Canada plum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Canada balsam
         n 1: yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a
               transparent cement in optical devices (especially in
               microscopy) and as a mounting medium
         2: medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell
            of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas
            trees [syn: {balsam fir}, {balm of Gilead}, {Canada balsam},
            {Abies balsamea}]

English Dictionary: Canada plum	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Canada plum n small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit Synonym(s): Canada plum, Prunus nigra
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Canada porcupine n porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease Synonym(s): Canada porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
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Canada violet n tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks Synonym(s): Canada violet, tall white violet, white violet, Viola canadensis
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candy apple n an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) Synonym(s): candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple
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candy bar n a candy shaped as a bar
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candyfloss n a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature Synonym(s): cotton candy, spun sugar, candyfloss
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canned food n food preserved by canning [syn: canned food, {canned foods}, canned goods, tinned goods]
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canned foods n food preserved by canning [syn: canned food, {canned foods}, canned goods, tinned goods]
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cant over v heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" Synonym(s): cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
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cantabile adj smooth and flowing Synonym(s): cantabile, singing
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Cantabrian Mountains n a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay
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Cantabrigian n a resident of Cambridge
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cenotaph n a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered Synonym(s): cenotaph, empty tomb
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centavo n a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
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centipede n chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
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Chamaedaphne n one species: leatherleaf [syn: Chamaedaphne, {genus Chamaedaphne}]
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Chamaedaphne calyculata n north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers Synonym(s): leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata
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come out of the closet v to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" Synonym(s): come out of the closet, out, come out
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come-at-able adj capable of being attained or accomplished; "choose an attainable goal"; "art is not something that is come-at- able by dint of study" Synonym(s): attainable, come-at- able capable of being reached or attained; "a very getatable man"; "both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations" Synonym(s): come-at-able, get-at-able, getatable
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comedy ballet n a ballet that stresses the drama with features of comedy
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comity of nations n courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another
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Committee for State Security n formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia Synonym(s): Committee for State Security, KGB, Soviet KGB
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commutability n exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable [syn: replaceability, substitutability, commutability] the quality of being commutable Synonym(s): commutability, transmutability
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commutable adj subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment" Antonym(s): incommutable capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent Synonym(s): commutable, substitutable
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conidiophore n a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia
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Contopus n pewees Synonym(s): Contopus, genus Contopus
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Contopus sordidulus n small flycatcher of western North America [syn: {western wood pewee}, Contopus sordidulus]
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Contopus virens n small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America Synonym(s): pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin n German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917) Synonym(s): Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Count Fleet n thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1943
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count off v call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function
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count palatine n a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
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count per minute n frequency per minute [syn: count per minute, counts/minute]
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countable adj that can be counted; "countable sins"; "numerable assets" Synonym(s): countable, denumerable, enumerable, numerable
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county palatine n the territory of a count palatine
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cyanide poisoning n poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide; common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals
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cyanide process n an industrial process for extracting gold and silver by treating ore with a sodium cyanide solution
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A great variety of substances pass under this name, but the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu. There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to which the name balsam has been given. 2. (Bot.) (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}). (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. 3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? --Tennyson. {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}. {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead. {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the {Abies balsamea}. {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See {Balm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canada \Can"a*da\, n. A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals. {Canada balsam}. See under {Balsam}. {Canada goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wild goose}. {Canada jay}. See {Whisky Jack}. {Canada lynx}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lynx}. {Canada porcupine} (Zo[94]l.) See {Porcupine}, and {Urson}. {Canada rice} (Bot.) See under {Rick}. {Canada robin} (Zo[94]l.), the cedar bird.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. [?].] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. 2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}. {Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See {Kauri}. {Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}. {Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree ({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum. {Jew's pitch}, bitumen. {Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}. {Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal. {Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster. {Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canada \Can"a*da\, n. A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals. {Canada balsam}. See under {Balsam}. {Canada goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wild goose}. {Canada jay}. See {Whisky Jack}. {Canada lynx}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lynx}. {Canada porcupine} (Zo[94]l.) See {Porcupine}, and {Urson}. {Canada rice} (Bot.) See under {Rick}. {Canada robin} (Zo[94]l.), the cedar bird.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Candify \Can"di*fy\, v. t. [or] v. i. [L. candificare; cand[89]re to be white + -facere to make.] To make or become white, or candied. [R.]
