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   cadmium
         n 1: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent
               metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
               [syn: {cadmium}, {Cd}, {atomic number 48}]

English Dictionary: catamountain by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cadmium cell
n
  1. a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston) [syn: {Weston cell}, cadmium cell]
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cadmium orange
n
  1. orange-hued cadmium yellow pigment
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cadmium sulfide
n
  1. a yellow sulfide used chiefly as a pigment
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cadmium sulphide
n
  1. ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form
    Synonym(s): greenockite, cadmium sulphide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cadmium yellow
n
  1. pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cadmium yellow pale
n
  1. pale-hued cadmium yellow pigment
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cat-o'-nine-tails
n
  1. a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat"
    Synonym(s): cat-o'-nine-tails, cat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catamenia
n
  1. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle
    Synonym(s): menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catamenial
adj
  1. of or relating to menstruation or the menses; "menstrual period"
    Synonym(s): menstrual, catamenial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catamount
n
  1. short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
    Synonym(s): lynx, catamount
  2. large American feline resembling a lion
    Synonym(s): cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catamountain
n
  1. bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
    Synonym(s): European wildcat, catamountain, Felis silvestris
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catananche
n
  1. any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long- stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers
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Catananche caerulea
n
  1. south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays
    Synonym(s): blue succory, cupid's dart, Catananche caerulea
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catmint
n
  1. hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
    Synonym(s): catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria
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chthonian
adj
  1. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
    Synonym(s): chthonian, chthonic, nether
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city man
n
  1. a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London
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city manager
n
  1. the head of a city government [syn: mayor, {city manager}]
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coati-mondi
n
  1. omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America
    Synonym(s): coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon cat, Nasua narica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coati-mundi
n
  1. omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America
    Synonym(s): coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon cat, Nasua narica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cotenant
n
  1. one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property
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cotton on
v
  1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
    Synonym(s): catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cytomembrane
n
  1. a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell; "all cells have a cell membrane"
    Synonym(s): cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
      belonging to the genera {Crotalus} and {Caudisona}, or
      {Sistrurus}. They have a series of horny interlocking joints
      at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when
      shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States
      ({Crotalus horridus}), and the diamond rattlesnake of the
      south ({C. adamanteus}), are the best known. See Illust. of
      {Fang}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.
      L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]
      1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
            but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
            {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)
            Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White
            Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
  
      2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
  
      {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
            corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
            called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor
            soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to
            several other species of the same genus.
  
      {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
            and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
            styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
            benzoin. --Brande & C.
  
      {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.
  
      {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})
            with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
  
      {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
            --Milton.
  
      {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
            skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},
            {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Golden \Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden,
      from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.]
      1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
  
      2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
  
      3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
            auspicious; as, golden opinions.
  
      {Golden age}.
            (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
                  manners in rural employments, followed by the silver,
                  bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden.
            (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
                  14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
                  Cicero, C[91]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
            (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
                  it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
                  greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
                  considered the golden age of English literature.
  
      {Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
            pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
            coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
            London having been Lombards.
  
      {Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict.
  
      {Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named
            from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
  
      {Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
            aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
            flowers.
  
      {Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup.
  
      {Golden eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a large and powerful eagle
            ({Aquila Chrysa[89]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and
            North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow
            tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety
            is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year
            is the {ring-tailed eagle}.
  
      {Golden fleece}.
            (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
                  from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
                  Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
                  Argonautic expedition.
            (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
                  Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
                  {Toison d'Or}.
  
      {Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
  
      {Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
            with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}.
           
  
      {Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
            overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
            century.
  
      {Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the [bd]Aurea Legenda[b8])
            written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the
            13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483,
            and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
            entitled.
  
      {Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.]
  
      {Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
            sufficiency without excess; moderation.
  
                     Angels guard him in the golden mean.   --Pope.
  
      {Golden mole} (Zo[94]l), one of several South African
            Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[91]}, resembling
            moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
            purple, and gold.
  
      {Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
            lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
            is so called from having formerly been written in the
            calendar in gold.
  
      {Golden oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Oriole}.
  
      {Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}.
  
      {Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
           
  
      {Golden plover} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of
            plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({C.
            apricarius, [or] pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow,
            black-breasted, hill, [and] whistling, plover}. The common
            American species ({C. dominicus}) is also called
            {frostbird}, and {bullhead}.
  
      {Golden robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab.
           
  
      {Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
            the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
            church or person in recognition of special services
            rendered to the Holy See.
  
      {Golden rule}.
            (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
                  Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
            (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
  
      {Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
            crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
  
      {Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
            ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet
            places in early spring.
  
      {Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
            ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock
            and large rounded leaves.
  
      {Golden sulphide, [or] sulphuret}, {of antimony} (Chem.), the
            pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow
            powder.
  
      {Golden warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a common American wood warbler
            ({Dendroica [91]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
            warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}.
  
