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All Words Glossary Glossary of Biographic Terms beginning with letter C Browse the Biographic Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  cable noun  A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. An assembly of two or more wires which are used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more may be insulated. (nautical) A heavy rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out. A telegram (finance) in financial markets 'cable' is used to refer to the currency pair Great British Pounds against United States Dollars (nautical) A unit of length verb to cable To send a telegram To wrap wires to form a cable       cage noun (plural: cages) an enclosure made of bars the passenger compartment of a lift verb (cag, ing) to put into a cage (advertising, politics) To track individual responses to direct mail.       Cagliari proper noun  Province of Sardinia, Italy. Capital and port of Cagliari and also the capital of Sardinia.       Cain proper noun  (given name, male, , ) (mythology) The eldest son of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis; considered the first murderer. (see w:Cain and Abel).       Calhoun proper noun  An Irish surname, variant of the Scottish Colquhoun       Calvin proper noun  a surname of French and Spanish origin, meaning a bald person w:John Calvin, John Calvin, French Protestant theologian (context, mostly, US) a male given name derived from the surname; used especially by nonconformist families       Cameron proper noun  A surname derived from a highland Scottish clan name, Gaelic cam crooked or bent + sròn nose (given name, male) derived from the surname. (given name, female) derived from the surname, used since the 1980s also in the form Camryn and Kamryn.       camp noun  An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary. A group of people with the same ideals or political leanings, strongly supported. An affect, affected, exaggerate, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style. verb  To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation. We're planning to in the field until Sunday. To stay in an advantageous location in a first-person shooter game, for example, next to a power-up or to guard an area. The easiest way to win on this map is to the double damage. Go and the flag for the win. To behave in a camp manner. Don't up your performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night this time. (gay slang) To troll for sexual partners. Looks like he's going to for some hot bois tonight. (gay slang) To chat up a guy in the hopes of getting him into bed. You should that cute guy. adjective ((compar) camper, (superl) campest) theatrical, Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures. (context, of a gay man) Ostentatiously effeminate. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.       Campbell proper noun  A Scottish surname from the Gaelic cam beul, crooked mouth. (given name, male) derived from the surname.       campion noun  any flowering plant of the genus Lychnis. any flowering plant of the genus Silene.       canning noun  The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a sealed jar or can). verb  (present participle of, can)       cannon noun (pl=cannon, pl2=cannons) A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.<ref name="JP102">(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).</ref> historical: A large muzzle-loading artillery piece. modern: A large-bore machine gun. A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock. (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) 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. (baseball) The arm of a player that can throw well. He's got a out in right. verb  To bombard with cannons (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.       cantor noun  singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony       Canute proper noun  (obsolete) (given name, male) used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. w:Canute the Great, Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.       capote noun (plural capotes) A long coat or cloak with a hood A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th century Canadian woodsmen. 1888, Theodore Roosevelt, Frontier Types, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, October 1888. : The fourth member of our party round the camp-fire that night was a powerfully built trapper, partly French by blood,who wore a gayly colored , or blanket-coat, a greasy fur cap, and moccasins.       Carlisle proper noun  A city in north-western England, the county town of Cumbria and formerly of Cumberland.       Carlos proper noun  A male given name of Spanish or Portuguese origin. English equivalent: Charles.       Carlyle noun  A last name; the most famous to bear it was wikipedia:Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle. A given name for mainly males. A city in Illinois.       carpenter noun  A person skilled at carpentry. (nautical) a senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water       carrel noun  A partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library. He was busy writing his report in a small library (seeCites)       Carroll proper noun  An Irish surname derived from the Gaelic í� Cearbhaill w:Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll - pseudonym of British author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson       Carson proper noun  An Irish and Scottish surname, possible a form of Curzon. (given name, male) (and very rarely a female name) transferred from the surname.       Carter proper noun  An English occupational surname for someone who was a carter. (given name, male) derived from the surname.       Cartwright proper noun  an English occupational surname for someone who made carts       carver noun  One who carves       Cary proper noun  A male given name, a variant of the Irish Carey       casanova noun  A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women. A promiscuous, philandering man.       casement noun  a window sash that is hinged on the side and opens outward a window having such sashes; a casement window (military) a casemate       cash noun  money, Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions. verb (cash, es) To exchange a check for money in the form of notes/bills.       castle noun  A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. A chess piece shaped like a castle tower which is also called a rook. (obsolete) A close helmet. 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, p. 12, : The was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel, a small or light helmet. verb (castl, ing) (chess) To perform the move of castling.       Cecil proper noun  A male given name.       Cecilia proper noun  Saint Cecilia, 3rd Century Roman Martyr; the patron saint of music. Her feast day is November 22nd. (given name, female, from Latin, )       chain noun  A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. He wore a gold around the neck. A series of interconnected things. This led to an unfortunate of events. