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   Cathartes
         n 1: type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures [syn:
               {Cathartes}, {genus Cathartes}]

English Dictionary: cathartic	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cathartes aura n a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States Synonym(s): buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cathartic adj emotionally purging [syn: cathartic, psychotherapeutic] emotionally purging (of e.g. art) Synonym(s): cathartic, releasing strongly laxative Synonym(s): cathartic, evacuant, purgative n a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Synonym(s): purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cathartid n large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures Synonym(s): New World vulture, cathartid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cathartidae n condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures [syn: Cathartidae, family Cathartidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cedar tree n any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars Synonym(s): cedar, cedar tree any cedar of the genus Cedrus Synonym(s): cedar, cedar tree, true cedar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cedarwood n durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests Synonym(s): cedar, cedarwood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chytridiaceae n a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales [syn: Chytridiaceae, family Chytridiaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chytridiales n simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes Synonym(s): Chytridiales, order Chytridiales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chytridiomycetes n a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants Synonym(s): Chytridiomycetes, class Chytridiomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
citrate n a salt or ester of citric acid v cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut rate n a price below the standard price [syn: bargain rate, cheapness, cut rate, cut price]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut-rate adj costing less than standard price; "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children"; "cut-rate goods" Synonym(s): bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut-rate sale n an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" Synonym(s): sale, cut-rate sale, sales event
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutthroat adj ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage" Synonym(s): cutthroat, fierce, bowelless n someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS. d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E. dive.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various related genera. The species are numerous. Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cater \Ca"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Catered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catering}.] [From {Cater}, n.] 1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [He] providently caters for the sparrow. --Shak. 2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turkey \Tur"key\, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus {Meleagris}, especially the North American wild turkey ({Meleagris gallopavo}), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America. Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tall feathers and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American, or ocellated, turkey ({M. ocellata}) is more elegantly colored than the common species. See under {Ocellated}. The Australian, or native, turkey is a bustard ({Choriotis australis}). See under {Native}. {Turkey beard} (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial liliaceous herbs of the genus {Xerophyllum}. They have a dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called {turkey's beard}. {Turkey berry} (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of certain kinds of nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}, and {S. torvum}). {Turkey bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. So called because it erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when disturbed. [Prov. Eng.] {Turkey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a black or nearly black buzzard ({Cathartes aura}), abundant in the Southern United States. It is so called because its naked and warty head and neck resemble those of a turkey. Its is noted for its high and graceful flight. Called also {turkey vulture}. {Turkey cock} (Zo[94]l.), a male turkey. {Turkey hen} (Zo[94]l.), a female turkey. {Turkey pout} (Zo[94]l.), a young turkey. [R.] {Turkey vulture} (Zo[94]l.), the turkey buzzard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cathartic \Cathar"tic\, Catharical \Cathar"ical\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to cleanse, fr. [?] pure; akin to F. chaste.] 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. 2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic* acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cathartic \Cathar"tic\, n. [Gr. [?].] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- {Cathar"tically}, adv. -- {Cathar"tical*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
cathartin \cathar"tin\, n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic* acid}, and {cathartina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cathartic \Cathar"tic\, n. [Gr. [?].] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- {Cathar"tically}, adv. -- {Cathar"tical*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cathartic \Cathar"tic\, n. [Gr. [?].] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- {Cathar"tically}, adv. -- {Cathar"tical*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
cathartin \cathar"tin\, n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic* acid}, and {cathartina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
