeness, creative_thinking: (the ability to create)
creativity, Noun
  • (n) creativity, creativeness, creative_thinking: (the ability to create)
creature, Noun
  • (n) animal, animate_being, beast, brute, creature, fauna: (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
  • (n) creature, wight: (a human being; `wight' is an archaic term)
  • (n) creature, tool, puppet: (a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else)
cred, Noun
  • (n) street_credibility, street_cred, cred: (credibility among young fashionable urban individuals)
credal, Adjective
  • (a) creedal, credal: (of or relating to a creed)
credence, Noun
  • (n) credence, acceptance: (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true) "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"
  • (n) credenza, credence: (a kind of sideboard or buffet)
credential, Noun
  • (n) certificate, certification, credential, credentials: (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)
credentials, Noun
  • (n) certificate, certification, credential, credentials: (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)
credenza, Noun
  • (n) credenza, credence: (a kind of sideboard or buffet)
credibility, Noun
  • (n) credibility, credibleness, believability: (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)
credible, Adjective
  • (a) credible, believable: (capable of being believed) "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"
  • (s) credible: ((a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous) "she was not the...credible fool he expected"
  • (s) credible: (appearing to merit belief or acceptance) "a credible witness"
credibleness, Noun
  • (n) credibility, credibleness, believability: (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)
credit, Noun
  • (n) citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation: (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage) "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
  • (n) credit: (money available for a client to borrow)
  • (n) credit, credit_entry: (an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items)
  • (n) credit: (used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; ) "she already had several performances to her credit"
  • (n) credit, deferred_payment: (arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services)
  • (n) credit, course_credit: (recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours)
  • (n) credit: (an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work) "the credits were given at the end of the film"
  • (n) credit_rating, credit: (an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments)
  • (n) recognition, credit: (approval) "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"
credit, Verb
  • (v) accredit, credit: (ascribe an achievement to) "She was not properly credited in the program"
  • (v) credit: (give someone credit for something) "We credited her for saving our jobs"
  • (v) credit: (accounting: enter as credit) "We credit your account with $100"
  • (v) credit: (have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of)
creditor, Noun
  • (n) creditor: (a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists)
creditworthiness, Noun
  • (n) creditworthiness: (trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing)
creditworthy, Adjective
  • (s) creditworthy, responsible: (having an acceptable credit rating) "a responsible borrower"
credo, Noun
  • (n) creed, credo: (any system of principles or beliefs)
credulous, Adjective
  • (a) credulous: (disposed to believe on little evidence) "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"
  • (s) credulous: (showing a lack of judgment or experience) "so credulous he believes everything he reads"
credulousness, Noun
  • (n) credulousness, gullibility: (tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived)
creed, Noun
  • (n) creed, credo: (any system of principles or beliefs)
  • (n) religious_doctrine, church_doctrine, gospel, creed: (the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group)
creedal, Adjective
  • (a) creedal, credal: (of or relating to a creed)
creep, Noun
  • (n) crawl, crawling, creep, creeping: (a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body) "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
  • (n) creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook: (someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric)
  • (n) creep: (a slow longitudinal movement or deformation)
  • (n) creep: (a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot)
creep, Verb
  • (v) crawl, creep: (move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground) "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
  • (v) creep: (grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)) "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
  • (v) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel: (show submission or fear)
  • (v) sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot: (to go stealthily or furtively) "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
creeper, Noun
  • (n) crawler, creeper: (a person who crawls or creeps along the ground)
  • (n) creeper: (any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping)
  • (n) creeper, tree_creeper: (any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet)
creeping, Noun
  • (n) crawl, crawling, creep, creeping: (a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body) "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
creepy-crawly, Adjective
  • (s) creepy, creepy-crawly: (causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin) "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
creepy-crawly, Noun
  • (n) creepy-crawly: (an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects))
creepy, Adjective
  • (s) creepy: (annoying and unpleasant) "some creepy kids were bothering her"
  • (s) creepy, creepy-crawly: (causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin) "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
creese, Noun
  • (n) kris, creese, crease: (a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade)
cremation, Noun
  • (n) cremation: (the incineration of a dead body)
crematorium, Noun
  • (n) crematory, crematorium: (a mortuary where corpses are cremated)
  • (n) crematory, crematorium, cremation_chamber: (a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes)
crematory, Noun
  • (n) crematory, crematorium: (a mortuary where corpses are cremated)
  • (n) crematory, crematorium, cremation_chamber: (a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes)
crenate, Adjective
  • (s) crenate, crenated, scalloped: (having a margin with rounded scallops)
crenated, Adjective
  • (s) crenate, crenated, scalloped: (having a margin with rounded scallops)
crenation, Noun
  • (n) scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle: (one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.))
crenature, Noun
  • (n) scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle: (one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.))
crenel, Noun
  • (n) crenel, crenelle: (a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement)
  • (n) scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle: (one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.))
crenel, Verb
  • (v) crenel, crenelate, crenellate: (supply with battlements)
crenelate, Verb
  • (v) crenel, crenelate, crenellate: (supply with battlements)
crenelation, Noun
  • (n) battlement, crenelation, crenellation: (a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns)
  • (n) crenelation, crenellation: (the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows)
crenellate, Verb
  • (v) crenel, crenelate, crenellate: (supply with battlements)
crenellation, Noun
  • (n) battlement, crenelation, crenellation: (a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns)
  • (n) crenelation, crenellation: (the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows)
crenelle, Noun
  • (n) crenel, crenelle: (a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement)
  • (n) scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle: (one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.))
crenulate, Adjective
  • (s) crenulate, crenulated: (having a margin with small rounded teeth) "a crenulate leaf"
crenulated, Adjective
  • (s) crenulate, crenulated: (having a margin with small rounded teeth) "a crenulate leaf"
creosote, Noun
  • (n) creosote: (a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic)
  • (n) creosote, coal-tar_creosote: (a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood)
creosote, Verb
  • (v) creosote: (treat with creosote) "creosoted wood"
crepe, Noun
  • (n) crape, crepe, French_pancake: (small very thin pancake)
  • (n) crepe, crepe_paper: (paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations)
  • (n) crepe, crape: (a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface)
crepe, Verb
  • (v) crape, crepe: (cover or drape with crape) "crape the mirror"
crepitate, Verb
  • (v) crepitate, crackle: (make a crackling sound) "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl"
crepitation, Noun
  • (n) crackle, crackling, crepitation: (the sharp sound of snapping noises)
crepuscle, Noun
  • (n) twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle: (the time of day immediately following sunset) "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
crepuscule, Noun
  • (n) twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle: (the time of day immediately following sunset) "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
crescendo, Adjective
  • (s) crescendo: (gradually increasing in volume)
crescendo, Noun
  • (n) crescendo: ((music) a gradual increase in loudness)
crescendo, Verb
  • (v) crescendo: (grow louder) "The music crescendoes here"
crescent-shaped, Adjective
  • (s) crescent, crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate: (resembling the new moon in shape)
crescent, Adjective
  • (s) crescent, crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate: (resembling the new moon in shape)
crescent, Noun
  • (n) crescent: (any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters)
cress, Noun
  • (n) cress, cress_plant: (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)
  • (n) cress: (pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs)
cresson, Adjective
  • (s) cress_green, cresson, watercress: (of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green)
crest, Noun
  • (n) crest: (the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave)
  • (n) crest: ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)
  • (n) crest: (a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal)
  • (n) crown, crest: (the center of a cambered road)
  • (n) peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit: (the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)) "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
crest, Verb
  • (v) cap, crest: (lie at the top of) "Snow capped the mountains"
  • (v) crest: (reach a high point) "The river crested last night"
crested, Adjective
  • (s) crested: (bearing an heraldic device)
  • (s) crested, topknotted, tufted: ((of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination) "golden crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife"
  • (s) crested, plumed: ((of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume)
crestfallen, Adjective
  • (s) chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated: (brought low in spirit) "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"
cretin, Noun
  • (n) idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard: (a person of subnormal intelligence)
cretinism, Noun
  • (n) cretinism: (severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting)
crevice, Noun
  • (n) crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure: (a long narrow opening)
  • (n) crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap: (a long narrow depression in a surface)
crew, Noun
  • (n) crew: (the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.))
  • (n) crew: (the team of men manning a racing shell)
  • (n) crowd, crew, gang, bunch: (an informal body of friends) "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
  • (n) gang, crew, work_party: (an organized group of workmen)
crew, Verb
  • (v) crew: (serve as a crew member on)
crewet, Noun
  • (n) cruet, crewet: (bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table)
crewman, Noun
  • (n) crewman, crew_member: (a member of a flight crew)
  • (n) crewman: (a member of a work crew)
  • (n) sailor, crewman: (any member of a ship's crew)
crib, Noun
  • (n) crib, cot: (baby bed with high sides made of slats)
  • (n) crib: (a bin or granary for storing grains)
  • (n) crib: (the cards discarded by players at cribbage)
  • (n) cribbage, crib: (a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two)
  • (n) pony, trot, crib: (a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly))
crib, Verb
  • (v) crib: (use a crib, as in an exam)
  • (v) crib: (take unauthorized (intellectual material))
  • (v) crib: (line with beams or planks) "crib a construction hole"
cribbage, Noun
  • (n) cribbage, crib: (a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two)
crick, Verb
  • (v) crick: (twist (a body part) into a strained position) "crick your neck"
cricket, Noun
  • (n) cricket: (leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together)
  • (n) cricket: (a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs)
cricket, Verb
  • (v) cricket: (play cricket)
cricketer, Noun
  • (n) cricketer: (an athlete who plays cricket)
crier, Noun
  • (n) crier: (a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells)
  • (n) town_crier, crier: ((formerly) an official who made public announcements)
  • (n) weeper, crier: (a person who weeps)
crime, Noun
  • (n) crime, offense, criminal_offense, criminal_offence, offence, law-breaking: ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act) "a long record of crimes"
  • (n) crime: (an evil act not necessarily punishable by law) "crimes of the heart"
criminal, Adjective
  • (s) condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious: (bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure) "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
  • (s) criminal: (guilty of crime or serious offense) "criminal in the sight of God and man"
  • (s) criminal, felonious: (involving or being or having the nature of a crime) "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
criminal, Noun
  • (n) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor: (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
criminalisation, Noun
  • (n) criminalization, criminalisation: (legislation that makes something illegal) "the criminalization of marijuana"
criminalise, Verb
  • (v) outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise: (declare illegal; outlaw) "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
criminalism, Noun
  • (n) criminalism, criminality, criminalness: (the state of being a criminal)
criminality, Noun
  • (n) criminalism, criminality, criminalness: (the state of being a criminal)
criminalization, Noun
  • (n) criminalization, criminalisation: (legislation that makes something illegal) "the criminalization of marijuana"
criminalize, Verb
  • (v) criminalize: (treat as a criminal)
  • (v) outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise: (declare illegal; outlaw) "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
criminalness, Noun
  • (n) criminalism, criminality, criminalness: (the state of being a criminal)
criminate, Verb
  • (v) accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate: (bring an accusation against; level a charge against) "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
  • (v) reprimand, censure, criminate: (rebuke formally)
criminative, Adjective
  • (s) criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory: (charging or suggestive of guilt or blame) "incriminatory testimony"
criminatory, Adjective
  • (s) criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory: (charging or suggestive of guilt or blame) "incriminatory testimony"
criminology, Noun
  • (n) criminology: (the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement)
crimp, Noun
  • (n) crimp, crimper: (someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers)
  • (n) crimp: (a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled)
  • (n) fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend: (an angular or rounded shape made by folding) "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
crimp, Verb
  • (v) crimp, pinch: (make ridges into by pinching together)
  • (v) crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink_up, kink: (curl tightly) "crimp hair"
crimper, Noun
  • (n) crimp, crimper: (someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers)
  • (n) curler, hair_curler, roller, crimper: (a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it) "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"
crimson, Adjective
  • (s) crimson, red, violent: (characterized by violence or bloodshed) "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke"; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray"; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode"
  • (s) crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed: ((especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion) "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
  • (s) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet: (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
crimson, Noun
  • (n) crimson, ruby, deep_red: (a deep and vivid red color)
crimson, Verb
  • (v) blush, crimson, flush, redden: (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame) "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
cringe, Verb
  • (v) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel: (show submission or fear)
  • (v) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail: (draw back, as with fear or pain) "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
cringing, Adjective
  • (s) cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy: (totally submissive)
cringle, Noun
  • (n) cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet: (fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines)
crinion, Noun
  • (n) trichion, crinion: (point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead)
crinkle-root, Noun
  • (n) crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle_root, pepper_root, toothwort, Cardamine_diphylla, Dentaria_diphylla: (North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots)
crinkle, Noun
  • (n) wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line: (a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface) "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
crinkle, Verb
  • (v) rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle: (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased) "This fabric won't wrinkle"
  • (v) wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch_up, crisp: (make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in) "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
crinkled, Adjective
  • (s) crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike: (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)
crinkleroot, Noun
  • (n) crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle_root, pepper_root, toothwort, Cardamine_diphylla, Dentaria_diphylla: (North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots)
crinkly, Adjective
  • (s) crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike: (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)
crinoline, Noun
  • (n) crinoline: (a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric)
  • (n) crinoline: (a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing)
  • (n) hoopskirt, crinoline: (a skirt stiffened with hoops)
cripple, Noun
  • (n) cripple: (someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back)
cripple, Verb
  • (v) cripple, stultify: (deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless) "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
  • (v) cripple, lame: (deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg) "The accident has crippled her for life"
crippled, Adjective
  • (s) crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game: (disabled in the feet or legs) "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
crippling, Adjective
  • (s) crippling, disabling, incapacitating: (that cripples or disables or incapacitates) "a crippling injury"
crisis, Noun
  • (n) crisis: (an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty) "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"
  • (n) crisis: (a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something) "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"
crisp, Adjective
  • (s) crisp, sharp: ((of something seen or heard) clearly defined) "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
  • (s) crisp, crispy: (tender and brittle) "crisp potato chips"
  • (s) crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy: (pleasantly cold and invigorating) "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
  • (s) crisp: (pleasingly firm and fresh) "crisp lettuce"
  • (s) crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy: ((of hair) in small tight curls)
  • (s) crisp, curt, laconic, terse: (brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'") "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
crisp, Noun
  • (n) chip, crisp, potato_chip, Saratoga_chip: (a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat)
crisp, Verb
  • (v) crispen, toast, crisp: (make brown and crisp by heating) "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
  • (v) wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch_up, crisp: (make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in) "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
crispen, Verb
  • (v) crispen, toast, crisp: (make brown and crisp by heating) "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
crisper, Adjective
  • (s) crisp, sharp: ((of something seen or heard) clearly defined) "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
  • (s) crisp, crispy: (tender and brittle) "crisp potato chips"
  • (s) crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy: (pleasantly cold and invigorating) "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
  • (s) crisp: (pleasingly firm and fresh) "crisp lettuce"
  • (s) crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy: ((of hair) in small tight curls)
  • (s) crisp, curt, laconic, terse: (brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'") "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
crispest, Adjective
  • (s) crisp, sharp: ((of something seen or heard) clearly defined) "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
  • (s) crisp, crispy: (tender and brittle) "crisp potato chips"
  • (s) crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy: (pleasantly cold and invigorating) "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
  • (s) crisp: (pleasingly firm and fresh) "crisp lettuce"
  • (s) crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy: ((of hair) in small tight curls)
  • (s) crisp, curt, laconic, terse: (brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'") "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
crispiness, Noun
  • (n) brittleness, crispness, crispiness: (firm but easily broken)
crispness, Noun
  • (n) brittleness, crispness, crispiness: (firm but easily broken)
  • (n) crispness: (a pleasing firmness and freshness) "crispness of new dollar bills"; "crispness of fresh lettuce"
  • (n) crispness: (an expressive style that is direct and to the point) "the crispness of his reply"
crispy, Adjective
  • (s) crisp, crispy: (tender and brittle) "crisp potato chips"
crisscross, Adjective
  • (s) crisscross, crisscrossed: (marked with crossing lines)
crisscross, Noun
  • (n) crisscross, cross, mark: (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)
crisscross, Verb
  • (v) crisscross: (cross in a pattern, often random)
  • (v) crisscross: (mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines) "wrinkles crisscrossed her face"
  • (v) crisscross: (mark with a pattern of crossing lines) "crisscross the sheet of paper"
crisscrossed, Adjective
  • (s) crisscross, crisscrossed: (marked with crossing lines)
cristal, Noun
  • (n) Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco_biscuit, cristal, X, hug_drug: (street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
criterial, Adjective
  • (s) criterial, criterional: (serving as a basis for evaluation)
criterion, Noun
  • (n) criterion, standard: (the ideal in terms of which something can be judged) "they live by the standards of their community"
  • (n) standard, criterion, measure, touchstone: (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated) "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
criterional, Adjective
  • (s) criterial, criterional: (serving as a basis for evaluation)
critic, Noun
  • (n) critic: (a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art)
  • (n) critic: (anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something)
  • (n) critic: (someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments)
critical, Adjective
  • (a) critical: (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws) "a critical attitude"
  • (a) critical: (at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction) "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"
  • (a) critical: (characterized by careful evaluation and judgment) "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
  • (a) critical: (being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency) "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
  • (a) critical: (of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism) "critical acclaim"
  • (s) critical, vital: (urgently needed; absolutely necessary) "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"
  • (s) critical, decisive: (forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis) "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
criticality, Noun
  • (n) criticality, criticalness, cruciality: (a state of critical urgency)
  • (n) criticality: (a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining)
criticalness, Noun
  • (n) criticality, criticalness, cruciality: (a state of critical urgency)
criticise, Verb
  • (v) criticize, criticise: (act as a critic) "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
  • (v) knock, criticize, criticise, pick_apart: (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws) "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
criticism, Noun
  • (n) criticism, unfavorable_judgment: (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings) "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"
  • (n) criticism, critique: (a serious examination and judgment of something) "constructive criticism is always appreciated"
  • (n) criticism, literary_criticism: (a written evaluation of a work of literature)
criticize, Verb
  • (v) criticize, criticise: (act as a critic) "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
  • (v) knock, criticize, criticise, pick_apart: (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws) "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
critique, Noun
  • (n) criticism, critique: (a serious examination and judgment of something) "constructive criticism is always appreciated"
  • (n) review, critique, critical_review, review_article: (an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play))
critique, Verb
  • (v) review, critique: (appraise critically) "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance"
critter, Noun
  • (n) critter: (a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals))
croak, Noun
  • (n) croak, croaking: (a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog))
croak, Verb
  • (v) croak, cronk: (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven)
  • (v) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass_away, expire, pass, kick_the_bucket, cash_in_one's_chips, buy_the_farm, conk, give-up_the_ghost, drop_dead, pop_off, choke, croak, snuff_it: (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life) "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
  • (v) murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl: (make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath) "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
croaking, Noun
  • (n) croak, croaking: (a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog))
croaky, Adjective
  • (s) croaky, guttural: (like the sounds of frogs and crows) "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs"
crochet, Noun
  • (n) crochet, crocheting: (needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle)
crochet, Verb
  • (v) crochet: (create by looping or crocheting) "crochet a bedspread"
  • (v) crochet, hook: (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle) "She sat there crocheting all day"
crocheting, Noun
  • (n) crochet, crocheting: (needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle)
  • (n) crocheting: (creating a garment of needlework)
crock, Noun
  • (n) carbon_black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock: (a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink)
  • (n) crock: (nonsense; foolish talk) "that's a crock"
  • (n) crock, earthenware_jar: (an earthen jar (made of baked clay))
crock, Verb
  • (v) crock: (release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric)
  • (v) crock: (soil with or as with crock)
crocked, Adjective
  • (s) besotted, blind_drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet: (very drunk)
crockery, Noun
  • (n) crockery, dishware: (tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively)
crocodile, Noun
  • (n) crocodile: (large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters)
crocus, Noun
  • (n) crocus: (any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)
crofter, Noun
  • (n) crofter: (an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain)
cromlech, Noun
  • (n) dolmen, cromlech, portal_tomb: (a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone)
cromorne, Noun
  • (n) krummhorn, crumhorn, cromorne: (a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn))
crone, Noun
  • (n) hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone: (an ugly evil-looking old woman)
cronk, Verb
  • (v) croak, cronk: (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven)
  • (v) honk, cronk: (cry like a goose) "The geese were honking"
crony, Noun
  • (n) buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick: (a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities)
crook, Noun
  • (n) bend, crook, twist, turn: (a circular segment of a curve) "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
  • (n) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor: (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
  • (n) crook, shepherd's_crook: (a long staff with one end being hook shaped)
crook, Verb
  • (v) crook, curve: (bend or cause to bend) "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
crookback, Adjective
  • (s) crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic: (characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column)
crookback, Noun
  • (n) humpback, hunchback, crookback: (a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine)
crookbacked, Adjective
  • (s) crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic: (characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column)
crooked, Adjective
  • (s) asymmetrical, crooked: (irregular in shape or outline) "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"
  • (a) crooked: (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned) "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
  • (a) crooked, corrupt: (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive)
  • (s) hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked: (having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect) "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
crookedness, Noun
  • (n) crookedness: (having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles)
  • (n) crookedness, deviousness: (the quality of being deceitful and underhanded)
  • (n) tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness: (a tortuous and twisted shape or position) "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
croon, Verb
  • (v) croon: (sing softly)
crooner, Noun
  • (n) crooner, balladeer: (a singer of popular ballads)
crop-dusting, Noun
  • (n) crop-dusting, spraying: (the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft))
crop, Noun
  • (n) craw, crop: (a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food)
  • (n) crop, harvest: (the yield from plants in a single growing season)
  • (n) crop: (a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale)
  • (n) crop: (a collection of people or things appearing together) "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
  • (n) crop: (the output of something in a season) "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"
  • (n) crop: (the stock or handle of a whip)
crop, Verb
  • (v) crop: (cut short) "She wanted her hair cropped short"
  • (v) crop: (yield crops) "This land crops well"
  • (v) crop, graze, pasture: (let feed in a field or pasture or meadow)
  • (v) crop, browse, graze, range, pasture: (feed as in a meadow or pasture) "the herd was grazing"
  • (v) cultivate, crop, work: (prepare for crops) "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
  • (v) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut_back: (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of) "dress the plants in the garden"
cropper, Noun
  • (n) sharecropper, cropper, sharecrop_farmer: (small farmers and tenants)
croquet, Noun
  • (n) croquet: (a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg)
croquet, Verb
  • (v) croquet: (drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball")
  • (v) croquet: (play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops)
crosier, Noun
  • (n) crosier, crozier: (a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office)
cross-classification, Noun
  • (n) cross-classification, cross-division: (classification according to more than one attribute at the same time) "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex"
cross-division, Noun
  • (n) cross-classification, cross-division: (classification according to more than one attribute at the same time) "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex"
cross-dresser, Noun
  • (n) transvestite, cross-dresser: (someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex)
cross-examiner, Noun
  • (n) cross-examiner, cross-questioner: (someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier))
cross-eye, Noun
  • (n) cross-eye, crossed_eye, convergent_strabismus, esotropia: (strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose)
cross-eyed, Adjective
  • (a) cross-eyed: (having convergent strabismus)
cross-fertilisation, Noun
  • (n) cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation: (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)
  • (n) cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation: (interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial) "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"
cross-fertilise, Verb
  • (v) cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise: (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)
  • (v) cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise: (cause to undergo cross-fertilization) "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans"
cross-fertilization, Noun
  • (n) cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation: (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)
  • (n) cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation: (interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial) "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"
cross-fertilize, Verb
  • (v) cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise: (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)
  • (v) cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise: (cause to undergo cross-fertilization) "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans"
cross-file, Verb
  • (v) cross-file, register: (have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties)
cross-grained, Adjective
  • (s) contrarious, cross-grained: (difficult to deal with)
  • (s) curly-grained, cross-grained, wavy-grained: (of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel)
cross-index, Noun
  • (n) cross-reference, cross-index: (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)
cross-index, Verb
  • (v) cross-index: (make an index that refers from one point to the next) "These references are cross-indexed"
cross-link, Noun
  • (n) cross-link, cross-linkage: (a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule)
cross-link, Verb
  • (v) cross-link: (join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein))
cross-linkage, Noun
  • (n) cross-link, cross-linkage: (a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule)
cross-pollinate, Verb
  • (v) pollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinate: (fertilize by transfering pollen)
cross-pollination, Noun
  • (n) cross-pollination: (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)
  • (n) cross-pollination: (stimulating influence among diverse elements) "the cross-pollination of the arts"
cross-questioner, Noun
  • (n) cross-examiner, cross-questioner: (someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier))
cross-reference, Noun
  • (n) cross-reference, cross-index: (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)
cross-section, Adjective
  • (s) cross-section, cross-sectional: (representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length) "cross-section views of the neck"
cross-sectional, Adjective
  • (s) cross-section, cross-sectional: (representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length) "cross-section views of the neck"
  • (a) cross-sectional: (of or relating to a cross section) "a cross-sectional slice"
cross-town, Adjective
  • (s) crosstown, cross-town: (going or extending across a town or city) "the crosstown bus"; "crosstown traffic"
cross, Adjective
  • (s) crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered: (annoyed and irritable)
  • (s) cross, transverse, transversal, thwartwise: (extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis) "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"
cross, Verb
  • (v) cross: (fold so as to resemble a cross) "she crossed her legs"
  • (v) cross, traverse, span, sweep: (to cover or extend over an area or time period) "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
  • (v) cross: (meet and pass) "the trains crossed"
  • (v) cross: (trace a line through or across) "cross your `t'"
  • (v) crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed: (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties) "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
  • (v) intersect, cross: (meet at a point)
  • (v) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk: (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of) "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
  • (v) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass_over, get_over, get_across, cut_through, cut_across: (travel across or pass over) "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
crossbeam, Noun
  • (n) trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece: (a horizontal beam that extends across something)
crossbred, Adjective
  • (a) crossbred: (bred from parents of different varieties or species)
crossbreed, Noun
  • (n) hybrid, crossbreed, cross: ((genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species) "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
crossbreed, Verb
  • (v) crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed: (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties) "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
crossbreeding, Noun
  • (n) hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing: ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)
  • (n) miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding: (reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons))
crosscurrent, Noun
  • (n) countercurrent, crosscurrent: (actions counter to the main group activity) "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"
  • (n) rip, riptide, tide_rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent: (a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current)
crosscut, Noun
  • (n) crosscut: (a diagonal path)
  • (n) shortcut, cutoff, crosscut: (a route shorter than the usual one)
crosscut, Verb
  • (v) crosscut, cut_across: (cut using a diagonal line)
crossed, Adjective
  • (a) crossed: (placed crosswise) "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across"
  • (a) crossed: ((of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it)
crossfire, Noun
  • (n) crossfire: (a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions)
  • (n) crossfire: (fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross)
crosshatch, Noun
  • (n) hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure: (shading consisting of multiple crossing lines)
crosshatch, Verb
  • (v) crosshatch: (shade with multiple crossing lines) "the draftsman crosshatched the area"
crosshatched, Adjective
  • (s) hatched, crosshatched: (shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines)
crosshead, Noun
  • (n) crosshead: (metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth)
  • (n) crossheading, crosshead: (a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text)
crossheading, Noun
  • (n) crossheading, crosshead: (a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text)
crossing, Noun
  • (n) crossing: (traveling across)
  • (n) crossing: (a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect)
  • (n) crossing, crosswalk, crossover: (a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other)
  • (n) crossing: (a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean))
  • (n) ford, crossing: (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)
  • (n) hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing: ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)
  • (n) intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour: (a junction where one street or road crosses another)
crossness, Noun
  • (n) crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness: (a disposition to be ill-tempered)
  • (n) irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler: (an irritable petulant feeling)
crossopterygian, Noun
  • (n) crossopterygian, lobefin, lobe-finned_fish: (any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form)
crossover, Noun
  • (n) crossing, crosswalk, crossover: (a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other)
  • (n) crossing_over, crossover: (the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis)
  • (n) crossover: (the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience) "a jazz-classical crossover album"
  • (n) crossover_voter, crossover: (a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party)
crosspatch, Noun
  • (n) grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch: (a bad-tempered person)
crosspiece, Noun
  • (n) crosspiece: (a transverse brace)
  • (n) trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece: (a horizontal beam that extends across something)
crossroad, Noun
  • (n) intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour: (a junction where one street or road crosses another)
crossroads, Noun
  • (n) crossroads: (a point where a choice must be made) "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"
  • (n) hamlet, crossroads: (a community of people smaller than a village)
  • (n) intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour: (a junction where one street or road crosses another)
  • (n) juncture, critical_point, crossroads: (a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made) "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"
crosstalk, Noun
  • (n) crosstalk, XT: (the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling)
crosstie, Noun
  • (n) tie, railroad_tie, crosstie, sleeper: (one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track) "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
crosstown, Adjective
  • (s) crosstown, cross-town: (going or extending across a town or city) "the crosstown bus"; "crosstown traffic"
crosswalk, Noun
  • (n) crossing, crosswalk, crossover: (a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other)
crossway, Noun
  • (n) intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour: (a junction where one street or road crosses another)
crosswise, Adjective
  • (a) crosswise: (lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction) "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"
  • (s) crosswise: (in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross)
crossword, Noun
  • (n) crossword_puzzle, crossword: (a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle)
crotal, Noun
  • (n) crottle, crottal, crotal: (any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made)
crotalaria, Noun
  • (n) crotalaria, rattlebox: (any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops)
crotch, Noun
  • (n) crotch, fork: (the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk)
  • (n) fork, crotch: (the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches) "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"
  • (n) genitalia, genital_organ, genitals, private_parts, privates, crotch: (external sex organ)
crotchet, Noun
  • (n) crotchet: (a small tool or hooklike implement)
  • (n) hook, crotchet: (a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook)
  • (n) oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet: (a strange attitude or habit)
  • (n) quarter_note, crotchet: (a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note)
crotchetiness, Noun
  • (n) crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness: (a fussy and eccentric disposition)
crotchety, Adjective
  • (s) cantankerous, crotchety, ornery: (having a difficult and contrary disposition) "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers"
crottal, Noun
  • (n) crottle, crottal, crotal: (any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made)
crottle, Noun
  • (n) crottle, crottal, crotal: (any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made)
crouch, Noun
  • (n) crouch: (the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body)
crouch, Verb
  • (v) crouch, stoop, bend, bow: (bend one's back forward from the waist on down) "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
  • (v) squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch_up, hunker, hunker_down: (sit on one's heels) "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
croup, Noun
  • (n) croup, spasmodic_laryngitis: (a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing)
  • (n) hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump: (the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks)
croupe, Noun
  • (n) hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump: (the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks)
crow-bait, Noun
  • (n) crowbait, crow-bait: (an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows)
crow, Verb
  • (v) crow: (express pleasure verbally) "She crowed with joy"
  • (v) crow: (utter shrill sounds) "The cocks crowed all morning"
  • (v) gloat, triumph, crow: (dwell on with satisfaction)
crowbait, Noun
  • (n) crowbait, crow-bait: (an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows)
crowbar, Noun
  • (n) crowbar, wrecking_bar, pry, pry_bar: (a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge)
crowd, Noun
  • (n) crowd: (a large number of things or people considered together) "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"
  • (n) crowd, crew, gang, bunch: (an informal body of friends) "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
crowd, Verb
  • (v) crowd: (fill or occupy to the point of overflowing) "The students crowded the auditorium"
  • (v) crowd, crowd_together: (to gather together in large numbers) "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
  • (v) herd, crowd: (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together) "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
  • (v) push, crowd: (approach a certain age or speed) "She is pushing fifty"
crowded, Adjective
  • (a) crowded: (overfilled or compacted or concentrated) "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"
crowding, Noun
  • (n) crowding: (a situation in which people or things are crowded together) "he didn't like the crowding on the beach"
crowfoot, Noun
  • (n) buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup: (any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus)
crowing, Adjective
  • (s) boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising: (exhibiting self-importance) "big talk"
crowing, Noun
  • (n) brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade: (an instance of boastful talk) "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
crown-beard, Noun
  • (n) crownbeard, crown-beard, crown_beard: (any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads)
crown, Verb
  • (v) crown, coronate: (invest with regal power; enthrone) "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"
  • (v) crown, top: (be the culminating event) "The speech crowned the meeting"
  • (v) crown: (form the topmost part of) "A weather vane crowns the building"
  • (v) crown: (put an enamel cover on) "crown my teeth"
crownbeard, Noun
  • (n) crownbeard, crown-beard, crown_beard: (any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads)
crowned, Adjective
  • (a) crowned: (having an (artificial) crown on a tooth) "had many crowned teeth"
  • (a) crowned: (provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination) "a high-crowned hat"; "an orange-crowned bird"; "a crowned signet ring"
  • (a) laureled, laurelled, crowned: (crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory)
crowning, Adjective
  • (s) crowning: (representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment) "the crowning accomplishment of his career"
  • (s) crowning: (forming or providing a crown or summit) "the crowning star on a Christmas tree"; "her hair was her crowning glory"
crownless, Adjective
  • (a) uncrowned, crownless: (not (especially not yet) provided with a crown) "the uncrowned king"
crownwork, Noun
  • (n) crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket_crown, cap: ((dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth) "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
crozier, Noun
  • (n) crosier, crozier: (a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office)
crucial, Adjective
  • (s) all-important, all_important, crucial, essential, of_the_essence: (of the greatest importance) "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
  • (a) crucial, important: (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis) "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"
  • (s) crucial: (having crucial relevance) "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"
cruciality, Noun
  • (n) criticality, criticalness, cruciality: (a state of critical urgency)
cruciate, Adjective
  • (s) cruciate, cruciform: (shaped like a cross)
crucifix, Noun
  • (n) crucifix, rood, rood-tree: (representation of the cross on which Jesus died)
  • (n) crucifix: (a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally)
cruciform, Adjective
  • (s) cruciate, cruciform: (shaped like a cross)
crucify, Verb
  • (v) crucify: (kill by nailing onto a cross) "Jesus Christ was crucified"
  • (v) mortify, subdue, crucify: (hold within limits and control) "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
  • (v) savage, blast, pillory, crucify: (criticize harshly or violently) "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
  • (v) torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate: (treat cruelly) "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
crud, Noun
  • (n) crud: (heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing)
  • (n) crud: (an ill-defined bodily ailment) "he said he had the crud and needed a doctor"
  • (n) filth, crud, skank: (any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant)
cruddy, Adjective
  • (s) cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty: (characterized by obscenity) "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
crude, Adjective
  • (s) blunt, crude, stark: (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment) "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
  • (s) crude, rough: (not carefully or expertly made) "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
  • (s) crude, earthy, gross, vulgar: (conspicuously and tastelessly indecent) "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
  • (s) crude, primitive, rude: (belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness) "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
  • (s) crude, raw: (not processed or subjected to analysis) "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
  • (a) unrefined, unprocessed, crude: (not refined or processed) "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
crude, Noun
  • (n) petroleum, crude_oil, crude, rock_oil, fossil_oil, oil: (a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)
crudeness, Noun
  • (n) crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness: (a wild or unrefined state)
  • (n) crudeness, crudity, gaucheness: (an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement) "the whole town was famous for its crudeness"
  • (n) crudeness, roughness: (an unpolished unrefined quality) "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"
crudity, Noun
  • (n) crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness: (a wild or unrefined state)
  • (n) crudeness, crudity, gaucheness: (an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement) "the whole town was famous for its crudeness"
cruel, Adjective
  • (s) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious: ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering) "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
cruelness, Noun
  • (n) cruelty, cruelness, harshness: (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)
cruelty, Noun
  • (n) cruelty, inhuman_treatment: (a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering)
  • (n) cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness: (feelings of extreme heartlessness)
  • (n) cruelty, cruelness, harshness: (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)
cruet, Noun
  • (n) cruet, crewet: (bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table)
cruise, Noun
  • (n) cruise, sail: (an ocean trip taken for pleasure)
cruise, Verb
  • (v) cruise: (drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure) "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible"
  • (v) cruise: (travel at a moderate speed) "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude"
  • (v) cruise: (look for a sexual partner in a public place) "The men were cruising the park"
  • (v) cruise: (sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing) "We were cruising in the Caribbean"
cruiser, Noun
  • (n) cabin_cruiser, cruiser, pleasure_boat, pleasure_craft: (a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board)
