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  1. cachepot
  2. cacoëthes
  3. café noir
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  2. accent over e
  3. two words; accent over e
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  1. cahoots •
  2. cainotophobia •
  3. Calabrese
  4. calendrical
  5. calenture •
  6. callosity
  7. calypso, Calypso
  8. camarilla
  9. cameoing •
  10. Camorra, camorra
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  1. to share equally; become partners:; Origin: French cahute, cabin; Ex: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store.
  2. a fear of new things; Origin: Greek kainotes, newness; Greek kainos, new; Greek phobos, fear; Ex: cainotophobia or cainophobia is the fear of anything new, especially a persistent and abnormal fear
  3. Capitalization is required
  5. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics; Origin: Spanish calentar, to heat; Latin calere, to be warm; Ex: But who will judge a man’s constitution by the symptoms of calenture ?
  7. Capitalization is allowed
  9. the act of A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song; Origin: 1375-1425;
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  1. campanile (singular)
  2. camphor •
  3. Cancún
  4. cannonry
  5. canorous
  6. cantata
  7. cantus firmus
  8. capitol, Capitol
  9. caponata
  10. capsaicin
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  2. a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant-odored terpene ketone, C 10 H 16 O, obtained from the camphor tree, used chiefly in the manufacture of celluloid and in medicine as a counter-irritant for infections and in the treatment of pain and itching.; Origin: 1275-1325;
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  1. capstone
  2. capsulation
  3. Caracas •
  4. caravansary •
  5. carburetion
  6. carcinomatosis
  7. cardiology
  8. caret
  9. carping
  10. carrageen, carragheen
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221.
222.
223. a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.; Origin: "Caracas" in the language of the Indians meant "valley of birds singing,"; Ex:“It has not been clarified what happened to the flight from Los Roques to Caracas,” the children write. ; capitalization is required
224.(in the Near East) an inn, usually with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans. ; Origin: Persian karvan, caravan, Persian saray, camp, palace; Ex: Then he sat in some caravansary, and guarded the candle flame.
225. 
226. 
227. 
228. 
229. 
230. two different ways to spell
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  1. Cartesian
  2. cartography
  3. cast-iron plant
  4. casus belli •
  5. catafalque
  6. catatonic •
  7. catch phrase
  8. cat-o’-nine-tails
  9. cauterize
  10. cautionary
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  1. capitalization is required
  3. three words; first two words are hyphened
  4. an act or situation provoking or justifying war.; Origin: Latin, from casus (see case1) and belli, genitive of bellum ‘war.’; Ex:if the two great German powers chose to make this violation of an agreement to which they had been parties a casus belli, Europe would have no right to interfere; two words
  6. having catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor; Origin: 1915-20; cata- + -tonia; Ex: Please, God, let him not say that in yet another address to a catatonic nation.
    237.
  7. four words; all hyphened; apostrophe after o
  8. 240.
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  1. cavalcade
  2. celadon
  3. celetrity
  4. celestial, Celestial
  5. celluloid •
  6. cenotaph
  7. censorious •
  8. cerebrovascular
  9. certifiable
  10. cession
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  4. capitalization is allowed
  5. a tough, highly flammable substance consisting essentially of cellulose nitrate and camphor, used in the manufacture of motion-picture and x-ray film and other products.; Origin: former trademark; cellul(ose) + -oid; Ex: “Everyone could see their love right there on celluloid,” added their son, Stephen Bogart.
  7. severely critical; faultfinding; carping.; Origin: 1530-40;
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  1. chaise longue
  2. chalcid •
  3. chalice
  4. chancel
  5. chaotic
  6. chaparral
  7. chapeau
  8. chary •
  9. chasmogamous •
  10. chauvinistic
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  1. two words
    252.a minute parasitic wasp of a large group whose members lay eggs inside the eggs of other insects. They typically have bright metallic coloration.; Origin:late 19th century: from modern Latin Chalcis (genus name), from Greek khalkos ‘copper, brass,’ + -id3.; Ex: Parapsidal grooves: the grooves or furrows on each side of the chalcid scutellum, defining the parapsidae.
    253.
  6. cautious or careful; wary; Origin: before 1000; Middle English; Old English cearig sorrowful (c(e)ar(u) care + -ig -y1); cognate with Old Saxon karag, Old High German karag (German karg scanty, paltry); Ex: As a rule, I am chary about doling out diagnoses unless there is a clear indication to do so.
  7. pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flowe; Origin: 1955-60; Ex: Almost all these plants, as Darwin pointed out, have also chasmogamous flowers which render cross-fertilisation possible.
    260.
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  1. chenopod
  2. cherubic
  3. chili con carne
  4. chirography
  5. chlorosis
  6. chondroma
  7. chorea
  8. chronically
  9. churlish
  10. cilice •
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  3. three words
  10. garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.; Origin: before 950;
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  1. cinephile
  2. circumnavigate
  3. circumstantiality
  4. cirriped
  5. citadel
  6. clair de lune
  7. clamminess
  8. claque
  9. class-conscious
  10. claustrophobic
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  9. two words; hyphened
    280.
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  1. clerisy •
  2. clinquish
  3. cloven-footed •
  4. clubbable, clubable
  5. coaxial
  6. cockatoo
  7. cogent
  8. coiffeuse •
  9. cold-eyed
  10. coleslaw, cole slaw
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  1. learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.; Origin: 1818;
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  1. collage
  2. colonelcy
  3. colonialism
  4. coloratura
  5. commingle •
  6. commissary
  7. commodore
  8. compatriot
  9. compensable
  10. complicacy •
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  5. to mix or mingle together; combine; Origin: 1620-30; com- + mingle; Ex: They commingle intimately, but each retains its original and intrinsic quality.
  10. the state of being complicated; complicatedness; Origin: 1820-30; complic(ate) + -acy, modeled on such pairs as confederacy, confederate; Ex: Among the earliest tools of any complicacy which a man, especially a man of letters, gets to handle, are his Class-books.
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  1. confiture
  2. congé •
  3. congregant
  4. conjuration
  5. conniption •
  6. conniver
  7. constabulary
  8. constitutionality
  9. construe
  10. contemporize
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311.

