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Carpenter AntnounMWEant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggsverified
Carpenter BeenounMWElarge solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stemsverified
Carpenter's MalletnounMWEa short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedgeverified
Carpenter's PlanenounMWEa carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping woodverified
Carpet BombingnounMWEan extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large targetverified
Carpet GrassnounMWEgrass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungusverified
Carpet KnightnounMWEa knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)verified
Carpet SweepernounMWEa cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpetverified
Carpetweed FamilynounMWEsucculent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweedsverified
Carriage ReturnnounMWEthe operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a lineverified
Carrick BittnounMWEeither of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deckverified
Carrion FlowernounMWEany of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowersverified
carry backverbMWEto deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior periodverified
Carry OutnounMWEa meal prepared at a restaurant and taken home by a customer; also "take away" or "take out"verified
Carrying ChargenounMWEcharge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment planverified
Cartridge BrassnounMWEan alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubingverified
Cartridge EjectornounMWEa mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firingverified
Cartridge ExtractornounMWEa mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejectorverified
Cartridge FontnounMWEany font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printerverified
Cartridge RemovernounMWEa mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejectorverified
Caryophylloid Dicot FamilynounMWEfamily of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersverified
Caryophylloid Dicot GenusnounMWEgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersverified
Cascade EverlastingnounMWEshrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long spraysverified
Cascade PenstemonnounMWEwhorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stemsverified
Cascading MenunounMWEa secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menuverified