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ain
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adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person
(especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for
your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own
clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
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arcane
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adj 1: requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane
science of dowsing"
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cane
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n 1: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
2: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds,
rattans, or sugar cane
3: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste,
lambast]
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chicane
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n 1: a bridge hand that is void of trumps
2: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed
before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in
single file
3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, wile, shenanigan]
v 1: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat,
chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey]
2: raise trivial objections [syn: cavil, carp, chicane]
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cocaine
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n 1: a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a
surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become
powerfully addictive [syn: cocaine, cocain]
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procaine
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n 1: a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine)
administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry
and medicine [syn: procaine, Ethocaine]
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sugarcane
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n 1: juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and
commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the
juice [syn: sugarcane, sugar cane]
2: tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous
jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar [syn:
sugarcane, sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum]
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ane
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adj 1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane'
is Scottish" [syn: one, 1, i, ane]
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cain
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n 1: (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of
Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel
out of jealousy and was exiled by God
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benzocaine
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n 1: a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic [syn:
benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate]
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marocain
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n 1: a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe [syn: marocain,
crepe marocain]
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alkane
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n 1: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the
general formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: methane series, alkane
series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin]
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aine
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ayn
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caine
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cayne
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biscayne
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duquesne
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mccain
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aisne
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lignocaine
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decane
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diazoalkane
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