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   cash equivalent
         n 1: a highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less
               than three months

English Dictionary: Czech capital by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cassia javonica
n
  1. deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream- colored to orange and red
    Synonym(s): rainbow shower, Cassia javonica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casus belli
n
  1. an event used to justify starting a war
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheese souffle
n
  1. puffy dish of cheese and eggs (whites beaten separately) and white sauce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheese spread
n
  1. spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chickasaw plum
n
  1. small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
    Synonym(s): chickasaw plum, hog plum, hog plum bush, Prunus angustifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coxsackie virus
n
  1. enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
    Synonym(s): coxsackievirus, Coxsackie virus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coxsackievirus
n
  1. enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
    Synonym(s): coxsackievirus, Coxsackie virus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Czech capital
n
  1. the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
    Synonym(s): Prague, Praha, Prag, Czech capital
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same
            character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a
            vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a
            vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Casus \[d8]Ca"sus\, n. [L.]
      An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of
      circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under
      {Accident}.
  
      {Casus belli}, an event or combination of events which is a
            cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war.
  
      {Casus fortuitus}, an accident against which due prudence
            could not have provided. See {Act of God}, under {Act}.
  
      {Casus omissus}, a case not provided for by the statute.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Casus \[d8]Ca"sus\, n. [L.]
      An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of
      circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under
      {Accident}.
  
      {Casus belli}, an event or combination of events which is a
            cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war.
  
      {Casus fortuitus}, an accident against which due prudence
            could not have provided. See {Act of God}, under {Act}.
  
      {Casus omissus}, a case not provided for by the statute.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Instance \In"stance\, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
      instans. See {Instant}.]
      1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
            solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
  
                     Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
  
                     The instances that second marriage move Are base
                     respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak.
  
      3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
  
                     These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they
                     were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
                     instance.                                          --Sir M. Hale.
  
      4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative
            case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case
            occurring; an example.
  
                     Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.
  
      5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.
  
      {Causes of instance}, those which proceed at the solicitation
            of some party. --Hallifax.
  
      {Court of first instance}, the court by which a case is first
            tried.
  
      {For instance}, by way of example or illustration.
  
      {Instance Court} (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within
            its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its
            action as a prize court.
  
      Syn: Example; case. See {Example}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Chasse \[d8]Chasse\, n. [See {Chasse-caf[90]}]
      A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste
      of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally
      {chasse-caf[82]}, lit., [bd]coffee chaser.[b8]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chessy copper \Ches`sy" cop"per\ (Min.)
      The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy,
      near Lyons; called also {chessylite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
               the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the
               {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or
               {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are
               some of the best known.
  
      Note: Among the true plums are;
  
      {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or
            purple globular drupes,
  
      {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}.
  
      {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its
            round red drupes.
  
      {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
            much grown in England for sale in the markets.
  
      {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or
            yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several
            other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other
            genera than {Prunus}, are;
  
      {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of
            the same family with the persimmon.
  
      {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}.
  
      {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}.
           
  
      {Date plum}. See under {Date}.
  
      {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium
            macrophyllum}.
  
      {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime.
  
      {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}.
  
      2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
  
      3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
            language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the
            person possessing it.
  
      {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European
            bullfinch.
  
      {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
            scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
            in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
            bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
  
      {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very
            destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other
            stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
            incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
            pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum
            curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[be]p stamp, brand.]
      1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
  
      2. A permit or clearance.
  
      {Chop dollar}, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
           
  
      {chop of tea}, a number of boxes of the same make and quality
            of leaf.
  
      {Chowchow chop}. See under {Chowchow}.
  
      {Grand chop}, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Chowchow chop}, the last lighter containing the small sundry
            packages sent off to fill up a ship. --S. W. Williams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cicisbeo \[d8]Ci`cis*be"o\, n.; pl. It. {Cicisbei}. [It.]
      1. A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about
            women.
  
      2. A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick,
            etc. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cicisbeism \Ci*cis"be*ism\, n.
      The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brocket \Brock"et\ (br[ocr]k"[ecr]t), n. [OE. broket, F.
      broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E.
      broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes
            called {brock}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A small South American deer, of several species
            ({Coassus superciliaris}, {C. rufus}, and {C. auritus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coccosphere \Coc"co*sphere\, n. [Gr. [?] a grain, seed + E.
      sphere.] (Biol.)
      A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into
      coccoliths.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cossack post \Cos"sack post\ (Mil.)
      An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single
      line of posts substituted for the more formal line of
      sentinels and line of pickets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou,
      prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. [?][?][?][?],
      Skr. k[?]ki[?]a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied
      genera, of many species.
  
      Note: The European cuckoo ({Cuculus canorus}) builds no nest
               of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other
               birds, to be hatched by them. The American
               yellow-billed cuckoo ({Coccyzus Americanus}) and the
               black-billed cuckoo ({C. erythrophthalmus}) build their
               own nests.
  
      {Cuckoo bee} (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in
            the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or
            larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta},
            {Epeolus}, and others.
  
      {Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for
            striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the
            cuckoo.
  
      {Cuckoo dove} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus
            {Macropygia}. Many species inhabit the East Indies.
  
      {Cuckoo fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla
            cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it
            utters.
  
      {Cuckoo falcon} (Zo[94]l.), any falcon of the genus {Baza}.
            The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies.
  
      {Cuckoo maid} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo
            mate}.
  
      {Cuckoo ray} (Zo[94]l.), a British ray ({Raia miraletus}).
  
      {Cuckoo spit}, [or] {Cuckoo spittle}.
      (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the
            larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called
            also {toad spittle} and {frog spit}.
      (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of
            which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes
            this secretion. The insects belong to {Aphrophora},
            {Helochara}, and allied genera.
  
      {Ground cuckoo}, the chaparral cock.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou,
      prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. [?][?][?][?],
      Skr. k[?]ki[?]a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied
      genera, of many species.
  
      Note: The European cuckoo ({Cuculus canorus}) builds no nest
               of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other
               birds, to be hatched by them. The American
               yellow-billed cuckoo ({Coccyzus Americanus}) and the
               black-billed cuckoo ({C. erythrophthalmus}) build their
               own nests.
  
      {Cuckoo bee} (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in
            the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or
            larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta},
            {Epeolus}, and others.
  
      {Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for
            striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the
            cuckoo.
  
      {Cuckoo dove} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus
            {Macropygia}. Many species inhabit the East Indies.
  
      {Cuckoo fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla
            cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it
            utters.
  
      {Cuckoo falcon} (Zo[94]l.), any falcon of the genus {Baza}.
            The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies.
  
      {Cuckoo maid} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo
            mate}.
  
      {Cuckoo ray} (Zo[94]l.), a British ray ({Raia miraletus}).
  
      {Cuckoo spit}, [or] {Cuckoo spittle}.
      (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the
            larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called
            also {toad spittle} and {frog spit}.
      (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of
            which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes
            this secretion. The insects belong to {Aphrophora},
            {Helochara}, and allied genera.
  
      {Ground cuckoo}, the chaparral cock.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cockeysville, MD (CDP, FIPS 18250)
      Location: 39.47785 N, 76.63182 W
      Population (1990): 18668 (9346 housing units)
      Area: 29.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cockeysville Hun, MD
      Zip code(s): 21030, 21031

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CASE SOAP III
  
      Version of SOAP assembly language for IBM 650.   Listed in
      CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  
  
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