Found 2 items, similar to Cavendish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Cavendish Cavendish n : British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810) [syn: Henry Cavendish]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cavendish Cavendish \Cav"en*dish\, n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. [1913 Webster] Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking. [1913 Webster]