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cabalistic adjective Alt. of Cabalistical
cabineting present participle & vb. noun of Cabinet
cacochymia noun Alt. of Cacochymy
cacochymic adjective Alt. of Cacochymical
cacography noun Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.
cacomixtle noun Alt. of Cacomixl
cacophonic adjective Alt. of Cacophonious
cacotechny noun A corruption or corrupt state of art.
cacoxenite noun A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
cactaceous adjective Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
cacuminate verb i. To make sharp or pointed.
cadaverous adjective Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look., Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body.
cadilesker noun A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.
caen stone A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
caespitose adjective Same as Cespitose.
cajolement noun The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery.
cajoleries plural of Cajolery
cajuputene noun A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.
calabarine noun An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.
calamitous adjective Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable., Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
calamities plural of Calamity
calaverite noun A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; — first found in Calaveras County California.
calcarated adjective Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred., Armed with a spur.
calcareous adjective Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.
calcavella noun A sweet wine from Portugal; — so called from the district of Carcavelhos.
calcedonic adjective Alt. of Calcedonian
calceiform adjective Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady’s-slipper; calceolate.
calceolate adjective Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
calcifying present participle & vb. noun of Calcify
calcimined imp. &past participle of Calcimine
calciminer noun One who calcimines.
calcinable adjective That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.
calcitrant adjective Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.
calcitrate verb i. & i. To kick.
calculable adjective That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.
calculater imp. & past participle of Calculate
calculated past participle & adjective Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball., Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people., Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.
calculator noun One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.
caledonian adjective Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch., A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland.
caledonite noun A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.
calefactor noun A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.
calendared imp. & past participle of Calendar
calendered imp. & past participle of Calender
calendulin noun A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
calescence noun Growing warmth; increasing heat.
calicoback noun The calico bass., An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; — called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.
caliculate adjective Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.
caligation noun Dimness; cloudiness.
caliginous adjective Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.
caligraphy noun See Caligraphy.
calliopsis noun A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.
callithump noun A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
caloricity noun A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.
caloriduct noun A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
calorifere noun An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.
calumniate verb t. To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel., To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.
calumnious adjective Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.
calyciform adjective Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calyculate adjective Alt. of Calyculated
cambrasine noun A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.
camelopard noun An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.
camelshair adjective Of camel’s hair.
camerzting present participle & vb. noun of Camerate
cameration noun A vaulting or arching over.
camerlingo noun The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope’s household. He has at times possessed great power.
cameronian noun A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.
campaigner noun One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
campestral adjective Alt. of Campestrian
camphorate verb t. To impregnate or treat with camphor., A salt of camphoric acid., Alt. of Camporated
camporated Combined or impregnated with camphor.
camphretic adjective Pertaining to, or derived from camphor.
canal coal See Cannel coal.
canaliculi plural of Canaliculus
cancelling of Cancel
cancellate verb t. Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike., Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.
cancellous adjective Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.
cancerated imp. & past participle of Cancerate
cancriform adjective Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped., Like a cancer; cancerous.
cancrinite noun A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.
candelabra plural of Candelabrum
candidness noun The quality of being candid.
candlebomb noun A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam., A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
candlefish noun A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; — called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it, The beshow.
canker-bit adjective Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.
cankeredly adverb Fretfully; spitefully.
canker fly A fly that preys on fruit.
cankerworm noun The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms.
cannibally adverb In the manner of cannibal.
cannulated adjective Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.
canon bone The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.
cannonical adjective Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons.
canonicals noun pl. The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.
canonicate noun The office of a canon; a canonry.
canonicity noun The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.
canonistic adjective Of or pertaining to a canonist.
canonizing present participle & vb. noun of Canonize
cantabrian adjective Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
cantalever noun A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like., A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.
cantaloupe noun A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color.
cantatrice noun A female professional singer.
canterbury noun A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made., A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.
cantilever noun Same as Cantalever.
cantillate verb i. To chant; to recite with musical tones.
cantiniere noun A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiere.
cantonment noun A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.
canvasback noun A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; — so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.
canvassing present participle & vb. noun of Canvass
caoutchouc noun A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.
capability noun The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability., Capacity of being used or improved.
capacified imp. & past participle of Capacify
capaciosly adverb In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.
capacitate verb t. To render capable; to enable; to qualify.
capacities plural of Capacity
caperberry noun The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment., The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).
caper bush Alt. of Caper tree
caper tree See Capper, a plant, 2.
capercally noun A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; — called also cock of the woods.
capillaire noun A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties., Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.
capistrate adjective Hooded; cowled.
capitalist noun One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.
capitalize verb t. To convert into capital, or to use as capital., To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.), To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.
capitation noun A numbering of heads or individuals., A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.
capitolian adjective Alt. of Capitoline
capitoline adjective Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.
capitulary noun A capitular., The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council., A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections., Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
capitulate noun To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree., To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates., To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.
capnomancy noun Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
capreolate adjective Having a tendril or tendrils.
capreoline adjective Of or pertaining to the roebuck.
capricioso adjective In a free, fantastic style.
capricious adjective Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
capsulated adjective Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.
captiously adverb In a captious manner.
captivated imp. & past participle of Captivate
carabineer noun A carbineer.
caravaneer noun The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.
carbazotic adjective Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen.
carbonated adjective Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.
carbonized imp. & past participle of Carbonize
carbuncled adjective Set with carbuncles., Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
carbureted imp. & past participle of Carburet, Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide., Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.
carburetor noun An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.
carburized imp. & past participle of Carburize
carcinosys noun The affection of the system with cancer.
cardialgla noun Alt. of Cardialgy
carelessly adverb In a careless manner.
caricature verb t. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture., A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody., To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
carmagnole noun A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution., A bombastic report from the French armies.
carminated adjective Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake.
carnalized imp. & past participle of Carnalize
carnallite noun A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
carnassial adjective Adapted to eating flesh., A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.
carolinian noun A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
carpathian adjective Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.
carpellary adjective Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
carpetless adjective Without a carpet.
carphology noun See Floccillation.
carpintero noun A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
carpogenic adjective Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
carpophore noun A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
carpophyll noun A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]
carpophyte noun A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
carpospore noun A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
carron oil A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; — first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.
carthusian noun A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086., Pertaining to the Carthusian.
cartomancy noun The art of telling fortunes with cards.
cartoonist noun One skilled in drawing cartoons.
cartouches plural of Cartouch
cartwright noun An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
caruncular adjective Alt. of Carunculous
caryatides noun pl. Caryatids.
cascarilla noun A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.
caseharden verb t. To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel., To render insensible to good influences.
case knife A knife carried in a sheath or case., A large table knife; — so called from being formerly kept in a case.
casemented adjective Having a casement or casements.
cashiering present participle &vb. noun of Cashier
cassideous adjective Helmet-shaped; — applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.
cassinette noun A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
cassiopeia noun A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; — so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.
cassolette noun a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.
cassumunar noun Alt. of Cassumuniar
castellany noun The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
castigated imp. & past participle of Castigate
castigator noun One who castigates or corrects.
castleward noun Same as Castleguard.
castor oil A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.
castrating present participle & vb. noun of Castrate
castration noun The act of castrating.
cast steel See Cast steel, under Steel.
casualness noun The quality of being casual.
casualties plural of Casualty
catabasion noun A vault under altar of a Greek church.
catabiotic adjective See under Force.
catafalque noun A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.
catagmatic adjective Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.
catalectic adjective Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse., Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
catalepsis noun A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues.
cataleptic adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.
catallacta noun pl. A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.
catalogize verb t. To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue.
catalogued imp. & past participle of Catalogue
cataloguer noun A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.
catamenial adjective Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.
catapeltic adjective Of or pertaining to a catapult.
cataphonic adjective Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
cataphract noun Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations., A horseman covered with a cataphract., The armor or plate covering some fishes.
catarrhine noun One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.
catarrhous adjective Catarrhal.
catastasis noun That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed., The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body.
catchdrain noun A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
catchpenny adjective Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show., Some worthless catchpenny thing.
catchwater noun A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
catechetic adjective Alt. of Catechetical
catechised imp. & past participle of Catechise
catechiser noun One who catechises.
catechumen l. catechunenus, gr. / instructed, from /. see One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.
categorist noun One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies.
categorize verb t. To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue.
categories plural of Category
catenarian adjective Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.
catenating present participle & vb. noun of Catenate
catenation noun Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation.
catenulate adjective Consisting of little links or chains., Chainlike; — said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc.
cat-harpin noun See Cat-harping.
catharical adjective Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative., Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.
catheretic noun A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.
catholical adjective Catholic.
catholicly adverb In a catholic manner; generally; universally.
catholicon noun A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.
catholicos noun The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.
catoptrics noun That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; — formerly called anacamptics.
cat-rigged adjective Rigged like a catboat.
cat’s-foot noun A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.
cat-silver noun Mica.
cat’s-tail noun See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
caulescent adjective Having a leafy stem.
cauliculus noun In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.
causewayed adjective Alt. of Causeyed
causidical adjective Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.
causticily noun The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash., Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark.
cauterized imp. & past participle of Cauterize
cautioning present participle & vb. noun of Caution
cautionary adjective Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals., Given as a pledge or as security., Wary; cautious.
cautiously adverb In a cautious manner.
cavalierly adverb In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly.
cavalryman noun One of a body of cavalry.
cavicornia noun pl. A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.
cavilingly adverb In a caviling manner.
cecidomyia noun A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
cecutiency noun Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness.
celebrated imp. & past participle of Celebrate, Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.
celebrator noun One who celebrates; a praiser.
celebrious adjective Famous.
celibatist noun One who lives unmarried.
cellulated adjective Cellular.
cellulitis noun An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.
cemeterial adjective Of or pertaining to a cemetery.
cemeteries plural of Cemetery
cenobitism noun The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
censorious adjective Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners., Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.
censorship noun The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.
censurable adjective Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.
centennial adjective Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode., Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration., Lasting or aged a hundred years., The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.
centesimal adjective Hundredth., A hundredth part.
centigrade adjective Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts., Of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10¡ centigrade (or 10¡ C.).
centiliter noun Alt. of Centilitre
centilitre noun The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.
centiloquy noun A work divided into a hundred parts.
centimeter noun Alt. of Centimetre
centimetre noun The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.
centistere noun The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.
centralism noun The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization., The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.
centrality noun The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
centralize verb t. To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
centricity noun The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.
centrosome noun A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
centumviri plural of Centumvir
centuriate adjective Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds., To divide into hundreds.
cepevorous adjective Feeding upon onions.
cephalalgy noun Pain in the head; headache.
cephalitis noun Same as Phrenitis.
cephalopod noun Alt. of Cephalopode
cerasinous adjective Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin., Of a cherry color.
ceratohyal adjective Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch., A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.
cerebellar adjective Alt. of Cerebellous
cerebellum noun The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
cerebritis noun Inflammation of the cerebrum.
ceremonial adjective Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites., Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.], A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form., The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.
ceremonies plural of Ceremony
ceriferous adjective Producing wax.
cerinthian noun One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics.
cerography noun The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax., A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
ceroplasty noun The art of modeling in wax.
certifying present participle & vb. noun of Certify
certiorari noun A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.
ceruminous adjective Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.
cervantite noun See under Antimony.
cessionary adjective Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt.
cestoldean noun One of the Cestoidea.
cetologist adjective One versed in cetology.
chachalaca noun The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).
chaetodont noun A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors., Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae.
chaetopoda noun pl. A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species.
chaetotaxy noun The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
chaffering present participle & vb. noun of Chaffer
chain pump A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.
chalcedony noun A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
chalcidian noun One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidae), having four small or rudimentary legs.
chalcocite noun Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.
chalkiness noun The state of being chalky.
chalkstone noun A mass of chalk., A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.
challenged imp. & past participle of Challenge
challenger noun One who challenges.
chalybeate adjective Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs., Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.
chalybeous adjective Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.
chambering present participle & vb. noun of Chamber, Lewdness.
chambertin noun A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.
chamfering present participle & vb. noun of Chamfer
champertor noun One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
champignon noun An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).
championed imp. & past participle of Champion
chanceable adjective Fortuitous; casual.
chanceably adverb By chance.
chancellor noun A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.
chandelier noun A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling., A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.
chandlerly adjective Like a chandler; in a petty way.
changeable adjective Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor., Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.
changeably adverb In a changeable manner.
changeless adjective That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.
changeling noun One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies., A simpleton; an idiot., One apt to change; a waverer., Taken or left in place of another; changed., Given to change; inconstant.
channelled of Channel
channeling present participle & vb. noun of Channel, The act or process of forming a channel or channels., A channel or a system of channels; a groove.
chapellany noun A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
chaperoned imp. & past participle of Chaperon
chapfallen adjective Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, — an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.
chaplaincy noun The office, position, or station of a chaplain.
charactery noun The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark., That which is charactered; the meaning.
chargeable adjective That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man., Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder., Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
chargeably adverb At great cost; expensively.
chargeless adjective Free from, or with little, charge.
chargeship noun The office of a charge d’affaires.
charioting present participle & vb. noun of Chariot
charioteer noun One who drives a chariot., A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones.
charitable adjective Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind., Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment., Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent., Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution., Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.
charitably adverb In a charitable manner.
charmeress noun An enchantress.
chartering present participle & vb. noun of Charter
charterist noun Same as Chartist.
chartreuse noun A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France., An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; — made at La Grande Chartreuse.
chartulary noun See Cartulary.
chastening present participle & vb. noun of Chasten
chasteness noun Chastity; purity., Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.
chastising present participle & vb. noun of Chastise
chatelaine noun An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.
chatellany noun Same as Castellany.
chatoyment noun Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.
chattelism noun The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.
chattering present participle & vb. noun of Chatter, The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
chattiness noun The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.
chaunterie noun See Chantry.
chauvinism noun Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.
cheapening present participle & vb. noun of Cheapen
cheap-jack noun Alt. of Cheap-john
cheap-john noun A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
checkering present participle & vb. noun of Checker
checklaton noun Ciclatoun., Gilded leather.
checkmated imp. & past participle of Checkmate
cheerfully adverb In a cheerful manner, gladly.
cheeriness noun The state of being cheery.
cheeringly adverb In a manner to cheer or encourage.
cheesiness noun The quality of being cheesy.
cheilopoda noun See Ch/lopoda.
cheirepter noun One of the Cheiroptera.
chelicerae plural of Chelicera
chelidonic adjective Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.
chemically adverb According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.
chemisette noun An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.
chemolysis noun A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
cherimoyer noun A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru., Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies.
chersonese noun A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.
cherubical adjective Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic.
chessboard noun The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.
cheventein noun A variant of Chieftain.
chevisance noun Achievement; deed; performance., A bargain; profit; gain., A making of contracts., A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact., An unlawful agreement or contract.
chevrotain noun A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.
chickasaws noun pl. A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.
chief hare A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; — also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
chiffonier noun Alt. of niere
childbirth noun The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.
childishly adverb In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
chiliarchy noun A body consisting of a thousand men.
chiliastic adjective Millenarian.
chilliness noun A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness., A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air., Formality; lack of warmth.
chilognath noun A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.
chilostoma noun pl. Alt. of Chilostomata
chimaeroid adjective Related to, or like, the chimaera.
chimerical adjective Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.
chimpanzee noun An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.
chinaldine noun See Quinaldine.
chincherie noun Penuriousness.
chinchilla noun A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili., The fur of the chinchilla., A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.
chin cough Whooping cough.
chinoidine noun See Quinodine.
chinquapin noun A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.
chippeways noun pl. A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; — called also Objibways.
chirognomy noun The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
chirograph noun A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party., The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine.
chiromancy noun The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.
chiromonic adjective Relating to chironomy.
chiroplast noun An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.
chirpingly adverb In a chirping manner.
chirruping present participle & vb. noun of Chirrup
chirurgeon noun A surgeon.
chirurgery noun Surgery.
chiselling of Chisel
chivalrous adjective Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
chlamydate adjective Having a mantle; — applied to certain gastropods.
chloralism noun A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.
chloridate verb t. To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography.
chloridize verb t. See Chloridate.
chlorinate verb t. To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.
chloriodic adjective Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.
chlorodyne noun A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
chloroform noun A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain., To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.
chock-full adjective Quite full; choke-full.
choiceness noun The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.
chokeberry noun The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
choke damp See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
choke-full adjective Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.
choke pear A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth., A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.
cholagogue adjective Promoting the discharge of bile from the system., An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
cholericly adverb In a choleric manner; angrily.
choliambic noun A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
chondrigen noun The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.
chondritic adjective Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
chondritis noun An inflammation of cartilage.
chondrogen noun Same as Chondrigen.
chopchurch noun An exchanger or an exchange of benefices.
chopfallen adjective Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen.
chop-logic noun One who bandies words or is very argumentative.
choriambic adjective Pertaining to a choriamb., A choriamb.
choriambus noun A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
chorograph noun An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
chorometry noun The art of surveying a region or district.
christened imp. & past participle of Christen
christless adjective Without faith in Christ; unchristian.
christlike adjective Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc.
chromatics noun The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors.
chromatism noun The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens., An abnormal coloring of plants.
chromatype noun A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium., The process by which such picture is made.
chromosome noun One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
chromotype noun A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See Chromolithograph., A photographic picture in the natural colors.
chronicled imp. & past participle of Chronicle
chronicler noun A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.
chronogram noun An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632., The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
chronology noun The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates.
chronopher noun An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.
chrysalids plural of Chrysalid
chrysaurin noun An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.
chrysolite noun A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; — called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.
chrysology noun That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth.
chrysotype noun A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold., 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.
chub-faced adjective Having a plump, short face.
chuffiness noun The quality of being chuffy.
church-ale noun A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used.
churchgoer noun One who attends church.
church-haw noun Churchyard.
churchless adjective Without a church.
churchlike adjective Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.
churchship noun State of being a church.
churchyard noun The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
churlishly adverb In a churlish manner.
chylaceous adjective Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
cicatricle noun The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
cicatrices plural of Cicatrix
cicatrized imp. & past participle of Cicatrize
ciceronian adjective Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.
cicisbeism noun The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.
cicuration noun The act of taming.
ciliograde adjective Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusae.
cimeliarch noun A superintendent or keeper of a church’s valuables; a churchwarden.
cinchonine noun One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; — called also cinchonia.
cinchonism noun A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
cinchonize verb t. To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.
cinematics noun sing. See Kinematics.
cineration noun The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
cinerulent adjective Full of ashes.
cinnamomic adjective See Cinnamic.
cinquefoil noun The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; — also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand., An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc.
cipherhood noun Nothingness.
circassian adjective Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia., A native or inhabitant of Circassia.
circensial adjective Alt. of Circensian
circensian adjective Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome.
circuiteer noun A circuiter.
circuition noun The act of going round; circumlocution.
circuitous adjective Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
circulable adjective That may be circulated.
circularly adverb In a circular manner.
circulator noun One who, or that which, circulates.
circumcise verb t. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females., To purify spiritually.
circumduce verb t. To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
circumduct verb t. To lead about; to lead astray., To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature.
circumflex noun A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable., A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2., To mark or pronounce with a circumflex., Moving or turning round; circuitous., Curved circularly; — applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.
circumfuse verb t. To pour round; to spread round.
circumgyre verb i. To circumgyrate.
circummure verb t. To encompass with a wall.
circumvent verb t. To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
circumvest verb t. To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
cirrigrade adjective Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.
cirripedia noun pl. An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.
cirrostomi noun pl. The lowest group of vertebrates; — so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.
cisleithan adjective On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.
cismontane adjective On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.
cistercian noun A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor., Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
citigradae noun pl. A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.
citizeness noun A female citizen.
citraconic adjective Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids.
civilities plural of Civillty
civilizing present participle & vb. noun of Civilize
cladophyll noun A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).
clamatores noun pl. A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
clambering present participle & vb. noun of Clamber
clamminess noun State of being clammy or viscous.
clangorous adjective Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
clarenceux noun Alt. of Clarencieux
claribella noun A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.
clarichord noun A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; — called also manichord and clavichord.
clarifying present participle & vb. noun of Clarify
clarisonus adjective Having a clear sound.
clashingly adverb With clashing.
classicism noun A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.
classicist noun One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.
classifier noun One who classifies.
classified imp. & pp. of Classify
clattering present participle & vb. noun of Clatter
claudicant adjective Limping.
clavellate adjective See Clavate.
clavichord noun A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.
clavicular adjective Of or pertaining to the clavicle.
cleansable adjective Capable of being cleansed.
clearstory noun Alt. of Clerestory
clerestory noun The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs., Same as Clearstory.
cleftgraft verb t. To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
clemencies plural of Clemency
clementine adjective Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.
clergyable adjective Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony.
cleromancy noun A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.
cleverness noun The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.
clientship noun Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.
climatical adjective Climatic.
climatized imp. & past participle of Climatize
clingstone adjective Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches., A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.
clinically adverb In a clinical manner.
clinkstone noun An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
clinometer noun An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.
clinometry noun That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
clodhopper noun A rude, rustic fellow.
clogginess noun The state of being clogged.
cloistered imp. & past participle of Cloister, Dwelling in cloisters; solitary., Furnished with cloisters.
cloisteral adjective Cloistral.
cloisterer noun One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
cloistress noun A nun.
clothespin noun A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
cloudberry noun A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamaemerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
cloudiness noun The state of being cloudy.
clubfisted adjective Having a large fist.
clubfooted adjective Having a clubfoot.
clumsiness noun The quality of being clumsy.
clustering present participle & vb. noun of Cluster
cluttering present participle & vb. noun of Clutter
clypeiform adjective Shield-shaped; clypeate.
cnidoblast noun One of the cells which, in the Coelenterata, develop into cnidae.
coacervate adjective Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped., To heap up; to pile.
coactively adverb In a coactive manner.
coactivity noun Unity of action.
coadjument noun Mutual help; cooperation.
coadjutant adjective Mutually assisting or operating; helping., An assistant.
coadjuting adjective Mutually assisting.
coadjutive adjective Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coadjutrix noun A female coadjutor or assistant.
coadjuvant adjective Cooperating., An adjuvant.
coafforest verb t. To convert into, or add to, a forest.
coagulable adjective Capable of being coagulated.
coagulated imp. & past participle of Coagulate, Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.
coagulator noun That which causes coagulation.
coal-black adjective As black as coal; jet black; very black.
coalescing present participle & vb. noun of Coalesce
coalescent adjective Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.
coal-meter noun A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.
coal works A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.
coaptation noun The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.
coarseness noun The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.
coccinella noun A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larvae feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.
coccosteus noun An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.
coccygeous adjective Coccygeal.
cochleated adjective Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.
cockamaroo noun The Russian variety of bagatelle.
cockatrice noun A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk., A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent., A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified., Any venomous or deadly thing.
cockchafer noun A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; — called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
cockmaster noun One who breeds gamecocks.
cockneydom noun The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.
cockneyish adjective Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.
cockneyism noun The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
cock-padle noun See Lumpfish.
cocoa palm A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.
cocus wood A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.
coddymoddy noun A gull in the plumage of its first year.
coefficacy noun Joint efficacy.
coelacanth adjective Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
coelentera noun pl. Alt. of Coelenterata
coenenchym noun Alt. of Coenenchyma
coenoecium noun The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.
coequality noun The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
coercitive adjective Coercive.
coetaneous adjective Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.
coeternity noun Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.
coexecutor noun A joint executor.
coexisting present participle & vb. noun of Coexist, Coexistent.
coexistent adjective Existing at the same time with another., That which coexists with another.
coextended imp. & past participle of Coextend
coffeeroom noun A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
cofferwork noun Rubblework faced with stone.
coffinless adjective Having no coffin.
cogitabund adjective Full of thought; thoughtful.
cogitating present participle & vb. noun of Cogitate
cogitation noun The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
cogitative adjective Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating., Given to thought or contemplation.
cognizable adjective Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes., Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.
cognizably adverb In a cognizable manner.
cognizance noun Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation., Recollection; recognition., Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies., The hearing a matter judicially., An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done., A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another., The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.
cognominal adjective Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname., One bearing the same name; a namesake.
coguardian noun A joint guardian.
cohabiting present participle & vb. noun of Cohabit
cohabitant noun One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.
coheirship noun The state of being a coheir.
coherently adverb In a coherent manner.
cohibiting present participle & vb. noun of Cohibit
cohibition noun Hindrance; restraint.
cohobating present participle & vb. noun of Cohobate
cohobation noun The process of cohobating.
coinciding present participle & vb. noun of Coincide
coincident adjective Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; — followed by with., One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.
colatitude noun The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.
colbertine noun A kind of lace.
colchicine noun A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; — called also colchicia.
cold-short adjective Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
co-legatee noun A joint legatee.
colemanite noun A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.
coleoptera noun pl. An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.
coleorhiza noun A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.
collapsing present participle & vb. noun of Collapse
collapsion noun Collapse.
collatable adjective Capable of being collated.
collateral adjective Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure., Acting in an indirect way., Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues., Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence., Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; — opposed to lineal., A collateral relative., Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
collecting present participle & vb. noun of Collect
collection noun The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens., That which is collected, A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons., A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings., That which is obtained in payment of demands., An accumulation of any substance., The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred., The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
collective adjective Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation., Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring., Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc., Tending to collect; forming a collection., Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note., A collective noun or name.
collegiate adjective Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society., A member of a college.
collembola noun pl. The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.
collieries plural of Colliery
colligated imp. & past participle of Colligate
collimated imp. & past participle of Collimate
collimator noun A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal., A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.
collingual adjective Having, or pertaining to, the same language.
colliquate verb t. & i. To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt.
collocated imp. & past participle of Collocate
collocutor noun One of the speakers in a dialogue.
collophore noun A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola., An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.
colloquial adjective Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.
colloquist noun A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue.
colloquies plural of Colloquy
collyriums plural of Collyrium
colonizing present participle & vb. noun of Colonize
coloration noun The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
colorature noun Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
colossuses plural of Colossus
colportage noun The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.
colporteur noun A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.
columbaria plural of Columbarium
columbella noun A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.
columnated adjective Having columns; as, columnated temples.
combatable adjective Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.
combattant adjective In the position of fighting; — said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
combbroach noun A tooth of a wool comb.
combinable adjective Capable of combining; consistent with.
combinedly adverb in combination or cooperation
combustion noun The state of burning., The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat., Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.
comedienne noun A women who plays in comedy.
comedietta noun A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.
comeliness noun The quality or state of being comely.
come-outer noun One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer.
comestible adjective Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent., Something suitable to be eaten; — commonly in the plural.
cometarium noun An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun.
cometology noun The department of astronomy relating to comets.
comicality noun The quality of being comical; something comical.
commanding present participle & vb. noun of Command, Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer., Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence., Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.
commandant noun A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.
commandery noun The office or rank of a commander., A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; — called also a preceptory., An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons., A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
commeasure verb t. To be commensurate with; to equal.
commencing present participle & vb. noun of Commence
commending present participle & vb. noun of Commend
commenting present participle & vb. noun of Comment
commentary verb i. A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work., A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; — usually in the plural; as, Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War.
commentate verb t. & i. To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.
commercing present participle & vb. noun of Commerce
commercial adjective Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.
commigrate verb i. To migrate together.
commingled imp. & past participle of Commingle
comminuted imp. & past participle of Comminute
commissary noun One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner., An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop., An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters., An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; — officially called commissary of subsistence.
commission noun The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating., The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed., The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge., A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties., A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel’s commission., A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission., The acting under authority of, or on account of, another., The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city., The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere., To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer., To send out with a charge or commission.
commissive adjective Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving, commission.
commissure noun A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture., The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc., A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma., The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.
committing present participle & vb. noun of Commit
commitment noun The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison., A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; — more frequently termed a mittimus., The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill., A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission., The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.
commixtion noun Commixture; mingling.
commixture noun The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound., The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound; a mixture.
