Merriam-Webster Catalog, Spring/Summer 2023

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This spring, find the right word fast with all-new editions of two indispensable language guides from Merriam-Webster.

The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus has been completely revised and is the perfect tool for readers and writers alike! Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Thesaurus, designed specifically for middle school students, will foster communication skills, help with homework, and is a great resource for building vocabulary.

For early learners, we’re excited to introduce Merriam-Webster’s Ready-for-School Sticker Book: 250 Words for Big Kids — the ultimate activity book to help kids start school with confidence. With 500 stickers and bright, kid-friendly illustrations, this interactive book features words kids need to describe the world around them, from the classroom to the zoo, and is the perfect companion to Merriam-Webster’s Ready-for-School

Words: 1,000 Words for Big Kids, published last year.

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RECENTLY PUBLISHED: Merriam-Webster’s Word Puzzle Adventures

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Merriam-Webster's Ready-for-School Sticker Book 250 Words for Big Kids

For ages 3-6. Prepare for the adventure of starting school with Merriam-Webster’s playful book featuring 400 stickers! Label the classroom objects, name the animals at the zoo, identify different shapes and colors, and much more...

Merriam-Webster’s Ready-for-School Sticker Book is the ultimate activity book to help kids start school with confidence. Bursting with color, the book includes words to describe the classroom, the lunchroom, the playground, the park, the zoo, the farm, and the weather, as well as key vocabulary to identify colors, positions, textures, and shapes. There are plenty of activities to complete: You can match pictures with their labels, place stickers on backgrounds, trace letter forms, and practice puzzles! With 400 stickers and gorgeous illustrations, this interactive book will open up a brand new vocabulary for every child getting ready for school.

Illustrator - Jake McDonald

Jake McDonald graduated in illustration from Brighton University, UK, and now specializes in digital illustration for kids. His work can be found across the globe, on the shelves of shops in Asia, Europe, and the USA.

Merriam-Webster’s Word Puzzle Adventures

For ages 6+. Set off on mind-expanding adventures with Merriam-Webster’s compendium of 100 word searches, crosswords, word games, and quizzes. Pit your wits against puzzles about animals, machines, space objects, crystals, and dinosaurs, and learn all about our amazing language along the way!

Can you spy the animals hiding in the rainforest word search? Or uncover the gems in the crystal quiz? Become a word magician and transform one word into another! Or crack the clues in the camping crossword. Discover how to spot a palindrome and seek out synonyms!

This inspiring activity book from the experts at Merriam-Webster will not only provide hours of fun, but will foster a love of language and word play — and build vocabulary to describe our astonishing world.

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Merriam-Webster’s Talk Like an Expert Dinosaurs: 400 Words for Budding Paleontologists

For ages 8+. Learn 400 words dinosaur scientists—or paleontologists—use, and learn how to talk like a dinosaur expert! Do you know what pieces of fossilized dinosaur poop are called? (Answer: Coprolites.) How about the large collar at the back of a Triceratops’s skull? (Answer: Frill.) Take a deep dive into the science behind these creatures with this impressive book from Merriam-Webster and learn 400 words you need to talk like a dinosaur expert! Travel back in time millions of years to discover how these extraordinary creatures lived, ate, fought, raised babies, and survived in the wild.

With full color illustrations and up-to-date scientific research, meet all different types of dinosaurs and learn how they evolved on a changing planet. Behind-the-scenes information on paleontology and scientists, plus an A-Z glossary, will leave readers not only talking like the experts, but thinking like them, too!

Expert Consultant - Ellen-Thérèse Lamm

Ellen-Thérèse Lamm is currently the Paleontology Histology

Lab Manager at the Museum of the Rockies. She works with institutions worldwide to catalog thousands of slides of fossil tissue structure. Blending discovery, art, and science, Ellen-T. also produces award-winning photomicrographs, some featured on the covers of technical publications.

