Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 22
Carpophyte (n.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Carpospore (n.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
Carpi (n. pl. ) of Carpus.
Carpus (n.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.
Carrack (n.) See Carack.
Carrageen (n.) Alt. of Carrigeen.
Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce.
Carrancha (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.
Carraway (n.) See Caraway.
Carrel (n.) See Quarrel, an arrow.
Carrel (n.) Same as 4th Carol.
Carriable (a.) Capable of being carried.
Carriage (n.) 四輪馬車 [C]；【英】（火車）客車廂 [C] That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. -- 1. Sam. xvii. 22.
And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. -- Acts. xxi. 15.
Carriage (n.) The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
Nine days employed in carriage. -- Chapman.
Carriage (n.) The price or expense of carrying.
Carriage (n.) That which carries of conveys, as:
Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.
Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.
Carriage (n.) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.
Carriage (n.) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
Carriage (n.) The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.
His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. -- Stirling.
Carriage (n.) The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.
The passage and whole carriage of this action. -- Shak.
Carriage horse, A horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch (Arch.), A canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-coch[`e]re.
Carriage (n.) A railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car, coach, carriage].
Carriage (n.) A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn: carriage, equipage, rig].
Carriage (n.) Characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture].
Carriage (n.) A machine part that carries something else.
Carriage (n.) A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher].
Carriage, () In the Authorized Version this word is found as the rendering of many different words. In Judg. 18:21 it means valuables, wealth, or booty. In Isa. 46:1 (R.V., "the things that ye carried about") the word means a load for a beast of burden. In 1 Sam. 17:22 and Isa. 10:28 it is the rendering of a word ("stuff" in 1 Sam. 10:22) meaning implements, equipments, baggage. The phrase in Acts 21:15, "We took up our carriages," means properly, "We packed up our baggage," as in the Revised Version.
Carriage (n.) (Vehicle) (C2) [ C ] （尤指舊時的）四輪馬車 A vehicle with four wheels that is usually pulled by horses and was used mainly in the past.
// A horse-drawn carriage.
Carriage (n.) (Vehicle) (C1) [ C ] (UK) (UK also coach,) (US car) （火車）車廂 Any of the separate parts of a train in which the passengers sit.
// A railway carriage.
Carriage (n.) (Transporting) [ U ] UK (The cost of) 貨運；運費 Transporting goods.
// That will be £150, carriage included.
Carriage (n.) (Body movement) [ U ] (Formal) 儀態；姿態 The way in which a person moves or keeps their body when they are standing, sitting, or walking.
Carriageable (a.) Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.] -- Ruskin.
Carriboo (n.) See Caribou.
Compare: Caribou
Caribou (n.) [Canadian French.] (Zool.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species ({Rangifer Caribou).
Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
Woodland caribou, The common reindeer ({Rangifer Caribou"> Woodland caribou, the common reindeer ({Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.
Caribou (n.) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America [syn: caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus].
Caribou -- U.S. County in Idaho
Population (2000): 7304
Housing Units (2000): 3188
Land area (2000): 1766.011350 sq. miles (4573.948205 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 32.612699 sq. miles (84.466498 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1798.624049 sq. miles (4658.414703 sq. km)
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 42.726467 N, 111.662032 W
Headwords:
Caribou
Caribou, ID
Caribou County
Caribou County, ID
Caribou, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 0
Housing Units (2000): 2
Land area (2000): 0.169139 sq. miles (0.438068 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.169139 sq. miles (0.438068 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11166
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 40.079929 N, 121.157397 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Caribou, CA
Caribou
Caribou, ME -- U.S. city in Maine
Population (2000): 8312
Housing Units (2000): 3858
Land area (2000): 79.291462 sq. miles (205.363935 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.887315 sq. miles (2.298135 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 80.178777 sq. miles (207.662070 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10565
Located within: Maine (ME), FIPS 23
Location: 46.863559 N, 67.997992 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 04736
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Caribou, ME
Caribou
Carrick (n.) (Naut.) A carack. See Carack.
Carrick bend (Naut.), A kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.
