cannoneer
         n 1: a serviceman in the artillery [syn: {artilleryman},
               {cannoneer}, {gunner}, {machine gunner}]

English Dictionary: common raccoon	by the DICT Development Group
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come near v almost do or experience something; "She came near to screaming with fear" move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" Synonym(s): approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" Synonym(s): approach, come near
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commemorate v mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" Synonym(s): commemorate, mark call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" Synonym(s): commemorate, remember be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" Synonym(s): commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record
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commemorating adj intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque" Synonym(s): commemorative, commemorating
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commemoration n a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something Synonym(s): commemoration, memorialization, memorialisation a recognition of meritorious service Synonym(s): memorial, commemoration, remembrance
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commemorative adj intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque" Synonym(s): commemorative, commemorating n an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
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common arrowhead n a weed
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Common Era adv of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians; "in 200 CE" Synonym(s): CE, C.E., Common Era n the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth Synonym(s): Christian era, Common era
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common European ash n tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath Synonym(s): European ash, common European ash, Fraxinus excelsior
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common European dogwood n European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers Synonym(s): common European dogwood, red dogwood, blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea
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common European earwig n sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs [syn: {common European earwig}, Forficula auricularia]
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common European jay n fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and- black wings Synonym(s): common European jay, Garullus garullus
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common horehound n European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring Synonym(s): common horehound, white horehound, Marrubium vulgare
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common horsetail n of Eurasia and Greenland and North America [syn: {common horsetail}, field horsetail, Equisetum arvense]
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common marigold n the common European annual marigold [syn: {common marigold}, pot marigold, ruddles, Scotch marigold, Calendula officinalis]
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Common Market n an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" Synonym(s): European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe
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common morel n an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges Synonym(s): common morel, Morchella esculenta, sponge mushroom, sponge morel
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common morning glory n annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers; most commonly cultivated morning glory Synonym(s): common morning glory, Ipomoea tricolor pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers Synonym(s): common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea
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common murre n the most frequent variety of murre [syn: common murre, Uria aalge]
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common myrtle n European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries Synonym(s): common myrtle, Myrtus communis
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common nardoo n Australian clover fern [syn: nardoo, nardo, {common nardoo}, Marsilea drummondii]
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common or garden adj the usual or familiar type; "it is a common or garden sparrow"
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common raccoon n North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, {common racoon}, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor]
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common racoon n North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, {common racoon}, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor]
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common ragweed n annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally Synonym(s): common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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common reed n tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts Synonym(s): ditch reed, common reed, carrizo, Phragmites communis
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common room n a sitting room (usually at school or university)
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common rorqual n large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific Synonym(s): finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus
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common rose mallow n showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers Synonym(s): rose mallow, swamp mallow, common rose mallow, swamp rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos
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common roundworm n intestinal parasite of humans and pigs [syn: {common roundworm}, Ascaris lumbricoides]
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common rush n tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America Synonym(s): bulrush, bullrush, common rush, soft rush, Juncus effusus
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common wart n a benign growth (often with a rough surface)
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common wormwood n aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe Synonym(s): common wormwood, absinthe, old man, lad's love, Artemisia absinthium
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common year n a year that is not a leap year [syn: common year, {365 days}]
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commoner n a person who holds no title [syn: commoner, common man, common person]
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Connemara heath n low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple Synonym(s): Connemara heath, St. Dabeoc's heath, Daboecia cantabrica
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cow manure n cow excreta used as fertilizer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cannoneer \Can`non*eer"\, Cannonier \Can`non*ier"\, n. [F.       canonnier.]       A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
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Cannonering \Can`non*er"ing\, n.       The use of cannon. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cannoneer \Can`non*eer"\, Cannonier \Can`non*ier"\, n. [F.       canonnier.]       A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cannonry \Can"non*ry\, n.       Cannon, collectively; artillery.                   The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed                his course through the country.               --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F.       canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL.       canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr.       Gr. [?] rule, rod, fr. [?], [?], red. See {Cane}, and cf.       {Canonical}.]       1. A law or rule.                         Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon                      'gainst self-slaughter.                     --Shak.          2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted             by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a             decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by             ecclesiastical authority.                         Various canons which were made in councils held in                      the second centry.                              --Hock.          3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy             Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of             moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible;             also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical             books}, under {Canonical}, a.          4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious             order.          5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the             Roman Catholic Church.          6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a             prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.          7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one             after another, at regular intervals, successively taking             up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda             (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,             thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the             strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}.          8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name;             -- so called from having been used for printing the canons             of the church.          9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called             also {ear} and {shank}.          Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight.          10. (Billiards) See {Carom}.          {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}.          {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under             {Augustinian}.          {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of             a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the             year).          {Canon law}. See under {Law}.          {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass,             following the Sanctus, which never changes.          {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery,             nor kept the canonical hours.          {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a             chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.          {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual             community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black             canon.          {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a             monastery, but kept the hours.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canonry \Can"on*ry\, n. pl. {Canonries}.       A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a       right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues;       the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commemorable \Com*mem"o*ra"ble\, a. [L. commemorabilis.]       Worthy to be commemorated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commemorate \Com*mem"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Commemorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commemorating}.] [L.       commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- +       memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See {Memory}.]       To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to       celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or       event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to       preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to       commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by       the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the       Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth       of July.                   We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.                                                                               --Atterbury.          Syn: See {Celebrate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commemorate \Com*mem"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Commemorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commemorating}.] [L.       commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- +       memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See {Memory}.]       To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to       celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or       event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to       preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to       commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by       the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the       Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth       of July.                   We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.                                                                               --Atterbury.          Syn: See {Celebrate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commemorate \Com*mem"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Commemorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commemorating}.] [L.       commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- +       memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See {Memory}.]       To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to       celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or       event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to       preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to       commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by       the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the       Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth       of July.                   We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.                                                                               --Atterbury.          Syn: See {Celebrate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commemoration \Com*mem`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. commemoratio.]       1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration             designed to honor the memory of some person or event.                         This sacrament was designed to be a standing                      commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord.                                                                               --Abp.                                                                               Tillotson.                         The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most                      flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a                      feast of eternal commemoration.         --Burke.          2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.          {Commemoration day}, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an             annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors             of the University, at which time honorary degrees are             conferred.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commemoration \Com*mem`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. commemoratio.]       1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration             designed to honor the memory of some person or event.                         This sacrament was designed to be a standing                      commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord.                                                                               --Abp.                                                                               Tillotson.                         The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most                      flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a                      feast of eternal commemoration.         --Burke.          2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.          {Commemoration day}, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an             annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors             of the University, at which time honorary degrees are             conferred.
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Commemorative \Com*mem"o*ra*tive\, a.       Tending or intended to commemorate. [bd]A sacrifice       commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us.[b8]       --Hammond.                   An inscription commemorative of his victory. --Sir G.                                                                               C. Lewis.
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Commemorator \Com*mem"o*ra`tor\, n. [L.]       One who commemorates.
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Commemoratory \Com*mem"o*ra*to*ry\, a.       Serving to commemorate; commemorative. --Bp. Hooper.
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Note: The          {common, [or] English, {pheasant} ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is             now found over most of temperate Europe, but was             introduced from Asia. The          {ring-necked pheasant} ({P. torquatus}) and the          {green pheasant} ({P. versicolor}) have been introduced into             Oregon. The          {golden pheasant} ({Thaumalea picta}) is one of the most             beautiful species. The          {silver pheasant} ({Euplocamus nychthemerus}) of China, and             several related species from Southern Asia, are very             beautiful.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.]          Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as                the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc.          {Fireback pheasant}. See {Fireback}.          {Gold}, [or] {Golden}, {pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), a Chinese             pheasant ({Thaumalea picta}), having rich, varied colors.             The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and             the under parts are scarlet.          {Mountain pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local,             U.S.]          {Pheasant coucal} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian cuckoo             ({Centropus phasianus}). The general color is black, with             chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant             cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species.                      {Pheasant duck}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The pintail.             (b) The hooded merganser.          {Pheasant parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a large and beautiful             Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis}). The             male has the back black, the feathers margined with             yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing             coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the             neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet.          {Pheasant's eye}. (Bot.)             (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis}) of the                   Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye                   Adonis}.             (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius}); -- called also                   {Pheasant's-eye pink}.          {Pheasant shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine univalve shell of the             genus {Phasianella}, of which numerous species are found             in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly             colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a             pheasant.          {Pheasant wood}. (Bot.) Same as {Partridge wood}             (a), under {Partridge}.          {Sea pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the pintail.          {Water pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The sheldrake.             (b) The hooded merganser.
