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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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horary
  • a  relating to the hours
    the horary cycle
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commutative
  • s  (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a"
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commodious
  • a  large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
    a commodious harbor
    a commodious building suitable for conventions
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comose
  • s  bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts
  • s  of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
    comate (or comose) seeds
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common
  • n  a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
  • a  belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
    for the common good
    common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
  • a  having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
    the common man
    a common sailor
    the common cold
    a common nuisance
    followed common procedure
    it is common knowledge that she lives alone
    the common housefly
    a common brand of soap
  • s  common to or shared by two or more parties
    a common friend
  • s  commonly encountered
    a common (or familiar) complaint
  • s  being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
    common parlance
  • s  of or associated with the great masses of people
    the common people in those days suffered greatly
    behavior that branded him as common
  • s  of low or inferior quality or value
    produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
  • s  lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
    behavior that branded him as common
  • s  to be expected; standard
    common decency
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