a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
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<noun.artifact>
CRT |
cathode-ray tube |
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oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO
television, television system
computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
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the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
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CRT screen |
screen |
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a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema
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<noun.substance>
CS gas |
chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile |
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Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies
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<noun.group>
CSE |
Communications Security Establishment |
Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government
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<noun.group>
CSIS |
Canadian Security Intelligence Service |
standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States
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<noun.time>
CST |
Central Standard Time |
Central Time |
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a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
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<noun.act>
CAT |
CT |
computed axial tomography |
computed tomography |
computerized axial tomography |
computerized tomography |
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a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
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<noun.location>
CT |
Connecticut |
Constitution State |
Ct. |
Nutmeg State |
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an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
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<noun.group>
CTC |
Counterterrorist Center |
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a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
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CVA |
apoplexy |
cerebrovascular accident |
stroke |
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derivationally related form
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a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
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Ca |
atomic number 20 |
calcium |
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calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime
limestone
gypsum
fluorite, fluorspar, fluor
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(Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying
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<noun.artifact>
Caaba |
Kaaba |
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domain of synset (topic)
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naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
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<noun.animal>
Cabassous unicinctus |
cabassous |
tatouay |
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superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California
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<noun.plant>
Cabernet Sauvignon grape |
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alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants
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<noun.plant>
Cabomba |
genus Cabomba |
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common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
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<noun.plant>
Cabomba caroliniana |
fanwort |
water-shield |
in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Cabombaceae |
subfamily Cabombaceae |
water-shield family |
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Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
<noun.person>
<noun.person>
Cabot |
Giovanni Cabato |
John Cabot |
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son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
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<noun.person>
Cabot |
Sebastian Cabot |
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genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Cacalia |
genus Cacalia |
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tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
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<noun.plant>
Cacalia javanica |
Cacalia lutea |
Emilia coccinea |
Emilia flammea |
Emilia javanica |
tassel flower |
tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
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<noun.plant>
Cacalia javanica |
Cacalia lutea |
Emilia coccinea |
Emilia flammea |
Emilia javanica |
tassel flower |