  • (n) cruiser, police_cruiser, patrol_car, police_car, prowl_car, squad_car: (a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters)
  • (n) cruiser: (a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer)
cruller, Noun
  • (n) cruller, twister: (small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts)
crumb, Noun
  • (n) crumb: (a very small quantity of something) "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report"
  • (n) crumb: (small piece of e.g. bread or cake)
  • (n) rotter, dirty_dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum_bag, so-and-so, git: (a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible) "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
crumb, Verb
  • (v) crumb: (coat with bread crumbs) "crumb a cutlet"
  • (v) crumb: (break into crumbs)
  • (v) crumb: (remove crumbs from) "crumb the table"
crumble, Verb
  • (v) crumble, crumple, tumble, break_down, collapse: (fall apart) "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
  • (v) crumble, fall_apart: (break or fall apart into fragments) "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
  • (v) decay, crumble, dilapidate: (fall into decay or ruin) "The unoccupied house started to decay"
crumbliness, Noun
  • (n) crumbliness, friability: (excessive breakableness)
crumbly, Adjective
  • (s) crumbly, friable: (easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder) "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach"; "crumbly cookies"
crumhorn, Noun
  • (n) krummhorn, crumhorn, cromorne: (a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn))
crummy, Adjective
  • (s) bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny: (of very poor quality; flimsy)
crump, Verb
  • (v) crump, thud, scrunch: (make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants)
  • (v) crump: (bombard with heavy shells)
  • (v) crump: (explode heavily or with a loud dull noise)
crumple, Verb
  • (v) buckle, crumple: (fold or collapse) "His knees buckled"
  • (v) crumble, crumple, tumble, break_down, collapse: (fall apart) "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
  • (v) pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit: (to gather something into small wrinkles or folds) "She puckered her lips"
  • (v) rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle: (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased) "This fabric won't wrinkle"
crumpled, Adjective
  • (s) bent, crumpled, dented: (of metal e.g.) "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"
crunch, Noun
  • (n) crunch: (the sound of something crunching) "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
  • (n) crunch: (a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)) "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
  • (n) crush, crunch, compaction: (the act of crushing)
crunch, Verb
  • (v) crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle: (make a crushing noise) "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
  • (v) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind: (press or grind with a crushing noise)
  • (v) crunch, munch: (chew noisily) "The children crunched the celery sticks"
  • (v) grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute: (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading) "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
crusade, Verb
  • (v) crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate: (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for) "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
  • (v) crusade: (go on a crusade; fight a holy war)
crush, Noun
  • (n) crush, jam, press: (a dense crowd of people)
  • (n) crush, crunch, compaction: (the act of crushing)
  • (n) crushed_leather, crush: (leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated)
  • (n) puppy_love, calf_love, crush, infatuation: (temporary love of an adolescent)
crush, Verb
  • (v) beat, beat_out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish: (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict) "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
  • (v) break_down, crush: (make ineffective) "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
  • (v) crush: (break into small pieces) "The car crushed the toy"
  • (v) crush, smash, demolish: (humiliate or depress completely) "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
  • (v) crush: (become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure) "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
  • (v) jam, crush: (crush or bruise) "jam a toe"
  • (v) oppress, suppress, crush: (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority) "The government oppresses political activists"
  • (v) squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze: (to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition) "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
crushed, Adjective
  • (s) broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low: (subdued or brought low in condition or status) "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
  • (s) crushed: (treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance) "crushed velvet"
crusher, Noun
  • (n) crusher: (a device that crushes something)
crushing, Adjective
  • (s) crushing, devastating: (physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination) "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
crushing, Noun
  • (n) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling: (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority) "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
crust, Noun
  • (n) crust, Earth's_crust: (the outer layer of the Earth)
  • (n) crust, incrustation, encrustation: (a hard outer layer that covers something)
  • (n) crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness: (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)
crust, Verb
  • (v) crust: (form a crust or form into a crust) "The bread crusted in the oven"
crustacean, Adjective
  • (a) crustaceous, crustacean: (of or belonging to the class Crustacea)
crustacean, Noun
  • (n) crustacean: (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)
crustaceous, Adjective
  • (a) crustaceous, crustacean: (of or belonging to the class Crustacea)
  • (a) crustaceous: (being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell)
crusted, Adjective
  • (s) crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike: (having a hardened crust as a covering)
crustlike, Adjective
  • (s) crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike: (having a hardened crust as a covering)
crusty, Adjective
  • (s) crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike: (having a hardened crust as a covering)
  • (s) crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured: (brusque and surly and forbidding) "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
cry, Noun
  • (n) cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation: (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition) "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
  • (n) cry, yell: (a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)) "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"
  • (n) cry: (a fit of weeping) "had a good cry"
  • (n) cry: (the characteristic utterance of an animal) "animal cries filled the night"
  • (n) war_cry, rallying_cry, battle_cry, cry, watchword: (a slogan used to rally support for a cause) "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'"
cry, Verb
  • (v) cry, weep: (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain) "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"
  • (v) cry, blazon_out: (proclaim or announce in public) "before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square"
  • (v) cry: (demand immediate action) "This situation is crying for attention"
  • (v) cry: (utter a characteristic sound) "The cat was crying"
  • (v) cry: (bring into a particular state by crying) "The little boy cried himself to sleep"
  • (v) exclaim, cry, cry_out, outcry, call_out, shout: (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy) "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
  • (v) shout, shout_out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall: (utter a sudden loud cry) "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
cryaesthesia, Noun
  • (n) cryesthesia, cryaesthesia: (hypersensitivity to cold)
crybaby, Noun
  • (n) whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker: (a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining)
  • (n) wimp, chicken, crybaby: (a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy)
cryesthesia, Noun
  • (n) cryesthesia, cryaesthesia: (hypersensitivity to cold)
crying, Adjective
  • (s) clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant: (demanding attention) "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken"; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
  • (s) crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank: (conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible) "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
crying, Noun
  • (n) cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation: (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition) "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
  • (n) cry, yell: (a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)) "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"
  • (n) cry: (a fit of weeping) "had a good cry"
  • (n) cry: (the characteristic utterance of an animal) "animal cries filled the night"
  • (n) crying, weeping, tears: (the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)) "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
  • (n) war_cry, rallying_cry, battle_cry, cry, watchword: (a slogan used to rally support for a cause) "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'"
cryoanaesthesia, Noun
  • (n) cryoanesthesia, cryoanaesthesia: (insensibility resulting from cold)
cryoanesthesia, Noun
  • (n) cryoanesthesia, cryoanaesthesia: (insensibility resulting from cold)
cryogenic, Adjective
  • (a) cryogenic: (of or relating to very low temperatures)
cryogenics, Noun
  • (n) cryogenics, cryogeny: (the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures)
cryogeny, Noun
  • (n) cryogenics, cryogeny: (the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures)
cryopathy, Noun
  • (n) frostbite, cryopathy: (destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene)
crypt, Noun
  • (n) crypt: (a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church))
cryptanalysis, Noun
  • (n) cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology: (the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms)
cryptanalyst, Noun
  • (n) cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist: (decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms)
cryptanalytic, Adjective
  • (a) cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological: (of or relating to cryptanalysis)
cryptanalytics, Noun
  • (n) cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology: (the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms)
cryptic, Adjective
  • (s) cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline: (having a secret or hidden meaning) "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther"
  • (s) cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying: (of an obscure nature) "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson"; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
  • (s) cryptic: (having a puzzling terseness) "a cryptic note"
cryptical, Adjective
  • (s) cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline: (having a secret or hidden meaning) "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther"
  • (s) cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying: (of an obscure nature) "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson"; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
cryptogamic, Adjective
  • (a) cryptogamic, cryptogamous: (of or relating to a cryptogam)
cryptogamous, Adjective
  • (a) cryptogamic, cryptogamous: (of or relating to a cryptogam)
cryptogram, Noun
  • (n) cryptogram, cryptograph, secret_writing: (a piece of writing in code or cipher)
cryptograph, Noun
  • (n) cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret_code: (a secret method of writing)
  • (n) cryptogram, cryptograph, secret_writing: (a piece of writing in code or cipher)
  • (n) cryptograph: (a device for deciphering codes and ciphers)
cryptographer, Noun
  • (n) cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist: (decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms)
cryptographic, Adjective
  • (a) cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological: (of or relating to cryptanalysis)
cryptographical, Adjective
  • (a) cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological: (of or relating to cryptanalysis)
cryptography, Noun
  • (n) cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology: (the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms)
  • (n) cryptography, coding, secret_writing, steganography: (act of writing in code or cipher)
cryptologic, Adjective
  • (a) cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological: (of or relating to cryptanalysis)
cryptological, Adjective
  • (a) cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological: (of or relating to cryptanalysis)
cryptologist, Noun
  • (n) cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist: (decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms)
cryptology, Noun
  • (n) cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology: (the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms)
cryptomonad, Noun
  • (n) cryptomonad, cryptophyte: (common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms)
cryptophyte, Noun
  • (n) cryptomonad, cryptophyte: (common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms)
cryptorchidism, Noun
  • (n) cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism: (failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)
cryptorchidy, Noun
  • (n) cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism: (failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)
cryptorchism, Noun
  • (n) cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism: (failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops)
crystal, Noun
  • (n) crystal: (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)
  • (n) crystal: (a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices)
  • (n) crystal, crystallization: (a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces)
  • (n) crystal: (glassware made of quartz)
  • (n) crystal, watch_crystal, watch_glass: (a protective cover that protects the face of a watch)
  • (n) quartz_glass, quartz, vitreous_silica, lechatelierite, crystal: (colorless glass made of almost pure silica)
crystalise, Verb
  • (v) clear, clear_up, shed_light_on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten_out, sort_out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate: (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize: (cause to take on a definite and clear shape) "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise: (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form) "crystallize minerals"
  • (v) crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce: (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)
crystalised, Adjective
  • (s) candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace: ((used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar)
  • (s) crystallized, crystalised: (having both internal structure and external form of a crystal) "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized"
crystalize, Verb
  • (v) clear, clear_up, shed_light_on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten_out, sort_out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate: (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize: (cause to take on a definite and clear shape) "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise: (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form) "crystallize minerals"
  • (v) crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce: (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)
crystalized, Adjective
  • (s) candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace: ((used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar)
crystalline, Adjective
  • (a) crystalline: (consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals) "granite is crystalline"
  • (s) crystalline: (distinctly or sharply outlined) "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan"
  • (s) crystalline, crystal_clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent: (transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity) "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"
crystallisation, Noun
  • (n) crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing: (the formation of crystals)
crystallise, Verb
  • (v) clear, clear_up, shed_light_on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten_out, sort_out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate: (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize: (cause to take on a definite and clear shape) "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise: (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form) "crystallize minerals"
crystallised, Adjective
  • (a) crystallized, crystallised: (having become fixed and definite in form) "distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts"
crystallization, Noun
  • (n) crystal, crystallization: (a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces)
  • (n) crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing: (the formation of crystals)
  • (n) crystallization: (a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation)
crystallize, Verb
  • (v) clear, clear_up, shed_light_on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten_out, sort_out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate: (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear) "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize: (cause to take on a definite and clear shape) "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"
  • (v) crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise: (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form) "crystallize minerals"
  • (v) crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce: (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)
crystallized, Adjective
