| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| carack | noun | A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. |
| carafe | noun | A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; — called also croft. |
| caranx | noun | A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel. |
| carbon | noun | An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite. |
| carboy | noun | A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; — used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc. |
| carded | imp. & past participle | of Card |
| carder | noun | One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc. |
| cardia | noun | The heart., The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it. |
| cardol | noun | A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut. |
| caring | present participle & vb. noun | of Care |
| careen | verb t. | To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel., To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel. |
| career | noun | A race course: the ground run over., A running; full speed; a rapid course., General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington’s career as a soldier., The flight of a hawk., To move or run rapidly. |
| carene | noun | A fast of forty days on bread and water. |
| caress | noun | An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness., To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. |
| caries | plural | of Carib, Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses. |
| caribe | noun | A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results. |
| carina | noun | A keel, That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification, A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat., The keel of the breastbone of birds. |
| carlin | noun | An old woman. |
| carlot | noun | A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. |
| carman | noun | A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car. |
| carmot | noun | The matter of which the philosopher’s stone was believed to be composed. |
| carnal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual., Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. |
| carney | noun | A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat. |
| carnin | noun | A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin. |
| carrol | noun | A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century., See 4th Carol. |
| caroli | plural | of Carolus |
| carped | imp. & past participle | of Carp |
| carpal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist., One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale. |
| carpel | noun | Alt. of Carpellum |
| carper | noun | One who carps; a caviler. |
| carpet | noun | A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables., A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet., To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. |
| carpus | noun | The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows. |
| carrel | noun | See Quarrel, an arrow., Same as 4th Carol. |
| carrom | noun | See Carom. |
| carrot | noun | An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties., The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color. |
| carrow | noun | A strolling gamester. |
| carryk | noun | A carack. |
| carted | imp. & past participle | of Cart |
| cartel | noun | An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners., A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat., To defy or challenge. |
| carter | noun | A charioteer., A man who drives a cart; a teamster., Any species of Phalangium; — also called harvestman, A British fish; the whiff. |
| carton | noun | Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. |
| carved | imp. & past participle | of Carve |
| carvel | noun | Same as Caravel., A species of jellyfish; sea blubber. |
| carven | adjective | Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. |
| carver | noun | One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc., One who carves or divides meat at table., A large knife for carving. |
| carvol | noun | One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol. |