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Calque
- noun - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
Camise
- noun - a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages
Camote
- unknown - the sweet potato
Canape
- noun - an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
Candle
- noun - A cylindrical item made of tallow with a wick in the centre enabling the candle to be lit
- examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
- stick of wax with a wick in the middle
- the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
Cangue
- noun - an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms
Canine
- adjective - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
- of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
- of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
- one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Cannae
- noun - ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC
Cantle
- noun - the back of a saddle seat
Canute
- noun - king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)