Helen Fenton

Caricature: Definition and part of speech

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Caricature

  1. v. t. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
  2. v. t. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Carillon: Definition and part of speech

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Carillon

  1. n. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
  2. n. A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Carina: Definition and part of speech

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Carina

  1. n. The keel of the breastbone of birds.
  2. n. A keel
  3. n. That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification
  4. n. A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Carinaria: Definition and part of speech

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Carinaria

  1. n. A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Carinatae: Definition and part of speech

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Carinatae

  1. n. pl. A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; — So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.