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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: carotinoid - carpet rods</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="carotinoid"> carotinoid, noun, adjective. =carotenoid.</DL> <A NAME="carotte"> carotte, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a roll of tobacco. </DL> <A NAME="carousal"> carousal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a noisy feast or drinking party. Ex. The Germans were celebrated for their hospitality ... and their carousals (William Butler Yeats). <DD> 2. =carrousel. </DL> <A NAME="carouse"> carouse, verb, -roused, -rousing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to drink heavily; take part in noisy feasts or merrymaking. Ex. Thomson ... carousing with Lord Hertford and his friends (Samuel Johnson). <DD>v.t. (Obsolete.) to drink up; drain. <DD>noun 1. a noisy feast or drinking party; carousal. Ex. What means this revel and carouse? (Longfellow). <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) a whole cup or toast drunk at once. Ex. Quaff the full carouse (Scott). noun carouser. </DL> <A NAME="carousel"> carousel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =carrousel (def. 1). <DD> 2. a circular tray for a slide projector, from which each slide is placed before a lens for viewing and then returned to its slot. </DL> <A NAME="carp"> carp (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to find fault; complain. Ex. We will not carp at this great writer (Matthew Arnold). No doubt every psychologist will find something to carp at--a quibble over a definition or a complaint about an omission (New Scientist). <DD>noun a minor or trivial complaint; cavil. Ex. My only carp was that, on this occasion at least, they seemed to be preaching to the converted (London Times). noun carper. </DL> <A NAME="carp"> carp (2), noun, pl. carps or (collectively) carp.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a bony, freshwater fish which lives in ponds and slow streams. It feeds mostly on plants and sometimes grows quite large. <DD> 2. any one of a group of similar fishes, including goldfish, minnows, chub, and dace. adj. carplike. </DL> <A NAME="carpal"> carpal, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the carpus or wrist. Ex. carpal bones, a carpal fracture. <DD>noun a bone of the carpus. </DL> <A NAME="carpalangle"> carpal angle,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Ornithology.) the bend of the wing. The length of wing is the distance from the carpal angle to the end of the longest quill feather. </DL> <A NAME="carpale"> carpale, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) a bone of the carpus; carpal. </DL> <A NAME="carpaljoint"> carpal joint,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) <DD> 1. a joint of the carpus. <DD> 2a. the joint between the radius and the carpus in man. <DD> b. a corresponding joint in other vertebrates. </DL> <A NAME="carpark"> car park,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an open area reserved for the parking of cars; parking lot. </DL> <A NAME="carpathian"> Carpathian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Carpathian Mountains (a system of mountains in northern Romania and Czechoslovakia). </DL> <A NAME="carpediem"> carpe diem,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD> 1. enjoy today; make the most of the present. <DD> 2. (literally) seize the day. </DL> <A NAME="carpel"> carpel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a modified leaf which forms a pistil or part of a pistil of a flower. Ex. The central whorl of floral organs, the pistil or pistils of the flower, is formed of one or more carpels (Harbaugh and Goodrich). </DL> <A NAME="carpellary"> carpellary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a carpel. </DL> <A NAME="carpellate"> carpellate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having carpels. Ex. The young carpellate cones appear in May or early June as pinkish purple structures arranged ... laterally along the new growth (Heber W. Youngken). </DL> <A NAME="carpenter"> carpenter, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person whose work is building and repairing the wooden parts of houses, barns, ships, or similar constructions. The occupation of carpenter and joiner are often combined. <DD>v.i. to do carpenter's work. Ex. He carpentered with more enthusiasm than skill. <DD>v.t. to make by carpentry. Ex. The next morning he did not enter his study, but carpentered an often-postponed wall-cage for broody hens (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="carpenterant"> carpenter ant,<DL COMPACT><DD> a black or brown ant that builds its nest in dead or decaying trees or wooden parts of buildings by chewing out large, irregular holes in the wood. </DL> <A NAME="carpenterbee"> carpenter bee,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a subfamily of solitary bees that make tunnels and compartments in wood for depositing their eggs. </DL> <A NAME="carpenterbird"> carpenter bird,<DL COMPACT><DD> a redheaded woodpecker of California that cuts holes in dead branches, in which it inserts acorns. </DL> <A NAME="carpentering"> carpentering, noun. =carpentry.