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carouse.noun,.plural.carouses
boisterous,
drunken merrymaking; a carousal
carouse, caroused,
carousing,
carouses.intransitive
verbs
to engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking;
to drink excessively; from German 'garaus' meaning 'all out', 'drink up'
and 'gar' meaning 'completely'
carouser.noun,.plural.carousers
carousal.noun,.plural.carousals
a riotous
drinking party; boisterous merrymaking;
revelry
counterfeit,
counterfeited,
counterfeiting,
counterfeits.verbs
transitive
verb use.to make a pretense
of; feign
(counterfeited interest in the story); pretend;
(money created out of 'thin air'
is pretend money and bypasses
the true wealth of a nation when manipulated
through contrived.inflationary
and deflationary periods of its economy, thereby depriving
people of true wealth gained through increasing of skills)
intransitive
verb use.to make fraudulent
copies of something (money has been said to be of intrinsic
value, when, without the industrious.capacity
of the people of a nation believing in the deception
of its useful value,
its real worth is evident
for those perpetrating
the fraud
as a confidence
trick); to carry on a deception;
dissemble
counterfeit.adjective
made in imitation of what is genuine with the
intent to defraud (a counterfeit dollar bill); simulated;
feigned
(a counterfeit illness)
counterfeit.noun
a fraudulent.concoction,
imitation
or facsimile
counterfeiter.noun,.plural.counterfeiters
concupiscence.noun
a strong desire, especially sexual
desire; depraved desires; desiring
forbidden things; lust
concupiscent.adjective
castrate,
castrated,
castrating,
castrates.transitive
verbs
to remove the testicles of (a male); geld
or emasculate;
to remove the ovaries of (a female); spay;
to deprive
of virility or spirit; emasculate
castrate.noun,.plural.castrates
an individual who is incapable of reproduction
as a result of removal, destruction or inactivation of the gonads
castrater or castrator.noun,.plural.castraters
or castrators
castration.noun,.plural.castrations
conjugate.adjective
joined together, especially
in a pair or pairs; coupled
conjugate,
conjugated,
conjugating,
conjugates.verbs
transitive verb use.Grammar:.to
inflect
a verb in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood
and tense; to join together
intransitive verb use.Biology:.to
undergo conjugation;
Grammar:.to
be inflected
conjugation.noun,.plural.conjugations
the act of conjugating; the state
of being conjugated
Biology:.the
temporary union of two bacterial cells during which one cell transfers
part or all of its genome to the other; a process of sexual reproduction
in which ciliate protozoans of the same species temporarily couple and
exchange genetic material; a process of sexual reproduction in certain
algae and fungi in which temporary or permanent fusion occurs, resulting
in the union of the male and female gametes
Grammar:.the
inflection of a particular
verb; a presentation of the complete set of inflected forms of a verb;
a class
of verbs having similar inflected forms
conjugationally.adverb
conjugational.adjective
close, closer,
closest.adjectives
being near in space or time; being near in relationship
(close relatives); bound by mutual
interests, loyalties or affections; intimate (close friends); having little
or no space between elements or parts; tight and compact (a close weave);
being near the surface; short (a close haircut); being on the brink of
(close to tears); decided by a narrow margin; almost even (a close election);
faithful to the original (a close copy); rigorous;
thorough
(close attention; close supervision); shut; closed; confining or narrow;
crowded (close quarters); fitting tightly (close garments); lacking fresh
air; stuffy (a close room); confined to specific persons or groups (a close
secret); strictly
confined or guarded (kept under close custody)
close quarters.noun,.plural.
a small, cramped
place or position; direct and close contact
in a fight (they were in close quarters with each other until tempers
settled down)
close, closed,
closing,
closes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
move (a door, for example) so that an opening or passage is covered or
obstructed; shut; bar
access to (closed the road for repairs); to fill or stop up (closed the
cracks with plaster; to stop the operations of permanently or temporarily
(closed down the old bridge); to bring to an end; terminate (close a letter;
close a bank account); to bring together all the elements or parts of (closed
the pipeline system's leaks); to join or unite;
bring into contact (close a circuit with a light switch to turn on the
light); to draw or bind together the edges of (close a wound); to complete
the final details or negotiations
on (close a real estate deal)
intransitive verb use.to
become shut (the door closed quietly); to come to an end; finish (the book
closes on a hopeful note); to cease operation (the restaurant closes at
six); to come together (my arms closed around the little child)
close.noun
the act of closing; a conclusion;
a finish (the meeting came to a close); an enclosed place, especially land
surrounding or beside a cathedral or other building
close, closer,
closest.adverbs
in a close position or manner; closely (stayed
close together walking through the forest)
closely.adverb
closeness, closer,
closing.nouns
close
in.phrasal
verb
to seem to be gathering in on all sides (the clouds
closed in); to surround so as to make unusable (the airport was closed
in by fog)
close
out.phrasal
verb
to dispose of, say, a line of merchandise, at
reduced prices; to terminate, as by selling (close out a business)
close
to home.idiom
so as to affect one's feelings or interests (her
comment hit close to home)
closure.noun,.plural.closures
the act of closing or the
state
of being closed (closure of an cut proves the universe is not out to kill
you); something that closes or shuts; a bringing to an end; a conclusion
(finally brought the project to closure); also called cloture
closure, closured,
closuring,
closures.transitive
verbs
to cloture or close a debate
closed-mind.or.close-minded.or.closed-minded.adjective
shutting off consideration of benefit one wishes
not to be exposed to; intolerant
toward beliefs and opinions of others;
stubbornly.unreceptive
to new ideas; Thomas Paine's
comment on close-mindedness and Alan Bloom's comment,."The
most successful tyranny is not
the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the
awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that
other ways are viable, that removes
the sense that there is an outside."....Allan
Bloom The Closing of the American Mind
close-mindedness.noun,.plural.close-mindednesses
circumcision.noun,.plural.circumcisions
the act of circumcising
circumcise, circumcised,
circumcising,
circumcises.transitive
verbs
circumcision has to do with the heart:.Deuteronomy
10:16 "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart and be no more
stiffnecked."; physical circumcision is a practice no longer
extant,
physical
circumcision
was an Old Testament practice done on the eighth day after a male child
was born, which involved removing the prepuce (foreskin of the penis):.Leviticus
12:3; also today applied to remove part or all of the clitoris (a miniature
penis like organ) of a female, a gross
and terribly cruel practice of
modern day weird religiously satanic cults
who despise women to the point of depriving them having pleasure in sex;
circumcison of a man as described in the Old Testament was nothing to do
with the satanic ritual of harm as has been done unto women
circumciser.noun,.plural.circumcisers
countenance,
countenanced,
countenancing,
countenances-transitive
verbs
appearance including personality
with facial.features
and expressions giving it its individuality;
to give or express approval to; condone
(the college administration will not countenance cheating)
countenance.noun,.plural.countenances
appearance, especially an individual's expressions;
the face or facial.features
countenancer.noun,.plural.countenancers
contribute, contributed,
contributing,
contributes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
give or supply in common with others; give to a common fund or for a common
purpose; to submit for publication (contributed two stories to the summer
issue)
intransitive verb use.to
make a contribution (contributes to several charities); to help bring about
a result; act as a factor.(exercise
contributes to better health)
contributive.adjective
contributively.adverb
contributiveness.noun
contributor.noun,.plural.contributors
contribution.noun,.plural.contributions
the act of contributing
contributory.adjective
of,
relating
to or involving
contribution; helping to bring about a result;
subject
to an impost or levy
contributory.noun,.plural.contributories
one that contributes
contaminate, contaminated,
contaminating,
contaminates.transitive
verbs
to make impure
or unclean by contact or mixture
contaminate, contaminative.adjectives
contaminator.noun,.plural.contaminators
contamination.noun,.plural.contaminations
the act or process of contaminating; the state
of being
contaminated
contaminant.noun,.plural.contaminants
somethingthat
contaminates (the lake was full of contaminants from the oil refinery)
configuration.noun,.plural.configurations
arrangement of parts or elements (by the look
of the configuration of this engine the car should really perform); the
form,
as of a figure, determined
by the arrangement of its parts or elements;
