English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 147 of 872

catwalkernoun

A fashion model who works on a catwalk.

catwalklikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a catwalk.

catwiseadv

In the manner of a cat.

catwomannoun

A woman in a cat costume.

catwormnoun

A nephtyid.

catwortnoun

Synonym of catnip (the plant).

catàniesnoun

A Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate.

Cauname

A surname from French.

caubeennoun

An Irish beret, formerly worn by peasants, later also adopted for army use.

caucacitynoun

Alternative spelling of Caucasity.

Caucasianadj

Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.

Caucasian Albanianame

An ancient region and former kingdom in West Asia, south of the Caucasus mountains, east of Armenia and west of the Caspian Sea.

Caucasian Albanianadj

Of or pertaining to Caucasian Albania.

Caucasian Azerbaijanname

Synonym of Azerbaijan (“country in the South Caucasus”).

Caucasian Iberianame

Iberia.

Caucasian shepherd dognoun

Synonym of Caucasian shepherd.

Caucasiannessnoun

The quality of being Caucasian.

caucasitynoun

Alternative letter-case form of Caucasity.

Caucasoidadj

Being a member of a human racial classification composed of several peoples inhabiting Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and parts of East Africa, South Asia and Central Asia – as well as their descendants in other world regions.

Caucasologistnoun

A scholar specializing in Caucasology.

Caucasusname

A mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus.

cauchemarnoun

A demon or witch in French folklore that drains a sleeping person's energy by night.

cauchonoun

The latex of Castilla species.

Cauchyname

A French surname; notably that of prolific mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857).

Cauchy distributionnoun

A symmetric continuous probability distribution with fat tails, with probability density function that is

Cauchy horizonnoun

A lightlike boundary of the domain of validity of a Cauchy problem, in which one side of the horizon contains closed space-like geodesics and the other side contains closed timelike geodesics.

Cauchy problemnoun

For a given m-order partial differential equation, the problem of finding a solution function u on ℝⁿ that satisfies the boundary conditions that, for a smooth manifold S⊂ℝⁿ, u(x)=f_0(x) and (∂ᵏu(x))/(∂nᵏ)=f_k(x), ∀x∈S, k=1…m-1, given specified functions f_k defined on, and vector n normal to, the manifold.

Cauchy sequencenoun

Any sequence x_n in a metric space with metric d such that for every ϵ>0 there exists a natural number N such that for all k,m>N, d(x_k,x_m)<ϵ.

Cauchy-Riemann equationnoun

Given a complex-valued function f and real-valued functions u and v such that f(z) = u(z) + iv(z), either of the equations (∂u)/(∂x)=(∂v)/(∂y) or (∂u)/(∂y)=-(∂v)/(∂x), which together form part of the criteria that f be complex-differentiable.

Cauchy-Schwarz inequalityname

A theorem which states that the absolute value of the dot product between two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two vectors.

Cauchyanadj

Of or pertaining to Augustin-Louis Cauchy.

caucusnoun

A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.

caucus racenoun

The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.

caucus-goernoun

Alternative form of caucusgoer.

caucusdomnoun

Caucuses generally; the realm or sphere of caucuses.

caucusesnoun

plural of caucus

caucusgoernoun

One who attends a caucus.

cauda equinanoun

A bundle of nerve roots at the base of the spinal column.

cauda gallinoun

A feathery-shaped fossil, apparently a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks.

caudadadv

backwards; toward the tail or posterior part

caudaladj

Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

caudalizationnoun

The growth of a tail

caudallyadv

In a caudal manner; with regard to a tail

caudalmostadj

Most caudal

caudalwardadj

Having a caudal orientation

caudatannoun

Any amphibian of the order Caudata; the salamanders

caudateadj

Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.

caudatelyadv

In a caudate manner.

caudationnoun

The property of having a caudate extension or tail.

caudatolenticularadj

Relating to the caudate and lenticular nuclei of the corpus striatum in the brain.

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