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. That of restaurants is expanding into our town. A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule. When examined, the molecular included oxygen and hydrogen. (surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device. (surveying) A long measuring tape. A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a commonly used surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 17.85 metres. Equal to 4 rods. verb  (transitive) To fasten something with a chain (intransitive) To link multiple items together (transitive) To secure someone with fetters (transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain (computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers; to be chained to another data item (transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying       chamberlain noun  An officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.       chambers noun  (plural of , chamber) verb  (third-person singular of, chamber)       Champlain proper noun  A surname from a French topographic name from words meaning field and flat w:Samuel de Champlain, Samuel de Champlain French geographer and explorer       Chandler proper noun  An English occupational surname for a maker or seller of candles. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.       Chapman proper noun  an English occupational surname for a merchant       char noun  (obsolete) a time; a turn or occasion (obsolete) a turn of work; a labour or item of business an odd-job, a chore or piece of housework a charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady "I had to scrub the kitchen today, because the couldn"t come" verb (chars, charing, charred) (obsolete) to turn, especially away or aside to work, especially to do housework 1893, She explained that she was the commissionaire's wife, who did the charing, and I gave her the order for the coffee. " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Naval Treaty" (Norton 2005, p.677)       Charles proper noun  (given name, male)       Charlotte proper noun  (given name, female, from French, ) used in the English-speaking world since the seventeenth century. The largest city in the state of North Carolina.       Chase proper noun  (given name, male) of modern usage, from the surname Chase,a Middle English nickname for a hunter.       Chaucer proper noun  a rare medieval English surname, possibly of French origin; no longer current w:Geoffrey Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, a 14th century English author, best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.       chesterfield noun  A couch, sofa, or loveseat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top. (Canadian English) Any couch or sofa.       chevalier noun  A cavalier; a knight. In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame       child noun (pl=children) A son or daughter. Her is in 1st grade. An unborn or young person, a minor, especially one who has not yet entered into puberty. That is up to no good. (context, computing) Some object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object. The node then stores the actual data of the parent node.       childe noun  A child of noble birth. The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.       choate adjective  complete       Christie proper noun  (given name, female), diminutive of Christine and its variant forms. (given name, male), a mostly Scottish and Irish diminutive of Christopher       Christopher proper noun  (given name, male, from Greek, ).       Churchill proper noun (wikipedia, Churchill (disambiguation)) Any of several English placenames from church and hill A habitational surname from any of these places w:Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill English statesman and author       CID abbreviation  Caller IDentification or Caller ID or Call ID; the feature on most telephone systems that identifies the phone number of who is calling. Criminal Investigation Department       Claire proper noun  (given name, female) borrowed from the French form of Clara or Clare.       clancy noun (clanc, ies) An overflow or spillage. 1971, w:David Ireland, David Ireland, The Unknown Industrial Prisoner : They'd had a ". He had dozed off with the water running and there was water slopping everywhere.''       Clarendon proper noun  An earldom in the British peerage w:Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon A serif typeface       Clark proper noun  An English occupational surname, variant of Clarke, for someone who was either a scribe or priest / cleric A male given name, derived from the surname       Clarke proper noun  An English occupational surname, a variant of Clark       Claude proper noun  (given name, male).       clay noun  A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. An earth material with ductile qualities. (idiom) (Biblical) The material of the human body. 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Job 10:8-9: : Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about...thou hast made me as the . 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Isaiah 64:8: : But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the , and thou art our potter; and we are the work of thy hand.       Clayton proper noun  Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere, from Old English clí¦g "clay" + tÅ«n "enclosure, settlement". An English habitational surname from the placename. (given name, male) from the surname.       Cleveland proper noun  A city in Ohio. A former county in northeast England bordering Yorkshire and County Durham.       Clifford proper noun  (given name, male).       Clinton proper noun  An Irish surname, the short form of McClinton? An English habitational surname from either of several places named "Glinton" or "Glympton" w:Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton US President       Clive proper noun  An English surname - someone who lived near a cliff ( Old English clif). (given name, male) derived from the surname, popular in Britain in mid-twentieth century.       cobb noun  A sea-cob or gull. A pier made from cobblestones. A hand-basket, especially made from wicker. A knock or blow.       coffin noun  An oblong closed box in which a dead person is bury, buried. verb  (transitive) To place in a coffin. 2007: The chest in which she is coffined washes ashore and is brought to the Lord Cerimon " Barbara Everett, "Making and Breaking in Shakespeare's Romances", London Review of Books 29:6, p. 21       Coke proper noun  (Proprietary name for) A cola-based soft drink containing caffeine and sugar. I'd like a .       Cole proper noun  An English surname, possibly a nickname from col, Old English "charcoal,coal-black". A male given name derived from the surname.       