bittersweet |
tasting sweet and bitter at the same time or successively. [1/5 definitions] |
brood |
a group of young birds or other animals hatched or born at the same time to one mother. [1/7 definitions] |
by oneself |
alone or without help (often used with other reflexive pronouns for the same meaning). |
by-play |
less important action that takes place at the same time as the main action, esp. in a play. |
by the same token |
for the same, or a similar, reason. |
call around |
to make phone calls to different people asking the same question of each. |
can opener |
a hand-operated device used for opening cans, or an electrical device used for the same purpose. |
carp2 |
any of several fishes of the same biological family, such as the goldfish. [1/2 definitions] |
carpool |
an arrangement among a group of automobile drivers, such as employees at the same workplace, to take turns driving each other to and from a common destination. [1/3 definitions] |
catch up |
to reach the same distance or level as another or others who are further ahead (usu. fol. by "to" or "with"). [1/3 definitions] |
chain store |
one of a group of retail stores that are under the same ownership or central management system and that follow a uniform marketing policy. |
chant |
a song, esp. one which is sung on the same note or few notes throughout. [1/7 definitions] |
chord2 |
three or more musical tones played at the same time. [1/2 definitions] |
chorus |
a speech or other utterance made by a number of people at the same time. [1/6 definitions] |
circle |
a closed curve along which every point is the same distance from a fixed center point. [1/8 definitions] |
clan |
a group, often large, of people from the same family. [1/3 definitions] |
class |
students who graduate in the same year. [2/8 definitions] |
classmate |
a person in the same class at a college or school. |
class rank |
a student's position on a list ordered by grade point average of all students in the same grade or year at a school. |
clinic |
an office facility shared by several doctors, usu. in the same specialty. [1/4 definitions] |
closed primary election |
in the United States, a direct primary election in which voters must show evidence of their party affiliation and may vote only for candidates of the same party. |