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• cbeing ten more than ninety
• C and Wa simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
• C batterybattery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube
• C clefa movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
• C compilera compiler for programs written in C
• C horizonbeneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
• C major(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
• C major scale(music) the major scale having no sharps or flats
• C programa program written in C
• C-clampa clamp in the shape of the letter C
• C-horizonbeneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
• c-notea United States bill worth 100 dollars
• C-rationa canned field ration issued by the United States Army
• C-reactive proteina byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
• C-sectionthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
• C. D. GibsonUnited States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944)
• C. diphtheriaea species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
• C. H. BestCanadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
• C. K. OgdenEnglish psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
• C. Northcote ParkinsonBritish historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
• C. P. SnowEnglish writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
• C. psittacibacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia
• C. S. ForesterEnglish writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
• C. S. LewisEnglish critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
• C. trachomatisbacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum
• C. Vann WoodwardUnited States historian (1908-1999)
• C. W. PostUnited States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
• C.E.of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians
• C.O.D.collecting the charges upon delivery
• C.P.U.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
• C2H6a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
• Caa state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
• ca iraThe refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.
• ca-cahave a bowel movement
• caabaThe small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.] Note: The Caaba is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Mohammedan world.
• caadaA small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]
• caasCase. [Obs.] Chaucer.
• caatingaA forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.
• caba car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• cab farethe fare charged for riding in a taxicab
• cabala plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
• cabalaan esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
• cabalismthe doctrines of the Kabbalah
• cabalista student of the Jewish Kabbalah
• cabalistichaving a secret or hidden meaning
• cabalisticalOf or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. The Heptarchus is a cabalistic of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.
• cabalisticallyIn a cabalistic manner.
• cabalizeTo use cabalistic language. [R] Dr. H. More.
• caballerOne who cabals. A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.
• caballeriaAn ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.
• caballeroA knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
• caballineOf or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes. Caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes. -- Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; - - fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
• caballoA horse. [Sp. Amer.]
• cabanaa small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool
• cabareta series of acts at a night club
• cabasA flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; Hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bronté.
• cabasseta metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century
• cabassouA speciec of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]
• cabassousnaked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
• Cabassous unicinctusnaked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
• cabaziteA mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.
• cabbageany of various types of cabbage
• cabbage barktree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
• cabbage butterflywhite butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
• cabbage palmBrazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
• cabbage palmettolow-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
• cabbage treeelegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
• cabbage-bark treetree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
• cabbagewormtoxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
• cabbalaan esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
• cabbalahan esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
• cabblerOne who works at cabbling.
• cabblingThe process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
• cabbysomeone who drives a taxi for a living
• cabdriversomeone who drives a taxi for a living
• cabecaThe finest kind of silk received from India.
• CabellUnited States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958)
• cabera heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)
• Cabernetsuperior Bordeaux type of red wine
• Cabernet Sauvignonsuperior Bordeaux type of red wine
• Cabernet Sauvignon grapesuperior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California
• cabesseThe finest kind of silk received from India.
• cabezonA California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.
• CABGopen-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
• cabiaiThe capybara. See Capybara.
• cabinthe enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
• cabin boya young man acting as a servant on a ship
• cabin cara car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
• cabin classa class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations
• cabin cruisera large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
• cabin linera liner with cabins for passengers
• cabineta piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
• cabinet ministerthe job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet
• cabinet woodmoderately dense wood used for cabinetwork
• cabinetmakera woodworker who specializes in making furniture
• cabinetmakingthe craft of a joiner
• cabinetrythe craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
• cabinetworkthe craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
• cabirean,n.One of the Cabiri.
• cabiriCertain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephæstus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott.
• cabirianSame as Cabiric.
• cabiricOf or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship. [Written also Cabiritic.]
• cablea very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
• cable cara conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
• cable lengtha nautical unit of depth
• cable railwaya railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
• cable systema television system that transmits over cables
• cable televisiona television system that transmits over cables
• cable television servicea television system that transmits over cables
• cable tramwaya conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
• cable's lengtha nautical unit of depth
• cabledFastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope. "The cabled stone." Dyer.
• cablegrama telegram sent abroad
• cablelaid(Naut.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.
• cabletA little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
• cablingThe decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.
• cabmansomeone who drives a taxi for a living
• cabobA small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
• cabochedShowing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]
• cabochona highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets
• Cabombaalternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants
• Cabomba carolinianacommon aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
• Cabombaceaein some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
• caboodleany collection in its entirety
• caboosea car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
• CabotItalian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
• cabotagenavigation in coastal waters
• cabreeThe pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]
• cabreriteAn apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.
• cabrillaA name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.
• cabrioleA curvet; a leap. See Capriole. The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.
• cabrioletsmall two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood
• cabritSame as Cabrée.
• cabstanda place where taxis park while awaiting customers
• caburnA small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
• cacaemiaA degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
• cacaineThe essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.
• cacajaoA South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (or Brachyurus) melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]
• Cacaliagenus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia
• Cacalia javanicatropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
• Cacalia luteatropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
• cacaotropical American tree producing cacao beans
• cacao beanseed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
• cacao mothsmall moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
• cacao treetropical American tree producing cacao beans
• Cacatuaa genus of Psittacidae
• Cacatua galeritawhite cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest
• cachaemiaA degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. --Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.
• cachalotlarge whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
• cachea hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
• cachecticrelating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
• cachecticalHaving, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. Arbuthnot.
• cachemiaA degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. --Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.
• cachepotAn ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
• cacheta seal on a letter
• cachexiaany general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
• cachexyany general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
• Cachia mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)
• cachinnatelaugh loudly and in an unrestrained way
• cachinnationloud convulsive laughter
• cachinnatoryConsisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter. Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle.
• cachiriA fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry. Dunglison.
• cacholongAn opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
• cachoua scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)
• cachuchaAn Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembing the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.] The orchestra plays the cachucha. Logfellow.
• cachundeA pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.
• Cacicusa genus of tropical American orioles
• caciqueblack-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
• cackTo ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.
• cackelmake a cackling sound
• cackerelThe mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.
• cacklea loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
• cacklerany of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
• cacklingThe broken noise of a goose or a hen.
• cacklylike the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg
• cacochymiaA vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood. Dunglison.
• cacochymicHaving the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.
• cacochymicalHaving the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.
• cacochymyA vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood. Dunglison.
• cacodaemonan evil spirit
• cacodaemonicof or relating to evil spirits
• cacodemonan evil spirit
• cacodemonicof or relating to evil spirits
• cacodoxicalHeretical.
• cacodoxyErroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.] Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull.
• cacodylthe univalent group derived from arsine
• cacodyl groupthe univalent group derived from arsine
• cacodyl radicalthe univalent group derived from arsine
• cacodylicof or relating to cacodyl
• cacoethesan irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
• cacogastricTroubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle.
• cacogenesisinability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile
• cacogenicpertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced
• cacogenicsthe study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
• cacographicPertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.
• cacographypoor handwriting
• cacoletA chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.
• cacologyBad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan.
• cacomistleraccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
• cacomixlA North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.