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Cabbage BarknounMWEtree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable woodverified
Cabbage PalmnounMWElow-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf budsverified
Cabbage PalmettonounMWElow-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf budsverified
Cabbage TreenounMWEelegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowersverified
Cabbage-Bark TreenounMWEtree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable woodverified
Cabin ClassnounMWEa class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodationsverified
Cabin CruisernounMWEa large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on boardverified
Cable RailwaynounMWEa railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending carsverified
Cable TramwaynounMWEa conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towersverified
Cache CrammingnounMWECache Cramming is the technique of tricking a browser to run cached Java code from the local disk, instead of the internet zone, so it runs with less restrictive permissions.verified
Cache PoisoningnounMWEMalicious or misleading data from a remote name server is saved [cached] by another name server. Typically used with DNS cache poisoning attacks.verified
Cactus EuphorbianounMWEsmall tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabraverified
Cactus WrennounMWElarge harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexicoverified
Caddice FlynounMWEsmall moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvaeverified
Caddis FlynounMWEsmall moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvaeverified
Cadmium YellownounMWEpigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orangeverified
Caesarean DeliverynounMWEthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)verified
Caesarean SectionnounMWEthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)verified
Caesarian DeliverynounMWEthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)verified
Caesarian SectionnounMWEthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)verified
Caesium ClocknounMWEan atomic clock based on the energy difference between two states of the caesium nucleus in a magnetic fieldverified
Cafeteria FacilitynounMWE(usually plural) facilities for providing food for employees or visitorsverified
Caffeine IntoxicationnounMWEpoisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing productsverified
Caiman LizardnounMWEcrocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and musselsverified
Calabur TreenounMWEa fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruitverified
Calathian VioletnounMWEperennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heathsverified
Calcarine FissurenounMWEa sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrumverified
Calcium BlockernounMWEany of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart)verified
Calcium CarbonatenounMWEa salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestoneverified
Calcium LactatenounMWEa white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonateverified
Calcium LightnounMWEa lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the lightverified
Calcium-Channel BlockernounMWEany of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart)verified
Calendar MethodnounMWEnatural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)verified
Calendar YearnounMWEthe year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendarverified
Calf BonenounMWEthe outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankleverified