cross-purpose
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~ a contrary aim; "at cross-purposes"
Cyclamen purpurascens
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~ Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals
Claviceps purpurea
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~ a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
Carpodacus purpureus
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~ North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump
common purslane
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~ weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
Chinese puzzle
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~ intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes
crossword puzzle
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~ a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
chronic pyelonephritis
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~ pyelonephritis that develops slowly and can lead to renal failure if untreated; often associated with a kidney stone or with narrowing of the urinary passageways
Circus pygargus
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~ brownish European harrier
class Pyrenomycetes
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~ class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
copper pyrites
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~ a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide
coenzyme Q
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~ any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration
capital of Qatar
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~ the capital and chief port of Qatar
Calamagrostic quadriseta
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~ tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay
Callitris quadrivalvis
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~ large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
California quail
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~ plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon
Camassia quamash
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~ plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America