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   Caesar salad
         n 1: typically having fried croutons and dressing made with a
               raw egg

English Dictionary: Caesarism by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Caesar's agaric
n
  1. widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric
    Synonym(s): royal agaric, Caesar's agaric, Amanita caesarea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Caesarism
n
  1. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
    Synonym(s): dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cascara sagrada
n
  1. dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
    Synonym(s): cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casework
n
  1. close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caseworker
n
  1. someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
    Synonym(s): social worker, caseworker, welfare worker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cash register
n
  1. a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
    Synonym(s): cash register, register
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cashier's check
n
  1. a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person); "cashier's checks are as good as cash"
    Synonym(s): cashier's check, treasurer's check, cashier's cheque, treasurer's cheque
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cashier's cheque
n
  1. a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person); "cashier's checks are as good as cash"
    Synonym(s): cashier's check, treasurer's check, cashier's cheque, treasurer's cheque
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cassia auriculata
n
  1. evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    Synonym(s): avaram, tanner's cassia, Senna auriculata, Cassia auriculata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cassia roxburghii
n
  1. East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
    Synonym(s): horse cassia, Cassia roxburghii, Cassia marginata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Casuarius
n
  1. type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries [syn: Casuarius, genus Casuarius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cesar Chavez
n
  1. United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927)
    Synonym(s): Chavez, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Estrada Chavez
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cesar Estrada Chavez
n
  1. United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927)
    Synonym(s): Chavez, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Estrada Chavez
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
check character
n
  1. a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
check register
n
  1. a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
checkers
n
  1. a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
    Synonym(s): checkers, draughts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cheshire cat
n
  1. a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cheshire cheese
n
  1. a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chicory escarole
n
  1. variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
    Synonym(s): chicory escarole, endive, escarole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cigar cutter
n
  1. an implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cigar smoker
n
  1. a smoker of cigars
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cigar-shaped
adj
  1. tapering at each end [syn: fusiform, spindle-shaped, cigar-shaped]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coach horse
n
  1. strong draft horse for drawing coaches
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cocker spaniel
n
  1. a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
    Synonym(s): cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, cocker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cockhorse
n
  1. anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cockroach
n
  1. any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
    Synonym(s): cockroach, roach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cow shark
n
  1. large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas [syn: cow shark, six-gilled shark, Hexanchus griseus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roseworm \Rose"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous
      insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the
      rose, especially {Cac[91]cia rosaceana}, which rolls up the
      leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cake \Cake\ (k[amac]k), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage,
      Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G. kuchen, OHG. chuocho.]
      1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from
            unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.
  
      2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients,
            leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any
            size or shape.
  
      3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or
            pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
  
      4. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a
            solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than
            high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.
  
                     Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      {Cake urchin} (Zo[94]l), any species of flat sea urchins
            belonging to the {Clypeastroidea}.
  
      {Oil cake} the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other
            vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed,
            compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle,
            for manure, or for other purposes.
  
      {To have one's cake dough}, to fail or be disappointed in
            what one has undertaken or expected. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World
            ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially
            the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or]
            tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and
            habit, but breeds in burrows.
  
      Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast,
               sides, and forward part of the back brown, the
               shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum
               green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also
               {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck},
               {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}.
  
      Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the
               head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the
               upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep
               chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut
               sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is
               varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green
               head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck
               ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C.
               leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species.
  
      2. Any one of the American mergansers.
  
      Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the
               canvasback, and the shoveler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cash register \Cash register\
      A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually
      having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and
      exhibiting the amount of the sale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cashier's check \Cash*ier's" check\ (Banking)
      A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the
      cashier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cassowary \Cas"so*wa*ry\, n.; pl. {Cassowaries}. [Malay
      kasu[be]ri.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large bird, of the genus {Casuarius}, found in the east
      Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head
      is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting
      of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long
      sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs.
      It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species
      inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mooruk \[d8]Moo"ruk\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A species of cassowary ({Casuarius Bennetti}) found in New
      Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It
      is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary.
      Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the
      back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the
      neck, blue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cesarism \Ce"sar*ism\, n.
      See {C[91]sarism}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chagres fever \Cha"gres fe"ver\ (Med.)
      A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River,
      Panama.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
      A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}.
  
      Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on
               a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[ecr]k"[etil]rz), n. pl. [See {Checher},
      v.]
      A game, called also {daughts}, played on a checkerboard by
      two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers)
      which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of
      the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
      A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}.
  
      Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on
               a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[ecr]k"[etil]rz), n. pl. [See {Checher},
      v.]
      A game, called also {daughts}, played on a checkerboard by
      two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers)
      which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of
      the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Checkwork \Check"work\, n.
      Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a
      checkerboard.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cichoraceous \Cich`o*ra"ceous\, a. [See {Chicory}.]
      Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants
      of which the chicory ({Cichorium}) is the type.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scissors \Scis"sors\, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F.
      ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr.
      L. caedere to cut. Cf. {Chisel}, {Concise}. The modern
      spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one
      who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut,
      split.]
      A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller,
      consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a
      pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often
      called a {pair of scissors}. [Formerly written also {cisors},
      {cizars}, and {scissars}.]
  
      {Scissors grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker.
            [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scissors \Scis"sors\, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F.
      ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr.
      L. caedere to cut. Cf. {Chisel}, {Concise}. The modern
      spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one
      who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut,
      split.]
      A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller,
      consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a
      pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often
      called a {pair of scissors}. [Formerly written also {cisors},
      {cizars}, and {scissars}.]
  
      {Scissors grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker.
            [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cizars \Ciz"ars\, n. pl.
      Scissors. [Obs.] --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scissors \Scis"sors\, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F.
      ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr.
      L. caedere to cut. Cf. {Chisel}, {Concise}. The modern
      spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one
      who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut,
      split.]
      A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller,
      consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a
      pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often
      called a {pair of scissors}. [Formerly written also {cisors},
      {cizars}, and {scissars}.]
  
      {Scissors grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker.
            [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cizars \Ciz"ars\, n. pl.
      Scissors. [Obs.] --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cocker spaniel \Cock"er span"iel\
      One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for
      hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They
      usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have
      the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long
      and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat
      fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred,
      as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cockhorse \Cock"horse`\, a.
      1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
  
      2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
  
                     Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry.
                                                                              --Marlowe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cockhorse \Cock"horse`\, n.
      1. A child's rocking-horse.
  
                     Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.      --Mother
                                                                              Goose.
  
      2. A high or tall horse. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An orthopterous insect of the genus {Blatta}, and allied
      genera.
  
      Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries.
               Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and
               North America are {Blatta orientalis}, a large species
               often called {black beetle}, and the Croton bug
               ({Ectobia Germanica}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from
      AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental
      origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar.
      t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo},
            of which at least two species are known, native of
            Southern Asia and the East Indies.
  
      Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
               erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
               concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
               colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo
               cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more
               brilliantly colored than the common species.
  
      2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
            peafowl.
  
      {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly
            ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock.
  
      {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse
            ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its
            brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}.
  
      {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}.
            They resemble the peacock in color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Notidanian \No`ti*da"ni*an\, n. [Gr. [?] back + [?] comely.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of sharks of the family
      {Notidanid[91]}, or {Hexanchid[91]}. Called also {cow
      sharks}. See {Shark}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cashiers, NC
      Zip code(s): 28717

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cawker City, KS (city, FIPS 11175)
      Location: 39.50973 N, 98.43213 W
      Population (1990): 588 (330 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67430

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cheshire County, NH (county, FIPS 5)
      Location: 42.92054 N, 72.25326 W
      Population (1990): 70121 (30350 housing units)
      Area: 1832.4 sq km (land), 56.3 sq km (water)
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