312. leave-taking; farewell; Origin:1695-1705;

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  1. contextual
  2. contrail
  3. contumacy
  4. contusion
  5. conveyance •
  6. convulsion
  7. coparcenary
  8. Coptic
  9. coquille
  10. cordillera
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321.
322.
323.
324.
325. the act of conveying; transmission; communication; Origin: 1495-1505; convey + -ance; Ex: I could not charter a steamer, and there was no conveyance on the other side of the Mississippi.
326.
327.
328. capitalization is required
329.
330.
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  1. coriander
  2. corneitis
  3. coronagraph, coronograph
  4. corpocracy
  5. corrigenda
  6. corroboree •
  7. coruscant
  8. corvine
  9. cosmogony
  10. costumier
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331.
332.
333. two different ways to spell
334.
335.
336. an assembly of Aborigines typified by singing and dancing, sometimes associated with traditional sacred rites.; Origin: 1793;
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  1. cotoneaster, Cotoneaster
  2. counterfeit
  3. countervail
  4. coup de théâtre
  5. coup d’état
  6. couturère
  7. coxcombry •
  8. cozenage
  9. crampon •
  10. crèche
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341. capitalization is allowed
342.
343.
344. three words; accents over e and a
345.
346. accent over e
347. a foppish trait; 1600-10; coxcomb + -ry; It may be doubted whether there is any more astounding monument of coxcombry in literature.
348.
349. a spiked iron plate worn on boots or shoes for aid in climbing or to prevent slipping on ice, snow, etc; 1275-1325; Middle English cra(u)mpon
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  1. crêpe de Chine
  2. crestfallen
  3. Cretaceous, cretaceous
  4. critique
  5. Croatian
  6. Croesus
  7. crucifixion, Crucifixion
  8. crudités
  9. cryonics •
  10. crptography
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  1. three words; accent over first e in first word; capitalization required on third word
  2. capitalization is allowed
    353.
    354.
  3. capitalization required
  4. capitalization required
  5. capitalization allowed
  6. accent over e
  7. the deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future; 1965-70, Americanism; cryo- + -nics, on the model of bionics, electronics, etc; Ira Glass came to me over a year ago with a project first reported on This American Life about the first cryonics freezing.
    360.
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  1. cryptozoology •
  2. cuadrilla •
  3. culpability
  4. culturati
  5. cumbersome
  6. Cushing’s disease
  7. cuspidor
  8. cuttlefish •
  9. cygnet
  10. cystic fibrosis
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  1. the study of evidence tending to substantiate the existence of, or the search for, creatures whose reported existence is unproved, as the Abominable Snowman or the Loch Ness monster.; crypto- + zoology
  2. the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight, consisting of three banderilleros and two picadors; the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight, consisting of three banderilleros and two picadors.
    363.
    364.
    365.
    366.
    367.
  3. any of several cephalopods, especially of the genus Sepia, having eight arms with suckers and two tentacles, and ejecting a black, inklike fluid when in danger; 1400-50; late Middle English codel, Old English cudele cuttlefish + fish
    369.
  4. two words
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  1. cytoplasm •
  2. Dacron (trademark)
  3. dactylogram
  4. dal segno
  5. danseuse
  6. dauphine
  7. De Bakey
  8. debasement
  9. decaffeinated
  10. declamatory
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  1. the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles; Origin: 1870-75; cyto- + -plasm
  2. capitalization is required
    373.
  3. two words
    375.
    376.
  4. capitalization required; two words
    378.
    379.
    380.
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  1. declination
  2. decongestive
  3. decussate
  4. dedicatee
  5. deep-six
  6. deferred
  7. deflagrate •
  8. deflationary
  9. defoliant
  10. deglutition
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381.
382.
383.
384.
385.
386.
387. to burn, especially suddenly and violently; 1720-30;
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  1. deign
  2. delirium tremens
  3. Delmonico steak
  4. delocalization
  5. démarche
  6. demonstrator •
  7. demurrer
  8. dendrochronology
  9. Deng Xiaoping •
  10. dentigerous
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391.
392. two words
393. two words; capitalization for the first word required
394.
395. accent over e
396. a person or thing that demonstrates; 1605-15;