Illustrator - Daniel Long

Daniel Long graduated from Norwich University of the Arts in Norwich, United Kingdom, in 2014 and has been working as an illustrator since then. He recently illustrated DK's Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life. His work is heavily influenced by midcentury design, architecture, and fashion, which can be easily seen in his use of color palettes and choice of subject matter.

Merriam-Webster’s Activity Mysteries by Tish Rabe

Meet Merriam and Webster! They're best friends who work together to solve mysteries wherever and whenever they occur. Follow these two junior detectives through 80 colorful pages of adventure and help solve activities to get them closer to their goal.

Merriam-Webster’s Activity Mysteries: Please Don’t Laugh, We Lost a Giraffe!

For ages 6+. Kid detectives Merriam and Webster can solve any mystery with a bit of help! Unscramble word puzzles, navigate letter mazes, and crack the codes to help solve this fun and surprising mystery tale written in rollicking verse.

Merriam and Webster travel to a local wildlife refuge to discover some terrible news: their favorite giraffe, Zari, is missing! As the kid detectives set out to find the missing giraffe, they encounter animals along the way who take part in their search. Can you piece together the clues and solve the word puzzles to reunite all the animals? ©2022

Written by award-winning children's book author, Tish Rabe, Merriam-Webster's Activity Mysteries contain fun rhyming text paired with delightfully creative word- and vocabulary-based activities. Whimsical illustrations by Xavi Ramiro bring this series to life, and every book includes a sticker sheet featuring characters from the book. WITH

Merriam-Webster’s Activity Mysteries: Follow the Stars! What Happened on Mars?

For ages 6+. Merriam and Webster visit the International Space Station to discover that the Mars rover has stopped working! The kid detectives blast off in a rocket to find out what happened, uncovering clues among the stars and meeting galactic friends along the way. Can you help Merriam and Webster solve the word puzzles and crack the case of the Mars rover?

Packed with puzzles, mazes, riddles, and codes designed to challenge young minds, build vocabulary, and keep kids entertained for hours! Includes a full page of four-color stickers.

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Merriam-Webster's Ready-for-School Words: 1,000 Words for Big Kids

For ages 3–6. Enter the world of Merriam-Webster's Ready-for-School Words and discover the words needed to describe the people, places, and things in your community and beyond! Featuring 1,000 words children should know before they start school, this charming book follows different families from their homes at the breakfast table, to their workplaces and classrooms, and on camping trips and seaside adventures. With labeled objects and simple sentences, children will start school with confidence and a brand new vocabulary.

Author - Hannah S. Campbell

Hannah S. Campbell is a writer, editor, and lifelong word nerd. She has written children’s activity books based on the works of Roald Dahl and various Cartoon Network shows, and loves coming up with ways to have fun with language. She grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, and currently lives in Queens, New York.

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Illustrator - Sara Rhys

Sara Rhys lives in a little town in Devon, England, and paints in a studio that overlooks the rolling hills towards Dartmoor where wild ponies roam free. She learned to draw as a small child but pursued a string of other creative pursuits before realizing that drawing was always her favorite thing to do.

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day: 366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus

For ages 8–12. Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Merriam-Webster to highlight the best of the English language.

Follow a menagerie of animals as they teach one new word for each day of the year, including a definition, pronunciation, part of speech label, and interesting trivia about the word. Each month concludes with an outlandish story that features all the new words learned. The book features 12 free audio downloads so kids can hear each month’s story read aloud by celebrity narrators including Rachel Bloom, David Harbour, and Soledad O’Brien.

This delightfully challenging and surprising book will turn word aficionados into passionate logophiles!

Merriam-Webster's 150 First Words

By Claire Laties Davis MS, CCC-SLP

Get babies and toddlers talking all day long with a colorful board book of first words and phrases created by the experts at Merriam-Webster. This engaging large-format board book encourages toddlers' language learning through the repetition of simple words and phrases for everyday objects and activities.

Readers will enjoy following a diverse group of nine children through their daily routines. Under speech and language therapist Claire Laties Davis’s sure hand, dressing, mealtime, playtime, bath time, and more become opportunities for little ones to learn new words and phrases. Each illustrated spread also includes a search-and-find within every scene to provide more ways for families to connect. ©2021

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PLANTS AND PLANTLIKE ORGANISMS

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dandelion diente M de león M

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pansy pensamiento M daisy margarita F buttercup botón M de oro M

daffodil narciso M crocus croco M violet violeta F

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Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary

cel e brate ��se-lə-�br�t� vb cel e brat ed� cel ebrat ing 1 : to observe �a holiday or important occasion� in some special way 2: to perform �a religious ceremony� 3: 1�We should celebrate the freedoms we have �

1bounce ��bauns� vb bounc 1: to spring back or up after hitting a surface �The ball bounced into the street � 2: to cause to spring back �bounce a ball� 3: to jump or move up and down �bouncing on a bed��Her curls bounced as she walked � 4: to leap suddenly �The children bounced out of their seats � 2bounce n 1: the action of springing back after hitting something 2: a sudden leap bouncy adj

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cel e brat ed ��se-lə-�br�-təd� adj : widely known and praised �a celebrated author� cel e bra tion ��se-lə-�br�-shən� n 1: the act of doing something to observe a special occasion

cel e brate ��se-lə-�br�t� vb cel e brat ed� cel ebrat ing 1 : to observe �a holiday or important occasion� in some special way 2: to perform �a religious ceremony� 3: 1�We should celebrate the freedoms we have � cel e brat ed ��se-lə-�br�-təd� adj : widely known and praised �a celebrated author� cel e bra tion ��se-lə-�br�-shən� n 1: the act of doing something to observe a special occasion

2: the activities or ceremonies for observing a special occasion

ce leb ri ty �sə-�le-brə-t�� n, pl ce leb ri ties 1

: 2: a famous person

cel lo ��che-l�� n, pl cel los : a large str instrument of the violin family that play bass part

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2: the activities or ceremonies for observing a special occasion

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ce les tial �sə-�les-chəl� adj 1: of, relating to, or suggesting heaven 2: of or relating to the sky �a celestial chart�

cel ery ��se-lə-r�, �sel-r�� n : a vegetable that has crisp light green leafstalks that are eaten raw or cooked ce les tial �sə-�les-chəl� adj 1: of, relating to, or suggesting heaven 2: of or relating to the sky �a celestial chart� cell ��sel� n 1: a very small room �as in a prison or a monastery� 2: the basic structural unit of living things that is made up of cytoplasm enclosed by a membrane and that typically includes a nucleus and other smaller parts �as mitochondria or chloroplasts� which perform specific functions necessary for life 3: a small enclosed part or division �as in a honeycomb� 4 : a container with substances which can produce an electric current by chemical action 5: a device that converts light �as sunlight� that falls on it into electrical energy that is used as a power source 6: celled ��seld� adj �single-celled�

cel lo phane ��se-lə-�f�n� n : a thin clear m al made from cellulose and used as a wrap cell phone n : a portable telephone that con to other telephones by radio through a syste transmitters each of which covers a limited graphical area

cel lu lar ��sel-yə-lər� adj 1: of, relating t made up of cells �cellular tissue� 2: of, ing to, or being a cell phone cel lu lose ��sel-yə-�l�s� n : a substance that chief part of the cell walls of plants and is us making various products �as paper and rayo cell wall n : the firm outer nonliving layer surrounds the cell membrane and enclose supports the cells of most plants, bacteria

1bound ��baund� adj : going or intending to go �homeward bound�

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If you are bound, you might be going somewhere, or you might be tied down and unable to go anywhere at all!

2bound n 1: a boundary line 2: a point or line beyond which a person or thing cannot go �The ball has to stay within these bounds.�

3bound past and past participle of

4bound vb bound ed� bound ing : to form the boundary of �The farm is bounded by a river on one side.�

5bound adj 1: tied or fastened with or as if with bands 2: required by law or duty �bound by honor� 3: under the control of something

�bound by the spell� 4: covered with binding

bou tique �b�-�t�k� n : a small fashionable shop

cell ��sel� n 1: a very small room �as in a prison or a monastery� 2: the basic structural unit of living things that is made up of cytoplasm enclosed by a membrane and that typically includes a nucleus and other smaller parts �as mitochondria or chloroplasts� which perform specific functions necessary for life 3: a small enclosed part or division �as in a honeycomb� 4 : a container with substances which can produce an electric current by chemical action 5: a device that converts light �as sunlight� that falls on it into electrical energy that is used as a power source 6: celled ��seld� adj �single-celled�

1bow ��bau� vb bowed� bow ing 1 : to bend the head or body as an act of politeness or respect 2: to stop resisting : �He bowed to pressure to resign �

2bow n : the act of bending the head or body to express politeness or respect

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How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

4bow ��b�� vb bowed� bow ing : to bend or cause to bend into a curve �The wall bows out.�

5bow ��bau . � n : the forward part of a ship bow el ��bau . -əl� n 1: usually used in pl. 2: a part of the intestine �the large bowel� bow er ��bau . -ər� n : a shelter in a garden made of boughs of trees or vines

1bowl ��b�l� n 1: a round hollow dish without handles 2: the contents of a bowl �I ate a bowl of cereal � 3: something in the shape of a bowl �as part of a spoon or pipe�

2bowl vb bowled� bowl ing 1: to play a game of bowling 2: to move rapidly and smoothly �The car bowled down the hill � bowl over 1: to hit and push down while moving quickly 2: to surprise or impress very much bow legged ��b�-�le-gəd, -�legd�

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cell 2: a diagram of a plant

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

Ce no zo ic ��s�-nə-�z�-ik, �se-� n : an era of logical history lasting from 70 million year to the present time in which there has b rapid evolution of mammals and birds an flowering plants

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2 censor vb cen sored� cen sor ing : to exa �as a book� to take out things considered o sive or immoral

n : the thin outside layer that

cen sor ship ��sen-sər-�ship� n : the syste practice of examining writings or movies t a k i n g o u t t h i n g s c o n s i d e r e d o f f e n s i v immoral

cell 2: a diagram of a plant cell

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Merriam-Webster’s Word-for-Word Spanish-English Dictionary

a (an before vowel or silent h) art

: un m : una f : por : a la : al a- pref : aaardvark n : oso m hormiguero aback adv : por sorpresa abacus n, pl abaci or abacuses

Aabhor v -horred; -horring

: abominar : aborrecer

abhorrence n : aborrecimiento m : odio m

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abhorrent adj : abominable : aborrecible : odioso

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: renunciar a : suspender

: evacuar : dejar abandon2 n : desenfreno m abandoned adj : abandonado

: desenfrenado : desinhibido abandonment n : abandono m

: desamparo m abase v abased; abasing

: degradar : humillar : rebajar abash v : avergonzar : abochornar abashed adj : avergonzado abate v abated; abating : amainar

abide v abode or abided; abiding : soportar : tolerar : quedar : permanecer : morar : residir ability n, pl -ties : aptitud f : capacidad f : facultad f

: competencia f : talento m : don m

: habilidad f abject adj : miserable : desdichado : abatido : desesperado : servil — abjectly adv

abjure v -jured; -juring : abjurar de ablaze adj : ardiendo : en llamas : resplandeciente : radiante able adj abler; ablest : capaz : hábil : competente -able suf : -able

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: menguar : disminuir abattoir n : matadero m abbess n : abadesa f abbey n, pl -beys : abadía f abbot n : abad m abbreviate v -ated; -ating

