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Cauterant
- noun - an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
Centering
- verb - (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap"
- center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
- direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
- the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
Chatoyant
- adjective - varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
Cloturing
- verb - terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
Clutching
- verb - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
- take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
Continent
- adjective - abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
- having control over urination and defecation
- one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
- the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
Contourne
- - Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like.
Contusing
- verb - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"