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Carriage ReturnnounMWEthe operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a lineverified
Carriagewaynounone of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanesverified
Carrick BittnounMWEeither of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deckverified
Carriernounan inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reactionverified
Carrion FlowernounMWEany of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowersverified
Carrizonountall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike paniclesverified
Carrotnounperennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible rootsverified
Carry OutnounMWEa meal prepared at a restaurant and taken home by a customer; also "take away" or "take out"verified
Carry-Forwardnounthe accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reservesverified
Carry-Overnounthe accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reservesverified
Carrying ChargenounMWEcharge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment planverified
Cartelnouna consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or serviceverified
Cartridgenounan electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removableverified
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
Carunclenounan outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seedsverified
Carunculanounan outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seedsverified
Carvedilolnounbeta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advancedverified
Carvingnouna sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shapeverified
Caryophylloid Dicot FamilynounMWEfamily of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersverified
Caryophylloid Dicot GenusnounMWEgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersverified
Caryopsisnoundry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian cornverified