| c
|
(noun) the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second |
Synonyms:
speed of light,
light speed |
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| (noun) the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet |
Synonyms:
C |
| cab
|
(noun) a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits |
- |
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| (noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood |
Synonyms:
cabriolet |
| (noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money |
Synonyms:
hack,
taxi,
taxicab |
| cabal
|
(noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue |
Synonyms:
junto,
camarilla,
faction |
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| (noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) |
Synonyms:
conspiracy |
| cabala
|
(noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret |
Synonyms:
qabala,
qabalah,
kabala,
kabbala,
kabbalah,
cabbala,
cabbalah |
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| cabalism
|
(noun) adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation |
Synonyms:
kabbalism |
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| cabalist
|
(noun) a member of a cabal |
- |
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| (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters |
Synonyms:
kabbalist |
| cabana
|
(noun) a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool |
- |
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| cabaret
|
(noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink |
Synonyms:
club,
night club,
nightclub,
nightspot |
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| (noun) a series of acts at a night club |
Synonyms:
floor show,
floorshow |
| cabasset
|
(noun) a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century |
Synonyms:
morion |
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| cabassous
|
(noun) naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America |
Synonyms:
Cabassous unicinctus,
tatouay |
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| cabbage
|
(noun) any of various types of cabbage |
Synonyms:
chou |
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| (noun) informal terms for money |
Synonyms:
scratch,
boodle,
sugar,
wampum,
dough,
kale,
bread,
lettuce,
lolly,
moolah,
dinero,
pelf,
gelt,
shekels,
simoleons,
clams,
loot,
lucre |
| (noun) any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers |
Synonyms:
cultivated cabbage,
Brassica oleracea |
| cabbageworm
|
(noun) toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly |
Synonyms:
Pieris rapae |
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| cabbala
|
(noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret |
Synonyms:
qabala,
qabalah,
kabala,
kabbala,
kabbalah,
cabala,
cabbalah |
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| cabbalah
|
(noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret |
Synonyms:
qabala,
qabalah,
kabala,
kabbala,
kabbalah,
cabala,
cabbala |
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| cabby
|
(noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living |
Synonyms:
hack driver,
hack-driver,
cabdriver,
cabman,
taxidriver,
taximan,
livery driver |
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| cabdriver
|
(noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living |
Synonyms:
hack driver,
hack-driver,
cabby,
cabman,
taxidriver,
taximan,
livery driver |
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| caber
|
(noun) a 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) |
- |
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| cabin
|
(noun) small room on a ship or boat where people sleep |
- |
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| (noun) a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area |
- |
| (noun) the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried |
- |
| cabinet
|
(noun) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display |
- |
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| (noun) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers |
- |
| (noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock |
Synonyms:
storage locker,
locker |
| (noun) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television |
Synonyms:
console |
| cabinetmaker
|
(noun) a woodworker who specializes in making furniture |
Synonyms:
furniture maker |
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| cabinetmaking
|
(noun) the craft of a joiner |
Synonyms:
joinery |
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| cabinetry
|
(noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) |
Synonyms:
cabinetwork |
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| cabinetwork
|
(noun) woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker |
- |
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| (noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) |
Synonyms:
cabinetry |
| cable
|
(noun) a telegram sent abroad |
Synonyms:
overseas telegram,
cablegram |
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| (noun) a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
Synonyms:
line,
transmission line |
| (noun) a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire |
- |
| (noun) a nautical unit of depth |
Synonyms:
cable length,
cable's length |
| (noun) television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver |
Synonyms:
cable television |
| (noun) a television system that transmits over cables |
Synonyms:
cable system,
cable television,
cable television service |
| cablegram
|
(noun) a telegram sent abroad |
Synonyms:
cable,
overseas telegram |
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| cabman
|
(noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living |
Synonyms:
hack driver,
hack-driver,
cabby,
cabdriver,
taxidriver,
taximan,
livery driver |
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| cabochon
|
(noun) a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets |
- |
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| caboodle
|
(noun) any collection in its entirety |
Synonyms:
lot,
bunch |
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| caboose
|
(noun) the area for food preparation on a ship |
Synonyms:
galley,
ship's galley,
cookhouse |