Carrick bitts (Naut.), The bitts which support the windlass. -- Totten.
Carrick, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 156
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 0.068442 sq. miles (0.177263 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.068442 sq. miles (0.177263 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11481
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 41.446118 N, 122.363368 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Carrick, CA
Carrick
Compare: Carack
Carack (n.) (Naut.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.]
The bigger whale like some huge carrack lay. -- Waller.
Carack (n.) A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman [syn: carrack, carack].
Carrier (n.) One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. -- Bacon.
Carrier (n.) One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. -- Swift.
Carrier (n.) (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
Carrier (n.) (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
Carrier (n.) (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
Carrier (n.) (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Carrier pigeon (Zool.), A variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), A univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
Carrier (n.) Someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: carrier, bearer, toter].
Carrier (n.) A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business."
Carrier (n.) A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier].
Carrier (n.) An inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction.
Carrier (n.) A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages [syn: carrier, common carrier].
Carrier (n.) A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal [syn: carrier wave, carrier].
Carrier (n.) A man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier].
Carrier (n.) A boy who delivers newspapers [syn: carrier, newsboy].
Carrier (n.) (Medicine) A person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others [syn: carrier, immune carrier].
Carrier (n.) A rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like.
Carrier (n.) (Genetics) An organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) 搬運人，運送人；運輸工具 A person or thing that carries something.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) 航空公司 A company that operates aircraft.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) （用作構詞成分，尤用於表示軍事運輸工具的短語中）運載工具 Used as a combining form, especially in phrases that refer to military vehicles of a type that carry other vehicles or groups of soldiers.
// An armoured troop-carrier.
// A freight carrier.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Transport) (Informal for) 航空母艦 Aircraft carrier.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Bag) (UK also carrier bag) (US shopping bag) 購物袋 A large plastic or paper bag with handles, used to carry things that you have bought, especially one given to you in a shop.
Carrier (n.) [ C ] (Spread) 帶菌者；病毒攜帶者；帶原者 Someone who does not suffer from a disease but has the infection or genetic fault that causes it and can give the disease to someone else.
// There are an estimated 1.5 million HIV carriers in the country.
Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
They did eat the dead carrions. -- Spenser.
Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [Obs.] "Old feeble carrions." -- Shak.
Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
A prey for carrion kites. -- Shak.
Carrion beetle (Zool.), Any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphid[ae].
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), A South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
Carrion crow, The common European crow ({Corvus corone"> Carrion crow, the common European crow ({Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
Carrion (n.) The dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food.
Carrol (n.) (Arch.) See 4th Carol.
Carol, Carrol, (n.) (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use.
A bay window may thus be called a carol. -- Parker.
Carrom (n.) (Billiards) See Carom.
Compare: Carom
Carom () (Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
Carom, (v. i.) (Billiards) To make a carom.
Carom (n.) A glancing rebound [syn: ricochet, carom].
Carom (n.) A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [syn: carom, cannon].
Carom (v.) Rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts."
Carom (v.) Make a carom.
Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.
Carron oil () A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.
Compare: Apiaceae
Apiaceae (prop. n.) A natural family of plants bearing flowers in umbels; examples are: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill.
Syn: Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, family Apiaceae, carrot family.
Carrot (n.) (Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant ({Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
Carrot (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
Carrot (n.) Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant.
Carrot (n.) Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions [syn: carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa].
Carrot (n.) Orange root; important source of carotene.
Carrot (n.) Promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote."
Carrot (n.) (Vegetable) (A2) [ C or U ] 胡蘿蔔 A long pointed orange root eaten as a vegetable.
Carrot (n.) (Reward) (C2) [ C ] (Informal) （為鼓勵而給的）好處，甜頭，獎賞 Something that is offered to someone in order to encourage them to do something.
Idiom: Carrot and stick
Carrot and stick胡蘿蔔加大棒（政策）；軟硬兼施，威逼利誘，恩威並重 A system in which you are rewarded for some actions and threatened with punishment for others.
// Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children.
Carroty (a.) Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.
Carrow (n.) A strolling gamester.
Carried (imp. & p. p.) of Carry.
Carrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carry.
Carry (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
Carry (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
Carry (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
Carry (v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
Carry (v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.
Carry (v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.
Carry (v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
Carry (v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
Carry (v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
Carry (v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
Carries (n. pl. ) of Carry.
Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.
Carry (v.) (Transport) (A1) [ I or T ] 運送；搬；載 To hold something or someone with your hands, arms, or on your back and transport it, him, or her from one place to another.
// Would you like me to carry your bag for you?
// She carried her tired child upstairs to bed.
// These books are too heavy for me to carry.
// We only had a small suitcase, so we were able to carry it onto the plane.
// Robson injured his leg in the second half of the match and had to be carried off.
// Thieves broke the shop window and carried off (= removed) jewellery worth thousands of pounds.
Carry (v.) (Transport) (A1) (B2) [ I or T ] 運送；搬；載 To move someone or something from one place to another.
// The bus that was involved in the accident was carrying children to school.
// The Brooklyn Bridge carries traffic across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
// Police think that the body was carried down the river (= was transported by the flow of the river).
// Underground cables carry electricity to all parts of the city.
// Rubbish left on the beach during the day is carried away (= removed) at night by the tide.
Carry (v.) (Have with you) (B1) [ T ] 攜帶，帶有，帶著 To have something with you all the time.
// Police officers in Britain do not usually carry guns.
// (Figurative) He will carry the memory of the accident with him (= will remember the accident) forever.
Carry (v.) (Hhave) (C2) [ T ] 帶有，具有；包含；導致 To have something as a part, quality, or result.
// All cigarette packets carry a government health warning.
// Our cars carry a twelve-month guarantee.
// His speech carried so much conviction that I had to agree with him.
// In some countries, murder carries the death penalty.
// I'm afraid my opinion doesn't carry any weight with (= influence) my boss.
// (US) The salesclerk said they didn't carry (= have a supply of) sportswear.
Carry (v.) (Spread) (C1) [ T ] 傳播 To take something from one person or thing and give it to another person or thing.
Malaria is a disease carried by mosquitoes.
Carry (v.) (Support weight) (C2) [ T ] 支撐；承載 To support the weight of something without moving or breaking.
// The weight of the cathedral roof is carried by two rows of pillars.
Carry (v.) (Keep in operation) [ T ] 支持；支撐；使成功 To support, keep in operation, or make a success
// We can no longer afford to carry people who don't work as hard as they should.
// Luckily they had a very strong actor in the main part and he managed to carry the whole play (= make a success of it through his own performance).
Carry (v.) (Win) [ T ] 獲得（支持、同意或同情） To win the support, agreement, or sympathy of a group of people.
// The bosses' plans to reorganize the company won't succeed unless they can carry the workforce with them.
Carry (v.) (Approve) [ T usually passive ] （尤指透過投票）通過 To give approval, especially by voting.
The motion/ proposal /resolution/ bill was carried by 210 votes to 160.
Carry (v.) (Broadcast) [ T ] (of a newspaper or radio or television broadcast) （報紙、廣播或電視）刊登，播出 To contain particular information.
// This morning's newspapers all carry the same story on their front page.
Carry (v.) (Reach) [ I ] 達到；傳到 To be able to reach or travel a particular distance.
// The sound of the explosion carried for miles.
// The ball carried high into the air and landed the other side of the fence.
Carry (v.) (Develop) [ T usually + adv/ prep ] 發展；繼續 To develop or continue something.
// Lenin carried Marx's ideas a stage further by putting them into practice.
// If we carry this argument to its logical conclusion, we realize that further investment is not a good idea.
// She carries tidiness to extremes/to its limits (= she is too tidy).
// We must end here, but we can carry today's discussion forward at our next meeting.
// He always carries his jokes too far (= he continues making jokes when he should have stopped).
Carry (v.) (Move body) Carry yourself 舉止 To move your body in a particular way.
// You can tell she's a dancer from the way that she carries herself.
Carry (v.) (Mathematics) [ T ] （加法運算）使進位 To put a number into another column when doing addition.
