| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| cabaret | noun | A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed., a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and providing space for dancing by the patrons; — similar to a nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment., the type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}. |
| cabbage | noun | An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages., The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below., The cabbage palmetto. See below., To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage., To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer., Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments. |
| cabbler | noun | One who works at cabbling. |
| cabesse | noun | The finest kind of silk received from India. |
| cabezon | noun | A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin. |
| cabined | imp. & past participle | of Cabin |
| cabinet | noun | A hut; a cottage; a small house., A small room, or retired apartment; a closet., A private room in which consultations are held., The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council., A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:, A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere., Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself., Suitable for a cabinet; small., To inclose |
| cabbiri | noun pl. | Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; — also called sons of Hephaestus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. |
| cabiric | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship. |
| cabling | present participle & vb. noun | of Cable, The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft. |
| caboose | noun | A house on deck, where the cooking is done; — commonly called the galley., A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. |
| cacaine | noun | The essential principle of cacao; — now called theobromine. |
| cacajao | noun | A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala). |
| cachexy | noun | A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle). |
| cachiri | noun | A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry. |
| cacique | noun | See Cazique. |
| cackled | imp. & past participle | of Cackle |
| cackler | noun | A fowl that cackles., One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler. |
| cacodyl | noun | Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. |
| cacolet | noun | A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army. |
| cadaver | noun | A dead human body; a corpse. |
| cadbait | noun | See Caddice. |
| caddice | noun | Alt. of Caddis |
| caddish | adjective | Like a cad; lowbred and presuming. |
| caddies | plural | of Caddy |
| cadence | noun | The act or state of declining or sinking., A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence., A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet., Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse., See Cadency., Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse., A uniform time and place in marching., The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord., A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy., To regulate by musical measure. |
| cadency | noun | Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. |
| cadenza | noun | A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence. |
| cadging | present participle & vb. noun | of Cadge |
| cadmean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet — /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters. |
| cadmian | adjective | See Cadmean. |
| cadmium | noun | A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. |
| cadrans | noun | An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing. |
| caecias | noun | A wind from the northeast. |
| caecums | plural | of Caecum |
| caesium | noun | A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; — so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6. |
| caesura | noun | A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. |
| cafenet | noun | Alt. of Cafeneh |
| cafeneh | noun | A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. |
| caffeic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee. |
| caffila | noun | See Cafila. |
| cafileh | noun | A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses. |
| caisson | noun | A chest to hold ammunition., A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber., A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach., A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level., A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins., A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it., A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. |
| caitiff | adjective | Captive; wretched; unfortunate., Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable., A captive; a prisoner., A wretched or unfortunate man., A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet. |
| cajeput | noun | See Cajuput. |
| cajoled | imp. & past participle | of Cajole |
| cajoler | noun | A flatterer; a wheedler. |
| cajuput | noun | A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste. |
| calabar | noun | A district on the west coast of Africa. |
| calaite | noun | A mineral. See Turquoise. |
| calamar | noun | Alt. of Calamary |
| calamus | noun | The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon’s blood., A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors., The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. |
| calando | adjective | Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness. |
| calcify | verb t. | To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime., To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth. |
| calcine | verb i. | To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones., To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx., To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. |
| calcite | noun | Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar. |
| calcium | noun | An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca. |
| calcule | noun | Reckoning; computation., To calculate |
| calculi | noun pl. | See Calculus., of Calculus |
| caldron | noun | A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] |
| caleche | noun | See Calash. |
| calends | noun pl. | The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. |
| caliber | noun | Alt. of Calibre |
| calibre | noun | The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber., The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column., Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. |
| calicle | noun | One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. |
| calipee | noun | A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy. |
| caliver | noun | An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore. |
| calking | present participle & vb. noun | of Calk, The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing. |
| calling | present participle & vb. noun | of Call, The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one., A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament., A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called., A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies., One’s usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade., The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment., Title; appellation; name. |
| callose | adjective | Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots. |
| callous | adjective | Hardened; indurated., Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. |