cathartin \cathar"tin\, n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic* acid}, and {cathartina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catheretic \Cath`e*ret"ic\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to bring down or raze; [?] down + [?] to take.] (Med.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cedared \Ce"dared\, a. Covered, or furnished with, cedars.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cedrat \Ce"drat\ (s[emac]"dr[acr]t), n. [Cf. F. c[82]drat. See {Cedar}.] (Bot.) Properly the citron, a variety of {Citrus medica}, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chatteration \Chattera"tion\, n. The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chattering}.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Chat}, v. i. {Chitter}.] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. --Wordsworth. 2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. --Shak. 3. To make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants. There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer. viii. 13. And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds. --2 Kings iv. 89. {Vine apple} (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger Williams. {Vine beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of beetles which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the grapevine. Among the more important species are the grapevine fidia (see {Fidia}), the spotted {Pelidnota} (see {Rutilian}), the vine fleabeetle ({Graptodera chalybea}), the rose beetle (see under {Rose}), the vine weevil, and several species of {Colaspis} and {Anomala}. {Vine borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially {Sinoxylon basilare}, a small species the larva of which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also {vine weevil}), which produces knotlike galls on the branches. (b) A clearwing moth ({[92]geria polistiformis}), whose larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often destructive. {Vine dragon}, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.] --Holland. {Vine forester} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of moths belonging to {Alypia} and allied genera, whose larv[91] feed on the leaves of the grapevine. {Vine fretter} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera that injuries the grapevine. {Vine grub} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of insect larv[91] that are injurious to the grapevine. {Vine hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of leaf hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially {Erythroneura vitis}. See Illust. of {Grape hopper}, under {Grape}. {Vine inchworm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine, especially {Cidaria diversilineata}. {Vine-leaf rooer} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Desmia maculalis}) whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white. {Vine louse} (Zo[94]l.), the phylloxera. {Vine mildew} (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white, delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing stage of an {Erysiphe}. {Vine of Sodom} (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut. xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of Sodom. See {Apple of Sodom}, under {Apple}. {Vine sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the grapevine. The larv[91] stand side by side in clusters while feeding. {Vine slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the vine sawfly. {Vine sorrel} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Cissus acida}) related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is found in Florida and the West Indies. {Vine sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of hawk moths. The larv[91] feed on grapevine leaves. {Vine weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Vine borer} (a) above, and {Wound gall}, under {Wound}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Citrate \Cit"rate\, n. [From {Citric}.] (Chem.) A salt of citric acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
City \Cit"y\, a. Of or pertaining to a city. --Shak. {City council}. See under {Council}. {City court}, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] {City ward}, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drill \Drill\, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx cinerea}. {Bow drill}, {Breast drill}. See under {Bow}, {Breast}. {Cotter drill}, [or] {Traverse drill}, a machine tool for drilling slots. {Diamond drill}. See under {Diamond}. {Drill jig}. See under {Jig}. {Drill pin}, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. {Drill sergeant} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. {Vertical drill}, a drill press.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cutter \Cut"ter\ (k?t"t?r), n. 1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments. 2. That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter. 3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray. 4. (Naut.) (a) A boat used by ships of war. (b) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead. (c) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called {revenue cutter}. 5. A small, light one-horse sleigh. 6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid. 7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.] 8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut. {Cutter bar}. (Mach.) (a) A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a boring machine. (b) The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester are attached. {Cutter head} (Mach.), a rotating head, which itself forms a cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be attached, as in a planing or matching machine. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cutthroat \Cut"throat`\, a. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cutthroat \Cut"throat`\ (k?t"thr?t`), n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A salmon ({Salmo mykiss}, syn. {S. purpuratus}) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also {black-spotted trout}, {cutthroat trout}, and {redthroat trout}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cedaredge, CO (town, FIPS 12635) Location: 38.89878 N, 107.92634 W Population (1990): 1380 (747 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81413
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cedartown, GA (city, FIPS 14500) Location: 34.01727 N, 85.25724 W Population (1990): 7978 (3462 housing units) Area: 16.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30125
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CD-Read-Write {Compact Disc Rewritable}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Coad/Yourdon An {object-oriented analysis} and design {methodology}, developed by {edward Yourdon} and Peter Coad. (1995-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
coder/decoder (CODEC) An {integrated circuit} or other electronic device combining the circuits needed to convert digital signals to and from analog ({Pulse Code Modulation}) form. (1997-07-22)