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   cap opener
         n 1: a bottle opener to pry off caps

English Dictionary: coffee fungus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ceiba pentandra
n
  1. massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
    Synonym(s): kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coffee bean
n
  1. a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee [syn: coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coffee fungus
n
  1. fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants
    Synonym(s): coffee fungus, Pellicularia koleroga
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cubeb vine
n
  1. tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
    Synonym(s): cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Culex \Cu"lex\, n. [L., a gnat.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of mosquitoes to which most of the North American
      species belong. Some members of this genus are exceedingly
      annoying, as {C. sollicitans}, which breeds in enormous
      numbers in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, and {C.
      pipiens}, breeding very widely in the fresh waters of North
      America. (For characters distinguishing these from the
      malaria mosquitoes, see {Anopheles}, above.) The yellow-fever
      mosquito is now placed in another genus, {Stegomyia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maintenance \Main"te*nance\, n. [OF. maintenance. See
      {Maintain}.]
      1. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense;
            vindication.
  
                     Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor
                     and the maintenance of his service, is granted to
                     God.                                                   --South.
  
      2. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance;
            supply of necessaries and conveniences.
  
                     Those of better fortune not making learning their
                     maintenance.                                       --Swift.
  
      3. (Crim. Law) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a
            cause depending between others, by assisting either party
            with money or means to carry it on. See {Champerty}.
            --Wharton.
  
      {Cap of maintenance}. See under {Cap}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cap \Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[91]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL,
      cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of
      Seville mentions it first: [bd]Capa, quia quasi totum capiat
      hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.[b8] See 3d {Cape}, and cf.
      1st {Cope}.]
      1. A covering for the head; esp.
            (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men
                  and boys;
            (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;
            (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,
                  or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
  
      2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
  
                     Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.
  
      3. A respectful uncovering of the head.
  
                     He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the
            base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
  
      5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:
            (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,
                  the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,
                  cornice, lintel, or plate.
            (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for
                  protection or ornament.
            (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining
                  spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and
                  the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the
                  end of a rope.
            (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}.
            (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.
            (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex
                  surface.
  
      6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;
            legal cap.
  
      {Cap of a cannon}, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep
            the priming dry; -- now called an apron.
  
      {Cap in hand}, obsequiously; submissively.
  
      {Cap of liberty}. See {Liberty cap}, under {Liberty}.
  
      {Cap of maintenance}, a cap of state carried before the kings
            of England at the coronation. It is also carried before
            the mayors of some cities.
  
      {Cap money}, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the
            death of the fox.
  
      {Cap paper}.
            (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,
                  and legal cap.
            (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold
                  commodities.
  
      {Cap rock} (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,
            generally of barren vein material.
  
      {Flat cap}, cap See {Foolscap}.
  
      {Forage cap}, the cloth undress head covering of an officer
            of soldier.
  
      {Legal cap}, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use
            of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at
            the top or [bd]narrow edge.[b8]
  
      {To set one's cap}, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.
  
      {To set one's cap for}, to try to win the favor of a man with
            a view to marriage. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kapok \Ka*pok"\, n. [Prob. fr. the native name.] (Bot.)
      A silky wool derived from the seeds of {Ceiba pentandra}
      (syn. {Eriodendron anfractuosum}), a bombaceous tree of the
      East and West Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
      1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
  
      2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
            and unwary.
  
                     I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in
                     the cobwebs of the schools.               --Cowper.
  
      3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
            worthless; rubbish.
  
                     The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The European spotted flycatcher.
  
      {Cobweb lawn}, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
            pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict.
  
                     Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn.      --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Cobweb micrometer}, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb
            are substituted for wires.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cape Vincent, NY (village, FIPS 12353)
      Location: 44.12626 N, 76.33097 W
      Population (1990): 683 (427 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13618
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