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chary
char·i·er, char·i·est char'i·ness n. char·i·ly, adverb |
ADJ. cautious or careful; wary;
shy; timid. fastidious; choosy sparing (often fol. by of): chary of his praise. |
like wary
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chase
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V. ornament a metal surface by indenting
ALSO, a rectangular iron frame in which composed type is secured or locked for printing or platemaking. - related to chassis |
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chassis
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N. the frame, wheels, and machinery of a motor vehicle, on which the body is supported
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chicanery
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N. trickery; deception
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chimerical
chimera |
ADJ. 1. unreal; imaginary; visionary: a chimerical terrestrial paradise.
2. wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic: a chimerical plan. chimera - a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. Genetics. an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artificially produced individual having tissues of several species. |
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chisel
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N. wedgelike tool for cutting;
V. swindle or cheat |
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choleric
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ADJ. hot-tempered
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churlish
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ADJ. boorish; rude
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cipher
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N. non-entity; worthless person or thing
N. secret code |
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circumlocution
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N. unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
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circumscribe
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V. limit narrowly; confine or restrict to; define
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clarion
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ADJ. shrill; trumpet-like sound
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clavicle
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N. collarbone
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climactic
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ADJ. relating to the highest point; pertaining to or coming to a climax
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coalesce
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V. combine; fuse
to grow together or into one body to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc co·a·les·cence, noun co·a·les·cent, adjective |
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coda
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N. 1. Music The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
2. A conclusion or closing part of a statement. |
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codicil
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N. supplement to the body of a will
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coeval
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ADJ. of the same age, date, or duration; equally old: Analysis has proved that this manuscript is coeval with that one.
2. coincident: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were only approximately coeval. N.: a contemporary; One of the same era or period |
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cogent
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ADJ. convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- to the point; relevant; pertinent. |
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cognate
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ADJ. 1. Related by blood; having a common ancestor.
2. Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nōmen from Indo-European *n-men-. 3. Related or analogous in nature, character, or function. |
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cohere
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V. to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
To have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results to agree; be congruous |
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