| calming | present participle & vb. noun | of Calm |
| calomel | noun | Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver. |
| caloric | noun | The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; — not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat., Of or pertaining to caloric. |
| calorie | noun | The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0¡ to 1¡. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound. |
| calotte | noun | Alt. of Callot |
| caloyer | noun | A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos. |
| caltrop | noun | Alt. of Caltrap |
| caltrap | noun | A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle., An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy’s cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses’ feet. |
| calumba | noun | The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. |
| calumet | noun | A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers. |
| calumny | noun | False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. |
| calvary | noun | The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem., A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion., A cross, set upon three steps; — more properly called cross calvary. |
| calving | present participle & vb. noun | of Calve |
| calvish | adjective | Like a calf; stupid. |
| calycle | noun | A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside. |
| calypso | noun | A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68¡ N. |
| calyxes | plural | of Calyx, of Nematocalyx |
| calyces | plural | of Calyx |
| camaieu | noun | A cameo., Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. |
| cambial | adjective | Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. |
| cambist | noun | A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange. |
| cambium | noun | A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft., A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase. |
| camblet | noun | See Camlet. |
| camboge | noun | See Gamboge. |
| cambrel | noun | See Gambrel, n., 2. |
| cambria | noun | The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets. |
| cambric | noun | A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen., A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; — also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin. |
| camelot | noun | See Camelet. |
| cameras | plural | of Camera |
| camerae | plural | of Camera |
| cammock | noun | A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; — called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock. |
| camping | present participle & vb noun | of Camp, Lodging in a camp., A game of football. |
| campana | noun | A church bell., The pasque flower., Same as Gutta. |
| camphol | noun | See Borneol. |
| camphor | noun | A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative., A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; — called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol., To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. |
| campion | noun | A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. |
| camwood | noun | See Barwood. |
| canning | present participle &vb. noun | of Can |
| canakin | noun | A little can or cup. |
| candent | adjective | Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. |
| candied | adjective | Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits., Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup., Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins, Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering., Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy., of Candy |
| candify | verb t. / verb i. | To make or become white, or candied. |
| candiot | adjective | Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary. |
| candite | noun | A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon. |
| candock | noun | A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum). |
| candroy | noun | A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing. |
| canella | noun | A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies. |
| caninal | adjective | See Canine, a. |
| cankery | adjective | Like a canker; full of canker., Surly; sore; malignant. |
| cannery | noun | A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. |
| cannily | adverb | In a canny manner. |
| cannons | plural | of Cannon |
| cannula | noun | A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. |
| canonic | adjective | Alt. of Cannonical |
| canonry | noun pl. | A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon. |
| canopus | noun | A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo. |
| canopes | imp. & past participle | of Canopy |
| canting | present participle & vb. noun | of Cant, Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone., The use of cant; hypocrisy. |
| cantata | noun | A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody. |
| canteen | noun | A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink., The sutler’s shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers. |
| canthus | noun | The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye. |
| cantile | verb i. | Same as Cantle, v. t. |
| cantine | noun | See Canteen. |
| cantion | noun | A song or verses. |
| cantlet | noun | A piece; a fragment; a corner. |
| cantoon | noun | A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other. |
| cantrap | noun | Alt. of Cantrip |
| cantrip | noun | A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. |
| cantred | noun | Alt. of Cantref |
| cantref | noun | A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. |
| canular | adjective | Alt. of Canulated |
| canvass | noun | To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote., To examine by discussion; to debate., To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions., To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; — commonly followed by for., Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes., Examination in the way of discussion or debate., Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc. |
| canzone | noun | A song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal., An instrumental piece in the madrigal style. |
| capping | present participle & vb. noun | of Cap |
| capable | adjective | Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault., Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations., Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will., Capacious; large; comprehensive. |
| capapie | adverb | From head to foot; at all points. |
| caparro | noun | A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail. |
| capcase | noun | A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. |
| capelan | noun | See Capelin. |
| capelin | noun | A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. |
| capella | noun | A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga. |
| capelle | noun | The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church. |
| capered | imp. & past participle | of Caper |
| caperer | noun | One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances. |
| capital | noun | Of or pertaining to the head., Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment., First in importance; chief; principal., Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities., Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song., The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column., The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis., Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a., That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production., Anything which can be used to increase one’s power or influence., An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts., A chapter, or section, of a book., See Capital letter, under Capital, a. |
