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Bylaws
- noun - a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
Bypass
- noun - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
- a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
- a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
- avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
Byways
- noun - a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
Cabals
- noun - a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
- a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
Cacaos
- noun - tropical American tree producing cacao beans
Calais
- noun - a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
Camass
- noun - any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
Canals
- noun - (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
- long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
- provide (a city) with a canal
Carats
- noun - a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
- the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
Casals
- noun - an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973)