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| café curtains |
short unpleated curtains, esp. for covering the lower half of a window. |
| caliper |
a similar instrument with one fixed jaw and one sliding jaw. [1/3 definitions] |
| call-in |
a telephone conversation between a listener or viewer and a radio or television host, which is broadcast on the host's show. [1/2 definitions] |
| came2 |
a thin, grooved strip of lead used to secure a piece of glass, as in a stained glass window. |
| canonical |
pertaining to or conforming to religious law. [1/3 definitions] |
| canonist |
a person with a high degree of knowledge in church law. |
| carpe diem |
(Latin) seize the day; the attitude or advice that one should enjoy today without thought for tomorrow. |
| carrion crow |
a common European crow. |
| carry out |
to comply with; obey; follow. [1/3 definitions] |
| celibacy |
the state of being unmarried, esp. as the result of a religious vow. [1/2 definitions] |
| celibate |
abstaining from sexual relations, esp. because of having taken a vow. [1/4 definitions] |
| ceno- |
new. |
| chap2 |
(informal) a man or boy; fellow. |
| charley horse |
a painful cramp in a muscle caused by overexertion or by a blow. |
| chewable |
combined form of chew. |
| child labor |
the full-time employment of children under a minimum age specified by law. |
| Choctaw |
the language of this people and of the Chickasaw. [1/2 definitions] |
| chop1 |
to strike or strike at with a strong, swift, downward blow. [1/8 definitions] |
| chow chow |
see "chow2." |
| chrome |
a pigment derived from chromium, such as chrome yellow. [1/5 definitions] |
| citation |
a summons, usu. to a court of law. [1/3 definitions] |
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