| capitol | The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met., The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse. | |
| capling | noun | The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. |
| caponet | noun | A young capon. |
| capouch | noun & verb t. | Same as Capoch. |
| cappeak | noun | The front piece of a cap; — now more commonly called visor. |
| caprate | noun | A salt of capric acid. |
| caprice | verb i. | An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion., See Capriccio. |
| caprine | adjective | Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols. |
| caproic | adjective | See under Capric. |
| capsize | verb t. & i. | To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body., An upset or overturn. |
| capstan | noun | A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. |
| capsule | noun | a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc., A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier., a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain., A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed., A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ., A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle., A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc. |
| captain | noun | A head, or chief officer, The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service., An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army., By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain., The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel., One in charge of a portion of a ship’s company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc., The foreman of a body of workmen., A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat’s crew; the captain of a football team., A military leader; a warrior., To act as captain of; to lead., Chief; superior. |
| caption | noun | A caviling; a sophism., The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process., That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed., The heading of a chapter, section, or page. |
| captive | noun | A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another., One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated., Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement., Subdued by love; charmed; captivated., Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours., To take prisoner; to capture. |
| capture | noun | The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal., The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction., The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey., To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort. |
| capulet | noun | Same as Capellet. |
| capulin | noun | The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin). |
| carabid | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae., One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles. |
| carabus | noun | A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects. |
| caracal | noun | A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs. |
| caramel | noun | Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc., A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor. |
| carapax | noun | See Carapace. |
| caravan | noun | A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa., A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts., A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; — sometimes shorted into van. |
| caravel | noun | A name given to several kinds of vessels., The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage., A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden., A small fishing boat used on the French coast., A Turkish man-of-war. |
| caraway | noun | A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative., A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. |
| carbide | noun | A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; — formerly termed carburet. |
| carbine | noun | A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry. |
| carbone | verb t. | To broil. [Obs.] “We had a calf’s head carboned”. |
| carcase | noun | See Carcass. |
| carcass | noun | A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast., The living body; — now commonly used in contempt or ridicule., The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing., A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. |
| carding | present participle & vb. noun | of Card, The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t., A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine. |
| cardecu | noun | A quarter of a crown. |
| cardiac | adjective | Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach., Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant., A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial. |
| cardoon | noun | A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; — used in cookery and as a salad. |
| careful | adjective | Full of care; anxious; solicitous., Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful., Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; — often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right. |
| cargoes | plural | of Cargo |
| cariama | noun | A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema. |
| caribou | noun | The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). |
| cariole | noun | A small, light, open one-horse carriage, A covered cart, A kind of calash. See Carryall. |
| carious | adjective | Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth. |
| carking | adjective | Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares. |
| carline | noun | Alt. of Caroline, Alt. of Carling |
| carling | noun | A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; — usually in pl. |
| carlist | noun | A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain. |
| carlock | noun | A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. |
| carmine | noun | A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple., A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting., The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; — hence called also carminic acid. |
| carnage | noun | Flesh of slain animals or men., Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. |
| carnary | noun | A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house. |
| carnate | adjective | Invested with, or embodied in, flesh. |
| carnify | verb i. | To form flesh; to become like flesh. |
| carnose | adjective | Alt. of Carnous |
| carnous | adjective | Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy., Of a fleshy consistence; — applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc. |
| caroche | noun | A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. |
| caroled | imp. & past participle | of Carol |
| carolin | noun | A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars. |
| carolus | noun | An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. |
| caromel | noun | See Caramel. |
| carotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state., Carotid; as, the carotic arteries. |
| carotid | noun | One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.], Alt. of Carotidal |
| carotin | noun | A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot. |
| carouse | noun | A large draught of liquor., A drinking match; a carousal., To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels., To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. |