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| (noun) a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train |
Synonyms:
cabin car |
| cabotage
|
(noun) the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders |
- |
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| (noun) navigation in coastal waters |
- |
| cabriolet
|
(noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood |
Synonyms:
cab |
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| cabstand
|
(noun) a place where taxis park while awaiting customers |
Synonyms:
taxi rank,
taxistand |
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| cacao
|
(noun) tropical American tree producing cacao beans |
Synonyms:
cacao tree,
chocolate tree,
Theobroma cacao |
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| cachalot
|
(noun) large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris |
Synonyms:
Physeter catodon,
sperm whale,
black whale |
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| cache
|
(noun) a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) |
- |
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| (noun) a secret store of valuables or money |
Synonyms:
hoard,
stash |
| (noun) (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics |
Synonyms:
memory cache |
| cachet
|
(noun) an indication of approved or superior status |
Synonyms:
seal,
seal of approval |
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| (noun) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal |
Synonyms:
lettre de cachet |
| (noun) a seal on a letter |
- |
| cachexia
|
(noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease |
Synonyms:
wasting,
cachexy |
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| cachexy
|
(noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease |
Synonyms:
wasting,
cachexia |
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| cachinnation
|
(noun) loud convulsive laughter |
- |
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| cachou
|
(noun) a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco) |
- |
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| cacique
|
(noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics |
Synonyms:
cazique |
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| cackle
|
(noun) the sound made by a hen after laying an egg |
- |
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| (noun) noisy talk |
Synonyms:
chatter,
yak,
yack,
yakety-yak |
| (noun) a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle |
- |
| cackler
|
(noun) a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk |
- |
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| (noun) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae |
Synonyms:
babbler |
| cacodaemon
|
(noun) an evil spirit |
Synonyms:
cacodemon |
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| cacodemon
|
(noun) an evil spirit |
Synonyms:
cacodaemon |
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| cacodyl
|
(noun) a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air |
Synonyms:
tetramethyldiarsine |
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| (noun) the univalent group derived from arsine |
Synonyms:
cacodyl group,
cacodyl radical,
arsenic group |
| cacoethes
|
(noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
Synonyms:
passion,
mania |
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| cacogenesis
|
(noun) inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile |
- |
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| cacogenics
|
(noun) the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced |
Synonyms:
dysgenics |
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| cacography
|
(noun) poor handwriting |
Synonyms:
scratch,
scribble,
scrawl |
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| cacomistle
|
(noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
Synonyms:
raccoon fox,
ring-tailed cat,
ringtail,
miner's cat,
cacomixle,
civet cat,
coon cat,
Bassariscus astutus,
bassarisk |
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| cacomixle
|
(noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
Synonyms:
raccoon fox,
ring-tailed cat,
ringtail,
miner's cat,
cacomistle,
civet cat,
coon cat,
Bassariscus astutus,
bassarisk |
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| cacophony
|
(noun) a loud harsh or strident noise |
Synonyms:
din,
clamor,
blare,
blaring |
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| (noun) loud confusing disagreeable sounds |
- |
| cactus
|
(noun) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
- |
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| cad
|
(noun) someone who is morally reprehensible |
Synonyms:
heel,
dog,
hound,
blackguard,
bounder |
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| cadaster
|
(noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation |
Synonyms:
cadastre |
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| cadastre
|
(noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation |
Synonyms:
cadaster |
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| cadaver
|
(noun) the dead body of a human being |
Synonyms:
clay,
remains,
stiff,
corpse |
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| cadaverine
|
(noun) a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue |
- |
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| caddie
|
(noun) an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player |
Synonyms:
golf caddie |
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| caddisworm
|
(noun) larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris |
Synonyms:
strawworm |
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| caddy
|
(noun) a can for storing tea |
Synonyms:
tea caddy |
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| cadence
|
(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
Synonyms:
beat,
measure,
meter,
metre |
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| (noun) the close of a musical section |
- |
| (noun) a recurrent rhythmical series |
Synonyms:
cadency |
| cadency
|
(noun) a recurrent rhythmical series |
Synonyms:
cadence |
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| cadenza
|
(noun) a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music |
- |
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| cadet
|
(noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy) |
Synonyms:
plebe |
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| cadetship
|
(noun) the position of cadet |
- |
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| cadger
|
(noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) |
Synonyms:
mooch,
moocher,
scrounger |
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| cadmium
|
(noun) a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores |
Synonyms:
Cd,
atomic number 48 |
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| cadre
|
(noun) a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement |
Synonyms:
cell |
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| (noun) a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion |
- |
| caduceus
|
(noun) an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes |
- |
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| caecilian
|
(noun) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions |
Synonyms:
blindworm |
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| caecum
|
(noun) the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens |
Synonyms:
cecum,
blind gut |
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| caenogenesis
|
(noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) |
Synonyms:
kainogenesis,
kenogenesis,
cainogenesis,
cenogenesis |
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| caesarean
|
(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
Synonyms:
C-section,
caesarean delivery,
caesarean section,
caesarian,
caesarian delivery,
caesarian section,
cesarean,
cesarean delivery,
cesarean section,
cesarian,
cesarian section,
abdominal delivery |
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| caesarian
|
(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
Synonyms:
C-section,
caesarean,
caesarean delivery,
caesarean section,
caesarian delivery,
caesarian section,
cesarean,
cesarean delivery,
cesarean section,
cesarian,
cesarian section,
abdominal delivery |
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| caesium
|
(noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal |
Synonyms:
Cs,
cesium,
atomic number 55 |
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| caesura
|
(noun) a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) |
- |
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| (noun) a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line |
- |
| cafe
|
(noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold |
Synonyms:
coffee bar,
coffee shop,
coffeehouse |
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| cafeteria
|
(noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier |
- |
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| caff
|
(noun) informal British term for a cafe |
- |
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| caffein
|
(noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects |
Synonyms:
caffeine |
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| caffeine
|
(noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects |
Synonyms:
caffein |
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| caffeinism
|
(noun) poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products |
Synonyms:
caffeine intoxication |
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| caffer
|
(noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African |
Synonyms:
kaffir,
kafir,
caffre |
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| caffre
|
(noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African |
Synonyms:
kaffir,
kafir,
caffer |
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| caftan
|
(noun) a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East |
Synonyms:
kaftan |
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| (noun) a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant |
Synonyms:
kaftan |
| cage
|
(noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept |
Synonyms:
coop |
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| (noun) something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement |
- |
| (noun) the net that is the goal in ice hockey |
- |
| (noun) a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice |
Synonyms:
batting cage |
| cager
|
(noun) an athlete who plays basketball |
Synonyms:
basketball player,
basketeer |
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| cagoule
|
(noun) lightweight parka; waterproof |
- |
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| cahoot
|
(noun) collusion |
- |
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| caiman
|
(noun) a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly |
Synonyms:
cayman |
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| caimitillo
|
(noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit |
Synonyms:
damson plum,
satin leaf,
satinleaf,
Chrysophyllum oliviforme |
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| caimito
|
(noun) evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides |
Synonyms:
star apple,
Chrysophyllum cainito |
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| cainogenesis
|
(noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) |
Synonyms:
kainogenesis,
kenogenesis,
caenogenesis,
cenogenesis |
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| caipiblack
|
(noun) a variation of the Caipirinha made with black vodka instead of cachaça. |
- |
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| cairn
|
(noun) a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path |
- |
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| (noun) small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland |
Synonyms:
cairn terrier |
| cairngorm
|
(noun) a smoky yellow or brown quartz |
Synonyms:
smoky quartz |
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| caisson
|
(noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome |
Synonyms:
coffer,
lacunar |
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| (noun) a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition |
- |
| (noun) a chest to hold ammunition |
Synonyms:
ammunition chest |
| (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water |
Synonyms:
pneumatic caisson,
cofferdam |
| caitiff
|
(noun) a cowardly and despicable person |
- |
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