cackle
1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg 2: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}] 3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle v 1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The wo...
cackler
1: a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk 2: any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscic...
cackly
1: like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg [syn: {squawky}]
cacodaemon
1: an evil spirit [syn: {cacodemon}] [ant: {eudemon}]
cacodaemonic
1: of or relating to evil spirits [syn: {cacodemonic}]
cacodemon
1: an evil spirit [syn: {cacodaemon}] [ant: {eudemon}]
cacodemonic
1: of or relating to evil spirits [syn: {cacodaemonic}]
cacodyl
1: a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air [syn: {tetramethyldiarsine}] 2: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: ...
cacodyl group
1: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: {cacodyl}, {cacodyl radical}, {arsenic group}]
cacodyl radical
1: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: {cacodyl}, {cacodyl group}, {arsenic group}]
cacoethes
1: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action [syn: {mania}, {passion}]
cacogenesis
1: inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile
cacogenic
1: pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced [syn: {dysgenic}] [ant: {eugenic}]
cacogenics
1: the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced [syn: {dysgenics}] [ant: {eugenics}]
cacography
1: poor handwriting [syn: {scribble}, {scratch}, {scrawl}]
cacomistle
1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomixle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ringtail}...
cacomixle
1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ringtail...
cacophonic
1: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten [syn: {cacophonous}] [ant: {euphonious}]
cacophonous
1: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten [syn: {cacophonic}] [ant: {euphonious}]
cacophony
1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: {blare}, {blaring}, {clamor}, {din}] 2: loud confusing disagreeable sounds
Cactaceae
1: constituting the order Opuntiales [syn: {family Cactaceae}, {cactus family}]
cactus
1: any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World [also: {cacti} (pl)]
cactus euphorbia
1: small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra [syn: {naboom}, {Euphorbia ingens}]
cactus family
1: constituting the order Opuntiales [syn: {Cactaceae}, {family Cactaceae}]
cactus mouse
1: burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States [syn: {Peromyscus eremicus}]
cactus wren
1: large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
cacuminal
1: pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate [syn: {retroflex}]
cad
1: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: {bounder}, {blackguard}, {dog}, {hound}, {heel}] 2: software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in ...
cadaster
1: a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation [syn: {cadastre}]
cadastral
1: of or relating to the records of a cadastre
cadastre
1: a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation [syn: {cadaster}]
cadaver
1: the dead body of a human being [syn: {corpse}, {stiff}, {clay}, {remains}]
cadaverine
1: a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
cadaverous
1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept...
caddice fly
1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis fly}, {caddis-fly}, {caddice-fly}]
caddice-fly
1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis fly}, {caddis-fly}, {caddice fly}]
caddie
1: an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player [syn: {golf caddie}] v : act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player [syn: {caddy}] [also: {caddying}, {caddies}, {caddied}]
caddis fly
1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis-fly}, {caddice fly}, {caddice-fly}]
caddis-fly
1: small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae [syn: {caddis fly}, {caddice fly}, {caddice-fly}]
caddish
1: offensively discourteous [syn: {unchivalrous}, {ungallant}]
caddisworm
1: caddisfly larva; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris [syn: {strawworm}]
Caddo
1: a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas 2: a family of North American Indian langua...
Caddoan
1: a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the midwest by Caddo peoples [syn: {Caddo}, {Caddoan language}]
Caddoan language
1: a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the midwest by Caddo peoples [syn: {Caddo}, {Caddoan}]
caddy
1: a can for storing tea [syn: {tea caddy}] v : act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player [syn: {caddie}]
cade
1: (of a young animal) abandoned by its mother and raised by hand; "a cade calf"
cadence
1: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: {meter}, {metre}, {measure}, {beat}] 2: the close of a musical section 3: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: {cadency}]
cadenced
1: marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet" [syn: {cadent}]
cadency
1: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: {cadence}]
cadent
1: marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet" [syn: {cadenced}]
cadenza
1: a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music
cadet
1: a military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn: {plebe}]
cadge
1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: {mooch}, {bum}, {grub}, {sponge}] 2: obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" [syn: {schnorr}...
