| central | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. central, exchange, telephone exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication. |
| ~ centrex | (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange. |
| ~ patchboard, plugboard, switchboard | telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords. |
| ~ phone system, telephone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points. |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| adj. | 2. cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal | serving as an essential component.; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| adj. | 3. central | in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area.; "a central position" |
| ~ amidship | located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ bicentric | having two centers. |
| ~ bifocal | having two foci.; "bifocal eyeglasses" |
| ~ center, halfway, midway, middle | equally distant from the extremes. |
| ~ centered | being or placed in the center. |
| ~ centric, centrical | having or situated at or near a center. |
| ~ focal | having or localized centrally at a focus.; "focal point"; "focal infection" |
| ~ medial, median | relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle. |
| ~ middlemost, midmost | being in the exact middle. |
| ~ nuclear | constituting or like a nucleus.; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation" |
| cream | | |
| n. (group) | 1. cream, pick | the best people or things in a group.; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" |
| ~ elite, elite group | a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status. |
| n. (food) | 2. cream | the part of milk containing the butterfat. |
| ~ dairy product | milk and butter and cheese. |
| ~ clotted cream, devonshire cream | thick cream made from scalded milk. |
| ~ double creme, heavy whipping cream | cream with a fat content of 48% or more. |
| ~ heavy cream | contains more than 36% butterfat. |
| ~ coffee cream, light cream, single cream | cream that has at least 18% butterfat.; "in England they call light cream `single cream'" |
| ~ sour cream, soured cream | artificially soured light cream. |
| ~ light whipping cream, whipping cream | cream that has enough butterfat (30% to 36%) to be whipped. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cream, emollient, ointment | toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. |
| ~ cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin. |
| ~ hand cream | moisturizing cream for the hands. |
| ~ lanolin | an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep). |
| ~ nard, spikenard | an aromatic ointment used in antiquity. |
| ~ sun blocker, sunblock, sunscreen | a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn. |
| ~ toilet articles, toiletry | artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body). |
| v. (contact) | 4. cream | make creamy by beating.; "Cream the butter" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ scramble, beat | stir vigorously.; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
| v. (contact) | 5. bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash | beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ flail, thrash, lam, thresh | give a thrashing to; beat hard. |
| v. (contact) | 6. cream | put on cream, as on one's face or body.; "She creams her face every night" |
| ~ apply, put on | apply to a surface.; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" |
| v. (contact) | 7. cream, cream off, skim, skim off | remove from the surface.; "skim cream from the surface of milk" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| v. (change) | 8. cream | add cream to one's coffee, for example. |
| ~ modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme.; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
| elite | | |
| n. (group) | 1. elite, elite group | a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status. |
| ~ upper class, upper crust | the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy. |
| ~ elect, chosen | an exclusive group of people.; "one of the elect who have power inside the government" |
| ~ cream, pick | the best people or things in a group.; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" |
| ~ clerisy, intelligentsia | an educated and intellectual elite. |
| ~ beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, society | the fashionable elite. |
| ~ few | a small elite group.; "it was designed for the discriminating few" |
| ~ aristocracy, nobility | a privileged class holding hereditary titles. |
| ~ technocrat | an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group. |
| adj. | 2. elect, elite | selected as the best.; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges" |
| ~ selected | chosen in preference to another. |
| essence | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements.; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" |
| ~ hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality. |
| ~ haecceity, quiddity | the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other. |
| ~ quintessence | the purest and most concentrated essence of something. |
| ~ stuff | a critically important or characteristic component.; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" |
| n. (substance) | 2. essence | any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted. |
| ~ substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists.; "DNA is the substance of our genes" |
| n. (communication) | 3. burden, core, effect, essence, gist | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. essence, perfume | a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor. |
| ~ cologne water, eau de cologne, cologne | a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol. |
| ~ pachouli, patchouli, patchouly | a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant. |
| ~ perfumery | perfumes in general. |
| ~ potpourri | a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume. |
| ~ rose water | perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses. |
| ~ toilet articles, toiletry | artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body). |
| ~ eau de toilette, toilet water | a perfumed liquid lighter than cologne. |
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