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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

cantus firmus
noun a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition

canty
adjective lively and brisk

Canuck
noun US slang for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular

Canute
Cnut noun king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)

canvas
canvas fabric noun a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

canvas tent
noun a tent made of canvas fabric

canvasback
canvasback duck noun North American wild duck valued for sport and food

canvass
canvas verb solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

canyon
canon noun a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

canyon oak
canyon live oak noun medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

canyon treefrog
Hyla arenicolor noun a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico

Canyonlands National Park
noun a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River

canyonside
noun the steeply sloping side of a canyon

cap
noun a tight-fitting headdress

cap off
verb finish or complete, as with some decisive action; `he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal`

cap opener
noun a bottle opener to pry off caps

cap screw
noun a threaded screw for machine parts; screws into a tapped hole

cap-a-pie
from head to toe adverb at all points from head to foot; `he was armed cap-a-pie`

capability
capableness noun the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; `he worked to the limits of his capability`

capable
open adjective possibly accepting or permitting; `a passage capable of misinterpretation`; `open to interpretation`; `an issue open to question`; `the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation`

capacious
adjective large in capacity; `she carried a capacious bag`

capaciousness
roominess noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building); `the capaciousness of Santa`s bag astounded the child`; `roominess in this size car is always a compromise`; `his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to`

capacitance
electrical capacity noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

capacitance unit
noun a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge

capacitate
verb make capable; `This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem`

capacitive
adjective of or relating to capacitance

capacitor
capacitance noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge

capacity
mental ability noun the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

caparison
noun stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

caparisoned
adjective clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings)

cape
mantle noun a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

cape aloe
Aloe ferox noun much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves

Cape Ann
noun a Massachusetts peninsula north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean

Cape Breton Island
noun an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia

Cape buffalo
Synercus caffer noun large often savage buffalo of southern Africa having upward-curving horns; mostly in game reserves

Cape Canaveral
Cape Kennedy noun a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight

Cape Cod
noun a Massachusetts peninsula south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area

Cape Cod Bay
noun the southern part of Massachusetts Bay

Cape Cod Canal
noun a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay

Cape Fear
noun a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean

Cape Fear River
noun a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear

Cape Flattery
noun a cape of northwestern Washington

cape forget-me-not
noun anchusa of southern Africa having blue flowers with white throats

Cape Froward
noun a cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile; the most southern point on the mainland of South America

Cape Girardeau
noun a town in southeast Missouri

cape gooseberry
purple ground cherry noun annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits

Cape Hatteras
noun a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina; `frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras`

Cape Horn
noun a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)

cape jasmine
cape jessamine noun evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves

Cape kafferboom
Erythrina caffra noun small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles

Cape lobster
Homarus capensis noun small lobster of southern Africa

cape marigold
sun marigold noun any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage

Cape May
noun a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean

Cape May warbler
Dendroica tigrina noun North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black

Cape of Good Hope
noun a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town)

Cape Passero
Passero Cape noun a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily

Cape primrose
noun any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers

Cape Province
Cape of Good Hope Province noun a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa

Cape Sable
noun a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia

Cape Town
noun port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa

Cape Trafalgar
noun a small cape in southwestern Spain; `Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar in 1805`

Cape tulip
Haemanthus coccineus noun spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa

Cape Verde
Republic of Cape Verde noun an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal

Cape Verde escudo
noun the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos

Cape Verde Islands
noun a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal

Cape Verde monetary unit
noun monetary unit on Cape Verde

cape yellowwood
African yellowwood noun South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown

Cape York
noun the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland

Cape York Peninsula
noun a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea

Capek
Karel Capek noun Czech writer who introduced the word `robot` into the English language (1890-1938)

capelin
capelan noun very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes

capeline bandage
noun bandage that covers the head or an amputation stump like a cap

Capella
noun the brightest star in Auriga

caper
noun pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces

caper sauce
noun allemande sauce with capers

caper spurge
myrtle spurge noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil

caper tree
Capparis cynophallophora noun shrub of southern Florida to West Indies

capercaillie
capercailzie noun large black Old World grouse

Capet
Hugh Capet noun King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996)

Capetian
adjective of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet

Capetian dynasty
noun a Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328

capful
noun the quantity that a cap will hold

capillarity
capillary action noun a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries

capillary
hairlike adjective long and slender with a very small internal diameter; `a capillary tube`

capillary bed
noun a layer of tissue densely packed with capillaries

capital
great adjective uppercase; `capital A`; `great A`; `many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script`

capital
noun assets available for use in the production of further assets

capital expenditure
noun the cost of long-term improvements

capital gain
noun the amount by which the selling price of an asset exceeds the purchase price; the gain is realized when the asset is sold

capital gains tax
noun a tax on capital gains; `he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling`

capital levy
noun a tax on capital or property

capital loss
noun the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price; the loss is realized when the asset is sold

capital of Antigua and Barbuda
noun the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua

capital of Djibouti
noun port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti

capital of San Marino
noun the capital and only city of San Marino

capital of Seychelles
noun port city and the capital of Seychelles

capital of Singapore
noun the capital of Singapore; one of the world`s biggest ports

capital of West Virginia
noun state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river

capital offense
noun a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate

capital ship
noun a warship of the first rank in size and armament