king charles spaniel | (n) a toy English spaniel with a black-and-tan coat; named after Charles II who popularized it |
albert | (n) prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861), Syn. Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel, Prince Albert |
baudelaire | (n) a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867), Syn. Charles Pierre Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire |
benchley | (n) United States humorist (1889-1945), Syn. Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley |
berry | (n) United States rock singer (born in 1931), Syn. Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry |
best | (n) Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978), Syn. C. H. Best, Charles Herbert Best |
big dipper | (n) a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major, Syn. Wagon, Wain, Charles's Wain, Plough, Dipper |
blair | (n) British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953), Syn. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Tony Blair |
carroll | (n) English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), Syn. Charles Dodgson, Reverend Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
chaplin | (n) English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977), Syn. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin |
charlemagne | (n) king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814), Syn. Charles, Charles the Great, Carolus, Charles I |
charles | (n) as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877), Syn. Charles II, Charles the Bald, Charles I |
charles | (n) son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649), Syn. Charles Stuart, Charles I |
charles | (n) the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948), Syn. Prince Charles |
charles | (n) French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823), Syn. Jacques Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles |
clark | (n) Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-), Syn. Joe Clark, Charles Joseph Clark |
cornwallis | (n) commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805), Syn. First Marquess Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis |
darwin | (n) English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882), Syn. Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin |
de gaulle | (n) French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970), Syn. Charles de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle |
dickens | (n) English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870), Syn. Charles John Huffam Dickens, Charles Dickens |
fourier | (n) French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837), Syn. Charles Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier |
fremont | (n) United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890), Syn. John C. Fremont, John Charles Fremont |
garnier | (n) French architect (1825-1898), Syn. Jean Louis Charles Garnier |
genet | (n) French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834), Syn. Citizen Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet |
grey | (n) Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845), Syn. Second Earl Grey, Charles Grey |
harmsworth | (n) British newspaper publisher (1865-1922), Syn. Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe |
herman | (n) United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987), Syn. Woody Herman, Woodrow Charles Herman |
hevesy | (n) Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966), Syn. George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy |
kettering | (n) United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958), Syn. Charles Franklin Kettering, Charles Kettering |
kinsey | (n) United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956), Syn. Alfred Charles Kinsey |
koopmans | (n) United States economist (born in the Netherlands) (1910-1985), Syn. Tjalling Koopmans, Tjalling Charles Koopmans |
lamb | (n) English essayist (1775-1834), Syn. Elia, Charles Lamb |
l'enfant | (n) United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825), Syn. Charles L'Enfant, Pierre Charles L'Enfant |
lindbergh | (n) United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974), Syn. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy, Charles Lindbergh |
lovell | (n) English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913), Syn. Sir Bernard Lovell, Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell |
mantle | (n) United States baseball player (1931-1997), Syn. Mickey Charles Mantle, Mickey Mantle |
mauriac | (n) French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970), Syn. Francois Charles Mauriac, Francois Mauriac |
menninger | (n) United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953), Syn. Charles Menninger, Charles Frederick Menninger |
musset | (n) French poet and writer (1810-1857), Syn. Alfred de Musset, Louis Charles Alfred de Musset |
parker | (n) United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955), Syn. Bird Parker, Charles Christopher Parker, Yardbird Parker, Charlie Parker |
peirce | (n) United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914), Syn. Charles Peirce, Charles Sanders Peirce |
redford | (n) United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936), Syn. Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford |
schulz | (n) United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000), Syn. Charles Munroe Schulz, Charles M. Schulz, Charles Schulz |
sherrington | (n) English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952), Syn. Sir Charles Scott Sherrington |
siemens | (n) engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883), Syn. Karl Wilhelm Siemens, Sir Charles William Siemens |
snow | (n) English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980), Syn. Baron Snow of Leicester, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow |
stengel | (n) United States baseball manager (1890-1975), Syn. Casey Stengel, Charles Dillon Stengel |
stuart | (n) United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828), Syn. Gilbert Charles Stuart, Gilbert Stuart |
swinburne | (n) English poet (1837-1909), Syn. Algernon Charles Swinburne |
tocqueville | (n) French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859), Syn. Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville |