| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| caas | noun sing. & pl. | Case. |
| cack | verb i. | To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. |
| cade | adjective | Bred by hand; domesticated; petted., To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame., A barrel or cask, as of fish., A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries. |
| cadi | noun | An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village. |
| cady | noun | See Cadie. |
| cafe | noun | A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served. |
| cage | noun | A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals., A place of confinement for malefactors, An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase., A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve., A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes., The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft., The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim., The catcher’s wire mask., To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. |
| cake | noun | A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake., A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape., A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes., A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake., To form into a cake, or mass., To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate., To cackle as a goose. |
| calf | noun | The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale., Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf., An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt., A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man., A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface., The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. |
| cali | noun | The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. |
| calk | verb t. | To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch., To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice., To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held., A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; — called also calker, calkin., An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping., To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox., To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet. |
| call | verb t. | To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant., To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; — often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church., To invite or command to meet; to convoke; — often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen., To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name., To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate., To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day’s work., To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of., To utter in a loud or distinct voice; — often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company., To invoke; to appeal to., To rouse from sleep; to awaken., To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; — sometimes with to., To make a demand, requirement, or request., To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders., The act of calling; — usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle’s call., A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty., An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor., A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal., A divine vocation or summons., Vocation; employment., A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders., A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds., A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty., The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry., A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land., The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on., See Assessment, 4. |
| calm | noun | Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity., To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds., To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions., Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed., Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. |
| calx | noun | Quicklime., The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder., Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post. |
| came | imp. of Come., A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass., of Come | |
| camp | noun | The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc., A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner., A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter’s camp., The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc., A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; — called also burrow and pie., An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England., To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers., To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; — often with out., To play the game called camp. |
| cand | noun | Fluor spar. See Kand. |
| cane | noun | A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans., Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane., Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry., A walking stick; a staff; — so called because originally made of one the species of cane., A lance or dart made of cane., A local European measure of length. See Canna., To beat with a cane., To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs. |
| cant | noun | A corner; angle; niche., An outer or external angle., An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl., A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant., A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask., A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel., A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads., To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship., To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football., To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt., An affected, singsong mode of speaking., The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation., The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy., Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars., Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar., To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone., To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic., To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning., A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction., to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. |
| cany | adjective | Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes. |
| cape | noun | A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland., To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south., A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak., To gape. |
| card | noun | A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards., A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair., A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner’s compass., A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard., An indicator card. See under Indicator., To play at cards; to game., An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; — usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back., A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine., To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse., To clean or clear, as if by using a card., To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. |
| care | noun | A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude., Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity., Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care., The object of watchful attention or anxiety., To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; — sometimes followed by an objective of measure. |
| carf | pret. of Carve. | |
| cark | noun | A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry., To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve., To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. |
| carl | noun | A rude, rustic man; a churl., Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; — called also carl hemp., A kind of food. See citation, below. |
| carp | verb i. | To talk; to speak; to prattle., To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; — usually followed by at., To say; to tell., To find fault with; to censure., of Carp, A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. |
| cart | noun | A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot., A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles., A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc., An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage., To carry or convey in a cart., To expose in a cart by way of punishment., To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter. |
| case | noun | A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book., A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments., A shallow tray divided into compartments or “boxes” for holding type., An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case., A small fissure which admits water to the workings., To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose., To strip the skin from; as, to case a box., Chance; accident; hap; opportunity., That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes., A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury., The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause., One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word., To propose hypothetical cases. |
| cash | noun | A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box., Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money, Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash., To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order., To disband., A Chinese coin. |
| cask | noun | Same as Casque., A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel., The quantity contained in a cask., A casket; a small box for jewels., To put into a cask. |
| cass | verb t. | To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. |
| cast | imp. & past participle | of Cast, To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel., To direct or turn, as the eyes., To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot., To throw down, as in wrestling., To throw up, as a mound, or rampart., To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose., To bring forth prematurely; to slink., To throw out or emit; to exhale., To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject., To impose; to bestow; to rest., To dismiss; to discard; to cashier., To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope., To contrive; to plan., To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages., To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice., To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets., To stereotype or electrotype., To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part., To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook., To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh., To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons., To calculate; to compute., To receive form or shape in a mold., To warp; to become twisted out of shape., To vomit., 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth., The act of casting or throwing; a throw., The thing thrown., The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown., A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture., That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk’s stomach, the excrement of a earthworm., The act of casting in a mold., An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern., That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting., Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance., A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade., A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift., The assignment of parts in a play to the actors., A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand., A stoke, touch, or trick., A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint., A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold., Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp., Contrivance; plot, design. |
| cata | The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic. | |
| cate | noun | Food. [Obs.] See Cates. |
| cauf | noun | A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. |
| cauk | noun | Alt. of Cauker |
| caul | noun | A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net., The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum., A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth. |
| cave | noun | A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den., Any hollow place, or part; a cavity., To make hollow; to scoop out., To dwell in a cave., To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter. |
| cavy | noun | A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America. |
| cawk | noun | An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. |