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cam·pim·e·ter

n : an instrument for testing indirect or peripheral visual
perception of form and color cam*pim*e*try n pl -tries




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camp·to·cor·mia

n : an hysterical condition marked by forward bending of
the trunk and sometimes accompanied by lumbar pain .




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canicular
adj.
5ME caniculer < L canicularis < prec.6
1 a) of the Dog Star b) measured by its rising
2 of the dog days in July and August: see DOG DAYS



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recite with musical tones, as in synagogue or highly liturgical churches.


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caoutchouc
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5Fr < obs. Sp cauchuc < Quechua6 rubber; esp. India rubber, or crude, natural rubber, obtained from latex



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A bullfighter's aide who uses a cape to excite or distract the bull.


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apsicum
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5ModL < L capsa, a box (see CASE2), from the shape of the seedpods6
1 any of a genus (Capsicum) of pepper plants of the nightshade family, with fleshy, usually red pods, including the hot peppers (Tabasco, bird, chili, cayenne) and the sweet peppers (bell)
2 these pods variously prepared as condiments or, in medicine, as a gastric stimulant



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Carambola
(Averrhoa carambola)

Comes from Indonesia and
Malaysia. Has five corners and
is described as star-shaped,
and commonly called the Star
Fruit.


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carina
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pl. 3nas or 3nae 73nc8 5ModL < L, keel: see CAREEN6 Biol. a structure or part resembling a keel or ridge, as the projection on the breastbone of a bird
ca[ri4nal
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