: abreviar

abbreviation n : abreviación f

: abreviatura f ABC’s npl : abecé m abdicate v -cated; -cating

: abdicar

abdication n : abdicación f abdomen n : abdomen m

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: vientre m

abdominal adj : abdominal — abdominally adv

abduct v : raptar : secuestrar abduction n : rapto m : secuestro m

abductor n : raptor m, -tora f

: secuestrador m, -dora f abed adv & adj : en cama

ablution n : ablución f ably adv : hábilmente : eficientemente abnormal adj : anormal — abnormally adv abnormality n, pl -ties : anormalidad f aboard1 adv : a bordo aboard2 prep : a bordo de abode1 → abide abode2 n : morada f : residencia f : vivienda f abolish v : abolir : suprimir abolition n : abolición f : supresión f abominable adj : abominable : aborrecible : espantoso abominate v -nated; -nating : abominar : aborrecer abomination n : abominación f aboriginal adj : aborigen : indígena aborigine n : aborigen mf : indígena mf

aberrant adj : anormal : aberrante

: anómalo : atípico

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aberration n : aberración f

: perturbación f mental abet v abetted; abetting : ayudar

abort v : abortar : suspender : abandonar : hacerse un aborto abortion n : aborto m

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Diccionario Español-Inglés Merriam-Webster

Designed especially for speakers of Spanish, this dictionary features upto-date coverage of essential, current vocabulary and is an ideal reference for students, teachers, travelers, and language learners of all skill levels. New words include realidad aumentada, cisgénero, cuidado personal, and amienemigo.

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A beginner’s guide to learning Spanish. Three books in one easy-to-understand reference guide—grammar, verbs, and vocabulary. All you need to know about Spanish grammar, with hundreds of examples of real Spanish. 120 colorcoded tables with fully conjugated regular and irregular verbs in a clear, user-friendly format. More than 5,000 words organized by categories, such as Careers, Computing and IT, Food and Drink, and Health. Ideal for use at school or at home. © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

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The Official SCRABBLE® Players Dictionary, Seventh Edition ©2023

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v -ED, -ING, -S to fasten with a zipper (a fastener consisting of two rows of interlocking teeth)

n pl. -POS nothing

adj -PIER, -PIEST full of energy ZIPPILY adv

n pl. -S a chemical salt

727 ZOOLATRY

ZOMBOID adj resembling zombies

ZONA n pl. -NAE a transparent substance surrounding the ovum of mammals

ZONAL adj pertaining to a zone ZONALLY adv

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n pl. -S a zirconium alloy

n pl. -S a mineral

ZONARY adj zonal

ZONATE adj arranged in zones

ZONATED adj zonate

n pl. -S a chemical compound adj pertaining to the metallic element zirconium

n pl. -S a pimple

n pl. -S a stringed instrument

TWO- TO EIGHT-LETTER WORDS, eligible for play

n pl. -S zither

n pl. -S a tubular pasta

n/pl zizith

n/pl the tassels on the four corners of a Jewish prayer shawl

ZONATION n pl. -S arrangement in zones

ZONE v ZONED, ZONING, ZONES to arrange in zones (areas distinguished from other adjacent areas)

ZONELESS adj having no zone or belt

ZONER n pl. -S one that zones

ZONETIME n pl. -S standard time used at sea

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ZIZZ v -ED, -ING, -ES to make a buzzing sound

INFLECTED FORMS

ZIZZLE v -ZLED, -ZLING, -ZLES to sizzle

ZLOTY n pl. ZLOTE or ZLOTIES or ZLOTYCH or ZLOTYS a monetary unit of Poland

ZOA a pl. of zoon

ZOARIUM n pl. -IA a colony of bryozoans

ZOARIAL adj

ZOCALO n pl. -LOS the public square in a Mexican city or town

ZODIAC n pl. -S an imaginary belt encircling the celestial sphere

ZODIACAL adj

ZONING n pl. -S the division of a city or land into areas subject to planning restrictions

