Night. A sleeping couple is lying in a bed. Door bell rings. A couple wakes up. Woman: "Quick! My husband is back!" Man jumps out from a window. Flying down he starts to think: "Shit! But I am the husband!"
n. (also caiman) (pl. -s) s. American alligator-like reptile. [spanish and portuguese from carib]
CEEFAX
n. Propr. Teletext service provided by the bbc. [representing a pronunciation of seeing + facsimile]
CELERY
n. Plant with crisp long whitish leaf-stalks used as a vegetable. [greek selinon parsley]
CELLAR
—n. - storage room below ground level in a house.
- stock of wine in a cellar. —v. Store in a cellar. [latin cellarium: related to *cell]
CELTIC
—adj. Of the celts. —n. Group of celtic languages, including gaelic and irish, welsh, cornish, and breton.
CEMENT
—n. - powdery substance of calcined lime and clay, mixed with water to form mortar or used in concrete.
- similar substance.
- uniting factor or principle.
- substance used in filling teeth, doing hip replacements, etc. —v. - a unite with or as with cement. B establish or strengthen (a friendship etc.).
- apply cement to.
- line or cover with cement. cementation n. [latin caedo cut]
CENSER
n. Vessel for burning incense. [anglo-french: related to *incense1]
CENSOR
—n. Official authorized to suppress or expurgate books, films, news, etc., on grounds of obscenity, threat to security, etc. —v. - act as a censor of.
- make deletions or changes in. censorial adj. Censorship n. [latin censeo assess]
CENSUS
n. (pl. -suses) official count of population etc. [latin: related to *censor]
CENTER
(brit. Centre) —n. - middle point.
- pivot or axis of rotation.
- a place or buildings forming a central point or a main area for an activity (shopping centre; town centre). B (with a preceding word) equipment for a number of connected functions (music centre).
- point of concentration or dispersion; nucleus, source.
- political party or group holding moderate opinions.
- filling in chocolate etc.
- sport a middle player in a line in some field games. B kick or hit from the side to the centre of a pitch.
- (attrib.) Of or at the centre. —v. (-ring) 1 (foll. By in, on, round) have as its main centre.
- place in the centre.
- (foll. By in etc.) Concentrate. [greek kentron sharp point]
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