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| chili |
a dish like a thick soup made with red beans, ground meat, onion, and tomato sauce, and flavored with a spice made from chilies. [1/2 definitions] |
| chop1 |
a thick slice of meat with a rib left in it. [1/4 definitions] |
| chow2 |
a Chinese breed of dog. Chows are sturdy dogs of medium size with a thick red or black coat, a black tongue, and a tail that curls over the back. |
| chowder |
a thick soup in which clams, fish, or corn are added to potatoes and onions in a milk or tomato base. |
| chunk |
a thick lump or piece of any material. |
| clog |
a shoe with a thick wooden sole. [1/3 definitions] |
| clot |
a thick lump or mass of liquid, such as blood. [1/2 definitions] |
| clump |
a thick lump or mass. [1/4 definitions] |
| cobbler |
a fruit dessert with a thick top crust that is baked in a deep dish. [1/2 definitions] |
| congeal |
to make thick or hard, especially by cooling or freezing. |
| cork |
a kind of oak that has a thick, soft bark. Corks grow near the Mediterranean Sea. [1/4 definitions] |
| cream |
a thick liquid or lotion used on the skin. [1/6 definitions] |
| crocodile |
a large reptile that is found in tropical swamps. It has a thick, tough skin, a long tail, and a long, pointed snout. |
| curd |
(sometimes plural) a soft, thick substance taken from milk. Curds can be eaten or made into cheese. |
| cutlass |
a short, thick sword with one cutting edge and a curved blade. |
| cytoplasm |
the thick liquid substance that holds all the parts that are inside a cell. |
| dense |
thick and hard to see through or penetrate. [1/2 definitions] |
| dough |
a thick mixture of flour or meal and a liquid such as water or milk that is prepared for baking into bread, cookies, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| elephant |
an enormous mammal with a very long nose called a trunk. Elephants have curved tusks, huge, floppy ears, and four long, thick legs. Elephants use their trunks to pick up food, drink water, or lift things. They use their tusks to dig roots. Elephants travel in herds, eating tons of plants every day. African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. Indian elephants are smaller and can be trained to work with people. |
| everglade |
a very large swamp in a warm climate. Rivers or streams flow slowly through an everglade, and tall, thick grass grows throughout. |
| fat |
thick. [1/4 definitions] |
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