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Fraction \Frac"tion\, n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking,       fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See {Break}.]       1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially             by violence. [Obs.]                         Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to                      any fraction or breaking up.               --Foxe.          2. A portion; a fragment.                         Some niggard fractions of an hour.      --Tennyson.          3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or             whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a             unit or magnitude.          {Common, [or] Vulgar}, {fraction}, a fraction in which the             number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed             to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called             the denominator, written below a line, over which is the             numerator, indicating the number of these parts included             in the fraction; as [frac12], one half, [frac25], two             fifths.          {Complex fraction}, a fraction having a fraction or mixed             number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.             --Davies & Peck.          {Compound fraction}, a fraction of a fraction; two or more             fractions connected by of.          {Continued fraction}, {Decimal fraction}, {Partial fraction},             etc. See under {Continued}, {Decimal}, {Partial}, etc.          {Improper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is             greater than the denominator.          {Proper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is less             than the denominator.
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Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A North American rail ({Porzana Carolina}) common in the       Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with       black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the       breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called       also {American rail}, {Carolina rail}, {Carolina crake},       {common rail}, {sora rail}, {soree}, {meadow chicken}, and       {orto}.          {King sora}, the Florida gallinule.
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Recovery \Re*cov"er*y\ (r?*k?v"?r*?), n.       1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.          2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the             like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of             fright, etc.          3. (Law) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to             something by a verdict and judgment of court.          4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.             [Obs.] [bd]Help be past recovery.[b8] --Tusser.          5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for             making a new stroke.          {Common recovery} (Law), a species of common assurance or             mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the             forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but             now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America.             --Burrill. Warren.
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Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [f4]er, AS. ge[a0]r; akin to       OFries. i[?]r, g[?]r, D. jaar, OHG. j[be]r, G. jahr, Icel.       [be]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [86]r, Goth. j[?]r, Gr. [?] a season of       the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, [?] a year,       Zend y[be]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. {Hour}, {Yore}.]       1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the             ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its             revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;             also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,             adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and             called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354             days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360             days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,             and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of             366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on             account of the excess above 365 days (see {Bissextile}).                         Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.          Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly                commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued                throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.          2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about             the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.          3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.          {Anomalistic year}, the time of the earth's revolution from             perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6             hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.          {A year's mind} (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased             person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A             month's mind}, under {Month}.          {Bissextile year}. See {Bissextile}.          {Canicular year}. See under {Canicular}.          {Civil year}, the year adopted by any nation for the             computation of time.          {Common lunar year}, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354             days.          {Common year}, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from             leap year.          {Embolismic year}, [or] {Intercalary lunar year}, the period             of 13 lunar months, or 384 days.          {Fiscal year} (Com.), the year by which accounts are             reckoned, or the year between one annual time of             settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.          {Great year}. See {Platonic year}, under {Platonic}.          {Gregorian year}, {Julian year}. See under {Gregorian}, and             {Julian}.          {Leap year}. See {Leap year}, in the Vocabulary.          {Lunar astronomical year}, the period of 12 lunar synodical             months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.          {Lunisolar year}. See under {Lunisolar}.          {Periodical year}. See {Anomalistic year}, above.          {Platonic year}, {Sabbatical year}. See under {Platonic}, and             {Sabbatical}.          {Sidereal year}, the time in which the sun, departing from             any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6             hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.          {Tropical year}. See under {Tropical}.          {Year and a day} (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an             act or an event, in order that an entire year might be             secured beyond all question. --Abbott.          {Year of grace}, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;             A. D. or a. d.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.]       [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis;       com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make       fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E.       mean low, common. Cf. {Immunity}, {Commune}, n. & v.]       1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than             one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.                         Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.                                                                               --Sir M. Hale.          2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the             members of a class, considered together; general; public;             as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;             the Book of Common Prayer.                         Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker.                         The common enemy of man.                     --Shak.          3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.                         Grief more than common grief.            --Shak.          4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;             plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.                         The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.                                                                               --W. Irving.                         This fact was infamous And ill beseeming any common                      man, Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.                                                                               --Shak.                         Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A.                                                                               Murphy.          5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]                         What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.                                                                               --Acts x. 15.          6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.                         A dame who herself was common.            --L'Estrange.          {Common bar} (Law) Same as {Blank bar}, under {Blank}.          {Common barrator} (Law), one who makes a business of             instigating litigation.          {Common Bench}, a name sometimes given to the English Court             of Common Pleas.          {Common brawler} (Law), one addicted to public brawling and             quarreling. See {Brawler}.          {Common carrier} (Law), one who undertakes the office of             carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is             bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and             when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all             losses and injuries to the goods, except those which             happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies             of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.                      {Common chord} (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental             tone, with its third and fifth.          {Common council}, the representative (legislative) body, or             the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or             other municipal corporation.          {Common crier}, the crier of a town or city.          {Common divisor} (Math.), a number or quantity that divides             two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a             common measure.          {Common gender} (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may             be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.          {Common law}, a system of jurisprudence developing under the             guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and             reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be             superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.             --Wharton.          Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law                (especially of England), the law that receives its                binding force from immemorial usage and universal                reception, as ascertained and expressed in the                judgments of the courts. This term is often used in                contradistinction from {statute law}. Many use it to                designate a law common to the whole country. It is also                used to designate the whole body of English (or other)                law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,                civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See {Law}.          {Common lawyer}, one versed in common law.          {Common lewdness} (Law), the habitual performance of lewd             acts in public.          {Common multiple} (Arith.) See under {Multiple}.          {Common noun} (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of             objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of             a particular person or thing).          {Common nuisance} (Law), that which is deleterious to the             health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at             large.          {Common pleas}, one of the three superior courts of common             law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and             four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil             matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the             United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil             and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State.             In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is             limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county             court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute.          {Common prayer}, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of             the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States,             which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained             in the Book of Common Prayer.          {Common school}, a school maintained at the public expense,             and open to all.          {Common scold} (Law), a woman addicted to scolding             indiscriminately, in public.          {Common seal}, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.          {Common sense}.             (a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond                   of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench.             (b) Sound judgment. See under {Sense}.          {Common time} (Mus.), that variety of time in which the             measure consists of two or of four equal portions.          {In common}, equally with another, or with others; owned,             shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or             affected equally.          {Out of the common}, uncommon; extraordinary.          {Tenant in common}, one holding real or personal property in             common with others, having distinct but undivided             interests. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}.          {To make common cause with}, to join or ally one's self with.          Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;                ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;                mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See                {Mutual}, {Ordinary}, {General}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commoner \Com"mon*er\, n.       1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.                         All below them [the peers] even their children, were                      commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each                      other.                                                --Hallam.          2. A member of the House of Commons.          3. One who has a joint right in common ground.                         Much good land might be gained from forests . . .                      and from other commonable places, so as always there                      be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no                      injury.                                             --Bacon.          4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller.          5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not             dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all             university charges; - - at Cambridge called a {pensioner}.          6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Connumeration \Con*nu`mer*a"tion\, n. [LL. connumeratio, fr. L.       connumerare, -numeratum, to number with.]       A reckoning together. [R.] --Porson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Canyon Rim, UT (CDP, FIPS 10390)       Location: 40.70665 N, 111.82115 W       Population (1990): 10527 (3932 housing units)       Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Common Architecture for Next Generation Internet Protocol          (CATNIP, originally Common Architecture       Technology for Next-generation Internet Protocol)          A network architecture designed to provide a compressed form       of the existing {network layer} {protocols} and to integrate       {CLNP}, {IP}, and {IPX}.   It provides for any of the       {transport layer} {protocols} in use, including {TP4}, {CLTP},       {TCP}, {UDP}, {IPX}, and {SPX}, to run over any of the network       layer protocol formats: CLNP, IP (version 4), IPX, and CATNIP.          CATNIP was originally proposed by Robert L. Ullmann of {Lotus       Development Corporation} on 1993-12-22.   It was published as       {RFC} 1707 in October 1994 but it is not an {Internet}       standard of any kind.          (1996-03-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Common Hardware Reference Platform          {PowerPC Platform}