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cadger
1: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) [syn: {moocher}, {scrounger}]
Cadiz
1: an ancient port city in southwestern Spain
cadmium
1: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores [syn: {Cd}, {atomic number 48}]
cadmium cell
1: a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston) [syn: {Weston cell}]
cadmium sulphide
1: ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form [syn: {greenockite}]
cadmium yellow
1: pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange
Cadra
1: a genus of Pyralidae [syn: {genus Cadra}]
Cadra cautella
1: moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored foods [syn: {almond moth}, {fig moth}]
Cadra figulilella
1: moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products [syn: {raisin moth}]
cadre
1: a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement [syn: {cell}] 2: a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion
caducean
1: of or relating to a caduceus
caduceus
1: an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes [also: {caducei} (pl)]
caducous
1: shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" [syn: {shed}] [ant: {persistent}]
caecal
1: of or like a cecum [syn: {cecal}]
Caeciliadae
1: coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians [syn: {Caeciliidae}, {family Caeciliidae}, {family Caeciliadae}]
caecilian
1: of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae n : any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions [syn: {...
Caeciliidae
1: coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians [syn: {family Caeciliidae}, {Caeciliadae}, {family Caeciliadae}]
caecum
1: the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum" [syn: {cecum}, {blind gut}] [also: {caeca} (pl)]
Caelum
1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus
caenogenesis
1: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) [s...
Caenolestes
1: type genus of the family Caenolestidae [syn: {genus Caenolestes}]
Caenolestidae
1: small marsupials of southern South America [syn: {family Caenolestidae}]
Caesalpinia
1: small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana [syn: {genus Caesalpinia}]
Caesalpinia bonduc
1: tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries [syn: {bonduc}, {bonduc tree}, {Caesalpinia bonducella}]
Caesalpinia bonducella
1: tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries [syn: {bonduc}, {bonduc tree}, {Caesalpinia bonduc}]
Caesalpinia coriaria
1: small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin [syn: {divi-divi}]
Caesalpinia decapetala
1: spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers [syn: {Mysore thorn}, {Caesalpinia sepiaria}]
Caesalpinia echinata
1: tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry [syn: {brazilwood}, {peachwood}, {peach-wood}, {pernambuco wood}]
Caesalpinia gilliesii
1: a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [syn: {bird of paradise}, {poinciana}, {Poinciana gilliesii}]
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
1: tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana [syn: {pride of barbados}, {paradise flower}, {flamboyant tree}, {Poinciana pulcherrima}]
Caesalpinia sepiaria
1: spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers [syn: {Mysore thorn}, {Caesalpinia decapetala}]
Caesalpiniaceae
1: spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae [syn: {family Caesalpiniaceae}]
Caesalpinioideae
1: alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae [syn: {subfamily Caesalpinioideae}]
Caesar
1: conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) [syn: {Julius Caesar}, {Gaius Julius Caesar}] 2: United States comedian who pioneered comdey television shows (born 1922) [syn: {Sid Caesar}, {Sidn...
Caesar salad
1: typically having fried croutons and dressing made with a raw egg
Caesar's agaric
1: widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric [syn: {royal agaric}, {Amanita caesarea}]
Caesarea
1: an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
caesarean
1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean}, {cesarian}, {caesarian}] 2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: {Caesarian}] n : the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision ...
caesarean delivery
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}, {cesarean section}, {cesarian se...
caesarean section
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 ...
caesarian
1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: {cesarean}, {cesarian}, {caesarean}] 2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: {Caesarean}]
Caesarism
1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: {dictatorship}, {absolutism}, {authoritarianism}, {despotism}, {m...
Caesaropapism
1: the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters [syn: {Erastianism}, {Byzantinism}]
caesium
1: a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal [syn: {cesium}, {Cs}, {atomic number 55}]
caesium clock
1: an atomic clock based on the energy difference between two states of the caesium nucleus in a magnetic field
caespitose
1: (of plants) growing in dense clumps or tufts [syn: {cespitose}, {tufted}]
caesura
1: a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued" 2: a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line [also: {caesurae} (pl)]
cafe
1: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn: {coffeehouse}, {coffee shop}, {coffee bar}]
cafe noir
1: small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream [syn: {demitasse}]
cafe royale
1: black coffee with cognac and lemon peel and sugar [syn: {coffee royal}]
cafeteria
1: a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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