| cold pack |
a canning process in which food is placed into containers at room temperature, sealed in, and then sterilized and cooked simultaneously. [1/2 definitions] |
| Congo River |
an important river in the western part of central Africa. The Congo River is the deepest in the world. The river travels through a major rainforest as it flows from Zambia through the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Then it flows along the border with another country called the Republic of the Congo. At its end, the Congo River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| cornrow |
a hairstyle, originally African, in which the hair is divided into sections from front to back, and each section is then tightly braided close to the scalp. [1/3 definitions] |
| cotter |
a split pin that is designed to be fitted through holes and then spread open to serve as a fastener; cotter pin. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cronus |
in Greek mythology, a Titan who becomes ruler of the world by overthrowing his father Uranus, but is then overthrown by his son, Zeus; Saturn. |
| cross |
to meet together and then move past. [1/3 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. [1/4 definitions] |
| curvet |
an advanced dressage figure in which a horse must rear and then spring forward onto its forelegs with the hind legs fully outstretched. [1/2 definitions] |
| Dido |
in the ancient Roman epic poem The Aeneid by Virgil, the queen of Carthage who detains Aeneas, then kills herself after he abandons her. [1/2 definitions] |
| digger wasp |
any of various wasps that paralyze spiders and other prey with their stingers, then lay eggs on them in underground nests. |
| dissolve |
of a shot in films or videotapes, to fade away while the next appears dimly at first and then becomes clearer and replaces the first. [1/11 definitions] |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. [1/5 definitions] |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. [1/2 definitions] |
| distributive property |
in mathematics, a characteristic of numbers that allows you to multiply a group of numbers and get the same answer you would get if you multiplied each member of the group and then combined the answers. For example, 4 x (8 + 1 + 5) is equal to (4 x 8) + (4 x 1) + (4 x 5). |
| drop hammer |
a powered machine consisting of an anvil, on which heated metal is held, and a heavy weight that is raised and then allowed to drop on the metal in order to shape it. |
| ducking stool |
a former means of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were bound and then repeatedly plunged into water. |
| egg roll |
a thin flat square of egg dough that is folded like an envelope around finely chopped raw vegetables and shredded pork or shrimp, and then fried in deep fat. |
| elastic |
able to stretch easily without breaking and then return to original form. [1/2 definitions] |
| El Niņo |
an unusually warm Pacific Ocean current that develops near the International Date Line in the center of the ocean and flows east toward Peru and then south along the coast of South America. El Niņo events, which occur every two to seven years approximately, are associated with various negative impacts including damage to the livelihoods of those dependent on fishing and disturbance to regional and global weather patterns, which in turn can increase the incidence of disease and the frequency of destructive weather events. |
| face-off |
in ice hockey, the initiation of play in which the referee drops the puck between two opposing team members who then contend for control of it. [1/2 definitions] |
| flash |
a sudden, bright light that shines and then disappears. [1/2 definitions] |