Carry (v.) (Be pregnant with) [ T ] 懷孕；懷胎 To be pregnant with a child.
// It was quite a shock to learn that she was carrying twins.
// I was enormous when I was carrying Josh.
Idiom:
Carry a torch for sb
Carry the can
Phrasal verb:
Carry sb away
Carry sth forward/over
Carry sth off
Carry (sth) on
Carry on
Carry sth out
Carry sth over
Carry (sth) over
Carry sb through (sth)
Carry sth through
Carryall (n.) A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
Carrying (n.) The act or business of transporting from one place to another.
Carryk (n.) A carack.
Carrytale (n.) A talebearer.
Carse (n.) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
Cart (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "Ph[oe]bus' cart." -- Shak.
Cart (n.) A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
Packing all his goods in one poor cart. -- Dryden.
Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Cart horse, A horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse.
Cart rope, A stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope.
To put the cart before the horse, To get the cart before the horse, or To set the cart before the horse, To invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
Carted (imp. & p. p.) of Cart.
Carting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cart.
Cart (v. t.) To carry or convey in a cart.
Cart (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
She chuckled when a bawd was carted. -- Prior.
Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Cart (n.) A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
Cart (n.) Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries" [syn: handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart].
Cart (v.) Draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul, hale, cart, drag].
Cart (v.) Transport something in a cart.
Cart, () A vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, _'agalah_ (1 Sam. 6:7, 8), is also rendered "wagon" (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote a war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts were used for the removal of the ark and its sacred utensils (Num. 7:3, 6). After retaining the ark amongst them for seven months, the Philistines sent it back to the Israelites. On this occasion they set it in a new cart, probably a rude construction, with solid wooden wheels like that still used in Western Asia, which was drawn by two milch cows, which conveyed it straight to Beth-shemesh.
A "cart rope," for the purpose of fastening loads on carts, is used (Isa. 5:18) as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or habits over him who indulges them. (See CORD.) In Syria and Palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.
Cartage (n.) The act of carrying in a cart.
Cartage (n.) The price paid for carting.
Cartbote (n.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.
Carte (n.) Bill of fare.
Carte (n.) Short for Carte de visite.
Carte (n.) Alt. of Quarte.
Quarte (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.
Carte blanche () A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
Cartes de visite (n. pl. ) of Carte de visite.
Carte de visite () A visiting card.
Carte de visite () A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
Cartel (v. t.) To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
You shall cartel him. -- B. Jonson.
Cartel (n.) (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. -- Wilhelm.
Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.]
He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., -- Sir W. Scott.
Cartel, or Cartel ship, A ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
Cartel (n.) A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel].
Cartel, () war. An agreement between two belligerent powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters, and also a written challenge to a duel.
Cartel, () Cartel ship, is a ship commissioned in time of war, to exchange prisoners, or to carry any proposals between hostile powers; she must carry no cargo, ammunitions, or implements of war, except a single gun for signals. The conduct of ships of this description cannot be too narrowly watched. The service on which they are sent is so highly important to the interests of humanity, that it is peculiarly incumbent on all parties to take care that it should be conducted in such a manner as not to become a subject of jealousy and distrust between the two nations. 4 Rob. R. 357. Vide Merl. Rep. b. t.; Dane's Ab. c. 40, a. 6, 7; Pet. C. C. R. 106; 3 C. Rob. 141 C. Rob. 336; 1 Dods. R. 60.
Compare: Marysole
Marysole (n.) (Zool.) A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.
Compare: Daddy longlegs
Daddy longlegs, () (Zool.) An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.
Daddy longlegs, () (Zool.) A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs.
Carter (n.) A charioteer. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Carter (n.) A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
Carter (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman.
Carter (n.) (Zool.) A British fish; the whiff.
Carter (n.) Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939) [syn: Carter, Howard Carter].
Carter (n.) 39th President of the United States (1924-) [syn: Carter, Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., President Carter].
Carter (n.) Someone whose work is driving carts.
