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

careless(p)
adjective (usually followed by `of`) without due thought or consideration; `careless of the consequences`; `crushing the blooms with regardless tread`

carelessly
adverb without care or concern; `carelessly raised the children`s hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment`

carelessness
sloppiness noun the quality of not being careful or taking pains

caress
noun a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); `he showered her with caresses`; `soft music was a fond caress`; `the caresses of the breeze played over his face`

caressing
caressive adjective showing love; `caressive words`

caressingly
adverb in a gentle or caressing manner; `His voice was caressingly sweet`

caret
noun a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text

caretaker
noun a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

Caretta
genus Caretta noun loggerhead turtles

Carew
Thomas Carew noun Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)

careworn
drawn adjective showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; `looking careworn as she bent over her mending`; `her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness`; `that raddled but still noble face`; `shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face`- Charles Dickens

Carex
genus Carex noun large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges

carful
noun the quantity that a car will hold

cargo
lading noun goods carried by a large vehicle

cargo area
cargo deck noun the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo

cargo container
noun a large container for freight

cargo cult
noun (Melanesia) one of several millenarian cults that believe salvation will come in the form of wealth (`cargo`) brought by westerners; some ascribe divine attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to missionaries)

cargo door
noun door used to load or unload cargo

cargo hatch
noun hatch opening into the cargo compartment

cargo helicopter
noun a helicopter that carries cargo

cargo liner
noun a liner that carries cargo

cargo ship
cargo vessel noun a ship designed to carry cargo

carhop
noun a waiter at a drive-in restaurant

Cariama
genus Cariama noun the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama

Cariamidae
family Cariamidae noun cranelike South American wading birds

Carib
Caribbean language noun the family of languages spoken by the Carib

carib wood
Sabinea carinalis noun small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges

Caribbean
noun region including the Caribbean islands

Caribbean Island
noun an island in the Caribbean Sea

caribou
reindeer noun arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer` in Eurasia and `caribou` in North America

Carica
genus Carica noun type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas

Caricaceae
family Caricaceae noun trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves

caricature
imitation noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

caricature plant
Graptophyllum pictum noun tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face

caricaturist
noun someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner

carillon
noun set of bells hung in a bell tower

carillonneur
noun a musician who plays a carillon

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

carina fornicis
noun ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain

carinal
adjective relating to or resembling a carina

carinate
carinate bird noun birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles

caring
protective adjective showing a care; `a caring mother`

carioca
noun a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba

carious
adjective (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay

carissa
noun a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits

carissa plum
natal plum noun edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant

carjack
verb take someone`s car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it; `My car was carjacked last night!`

carjacking
noun the violent theft of an occupied car

Carl Maria von Weber
Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber noun German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)

Carlina
genus Carlina noun genus of Mediterranean thistles

carline thistle
noun a thistle of the genus Carlina

carload
noun a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile

Carlos Chavez
noun Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978)

Carlsbad
noun a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits

Carlsbad Caverns National Park
noun a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world`s largest cavern with spectacular underground formations

Carlsbad Caverns
noun a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites

Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle noun Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)

Carmelite
adjective of or relating to the Carmelite friars; `Carmelite monasteries`

Carmelite order
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel noun a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century

Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael noun United States songwriter (1899-1981)

carminative
flatus-relieving adjective relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)

carmine
verb color carmine

carnal
adjective of or relating to the body or flesh; `carnal remains`

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

carnally
adverb in a carnal manner

carnassial
adjective (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh; `the carnassial teeth of carnivores`

carnassial tooth
noun the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore; having sharp edges for cutting flesh

carnation
adjective pink or pinkish

carnauba
carnauba palm noun Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax

carnauba wax
noun hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes

Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie noun United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)

Carnegie
noun United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)

Carnegie Mellon University
noun an engineering university in Pittsburgh

Carnegiea
genus Carnegiea noun caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro

carnelian
cornelian noun a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony

carnify
verb become muscular or fleshy

Carniolan bee
noun greyish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition

carnival
noun a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

carnival
noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

Carnivora
order Carnivora noun cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia

carnivore
noun a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; `terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb`

carnivorous
adjective relating to or characteristic of carnivores; `the lion and other carnivorous animals`

carnivorous bat
microbat noun typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution

carnivorous plant
noun plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals

carnosaur
noun large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws

Carnosaura
suborder Carnosaura noun largest carnivorous land animals ever known

Carnot
Sadi Carnot noun French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)

Carnot cycle
Carnot`s ideal cycle noun a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat

carnotite
noun a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium

carob
carob powder noun powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute

carob
algarroba bean noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

carob bar
noun a bar of candy made with carob powder

carob bean
algarroba bean noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

caroche
noun a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century

carol
Christmas carol noun joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

caroler
caroller noun a singer of carols

Carolina
noun the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina

Carolina allspice
strawberry shrub noun hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers

Carolina buckthorn
indian cherry noun deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn

Carolina chickadee
Parus carolinensis noun southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap but smaller