      {Golden wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous
            insect, of the family {Chrysidid[91]}. The colors are
            golden, blue, and green.
  
      {Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blackthorn \Black"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
            (a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree ({Prunus
                  spinosa}), with blackish bark, and bearing little
                  black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.
            (b) A species of {Crat[91]gus} or hawthorn ({C.
                  tomentosa}). Both are used for hedges.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadmean \Cad*me"an\ (k[acr]d*m>emac/"[ait]n), a. [L. Cadmeus,
      Gr. Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps
      means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.]
      Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who
      was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple
      letters of the alphabet -- [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta],
      [epsilon], [iota], [kappa], [lambda], [mu], [nu], [omicron],
      [pi], [rho], [sigma], [tau], [upsilon]. These are called
      Cadmean letters.
  
      {Cadmean victory}, a victory that damages the victors as much
            as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in
            which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown
            by Cadmus slew each other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadmean \Cad*me"an\ (k[acr]d*m>emac/"[ait]n), a. [L. Cadmeus,
      Gr. Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps
      means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.]
      Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who
      was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple
      letters of the alphabet -- [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta],
      [epsilon], [iota], [kappa], [lambda], [mu], [nu], [omicron],
      [pi], [rho], [sigma], [tau], [upsilon]. These are called
      Cadmean letters.
  
      {Cadmean victory}, a victory that damages the victors as much
            as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in
            which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown
            by Cadmus slew each other.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Furnace \Fur"nace\, n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F.
      fournaise, from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to
      E. forceps.]
      1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the
            combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting
            metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as,
            an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a
            boiler furnace, etc.
  
      Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when
               the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast
               furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection
               artificially of a forcible current of air; and as
               reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to
               the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon
               the materials operated upon.
  
      2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial;
            severe experience or discipline. --Deut. iv. 20.
  
      {Bustamente furnace}, a shaft furnace for roasting
            quicksilver ores.
  
      {Furnace bridge}, Same as {Bridge wall}. See {Bridge}, n., 5.
           
  
      {Furnace} {cadmiam [or] cadmia}, the oxide of zinc which
            accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting
            zinciferous ores. --Raymond.
  
      {Furnace hoist} (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal,
            etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadmian \Cad"mi*an\, a. [R.]
      See {Cadmean}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadmium \Cad"mi*um\, n. [NL. See {Cadmia}.] (Chem.)
      A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring
      in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and
      malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered
      by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with
      zinc or zinc ore.
  
      {Cadmium yellow}, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an
            intense yellow color, used as a pigment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellow \Yel"low\, n.
      1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any
            other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum
            which is between the orange and green. [bd]A long motley
            coat guarded with yellow.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. A yellow pigment.
  
      {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's
      yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc.
  
      {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil,
            porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead
            metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic
            lead nitrate, and common salt.
  
      {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting
            essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also
            {Turner's yellow}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadmium \Cad"mi*um\, n. [NL. See {Cadmia}.] (Chem.)
      A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring
      in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and
      malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered
      by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with
      zinc or zinc ore.
  
      {Cadmium yellow}, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an
            intense yellow color, used as a pigment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat o' nine tails \Cat" o' nine" tails`\
      See under {Cat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel.
      k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL.
      catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk.
      kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera
            {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}.
            The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than
            the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat}
            is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See
            {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}.
  
      Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from
               their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the
               {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}.
  
      Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals,
               from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher
               cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat.
  
      2. (Naut.)
            (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting
                  quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal
                  and timber trade.
            (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the
                  cathead of a ship. --Totten.
  
      3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six
            feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever
            position in is placed.
  
      4. An old game;
            (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is
                  played. See {Tipcat}.
            (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of
                  batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
  
      5. A cat o' nine tails. See below.
  
      {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}.
  
      {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}.
  
      {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious.
            [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8]
            --Coleridge.
  
      {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large
            hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to
            the cathead.
  
      {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.
  
      {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.]
  
      {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting
            of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a
            handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare
            back.
  
      {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string
            looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The
            string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of
            another, at each transfer with a change of form. See
            {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}.
  
      {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly
            or willfully. [Colloq.]
  