  • (a) crystallized, crystallised: (having become fixed and definite in form) "distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts"
  • (s) crystallized, crystalised: (having both internal structure and external form of a crystal) "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized"
crystallizing, Noun
  • (n) crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing: (the formation of crystals)
ctene, Noun
  • (n) ctene, comb-plate: (a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused)
ctenoid, Adjective
  • (a) ctenoid, comb-like: (resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb)
cub, Noun
  • (n) cub, greenhorn, rookie: (an awkward and inexperienced youth)
  • (n) cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny_boy: (a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy))
  • (n) cub, young_carnivore: (the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion)
cub, Verb
  • (v) cub: (give birth to cubs) "bears cub every year"
cubby, Noun
  • (n) cubby, cubbyhole, snuggery, snug: (a small secluded room)
cubbyhole, Noun
  • (n) cubby, cubbyhole, snuggery, snug: (a small secluded room)
  • (n) cubbyhole, pigeonhole: (a small compartment)
cube-shaped, Adjective
  • (s) cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal: (shaped like a cube)
cube, Noun
  • (n) block, cube: (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)
  • (n) cube, regular_hexahedron: (a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces)
  • (n) cube, third_power: (the product of three equal terms)
  • (n) cube: (any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone)
  • (n) cube, square_block: (a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube)
cube, Verb
  • (v) cube: (raise to the third power)
  • (v) cube, dice: (cut into cubes) "cube the cheese"
cubelike, Adjective
  • (s) cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal: (shaped like a cube)
cubic, Adjective
  • (a) cubic, three-dimensional: (having three dimensions)
cubical, Adjective
  • (s) cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal: (shaped like a cube)
cubicle, Noun
  • (n) booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk: (small area set off by walls for special use)
  • (n) carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall: (small individual study area in a library)
  • (n) cell, cubicle: (small room in which a monk or nun lives)
cubiform, Adjective
  • (s) cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal: (shaped like a cube)
cubist, Adjective
  • (a) cubist, cubistic: (relating to or characteristic of cubism) "cubist art"
cubist, Noun
  • (n) cubist: (an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism)
cubistic, Adjective
  • (a) cubist, cubistic: (relating to or characteristic of cubism) "cubist art"
cubitus, Noun
  • (n) cubitus: (the arm from the elbow to the fingertips)
  • (n) elbow, elbow_joint, human_elbow, cubitus, cubital_joint, articulatio_cubiti: (hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped)
cuboid, Adjective
  • (s) cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal: (shaped like a cube)
cuboid, Noun
  • (n) cuboid: (a rectangular parallelepiped)
cuboidal, Adjective
  • (s) cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal: (shaped like a cube)
cuckold, Noun
  • (n) cuckold: (a man whose wife committed adultery)
cuckold, Verb
  • (v) cheat_on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander: (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage) "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
cuckoo, Noun
  • (n) cuckoo: (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)
  • (n) fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany: (a man who is a stupid incompetent fool)
cuckoo, Verb
  • (v) cuckoo: (repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call)
cuckoopint, Noun
  • (n) cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum_maculatum: (common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum)
cucumber, Noun
  • (n) cucumber, cucumber_vine, Cucumis_sativus: (a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit)
  • (n) cucumber, cuke: (cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons)
cud, Noun
  • (n) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad: (a wad of something chewable as tobacco)
  • (n) cud, rechewed_food: (food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again)
cudbear, Noun
  • (n) orchil, archil, cudbear: (a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens)
cuddle, Noun
  • (n) cuddle, nestle, snuggle: (a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace)
cuddle, Verb
  • (v) cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw_close: (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position) "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
  • (v) cuddle: (hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth) "I cuddled the baby"
cuddlesome, Adjective
  • (s) cuddlesome, cuddly: (inviting cuddling or hugging) "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear"
cuddling, Noun
  • (n) caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling: (affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs))
cuddly, Adjective
  • (s) cuddlesome, cuddly: (inviting cuddling or hugging) "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear"
cudgel, Noun
  • (n) cudgel: (a club that is used as a weapon)
cudgel, Verb
  • (v) cudgel, fustigate: (strike with a cudgel)
cudweed, Noun
  • (n) cotton_rose, cudweed, filago: (any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads)
  • (n) cudweed: (any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)
  • (n) western_mugwort, white_sage, cudweed, prairie_sage, Artemisia_ludoviciana, Artemisia_gnaphalodes: (perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States)
cue, Noun
  • (n) clue, clew, cue: (evidence that helps to solve a problem)
  • (n) cue: (an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech)
  • (n) cue, cue_stick, pool_cue, pool_stick: (sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards)
  • (n) discriminative_stimulus, cue: (a stimulus that provides information about what to do)
cue, Verb
  • (v) prompt, remind, cue: (assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned)
cuff, Noun
  • (n) cuff, turnup: (the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg)
  • (n) handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle: (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)
cuff, Verb
  • (v) cuff, whomp: (hit with the hand)
  • (v) manacle, cuff, handcuff: (confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs) "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
cufflink, Noun
  • (n) cufflink: (jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt)
cuisine, Noun
  • (n) cuisine, culinary_art: (the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared)
cuke, Noun
  • (n) cucumber, cuke: (cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons)
cul, Noun
  • (n) cul, cul_de_sac, dead_end: (a passage with access only at one end)
culinary, Adjective
  • (a) culinary: (of or relating to or used in cooking)
cull, Noun
  • (n) cull, reject: (the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality)
cull, Verb
  • (v) cull: (remove something that has been rejected) "cull the sick members of the herd"
  • (v) pick, pluck, cull: (look for and gather) "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
cullender, Noun
  • (n) colander, cullender: (bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods)
culminate, Verb
  • (v) culminate, climax: (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage) "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
  • (v) culminate: (bring to a head or to the highest point) "Seurat culminated pointillism"
  • (v) culminate: (reach the highest or most decisive point)
  • (v) culminate: (reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body)
  • (v) culminate: (rise to, or form, a summit) "The helmet culminated in a crest"
culmination, Noun
  • (n) apogee, culmination: (a final climactic stage) "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
  • (n) climax, culmination: (the decisive moment in a novel or play) "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
  • (n) completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop_up: (a concluding action)
  • (n) culmination: ((astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon)
culpability, Noun
  • (n) blameworthiness, culpability, culpableness: (a state of guilt)
culpable, Adjective
  • (s) blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable: (deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious) "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"
culpableness, Noun
  • (n) blameworthiness, culpability, culpableness: (a state of guilt)
culprit, Noun
  • (n) perpetrator, culprit: (someone who perpetrates wrongdoing)
cult, Noun
  • (n) cult: (followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices)
  • (n) cult: (followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader)
  • (n) cult: (a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false) "it was a satanic cult"
  • (n) cult, cultus, religious_cult: (a system of religious beliefs and rituals) "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"
  • (n) fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage: (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal) "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
cultism, Noun
  • (n) cultism: (devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult)
  • (n) idolatry, devotion, veneration, cultism: (religious zeal; the willingness to serve God)
cultivable, Adjective
  • (s) arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable: ((of farmland) capable of being farmed productively)
cultivatable, Adjective
  • (s) arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable: ((of farmland) capable of being farmed productively)
cultivate, Verb
  • (v) cultivate: (foster the growth of)
  • (v) cultivate, crop, work: (prepare for crops) "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
  • (v) domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame: (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment) "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
  • (v) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise: (teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment) "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
cultivated, Adjective
  • (s) civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite: (marked by refinement in taste and manners) "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
  • (a) cultivated: ((of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing) "cultivated land"
  • (s) cultivated: (no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use) "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries"
cultivation, Noun
  • (n) cultivation: (socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners) "her cultivation was remarkable"
  • (n) cultivation: ((agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale))
  • (n) cultivation: (the process of fostering the growth of something) "the cultivation of bees for honey"
  • (n) cultivation: (the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale))
  • (n) polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish: (a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality) "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad"
cultivator, Noun
  • (n) agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser: (someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil)
  • (n) cultivator, tiller: (a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture))
cultural, Adjective
  • (a) cultural: (of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors) "cultural events"; "a person of broad cultural interests"
  • (a) cultural: (of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society) "cultural roots"
  • (a) cultural: (relating to the raising of plants or animals) "a cultural variety"
  • (s) cultural, ethnic, ethnical: (denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people) "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy"; "ethnic food"
culture, Noun
  • (n) acculturation, culture: (all the knowledge and values shared by a society)
  • (n) culture, civilization, civilisation: (a particular society at a particular time and place) "early Mayan civilization"
  • (n) culture: (the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group)
  • (n) culture: ((biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)) "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
  • (n) culture: (the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization) "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
  • (n) culture: (the raising of plants or animals) "the culture of oysters"
  • (n) polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish: (a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality) "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad"
culture, Verb
  • (v) culture: (grow in a special preparation) "the biologist grows microorganisms"
cultured, Adjective
  • (s) civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite: (marked by refinement in taste and manners) "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
cultus, Noun
  • (n) cult, cultus, religious_cult: (a system of religious beliefs and rituals) "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"
culvert, Noun
  • (n) culvert: (a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway)
cum, Noun
  • (n) semen, seed, seminal_fluid, ejaculate, cum, come: (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)
cumarone, Noun
  • (n) benzofuran, coumarone, cumarone: (a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins)
cumber, Verb
  • (v) restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain: (hold back)
cumbersome, Adjective
  • (s) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen: (not elegant or graceful in expression) "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
  • (s) cumbersome, cumbrous: (difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight) "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"
cumbersomeness, Noun
  • (n) awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness: (trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape) "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
cumbrous, Adjective
  • (s) cumbersome, cumbrous: (difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight) "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"
cumfrey, Noun
  • (n) comfrey, cumfrey: (perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas)
cumquat, Noun
  • (n) kumquat, cumquat, kumquat_tree: (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp)
cumulate, Verb
  • (v) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile_up, gather, amass: (collect or gather) "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
cumulation, Noun
  • (n) pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus: (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)
cumulative, Adjective
  • (s) accumulative, cumulative: (increasing by successive addition) "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"
cumulonimbus, Noun
  • (n) cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus_cloud, thundercloud: (a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms)
cumulus, Noun
  • (n) cumulus, cumulus_cloud: (a globular cloud)
  • (n) pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus: (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)
cunctation, Noun
  • (n) procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally: (the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time)
cunctator, Noun
  • (n) procrastinator, postponer, cunctator: (someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness))
cuneal, Adjective
  • (a) wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform: (shaped like a wedge)
cuneate, Adjective
  • (s) cuneate, wedge-shaped: ((of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base)
cuneiform, Adjective
  • (a) cuneiform: (of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones))
  • (a) wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform: (shaped like a wedge)
cuneiform, Noun
  • (n) cuneiform: (an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia)
cuneus, Noun
  • (n) wedge, wedge_shape, cuneus: (any shape that is triangular in cross section)
cunner, Noun
  • (n) cunner, bergall, Tautogolabrus_adspersus: (common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States)
cunnilinctus, Noun
  • (n) cunnilingus, cunnilinctus: (oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris)
cunnilingus, Noun
  • (n) cunnilingus, cunnilinctus: (oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris)
cunning, Adjective
  • (s) clever, cunning, ingenious: (showing inventiveness and skill) "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
  • (s) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily: (marked by skill in deception) "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
  • (s) cunning, cute: (attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness) "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
cunning, Noun
  • (n) craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness: (shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception)
  • (n) cunning: (crafty artfulness (especially in deception))
cunt, Noun
  • (n) cunt, bitch: (a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked) "she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch"
  • (n) cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat: (obscene terms for female genitals)
cup, Noun
  • (n) cup: (a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle) "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"
  • (n) cup, cupful: (the quantity a cup will hold) "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
  • (n) cup: (any cup-shaped concavity) "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"
  • (n) cup: (a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces)
  • (n) cup: (cup-shaped plant organ)
  • (n) cup: (a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl)
  • (n) cup: (the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green) "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"
  • (n) cup, loving_cup: (a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition) "the school kept the cups is a special glass case"
cup, Verb
  • (v) cup: (form into the shape of a cup) "She cupped her hands"
  • (v) cup: (put into a cup) "cup the milk"
