Canada
Canada (ka-ne-de) abbr., CAN country, oldest member of the Commonwealth of Nations, occupying the northern half of North America with the exception of Alaska, Greenland and St. Pierre and Miquelon. Population 30 568 000 (1999). Ca-na-di-an (ke-ne′-de-en) adj & n. FIGURE 1
Canada Goose n. Branta canadensis - a common wild goose of North America, having greyish plumage, a black neck and head and a white face patch. Distant cousin to the chicken. See "Is chicken soup an essential drug?" (page 1532). FIGURE 2
Canadian bacon n. cured rolled bacon from the loin of a pig. See also Cure (kyoor) n. 1. restoration of health; recovery from disease. 2. an agent, such as a drug, that restores health; a remedy. See "Please pass the strychnine: the art of Victorian pharmacy" (page 1556). 3. ecclesiastical. Spiritual charge or care of souls. Also called "cure of the souls." See "Angels, doctors and public perceptions" (page 1507). 4. the act or process of preserving a product, such as meat, tobacco and fish (sic who are) "Caught in the current" (page 1503). - v. cured, curing, cures. FIGURE 3
Canadianize (ke-ne-de-en-ize) v.tr. (ized, izes) to assimilate into Canadian culture; v. intr. to become Canadian in spirit or methods. See "Who won the game?" (page 1519). FIGURE 4
canard (ke-nard) n. a false or unfounded story. See "Fetal sex determination: the predictive value of 3 common myths" (page 1525). (French canard "duck" from the expression vendre des canards a moitie, to half sell ducks, swindle, deceive).
candid (kan did) adj. 1. frank, not hiding one's thought. As in "My friend who became my patient" (page 1485). 2. without pretense or reserve; not posed or rehearsed: a candid picture. See "One morning in the OR" (page 1496). (French candide, from Latin candidus, glowing, white, pure. syn. snow. See "Snowbound at Great Bear" (page 1540). - candidly adv. candidness n. FIGURE 5
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candidate (kan-de-dat) n. 1. a person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, honour or the like. 2. a person entered for an examination, such as poor "Mister Jones!" (page 1489). (Latin candidatus, Roman candidate, "clothed in a white toga." Antonym - not a candidate, as in "Why I will never be president of the OMA" (page 1494).
candid camera n. any small, easily operated camera with a fast lens for taking unposed or informal photographs. Example: "Measles at the 64th parallel" (page 1551). FIGURE 6
candid Canada n. expression the tone of this issue, as in "Smile, you're in candid Canada!"
candor (kan-dor) n. 1. frankness of expression, straightforwardness, as in "You'll get used to it" (page 1514) or "Medicine and the art of methadone maintenance" (page 1505). 2. freedom from prejudice, impartiality. (Latin candor, whiteness, purity, frankness from candere to glow).
candy (kan-de) n. (pl. -dies) 1. any of numerous kinds of rich, sweet confection made with sugar, corn syrup or similar substances. 2. a single piece of such confection, as in "Bubble bubble, abdominal trouble: a new test to chew on" (page 1520). v. candied, -dying, -dies. FIGURE 7
canine (ka-nine) adj. 1. of, pertaining to or characteristic of a member of the family Canidae, which includes dogs, wolves, and foxes as in "the pale brown canine residue" encountered in "There's a man here who claims to be your father" (page 1510). 2. of or designating one of the conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids. FIGURE 8
cannelon (kan-ne-lon) n. a hollow roll of puff paste stuffed with finely chopped meat or sweet filling and baked or fried. From Italian canellone, tubular soup noodle, as in chicken noodle soup. Not to be confused with canoodle (ke-nud-le) v.intr. sl. to kiss and cuddle amorously.
canning (kan-ning) n. the act or process of preserving foods and essential drugs in airtight containers. See "Is chicken soup an essential drug?" (page 1532). FIGURE 9