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   C. D. Gibson
         n 1: United States illustrator remembered for his creation of
               the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944) [syn: {Gibson}, {C. D.
               Gibson}, {Charles Dana Gibson}]

English Dictionary: catchfly by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caddice fly
n
  1. small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae
    Synonym(s): caddis fly, caddis-fly, caddice fly, caddice-fly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caddice-fly
n
  1. small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae
    Synonym(s): caddis fly, caddis-fly, caddice fly, caddice-fly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caddis fly
n
  1. small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae
    Synonym(s): caddis fly, caddis-fly, caddice fly, caddice-fly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caddis-fly
n
  1. small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae
    Synonym(s): caddis fly, caddis-fly, caddice fly, caddice-fly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cat's feet
n
  1. low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers
    Synonym(s): cat's foot, cat's feet, pussytoes, Antennaria dioica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cat's foot
n
  1. low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers
    Synonym(s): cat's foot, cat's feet, pussytoes, Antennaria dioica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cat's-paw
n
  1. a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument, pawn, cat's-paw]
  2. a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catch fire
v
  1. start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
    Synonym(s): erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catch phrase
n
  1. a phrase that has become a catchword [syn: catchphrase, catch phrase]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catch up
v
  1. reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"
  2. learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catch up with
v
  1. catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
    Synonym(s): overtake, catch, catch up with
  2. make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
    Synonym(s): make up, catch up with
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catchfly
n
  1. any plant of the genus Silene [syn: silene, campion, catchfly]
  2. mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
    Synonym(s): lychnis, catchfly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catchpenny
adj
  1. designed to sell quickly without concern for quality; "catchpenny ornaments"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catchphrase
n
  1. a phrase that has become a catchword [syn: catchphrase, catch phrase]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catsup
n
  1. thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes [syn: catsup, ketchup, cetchup, tomato ketchup]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catsup bottle
n
  1. a bottle that holds catsup [syn: catsup bottle, {ketchup bottle}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cetchup
n
  1. thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes [syn: catsup, ketchup, cetchup, tomato ketchup]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chutzpa
n
  1. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity [syn: chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chutzpah
n
  1. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity [syn: chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chutzpanik
n
  1. (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cityscape
n
  1. a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; "the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty"
  2. painting depicting a city or urban area
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
co-discoverer
n
  1. someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cottage pie
n
  1. a dish of minced meat topped with mashed potatoes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cottage pink
n
  1. European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers
    Synonym(s): cottage pink, grass pink, Dianthus plumarius
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caddice \Cad"dice\, Caddis \Cad"dis\, n. [Prov. E. caddy, cadew;
      cf. G. k[94]der bait.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The larva of a caddice fly. These larv[91] generally live in
      cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally
      with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They
      are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also {caddice worm},
      or {caddis worm}.
  
      {Caddice fly} (Zo[94]l.), a species of trichopterous insect,
            whose larva is the caddice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caducibranchiate \Ca*du`ci*bran"chi*ate\, a. [L. caducus falling
      (fr. cadere to fall) + E. branchiate.] (Zo[94]l.)
      With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which
      the gills do not remain in adult life.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catchable \Catch"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being caught. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catch-basin \Catch"-ba`sin\, n.
      A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter
      discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would
      not pass readily through the sewer. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catchfly \Catch"fly\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other
      parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects
      adhere. The species of {Silene} are examples of the catchfly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catchpenny \Catch"pen*ny\, a.
      Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the
      ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.
      -- n. Some worthless catchpenny thing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catchpoll \Catch"poll`\, n. [OF. chacepol, chacipol.]
      A bailiff's assistant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catchup \Catch"up\, Catsup \Cat"sup\, n. [Probably of East
      Indian origin, because it was originally a kind of East
      Indian pickles.]
      A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc.
      [Written also {ketchup}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat's-foot \Cat's`-foot\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Nepeta Glechoma}) of the same genus with catnip;
      ground ivy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat's-paw \Cat's"-paw`\, n.
      1. (Naut.)
            (a) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of
                  the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a
                  puff of air.
            (b) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope,
                  into which a tackle may be hooked.
  
      2. A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another
            as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.
  
      Note: In this sense the term refers to the fable of the
               monkey using the cat's paw to draw the roasting
               chestnuts out of the fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catsup \Cat"sup\, n.
      Same as {Catchup}, and {Ketchup}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catchup \Catch"up\, Catsup \Cat"sup\, n. [Probably of East
      Indian origin, because it was originally a kind of East
      Indian pickles.]
      A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc.
      [Written also {ketchup}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or
            contrivance.
  
                     Their latest refuge Was to send him.   --Shak.
  
                     Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by
                     terracing [?][?][?] story in danger of darkness.
                                                                              --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
      {Cities of refuge} (Jewish Antiq.), certain cities appointed
            as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed
            homicide without design. Of these there were three on each
            side of Jordan. --Josh. xx.
  
      {House of refuge}, a charitable institution for giving
            shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or
            tempted.
  
      Syn: Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coadjuvancy \Co*ad"ju*van*cy\, n.
      Joint help; co[94]peration. --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coadjuvant \Co*ad"ju*vant\, a.
      Co[94]perating.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coadjuvant \Co*ad"ju*vant\, n. (Med.)
      An adjuvant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Code \Code\ (k[omac]d), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock
      or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over
      with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a
      book, a writing.]
      1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the
            rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are
            set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by
            public authority; a digest.
  
      Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian
               is sometimes called, by way of eminence. [bd]The
               Code[b8] --Wharton.
  
      2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one
            subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the
            regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the
            naval code, a system of rules for making communications at
            sea means of signals.
  
      {Code civil} [or] {Code Napoleon}, a code enacted in France
            in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons
            and of property generally. --Abbot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Father-lasher \Fa"ther-lash`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A European marine fish ({Cottus bubalis}), allied to the
      sculpin; -- called also {lucky proach}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cavendish \Cav"en*dish\, n.
      Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or
      cakes.
  
      {Cut cavendish}, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Caddo Gap, AR
      Zip code(s): 71935

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cat Spring, TX
      Zip code(s): 78933

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Catheys Valley, CA
      Zip code(s): 95306

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chadds Ford, PA
      Zip code(s): 19317

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coatesville, IN (town, FIPS 14050)
      Location: 39.68733 N, 86.66924 W
      Population (1990): 469 (193 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46121
   Coatesville, PA (city, FIPS 14712)
      Location: 39.98480 N, 75.81929 W
      Population (1990): 11038 (4391 housing units)
      Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19320

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coatsburg, IL (village, FIPS 15261)
      Location: 40.03229 N, 91.15942 W
      Population (1990): 201 (86 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62325

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coatsville, MO
      Zip code(s): 63535

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cotesfield, NE (village, FIPS 10740)
      Location: 41.35769 N, 98.63302 W
      Population (1990): 60 (35 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68829

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cottageville, SC (town, FIPS 16990)
      Location: 32.93673 N, 80.47975 W
      Population (1990): 572 (221 housing units)
      Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29435
   Cottageville, WV
      Zip code(s): 25239

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CityScape
  
      A re-seller of {Internet} connections to the {PIPEX}
      {backbone}.
  
      E-Mail: .
  
      Address: CityScape Internet Services, 59 Wycliffe Rd.,
      Cambridge, CB1 3JE, England.   Telephone: +44 (1223) 566 950.
  
      (1994-11-08)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Codd's First Normal Form
  
      {database normalisation}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CTCP
  
      {Client To Client Protocol}
  
  
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