Canadian aspen
1: aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America [syn: {bigtooth aspen}, {bigtoothed aspen}, {big-toothed aspen}, {large-toothed aspen}, {large tooth aspen}, {Populus grandidentata}]
Canadian capital
1: the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec) [syn: {Ottawa}, {capital of Canada}]
Canadian Falls
1: a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario [syn: {Horseshoe Falls}]
Canadian fleabane
1: common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron [syn: {horseweed}, {f...
Canadian goldenrod
1: large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches; often a weed [syn: {meadow goldenrod}, {Solidago canadensis}]
Canadian goose
1: common grayish-brown wild goose of North America [syn: {honker}, {Canada goose}, {Branta canadensis}]
Canadian hemlock
1: common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood [syn: {eastern hemlock}, {spruce pine}, {Tsuga canadensis}]
Canadian Maritime Provinces
1: the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island [syn: {Maritime Provinces}, {Maritimes}]
Canadian pondweed
1: North American; widely naturalized in Europe [syn: {Elodea canadensis}]
Canadian red pine
1: pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark [syn: {red pine}, {Pinus resinosa}]
Canadian River
1: a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma [syn: {Canadian}]
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
1: Canada's main foreigh intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government [syn: {CSIS}]
canafistola
1: deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia [syn: ...
canafistula
1: deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia [syn: ...
canal
1: (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion 2: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells an...
canal boat
1: a long narrow boat used on canals to carry freight [syn: {narrow boat}, {narrowboat}]
canal of Schlemm
1: a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins [syn: {Schlemm's canal}, {sinus venosus sclerae}]
Canal Zone
1: a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal [syn: {Panama Canal Zone}]
canalicular
1: relating to or like or having a canaliculus
canaliculate
1: having thin parallel channels; "canaliculate leafstalks of certain plants"
canaliculus
1: a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants [also: {canaliculi} (pl)]
canalis cervicis uteri
1: a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina [syn: {cervical canal}]
canalis inguinalis
1: oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ...
canalis vertebralis
1: the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes [syn: {spinal canal}, {vertebral canal}]
canalisation
1: the production of a canal or a conversion to canals [syn: {canalization}] 2: management through specified channels of communication [syn: {channelization}, {channelisation}, {canalization}]
canalise
1: provide (a city) with a canal [syn: {canal}, {canalize}] 2: direct the flow of; "channel infomartion towards a broad audience" [syn: {channel}, {canalize}]
canalization
1: the production of a canal or a conversion to canals [syn: {canalisation}] 2: management through specified channels of communication [syn: {channelization}, {channelisation}, {canalisation}]
canalize
1: provide (a city) with a canal [syn: {canal}, {canalise}] 2: direct the flow of; "channel infomartion towards a broad audience" [syn: {channel}, {canalise}]
Cananga
1: a genus of Malayan tree [syn: {genus Cananga}, {Canangium}, {genus Canangium}]
Cananga odorata
1: evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental [syn: {ilang-ilang}, {ylang-ylang}]
Canangium
1: a genus of Malayan tree [syn: {Cananga}, {genus Cananga}, {genus Canangium}]
canape
1: an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
Canara
1: a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast [syn: {Kanara}]
canard
1: a deliberately misleading fabrication
Canarese
1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: {Kanarese}]
Canaries
1: a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces [syn: {Canary Islands}]
canary
1: having the color of a canary; a light to moderate yellow [syn: {canary-yellow}] n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: {fink}, {snitch}, {snitcher}, {stoolpigeon}, {stooli...
canary bird
1: any of several small Old World finches [syn: {canary}]
canary creeper
1: a climber having canary-colored flowers [syn: {canarybird flower}, {canarybird vine}, {Tropaeolum peregrinum}]
canary grass
1: Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds [syn: {birdseed grass}, {Phalaris canariensis}]
Canary Islands
1: a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces [syn: {Canaries}]
canary seed
1: a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds
canary whitewood
1: tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work [syn: {tulip tree}, {tulip p...
