c
1: being ten more than ninety [syn: {hundred}, {a hundred}, {one hundred}, {100}] n 1: a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature [syn: {degree Centigrade}, {degree Celsius}] 2: the speed at whic...
C and W
1: a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments [syn: {country music}, {country and western}]
C battery
1: battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube
C clef
1: a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff
C compiler
1: a compiler for programs written in C
C horizon
1: beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock [syn: {C-horizon}]
C-clamp
1: a clamp in the shape of a C
C-horizon
1: beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock [syn: {C horizon}]
c-note
1: a United States bill worth 100 dollars [syn: {hundred dollar bill}]
C-ration
1: a canned field ration issued by the United States army
C-reactive protein
1: a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation [syn: {CRP}]
C-section
1: the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) [syn: {cesarean delivery}, {caesarean delivery}, {cesarean ...
C. D. Gibson
1: United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944) [syn: {Gibson}, {Charles Dana Gibson}]
C. diphtheriae
1: a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria [syn: {Corynebacterium diphtheriae}, {Klebs-Loeffler bacillus}]
C. H. Best
1: Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) [syn: {Best}, {Charles Herbert Best}]
C. K. Ogden
1: English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957) [syn: {Ogden}, {Charles Kay Ogden}]
C. Northcote Parkinson
1: British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993) [syn: {Parkinson}, {Cyril Northcote Parkinson}]
C. P. Snow
1: English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) [syn: {Snow}, {Charles Percy Snow}, {Baron Snow of Leicester}]
C. psittaci
1: bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia [syn: {Chlamydia psittaci}]
C. S. Forester
1: English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966) [syn: {Forester}, {Cecil Scott Forester}]
C. S. Lewis
1: English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963) [syn: {Lewis}, {Clive Staples Lewis}]
C. trachomatis
1: bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venerum [syn: {Chlamydia trachomatis}]
C. Vann Woodward
1: United States historian (born in 1908) [syn: {Woodward}, {Comer Vann Woodward}]
C. W. Post
1: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914) [syn: {Post}, {Charles William Post}]
C.O.D.
1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D." [syn: {COD}, {cash on delivery}]
C.P.U.
1: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are atta...
C2H6
1: a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel [syn: {ethane}]
Ca
1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals [syn: {calcium}, {atomic number 2...
ca-ca
1: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: {stool}, {defecate}, {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a crap}, {crap}, {make}]
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Caaba
1: (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its directio...
cab
1: a compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits 2: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood [syn: {cabriolet}] 3: a car driven by a person whose job is ...
cab fare
1: the fare charged for riding in a taxicab [syn: {taxi fare}]
cabal
1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: {faction}, {junto}, {camarilla}] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: {cons...
cabala
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabbala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabb...
Cabalism
1: the doctrines of the Kabbalah [syn: {Kabbalism}] 2: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation [syn: {kabbalism}]
cabalist
1: a member of a cabal 2: an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters [syn: {kabbalist}] 3: a student of the Jewish Kabbalah [syn: {Kabbalist}]
cabalistic
1: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [syn: {kabbalistic}, {qabalistic}, ...
cabana
1: a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool
cabaret
1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got h...
cabasset
1: a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century [syn: {morion}]
cabassous
1: naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America [syn: {tatouay}, {Cabassous unicinctus}]
Cabassous unicinctus
1: naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America [syn: {tatouay}, {cabassous}]
cabbage
1: any of various types of cabbage [syn: {chou}] 2: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf},...
cabbage bark
1: tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic [syn: {cabbage-bark tree}, {cabbage tree}, {Andira in...
cabbage palm
1: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds [syn: {cabbage palmetto}, {Sabal palmetto}] 2: West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young [syn:...
cabbage palmetto
1: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds [syn: {cabbage palm}, {Sabal palmetto}]
cabbage tree
1: Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young [syn: {cabbage palm}, {Livistona australis}] 2: tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and ...
cabbage-bark tree
1: tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic [syn: {cabbage bark}, {cabbage tree}, {Andira inermis...
cabbageworm
1: toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly [syn: {Pieris rapae}]
cabbala
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbi...
cabbalah
1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbin...
cabby
1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: {taxidriver}, {taximan}, {cabdriver}, {cabman}, {hack driver}, {hack-driver}, {livery driver}]
cabdriver
1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: {taxidriver}, {taximan}, {cabman}, {cabby}, {hack driver}, {hack-driver}, {livery driver}]
Cabell
1: United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958) [syn: {James Branch Cabell}]
caber
1: a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)
Cabernet
1: superior Bordeaux type of red wine [syn: {Cabernet Sauvignon}]
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