| carte blanche |
unrestricted authority, freedom, or discretion. |
| carte du jour |
(French) menu. |
| cartel |
an international group of independent businesses formed to control production and prices and to restrict competition in certain business enterprises. [2 definitions] |
| Cartesian |
of or pertaining to Descartes or his philosophy or mathematics. [2 definitions] |
| Cartesian coordinates |
a pair of coordinates for locating a point on a plane by its distances from two intersecting, usu. perpendicular lines. [2 definitions] |
| Carthage |
an ancient Phoenician city-state founded in the ninth century B.C. near the site of modern Tunis and destroyed in 146 B.C. by the Romans. |
| Carthusian |
a member of a very strict, contemplative Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the eleventh century. |
| cartilage |
a tough, white, elastic connective tissue forming a major component of the skeletons of fetuses and young vertebrates, and turning largely to bone as the organism matures. [2 definitions] |
| cartilaginous |
of, pertaining to, or like cartilage. [2 definitions] |
| cartload |
the capacity or contents of a cart. |
| cartography |
the art or technique of producing maps. |
| carton |
a box made of thick paper, sometimes coated, or of plastic, made to hold one particular type of product. [2 definitions] |
| cartoon |
a drawing or series of drawings, usu. with written or spoken commentary or dialogue, and usu. humorous or satirical in nature; caricature; comic strip. [5 definitions] |
| cartoonist |
one who draws cartoons, esp. as one's job. |
| cartridge |
a tubular case for an explosive charge or bullet. [4 definitions] |
| cartridge clip |
a metal container or frame used to hold and load cartridges into an automatic rifle or pistol; clip. |
| cartwheel |
a sideways somersault with the arms and legs extended like wheel spokes. [2 definitions] |
| carve |
to form or inscribe by cutting. [5 definitions] |
| carvel |
variant of caravel. |
| carving |
the act or product of carving in wood, stone, or the like. |
| carving knife |
a long knife used to carve meat. |