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crazy quilt |
Noun
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a patchwork quilt without a design |
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cubeb |
Noun
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a cigarette containing cubeb |
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cubeb |
Noun
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tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits |
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cubeb |
Noun
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spicy fruit of the cubeb vine |
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country house |
Noun
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a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
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cream |
Noun
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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 |
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cream |
Noun
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the part of milk containing the butterfat |
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cream |
Noun
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the best people or things in a group |
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cream |
Verb
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to add cream to, for example, coffee |
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cream |
Verb
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to remove from the surface |
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cream |
Verb
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to put on cream, as on one's face or body |
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cream |
Verb
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to beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
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cream |
Verb
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to make creamy by beating |
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crosspiece |
Noun
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a transverse brace |
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crosspiece |
Noun
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a horizontal beam that extends across something |
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cubeb cigarette |
Noun
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a cigarette containing cubeb |
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country store |
Noun
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a retail store serving a sparsely populated region |
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cross-stitch |
Noun
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embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other |
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cross-stitch |
Noun
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two stitches forming a cross or X |
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cubitiere |
Noun
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body armor that protects the elbow |
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cross street |
Noun
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a street intersecting a main street and continuing on both sides of it, usually at right angles |
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cucking stool |
Noun
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an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water |
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crotchet |
Noun
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a small tool or hooklike implement |
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crotchet |
Noun
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a strange attitude or habit |
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crotchet |
Noun
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a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note |
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crotchet |
Noun
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a sharp curve or crook |
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coupe |
Noun
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a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment |
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cuckoo clock |
Noun
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clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |
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coupler |
Noun
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a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects |
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croupier's rake |
Noun
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a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table |
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cuddy |
Noun
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the galley or pantry of a small ship |
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courtyard |
Noun
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an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings |
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creamery |
Noun
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a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold |
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crowbar |
Noun
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a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge |
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cudgel |
Noun
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a club that is used as a weapon |
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cudgel |
Verb
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to strike with a cudgel |
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courtroom |
Noun
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a room in which a lawcourt sits |
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cream pitcher |
Noun
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a small pitcher for serving cream |
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creamer |
Noun
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a small pitcher for serving cream |
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cue |
Noun
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sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
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cue |
Noun
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a stimulus that provides information about what to do |
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cue |
Noun
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evidence that helps to solve a problem |
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cue |
Noun
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an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech |
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cue |
Verb
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to assist somebody acting or reciting by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned |
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creche |
Noun
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a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for |
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creche |
Noun
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a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem |
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courthouse |
Noun
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a building that houses judicial courts |
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courthouse |
Noun
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a government building that houses the offices of a county government |
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court plaster |
Noun
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a plaster composed of isinglass on silk |
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cue stick |
Noun
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sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |