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

cautiously
carefully 2 with kid gloves adverb with caution or prudence or tact; `she ventured cautiously downstairs`; `they handled the incident with kid gloves`

cavalcade
noun a procession of people traveling on horseback

cavalier
high-handed adjective given to haughty disregard of others

cavalier hat
slouch hat noun a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim

cavalierly
adverb in a proud and domineering manner; `he treated his staff cavalierly`

cavalry
noun a highly mobile army unit

cavalry
noun troops trained to fight on horseback; `500 horse led the attack`

cavalry horse
noun horse trained for battle

cavalry sword
saber noun a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

cavalryman
noun a soldier mounted on horseback; `a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount`

cave
noun a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

cave in
noun the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

cave myotis
Myotis velifer noun small bat of southwest United States that lives in caves etc.

caveat emptor
noun a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality

Cavell
Edith Cavell noun English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)

caveman
cave man noun someone who lives in a cave

Cavendish
Henry Cavendish noun British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)

cavern
noun a large cave or a large chamber in a cave

cavernous
adjective being or suggesting a cavern; `vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone`

cavernous sinus
sinus cavernosus noun either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity

cavetto
noun a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section

Cavia
genus Cavia noun type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs

caviar
caviare noun salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d`oeuvre

Caviidae
family Caviidae noun a family of Hystricomorpha

cavil
carp verb raise trivial objections

caviling
carping adjective quibbling over insignificant details; `caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders`-Edmund Burke; `her nagging and carping attack`; `thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking`; `a pettifogging lawyer`s mind`; `had no patience with quibbling critics`

cavity
bodily cavity noun (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

cavity resonator
resonating chamber noun a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves

cavity wall
noun a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them

cavy
noun short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent

caw
noun the sound made by corvine birds

Caxton
William Caxton noun English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)

cayenne
cayenne pepper noun ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum

cayman
caiman noun an alligator-like reptile of Central America and South America having a more heavily armored belly

Cayman Islands
noun a British colony in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center

Cayman Islands dollar
noun the basic unit of money in the Cayman Islands

Cayuga
noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga

Cayuga Lake
Lake Cayuga noun a glacial lake in central New York; the longest of the Finger Lakes

cayuse
Indian pony noun a small native range horse

CD drive
noun a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system

CD player
noun a stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set

CD-R
compact disc recordable noun a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory

CD-ROM
compact disc read-only memory noun a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user

CD-ROM drive
noun a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played`

CE
C.E. adverb of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians; `in 200 CE`

cease
noun (`cease` is a noun only in the phrase `without cease`) end

ceaseless
constant adjective uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; `the ceaseless thunder of surf`; `in constant pain`; `night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city`; `the never-ending search for happiness`; `the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy`; `man`s unceasing warfare with drought and isolation`; `unremitting demands of hunger`

ceaselessly
incessantly adverb with unflagging resolve; `dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste`

Cebidae
family Cebidae noun all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins

Cebu
Cebu City noun an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines

Cebu maguey
manila maguey noun hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants

Cebuan
Cebuano noun language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines

Cebuella
genus Cebuella noun pygmy marmosets

Cebus
genus Cebus noun type genus of the Cebidae

cecal
caecal adjective of or like a cecum

Cecidomyidae
family Cecidomyidae noun gall midges

cecropia
cecropia moth noun North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees

Cecropiaceae
family Cecropiaceae noun in some classifications included in family Moraceae

cecum
caecum noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; `the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum`

cedar
noun any cedar of the genus Cedrus

cedar chest
noun a chest made of cedar

cedar elm
Ulmus crassifolia noun elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches

cedar of Lebanon
Cedrus libani noun cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and height

Cedar Rapids
noun a city in eastern Iowa

cedar tree
noun any cedar of the genus Cedrus

cedar waxwing
cedarbird noun widely distributed over temperate North America

cedar-scented
adjective smelling like cedar

cedarn
adjective consisting of or made of cedar; `carved cedarn doors`

cedarwood
noun durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests

cedi
noun the basic unit of money in Ghana

cedilla
noun a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s

ceding back
noun the act of ceding back

Cedrela
genus Cedrela noun tropical American trees

Cedrus
genus Cedrus noun true cedars

cefadroxil
Ultracef noun a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef)

cefoperazone
Cefobid noun a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections

cefotaxime
Claforan noun a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract

ceftazidime
Fortaz noun a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections

ceftriaxone
Rocephin noun a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract

cefuroxime
Ceftin noun a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges

Ceiba
genus Ceiba noun tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers

ceibo
crybaby tree noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered

ceilidh
noun an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling

ceiling
cap noun an upper limit on what is allowed; `they established a cap for prices`

ceilinged
adjective provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface; `the large beam-ceilinged living room`

celandine poppy
wood poppy noun perennial here native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowers

Celastraceae
family Celastraceae noun trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits

Celastrus
genus Celastrus noun genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet

Celebes
Sulawesi noun a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia

celebrant
noun an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist

celebrant
celebrater noun a person who is celebrating

celebrate
fete verb have a celebration; `They were feting the patriarch of the family`; `After the exam, the students were celebrating`

celebrated
famed adjective widely known and esteemed; `a famous actor`; `a celebrated musician`; `a famed scientist`; `an illustrious judge`; `a notable historian`; `a renowned painter`

celebration
jubilation noun a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

celebration
solemnisation noun the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; `the celebration of marriage`

celebrator
celebrater noun a person who is celebrating

celebratory
adjective used for celebrating

celebrity
famous person noun a widely known person; `he was a baseball celebrity`

celebrity
renown noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

celecoxib
Celebrex noun a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain without harming the digestive tract