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71car|po|go|ni|um — «KAHR puh GOH nee uhm», noun, plural ni|a « nih uh». Botany. the single celled female sex organ of certain algae. Its distal end is prolonged to form a tube which receives the male gamete. ╂[< Greek karpós fruit + New Latin gonium < Greek… …
72car|re|te|la — «kah reh TAY lah», noun. a carriage or coach used in the Philippine Islands. ╂[< Spanish carretela < carreta a narrow cart] …
73car|ré — «ka RAY», noun. a bet made in roulette to take in four numbers in a square, the money being placed on the intersecting lines of the four numbers. ╂[< French carré, (originally) past participle of carrer to make square < Latin quadrāre to… …
74car|ri|er — «KAR ee uhr», noun. 1. a) a person or thing that carries something. A postman is a mail carrier. A porter is a baggage carrier. b) a bearer; messenger: »A jungle safari usually has water carriers. Troubadours and peddlers were often carriers of… …
75car|ri|on — «KAR ee uhn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. dead and decaying flesh: »Some crows feed largely on carrion. 2. Figurative. rottenness; filth; garbage. –adj. 1. dead and decaying. 2. feeding on dead and decaying flesh: »a ca …
76car|ry-on — «KAR ee ON, N», adjective, noun. –adj. small enough to be carried aboard an airplane by a passenger: »Coats and carry on baggage are stowed in large overhead storage compartments (Time). –n. 1. a piece of luggage that can be taken along by a… …
77car|ty — «KAHR tee», adjective. of the breed and build of a cart horse …
78car|y|at|ic — «KAR ee AT ihk», adjective. having to do with caryatids; caryatidal: »the caryatic order of architecture …
79car|y|at|i|de|an — «KAR ee AT uh DEE uhn», adjective. = caryatidal. (Cf. ↑caryatidal) …
80car|y|at|id — «KAR ee AT ihd», noun, plural ids, i|des « uh deez». a statue of a woman used as a column. In ancient Greek architecture, these figures usually wore long garments hanging in folds that somewhat resembled the fluting of conventional columns. »On… …
