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cousin
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(n) the child of your aunt or uncle

cabinet
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(n) a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

(n) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

(n) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

(n) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

constitutional
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(n) a regular walk taken as a form of exercise

(a) sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under a constitution; "the constitutional right of free speech"; "constitutional government"; "constitutional guarantees"

(s) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

(s) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"

(a) of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup; "constitutional walk"

(a) of or relating to a constitution; "constitutional amendments"

cheek
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(n) impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

(n) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

(n) either side of the face below the eyes

(n) an impudent statement

(v) speak impudently to

communicate
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(v) transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

(v) transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"

(v) receive Communion, in the Catholic church

(v) administer communion; in church

(v) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"

(v) join or connect; "The rooms communicated"

(v) transfer to another; "communicate a disease"

ceremony
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(n) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"

(n) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"

(n) a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

cooperation
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(n) the practice of cooperating; "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of cooperation"

(n) joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission"

chamber
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(n) a room used primarily for sleeping

(n) a natural or artificial enclosed space

(n) a room where a judge transacts business

(n) an enclosed volume (as the aqueous chamber of the eyeball or the chambers of the heart)

(n) a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"

(v) place in a chamber

clothing
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(n) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

ceiling
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(n) the overhead upper surface of a room; "he hated painting the ceiling"

(n) (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds

(n) maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)

(n) an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap for prices"

Canadian
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(n) a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma

(n) a native or inhabitant of Canada

(a) of or relating to Canada or its people

chocolate
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(n) a medium to dark brown color

(n) a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

(n) a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

clock
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(n) a timepiece that shows the time of day

(v) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"

chemical
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(n) produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules

(a) relating to or used in chemistry; "chemical engineer"; "chemical balance"

(a) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; "chemical fertilizer"

classic
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(n) a creation of the highest excellence

(n) an artist who has created classic works

(s) characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions

(s) adhering to established standards and principles; "a classic proof"

corporation
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(n) slang terms for a paunch

(n) a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

clinical
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(s) scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"

(a) relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients; "clinical observation"; "clinical case study"

criticize
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(v) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

(v) act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"

count
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(n) the act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours"

(n) a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

(n) the total number counted; "a blood count"

(v) include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"

(v) take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"

(v) have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

(v) name or recite the numbers; "The toddler could count to 100"

(v) determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

(v) show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

(v) have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"

(v) put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

conventional
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(a) following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

(a) unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

(a) (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"

(s) in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"

(s) rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

(s) conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"

(s) represented in simplified or symbolic form

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