cable television service

a television system that transmits over cables ;

cable tramway

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers ;

cablegram

a telegram sent abroad ;

cabman

someone who drives a taxi for a living ;

cabochon

a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets ;

cabomba

alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants ;

cabomba caroliniana

common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers ;

cabombaceae

in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia ;

caboodle

any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" ;

caboose

a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train ; the area for food preparation on a ship ;

cabot

Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) ; son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557) ;

cabotage

navigation in coastal waters ; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders ;

cabriolet

small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood ;

cabstand

a place where taxis park while awaiting customers; "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'" ;

cacajao

uakaris ;

cacalia

genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia ;

cacalia javanica

tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia ;

cacalia lutea

tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia ;

cacao

tropical American tree producing cacao beans ;

cacao bean

seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate ;

cacao moth

small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products ;

cacao tree

tropical American tree producing cacao beans ;

cacatua

a genus of Psittacidae ;

cacatua galerita

white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest ;

cachalot

large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris ;

cache

a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) ; (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics ; a secret store of valuables or money ;

cachet

a seal on a letter ; a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal ; an indication of approved or superior status ;

cachexia

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease ;

cachexy

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease ;

cachi

a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high) ;

cachinnation

loud convulsive laughter ;

cachou

a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco) ;

cacicus

a genus of tropical American orioles ;

cacique

black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics ;

cackle

a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle ; noisy talk ; the sound made by a hen after laying an egg ;

cackler

any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae ; a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk ;

cacodaemon

an evil spirit ;

cacodemon

an evil spirit ;

cacodyl

the univalent group derived from arsine ; a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air ;

cacodyl group

the univalent group derived from arsine ;