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carpetbagging
  • s  presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
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capetian
  • n  a member of the Capetian dynasty
  • a  of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet
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carcinogenic
  • a  causing or tending to cause cancer
    the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals
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captious
  • s  tending to find and call attention to faults
    a captious pedant
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cannular
  • s  constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
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canny
  • s  showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
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canonic
  • a  appearing in a biblical canon
    a canonical book of the Christian New Testament
  • a  of or relating to or required by canon law
  • s  reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
    a canonical syllable pattern
  • s  conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
    the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
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canonical
  • a  appearing in a biblical canon
    a canonical book of the Christian New Testament
  • a  of or relating to or required by canon law
  • s  reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
    a canonical syllable pattern
  • s  conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
    the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
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canonised
  • v  treat as a sacred person
  • v  declare (a dead person) to be a saint
  • s  accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
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canonist
  • n  a specialist in canon law
  • a  pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"
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