carfare | (noun) the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar | Synonyms: bus fare |
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carful | (noun) the quantity that a car will hold | - |
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cargo | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
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carhop | (noun) a waiter at a drive-in restaurant | - |
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caribe | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: pirana, piranha |
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caribou | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer |
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caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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carillon | (noun) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | Synonyms: bell ringing, carillon playing |
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(noun) set of bells hung in a bell tower | - |
carillonneur | (noun) a musician who plays a carillon | - |
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carina | (noun) any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom | - |
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carinate | (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles | Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird |
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caring | (noun) a loving feeling | Synonyms: lovingness |
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carioca | (noun) a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
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(noun) music composed for dancing the carioca | - |
carissa | (noun) a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits | - |
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carjacking | (noun) the violent theft of an occupied car | - |
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carload | (noun) a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile | - |
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(noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: boatload, shipload |
carmaker | (noun) a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles | Synonyms: auto maker, auto manufacturer, automaker, car maker, car manufacturer |
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carminative | (noun) medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing | - |
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carmine | (noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: cardinal |
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carnage | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter |
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carnality | (noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness | Synonyms: lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience, pruriency |
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carnallite | (noun) a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium | - |
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carnation | (noun) a pink or reddish-pink color | - |
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(noun) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | Synonyms: clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower |
carnauba | (noun) Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax | Synonyms: carnauba palm, Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia prunifera, wax palm |
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(noun) hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes | Synonyms: carnauba wax |
carnelian | (noun) a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: cornelian |
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carnival | (noun) a festival marked by merrymaking and processions | - |
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(noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: fair, funfair |
(noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | Synonyms: circus |
carnivore | (noun) a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal | - |
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(noun) any animal that feeds on flesh | - |
carnivorousness | (noun) The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet. | Synonyms: zoophagy |
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carnosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws | - |
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carnotite | (noun) a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium | - |
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carob | (noun) powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: carob powder, Saint-John's-bread |
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(noun) evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob | Synonyms: algarroba, carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua |
(noun) long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: algarroba, algarroba bean, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod |
caroche | (noun) a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century | - |
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carol | (noun) a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ) | - |
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(noun) joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ | Synonyms: Christmas carol |
caroler | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroller |
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caroling | (noun) singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | - |
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caroller | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroler |
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carom | (noun) a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other | Synonyms: cannon |
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(noun) a glancing rebound | Synonyms: ricochet |
carotene | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotin, provitamin A |
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(noun) yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants | - |
carotenemia | (noun) excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color | Synonyms: xanthemia |
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carotenoid | (noun) any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals | - |
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carotin | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotene, provitamin A |
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carousal | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carouse, toot |
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carouse | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carousal, toot |
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carousel | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig |
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(noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers | Synonyms: carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel |
carouser | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: wassailer |
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carp | (noun) any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae | - |
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(noun) the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised | - |
carpal | (noun) any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | Synonyms: carpal bone, wrist bone |
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carpel | (noun) a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil | - |
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carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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carpentry | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: woodwork, woodworking |
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carper | (noun) someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way | Synonyms: niggler |
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carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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(noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
carpetbag | (noun) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century | - |
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carpetbagger | (noun) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously | - |
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carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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carpetweed | (noun) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America | Synonyms: Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
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carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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carrack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carack |
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carrageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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carrageenan | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenin |
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carrageenin | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenan |
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carragheen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carrageen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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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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