commodious adjective Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house.
commonable adjective Held in common., Allowed to pasture on public commons.
commonalty noun The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons., The majority or bulk of mankind.
commonness noun State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight., Triteness; meanness.
commonweal noun Commonwealth.
commorance noun See Commorancy.
commorancy noun A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation., Residence temporarily, or for a short time.
commorient adjective Dying together or at the same time.
commutable adjective Capable of being commuted or interchanged.
commutator noun A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to have the same direction.
compacting present participle & vb. noun of Compact
compaction noun The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
compacture noun Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction.
companable adjective Companionable; sociable.
companator noun Same as Impanator.
companying present participle & vb. noun of Company
comparable adjective Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
comparator noun An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; — applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.
comparison noun The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate., The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them., That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude., The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison., A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel., The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts., To compare.
comparting present participle & vb. noun of Compart
compartner noun See Copartner.
compassing present participle & vb. noun of Compass, Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
compassion noun Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration., To pity.
compatible adjective Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; — usually followed by with.
compatibly adverb In a compatible manner.
compatient adjective Suffering or enduring together.
compatriot noun One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling., Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
compelling present participle & vb. n of Compel
compendium noun A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.
compensate verb t. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses., To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for., To make amends; to supply an equivalent; — followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
competence noun Alt. of Competency
competency noun The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power., Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess., Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence., Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.
competible adjective Compatible; suitable; consistent.
competitor noun One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival., An associate; a confederate.
compilator noun Compiler.
complacent adjective Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.
complained imp. & past participle of Complain
complainer noun One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.
complanate verb t. Flattened to a level surface., To make level.
complected adjective Complexioned.
complement verb t. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete., That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole., Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness., A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity., Something added for ornamentation; an accessory., The whole working force of a vessel., The interval wanting to complete the octave; — the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third., A compliment., To supply a lack; to supplement., To compliment.
completing present participle & vb. noun of Complete
completely adverb In a complete manner; fully.
completion noun The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service., State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.
completive adjective Making complete.
completory adjective Serving to fulfill., Same as Compline.
complexion noun The state of being complex; complexity., A combination; a complex., The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature., The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face., The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.
complexity noun The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement., That which is complex; intricacy; complication.
compliable adjective Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
compliance noun The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission., A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.
compliancy noun Compliance; disposition to yield to others.
complicacy noun A state of being complicate or intricate.
complicant adjective Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.
complicate adjective Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved., Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise., To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
complicity noun The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.
compliment noun An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one’s compliments to a friend., To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to., To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.
complotted imp. & past participle of Complot
complotter noun One joined in a plot.
compluvium noun A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
comporting present participle & vb. noun of Comport
compositae noun pl. A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
compositor noun One who composes or sets in order., One who sets type and arranges it for use.
composture noun Manure; compost.
compotator noun One who drinks with another.
compounded imp. & past participle of Compound
compounder noun One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines., One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises., One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime., One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take., A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
comprehend verb t. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire., To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply., To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
compressed imp. & past participle of Compress, Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure., Flattened lengthwise.
compressor noun Anything which serves to compress, A muscle that compresses certain parts., An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part., An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; — called also compressorium., A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.
comprising present participle & vb. noun of Comprise
comprobate verb i. To agree; to concur.
compromise noun A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators., A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement., A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right., To bind by mutual agreement; to agree., To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound., To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion., To agree; to accord., To make concession for conciliation and peace.
comptroler noun A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.
compulsion noun The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
compulsive adjective Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
compulsory adjective Having the power of compulsion; constraining., Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
computable adjective Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.
concealing present participle & vb. noun of Conceal
conceiving present participle & vb. noun of Conceive
concentred of Concentre
concentric adjective Alt. of Concentrical, That which has a common center with something else.
concentual adjective Possessing harmony; accordant.
conception noun The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life., The state of being conceived; beginning., The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception., The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension., The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept., Idea; purpose; design., Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
conceptive adjective Capable of conceiving.
conceptual adjective Pertaining to conception.
concerning present participle & vb. noun of Concern, Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards., Important., That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest., Importance; moment; consequence., Concern; participation; interposition., Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.
concerting present participle & vb. noun of Concert
concertina noun A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.
concertino noun A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; — more concise than the concerto.
concertion noun Act of concerting; adjustment.
concession noun The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous., A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.
concessive adjective Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction.
concessory adjective Conceding; permissive.
concettism noun The use of concetti or affected conceits.
conchifera noun pl. That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.
conchiform adjective Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.
conchinine noun See Quinidine.
conchoidal adjective Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; — applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
conchology noun The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
conciliary adjective Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council.
conciliate verb t. To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
concinnate verb t. To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.
concinnity noun Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; — used chiefly of style of discourse.
concinnous adjective Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant.
concionate verb i. To preach.
conclavist noun One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.
concluding present participle & vb. noun of Conclude
concludent adjective Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive.
conclusion noun The last part of anything; close; termination; end., Final decision; determination; result., Any inference or result of reasoning., The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism., Drawing of inferences., An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn., The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace,” etc., An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
conclusive adjective Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.
conclusory adjective Conclusive.
concocting present participle & vb. noun of Concoct
concoction noun A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion., The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared., The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination., Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition., The act of perfecting or maturing.
concoctive adjective Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.
concordant adjective Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.
concordist noun The compiler of a concordance.
concrement noun A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union.
concreting p. pr & vb. noun of Concrete
concretely adverb In a concrete manner.
concretion noun The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification., A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus., A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.
concretive adjective Promoting concretion.
concreture noun A mass formed by concretion.
concubinal adjective Of or pertaining to concubinage.
conculcate verb t. To tread or trample under foot.
concurring present participle & vb. noun of Concur, Agreeing.
concurrent adjective Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating., Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time., Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts., Meeting in one point., One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause., One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent., One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; — so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
concussion noun A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies., A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain., The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
concussive adjective Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating.
condemning present participle & vb. noun of Condemn
condensate verb t. Made dense; condensed., To condense.
condensing present participle & vb. noun of Condense
condescend verb i. To stoop or descend; to let one’s self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one’s self to an inferior., To consent.
condescent noun An act of condescension.
condignity noun Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence.
condolence noun Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
conducible adjective Conducive; tending; contributing.
conducibly adverb In a manner to promote.
conducting present participle & vb. noun of Conduct
conduction noun The act of leading or guiding., The act of training up., Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.
conductive adjective Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.
conductory adjective Having the property of conducting.
condurango noun See Cundurango.
condurrite noun A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
condylomes plural of Condylome
condylopod noun An arthropod.
confecting present participle & vb. noun of Confect
confection noun A composition of different materials., A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat., A composition of drugs., A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
confectory adjective Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats.
confecture noun Same as Confiture.
conferring present participle & vb. noun of Confer
conference noun The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison., The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views., A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions., A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them., A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters., A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
confervoid adjective Like, or related to, the confervae.
confervous adjective Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae.
confessing present participle & vb. noun of Confess
confessant noun One who confesses to a priest.
confessary noun One who makes a confession.
