caravanserai
— Noun
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~ an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
caraway
— Noun
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~ a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed
caraway
— Noun
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~ leaves used sparingly in soups and stews
carbamate
— Noun
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~ a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid
carbamic acid
— Noun
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~ an acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane)
carbamide
— Noun
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~ the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
carbide
— Noun
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~ a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
calcium carbide
— Noun
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~ a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene
carbineer
— Noun
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~ a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
carbohydrate
— Noun
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~ an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
carbolic acid
— Noun
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~ a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally
Carboloy
— Noun
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~ an alloy based on tungsten with cobalt or nickel as a binder; used in making metal-cutting tools
carbomycin
— Noun
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~ a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms
carbon
— Noun
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~ an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
carbon
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~ a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper