compressor
— Noun
– English
～ a mechanical device that compresses gasses
comprise
— Verb
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～ include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
comprise
— Verb
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～ be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"
comprise
— Verb
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～ form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
compromise
— Verb
– English
～ make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
compromise
— Verb
– English
～ settle by concession
compromise
— Verb
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～ expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
compromise
— Noun
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～ an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"
compromise
— Noun
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～ a middle way between two extremes
compromiser
— Noun
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～ a negotiator willing to compromise; "Henry Clay was known as the Great Compromiser"
compromising
— Adjective
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～ making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
compromising
— Adjective
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～ vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion; "she found herself in a compromising situation"
compsognathus
— Noun
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～ very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
compton
— Noun
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～ United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962)
Comptonia
— Noun
– English
～ one species: sweet fern
Comptonia asplenifolia
— Noun
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～ deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
comptroller
— Noun
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～ someone who maintains and audits business accounts
comptrollership
— Noun
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～ the position of comptroller
compulsion
— Noun
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～ an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid; "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
compulsion
— Noun
– English
～ using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"