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

carrousel
luggage carrousel noun carries luggage to air travelers

carry
noun the act of carrying something

carry
verb have with oneself; have on one`s person; `She always takes an umbrella`; `I always carry money`; `She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains`

carry back
verb deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period

carry over
hold over verb hold over goods to be sold for the next season

carry through
accomplish verb put in effect; `carry out a task`; `execute the decision of the people`; `He actioned the operation`

carry to term
verb carry out a pregnancy; `She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective`

carry weight
verb have influence to a specified degree; `Her opinion carries a lot of weight`

carry-over
carry-forward noun the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves

carryall
holdall noun a capacious bag or basket

carrycot
noun box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried)

carrying charge
noun charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan

carrying cost
noun the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership

carrying out
noun the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; `the agency was created for the implementation of the policy`

Carson
Kit Carson noun United States frontiersman who guided Fremont`s expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)

Carson
Rachel Louise Carson noun United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

cart
noun a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal

cart off
cart away verb take away by means of a vehicle; `They carted off the old furniture`

cartage
carting noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it

Cartagena
noun a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean

Cartagena bark
Cinchona cordifolia noun Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)

carte blanche
noun complete freedom or authority to act

carter
noun someone whose work is driving carts

Carter
James Earl Carter noun 39th President of the United States (1924-)

Carter administration
noun the executive under President Carter

Cartesian
adjective of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; `Cartesian linguistics`

Cartesian coordinate
noun one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes

cartesian coordinate system
noun a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system

cartesian plane
noun a plane in which all points can be described in cartesian coordinates

Carthage
noun an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697

Carthaginian
Punic adjective of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language; `the Punic Wars`; `Carthaginian peace`

Carthamus
genus Carthamus noun safflower

carthorse
cart horse noun draft horse kept for pulling carts

Carthusian
adjective of or relating to the Carthusian order

Carthusian order
noun an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084

Cartier
Jacques Cartier noun French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)

cartilage
gristle noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

cartilage bone
noun any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue

cartilaginification
noun abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Orientals

cartilaginous
gristly adjective difficult to chew

cartilaginous fish
chondrichthian noun fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified

cartilaginous structure
noun body structure given shape by cartilage

cartilaginous tube
noun a duct with cartilaginous walls

cartload
noun the quantity that a cart holds

cartographer
map maker noun a person who makes maps

cartographic
cartographical adjective of or relating to the making of maps or charts

carton
noun a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

cartoon
noun a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

cartoon
toon noun a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

cartoonist
noun a person who draws cartoons

cartouche
cartouch noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)

cartridge
noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

cartridge belt
noun a broad belt with loops or pockets for holding ammunition

cartridge brass
noun an alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubing

cartridge ejector
ejector noun a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing

cartridge extractor
cartridge remover noun a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector

cartridge fuse
noun a fuse cased in a tube

cartridge holder
cartridge clip noun a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

cartridge paper
noun paper for making cartridge cases

cartwheel
noun acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel

cartwright
noun a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons

Cartwright
noun English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)

Carum
genus Carum noun caraway

caruncle
caruncula noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl`s wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

caruncular
carunculous adjective resembling a caruncle

carunculate
carunculated adjective having a caruncle

Caruso
Enrico Caruso noun outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921)

carve
cut up verb cut to pieces; `Father carved the ham`

carve
verb engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; `carve one`s name into the bark`

carved
carven adjective made for or formed by carving (`carven` is archaic or literary); `the carved fretwork`; `an intricately carved door`; `stood as if carven from stone`

carvedilol
noun beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced

carvel-built
adjective (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks

Carver
noun United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)

carving
noun a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

carving fork
noun a large fork used in carving cooked meat

carving knife
noun a large knife used to carve cooked meat

Carya
genus Carya noun genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China

caryatid
noun a supporting column carved in the shape of a person

Caryocar
genus Caryocar noun type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts

Caryocaraceae
family Caryocaraceae noun small genus of tropical South American trees

Caryophyllaceae
family Caryophyllaceae noun large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)

caryophyllaceous
adjective of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae

caryophyllaceous plant
noun a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae

Caryophyllales
order Caryophyllales noun corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae

Caryophyllidae
subclass Caryophyllidae noun a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder

caryophylloid dicot family
noun family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers

caryophylloid dicot genus
noun genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers

Caryota
genus Caryota noun fishtail palms

casaba
casaba melon noun melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh

Casablanca
noun a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco

Casals
Pablo Casals noun an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach`s cello suites (1876-1973)

Casanova
Giovanni Jacopo Casanova noun an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)

cascade
noun a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; `progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring`; `separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes`

cascade everlasting
Ozothamnus secundiflorus noun shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum

cascade liquefier
noun an apparatus used to liquefy air or oxygen etc.

cascade penstemon
Penstemon serrulatus noun whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon

cascade transformer
noun a number of transformers in series; provides a high-voltage source

Cascades
Cascade Range noun a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range

cascades frog
Rana cascadae noun mountain frog found near water; of United States northwest to California

cascara
cascara sagrada noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative