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  • atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
  • attempter — One who attempts.
  • auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
  • austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
  • autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
  • autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
  • azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
  • azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
  • bear trap — snare to catch bears
  • beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
  • bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
  • bioparent — a biological parent
  • biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
  • bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
  • bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
  • breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
  • cape cart — a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood
  • caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
  • caprylate — a salt of caprylic acid
  • capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
  • carpenter — A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
  • carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
  • carpetbag — a travelling bag originally made of carpeting
  • carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
  • cartopper — an object, esp a small boat, designed to be transported on top of a vehicle
  • catnapper — a person who catnaps
  • champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
  • chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
  • chapter 7 — the statute regarding liquidation proceedings that empowers a court to appoint a trustee to operate a failing business to prevent further loss
  • chapteral — of or pertaining to a chapter
  • chaptered — a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
  • chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
  • cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
  • co-parent — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • compacter — Comparative form of compact.
  • cooperate — If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
  • copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
  • copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
  • corporate — Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.
  • crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
  • crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
  • crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
  • crepitate — to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle
  • crispated — Crispate.
  • crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
  • date rape — Date rape is when a man rapes a woman whom he has met socially.
  • davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
  • deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
  • deepwater — having or taking place in deep water
  • demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
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