| CARBURETOR | • carburetor n. (US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. • carburetor n. (Slang, drugs) A water pipe or bong; a device or contrivance for mixing air with burning cannabis or cocaine. • CARBURETOR n. an apparatus for charging a gas with carbon compounds, also CARBURETER, CARBURETTER, CARBURETTOR. |
| CAREWORKER | • careworker n. One who participates in carework. • CAREWORKER n. one whose job involves looking after other people. |
| CARREFOURS | • CARREFOUR n. (French) a crossroads, a plaza. |
| CARRYOVERS | • carryovers n. Plural of carryover. • CARRYOVER n. in accounting, a payment carried over to the next accounting period. |
| CERTIORARI | • certiorari n. (US, law) A grant of the right of an appeal to be heard by an appellate court where that court has discretion… • certiorari n. (Britain, law) A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review. • CERTIORARI n. a writ from higher court to lower court requesting a transcript. |
| CORALBERRY | • coralberry n. A species of bromeliad, Aechmea fulgens, of Brazil, and which is often used as an ornamental plant. • coralberry n. American winterberry, Ilex verticillata. • coralberry n. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, of eastern North America. |
| CORRELATOR | • correlator n. That which correlates or causes correlation. • correlator n. (Statistics, quantum mechanics) A correlation function. • correlator n. (Optics, signal processing) A type of device used to compare two signals. |
| CROWBARRED | • crowbarred v. Simple past tense and past participle of crowbar. • crowbarred adj. (Electronics) Equipped with a crowbar circuit. • CROWBAR v. to use a steel bar as a lever. |
| NONCARRIER | • noncarrier n. A person who is not a carrier (Of a disease etc.). • NONCARRIER n. someone who does not carry (a genetic disease). |
| PROCEREBRA | • procerebra n. Plural of procerebrum. • PROCEREBRUM n. the forebrain, the prosencephalon. |
| PROCREATOR | • procreator n. One who procreates; a father or mother. • procreator n. (Figuratively) One who originates or creates something. • PROCREATOR n. one who procreates. |
| RECREATORS | • recreators n. Plural of recreator. • RECREATOR n. one who recreates. |
| REFRACTORS | • refractors n. Plural of refractor. • REFRACTOR n. a refracting telescope. |
| REFRACTORY | • refractory adj. Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something. • refractory adj. Not affected by great heat. • refractory adj. (Medicine) Difficult to treat. |
| REPROACHER | • reproacher n. One who reproaches. • REPROACHER n. one who reproaches. |
| RETRACTORS | • retractors n. Plural of retractor. • RETRACTOR n. something that retracts. |
| STERCORARY | • stercorary n. A sheltered place for storing dung. • STERCORARY adj. relating to dung, also STERCORARIOUS. • STERCORARY n. a weatherproof place where dung is stored. |