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   catamaran
         n 1: a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single
               deck

English Dictionary: cautionary by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catenary
n
  1. the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cautionary
adj
  1. warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
    Synonym(s): cautionary, prophylactic
  2. serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
    Synonym(s): admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cetonia aurata
n
  1. a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
    Synonym(s): rose chafer, rose beetle, Cetonia aurata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cotton rat
n
  1. destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
    Synonym(s): cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cotton rose
n
  1. Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
    Synonym(s): cotton rose, Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis
  2. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
    Synonym(s): cotton rose, cudweed, filago
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cotton rush
n
  1. any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
    Synonym(s): cotton grass, cotton rush
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catamaran \Cat`a*ma*ran"\, n. [The native East Indian name.]
      1. A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or
            pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or
            sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the
            coasts of the East and West Indies and South America.
            Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of
            North America, and at life-saving stations.
  
      2. Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or
            by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure
            boats remarkable for speed.
  
      3. A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.
  
                     The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith
                     for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne,
                     1804, were called catamarans.            --Knight.
  
      4. A quarrelsome woman; a scold. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catenary \Cat"e*na*ry\, Catenarian \Cat`e*na"ri*an\, a. [L.
      catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See {Chain}.]
      Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a {catenary} curve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catenary \Cat"e*na*ry\, Catenarian \Cat`e*na"ri*an\, a. [L.
      catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See {Chain}.]
      Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a {catenary} curve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catenary \Cat"e*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Catenaries}. (Geol.)
      The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and
      perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of
      suspension, not in the same vertical line.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cautionary \Cau"tion*a*ry\, a.
      1. Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as,
            cautionary signals.
  
      2. Given as a pledge or as security.
  
                     He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary
                     towns out of his hands.                     --Bp. Burnet.
  
      3. Wary; cautious. [Obs.] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cautionary block \Cau"tion*a*ry block\ (Railroads)
      A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel,
      under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cautioner \Cau"tion*er\, n.
      1. One who cautions or advises.
  
      2. (Scots Law) A surety or sponsor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cautionry \Cau"tion*ry\, n. (Scots Law)
      Suretyship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rose \Rose\, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. [?],
      Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F.
      rose, from the Latin. Cf. {Copperas}, {Rhododendron}.]
      1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus {Rosa}, of
            which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern
            hemispere
  
      Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually
               prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild
               state have five petals of a color varying from deep
               pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and
               hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
               and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many
               distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the
               Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
               perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly
               every class.
  
      2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a
            rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. --Sha.
  
      3. (Arch.) A rose window. See {Rose window}, below.
  
      4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
            delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a
            strainer at the foot of a pump.
  
      5. (Med.) The erysipelas. --Dunglison.
  
      6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card
            with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
  
      7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
  
      8. A diamond. See {Rose diamond}, below.
  
      {Cabbage rose}, {China rose}, etc. See under {Cabbage},
            {China}, etc.
  
      {Corn rose} (Bot.) See {Corn poppy}, under {Corn}.
  
      {Infantile rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola.
  
      {Jamaica rose}. (Bot.) See under {Jamaica}.
  
      {Rose acacia} (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub
            ({Robinia hispida}) with handsome clusters of rose-colored
            blossoms.
  
      {Rose aniline}. (Chem.) Same as {Rosaniline}.
  
      {Rose apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous
            tree {Eugenia Jambos}. It is an edible berry an inch or
            more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong
            roselike perfume.
  
      {Rose beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
                  ({Macrodactylus subspinosus}), which eats the leaves
                  of various plants, and is often very injurious to
                  rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also
                  {rose bug}, and {rose chafer}.
            (b) The European chafer.
  
      {Rose bug}. (Zo[94]l.) same as {Rose beetle}, {Rose chafer}.
           
  
      {Rose burner}, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped
            flame.
  
      {Rose camphor} (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which
            separates from rose oil.
  
      {Rose campion}. (Bot.) See under {Campion}.
  
      {Rose catarrh} (Med.), rose cold.
  
      {Rose chafer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common European beetle ({Cetonia aurata}) which is
                  often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also
                  {rose beetle}, and {rose fly}.
            (b) The rose beetle
            (a) .
  
      {Rose cold} (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes
            attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See
            {Hay fever}, under {Hay}.
  
      {Rose color}, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful
            hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or
            promise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Citiner \Cit"i*ner\, n.
      One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen. [Obs.]
      --Champan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G.
      ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F.
      rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Raccoon}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of
            the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that
            infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway,
            or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced
            into Anerica from the Old World.
  
      2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material,
            used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their
            natural hair. [Local, U.S.]
  
      3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the
            trades, one who works for lower wages than those
            prescribed by a trades union. [Cant]
  
      Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of
               the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the
               German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this
               country (in some timber as is said); and being much
               stronger than the black, or, till then, the common,
               rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter.
               The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first,
               as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the
               government of George the First, but has by degrees
               obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any
               sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord
               Mahon.
  
      {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus
            {Rhizomys}.
  
      {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and
            {Coast}.
  
      {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat.
  
      {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon
            hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and
            Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious
            to the crop.
  
      {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}.
  
      {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}.
  
      {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo.
  
      {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}.
  
      {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}.
            (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}.
  
      {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near
            Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock.
  
      {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}.
  
      {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be
            killed by a dog for sport.
  
      {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas
            mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters
            dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.
  
      {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus
            {Echinomys}.
  
      {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}.
  
      {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus
            {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the
            Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.

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]:
   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]:
   Cottonary \Cot"ton*a*ry\ (-?-r?), a.
      Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs.]
  
               Cottonary and woolly pillows.                  --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coto Norte, PR (comunidad, FIPS 21299)
      Location: 18.43524 N, 66.44111 W
      Population (1990): 1945 (654 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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