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| Caucasian |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a light-skinned person of European origin. [2/7 definitions] |
| Celt |
a member of any of the Indo-European peoples whose language is Celtic, such as the Irish, Scottish Highlanders, Welsh, or Bretons, or a descendant thereof. |
| Celtic |
a group of Indo-European languages that includes Irish and Scots Gaelic and Manx in one branch and the Brythonic languages in another. [1/2 definitions] |
| chaffinch |
a reddish brown European finch. |
| Cinderella |
the title character of a common European fairy tale, who, with the help of a fairy godmother, escapes a life of misery and marries a prince. [1/2 definitions] |
| classical |
of or pertaining to formal, composed music of the European tradition and especially to the form of this music originating in the eighteenth century. (Cf. popular, folk.) [1/4 definitions] |
| cockchafer |
any of several large European scarab beetles that are esp. destructive of forest trees. |
| Cominform |
a European Communist organization that espoused the policies of the Soviet Union (acronym for "Communist Information Bureau"). |
| Common Market |
an economic association of major western European countries mainly designed to eliminate tariffs on trade among member nations and establish uniform tariffs on goods from other countries; European Economic Community. [1/2 definitions] |
| commune2 |
the smallest political unit in certain European countries, headed by a mayor and municipal council. [1/3 definitions] |
| continental |
(usu. cap.) of, related to, or similar to the mainland European culture, customs, or the like. [2/6 definitions] |
| continental breakfast |
a light breakfast, usu. consisting of rolls or pastries and coffee or tea, like that eaten in most European countries. |
| count2 |
one who holds a rank of European nobility that is equivalent to that of an English earl. |
| cowslip |
a European primrose bearing a fragrant yellow flower. [1/2 definitions] |
| Creole |
a person of European descent, esp. French or Spanish, born in Central or South America, the West Indies, or the United States Gulf region. [2/6 definitions] |
| crusade |
(often cap.) any of the several attempts of medieval European Christians to recover and then defend the Holy Lands in and around Palestine from the Muslims. [2/4 definitions] |
| cuckoopint |
a European arum similar to the jack-in-the-pulpit. |
| Czechia |
the official shortened name for the Czech Republic, a Central European republic bordered by Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Austria. |
| Czechoslovakia |
formerly, a European country south of Poland, which, in 1993, divided into the Czech and Slovak Republics; Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. |
| Czech Republic |
since 1993, a Central European republic bordered by Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Austria; formerly part of Czechoslovakia; Czechia. |
| dada |
(sometimes cap.) a primarily European literary and artistic period of the early twentieth century characterized by cynicism, anarchy, and a rejection of convention. |
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