cant | (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: bevel, chamfer |
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(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
(noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | Synonyms: buzzword |
(noun) insincere talk about religion or morals | Synonyms: pious platitude |
(noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: bank, camber |
cantala | (noun) Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine | Synonyms: Agave cantala, maguey |
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(noun) hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants | Synonyms: Cebu maguey, manila maguey |
cantaloup | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloupe |
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(noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
cantaloupe | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup |
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(noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
cantata | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: oratorio |
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canteen | (noun) a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers | - |
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(noun) restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat | - |
(noun) a recreation room in an institution | - |
(noun) a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | Synonyms: mobile canteen |
(noun) sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. | - |
canter | (noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | Synonyms: lope |
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canthus | (noun) either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet | - |
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canticle | (noun) a hymn derived from the Bible | - |
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cantilever | (noun) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only | - |
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cantillation | (noun) liturgical chanting | - |
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cantle | (noun) the back of a saddle seat | - |
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canto | (noun) a major division of a long poem | - |
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(noun) the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music | - |
canton | (noun) a small administrative division of a country | - |
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cantonment | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, encampment |
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cantor | (noun) the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos | Synonyms: hazan |
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(noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: choirmaster, precentor |