confession noun Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one’s self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime., Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one’s faith., The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution., A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith., An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted.
confidante noun fem. One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
confidence noun The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; — formerly followed by of, now commonly by in., That in which faith is put or reliance had., The state of mind characterized by one’s reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; — often with self prefixed., Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them., Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved., Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted., Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous., Giving occasion for confidence.
configured imp. & past participle of Configure
confinable adjective Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.
confirming present participle & vb. noun of Confirm
confiscate adjective Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited., To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
conflating present participle & vb. noun of Conflate
conflation noun A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
conflicted imp. & past participle of Conflict
confluence noun The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting., Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.
conforming present participle & vb. noun of Conform
conformate adjective Having the same form.
conformist noun One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.
conformity noun Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; — followed by to, with, or between., Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.
confounded imp. & past participle of Confound, Confused; perplexed., Excessive; extreme; abominable.
confounder noun One who confounds.
confragose adjective Broken; uneven.
confronted imp. & past participle of Confront
confronter noun One who confronts.
confusable adjective Capable of being confused.
confusedly adverb In a confused manner.
confutable adjective That may be confuted.
congealing present participle & vb. noun of Congeal
congeneric adjective Alt. of Congenerical
congenious adjective Congeneric.
congenital adjective Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.
congestion noun The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation., Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
congestive adjective Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.
congiaries plural of Congiary
conglobate adjective Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers., To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.
conglobing present participle & vb. noun of Conglobe
congregate adjective Collected; compact; close., To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact., To come together; to assemble; to meet.
congresses plural of Congress
congruence noun Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.
congruency noun Congruence.
conhydrine noun A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.
conicality noun Conicalness.
coniferous adjective Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress., Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.
coniroster noun One of the Conirostres.
conjecture noun An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion., To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning., To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
conjoining present participle & vb. noun of Conjoin
conjointly adverb In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together.
conjugally adverb In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.
conjugated imp. & past participle of Conjugate
conjunctly adverb In union; conjointly; unitedly; together.
conjurator noun One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.
connascent adjective Born together; produced at the same time.
connatural adjective Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural., Partaking of the same nature.
connecting present participle & vb. noun of Connect
connection noun The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship., That which connects or joins together; bond; tie., A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; — used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense., The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
connective adjective Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection., That which connects, A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition., That part of an anther which connects its thecae, lobes, or cells.
connivance noun Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation., Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.
connivency noun Connivance.
connusance noun See Cognizance.
conoidical adjective Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
conquering present participle & vb. noun of Conquer
conqueress noun A woman who conquers.
conscience noun Knowledge of one’s own thoughts or actions; consciousness., The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one’s own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one’s self; the moral sense., The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty., Tenderness of feeling; pity.
consecrate adjective Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred., To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one’s self) unreservedly, as to the service of God., To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop., To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor., To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.
consectary adjective Following by consequence; consequent; deducible., That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.
consension noun Agreement; accord.
consensual verb i. Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties., Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions.
consenting present participle & vb. n of Consent
consentant adjective Consenting.
consequent adjective Following as a result, inference, or natural effect., Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions., That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect., That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference., The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
consertion noun Junction; adaptation
conservant adjective Having the power or quality of conservation.
conserving present participle & vb. noun of Conserve
considered imp. & past participle of Consider
considerer noun One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker.
consigning present participle & vb. noun of Consign
consignify verb t. To signify or denote in combination with something else.
consisting present participle & vb. noun of Consist
consistent adjective Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid., Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory., Living or acting in conformity with one’s belief or professions.
consistory noun Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council., The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere., An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome., A church tribunal or governing body., A civil court of justice., Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.
consociate noun An associate; an accomplice., To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite., To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation., To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence., To form an ecclesiastical consociation.
consolable adjective Capable of receiving consolation.
consolator noun One who consoles or comforts.
consonance noun Alt. of Consonancy
consonancy noun Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth., Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness., Friendship; concord.
consorting present participle & vb. noun of Consort
consortion noun Fellowship; association; companionship.
conspectus noun A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
conspiracy noun A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot., A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement., An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.
conspirant adjective Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring.
conspiring present participle & vb. noun of Conspire
constantia noun A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.
constantly adverb With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly.
constipate verb t. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense., To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels., To render costive; to cause constipation in.
constitute verb t. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact., To make up; to compose; to form., To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower., An established law.
constraint noun The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.
constringe verb t. To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
construing present participle & vb. noun of Construe
consuetude noun Custom, habit; usage.
consulship noun The office of a consul; consulate., The term of office of a consul.
consulting present participle & vb. noun of Consult, That consults.
consultary adjective Formed by consultation; resulting from conference.
consultive adjective Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.
consumable adjective Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent.
consumedly adverb Excessively.
consummate adjective Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect., To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
contaction noun Act of touching.
contagious adjective Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease., Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air., Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.
containing present participle & vb. noun of Contain
containant noun A container.
contangoes plural of Contango
contection noun A covering.
contemning present participle & vb. noun of Contemn
contending present participle & vb. noun of Contend
contendent noun An antagonist; a contestant.
contentful adjective Full of content.
contention noun A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife., Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention., Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal., A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
contesting present participle & vb. noun of Contest
contestant noun One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
contexture noun The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
contiguate adjective Contiguous; touching.
contiguity noun The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.
contiguous adjective In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
continence noun Alt. of Continency
continency noun Self-restraint; self-command., The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence., Uninterrupted course; continuity.
contingent adjective Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual., Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control., Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate., An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency., That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
continuant adjective Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound., A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
continuate adjective Immediately united together; intimately connected., Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued.
continuing present participle & vb. noun of Continue
continuity noun the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.
continuous adjective Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity., Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
contorsion noun See Contortion.
contortion noun A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.
contortive adjective Expressing contortion.
contourne’ adjective Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; — said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like.
contraband noun Illegal or prohibited traffic., Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden., A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war., Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade., To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle., To declare prohibited; to forbid.
contrabass noun Double bass; — applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
contracted imp. & past participle of Contract, Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun., Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views., Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
contractor noun One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.
contradict verb t. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn., To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist., To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.
contrahent adjective Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.
contramure noun An outer wall.
contraries noun Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other., of Contrary
contrarily adverb In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.
contrasted imp. & past participle of Contrast
contravene verb t. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat., To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law.
contrecoup noun A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.
contribute verb t. To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor., To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect., To give or use one’s power or influence for any object; to assist.
contrition noun The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing., The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance.
contrivble adjective Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.
contriving present participle & vb. noun of Contrive
controlled imp. & past participle of Control
controller noun One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs., An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts., An iron block, usually bolted to a ship’s deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
controvert verb t. To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
convalesce verb i. To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.
convection noun The act or process of conveying or transmitting., A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes.
convective adjective Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity.
convellent adjective Tending to tear or pull up.
convenable adjective Capable of being convened or assembled., Consistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies.
convenance noun That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.
convenient verb i. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate., Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools., Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season., Near at hand; easy of access.
convention verb i. The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition., General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality., A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, — civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical., An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king’s writ, — as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II., An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.
