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creature

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

crea·ture / ˈkrēchər/ • n. an animal, as distinct from a human being. ∎ an animal or person. ∎ a fictional or imaginary being, typically a frightening one: a creature from outer space. ∎ archaic anything living or existing: dress, jewels, and other transitory creatures. ∎ a person of a specified kind, typically one viewed with pity, contempt, or desire: you heartless creature! ∎ a person or organization considered to be under the complete control of another: the village teacher was expected to be the creature of his employer. PHRASES: creature of habit a person who follows an unvarying routine.DERIVATIVES: crea·ture·ly adj.

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creature

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

creature •catcher, dacha, focaccia, patcher, scratcher, snatcher, stature, thatcher •facture, fracture, manufacture •capture, enrapture, rapture •flycatcher • oystercatcher •archer, departure, kwacha, marcher, starcher, viscacha •pasture •etcher, fetcher, fletcher, lecher, sketcher, stretcher •conjecture, lecture •sepulture •denture, misadventure, peradventure •divesture, gesture, vesture •texture • architecture • nature •magistrature •bleacher, creature, feature, headteacher, Katowice, Nietzsche, preacher, screecher, teacher •schoolteacher •ditcher, hitcher, pitcher, stitcher, twitcher •Chibcha •picture, stricture •filcher • simcha •cincture, tincture •scripture •admixture, commixture, fixture, intermixture, mixture •expenditure • forfeiture •discomfiture • garniture •primogeniture, progeniture •miniature • furniture • temperature •portraiture • literature •divestiture, vestiture

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	MYTHICAL CREATURES SPRING TO LIFE Magazine article from: USA TODAY; 8/1/2007