{ "Caerphilly":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a mild white friable cheese of Welsh origin":[], "administrative area of southeastern Wales area 107 square miles (277 square kilometers)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1878, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Caerphilly , urban district in Wales":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u00e4r-\u02c8fi-l\u0113", "k\u0259r-\u02c8fi-l\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135059", "type":[ "geographical name", "noun" ] }, "Caesalpiniaceae":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a large family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees having a regular or slightly irregular corolla, the petals imbricated in the bud, and the fruit a legume, important genera being Caesalpinia, Cassia, Bauhinia, Tamarindus , and Copaifera":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1877, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Caesalpinia , type genus + -aceae":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccpin\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175442", "type":[ "adjective", "plural noun" ] }, "Caesar":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "(Gaius) Julius 100\u201344 b.c. 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"si-\u02c8zer-\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112814", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "caesaropapism":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": exercise of supreme authority over ecclesiastical matters by a secular ruler":[], ": government in which the church is subordinate to the state or a secular ruler \u2014 compare byzantinism , erastianism":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1862, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "caesar + -o- + Late Latin papa pope + English -ism":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6s\u0113z\u0259(\u02cc)r\u014d\u02c8p\u0101\u02ccpiz\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025252", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "caesious":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": having a blue color very low in chroma":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1798, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin caesius ; probably akin to Latin caelum sky":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8s\u0113z\u0113\u0259s", "\u02c8k\u012b-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211033", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "caesura":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse":[], ": a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot":[], ": break , interruption":[ "a caesura between the movie and its sequel" ], ": a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "si-\u02c8zyu\u0307r-\u0259", "-\u02c8zhu\u0307r-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "For Rapsody\u2019s verse, medial caesura fashions a rhythmic back and forth \u2014 a left-foot, right-foot two-step. \u2014 Adam Bradley, New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021", "There's a caesura , and then all the hands in the congregation go up. \u2014 Michael Paterniti, GQ , 26 June 2018", "Mr. Korstvedt, the Bruckner Society president, pointed to the Fifth as an important caesura , concluding Bruckner\u2019s earlier period with its daring fugal finale. \u2014 David Allen, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2017", "Jonathan Waldorf, 11, who was missing the sixth grade that day to attend the match, found the action on the V.I.P. monitors fascinating, including the tense caesurae between moves. \u2014 John Leland, New York Times , 11 Nov. 2016" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin, from Latin, act of cutting, from caedere to cut":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141052" }, "caecilians":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of an order (Gymnophiona) of chiefly tropical burrowing limbless amphibians resembling worms":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "si-\u02c8sil-y\u0259n", "-\u02c8s\u0113l-", "-\u02c8si-l\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The caecilian is native to Colombia and Venezuela although it has been found in tropical Africa and southeast Asia. \u2014 Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com , 30 July 2021", "The species that was found in Miami is a Rio Cauca caecilian , or Typhlonectes natans, a native of Colombia and Venezuela that inhabits fresh water. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 28 July 2021", "Some are just a few inches long, but the giant caecilian of Colombia (Caecilia thompsoni) can reach lengths of up to five feet, reports Jason Bittel for National Geographic. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 July 2020", "On the other end, caecilian tails have glands that produce poison, presumably to discourage predators from chasing them through their subterranean highways. \u2014 Jason Bittel, National Geographic , 3 July 2020", "And Typhlonectes natans, a plain brown caecilian that looks something like an earthworm on steroids, takes on a greenish-yellow glow. \u2014 Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American , 27 Feb. 2020", "For example, the Rio Cauca caecilian \u2014 a gray, limbless aquatic amphibian \u2014 glowed bright green under the blue lights. \u2014 Sophie Lewis, CBS News , 27 Feb. 2020", "For salamanders and caecilians \u2014weird little limbless amphibians that look like worms and eat their mother\u2019s skin\u2014the point of looking extra hot might be, well, reproduction. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 27 Feb. 2020", "In the new study, scientists placed specimens from 32 species\u2014including salamanders, frogs, and limbless, wormlike amphibians known as caecilians \u2014onto a dark background and shone a blue or ultraviolet light on them. \u2014 Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Ortega, Science | AAAS , 27 Feb. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "ultimately from Latin caecilia slowworm, from caecus blind":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1840, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-071653" }, "caecilian":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of an order (Gymnophiona) of chiefly tropical burrowing limbless amphibians resembling worms":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "si-\u02c8sil-y\u0259n", "-\u02c8s\u0113l-", "-\u02c8si-l\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The caecilian is native to Colombia and Venezuela although it has been found in tropical Africa and southeast Asia. \u2014 Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com , 30 July 2021", "The species that was found in Miami is a Rio Cauca caecilian , or Typhlonectes natans, a native of Colombia and Venezuela that inhabits fresh water. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 28 July 2021", "Some are just a few inches long, but the giant caecilian of Colombia (Caecilia thompsoni) can reach lengths of up to five feet, reports Jason Bittel for National Geographic. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 July 2020", "On the other end, caecilian tails have glands that produce poison, presumably to discourage predators from chasing them through their subterranean highways. \u2014 Jason Bittel, National Geographic , 3 July 2020", "And Typhlonectes natans, a plain brown caecilian that looks something like an earthworm on steroids, takes on a greenish-yellow glow. \u2014 Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American , 27 Feb. 2020", "For example, the Rio Cauca caecilian \u2014 a gray, limbless aquatic amphibian \u2014 glowed bright green under the blue lights. \u2014 Sophie Lewis, CBS News , 27 Feb. 2020", "For salamanders and caecilians \u2014weird little limbless amphibians that look like worms and eat their mother\u2019s skin\u2014the point of looking extra hot might be, well, reproduction. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 27 Feb. 2020", "In the new study, scientists placed specimens from 32 species\u2014including salamanders, frogs, and limbless, wormlike amphibians known as caecilians \u2014onto a dark background and shone a blue or ultraviolet light on them. \u2014 Rodrigo P\u00e9rez Ortega, Science | AAAS , 27 Feb. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "ultimately from Latin caecilia slowworm, from caecus blind":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1840, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-072943" }, "Caecidae":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a family of minute marine gastropod mollusks (order Pectinibranchia) having the shells initially spiral but ultimately cylindrical and comprising the blind shells":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8s\u0113s\u0259\u02ccd\u0113", "-\u0113k\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Caecum , type genus (from Latin, neuter of caecus blind) + -idae":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1849, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074228" }, "Caeciliidae":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a family (type genus Caecilia ) of small slender wormlike burrowing amphibians that is coextensive with the order Gymnophiona":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccs\u0113s\u0259\u02c8l\u012b\u0259\u02ccd\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Caecilia , type genus (from Latin caecil\u00eda , a lizard, from caecus blind) + -idae ; from the small eyes":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1875, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101026" }, "Caedmon":{ "type":[ "biographical name" ], "definitions":{ "flourished 658\u2013680 Anglo-Saxon poet":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8kad-m\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120327" }, "Caedmonian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the poet Caedmon":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)kad\u00a6m\u014dn\u0113\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Caedmon , flourished a.d. 670 English Christian poet + English -an or -ic":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1823, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214553" }, "Caelian":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "hill in Rome, Italy, one of seven on which the ancient city was built \u2014 see aventine":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8s\u0113-l\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215703" }, "Caelum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a faint southern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Columba and Eridanus and that is represented by the figure of an engraving tool":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8s\u0113-l\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000842" }, "Caen":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city in Normandy , northwestern France population 111,808":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u00e4\u207f" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001031" }, "Caenagnathiformes":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an order of Canadian Cretaceous birds (Neognathae) known from a single immense jaw and believed to be related to the ostriches though in some respects the jaw resembles that of a toothless dinosaur":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6k\u012b\u02ccn-", "\u00a6s\u0113\u02ccnag\u02ccnath\u0259\u02c8f\u022fr\u02ccm\u0113z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from caen- + agnath- (from a- a- entry 2 + Greek gnathos jaw) + -iformes":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1940, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004744" } }