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   Caddoan language
         n 1: a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely
               in the Midwest by the Caddo [syn: {Caddo}, {Caddoan},
               {Caddoan language}]

English Dictionary: catenulate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catenulate
adj
  1. having a chainlike form; "catenulate bacterial cell colonies"
    Synonym(s): catenulate, chainlike
v
  1. arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores [syn: catenate, catenulate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cotton mill
n
  1. a textile mill for making cotton textiles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cotton wool
n
  1. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
    Synonym(s): cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutaneal
adj
  1. relating to or existing on or affecting the skin; "cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection"
    Synonym(s): cutaneous, cutaneal, dermal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cow parsley \Cow" pars`ley\ (kou` p?rs`l?). (Bot.)
      An umbelliferous plant of the genus {Ch[91]rophyllum} ({C.
      temulum} and {C. sylvestre}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catenulate \Ca*ten"u*late\, a. [L. catenuia, dim. of catena
      chain.]
      1. Consisting of little links or chains.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of
            indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as
            on shells, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[ocr]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
      cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
      Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. {Acton}, {Hacqueton}.]
      1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
            of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
            of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
            sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
            thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
  
      2. The cotton plant. See {Cotten plant}, below.
  
      3. Cloth made of cotton.
  
      Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
               sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
               bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
               cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
  
      {Cotton cambric}. See {Cambric}, n., 2.
  
      {Cotton flannel}, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
            fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
            is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
  
      {Cotton gin}, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
            invented by Eli Whitney.
  
      {Cotton grass} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Eriphorum}) of the
            Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
            surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
            at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
  
      {Cotton mouse} (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
            gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
  
      {Cotton plant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gossypium}, of
            several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
            the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
            Asiatic, is {G. herbaceum}.
  
      {Cotton press}, a building and machinery in which cotton
            bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
            press for baling cotton.
  
      {Cotton rose} (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs ({Filago}),
            covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
  
      {Cotton scale} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bark louse
            ({Pulvinaria innumerabilis}), which does great damage to
            the cotton plant.
  
      {Cotton shrub}. Same as Cotton plant.
  
      {Cotton stainer} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hemipterous insect
            ({Dysdercus suturellus}), which seriously damages growing
            cotton by staining it; -- called also {redbug}.
  
      {Cotton thistle} (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
            {Thistle}.
  
      {Cotton velvet}, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
            of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
            wholly of cotton.
  
      {Cotton waste}, the refuse of cotton mills.
  
      {Cotton wool}, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
  
      {Cotton worm} (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
            argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
            to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
            corn, etc., and hence is often called {corn worm}, and
            {Southern army worm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cunner \Cun"ner\ (k?n"n?r), n. [Cf. {Conner}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast ({Ctenolabrus
            adspersus}); -- called also {chogset}, {burgall}, {blue
            perch}, and {bait stealer}. [Written also {conner}.]
      (b) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goldfinny \Gold"fin`ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of two or more species of European labroid fishes
      ({Crenilabrus melops}, and {Ctenolabrus rupestris}); --
      called also {goldsinny}, and {goldney}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cut \Cut\ (k[ucr]t), a.
      1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
  
      2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
  
      3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang]
  
      {Cut and dried}, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.
  
      {Cut glass}, glass having a surface ground and polished in
            facets or figures.
  
      {Cut nail}, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of
            iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.
  
      {Cut stone}, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having
            been split from the quarry.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Caddo Mills, TX (city, FIPS 11716)
      Location: 33.06571 N, 96.22694 W
      Population (1990): 1068 (445 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75135
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