carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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carrel | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrell, cubicle, stall |
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carrell | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, cubicle, stall |
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carriage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: equipage, rig |
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(noun) a railcar where passengers ride | Synonyms: coach, passenger car |
(noun) a machine part that carries something else | - |
(noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller |
(noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, posture |
carriageway | (noun) one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes | - |
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carrier | (noun) (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring | - |
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(noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop |
(noun) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like | - |
(noun) a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something | - |
(noun) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages | Synonyms: common carrier |
(noun) (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others | Synonyms: immune carrier |
(noun) a boy who delivers newspapers | Synonyms: newsboy |
(noun) a man who delivers the mail | Synonyms: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman |
(noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: bearer, toter |
(noun) a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | Synonyms: carrier wave |
(noun) an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction | - |
carrion | (noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
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carrizo | (noun) tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts | Synonyms: common reed, ditch reed, Phragmites communis |
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carrot | (noun) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | - |
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(noun) orange root; important source of carotene | - |
(noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions | Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa |
(noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | - |
carrottop | (noun) someone who has red hair | Synonyms: red-header, redhead, redheader |
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carrousel | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig |
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(noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers | Synonyms: carousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel |
carry | (noun) the act of carrying something | - |
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carryall | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: holdall, tote, tote bag |
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carrycot | (noun) box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried) | - |
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cart | (noun) a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal | - |
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(noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: go-cart, handcart, pushcart |
cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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carte | (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, card, carte du jour, menu |
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cartel | (noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: combine, corporate trust, trust |
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cartelization | (noun) the process of cartelizing, usually occuring in oligopolistic industry. | - |
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carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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cartilage | (noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | Synonyms: gristle |
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cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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carting | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: cartage |
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cartload | (noun) the quantity that a cart holds | - |
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cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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carton | (noun) a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top | - |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: cartonful |
cartonful | (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: carton |
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cartoon | (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: sketch |
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(noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | Synonyms: animated cartoon, toon |
cartoonist | (noun) a person who draws cartoons | - |
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cartouch | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouche |
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cartouche | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouch |
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cartridge | (noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun | - |
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(noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | Synonyms: pickup |
(noun) a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment | - |
(noun) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required | Synonyms: magazine |
cartroad | (noun) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | Synonyms: cart track, track |
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cartwheel | (noun) acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel | - |
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(noun) a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim | - |
(noun) a dollar made of silver | Synonyms: silver dollar |
cartwright | (noun) a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons | - |
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caruncle | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncula |
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caruncula | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncle |
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carvedilol | (noun) beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced | - |
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carver | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker |
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(noun) someone who carves the meat | Synonyms: cutter |
(noun) makes decorative wooden panels | Synonyms: woodcarver |
carving | (noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions | Synonyms: sculpture |
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(noun) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Synonyms: cutting |
(noun) a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape | - |
caryatid | (noun) a supporting column carved in the shape of a person | - |
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caryopsis | (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: grain |
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cascara | (noun) dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative | Synonyms: cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark |
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cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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cashcard | (noun) a payment card that entitles the holder to receive cash | Synonyms: cash card |
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cercaria | (noun) tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage | - |
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childcare | (noun) a service involving care for other people's children | Synonyms: child care |
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chlorofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans | Synonyms: CFC |
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cleistocarp | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistothecium |
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cocarboxylase | (noun) a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle | Synonyms: thiamine pyrophosphate |
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daycare | (noun) childcare during the day while parents work | Synonyms: day care |
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decarboxylase | (noun) any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group | - |
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decarboxylation | (noun) the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen) | - |
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dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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dipterocarp | (noun) tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae | - |
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discard | (noun) getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable | Synonyms: throwing away |
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(noun) (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit | - |
(noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded | - |
dogcart | (noun) a cart drawn by a dog | - |
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dumpcart | (noun) a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling | - |
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dustcart | (noun) a truck for collecting domestic refuse | Synonyms: garbage truck |
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ecarte | (noun) a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high | - |
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echocardiogram | (noun) a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph | - |
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echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
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echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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endocarditis | (noun) inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves | - |
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endocardium | (noun) the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves | - |
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endocarp | (noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: pit, stone |
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epicardia | (noun) the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach | - |
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epicardium | (noun) the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium | Synonyms: visceral pericardium |
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epicarp | (noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | Synonyms: exocarp |
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escargot | (noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: snail |
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escarole | (noun) variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges | Synonyms: chicory escarole, endive |
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escarp | (noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification | Synonyms: escarpment, protective embankment, scarp |
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escarpment | (noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification | Synonyms: escarp, protective embankment, scarp |
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(noun) a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion | Synonyms: scarp |
eucaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eukaryote |
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exocarp | (noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | Synonyms: epicarp |
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fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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flashcard | (noun) a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher | Synonyms: flash card |
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flatcar | (noun) freight car without permanent sides or roof | Synonyms: flat, flatbed |
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fluorocarbon | (noun) a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols | - |
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forecarriage | (noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. | Synonyms: fore carriage, wheeled forecarriage |
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formicary | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: anthill |
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golfcart | (noun) a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots | Synonyms: golf cart |
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haircare | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, hairdressing |
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halocarbon | (noun) one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens | - |
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handcar | (noun) a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor | - |
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handcart | (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: cart, go-cart, pushcart |
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headscarf | (noun) a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin | - |
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healthcare | (noun) the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession | Synonyms: health care |
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hepatocarcinoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma |
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horsecar | (noun) an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses | - |
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hydrocarbon | (noun) an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen | - |
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hydrochlorofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere | Synonyms: HCFC |
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hydrofluorocarbon | (noun) a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing | Synonyms: HFC |
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hypercarbia | (noun) the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood | Synonyms: hypercapnia |
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incarceration | (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: captivity, immurement, imprisonment |
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