 | Term | Definition |
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counting-house |
A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc. |
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countryman |
A rustic. |
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courageous |
Brave. |
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course |
Line of motion or direction. |
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courser |
A fleet and spirited horse. |
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courtesy |
Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually. |
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covenant |
An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties. |
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covert |
Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. |
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covey |
A flock of quails or partridges. |
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cower |
To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. |
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coxswain |
One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer. |
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crag |
A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge. |
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cranium |
The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain. |
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crass |
Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. |
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craving |
A vehement desire. |
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creak |
A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound. |
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creamery |
A butter-making establishment. |
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creamy |
Resembling or containing cream. |
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credence |
Belief. |
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credible |
Believable. |
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credulous |
Easily deceived. |
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creed |
A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief. |
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crematory |
A place for cremating dead bodies. |
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crevasse |
A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier. |
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crevice |
A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces. |
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criterion |
A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion. |
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critique |
A criticism or critical review. |
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crockery |
Earthenware made from baked clay. |
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crucible |
A trying and purifying test or agency. |
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crusade |
Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle. |
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crustacean |
Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc. |
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crustaceous |
Having a crust-like shell. |
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cryptogram |
Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning. |
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crystallize |
To bring together or give fixed shape to. |
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cudgel |
A short thick stick used as a club. |
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culinary |
Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen. |
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cull |
To pick or sort out from the rest. |
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culpable |
Guilty. |
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culprit |
A guilty person. |
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culvert |
Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal. |
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cupidity |
Avarice. |
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curable |
Capable of being remedied or corrected. |
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curator |
A person having charge as of a library or museum. |
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curio |
A piece of bric-a-brac. |
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cursive |
Writing in which the letters are joined together. |
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cursory |
Rapid and superficial. |
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curt |
Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression. |
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curtail |
To cut off or cut short. |
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curtsy |
A downward movement of the body by bending the knees. |
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cycloid |
Like a circle. |
