Cretaceous period
— Noun
– English
~ from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
computer peripheral
— Noun
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~ electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
Cape periwinkle
— Noun
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~ commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
Commodore Perry
— Noun
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~ United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
Campanula persicifolia
— Noun
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~ perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
common person
— Noun
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~ a person who holds no title
clumsy person
— Noun
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~ a person with poor motor coordination
creative person
— Noun
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~ a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
color-blind person
— Noun
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~ a person unable to distinguish differences in hue
crabby person
— Noun
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~ a quarrelsome grouch
California Personality Inventory
— Noun
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~ a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.
cult of personality
— Noun
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~ intense devotion to a particular person
capital of Peru
— Noun
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~ capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
Chilean peso
— Noun
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~ the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos
Colombian peso
— Noun
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~ the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos
Cuban peso
— Noun
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~ the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos
Czar Peter I
— Noun
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~ czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725)
chief petty officer
— Noun
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~ a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
class Phaeophyceae
— Noun
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~ brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae