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Cannelure
- - A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold.
Cannonade
- noun - attack with cannons or artillery
- intense and continuous artillery fire
Cannulate
- verb - introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
Cannulise
- verb - introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
Cannulize
- verb - introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
Carnalise
- verb - debase through carnal gratification
Carnalize
- verb - ascribe to an origin in sensation
- debase through carnal gratification
- represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture
Carnivore
- noun - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"
- any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
Carnotite
- noun - a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium
Chandelle
- noun - a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction
- climb suddenly and steeply; "The airplane chandelled"