  • (v) cup, transfuse: (treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin)
cupboard, Noun
  • (n) cupboard, closet: (a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space)
cupcake, Noun
  • (n) cupcake: (small cake baked in a muffin tin)
cupflower, Noun
  • (n) chalice_vine, trumpet_flower, cupflower, Solandra_guttata: (Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat)
  • (n) cupflower, nierembergia: (any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers)
cupful, Noun
  • (n) cup, cupful: (the quantity a cup will hold) "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"
cupidity, Noun
  • (n) avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity: (extreme greed for material wealth)
cupola, Noun
  • (n) cupola: (a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting)
  • (n) cupola: (a roof in the form of a dome)
cuppa, Noun
  • (n) cuppa, cupper: (a cup of tea)
cupper, Noun
  • (n) cuppa, cupper: (a cup of tea)
cupric, Adjective
  • (a) cupric, cuprous: (of or containing divalent copper)
cuprous, Adjective
  • (a) cupric, cuprous: (of or containing divalent copper)
cupular, Adjective
  • (s) cupular, cupulate: (shaped like (or supporting) a cupule)
cupulate, Adjective
  • (s) cupular, cupulate: (shaped like (or supporting) a cupule)
cur, Noun
  • (n) cur, mongrel, mutt: (an inferior dog or one of mixed breed)
  • (n) cur: (a cowardly and despicable person)
curability, Noun
  • (n) curability, curableness: (capability of being cured or healed)
curable, Adjective
  • (a) curable: (curing or healing is possible) "curable diseases"
  • (s) curable: (capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent)
curableness, Noun
  • (n) curability, curableness: (capability of being cured or healed)
curacoa, Noun
  • (n) curacao, curacoa: (flavored with sour orange peel)
curare, Noun
  • (n) tubocurarine, curare: (a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles) "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction"
curate, Noun
  • (n) curate, minister_of_religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector: (a person authorized to conduct religious worship) "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
curative, Adjective
  • (s) curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic: (tending to cure or restore to health) "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
curative, Noun
  • (n) remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic: (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
curator, Noun
  • (n) curator, conservator: (the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library))
curb, Verb
  • (v) control, hold_in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate: (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits) "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
  • (v) curb: (keep to the curb) "curb your dogs"
  • (v) restrict, curtail, curb, cut_back: (place restrictions on) "curtail drinking in school"
  • (v) suppress, stamp_down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb: (to put down by force or authority) "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
curbing, Noun
  • (n) curb, curbing, kerb: (an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter))
curbstone, Noun
  • (n) curbstone, kerbstone: (a paving stone forming part of a curb)
curd, Noun
  • (n) curd: (a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd) "bean curd"; "lemon curd"
  • (n) curd: (coagulated milk; used to make cheese) "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"
curdle, Verb
  • (v) curdle, clabber, clot: (turn into curds) "curdled milk"
  • (v) curdle: (go bad or sour) "The milk curdled"
  • (v) curdle: (turn from a liquid to a solid mass) "his blood curdled"
curdled, Adjective
  • (s) coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose: (transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass) "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
curdling, Noun
  • (n) curdling, clotting, coagulation: (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)
cure-all, Noun
  • (n) panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all: (hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists)
cure, Noun
  • (n) remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic: (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
cure, Verb
  • (v) bring_around, cure, heal: (provide a cure for, make healthy again) "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
  • (v) cure: (prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve) "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
  • (v) cure: (make (substances) hard and improve their usability) "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
  • (v) cure: (be or become preserved) "the apricots cure in the sun"
cured, Adjective
  • (s) aged, cured: ((used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable))
  • (s) corned, cured: ((used especially of meat) cured in brine)
  • (s) cured, healed, recovered: (freed from illness or injury) "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron"
  • (s) cured, vulcanized, vulcanised: ((used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity))
  • (s) cured: ((used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening)
  • (s) cured: ((used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry)
curet, Noun
  • (n) curette, curet: (a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity)
curettage, Noun
  • (n) curettage, curettement: (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)
curette, Noun
  • (n) curette, curet: (a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity)
curettement, Noun
  • (n) curettage, curettement: (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)
curfew, Noun
  • (n) curfew: (the time that the curfew signal is sounded)
  • (n) curfew: (a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions)
  • (n) curfew: (an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited)
curing, Noun
  • (n) hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing: (the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization) "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"
curio, Noun
  • (n) curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity: (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)
curiosity, Noun
  • (n) curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity: (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)
  • (n) curiosity, wonder: (a state in which you want to learn more about something)
curious, Adjective
  • (a) curious: (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)) "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"
  • (s) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular: (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected) "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
  • (s) curious: (having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more) "a trap door that made me curious"
curiousness, Noun
  • (n) curiousness, inquisitiveness: (a state of active curiosity)
  • (n) foreignness, strangeness, curiousness: (the quality of being alien or not native) "the strangeness of a foreigner"
curium, Noun
  • (n) curium, Cm, atomic_number_96: (a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei)
curl, Verb
  • (v) coil, loop, curl: (wind around something in coils or loops)
  • (v) curl, curve, kink: (form a curl, curve, or kink) "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
  • (v) curl, wave: (twist or roll into coils or ringlets) "curl my hair, please"
  • (v) curl: (play the Scottish game of curling)
  • (v) curl_up, curl, draw_in: (shape one's body into a curl) "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
curled, Adjective
  • (s) curled, curling: (of hair having curls)
curler, Noun
  • (n) curler, hair_curler, roller, crimper: (a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it) "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"
curlicue, Noun
  • (n) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll: (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
  • (n) squiggle, curlicue: (a short twisting line)
curliness, Noun
  • (n) curliness, waviness: ((of hair) a tendency to curl)
curling, Adjective
  • (s) curled, curling: (of hair having curls)
curling, Noun
  • (n) curling: (a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target)
curly-coated, Adjective
  • (s) curly-haired, curly-coated: (covered with curly hair) "a curly-coated water spaniel"
curly-grained, Adjective
  • (s) curly-grained, cross-grained, wavy-grained: (of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel)
curly-haired, Adjective
  • (s) curly-haired, curly-coated: (covered with curly hair) "a curly-coated water spaniel"
curly-leafed, Adjective
  • (s) curly-leaved, curly-leafed: (having curly leaves)
curly-leaved, Adjective
  • (s) curly-leaved, curly-leafed: (having curly leaves)
curly, Adjective
  • (a) curly: ((of hair) having curls or waves) "they envied her naturally curly hair"
curmudgeonly, Adjective
  • (s) crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured: (brusque and surly and forbidding) "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
currajong, Noun
  • (n) kurrajong, currajong, Brachychiton_populneus: (widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle)
currant, Noun
  • (n) currant: (any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams)
  • (n) currant, currant_bush: (any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants)
  • (n) currant: (small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking)
currency, Noun
  • (n) currency: (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)
  • (n) currency: (general acceptance or use) "the currency of ideas"
  • (n) currentness, currency, up-to-dateness: (the property of belonging to the present time) "the currency of a slang term"
current, Adjective
  • (a) current: (occurring in or belonging to the present time) "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
current, Noun
  • (n) current, electric_current: (a flow of electricity through a conductor) "the current was measured in amperes"
  • (n) current, stream: (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)) "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
  • (n) stream, flow, current: (dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas) "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
currentness, Noun
  • (n) currentness, currency, up-to-dateness: (the property of belonging to the present time) "the currency of a slang term"
curricular, Adjective
  • (a) curricular: (of or relating to an academic course of study)
curriculum, Noun
  • (n) course_of_study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus: (an integrated course of academic studies) "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
curry, Noun
  • (n) curry: ((East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice)
curry, Verb
  • (v) curry: (season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking)
  • (v) curry: (treat by incorporating fat) "curry tanned leather"
  • (v) dress, groom, curry: (give a neat appearance to) "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
curse, Noun
  • (n) bane, curse, scourge, nemesis: (something causing misery or death) "the bane of my life"
  • (n) curse, curse_word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss: (profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger) "expletives were deleted"
  • (n) curse, torment: (a severe affliction)
  • (n) execration, condemnation, curse: (an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group)
  • (n) hex, jinx, curse, whammy: (an evil spell) "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
curse, Verb
  • (v) curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate: (utter obscenities or profanities) "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
  • (v) curse: (heap obscenities upon) "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
  • (v) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict: (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon) "The bad witch cursed the child"
  • (v) excommunicate, unchurch, curse: (exclude from a church or a religious community) "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
cursed, Adjective
  • (a) cursed, curst: (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier) "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
  • (s) cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved: (in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell) "poor damned souls"
cursive, Adjective
  • (s) cursive: (having successive letter joined together) "cursive script"
cursive, Noun
  • (n) longhand, running_hand, cursive, cursive_script: (rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper)
cursor, Noun
  • (n) cursor, pointer: ((computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions)
cursorial, Adjective
  • (a) cursorial: ((of limbs and feet) adapted for running)
cursory, Adjective
  • (s) casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory: (hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough) "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
curst, Adjective
  • (a) cursed, curst: (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier) "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
curt, Adjective
  • (s) brusque, brusk, curt, short: (marked by rude or peremptory shortness) "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
  • (s) crisp, curt, laconic, terse: (brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'") "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
curtail, Verb
  • (v) clip, curtail, cut_short: (terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent) "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
  • (v) restrict, curtail, curb, cut_back: (place restrictions on) "curtail drinking in school"
curtailment, Noun
  • (n) curtailment: (the temporal property of being cut short)
  • (n) retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing: (the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable)
  • (n) suppression, curtailment: (the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation) "a suppression of the newspaper"
curtain, Noun
  • (n) curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall: (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))
  • (n) curtain: (any barrier to communication or vision) "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
curtain, Verb
  • (v) curtain: (provide with drapery) "curtain the bedrooms"
curtained, Adjective
  • (a) curtained: (furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies) "a curtained alcove"
curtainless, Adjective
  • (a) curtainless, uncurtained: (not provided with curtains) "blank, curtainless windows stared back at her"
curtilage, Noun
  • (n) yard, grounds, curtilage: (the enclosed land around a house or other building) "it was a small house with almost no yard"
curtness, Noun
  • (n) abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness: (an abrupt discourteous manner)
curtsey, Noun
  • (n) curtsy, curtsey: (bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women)
curtsey, Verb
  • (v) curtsy, curtsey: (bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting)
curtsy, Noun
  • (n) curtsy, curtsey: (bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women)
curtsy, Verb
  • (v) curtsy, curtsey: (bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting)
  • (v) curtsy, bob: (make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect) "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand"
curvaceous, Adjective
  • (s) bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed: ((of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves) "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
curvaceousness, Noun
  • (n) curvaceousness, shapeliness, voluptuousness: (the quality of having a well-rounded body)
curvature, Noun
  • (n) curvature: ((medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal) "curvature of the spine"
  • (n) curvature: (the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve)
  • (n) curvature, curve: (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface)
curve, Noun
  • (n) bend, curve: (curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.))
  • (n) curvature, curve: (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface)
  • (n) curve, curved_shape: (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
  • (n) curve: (a line on a graph representing data)
  • (n) curve, curve_ball, breaking_ball, bender: (a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter)
curve, Verb
  • (v) arch, curve, arc: (form an arch or curve) "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
  • (v) crook, curve: (bend or cause to bend) "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
  • (v) curl, curve, kink: (form a curl, curve, or kink) "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
  • (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut: (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
  • (v) wind, twist, curve: (extend in curves and turns) "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
curved, Adjective
  • (a) curved, curving: (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend) "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
curvet, Noun
  • (n) curvet, vaulting: (a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down)
curvet, Verb
  • (v) curvet: (perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse)
curvey, Adjective
  • (s) curvy, curvey: (having curves) "a settee with only one curvy end"
curvilineal, Adjective
  • (s) curvilineal, curvilinear: (characterized by or following a curved line) "curvilinear tracery"; "curvilinear motion"
curvilinear, Adjective
  • (s) curvilineal, curvilinear: (characterized by or following a curved line) "curvilinear tracery"; "curvilinear motion"
curving, Adjective
  • (a) curved, curving: (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend) "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
curvy, Adjective
  • (s) bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed: ((of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves) "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
  • (s) curvy, curvey: (having curves) "a settee with only one curvy end"
cushat, Noun
  • (n) wood_pigeon, ringdove, cushat, Columba_palumbus: (Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck)
cushion, Noun
  • (n) cushion: (the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle)
  • (n) cushion: (a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.)
  • (n) shock_absorber, shock, cushion: (a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses) "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
cushion, Verb
  • (v) cushion, buffer, soften: (protect from impact) "cushion the blow"
cushioned, Adjective
  • (s) cushioned, cushiony, padded: (softened by the addition of cushions or padding)
cushioning, Noun
  • (n) padding, cushioning: (artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort)
cushiony, Adjective
  • (s) cushioned, cushiony, padded: (softened by the addition of cushions or padding)
cushy, Adjective
  • (s) cushy, soft, easygoing: (not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship) "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job"
cusk, Noun
  • (n) burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota_lota: (elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth)
  • (n) cusk: (the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters)
  • (n) cusk, torsk, Brosme_brosme: (large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod)
cusp, Noun
  • (n) cusp: (point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch))
  • (n) cusp, leaflet: (a thin triangular flap of a heart valve)
  • (n) cusp: (small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth)
cuspate, Adjective
  • (s) cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated: (having cusps or points)
cuspated, Adjective
  • (s) cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated: (having cusps or points)
cusped, Adjective
  • (s) cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated: (having cusps or points)
cuspid, Noun
  • (n) canine, canine_tooth, eyetooth, eye_tooth, dogtooth, cuspid: (one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars)
cuspidal, Adjective
  • (s) cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated: (having cusps or points)
cuspidate, Adjective
  • (s) cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated: (having cusps or points)
cuspidated, Adjective
  • (s) cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated: (having cusps or points)
cuspidor, Noun
  • (n) spittoon, cuspidor: (a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place))
cuss, Noun
  • (n) chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke: (a boy or man) "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"
  • (n) curse, curse_word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss: (profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger) "expletives were deleted"
  • (n) pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly: (a persistently annoying person)
cuss, Verb
  • (v) curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate: (utter obscenities or profanities) "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
cussed, Adjective
  • (s) cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant: (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing)
cussedness, Noun
  • (n) cussedness, orneriness: (meanspirited disagreeable contrariness)
custodial, Adjective
  • (s) custodial, tutelary, tutelar: (providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding) "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"
custodian, Noun
  • (n) custodian, keeper, steward: (one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals)
custody, Noun
  • (n) custody: (holding by the police) "the suspect is in custody"
  • (n) detention, detainment, hold, custody: (a state of being confined (usually for a short time)) "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
  • (n) hands, custody: ((with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child) "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"
custom-built, Adjective
  • (s) custom-built, made-to-order: (built for a particular individual)
custom-built, Noun
  • (n) custom-made, custom-built: (an item made to the customer's specifications)
custom-made, Adjective
  • (a) custom-made, custom: (made according to the specifications of an individual)
custom-made, Noun
  • (n) custom-made, custom-built: (an item made to the customer's specifications)
custom-make, Verb
  • (v) custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make: (make to specifications) "I had this desk custom-made for me"
custom, Adjective
  • (a) custom-made, custom: (made according to the specifications of an individual)
custom, Noun
  • (n) custom, usage, usance: (accepted or habitual practice)
  • (n) custom, tradition: (a specific practice of long standing)
  • (n) custom: (habitual patronage) "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"
  • (n) customs, customs_duty, custom, impost: (money collected under a tariff)
customary, Adjective
  • (s) accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted: (commonly used or practiced; usual) "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"
  • (s) customary: (in accordance with convention or custom) "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"
customer, Noun
  • (n) customer, client: (someone who pays for goods or services)
customhouse, Noun
  • (n) customhouse, customshouse: (a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country)
customise, Verb
  • (v) custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make: (make to specifications) "I had this desk custom-made for me"
  • (v) customize, customise: (make according to requirements) "customize a car"
customize, Verb
  • (v) custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make: (make to specifications) "I had this desk custom-made for me"
  • (v) customize, customise: (make according to requirements) "customize a car"
customs, Noun
  • (n) custom, usage, usance: (accepted or habitual practice)
  • (n) custom, tradition: (a specific practice of long standing)
  • (n) custom: (habitual patronage) "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"
  • (n) customs, customs_duty, custom, impost: (money collected under a tariff)
customshouse, Noun
  • (n) customhouse, customshouse: (a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country)
cut-and-dried, Adjective
  • (s) cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry: (according to ordinary expectations)
cut-and-dry, Adjective
  • (s) cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry: (according to ordinary expectations)
cut-and-thrust, Noun
  • (n) knife_fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrust: (fighting with knives)
cut-in, Noun
  • (n) cut-in, insert: ((broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program)
  • (n) cut-in, insert: ((film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film)
cut-price, Adjective
  • (s) bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price: (costing less than standard price) "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children"; "cut-rate goods"
cut-rate, Adjective
  • (s) bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price: (costing less than standard price) "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children"; "cut-rate goods"
cut-up, Noun
  • (n) prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer, practical_joker: (someone who plays practical jokes on others)
cut, Adjective
  • (a) cut: (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument) "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
  • (a) cut: (fashioned or shaped by cutting) "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
  • (a) cut: ((of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit) "the cut pages of the book"
  • (s) cut, shortened: (with parts removed) "the drastically cut film"
  • (s) cut, emasculated, gelded: ((of a male animal) having the testicles removed) "a cut horse"
  • (s) cut, slashed: ((used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply) "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
  • (s) cut, thinned, weakened: (mixed with water) "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
  • (a) mown, cut: ((used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine) "the smell of newly mown hay"
  • (a) trimmed, cut: (made neat and tidy by trimming) "his neatly trimmed hair"
cut, Noun
  • (n) baseball_swing, swing, cut: (in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball) "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
  • (n) cut: (a share of the profits) "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
  • (n) cut: ((film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next) "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"
  • (n) cut, gash: (a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation)
  • (n) cut: (a step on some scale) "he is a cut above the rest"
  • (n) cut, gash, slash, slice: (a wound made by cutting) "he put a bandage over the cut"
  • (n) cut, cut_of_meat: (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)
  • (n) cut, track: (a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc) "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
  • (n) cut: (the style in which a garment is cut) "a dress of traditional cut"
  • (n) cut: (a canal made by erosion or excavation)
  • (n) cut, undercut: ((sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball) "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
  • (n) cut, cutting: (the division of a deck of cards before dealing) "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"
  • (n) cut, cutting: (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge) "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
  • (n) cut, cutting: (the act of cutting something into parts) "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
  • (n) cut, cutting, cutting_off: (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends) "the barber gave him a good cut"
  • (n) cut: (the act of reducing the amount or number) "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
  • (n) cut: (an unexcused absence from class) "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
  • (n) deletion, excision, cut: (the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage) "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
  • (n) snub, cut, cold_shoulder: (a refusal to recognize someone you know) "the snub was clearly intentional"
  • (n) stinger, cut: (a remark capable of wounding mentally) "the unkindest cut of all"
cut, Verb
  • (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce: (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"
  • (v) cut: (separate with or as if with an instrument) "Cut the rope"
  • (v) cut: (make an incision or separation) "cut along the dotted line"
  • (v) cut: (discharge from a group) "The coach cut two players from the team"
  • (v) cut: (form by probing, penetrating, or digging) "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
  • (v) cut, tailor: (style and tailor in a certain fashion) "cut a dress"
  • (v) cut: (hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction) "cut a Ping-Pong ball"
  • (v) cut, skip: (intentionally fail to attend) "cut class"
  • (v) cut: (give the appearance or impression of) "cut a nice figure"
  • (v) cut: (move (one's fist)) "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
  • (v) cut: (pass directly and often in haste) "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
  • (v) cut: (pass through or across) "The boat cut the water"
  • (v) cut: (make an abrupt change of image or sound) "cut from one scene to another"
  • (v) cut: (stop filming) "cut a movie scene"
  • (v) cut: (make a recording of) "cut the songs"; "She cut all of her major titles again"
  • (v) cut: (record a performance on (a medium)) "cut a record"
  • (v) cut, burn: (create by duplicating data) "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
  • (v) cut: (form or shape by cutting or incising) "cut paper dolls"
  • (v) cut: (perform or carry out) "cut a caper"
  • (v) cut: (function as a cutting instrument) "This knife cuts well"
  • (v) cut: (allow incision or separation) "This bread cuts easily"
  • (v) cut: (divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult) "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"
  • (v) cut: (reap or harvest) "cut grain"
  • (v) cut: (fell by sawing; hew) "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia"
  • (v) cut: (penetrate injuriously) "The glass from the shattered windshield cut into her forehead"
  • (v) cut: (shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of) "cut my hair"
  • (v) cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise: (weed out unwanted or unnecessary things) "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
  • (v) cut: (dissolve by breaking down the fat of) "soap cuts grease"
  • (v) cut: (have a reducing effect) "This cuts into my earnings"
  • (v) cut, cut_off: (cease, stop) "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
  • (v) cut: (have grow through the gums) "The baby cut a tooth"
  • (v) cut: (grow through the gums) "The new tooth is cutting"
  • (v) dilute, thin, thin_out, reduce, cut: (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture) "cut bourbon"
  • (v) edit, cut, edit_out: (cut and assemble the components of) "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
  • (v) geld, cut: (cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)) "the vet gelded the young horse"
  • (v) hack, cut: (be able to manage or manage successfully) "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
  • (v) ignore, disregard, snub, cut: (refuse to acknowledge) "She cut him dead at the meeting"
  • (v) reduce, cut_down, cut_back, trim, trim_down, trim_back, cut, bring_down: (cut down on; make a reduction in) "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  • (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut: (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
  • (v) switch_off, cut, turn_off, turn_out: (cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch) "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
  • (v) write_out, issue, make_out, cut: (make out and issue) "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
cutaneal, Adjective
  • (a) cutaneous, cutaneal, dermal: (relating to or existing on or affecting the skin) "cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection"
cutaneous, Adjective
  • (a) cutaneous, cutaneal, dermal: (relating to or existing on or affecting the skin) "cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection"
cutaway, Noun
  • (n) cutaway, cutaway_drawing, cutaway_model: (a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts)
  • (n) cutaway: (a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees)
cutback, Noun
  • (n) cutback: (a reduction in quantity or rate)
cutch, Noun
  • (n) cutch, kutch: (tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas)
cute, Adjective
  • (s) cunning, cute: (attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness) "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
  • (s) cute, precious: (obviously contrived to charm) "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
cuteness, Noun
  • (n) prettiness, cuteness: (the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman))
cutest, Adjective
  • (s) cunning, cute: (attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness) "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
  • (a) cut: (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument) "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
  • (a) cut: (fashioned or shaped by cutting) "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
  • (a) cut: ((of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit) "the cut pages of the book"
  • (s) cut, shortened: (with parts removed) "the drastically cut film"
  • (s) cut, emasculated, gelded: ((of a male animal) having the testicles removed) "a cut horse"
  • (s) cut, slashed: ((used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply) "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
  • (s) cut, thinned, weakened: (mixed with water) "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
  • (s) cute, precious: (obviously contrived to charm) "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
  • (a) mown, cut: ((used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine) "the smell of newly mown hay"
  • (a) trimmed, cut: (made neat and tidy by trimming) "his neatly trimmed hair"
cuticle, Noun
  • (n) carapace, shell, cuticle, shield: (hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles)
  • (n) cuticle: (the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail)
  • (n) epidermis, cuticle: (the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates)
cuticular, Adjective
  • (a) cuticular, epidermal, epidermic, dermal: (of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula)
cutis, Noun
  • (n) skin, tegument, cutis: (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch) "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
cutlas, Noun
  • (n) cutlas, cutlass: (a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors)
cutlass, Noun
  • (n) cutlas, cutlass: (a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors)
cutlassfish, Noun
  • (n) cutlassfish, frost_fish, hairtail: (long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel)
cutlery, Noun
  • (n) cutlery, eating_utensil: (tableware implements for cutting and eating food)
  • (n) cutter, cutlery, cutting_tool: (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)
cutlet, Noun
  • (n) cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop: (thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled)
cutoff, Noun
  • (n) cutoff: (a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated)
  • (n) cutoff: (a device that terminates the flow in a pipe)
  • (n) shortcut, cutoff, crosscut: (a route shorter than the usual one)
cutout, Noun
  • (n) cutout: (a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload)
  • (n) cutout: (a photograph from which the background has been cut away)
  • (n) cutout: (a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out)
cutpurse, Noun
  • (n) pickpocket, cutpurse, dip: (a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places)
cuttable, Adjective
  • (s) chewable, cuttable: (easy to cut or chew)
cutter, Noun
  • (n) cutter, carver: (someone who carves the meat)
  • (n) cutter: (someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments))
  • (n) cutter: (a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop)
  • (n) cutter, cutlery, cutting_tool: (a cutting implement; a tool for cutting)
  • (n) stonecutter, cutter: (someone who cuts or carves stone)
  • (n) tender, ship's_boat, pinnace, cutter: (a boat for communication between ship and shore)
cutthroat, Adjective
  • (s) cutthroat, fierce, bowelless: (ruthless in competition) "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"
cutthroat, Noun
  • (n) cutthroat: (someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat)
cutting-edge, Adjective
  • (s) up-to-date, cutting-edge, with-it: (in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style) "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique"
cutting, Adjective
  • (s) bleak, cutting, raw: (unpleasantly cold and damp) "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
  • (s) cutting, edged, stinging: ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character) "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
  • (s) cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating: (painful as if caused by a sharp instrument) "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
cutting, Noun
  • (n) carving, cutting: (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)
  • (n) clipping, newspaper_clipping, press_clipping, cutting, press_cutting: (an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine) "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
  • (n) cut, cutting: (the division of a deck of cards before dealing) "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"
  • (n) cut, cutting: (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge) "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
  • (n) cut, cutting: (the act of cutting something into parts) "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
  • (n) cut, cutting, cutting_off: (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends) "the barber gave him a good cut"
  • (n) cutting, slip: (a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting)
  • (n) cutting: (a piece cut off from the main part of something)
  • (n) cutting, thinning: (the act of diluting something) "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
  • (n) film_editing, cutting: (the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film)
cuttle, Noun
  • (n) cuttlefish, cuttle: (ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell)
cuttlefish, Noun
  • (n) cuttlefish, cuttle: (ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell)
cv, Adjective
  • (s) one_hundred_five, 105, cv: (being five more than one hundred)
cwm, Noun
  • (n) cirque, corrie, cwm: (a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake)
cwt, Noun
  • (n) hundredweight, cwt, short_hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal: (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds)
  • (n) hundredweight, cwt, long_hundredweight: (a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds)
cxx, Adjective
  • (s) one_hundred_twenty, 120, cxx: (being ten more than one hundred ten)
cyan, Adjective
  • (s) bluish_green, blue-green, cyan, teal: (of a bluish shade of green)
cyan, Noun
  • (n) cyan: (a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color)
cyanamid, Noun
  • (n) cyanamide, cyanamid: (a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts))
cyanamide, Noun
  • (n) calcium-cyanamide, cyanamide: (a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds)
  • (n) cyanamide, cyanamid: (a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts))
cyanide, Noun
  • (n) cyanide: (an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid)
  • (n) nitrile, nitril, cyanide: (any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN)
cyanite, Noun
  • (n) kyanite, cyanite: (a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory)
cyanobacterial, Adjective
  • (a) cyanobacterial, cyanophyte: (relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria)
cyanocobalamin, Noun
  • (n) vitamin_B12, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, antipernicious_anemia_factor: (a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia)
cyanogenetic, Adjective
  • (s) cyanogenetic, cyanogenic: (capable of producing cyanide) "amygdalin is a cyanogenetic glucoside"
cyanogenic, Adjective
  • (s) cyanogenetic, cyanogenic: (capable of producing cyanide) "amygdalin is a cyanogenetic glucoside"
cyanophyte, Adjective
  • (a) cyanobacterial, cyanophyte: (relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria)
cyanuramide, Noun
  • (n) melamine, cyanuramide: (a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins)
cyber-terrorism, Noun
  • (n) cyber-terrorism, cyberwar: (an assault on electronic communication networks)
cyber-terrorist, Noun
  • (n) hacker, cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk: (a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism)
cybercafe, Noun
  • (n) cybercafe: (a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink)
cybercrime, Noun
  • (n) cybercrime: (crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs)
cybernate, Verb
  • (v) cybernate, computerize, computerise: (control a function, process, or creation by a computer) "They computerized the car industry"; "we live in a cybernated age"; "cybernate a factory"
cybernation, Noun
  • (n) computerization, cybernation: (the control of processes by computer)
cybernetics, Noun
  • (n) cybernetics: ((biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems))
cyberpunk, Noun
  • (n) cyberpunk: (a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology)
  • (n) cyberpunk: (a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies)
  • (n) hacker, cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk: (a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism)
cybersex, Noun
  • (n) cybersex: (sexual arousal involving communication on the internet)
cyberspace, Noun
  • (n) internet, net, cyberspace: (a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange)
cyberwar, Noun
  • (n) cyber-terrorism, cyberwar: (an assault on electronic communication networks)
cycle, Noun
  • (n) bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle: (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)
  • (n) cycle, rhythm, round: (an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs) "the never-ending cycle of the seasons"
  • (n) cycle: (a series of poems or songs on the same theme) "Schubert's song cycles"
  • (n) cycle: (a periodically repeated sequence of events) "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"
  • (n) cycle, oscillation: (a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon) "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
  • (n) hertz, Hz, cycle_per_second, cycles/second, cps, cycle: (the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second)
cycle, Verb
  • (v) bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel: (ride a bicycle)
  • (v) cycle: (cause to go through a recurring sequence) "cycle the laundry in this washing program"
  • (v) cycle: (pass through a cycle) "This machine automatically cycles"
  • (v) cycle: (recur in repeating sequences)
  • (v) motorbike, motorcycle, cycle: (ride a motorcycle)
cycles/second, Noun
  • (n) hertz, Hz, cycle_per_second, cycles/second, cps, cycle: (the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second)
cyclic, Adjective
  • (a) cyclic: (conforming to the Carnot cycle)
  • (a) cyclic: (forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl) "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers"
  • (a) cyclic: (of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure)
  • (a) cyclic, cyclical: (recurring in cycles)
  • (s) cyclic: (marked by repeated cycles)
cyclical, Adjective
  • (a) cyclic, cyclical: (recurring in cycles)
cyclicity, Noun
  • (n) cyclicity, periodicity: (the quality of recurring at regular intervals)
cycling, Noun
  • (n) cycling: (the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle)
cyclist, Noun
  • (n) cyclist, bicyclist, bicycler, wheeler: (a person who rides a bicycle)
cyclobenzaprine, Noun
  • (n) cyclobenzaprine, Flexeril: (muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury)
cycloid, Adjective
  • (s) cycloid, cycloidal: (resembling a circle)
cycloid, Noun
  • (n) cycloid: (a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line)
cycloidal, Adjective
  • (s) cycloid, cycloidal: (resembling a circle)
cyclonal, Adjective
  • (a) cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical: (of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center) "cyclonic cloud pattern"
  • (a) cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical: (of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm) "cyclonic destruction"
cyclone, Noun
  • (n) cyclone: ((meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern)
  • (n) cyclone: (a violent rotating windstorm)
cyclonic, Adjective
  • (a) cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical: (of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center) "cyclonic cloud pattern"
  • (a) cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical: (of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm) "cyclonic destruction"
cyclonical, Adjective
  • (a) cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical: (of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center) "cyclonic cloud pattern"
  • (a) cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical: (of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm) "cyclonic destruction"
cyclooxygenase-1, Noun
  • (n) cyclooxygenase-1, Cox-1: (an enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys) "an unfortunate side effect of NSAIDs is that they block Cox-1"
cyclooxygenase-2, Noun
  • (n) cyclooxygenase-2, Cox-2: (an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever) "the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2"
cyclooxygenase, Noun
  • (n) cyclooxygenase, Cox: (either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin)
cyclopaedia, Noun
  • (n) encyclopedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, cyclopaedia: (a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty)
cyclopedia, Noun
  • (n) encyclopedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, cyclopaedia: (a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty)
cyclorama, Noun
  • (n) panorama, cyclorama, diorama: (a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene)
cyclosis, Noun
  • (n) cyclosis, streaming: (the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell)
cyder, Noun
  • (n) cider, cyder: (a beverage made from juice pressed from apples)
cylinder, Noun
  • (n) cylinder: (a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases))
  • (n) cylinder: (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)
  • (n) cylinder, piston_chamber: (a chamber within which piston moves)
  • (n) cylinder: (a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air)
cylindric, Adjective
  • (s) cylindrical, cylindric: (having the form of a cylinder)
cylindrical, Adjective
  • (s) cylindrical, cylindric: (having the form of a cylinder)
cylindricality, Noun
  • (n) cylindricality, cylindricalness: (the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder)
cylindricalness, Noun
  • (n) cylindricality, cylindricalness: (the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder)
cylix, Noun
  • (n) kylix, cylix: (a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece)
cyma, Noun
  • (n) cyma, cymatium: ((architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex))
cymatium, Noun
  • (n) cyma, cymatium: ((architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex))
cymbal, Noun
  • (n) cymbal: (a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together)
cymbid, Noun
  • (n) cymbid, cymbidium: (any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers)
cymbidium, Noun
  • (n) cymbid, cymbidium: (any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers)
cymograph, Noun
  • (n) kymograph, cymograph: (scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure))
cynical, Adjective
  • (s) cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical: (believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others)
cynicism, Noun
  • (n) cynicism: (a cynical feeling of distrust)
cypher, Noun
  • (n) cipher, cypher: (a message written in a secret code)
  • (n) cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity: (a person of no influence)
  • (n) cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret_code: (a secret method of writing)
  • (n) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose_egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo: (a quantity of no importance) "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
  • (n) zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher: (a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number)
cypher, Verb
  • (v) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure: (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
  • (v) code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write_in_code: (convert ordinary language into code) "We should encode the message for security reasons"
cypre, Noun
  • (n) Spanish_elm, Equador_laurel, salmwood, cypre, princewood, Cordia_alliodora: (large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood)
cypress, Noun
  • (n) cypress: (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)
  • (n) cypress, cypress_tree: (any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones)
cyprinid, Adjective
  • (a) cyprinid, cyprinoid: (of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae)
cyprinid, Noun
  • (n) cyprinid, cyprinid_fish: (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)
cyprinoid, Adjective
  • (a) cyprinid, cyprinoid: (of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae)
cyproheptadine, Noun
  • (n) cyproheptadine, Periactin: (an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions)
cyrilla, Noun
  • (n) cyrilla, leatherwood, white_titi, Cyrilla_racemiflora: (shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage)
cyst, Noun
  • (n) cyst: (a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure)
  • (n) vesicle, cyst: (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))
cysteine, Noun
  • (n) cysteine: (an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine)
cystic, Adjective
  • (a) cystic: (of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder))
  • (a) cystic: (of or relating to or resembling a cyst)
cystine, Noun
  • (n) cystine: (a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones)
cystitis, Noun
  • (n) cystitis: (inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters)
cystocele, Noun
  • (n) cystocele, colpocystocele: (hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth)
cystoparalysis, Noun
  • (n) cystoplegia, cystoparalysis: (paralysis of the urinary bladder)
cystoplegia, Noun
  • (n) cystoplegia, cystoparalysis: (paralysis of the urinary bladder)
cytidine, Noun
  • (n) deoxycytidine, cytidine: (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose)
cytoarchitectonic, Adjective
  • (a) cytoarchitectural, cytoarchitectonic: (of or relating to cytoarchitecture)
cytoarchitectonics, Noun
  • (n) cytoarchitecture, cytoarchitectonics: (the cellular composition of a bodily structure)
cytoarchitectural, Adjective
  • (a) cytoarchitectural, cytoarchitectonic: (of or relating to cytoarchitecture)
cytoarchitecture, Noun
  • (n) cytoarchitecture, cytoarchitectonics: (the cellular composition of a bodily structure)
cytochrome, Noun
  • (n) cytochrome: ((biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration))
cytogenesis, Noun
  • (n) cytogenesis, cytogeny: (the origin and development and variation of cells)
cytogenetic, Adjective
  • (a) cytogenetic, cytogenetical: (of or relating to cytogenetics)
cytogenetical, Adjective
  • (a) cytogenetic, cytogenetical: (of or relating to cytogenetics)
cytogeny, Noun
  • (n) cytogenesis, cytogeny: (the origin and development and variation of cells)
cytokine, Noun
  • (n) cytokine: (any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system)
cytokinin, Noun
  • (n) kinin, cytokinin: (any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves)
cytol, Noun
  • (n) cytoplasm, cytol: (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)
cytologic, Adjective
  • (a) cytological, cytologic: (of or relating to the science of cytology)
cytological, Adjective
  • (a) cytological, cytologic: (of or relating to the science of cytology)
cytolysis, Noun
  • (n) cytolysis: (pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane)
cytolytic, Adjective
  • (a) cytolytic: (of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell)
cytomegalovirus, Noun
  • (n) cytomegalovirus, CMV: (any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems)
cytoplasm, Noun
  • (n) cytoplasm, cytol: (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)
cytoplasmatic, Adjective
  • (a) cytoplasmic, cytoplasmatic: (of or relating to cytoplasm)
cytoplasmic, Adjective
  • (a) cytoplasmic, cytoplasmatic: (of or relating to cytoplasm)
cytosine, Noun
  • (n) cytosine, C: (a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine)
cytosmear, Noun
  • (n) smear, cytologic_smear, cytosmear: (a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope)
cytosol, Noun
  • (n) cytosol: (the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended)
cytotoxic, Adjective
  • (a) cytotoxic: (of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells)
cytotoxicity, Noun
  • (n) cytotoxicity: (the degree to which something is toxic to living cells)
czar, Noun
  • (n) czar, tsar, tzar: (a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917))
  • (n) czar: (a person having great power)
czarina, Noun
  • (n) czarina, tsarina, tzarina, czaritza, tsaritsa: (the wife or widow of a czar)
czarist, Adjective
  • (a) czarist, czaristic, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist: (of or relating to or characteristic of a czar)
czaristic, Adjective
  • (a) czarist, czaristic, tsarist, tsaristic, tzarist: (of or relating to or characteristic of a czar)
czaritza, Noun
  • (n) czarina, tsarina, tzarina, czaritza, tsaritsa: (the wife or widow of a czar)