a
form
configurationally.adverb
configurative.or.configurational.adjective
configure, configured,
configuring,
configures.transitive
verbs
to design, arrange, set up or shape with a view
to specific
applications or uses (he configured his vehicle motor so that it would
provide a good balance of performance and fuel economy)
corrupt.adjective
venal; dishonest
(a corrupt politician); marked by
immorality
and perversion;
depraved;
dishonest (a corrupt mayor); one who is tainted
or putrid; having errors or alterations,
as a text (a corrupt translation of a book)
corrupt, corrupted,
corrupting,
corrupts.verbs
transitive verb use.to
destroy or subvert the honesty
or integrity of; to taint;
contaminate;
to cause to become rotten; spoil
corrupter.or.corruptor.noun,.plural.corrupters.or.corruptors
corruptly.adverb
corruptive.adjective
corruptness.noun
corruptible.adjective
capable
of being corrupted (corruptible judges)
corruptibility.or.corruptibleness.noun
corruptibly.adverb
corruption.noun,.plural.corruptions
the act or process
of corrupting; the state
of being corrupt; decay;
rot
cause.noun,.plural.causes
that which is responsible for an action or a result;
the producer of an effect, result or consequence
cause, caused,
causing,
causes.transitive
verbs
to be the cause of or reason for; result in; to
bring about
causable, causeless.adjectives
causer.noun
causative.adjective
functioning
as an agent
or cause; expressing
causation
causative.noun,.plural.causatives
causatively.adverb
causal.adjective
of, involving or constituting
a cause (a causal relationship between circulation of currency and prosperity
or between joy and positivity);
indicative
of or expressing a cause
causal.noun
a word or grammatical element, such as 'since'
or 'because', expressing a cause or reason
causally.adverb
causality.noun,.plural.causalities
the principle of or relationship between cause
and effect; a causal force or quality
causation.noun,.plural.causations
the act or process of causing;
a cause; causality
crave, craved,
craving,
craves.verbs
transitive verb use.to
have an intense desire for; desire;
to need urgently; require
intransitive verb use.to
have an eager or intense desire
cravingly.adverb
craver.noun,.plural.cravers
craven.adjective
characterized
by abject fear; cowardly
craven.noun,.plural.cravens
coward
cravenly.adverb
cravenness.noun,.plural.cravennesses
custom,.noun,.plural.customs
a practice followed by people of a particular
group or region; a habitual
practice of someone (my custom of reading a little before sleep); habit;
habitual patronage, as of a
store; habitual customers; patrons;
duty
or tax.imposed
on imported
and commonly,
exported.goods;
a cabal created.governmental.agency
collecting these, what they call 'duties' (that is, your duty to
pay us what we say); tribute,
service or rent paid by a feudal.tenant
to a lord; a government procedure
for inspecting goods and baggage entering a country and to charge on what
they find
custom.adjective
made to order; specializing in the making or selling
of made-to-order goods (a custom tailor; a custom built house)
customary.adjective
commonly practiced, used or encountered; usual;
based on custom or tradition rather than written law or contract
customarily.adverb
customariness.noun,.plural.customarinesses
confiscate, confiscated,
confiscating,
confiscates.transitive
verbs
to seize.(steal
private property) for the 'public' treasury; to seize by or as if by authority;
appropriate;
nationalize
confiscate.adjective
seized by a government; appropriated; having lost
property through confiscation
confiscation.noun,.plural.confiscations
confiscator.noun,.plural.confiscators
confiscatory.adjective
consolidate, consolidated,
consolidating,
consolidates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
unite
into one system or whole; combine.(consolidated
five separate agencies into a single department); to make strong or secure;
strengthen (consolidated the company during her first year); to make firm
or coherent; form into a compact
mass
intransitive verb use.to
become solidified or united; to join
in a merger or union
consolidator.noun,.plural.consolidators
consolidation.noun,.plural.consolidations
the act
or process
of consolidating; the state
of being
consolidated; the merger
of two or more interests or corporations
companion.noun,.plural.companions
a person who accompanies
or associates with another;
a comrade; a person employed to assist, live with or travel with another;
one of a pair or set of things; a mate
companion, companioned,
companioning,
companions.transitive
verbs
to be a companion to; accompany
companionship.noun,.plural.companionships
the relationship
of companions; fellowship
combine, combined,
combining,
combines.verbs
transitive verb use.to
bring into a state of unity; merge;
to join two or more substances
to make a single substance, such as a chemical compound; mix (the mix that
produces oxygen); to harvest a grain
crop using a cutting, threshing and cleaning machine
combine.noun,.plural.combines
a power operated harvesting machine that cuts,
threshes and cleans grain; an association
of people or groups united for the furtherance of political or commercial
interests; a combination
combiner.noun,.plural.combiners
combination.noun,.plural.combinations
the act of combining
or the state of being combined; the
result
of combining; an alliance of
persons or parties for a common purpose; an association;
a sequence of numbers or letters
used to open a combination lock
combinational.adjective
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