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Cant \Cant\, n. [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. [?] the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; cf. W. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. {Canthus}, {Canton}, {Cantle}.] 1. A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.] The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. --B. Jonson. 2. An outer or external angle. 3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. --Totten. 4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant. 5. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. --Knight. 6. (Mech.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. --Knight. 7. (Naut.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads. {Cant frames}, {Cant timbers} (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.
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Frame \Frame\, n. 1. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame. --Milton. 2. The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. --Shak. No frames could be strong enough to endure it. --Prescott. 3. A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched; as: (a) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. (b) (Founding) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. (c) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. (d) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. (e) (Hort.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. (f) (Print.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. 4. (Mach.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc. 5. Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government. She that hath a heart of that fine frame To pay this debt of love but to a brother. --Shak. Put your discourse into some frame. --Shak. 6. Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. 7. Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. [Obs.] John the bastard Whose spirits toil in frame of villainies. --Shak. {Balloon frame}, {Cant frames}, etc. See under {Balloon}, {Cant}, etc. {Frame} {building [or] house}, a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers. [U.S.] -- {Frame level}, a mason's level. {Frame saw}, a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it rigidity.
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Cantab \Can"tab\, n. [Abbreviated from Cantabrigian.] A Cantabrigian. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Cantabrian \Canta"brian\, a. Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
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Cantabrigian \Can`tabrig"ian\, n. A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.
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Canthoplasty \Can"tho*plas`ty\, n. [Gr.[?], corner of the eye + [?] to from.] (Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}.
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Cenotaph \Cen"otaph\ (s[esl]n"[osl]t[adot]f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion; keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c[82]notaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. --Dryden. A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. --Macaulay.
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Cenotaphy \Cen"o*taph`y\, n. A cenotaph. [R.] Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. --Macaulay.
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Centifidous \Centif"idous\, a. [L. centifidus; centum + findere to split.] Divided into a hundred parts.
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Centifolious \Cen`tifo"lious\, a. [L. centifolius; centum + folium leaf.] Having a hundred leaves.
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Centiped \Cen"ti*ped\, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centip[8a]de.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Written also {centipede} ([?]).]
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Centiped \Cen"ti*ped\, n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centip[8a]de.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Written also {centipede} ([?]).]
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Centuple \Cen"tu*ple\, a. [L. centuplex; centum + plicare to fold; cf. F. centuple.] Hundredfold.
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Centuple \Cen"tu*ple\, v. t. To increase a hundredfold.
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Centuplicate \Centu"plicate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Centuplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centuplicating}.] [L. centuplicare. See {Centuple}, a.] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] --Howell.
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Centuplicate \Centu"plicate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Centuplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centuplicating}.] [L. centuplicare. See {Centuple}, a.] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] --Howell.
