1: being ten more than ninety [syn: {hundred}, {a hundred}, {one hundred}, {100}] n 1: a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature [syn: {degree Centigrade}, {degree Celsius}] 2: the speed at whic...

1: a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments [syn: {country music}, {country and western}]

1: battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube

1: a movable clef that puts middle C on one of the lines of a staff

1: a compiler for programs written in C

1: beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock [syn: {C-horizon}]

1: a program written in C

1: a clamp in the shape of a C

1: beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock [syn: {C horizon}]

1: a United States bill worth 100 dollars [syn: {hundred dollar bill}]

1: a canned field ration issued by the United States army

1: a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation [syn: {CRP}]

1: the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) [syn: {cesarean delivery}, {caesarean delivery}, {cesarean ...

1: United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944) [syn: {Gibson}, {Charles Dana Gibson}]

1: a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria [syn: {Corynebacterium diphtheriae}, {Klebs-Loeffler bacillus}]

1: Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) [syn: {Best}, {Charles Herbert Best}]

1: English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957) [syn: {Ogden}, {Charles Kay Ogden}]

1: British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993) [syn: {Parkinson}, {Cyril Northcote Parkinson}]

1: English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) [syn: {Snow}, {Charles Percy Snow}, {Baron Snow of Leicester}]

1: bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia [syn: {Chlamydia psittaci}]

1: English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966) [syn: {Forester}, {Cecil Scott Forester}]

1: English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963) [syn: {Lewis}, {Clive Staples Lewis}]

1: bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venerum [syn: {Chlamydia trachomatis}]

1: United States historian (born in 1908) [syn: {Woodward}, {Comer Vann Woodward}]

1: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914) [syn: {Post}, {Charles William Post}]

1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D." [syn: {COD}, {cash on delivery}]

1: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are atta...

1: a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel [syn: {ethane}]

1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals [syn: {calcium}, {atomic number 2...

1: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: {stool}, {defecate}, {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a crap}, {crap}, {make}]

1: (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its directio...

1: a compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits 2: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood [syn: {cabriolet}] 3: a car driven by a person whose job is ...

1: the fare charged for riding in a taxicab [syn: {taxi fare}]

1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: {faction}, {junto}, {camarilla}] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: {cons...

1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabbala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabb...

1: the doctrines of the Kabbalah [syn: {Kabbalism}] 2: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation [syn: {kabbalism}]

1: a member of a cabal 2: an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters [syn: {kabbalist}] 3: a student of the Jewish Kabbalah [syn: {Kabbalist}]

1: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [syn: {kabbalistic}, {qabalistic}, ...

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1: a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool

1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got h...

1: a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century [syn: {morion}]

1: naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America [syn: {tatouay}, {Cabassous unicinctus}]

1: naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America [syn: {tatouay}, {cabassous}]

1: any of various types of cabbage [syn: {chou}] 2: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale}, {lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf},...

1: tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic [syn: {cabbage-bark tree}, {cabbage tree}, {Andira in...

1: white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage

1: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds [syn: {cabbage palmetto}, {Sabal palmetto}] 2: West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young [syn:...

1: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds [syn: {cabbage palm}, {Sabal palmetto}]

1: Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young [syn: {cabbage palm}, {Livistona australis}] 2: tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and ...

1: tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic [syn: {cabbage bark}, {cabbage tree}, {Andira inermis...

1: toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly [syn: {Pieris rapae}]

1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbalah}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbi...

1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret [syn: {cabala}, {cabbala}, {kabala}, {kabbala}, {kabbalah}, {qabala}, {qabalah}] 2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbin...

1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: {taxidriver}, {taximan}, {cabdriver}, {cabman}, {hack driver}, {hack-driver}, {livery driver}]

1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: {taxidriver}, {taximan}, {cabman}, {cabby}, {hack driver}, {hack-driver}, {livery driver}]

1: United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958) [syn: {James Branch Cabell}]

1: a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)

1: superior Bordeaux type of red wine [syn: {Cabernet Sauvignon}]

1: superior Bordeaux type of red wine [syn: {Cabernet}]

1: superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California

1: open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve ...

1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep 2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area 3: the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried v : co...

1: a young man acting as a servant on a ship

1: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: {caboose}]

1: accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations [syn: {second class}]

1: a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board [syn: {cruiser}, {pleasure boat}, {pleasure craft}]

1: a liner with cabins for passengers

1: a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display 2: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and a...

1: a person who is a member of the cabinet 2: the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet

1: moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork; "teak and other heavy cabinet wood"

1: a woodworker who specializes in making furniture [syn: {furniture maker}]

1: the craft of a joiner [syn: {joinery}]

1: the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) [syn: {cabinetwork}]

1: woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker 2: the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) [syn: {cabinetry}]

1: a telegram sent abroad [syn: {cablegram}, {overseas telegram}] 2: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power [syn: {line}, {transmission line}] 3: a very strong th...

1: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn: {car}]

1: a nautical unit of depth [syn: {cable}, {cable's length}]

1: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars [syn: {funicular}, {funicular railway}]

1: a television system transmitted over cables [syn: {cable}, {cable television}, {cable television service}]

1: television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver [syn: {cable}] 2: a television system transmitted over cables [syn: {cable}, {cable system}, {cable television service}]

1: a television system transmitted over cables [syn: {cable}, {cable television}, {cable system}]

1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: {tramway}, {tram}, {aerial tramway}, {ropeway}]

1: a nautical unit of depth [syn: {cable}, {cable length}]

1: a telegram sent abroad [syn: {cable}, {overseas telegram}]

1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: {taxidriver}, {taximan}, {cabdriver}, {cabby}, {hack driver}, {hack-driver}, {livery driver}]

1: a highly polished convex-cut but unfaceted gem

1: alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants [syn: {genus Cabomba}]

1: common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers [syn: {water-shield}, {fanwort}]

1: in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia [syn: {subfamily Cabombaceae}, {water-shield family}]

1: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [syn: {bunch}, {lot}]

1: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: {galley}, {ship's galley}, {cookhouse}] 2: a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: {cabin car}]

1: son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he publish...

1: the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders 2: navigation in coastal waters

1: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood [syn: {cab}]

1: a place where taxis park while awaiting customers; "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'" [syn: {taxistand}, {taxi rank}]

1: uakaris [syn: {genus Cacajao}]

1: genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia [syn: {genus Cacalia}]

1: tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia [syn: {tassel flower}, {Emilia coccinea}, {Emilia javanica}, {Emilia flammea}, {Cacalia lutea}]

1: tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia [syn: {tassel flower}, {Emilia coccinea}, {Emilia javanica}, {Emilia flammea}, {Cacalia javanica...

1: tropical American tree producing cacao beans [syn: {cacao tree}, {chocolate tree}, {Theobroma cacao}]

1: seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate [syn: {cocoa bean}]

1: small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products [syn: {tobacco moth}, {Ephestia elutella}]

1: tropical American tree producing cacao beans [syn: {cacao}, {chocolate tree}, {Theobroma cacao}]

1: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: {Kakatoe}, {genus Kakatoe}, {genus Cacatua}]

1: white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest [syn: {sulphur-crested cockatoo}, {Kakatoe galerita}]

1: large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris [syn: {sperm whale}, {black whale}, {Physeter catodon}]

1: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) 2: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: {hoard}, {stash}] 3: (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffe...

1: relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia

1: an indication of approved or superior status [syn: {seal}, {seal of approval}] 2: a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his sea...

1: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease [syn: {cachexy}, {wasting}]

1: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease [syn: {cachexia}, {wasting}]

1: a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)

1: laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way

1: loud convulsive laughter

1: a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)

1: a genus of tropical American orioles [syn: {genus Cacicus}]

1: black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics [syn: {cazique}]

1: make a cackling sound; "The fire cackled cozily"