conventual adjective Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic., One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
converging present participle & vb. noun of Converge, Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines.
convergent adjective tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.
conversant adjective Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted., Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; — generally used with with, sometimes with in., Concerned; occupied., One who converses with another; a convenser.
conversing present participle & vb. noun of Converse
conversely adverb In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally.
conversion noun The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change., The act of changing one’s views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed., An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one’s own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse., The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary., A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions., A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank., A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles., A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.
conversive adjective Capable of being converted or changed., Ready to converse; social.
converting present participle & vb. noun of Convert
convertend noun Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; — so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See Converse, n. (Logic).
convertite noun A convert.
convexedly dverb In a convex form; convexly.
convexness noun The state of being convex; convexity.
conveyable adjective Capable of being conveyed or transferred.
conveyance noun The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage., The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water., The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission., The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another., Dishonest management, or artifice.
conviciate verb i. To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail.
convicious adjective Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting.
convicting present participle & vb. noun of Convict
conviction noun The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense., A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal., The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation., The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one’s conscience.
convictism noun The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
convictive adjective Convincing.
convincing present participle & vb. noun of Convince
convocated imp. & past participle of Convocate
convoluted adjective Having convolutions., Folded in tortuous windings.
convolving present participle & vb. noun of Convolve
convolvuli plural of Convolvulus
convulsing present participle & vb. noun of Convulse
convulsion noun An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body., Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.
convulsive adjective Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
cony-catch verb t. To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
cooperated imp. & past participle of Cooperate
cooperator noun One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.
cooptation noun The act of choosing; selection; choice.
coordinate adjective Equal in rank or order; not subordinate., To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification., To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements., A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance., Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called coordinate axes and coordinate planes. See Abscissa.
coparcener noun One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.
copartment noun A compartment.
copartnery noun the state of being copartners in any undertaking.
copernican adjective Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.
copperhead noun A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; — called also copper-belly, and red viper., A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
copperworm noun The teredo; — so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper., The ringworm.
coprolitic adjective Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.
copulating present participle & vb. noun of Copulate
copulation noun The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction., The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.
copulative adjective Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like “and”., Connection., A copulative conjunction.
copyholder noun One possessed of land in copyhold., A device for holding copy for a compositor., One who reads copy to a proof reader.
coquelicot noun The wild poppy, or red corn rose., The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.
coquetting present participle & vb. noun of Coquet
coquetries plural of Coquetry
coquettish adjective Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.
coquimbite noun A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; — so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.
coral fish Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.
corbiestep noun One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; — also called crowstep.
cordiality noun Relation to the heart., Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness.
cordialize verb t. To make into a cordial., To render cordial; to reconcile., To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality.
cordierite noun See Iolite.
cordillera noun A mountain ridge or chain.
cordwainer noun A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.
coriaceous adjective Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough., Stiff, like leather or parchment.
corinthiac adjective Pertaining to Corinth.
corinthian adjective Of or relating to Corinth., Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans., Debauched in character or practice; impure., Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.), A native or inhabitant of Corinth., A gay, licentious person.
cormophyta noun pl. A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
corncutter noun A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle., An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.
corndodger noun A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers.
cornerwise adverb With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
cornflower noun A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.
cornicular noun A secretary or clerk.
corniculum noun A small hornlike part or process.
corniplume noun A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
cornstarch noun Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
cornucopia noun The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance., A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
corollated adjective Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.
coromandel noun The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.
coronation noun The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty., The pomp or assembly at a coronation.
coroniform adjective Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.
corporally adverb In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present.
corporator noun A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.
corporeity noun The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality.
corpulence noun Alt. of Corpulency
corpulency noun Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity., Thickness; density; compactness.
corpuscule noun A corpuscle.
corradiate verb t. To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.
corralling present participle & vb. noun of Corral
correcting present participle & vb. noun of Correct
correctify verb t. To correct.
correction noun The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement., The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement., That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin., Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach., An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction.
corrective adjective Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties., Qualifying; limiting., That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct., Limitation; restriction.
correctory adjective Containing or making correction; corrective.
corregidor noun The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
correlated imp. & past participle of Correlate
correption noun Chiding; reproof; reproach.
correspond verb i. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; — followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout., To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; — followed by to., To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; — followed by with.
corrigenda plural of Corrigendum
corrigible adjective Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault., Submissive to correction; docile., Deserving chastisement; punishable., Having power to correct; corrective.
corrivalry noun Corivalry.
corrodiate verb t. To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
corrodible adjective Capable of being corroded; corrosible.
corrosible adjective Corrodible.
corrugated imp. & past participle of Corrugate
corrugator noun A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.
corrupting present participle & vb. noun of Corrupt
corruptful adjective Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
corruption noun The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration., The product of corruption; putrid matter., The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery., The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.
corruptive adjective Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
corticated adjective Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
corticifer noun One of the Gorgoniacea; — so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.
corybantes plural of Corybant
corybantic adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.
coryphodon noun A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.
cosentient adjective Perceiving together.
cosmetical adjective Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation.
cosmically adverb With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun., Universally.
cosmogonal adjective Alt. of Cosmogonical
cosmogonic adjective Alt. of Cosmogonical
cosmolatry noun Worship paid to the world.
cosmometry noun The art of measuring the world or the universe.
cosmoramic adjective Of or pertaining to a cosmorama.
costeaning noun The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
costellate adjective Finely ribbed or costated.
costliness noun The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.
cosureties plural of Cosurety
cothurnate adjective Alt. of Cothurnated
cottontail noun The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); — also called Molly cottontail.
cottonweed noun See Cudweed.
cottonwood noun An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.
cotyliform adjective Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.
coulterneb noun The puffin.
councilist noun One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion.
councilmen plural of Councilman
councilman noun A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.
counselled of Counsel
counseling present participle & vb. noun of Counsel
counteract verb t. To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
countermen plural of Counterman
counterman noun A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods.
countesses plural of Countess
countrymen plural of Countryman
countryman noun An inhabitant or native of a region., One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; — used with a possessive pronoun., One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.
couplement noun Union; combination; a coupling; a pair.
courageous adjective Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
courtesies plural of Courtesy
courtesied imp. & past participle of Courtesy
court-leet noun A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
couscousou noun A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.
cousinhood noun The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.
cousinship noun The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood.
covenanted imp. & past participle of Covenant
covenantee noun The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
covenanter noun One who makes a covenant., One who subscribed and defended the “Solemn League and Covenant.” See Covenant.
covenantor noun The party who makes a covenant.
coverchief noun A covering for the head.
covertness noun Secrecy; privacy.
covetously adverb In a covetous manner.
cowardship noun Cowardice.
cowberries plural of Cowberry
cowcatxjer noun A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot.
cowhearted adjective Cowardly.
cowslipped adjective Adorned with cowslips.
coxcomical adjective Coxcombical.
craftiness noun Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
cragginess noun The state of being craggy.
crakeberry noun See Crowberry.
cramp iron See Cramp, n., 2.
craniology noun The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.
craniotomy noun The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.
crankiness noun Crankness.
crapaudine noun Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; — said of a door., An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.
crapulence noun The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.
craspedota noun pl. The hydroid or naked-eyed medusae. See Hydroidea.
craspedote adjective Of or pertaining to the Craspedota.
crassament adjective Alt. of Crassamentum
crassiment noun See Crassament.
crassitude noun Grossness; coarseness; thickness; density.
craunching present participle & vb. noun of Craunch
crazedness noun A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.
craze-mill noun Alt. of Crazing-mill
creameries plural of Creamery
creaminess noun The quality of being creamy.
cream laid See under Laid.
creational adjective Of or pertaining to creation.
creaturely adjective Creatural; characteristic of a creature.
creaturize verb t. To make like a creature; to degrade
crebritude noun Frequency.
credential adjective Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting., That which gives a title to credit or confidence., Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.
creditable adjective Worthy of belief., Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable., Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.
creditably adverb In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.
creditress noun Alt. of Creditrix
creepiness noun An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.
creepingly adverb by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.
crenelated imp. & past participle of Crenelate
crenulated adjective Minutely crenate.
creosoting present participle & vb. noun of Creosote
crepitated imp. & past participle of Crepitate
crepuscule noun Twilight.
crescentic adjective Crescent-shaped.
cretaceous adjective Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
crewelwork noun Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
crib-biter noun A horse that has the habit of cribbing.
cribration noun The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
cribriform adjective Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.
criminally adverb In violation of law; wickedly.
criminated imp. & past participle of Criminate
crimsoning present participle & vb. noun of Crimson
cringeling noun One who cringes meanly; a fawner.
cringingly adverb In a cringing manner.
crinoidean noun One of the Crinoidea.
criosphinx noun A sphinx with the head of a ram.
crispation noun The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled., A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.
crispature noun The state of being crispate.
crisscross noun A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write., A child’s game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross., To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks., In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways., With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.
criterions plural of Criterion
critically adverb In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly., At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated.
criticised imp. & past participle of Criticise
criticiser noun One who criticises; a critic.
crocheting present participle & vb. noun of Crochet
crocketing noun Ornamentation with crockets.
crocodilia noun pl. An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.
crocoisite noun Same as Crocoite.
croissante adjective Terminated with crescent; — said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
crop-eared adjective Having the ears cropped.
croqueting present participle & vb. noun of Croquet
cro-quette noun A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.
crossbones noun pl. A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death.
crossbower noun A crossbowman.
crossbreed noun A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks., Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
cross-days noun pl. The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
cross-eyed adjective Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
crosspatch noun An ill-natured person.
cross-pawl noun Same as Cross-spale.
crosspiece noun A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise., A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.
cross-tail noun A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
crosstrees noun pl. Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the “top.”
cross-week noun Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
crotalaria noun A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
crotaphite noun The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.
crotcheted adjective Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation.
croton bug A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes.
crowflower noun A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi.
crowkeeper noun A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow.
crownpiece noun A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle., A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See Crown, 19.
crown-post noun Same as King-post.
crown side See Crown office.
crow-quill noun A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
croylstone noun Crystallized cawk, in which the crystals are small.
cruciation noun The act of torturing; torture; torment.
crucifixes plural of Crucifix
crucifying present participle & vb. noun of Crucify
crumbcloth noun A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean.
crustacean adjective Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous., An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.
crustalogy noun Crustaceology.
crustation noun An adherent crust; an incrustation.
crustiness noun The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness., The quality of being crusty or surly.
cryophorus noun An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ Fahr.
cryptidine noun One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.
cryptogram noun A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
cryptology noun Secret or enigmatical language.
cryptopine noun A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
crystallin noun See Gobulin.
ctenoidean adjective Relating to the Ctenoidei., One of the Ctenoidei.
ctenophora noun pl. A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.
ctenophore noun One of the Ctenophora.
cuckolding present participle & vb. noun of Cuckold
cuckoldize verb t. To cuckold.
cuckoopint noun A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin.
cucullated adjective Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood., Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet., Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects., Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.
cucumiform adjective Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved.
cudgelling of Cudgel
cuirassier noun A soldier armed with a cuirass.
cul-de-sac noun A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap., a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front., Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
culiciform adjective Gnat-shaped.
culinarily adverb In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.
culminated imp. & past participle of Culminate
cultivable adjective Capable of being cultivated or tilled.
cultivated imp. & past participle of Cultivate
cultivator noun One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature., An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.
cultriform adjective Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
culturable adjective Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured.
cultus cod See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.
culvertail noun Dovetail.
cumbersome adjective Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous., Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
cumulating present participle & vb. noun of Cumulate
cumulation noun The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.
cumulatist noun One who accumulates; one who collects.
cumulative adjective Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated., Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds., Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; — said of evidence., Given by same testator to the same legatee; — said of a legacy.
cunctation noun Delay; procrastination.
cunctative adjective Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.
cundurango noun The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer.
cunningman noun A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.
curability noun The state of being curable; curableness.
curateship noun A curacy.
curiologic adjective Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.
curledness noun State of being curled; curliness.
curmudgeon noun An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
curmurring noun Murmuring; grumbling; — sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes.
currencies plural of Currency
curriculum noun A race course; a place for running., A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.
cursedness noun The state of being under a curse or of being doomed to execration or to evil., Wickedness; sin; cursing., Shrewishness.
curstfully adverb Peevishly; vexatiously; detestably.
curtailing present participle & vb. noun of Curtail
curtaining present participle & vb. noun of Curtain
curtelasse A corruption of Cutlass.
curvedness noun The state of being curved.
curvograph noun An arcograph.
cushewbird noun The galeated curassow. See Curassow.
cushioning present participle & vb. of Cushion
cuspidated adjective Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.
customable adjective Customary., Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable.
customably adverb Usually.
cuttlefish noun A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally., A foul-mouthed fellow.
cuttystool noun A low stool, A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.
cyamellone noun A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; — called also hydromellonic acid.
cyanaurate noun See Aurocyanide.
cyanometer noun An instrument for measuring degress of blueness.
cyanopathy noun A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice.
cyanophyll noun A blue coloring matter supposed by some to be one of the component parts of chlorophyll.
cyathiform adjective In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cyatholith noun A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from / to / of an inch.
cyclograph noun See Arcograph.
cycloidian adjective & noun Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid.
cyclometer noun A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.
cyclometry noun The art of measuring circles.
cyclopedia noun Alt. of Cyclopaedia
cyclopedic adjective Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge.
cycloscope noun A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine.
cyclostoma noun pl. A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures.
cyclostome adjective Alt. of Cyclostomous
cyclostomi noun pl. A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.
cyclostyle noun A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.
cylindroid noun A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical., A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; — used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body.
cymiferous adjective Producing cymes.
cynegetics noun The art of hunting with dogs.
cypruslawn noun Same as Cyprus.
cyriologic adjective Relating to capital letters.
cyrtostyle noun A circular projecting portion.
cysticerce noun Alt. of Cysticercus
cystoidean noun Same as Cystidean.
cystoplast noun A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
cytococcus noun The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
cytogenous adjective Producing cells; — applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.