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cutter |
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someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments) |
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cutter |
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someone who carves the meat |
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cutter |
Noun
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someone who cuts or carves stone |
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culdoscope |
Noun
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a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs |
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cullis |
Noun
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a gutter in a roof |
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culotte |
Noun
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a divided skirt |
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cutting tool |
Noun
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a cutting implement |
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cultivator |
Noun
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a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) |
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cultivator |
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someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil |
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cutting implement |
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a tool used for cutting or slicing |
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cutting room |
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a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts) |
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cutty stool |
Noun
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a low stool |
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cutwork |
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embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away |
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culverin |
Noun
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a medieval musket |
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culverin |
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a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries |
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cyberart |
Noun
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art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software |
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cybercafe |
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a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink |
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culvert |
Noun
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a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway |
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cyclobenzaprine |
Noun
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muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury |
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cummerbund |
Noun
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a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo |
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cup |
Noun
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a small open container usually used for drinking |
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cup |
Noun
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a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition |
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cup |
Noun
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the hole or metal container in the hole on a golf green |
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cup |
Noun
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a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl |
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cup |
Noun
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cup-shaped plant organ |
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cup |
Noun
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a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces |
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cup |
Noun
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the quantity a cup will hold |
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cup |
Noun
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any cup-shaped concavity |
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cup |
Verb
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to treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin |
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cup |
Verb
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to put into a cup |
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cup |
Verb
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to form into the shape of a cup |
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cyclopean masonry |
Noun
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a primitive style of masonry characterized by use of massive stones of irregular shape and size |
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cyclopropane |
Noun
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a colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic |
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cycloserine |
Noun
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an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus |
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cyclostyle |
Noun
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a writing implement with a small toothed wheel that cuts small holes in a stencil |
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cyclostyle |
Verb
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to print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil |
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cyclotron |
Noun
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an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles |
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cylinder |
Noun
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a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air |
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cylinder |
Noun
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a chamber within which piston moves |
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cylinder |
Noun
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a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) |
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cylinder |
Noun
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a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line |
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cupboard |
Noun
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a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space |
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cup hook |
Noun
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hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups |
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cylinder head |
Noun
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a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
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cylinder lock |
Noun
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a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt |
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cupola |
Noun
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a roof in the form of a dome |
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cupola |
Noun
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a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting |
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cyma |
Noun
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(architecture) a molding for a cornice |
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cymatium |
Noun
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(architecture) a molding for a cornice |
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curbing |
Noun
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an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) |