ZONK v -ED, -ING, -S to stupefy

ZONKEY n pl. -S a hybrid between a zebra and a donkey

ZONULA n pl. -LAS or -LAE zonule

ZONULE n pl. -S a small zone

ZONULAR adj

ZOO n pl. ZOOS a place where animals are kept for public exhibition

ZOOCHORE n pl. -S a plant dispersed by animals

ZOODLE n pl. -S a thin strip of zucchini

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ZOETROPE n pl. -S an optical toy in which a series of pictures rotates to give the illusion of motion

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ZOISITE n pl. -S a mineral

ZOMBI n pl. -S zombie

ZOMBIE n pl. -S a will-less human capable only of automatic movement

ZOMBIFY v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES to turn into a zombie

ZOMBIISM n pl. -S the system of beliefs connected with a West African snake god

ZOOGLEA n pl. -GLEAS or -GLEAE a jellylike mass of bacteria

ZOOGLEAL adj

ZOOGLOEA n pl. -GLOEAS or -GLOEAE zooglea

ZOOID n pl. -S an organic cell or body capable of independent movement

ZOOIDAL adj

ZOOKS interj — used as a mild oath

ZOOLATER n pl. -S one that worships animals

ZOOLATRY n pl. -TRIES the worship of animals

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Merriam-Webster’s Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, Fourth Edition

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cabriolet

5 coupe 8 carriage

cache

4 bury, hide 5 cover, hoard, plant, stash, store, trove 6 memory, wealth

7 arsenal, conceal, lay away, nest egg, put away, reserve, secrete

8 ensconce, treasure 9 stockpile 10 accumulate 11 hiding place

cachet

4 rank, seal 5 motto, state 6 slogan, status 7 dignity, stature 8 approval, position, prestige, standing 11 consequence

cachinnate

4 crow, howl, roar 5 laugh, whoop 6 guffaw, shriek

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cackle

3 gab, jaw 4 blab, chat, crow

8 skeletal, spectral ciated, ghostlike caddy

3 bin, box 4 aide

8 canister, tea chest

cadence

4 beat, flow, lilt 5

6 rhythm 9 pulsation inflection, intonation

cadet

4 pimp 5 plebe 10 midshipman

cadge

3 beg, bum 5 mooch sponge 8 freeload, handle

Cadmus

daughter: 3 Ino

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5 clack, cluck 6 babble, burble, gabble, gaggle, gobble 7 blabber, blatter, chatter, prattle

cacoëthes

4 zeal 5 mania 6 desire 9 obsession

cacomistle

5 civet 7 raccoon 8 civet cat, ringtail

cacophonic

5 harsh 8 tuneless 9 dissonant, unmusical 10 discordant 11 unmelodious 12 unharmonious

cacophony

3 din 5 babel, noise 6 hubbub, uproar 9 confusion, harshness

10 dissonance

cactus

5 nopal 6 cereus, cholla, mescal, peyote 7 opuntia, saguaro 11 prickly pear

cad

3 cur, dog, rat 4 boor, fink, heel, jerk, lout, rake, roué 5 creep, knave, louse, rogue, skunk, swine 6 rascal, rotter 7 bounder 9 conductor, scoundrel

cadaver

4 body, mort 5 stiff 6 corpse 7 carcass, remains 8 deceased

cadaverous

5 ashen, gaunt, livid 6 pallid, wasted 7 deathly, ghastly, ghostly, shadowy

7 Autonoë

father: 6 Agenor

sister: 6 Europa victim: 6 dragon

wife: 8 Harmonia

cadre

4 cell, core 5 frame, 7 in-group 9 framework

caducity

3 age 6 dotage, 10 senescence

Caesar

assassin: 6 Brutus

7 Cassius (Gaius)

battle: 4 Zela 9

conquest: 4 Gaul

death date: 4 Ides

March

eulogist: 6 Antony

thony (Mark) 8 Antonius

message: 12 Veni

partner: 4 Coca

river: 7 Rubicon

utterance: 4 Et wife: 7 Pompeia

purnia

Caesarism

7 tyranny 9 authority, despotism 10 absolutism

torship

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