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  1. deodar
  2. deoxygenate
  3. depersonalize
  4. depredation
  5. Depression glass
  6. dermabrasion
  7. derogation
  8. desiccant •
  9. designee •
  10. despoliation
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401.
402.
403.
404.
405. two words; capitalization for first word required
406.
407. 
408. desiccating or drying, as a medicine; 1670-80;
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  1. deterrence •
  2. detrition
  3. deuteragonist •
  4. devolution
  5. dewlap
  6. dexterity •
  7. diable
  8. dialogue, dialog
  9. diaphoresis
  10. dictatorial
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  1. the act of deterring, especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating; 1860-65; deterr(ent) + -ence
  2. (in ancient Greece) the actor next in importance to the protagonist; 1850-55;
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  1. diffident
  2. digressive
  3. dipsomania •
  4. diptych
  5. disarmament
  6. discoid
  7. discretionary
  8. disenfranchise
  9. disparate
  10. dispossessed
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421.
422.
423. an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink; 1835-45;

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  1. disproportionate
  2. Disraeli
  3. dissertate •
  4. dissolvent
  5. distich
  6. dithyramb
  7. divagate
  8. diversionary
  9. divorcé (male)
  10. dodecaphonic
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431.
432. capitalization required
433. to discuss a subject fully and learnedly; discourse; 1760-70; probably back formation from dissertation
434.
435.
436.
437.
438.
439. accent over e
440.
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  1. doohickeys
  2. Doric order
  3. dormouse •
  4. dowager’s hump
  5. dramaturge
  6. dreadnought
  7. dreidel, dreidl
  8. dromond
  9. dryad
  10. dundrearies •
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441.
442. two words; capitalization for first word required
443. any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits; 1400-50; late Middle English dormowse, dormoise; etymology obscure; perhaps AF derivative of Old French dormir to sleep (see dormant), with final syllable reanalyzed as mouse, but no such AF word is known
444. two words; possession/apostrophe on first word
445.
446.
447. two different ways of spelling
448.
449.
450. long, full sideburns or muttonchop whiskers; 1860-65; after the sideburns worn by actor Edward A. Sothern as Lord Dundreary, a character in the play Our American Cousin (1858) by Tom Taylor

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  1. compote
  2. conceptual
  3. concertino
  4. concessionaire
  5. conchoidal •
  6. concision
  7. concordance •
  8. concretion
  9. condemnatory
  10. condottiere
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  5. noting a shell-like fracture form produced on certain minerals by a blow; 1660-70; conchoid + -al1
  7. agreement; concord; harmony; 1350-1400; Middle English concordaunce
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  1. duvet
  2. dynamometer
  3. dyscalculia
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451.
452.
453.

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