      {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catamenial \Cat`a*me"ni*al\ (-[ait]l), a. [Gr. [?] monthly;
      kata` down, back, again + [?] month.]
      Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from
      Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its
      color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes.
      Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain
      lion}, and {panther} or {painter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catamount \Cat"a*mount\, n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes
      mountain cat.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States,
      to the lynx.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name
      in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling
      the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny,
      without spots; hence writers often called it the {American
      lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and
      {catamount}. See {Puma}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from
      Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its
      color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes.
      Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain
      lion}, and {panther} or {painter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catamount \Cat"a*mount\, n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes
      mountain cat.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States,
      to the lynx.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name
      in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling
      the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny,
      without spots; hence writers often called it the {American
      lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and
      {catamount}. See {Puma}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from
      Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its
      color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes.
      Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain
      lion}, and {panther} or {painter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catamount \Cat"a*mount\, n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes
      mountain cat.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States,
      to the lynx.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name
      in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling
      the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny,
      without spots; hence writers often called it the {American
      lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and
      {catamount}. See {Puma}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catnip \Cat"nip`\, Catmint \Cat"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
      A well-know plant of the genus {Nepeta} ({N. Cataria}),
      somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used
      in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar
      fondness for it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catonian \Ca*to"ni*an\, a. [L. Catonionus.]
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato
      the Censor; severe; inflexible.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caution \Cau"tion\, n. [F. caution a security, L. cautio, fr.
      cavere (For scavere) to be on one's guard, to take care
      (orig.) to be on the watch, see; akin to E. show.]
      1. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in
            order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in
            regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
  
      2. Security; guaranty; bail. [R.]
  
                     The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient
                     caution that the war should be prosecuted.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
      3. Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation
            to wariness; advice; injunction.
  
                     In way of caution I must tell you.      --Shak.
  
      {Caution money}, money deposited by way of security or
            guaranty, as by a student at an English university.
  
      Syn: Care; forethought; forecast; heed; prudence;
               watchfulness; vigilance; circumspection; anxiety;
               providence; counsel; advice; warning; admonition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caution \Cau"tion\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cautioned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Cautioning}.]
      To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take
      heed.
  
               You cautioned me against their charms.   --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cd2nenchym \C[d2]*nen"chym\, d8Cd2nenchyma
   \[d8]C[d2]*nen"chy*ma\n. [NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. [?] common +
      [?] something poured in. Formed like parenchyma.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a
      compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less
      ossified. See {Coral}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chatoyment \Cha*toy"ment\, n. [F. chatoiement. See {Chatoyant}.]
      Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.
      --Cleaceland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chthonian \Chtho"ni*an\, a. [Gr. [?] in or under the earth, fr.
      [?], [?], earth.]
      Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the
      underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the
      Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive
      in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics
      of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and
      generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are
      supposed to have been primarily ghosts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coati \Co*a"ti\ (k[osl]*[aum]"t[esl] or k[osl]*[amac]"t[icr]),
      n. [From the native name: cf. F. coati.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A mammal of tropical America of the genus {Nasua}, allied to
      the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.
  
      Note: The red coati ({N. socialis}), called also {coati
               mondi}, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown
               coati ({N. narica}) is found in Surinam and Brazil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coetanean \Co`e*ta"ne*an\, n.
      A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary. [R.]
  
               A . . . coetanean of the late earl of Southampton.
                                                                              --Aubrey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cotenant \Co*ten"ant\ (k?-t?n"ant), n.
      A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.)
      Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
  
      {Toothache grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Ctenium
            Americanum}) having a very pungent taste.
  
      {Toothache tree}. (Bot.)
      (a) The prickly ash.
      (b) A shrub of the genus {Aralia} ({A. spinosa}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tuko-tuko \Tu"ko-tu*ko\, n. [From the native name .] (Zo[94]l.)
      A burrowing South American rodent ({Ctenomys Braziliensis}).
      It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the
      pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly
      allied to the porcupines. [Written also {tucu-tuco}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cydonin \Cy*do"nin\ (s?-d?"n?n), n. (Chem.)
      A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of
      the quince ({Cydonia vulgaris}), and regarded as a variety of
      amylose.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chittenango, NY (village, FIPS 15561)
      Location: 43.04557 N, 75.87334 W
      Population (1990): 4734 (1715 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13037

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   code monkey n   1. A person only capable of grinding out code,
   but unable to perform the higher-primate tasks of software
   architecture, analysis, and design.   Mildly insulting.   Often
   applied to the most junior people on a programming team.   2. Anyone
   who writes code for a living; a programmer.   3. A self-deprecating
   way of denying responsibility for a {management} decision, or of
   complaining about having to live with such decisions.   As in "Don't
   ask me why we need to write a compiler in+COBOL, I'm just a code
   monkey."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   code management
  
      A source code management system helps program developers keep
      track of version history, releases, parallel versions etc.
      There are several in popular use.
  
      (1994-12-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   codomain
  
      The set of values or type containing all possible results of a
      function.   The codomain of a function f of type D -> C is C.
      A function's {image} is a subset of its codomain.
  
      (1994-12-23)
  
  

From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   cadmium
   Symbol: Cd
   Atomic number: 48
   Atomic weight: 112.40
   Soft bluish metal belonging to group 12 of the periodic table. Extremely
   toxic even in low concentrations. Chemically similar to zinc, but lends
   itself to more complex compounds. Discovered in 1817 by F. Stromeyer.
  
  
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