Canary wine
1: a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands
canary yellow
1: a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge [syn: {canary}]
canary-yellow
1: having the color of a canary; a light to moderate yellow [syn: {canary}]
canarybird flower
1: a climber having canary-colored flowers [syn: {canarybird vine}, {canary creeper}, {Tropaeolum peregrinum}]
canarybird vine
1: a climber having canary-colored flowers [syn: {canarybird flower}, {canary creeper}, {Tropaeolum peregrinum}]
canasta
1: a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank [syn: {basket rummy}, {meld}]
Canavalia
1: herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics [syn: {genus Canavalia}]
Canavalia ensiformis
1: annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage [syn: {jack bean}, {wonder bean}, {giant stock bean}]
Canavalia gladiata
1: twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food [syn: {sword bean}]
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canavanine
1: an amino acid found in the jack bean
Canberra
1: the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia [syn: {Australian capital}, {capital of Australia}]
cancan
1: a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
cancel
1: a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat [syn: {natural}] v 1: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party" [syn: {call of...
cancel out
1: wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" [syn: {wipe out}]
cancellate
1: having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows [syn: {cancellated}, {clathrate}] 2: having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: {cancellated}, {cancellous}]
cancellated
1: having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows [syn: {cancellate}, {clathrate}] 2: having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: {cancellate}, {cancellous}]
cancellation
1: the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement 2: the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
cancellous
1: having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: {cancellate}, {cancellated}]
cancer
1: any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream [syn: {malignant neoplasti...
cancer body
1: an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer [syn: {Russell's body}]
Cancer borealis
1: large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America [syn: {Jonah crab}]
cancer cell
1: a cell that is part of a malignant tumor
cancer drug
1: any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppre...
cancer juice
1: a milky substance found in certain cancerous growths
Cancer magister
1: small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America [syn: {Dungeness crab}]
cancer of the blood
1: malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer [syn: {leukemia}, {leukaemia}, {leucaemia}]
cancer of the liver
1: malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomf...
Cancer the Crab
1: the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 [syn: {Cancer}, {Crab}]
cancer weed
1: sage of eastern United States [syn: {cancerweed}, {Salvia lyrata}]
cancerous
1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth" 2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of...
cancerweed
1: sage of eastern United States [syn: {cancer weed}, {Salvia lyrata}]
Cancridae
1: many of the best known edible crabs [syn: {family Cancridae}]
cancroid
1: of or relating to a cancroid n : the most common form of skin cancer [syn: {squamous cell carcinoma}]
Cancun
1: a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
candela
1: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of ...
candelabrum
1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: {candelabra}] [also: {candelabra} (pl)]
candelilla
1: wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica [syn: {Pedilanthus bracteatus}, {Pedilanthus pavonis}] 2: wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States [syn: {Eup...
candelilla wax
1: a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
candent
1: emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb" [syn: {incandescent}]
candid
1: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criti...
candida
1: any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida
Candida albicans
1: a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina [syn: {Monilia albicans}]
candidacy
1: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: {campaigning}, {candidature}, {electioneering}, {political campaign}]
candidate
1: a politician who is running for public office [syn: {campaigner}, {nominee}] 2: someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) [syn: {prospect}]
candidature
1: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: {campaigning}, {candidacy}, {electioneering}, {political campaign}]
candidiasis
1: an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans) [syn: {moniliasis}, {monilia disease}]
candidly
1: (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't g...
candidness
1: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [syn: {candor}, {candour}, {frankness}, {forthrightness}]
candied apple
1: an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) [syn: {candy apple}, {taffy apple}, {caramel apple}, {toffee apple}]
candied fruit
1: fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals [syn: {crystallized fruit}]
candle
1: stick of wax with a wick in the middle [syn: {taper}, {wax light}] 2: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity ...
candle flame
1: the light provided by a burning candle [syn: {candlelight}]
candle holder
1: a holder with sockets for candles [syn: {candlestick}]
candleberry
1: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries [syn: {bayberry}, {swamp candleberry}, {waxberry}, {Myrica pensylvanica}]
candlelight
1: the light provided by a burning candle [syn: {candle flame}]
Candlemas
1: feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland [syn: {Candlemas Day}, {Feb 2}]
Candlemas Day
1: feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland [syn: {Candlemas}, {Feb 2}]
candlenut
1: large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles [syn: {varnish tree}, {Aleurites moluccana}] 2: seed of candlen...
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