Carter -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 26889
Housing Units (2000): 11534
Land area (2000): 410.599156 sq. miles (1063.446887 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.546505 sq. miles (4.005430 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 412.145661 sq. miles (1067.452317 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.307846 N, 83.049318 W
Headwords:
Carter
Carter, KY
Carter County
Carter County, KY
Carter -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 1360
Housing Units (2000): 811
Land area (2000): 3339.566538 sq. miles (8649.437259 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.728321 sq. miles (22.606246 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3348.294859 sq. miles (8672.043505 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 45.556276 N, 104.481226 W
Headwords:
Carter
Carter, MT
Carter County
Carter County, MT
Carter -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 5941
Housing Units (2000): 3028
Land area (2000): 507.583083 sq. miles (1314.634094 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.439667 sq. miles (3.728720 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 509.022750 sq. miles (1318.362814 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 36.947814 N, 90.936667 W
Headwords:
Carter
Carter, MO
Carter County
Carter County, MO
Carter -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 45621
Housing Units (2000): 20577
Land area (2000): 823.790732 sq. miles (2133.608110 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 9.925211 sq. miles (25.706177 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 833.715943 sq. miles (2159.314287 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.214754 N, 97.220100 W
Headwords:
Carter
Carter, OK
Carter County
Carter County, OK
Carter -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 56742
Housing Units (2000): 25920
Land area (2000): 341.045608 sq. miles (883.304032 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.570319 sq. miles (17.017048 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 347.615927 sq. miles (900.321080 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.310350 N, 82.187840 W
Headwords:
Carter
Carter, TN
Carter County
Carter County, TN
Carter, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
Population (2000): 8
Housing Units (2000): 6
Land area (2000): 3.056841 sq. miles (7.917182 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.056841 sq. miles (7.917182 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13005
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 41.442062 N, 110.432574 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.Headwords:
Carter, WY
Carter
Carter, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana
Population (2000): 62
Housing Units (2000): 34
Land area (2000): 2.905797 sq. miles (7.525979 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003952 sq. miles (0.010236 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.909749 sq. miles (7.536215 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12625
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 47.781252 N, 110.955800 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59420
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Carter, MT
Carter
Carter, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 254
Housing Units (2000): 136
Land area (2000): 0.464433 sq. miles (1.202876 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.464433 sq. miles (1.202876 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12300
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.218187 N, 99.505054 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73627
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Carter, OK
Carter
Cartesian (n.) An adherent of Descartes.
Cartesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Rene Descartes, or his philosophy.
The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Cartesian coordinates (Geom), Distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes.
Cartesian devil, A small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies.
Cartesion oval (Geom.), A curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m'r' = c, where r and r' are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m' and c are constant; -- used by Descartes.
Cartesian (a.) Of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; "Cartesian linguistics."
Cartesian (n.) A follower of Cartesian thought.
Cartesian (a.) Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo sum_ -- whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: _Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum_ -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
Cartesianism (n.) The philosophy of Descartes.
Carthaginian (a.) Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.
Carthaginian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
Carthaginian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language; "the Punic Wars"; "Carthaginian peace" [syn: Carthaginian, Punic]
Carthaginian (n.) A native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage.
Compare: Safranin
Safranin (n.). (Chem.) (a) An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [R.]
Safranin (n.). (Chem.) (b) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.
Safranin (n.). (Chem.) (c) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.
Compare: Polychroite
Polychroite (n.) (Chem.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
Compare: Safranin
Safranin (n.) Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes [syn: safranine, safranin, saffranine].
Carthamin (n.) (Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius. carthorse
Carthusian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
Carthusian (a.) Pertaining to the Carthusian.
Carthusian (a.) Of or relating to the Carthusian order.
Carthusian (n.) A member of the Carthusian order.
Cartilage (n.) (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication.
Articular cartilage, Cartilage that lines the joints.
Cartilage bone (Anat.), Any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
Costal cartilage, Cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax.
Costal cartilage (n.) The cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration.
Cartilage (n.) Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: cartilage, gristle].
Cartilagineous (a.) See Cartilaginous. -- Ray.
Cartilaginification (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage. -- Wright.
Cartilaginification (n.) Abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians.