Cabernet Sauvignon grape
1: superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California
CABG
1: open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve ...
cabin
1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep 2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area 3: the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried v : co...
cabin boy
1: a young man acting as a servant on a ship
cabin car
1: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: {caboose}]
Cabin class
1: accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations [syn: {second class}]
cabin cruiser
1: a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board [syn: {cruiser}, {pleasure boat}, {pleasure craft}]
cabinet
1: a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display 2: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and a...
cabinet minister
1: a person who is a member of the cabinet 2: the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet
cabinet wood
1: moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork; "teak and other heavy cabinet wood"
cabinetmaker
1: a woodworker who specializes in making furniture [syn: {furniture maker}]
cabinetry
1: the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) [syn: {cabinetwork}]
cabinetwork
1: woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker 2: the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) [syn: {cabinetry}]
cable
1: a telegram sent abroad [syn: {cablegram}, {overseas telegram}] 2: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power [syn: {line}, {transmission line}] 3: a very strong th...
cable car
1: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn: {car}]
cable length
1: a nautical unit of depth [syn: {cable}, {cable's length}]
cable railway
1: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars [syn: {funicular}, {funicular railway}]
cable system
1: a television system transmitted over cables [syn: {cable}, {cable television}, {cable television service}]
cable television
1: television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver [syn: {cable}] 2: a television system transmitted over cables [syn: {cable}, {cable system}, {cable television service}]
cable television service
1: a television system transmitted over cables [syn: {cable}, {cable television}, {cable system}]
cable tramway
1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: {tramway}, {tram}, {aerial tramway}, {ropeway}]
cable's length
1: a nautical unit of depth [syn: {cable}, {cable length}]
cablegram
1: a telegram sent abroad [syn: {cable}, {overseas telegram}]
cabman
1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: {taxidriver}, {taximan}, {cabdriver}, {cabby}, {hack driver}, {hack-driver}, {livery driver}]
cabochon
1: a highly polished convex-cut but unfaceted gem
Cabomba
1: alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants [syn: {genus Cabomba}]
Cabomba caroliniana
1: common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers [syn: {water-shield}, {fanwort}]
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Cabombaceae
1: in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia [syn: {subfamily Cabombaceae}, {water-shield family}]
caboodle
1: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [syn: {bunch}, {lot}]
caboose
1: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: {galley}, {ship's galley}, {cookhouse}] 2: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: {cabin car}]
Cabot
1: son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he publish...
cabotage
1: the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders 2: navigation in coastal waters
cabriolet
1: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood [syn: {cab}]
cabstand
1: a place where taxis park while awaiting customers; "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'" [syn: {taxistand}, {taxi rank}]
Cacajao
1: uakaris [syn: {genus Cacajao}]
Cacalia
1: genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia [syn: {genus Cacalia}]
Cacalia javanica
1: tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia [syn: {tassel flower}, {Emilia coccinea}, {Emilia javanica}, {Emilia flammea}, {Cacalia lutea}]
Cacalia lutea
1: tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia [syn: {tassel flower}, {Emilia coccinea}, {Emilia javanica}, {Emilia flammea}, {Cacalia javanica...
cacao
1: tropical American tree producing cacao beans [syn: {cacao tree}, {chocolate tree}, {Theobroma cacao}]
cacao bean
1: seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate [syn: {cocoa bean}]
cacao moth
1: small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products [syn: {tobacco moth}, {Ephestia elutella}]
cacao tree
1: tropical American tree producing cacao beans [syn: {cacao}, {chocolate tree}, {Theobroma cacao}]
Cacatua
1: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: {Kakatoe}, {genus Kakatoe}, {genus Cacatua}]
Cacatua galerita
1: white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest [syn: {sulphur-crested cockatoo}, {Kakatoe galerita}]
cachalot
1: large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris [syn: {sperm whale}, {black whale}, {Physeter catodon}]
cache
1: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) 2: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: {hoard}, {stash}] 3: (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffe...
cachectic
1: relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
cachet
1: an indication of approved or superior status [syn: {seal}, {seal of approval}] 2: a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his sea...
cachexia
1: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease [syn: {cachexy}, {wasting}]
cachexy
1: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease [syn: {cachexia}, {wasting}]
Cachi
1: a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)
cachinnate
1: laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way
cachou
1: a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)
Cacicus
1: a genus of tropical American orioles [syn: {genus Cacicus}]
cacique
1: black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics [syn: {cazique}]
cackel
1: make a cackling sound; "The fire cackled cozily"
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