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| club |
an establishment that is open late at night and provides food, drink, and usu. entertainment; nightclub. [2/7 definitions] |
| clubable |
combined form of club. |
| cob |
the hard center of an ear of corn; corncob. [1/3 definitions] |
| cobweb |
a web spun by a spider, esp. an abandoned one, or a single strand of this web. [1/5 definitions] |
| cockscomb |
a vain man who is exceptionally concerned with his dress and appearance; coxcomb. [1/3 definitions] |
| cold shoulder |
a deliberate display of unresponsiveness or indifference, intended as a snub. |
| comb |
to untangle, style, or hold with or as if with a comb. [2/9 definitions] |
| commodore |
a title of courtesy given to the senior captain of a merchant fleet or to the president of a yacht club. [1/2 definitions] |
| Confucius |
a Chinese philosopher whose ethical teachings were introduced into Chinese religion; K'ung Fu-tzu (551?-479? B.C.). |
| conjugate |
in grammar, to list systematically the inflected forms of a verb. [1/5 definitions] |
| conjugation |
in grammar, the process of listing systematically the inflected forms of a verb. [2/4 definitions] |
| copula |
in grammar, a verb or other word that connects a subject and a predicate, such as "is" in "John is an engineer" and "seem" in "They seem tired"; linking verb. [1/3 definitions] |
| corncob pipe |
a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of a hollow, dried corncob. |
| cot1 |
(chiefly British) a stationary bed with high sides for an infant or young child; crib. [1/2 definitions] |
| courtesy card |
a card that identifies the bearer and entitles him or her to certain privileges, as at a store, bank, hotel, or club. |
| crab1 |
any of various other crustaceans resembling a true crab, such as a hermit or horseshoe crab. [2/8 definitions] |
| crater |
a similar depression in the surface of the earth or other heavenly bodies caused by the impact of falling meteorites or the explosion of a mine or bomb. [1/3 definitions] |
| crib |
to confine in, or as though in, a crib. [1/12 definitions] |
| Cro-Magnon |
a Caucasoid type of human that lived in Europe from about 60,000 B.C. to about 10,000 B.C. |
| curb |
to provide with a curb. [1/4 definitions] |
| curbing |
the material used to make a street curb. [2 definitions] |
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