Caine

[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /

noun

(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.

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Words nearby Caine

caiman, caiman lizard, cain, Cain and Abel, Cain complex, Caine, Caingang, Cainite, caino-, cainogenesis, cainotophobia
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British Dictionary definitions for Caine

Caine
/ (keɪn) /

noun

Sir Michael. real name Maurice Micklewhite . born 1933, British film actor. His films include The Ipcress File (1965), Get Carter (1971), Educating Rita (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and The Cider House Rules (1999).
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Medical definitions for Caine

-caine

suff.

A synthetic alkaloid anesthetic:dibucaine.
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