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Centuplicate \Centu"plicate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Centuplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centuplicating}.] [L. centuplicare. See {Centuple}, a.] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Winter \Win"ter\, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter, OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr, Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo- white (in comp.), OIr. find white. [?][?][?][?].] 1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year. [bd]Of thirty winter he was old.[b8] --Chaucer. And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold. --Shak. Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith. Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to include the months of December, January, and February (see {Season}). Astronomically, it may be considered to begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st, and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st. 2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. --Wordsworth. {Winter apple}, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. {Winter barley}, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn. {Winter berry} (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs ({Ilex verticillata}, {I. l[91]vigata}, etc.) of the Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter. {Winter bloom}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Azalea. (b) A plant of the genus {Hamamelis} ({H. Viginica}); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling. {Winter bud} (Zo[94]l.), a statoblast. {Winter cherry} (Bot.), a plant ({Physalis Alkekengi}) of the Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx. See {Alkekengi}. {Winter cough} (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter. {Winter cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant ({Barbarea vulgaris}). {Winter crop}, a crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter. {Winter duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail. (b) The old squaw. {Winter egg} (Zo[94]l.), an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs. {Winter fallow}, ground that is fallowed in winter. {Winter fat}. (Bot.) Same as {White sage}, under {White}. {Winter fever} (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.] {Winter flounder}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Flounder}. {Winter gull} (Zo[94]l.), the common European gull; -- called also {winter mew}. [Prov. Eng.] {Winter itch}. (Med.) See {Prarie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Winter lodge}, [or] {Winter lodgment}. (Bot.) Same as {Hibernaculum}. {Winter mew}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Winter gull}, above. [Prov. Eng.] {Winter moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the European species ({Cheimatobia brumata}). These moths have rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago state. The female of some of the species is wingless. {Winter oil}, oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather. {Winter pear}, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. {Winter quarters}, the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station. {Winter rye}, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn. {Winter shad} (Zo[94]l.), the gizzard shad. {Winter sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.] {Winter sleep} (Zo[94]l.), hibernation. {Winter snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. {Winter solstice}. (Astron.) See {Solstice}, 2. {Winter teal} (Zo[94]l.), the green-winged teal. {Winter wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla melanope}). [Prov. Eng.] {Winter wheat}, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the winter, and ripens in the following summer. {Winter wren} (Zo[94]l.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren.
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Chemitype \Chem"i*type\, n. [Chemical + -type.] (Engraving) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
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Cnidoblast \Cni"do*blast\, n. [Cnida + -blast.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the cells which, in the C[d2]lenterata, develop into cnid[91].
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Comet-finder \Com"et-find`er\, [or] Comet- seeker \Com"et- seek`er\, n. (Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.
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Comity \Com"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Comities}. [L. comitas, fr. comis courteous, kind.] Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States. {Comity of nations} (International Law), the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights and privileges acquired by its citizens in their own land. By some authorities private international law rests on this comity, but the better opinion is that it is part of the common law of the land, and hence is obligatory as law. Syn: Civility; good breeding; courtesy; good will.
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Committable \Commit"table\, a. Capable of being committed.
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Whole \Whole\, n. 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. [bd]This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. --J. Montgomery. 2. A regular combination of parts; a system. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. {Committee of the whole}. See under {Committee}. {Upon the whole}, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions. Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.
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Committee \Com*mit"tee\, n. [Cf. OF. comit[82] company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. {County}.] One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. {Committee of the whole [house]}, a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. {Standing committee}. See under {Standing}.
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Committible \Commit"tible\, a. Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Commutability \Commu`tabil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being commutable.
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Commutable \Commut"able\, a. [L. commutabilis.] Capable of being commuted or interchanged. The predicate and subject are not commutable. --Whately.
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Commutableness \Commut"able*ness\, n. The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.
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Conative \Co"na*tive\ (? [or] ?), a. [See {Conatus}.] Of or pertaining to conation. This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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Conduplicate \Condu"plicate\, a. [L. conduplicatus, p. p. of conduplicare. See {Duplicate}.] (Bot.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or [91]stivation.
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Conduplication \Condu`plica"tion\, n. [L. conduplicatio.] A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [R.]
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Connate-perfoliate \Con"nate-perfo"liate\, a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.
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Contabescent \Con`tabes"cent\, a. [L. contabescenc, p. pr. of contabescere.] Wasting away gradually. --Darwin. -- {Conta*bes"cence}, n.
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Contabescent \Con`tabes"cent\, a. [L. contabescenc, p. pr. of contabescere.] Wasting away gradually. --Darwin. -- {Conta*bes"cence}, n.
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak. 2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8] --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain. Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch. 4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses. {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}. {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa}) of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust. of {Anemone}. {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests. {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}. {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill. {Wood betony}. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Betony}. (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers. {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles, buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer}, under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}. (b) The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}), and of the goat moths. (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}. (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood, as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga. (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura terebrans}). {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth. --Knight. {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] --Coleridge. {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal. {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius sylvestris}). {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon. {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove. {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}). {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood. {Wood engraver}. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus xylographus}. {Wood engraving}. (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography. (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}. {Wood fiber}. (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue. (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass. {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}. {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity. {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}. {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The capercailzie. (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}. {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and allied species. (b) The American woodcock. {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a curved beak, and a longer tail. {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus loculator}) is common in Florida. {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on trees. {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne Laureola}). {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley. {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill bug}, under {Pill}. (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]}, which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called also {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}. {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b) The court of attachment. {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}. {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade. {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert. {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species, as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves of the grapevine. (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar. We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh. x. 34. {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See {Gurjun}. {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp}, below. {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the family {Columbid[91]}. (b) The ringdove. {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse. {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea}) growing in moist woods. {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula}, differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus} chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}. {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2. {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to {Grallina}, {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}). {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood. {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of {Shamrock}. {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}. {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics. {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle. {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath. {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker. {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}. {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}. (b) The missel thrush. {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary. {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}. {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest. {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See under {Sculptured}. {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony. {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above. {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}. (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); -- called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow wren}. {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The wood warbler. (b) The willow warbler.
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Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[d2]be}, or {S. fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and {ph[d2]be}. 2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar to the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size.
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Contubernal \Contu"bernal\, Contubernial \Con`tuber"nial\, a. [L. contubernalis a tent companion, fr. contubernium tent companionship.] Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship. Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial with the Lord, thy King. --Chaucer.
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Contubernal \Contu"bernal\, Contubernial \Con`tuber"nial\, a. [L. contubernalis a tent companion, fr. contubernium tent companionship.] Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship. Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial with the Lord, thy King. --Chaucer.
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Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See {Palace}, and cf. {Paladin}.] Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. {Count palatine}, {County palatine}. See under {Count}, and {County}. {Palatine hill}, [or] {The palatine}, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[91]sars. See {Palace}.
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Count \Count\, n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to go.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses. --Brande & C. {Count palatine}. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See {County palatine}, under {County}. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Countable \Count"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being numbered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palatine \Pal"a*tine\, a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See {Palace}, and cf. {Paladin}.] Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. {Count palatine}, {County palatine}. See under {Count}, and {County}. {Palatine hill}, [or] {The palatine}, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the C[91]sars. See {Palace}.
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3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak. {County commissioners}. See {Commissioner}. {County corporate}, a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. {County court}, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. {County palatine}, a county distinguished by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. {County rates}, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] {County seat}, a county town. [U.S.] {County sessions}, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] {County town}, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.
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Cyanotype \Cyan"otype\ (s?-?n"?-t?p), n. [Cyanide + -type.] A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
can't happen The traditional program comment for code executed under a condition that should never be true, for example a file size computed as negative. Often, such a condition being true indicates data corruption or a faulty algorithm; it is almost always handled by emitting a fatal error message and terminating or crashing, since there is little else that can be done. Some case variant of "can't happen" is also often the text emitted if the `impossible' error actually happens! Although "can't happen" events are genuinely infrequent in production code, programmers wise enough to check for them habitually are often surprised at how frequently they are triggered during development and how many headaches checking for them turns out to head off. See also {firewall code} (sense 2).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
can't happen The traditional program comment for code executed under a condition that should never be true, for example a file size computed as negative. Often, such a condition being true indicates data corruption or a faulty {algorithm}; it is almost always handled by emitting a fatal error message and terminating or crashing, since there is little else that can be done. Some case variant of "can't happen" is also often the text emitted if the "impossible" error actually happens. Although "can't happen" events are genuinely infrequent in production code, programmers wise enough to check for them habitually are often surprised at how frequently they are triggered during development and how many headaches checking for them turns out to head off. See also {firewall code}, {professional programming}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
countable A term describing a {set} which is {isomorphic} to a subet of the {natural numbers}. A countable set has "countably many" elements. If the isomorphism is stated explicitly then the set is called "a counted set" or "an {enumeration}". Examples of countable sets are any {finite} set, the {natural numbers}, {integers}, and {rational numbers}. The {real numbers} and {complex numbers} are not [proof?]. (1999-08-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
countably many {countable}