Coleridge proper noun  w:Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English romantic poet w:Coleridge, North Carolina, Coleridge, North Carolina       Collier proper noun  a surname       Collins noun  A particular kind of alcoholic beverage. proper noun  An English patronymic surname from the given name Colin, pet form of Coll An Irish surname, Anglicized from the Gaelic í� Coileí¡in       Columba proper noun  w:Columba, St. Columba of Iona (Old Irish Columb Cille, meaning "Dove of the church"); one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages. Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba. (constellation) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove. It was introduced by Augustin Royer in 1679, as a split from the constellation Canis Major.       Columbus proper noun  A masculine given name. w:Christopher Columbus, Christopher Columbus (1451?-1506), Italian explorer of the Americas. One of various cities in the USA, among others the capital of Ohio.       Confucius proper noun  Western name of Kong Qiu (å­�ä¸�), an influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 BCE " 479 BCE.       Conrad proper noun  (given name, male).       constable noun  A police officer ranking below Sergeant in most British police forces. (See also Chief Constable). Officer of a noble court in the middle ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal). Public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writ, writs and court orders.       constant noun  That which is permanent or invariable. (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion. (science) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances. (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value. adjective  unchanged, Unchanged through time or space; permanent. consistently, Consistently recurring over time; persistent steady, Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.       converse noun  The opposite or reverse. (logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form "If A is true, then B is true" or (equivalently) "All Xs are Ys", the proposition or law "If B is true, then A is true" or "All Ys are Xs", respectively. All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true.       Conway proper noun  Former English name of Conwy in North Wales A Welsh habitational surname derived from the city or its river A male given name transferred from the surname       Cook proper noun  an English occupational name (surname) for a cook, or a seller of cooked food       Cooper proper noun  An English occupational surname derived from cooper. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.       Corbin proper noun  An English surname. (given name, male) derived from the surname.       Cornelius proper noun  (biblical) A centurion mentioned in Acts 10:1. (given name, male)       Coronado proper noun  A peninsula in San Diego       cotton noun  A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth. The textile that is harvested from the cotton plant. adjective  Made of cotton.       coulomb noun  In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.       court noun  An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes. A tribunal established for the administration of justice. The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. The session of a judicial assembly. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis, basketball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. verb  Woo; attempt to win over with social activities and displays of breeding; tact and affection.       cousin noun  The son or daughter of a person"s uncle or aunt Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.       coward noun  a person who lacks courage       cowl noun  A monk's hood or hooded robe A mask that covers the majority of the head. A metal protective covering that covers the engine; also cowling (nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below (nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge       Cowper proper noun  An English surname, a variant of Cooper       Cox proper noun  an English surname either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook       Craig proper noun  a Scottish surname, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag a male given name derived from the surname       cram noun  The act of cramming. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. verb (cram, m, ed) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.       crane noun  A large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying. A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. verb (cran, ing) (transitive) To extend (one's neck).       Crater proper noun (wikipedia, Crater (constellation)) (constellation): A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.       Crawford proper noun  an English and Scottish habitational surname derived from several different placenames       crick noun  A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (US regional) Spelling variant of creek.       Crispin proper noun  A male given name. A Roman shoemaker, martyr and saint (brother of Crispinian); patron saint of cobblers and tanners.       Cromwell proper noun  an English habitational surname from either of several placenames w:Oliver Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell English military leader, politician, and dictator, or his son w:Richard Cromwell, Richard Cromwell       Cross proper noun  An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road       cruise noun (wikipedia, cruising) A sea voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. verb (cruis, ing) (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure. (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency. (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom. (context, slang) To seek a sexual partner, especially a prostitute. (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occuring at 10 months       Cunningham proper noun  A Scottish habitational surname from a place in Ayrshire       curie noun  a unit of radioactivity defined as 3.7í�1010 decays per second ---       curry noun (curr, ies) Any dish, especially a stew made with various kinds of meat or seafood, flavored with curry powder. A sauce or relish whose principal flavoring is curry powder. curry powder, Curry powder Used attributively, cooked with curry. 1990 Helen Willinsky - Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica :Until recently, we usually fixed goat, another national dish, for large parties. 2006 Elka Paquette - Taboo :Mum replied, "Oh everything, fried jerk chicken, fried fish, rice and peas and the mutton's been cooking, from this morning. (context, Australian English) To give (someone) a bit of ; to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass. verb (curries, currying, curried) (transitive) To season with curry powder.       Curtis proper noun  An English surname, originally a nickname for a refined or courtly person A male given name transferred from the surname       Cuthbert proper noun  A male given name       Cyril proper noun  A male given name.       Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550100250500 results per page.

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