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1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg 2: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}] 3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle v 1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The wo...

1: a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk 2: any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscic...

1: like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg [syn: {squawky}]

1: an evil spirit [syn: {cacodemon}] [ant: {eudemon}]

1: of or relating to evil spirits [syn: {cacodemonic}]

1: an evil spirit [syn: {cacodaemon}] [ant: {eudemon}]

1: of or relating to evil spirits [syn: {cacodaemonic}]

1: a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air [syn: {tetramethyldiarsine}] 2: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: ...

1: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: {cacodyl}, {cacodyl radical}, {arsenic group}]

1: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: {cacodyl}, {cacodyl group}, {arsenic group}]

1: of or relating to cacodyl

1: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action [syn: {mania}, {passion}]

1: inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile

1: pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced [syn: {dysgenic}] [ant: {eugenic}]

1: the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced [syn: {dysgenics}] [ant: {eugenics}]

1: poor handwriting [syn: {scribble}, {scratch}, {scrawl}]

1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomixle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ringtail}...

1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ringtail...

1: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten [syn: {cacophonous}] [ant: {euphonious}]

1: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten [syn: {cacophonic}] [ant: {euphonious}]

1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: {blare}, {blaring}, {clamor}, {din}] 2: loud confusing disagreeable sounds

1: constituting the order Opuntiales [syn: {family Cactaceae}, {cactus family}]

{cactus}

1: any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World [also: {cacti} (pl)]

1: small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra [syn: {naboom}, {Euphorbia ingens}]

1: constituting the order Opuntiales [syn: {Cactaceae}, {family Cactaceae}]

1: burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States [syn: {Peromyscus eremicus}]

1: large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico

1: pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate [syn: {retroflex}]

1: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: {bounder}, {blackguard}, {dog}, {hound}, {heel}] 2: software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in ...

1: a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation [syn: {cadastre}]

1: of or relating to the records of a cadastre

1: a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation [syn: {cadaster}]

1: the dead body of a human being [syn: {corpse}, {stiff}, {clay}, {remains}]

1: of or relating to a cadaver

1: a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue

1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept...

1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis fly}, {caddis-fly}, {caddice-fly}]

1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis fly}, {caddis-fly}, {caddice fly}]

1: an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player [syn: {golf caddie}] v : act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player [syn: {caddy}] [also: {caddying}, {caddies}, {caddied}]

{caddie}

{caddie}

1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis-fly}, {caddice fly}, {caddice-fly}]

1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis fly}, {caddice fly}, {caddice-fly}]

1: offensively discourteous [syn: {unchivalrous}, {ungallant}]

1: caddisfly larva; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris [syn: {strawworm}]

1: a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas 2: a family of North American Indian langua...

1: a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the midwest by Caddo peoples [syn: {Caddo}, {Caddoan language}]

1: a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the midwest by Caddo peoples [syn: {Caddo}, {Caddoan}]

1: a can for storing tea [syn: {tea caddy}] v : act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player [syn: {caddie}]

{caddie}

1: (of a young animal) abandoned by its mother and raised by hand; "a cade calf"

1: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: {meter}, {metre}, {measure}, {beat}] 2: the close of a musical section 3: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: {cadency}]

1: marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet" [syn: {cadent}]

1: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: {cadence}]

1: marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet" [syn: {cadenced}]

1: a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

1: a military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn: {plebe}]

1: the position of cadet

1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: {mooch}, {bum}, {grub}, {sponge}] 2: obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" [syn: {schnorr}...