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(Of an illness or condition) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.

Slightly fat in a way that is considered endearing or pleasant, especially when describing children or cheeks.

To throw something carelessly or casually.

To laugh quietly or inwardly with mild amusement.

(verb, third person singular) Laughs quietly or inwardly with amusement.

Present participle of chuckle; the act of laughing quietly or with mild amusement.

(Of a vehicle or engine) to move making a regular muffled sound.

(Informal) A close friend or companion.

(Informal) A foolish or easily deceived person.

A thick, solid piece of something.

A building for Christian worship.

Plural of church; buildings used for Christian religious worship.

A vertical or inclined channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level.

An informal greeting or farewell, borrowed from Italian.

A cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking.

A thin cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

Plural of cigarette; multiple thin cylinders of tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

Plural of cigar; multiple cylinders of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking.

A building where films are shown for public entertainment.

An aromatic spice made from the dried bark of certain trees of the genus Cinnamomum.

A round plane figure whose boundary consists of points equidistant from a fixed center point.

Plural of circle; multiple round plane figures.

Present participle of circle; moving in a circular path around something.

A closed path through which electric current flows.

Plural of circuit; multiple closed paths through which electric current flows.

Having the form of a circle; round.

The movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels of the body.

A fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action.

The facts or conditions surrounding a situation or event.

(Of evidence) based on inference rather than direct observation or proof.

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other entertainment acts.

Plural of city; large towns or urban areas with significant populations.

A legally recognized member of a state or nation who has rights and duties under its laws.

Plural of citizen; members of a state or nation with legal rights and duties.

A large town or urban area.

Relating to a city or town, especially its administration.

Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinguished from military or religious matters.

A person not in the armed services or police force.

Plural of civilian; people not in the armed services or police force.

(British spelling of civilization) The stage of human social and cultural development considered most advanced.

The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.

Plural of civilization; multiple distinct societies with their own cultures and systems of organization.

Having an advanced state of social and cultural development.

Present participle of clack; making a sharp, short sound like two hard objects hitting together.

To state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing proof.

Past tense and past participle of *claim*: asserted that something was the case.

Present participle of *claim*: asserting that something is the case.

Assertions or statements that something is true.

A feminine given name of French origin, meaning "clear" or "bright."

A marine bivalve mollusk with shells of equal size, often edible.