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cucurbitaceous
  • a  of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae
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cuddlesome
  • s  inviting cuddling or hugging
    a cuddlesome baby
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choric
  • a  relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus
    a choric Greek tragedy
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chorionic
  • a  of or relating to a chorion
    a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion
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horary
  • a  relating to the hours
    the horary cycle
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choked
  • v  breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
    She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband
  • v  be too tight; rub or press
  • v  wring the neck of
    The man choked his opponent
  • v  constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
  • v  struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
  • v  fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
    The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience
  • v  check or slow down the action or effect of
    She choked her anger
  • v  become or cause to become obstructed
  • v  impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  • v  become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
  • v  suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
  • v  pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • v  reduce the air supply
  • v  cause to retch or choke
  • s  stopped up; clogged up
    streets choked with traffic
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choky
  • n  British slang (dated) for a prison
  • s  so tight as to tend to choke
    a choky collar
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