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   Campephilus
         n 1: a genus of Picidae [syn: {Campephilus}, {genus
               Campephilus}]

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Campephilus principalis n large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct Synonym(s): ivorybill, ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cayenne pepper n plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red Synonym(s): cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum Synonym(s): cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper a long and often twisted hot red pepper Synonym(s): cayenne, cayenne pepper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
come before v be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands" Synonym(s): precede, come before Antonym(s): come after, follow, succeed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cone pepper n plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental Synonym(s): cone pepper, Capsicum annuum conoides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confab n an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] v talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" Synonym(s): confer, confabulate, confab, consult
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confabulate v unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" Synonym(s): confer, confabulate, confab, consult
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confabulation n an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conveyable adj legally transferable to the ownership of another; "negotiable bonds" Synonym(s): assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convivial adj occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion"; "a woman of convivial nature"; "he was a real good-time Charlie" Synonym(s): convivial, good-time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conviviality n a jovial nature Synonym(s): conviviality, joviality a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity Synonym(s): merrymaking, conviviality, jollification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convivially adv in a convivial manner; "`Let's go and have a drink,' she said convivially"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cynophobia n a morbid fear of dogs
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ivory-bill \I"vo*ry-bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[91]}. Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv[91] upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see {Sap sucker}, under {Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted woodpecker ({D. minor}), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see {Yaffle}). The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under {Pileated}), the ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker ({M. Carolinus}) (see {Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker ({M. superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({D. pubescens}), the three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus}), the golden-winged woodpecker (see {Flicker}), and the sap suckers. See also {Carpintero}. {Woodpecker hornbill} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white Asiatic hornbill ({Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant. 2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth. 3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper. Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below. {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}. {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}. {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan. {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}. {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}. {Long pepper}. (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian shrub. (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See {Kava}. {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of {grains of Paradise}. {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}. {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also {white alder}. {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc. {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}. {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston betularia}) having white wings covered with small black specks. {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies. {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}. {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar. {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris}) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cayenne \Cay*enne\, n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in French Guiana, South America.] Cayenne pepper. {Cayenne pepper}. (a) (Bot.) A species of {Capsicum} ({C. frutescens}) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus {Capsicum}, esp. {C. annuum} and {C. Frutescens}; -- called also {red pepper}. It is used chiefly as a condiment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v. 29. 2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. --Milton. 3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. 4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre. 5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. 6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight. {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. {Chain bolt} (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}. {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links. {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. {Chain coupling}. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together. {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck. {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment. {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style. {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain. {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging. {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}. {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}. {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91] are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open extended form. {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a link.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confab \Con"fab\, n. [Contr. from confabulation.] Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confabulate \Confab"ulate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confabulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confabulating}.] [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See {Fable}.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confabulate \Confab"ulate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confabulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confabulating}.] [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See {Fable}.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confabulate \Confab"ulate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confabulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confabulating}.] [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See {Fable}.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confabulation \Confab`ula"tion\, n. [L. confabulatio.] Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confabulatory \Confab"ulatory\, a. Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue. --Weever.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conveyable \Convey"able\, a. Capable of being conveyed or transferred. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convival \Con*viv"al\, a. [L. convivalis. See {Convive}.] pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] [bd]A convival dish.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convive \Con*vive"\, v. i. [L. convivari; akin to convivium a feast, convivere to live or feast together; con- + vivere to live.] To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] [bd]There, in the full, convive we.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convive \Con"vive\, n. [L. conviva: cf. F. convive.] A quest at a banquet. [R.] --Beaumont.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convivial \Conviv"ial\ (?; 277), a. [From L. convivium a feast; con- + vivere to live. See {Victuals}, and cf. {Convive}.] Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial. Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. --Denham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convivialist \Conviv"ial*ist\, n. A person of convivial habits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conviviality \Conviv`ial"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Convivialities}. The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conviviality \Conviv`ial"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Convivialities}. The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convivially \Conviv"ial*ly\, adv. In a convivial manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convoy pennant \Con"voy pen"nant\ A white pennant with red border, carried : (a) Forward on all vessels on convoy duty. (b) Alone by a senior officer present during evolutions or drills, when it commands [bd]Silence.[b8] (c) Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number of an officer in the Annual Navy Register.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cymbiform \Cym"bi*form\ (s?m"b?-f?rm),, a. [L. cymba boat (Gr. [?][?][?][?]) + -form: cf. F. cymbiforme.] Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Campobello, SC (town, FIPS 11125) Location: 35.11660 N, 82.14944 W Population (1990): 465 (174 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29322