</DL> <A NAME="carpentermoth"> carpenter moth,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large moth whose larvae burrow in the solid wood of deciduous trees. </DL> <A NAME="carpenter"> carpenter or carpenter's scene,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Theater.) <DD> 1. a scene to allow time for elaborate scenery to be set up. <DD> 2. the scenery, usually a drop, to conceal most of the stage while such a scene is being set up. </DL> <A NAME="carpenterworm"> carpenterworm, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the larva of the carpenter moth. </DL> <A NAME="carpentry"> carpentry, noun, pl. -tries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the trade or work of a carpenter. <DD> 2. something constructed by a carpenter. </DL> <A NAME="carpet"> carpet, noun, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a heavy, woven fabric for covering floors and stairs. <DD> b. a covering made of this fabric. Carpets are usually tacked or nailed to the floor; rugs are not. <DD> 2. anything like a carpet. Ex. (Figurative.) He walked on a carpet of grass. <DD>v.t. 1. to cover with a carpet. Ex. (Figurative.) In the spring, the ground was carpeted with violets; in the fall, the ground was carpeted with leaves. <DD> 2. (Informal.) to summon for the purpose of reprimanding or calling to account. Ex. They had done nothing. Why were they carpeted? (Henry Cockton). <DD>adj. avoiding danger and exertion; effeminate; stay-at-home. Ex. No carpet soldiers, but hardy troops (George Rawlinson). expr. on the carpet, <DD> a. under consideration or discussion. Ex. a question of importance being on the carpet (Mason L. Weems). <DD> b. (Informal.) being scolded or rebuked. Ex. He was constantly on the carpet for promising deliveries, blaming others for his failures (Wall Street Journal). <DD> c. into the presence of a superior to be scolded or rebuked. Ex. The salesman was called on the carpet. expr. sweep (or push) under the carpet, (Informal.) to conceal or ignore (a problem or duty). Ex. What worries me, however, is the attitude that ... it must always be the moral issue which is swept under the carpet (Manchester Guardian Weekly). adj. carpetless. </DL> <A NAME="carpetbag"> carpetbag, noun, adjective, verb, -bagged, -bagging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a traveling bag made of carpet. Ex. Our dozen trunks and half-dozen carpetbags, being already packed and labelled (Hawthorne). <DD>adj. (U.S.) of or having to do with the practices of a carpetbagger. Ex. a carpetbag reformer. <DD>v.i. (U.S.) to travel or act as or resemble a carpetbagger. Ex. Mr. McDuffie carpetbagged from somewhere down into Alabama (Congressional Record). </DL> <A NAME="carpetbagger"> carpetbagger, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD> 1a. a Northerner who went to the South to get political or other advantages during the time of disorganization that followed the American Civil War. Ex. moving in the best circles of carpetbagger society (Margaret Mitchell). <DD> b. any person who follows a similar course anywhere. Ex. The first Nationalist governor to take over from the Japanese at war's end had arrived with a retinue of carpetbaggers and incompetents (Time). <DD> c. (Slang.) a fraudulent traveling banker, promoter, or the like, of the early West. <DD> 2. a traveler who carries a carpetbag. </DL> <A NAME="carpetbaggery"> carpetbaggery, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) carpetbaggism. </DL> <A NAME="carpetbaggism"> carpetbaggism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD> 1. the practices or methods of carpetbaggers. <DD> 2. government by carpetbaggers. </DL> <A NAME="carpetbed"> carpet bed,<DL COMPACT><DD> a garden having dwarf plants of different colors arranged like the pattern of a carpet. </DL> <A NAME="carpetbeetle"> carpet beetle or bug,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several small beetles whose larvae destroy carpets, other fabrics, and furs; buffalo bug. </DL> <A NAME="carpetbomb"> carpet-bomb, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bomb an area by covering it with bombs as with a carpet; engage in carpet bombing. </DL> <A NAME="carpetbombing"> carpet bombing,<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of bombing in which an area containing numerous targets is carpeted with bombs. </DL> <A NAME="carpetdance"> carpet dance,<DL COMPACT><DD> an informal dance. </DL> <A NAME="carpetgrass"> carpet grass,<DL COMPACT><DD> a creeping, drought-resistant pasture grass found in the tropics and southern United States, commonly used to cover athletic fields, golf courses, and playgrounds. </DL> <A NAME="carpeting"> carpeting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a fabric for carpets or other floor coverings. Ex. Wilton carpeting. <DD> b. carpets. Ex. Matting and carpeting have done much for the stone floor (Leigh Hunt). <DD> 2. a covering that resembles or suggests a carpet. Ex. (Figurative.) Next morning there was a carpeting of fresh snow. </DL> <A NAME="carpetknight"> carpet knight,<DL COMPACT><DD> a soldier who is more used to parlors than to battlefields. </DL> <A NAME="carpetrods"> carpet rods,<DL COMPACT><DD> rods for holding a stair carpet in place. </DL> <A HREF="carpetsh.dic">NEXT</A>