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  • 61car|i|o|ca — «KAR ee OH kuh», noun. 1. a) a dance of South America similar to the samba. b) music for such a dance. 2. Caricoa, a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro. ╂[< Brazilian Portuguese carioca] …

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  • 62car|i|os|i|ty — «KAIR ee OS uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. carious state or condition. 2. a carious formation …

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  • 63car|ob — «KAR uhb», noun. 1. an evergreen tree of the pea family grown in the Mediterranean region and occasionally in the southern United States; the locust; algarroba. 2. Also, carob bean. a long, flat, hornlike pod of this tree, containing hard seeds… …

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  • 64Car|o|le|an — «KAR uh LEE uhn», adjective. 1. of or having to do with Charles I and II of England. 2. of or designating the period, style of clothing, decoration, or furniture, or state of the arts that prevailed during the reigns of Charles I or II of England …

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  • 65car|ol|er — «KAR uh luhr», noun. a person who carols, especially one who sings Christmas carols: »The carolers were still wandering through the narrow streets of Chelsea this Christmas singing the old hymns in the snow (New York Times). Also, especially… …

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  • 66car|ol — «KAR uhl», noun, verb, oled, ol|ing, or (especially British) olled, ol|ling. –n. 1. a hymn of joy, especially one sung at Christmas. 2. a song of joy: »He heard the birds their morning carols sing ( …

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  • 67car|pa|le — «kahr PAY lee», noun. Anatomy. a bone of the carpus; carpal. ╂[< New Latin carpale, neuter of carpalis carpal] …

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  • 68car|pe di|em — «KAHR pee DY ehm», Latin. 1. enjoy today; make the most of the present. 2. (literally) seize the day …

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  • 69car|pi — «KAHR py», noun. the plural of carpus …

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  • 70car|po|go|ni|al — «KAHR puh GOH nee uhl», adjective. of or having to do with a carpogonium …

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