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   camarilla
         n 1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through
               intrigue [syn: {cabal}, {faction}, {junto}, {camarilla}]

English Dictionary: camarilla by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
camera lens
n
  1. a lens that focuses the image in a camera [syn: {camera lens}, optical lens]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
camera lucida
n
  1. an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canary yellow
n
  1. a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge [syn: {canary yellow}, canary]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canary-yellow
adj
  1. having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
    Synonym(s): canary, canary-yellow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chimeral
adj
  1. being or relating to or like a chimera; "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush
    Synonym(s): chimeric, chimerical, chimeral
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Camerlingo \[d8]Ca`mer*lin"go\, n. [It.]
      The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the
      pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
      [Written also {camerlengo} and {camarlengo}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cameralistic \Cam`e*ra*lis"tic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cameralistics \Cam`e*ra*lis"tics\, n. [Cf. F. cam[82]ralistique,
      G. kameralistik, fr. L. camera vault, LL., chamber,
      treasury.]
      The science of finance or public revenue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Camerlingo \[d8]Ca`mer*lin"go\, n. [It.]
      The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the
      pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
      [Written also {camerlengo} and {camarlengo}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.]
      1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected,
            or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as
            of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and
            transmission of mechanical power, etc.
  
                     [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v.
                                                                              29.
  
      2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a
            bond; as, the chains of habit.
  
                     Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying
                     worm.                                                --Milton.
  
      3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things
            connected and following each other in succession; as, a
            chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
  
      4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used
            in measuring land.
  
      Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists
               of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and
               ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the
               total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a
               measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land
               measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an
               acre.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to
            bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the
            channels.
  
      6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight.
  
      {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for
            transmitting power.
  
      {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables,
            anchors, etc.
  
      {Chain bolt}
            (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate,
                  which fastens it to the vessel's side.
            (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of
                  position.
  
      {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}.
  
      {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a
            suspension bridge.
  
      {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links.
  
      {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus
            {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian
            rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in
            groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When
            perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.
  
      {Chain coupling}.
            (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting
                  a chain with an object.
            (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars
                  with a chain.
  
      {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together.
  
      {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about
            the deck.
  
      {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal
            links wrought into the form of a garment.
  
      {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a
            chain, used in the Normal style.
  
      {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain.
  
      {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with
            iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers
            or tiers.
  
      {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or
            bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging
            is fastened.
  
      {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of
            its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links
            of a chain.
  
      {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical
            problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion,
            by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the
            consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the
            next, the relation between the first antecedent and the
            last consequent is discovered.
  
      {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain,
            formerly used in naval warfare on account of their
            destructive effect on a ship's rigging.
  
      {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}.
  
      {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}.
  
      {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the
            chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91]
            are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see
            {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open
            extended form.
  
      {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a
            link.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cinerulent \Ci*ner"u*lent\, a.
      Full of ashes. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Camarillo, CA (city, FIPS 10046)
      Location: 34.22255 N, 119.02943 W
      Population (1990): 52303 (18731 housing units)
      Area: 47.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93010, 93012
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