| carping | present participle & vb. noun | of Carp, Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. |
| carpale | noun | One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals. |
| carrack | noun | See Carack. |
| carrick | noun | A carack. See Carack. |
| carrier | noun | One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger., One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster., That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. |
| carrion | noun | The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food., A contemptible or worthless person; — a term of reproach., Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. |
| carroty | adjective | Like a carrot in color or in taste; — an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc. |
| carried | imp. & past participle | of Carry |
| carries | plural | of Carry |
| carting | present participle & vb. noun | of Cart |
| cartage | noun | The act of carrying in a cart., The price paid for carting. |
| cartman | noun | One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter. |
| cartoon | noun | A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; — used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael., A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of “Puck.” |
| cartway | noun | A way or road for carts. |
| carving | present participle & vb. noun | of Carve, The act or art of one who carves., A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material., The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century. |
| carvene | noun | An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway. |
| carvist | noun | A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. |
| cascade | noun | A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract., To fall in a cascade., To vomit. |
| caseous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. |
| cashier | noun | One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company., To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust., To put away or reject; to disregard. |
| casings | noun pl. | Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. |
| casinos | plural | of Casino |
| cassada | noun | See Cassava. |
| cassate | verb t. | To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. |
| cassava | noun | A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; — called also manioc., A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca. |
| cassino | noun | A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. |
| cassius | noun | A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius. |
| cassock | noun | A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform., A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment. |
| casting | present participle & vb. noun | of Cast, The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing., The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold., That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting., The warping of a board., The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc. |
| castled | imp. & past participle | of Castle, Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag., Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls. |
| castlet | noun | A small castle. |
| castrel | noun | See Kestrel. |
| casuist | noun | One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry., To play the casuist. |
| catting | present participle & vb. noun | of Cat |
| cataian | noun | A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; — formerly a term of reproach. |
| catalan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Catalonia., A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. |
| catalog | noun & verb | Catalogue. |
| catalpa | noun | A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; — called also Indian bean. |
| catarrh | noun | An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder. |
| catawba | noun | A well known light red variety of American grape., A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape. |
| catbird | noun | An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat. |
| catboat | noun | A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| catcall | noun | A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise. |
| catched | of Catch | |
| catcher | noun | One who, or that which, catches., The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. |
| catchup | noun | Alt. of Catsup |
| catechu | noun | A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. |
| catered | imp. & past participle | of Cater |
| cateran | noun | A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. |
| caterer | noun | One who caters. |
| catfall | noun | A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead. |
| catfish | noun | A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad. |
| cathead | noun | A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured. |
| catheti | plural | of Cathetus |
| cathode | noun | The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; — opposed to anode. |
| catlike | adjective | Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly. |
| catling | noun | A little cat; a kitten., Catgut; a catgut string., A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife. |
| catmint | noun | A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it. |
| catpipe | noun | See Catcall. |
| cattish | adjective | Catlike; feline |
| caudata | noun pl. | See Urodela. |
| caudate | adjective | Alt. of Caudated |
| caudled | imp. & past participle | of Caudle |
| cauline | adjective | Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis. |
| causing | present participle & verb noun | of Cause |
| caustic | adjective | Alt. of Caustical, Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic., A caustic curve or caustic surface. |
| cautery | noun | A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue., The iron of other agent in cauterizing. |
| caution | noun | A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness., Security; guaranty; bail., Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction., To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed. |
| cavally | noun | A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): — called also horse crevalle. [See Illust. under Carangoid.] |
| cavalry | noun | That part of military force which serves on horseback. |
| cavezon | noun | A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. |
| cavetto | noun | A concave molding; — used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column. |
| caviare | noun | Alt. of Caviar |
| caviled | imp. & past participle | of Cavil |
| caviler | noun | Alt. of Caviller |
| cayenne | noun | Cayenne pepper. |
| cayugas | noun pl. | A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations. |
| cazique | noun | Alt. of Cazic |
| ceasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cease |
| cedared | adjective | Covered, or furnished with, cedars. |
| cedilla | noun | A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade. |
| cedrene | noun | A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. |
| cedrine | adjective | Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree. |
| ceduous | adjective | Fit to be felled. |
| ceiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Ceil, The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor., The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done., The inner planking of a vessel. |
| celadon | noun | A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint. |
| cellule | noun | A small cell. |
| celsius | noun | The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale. |
| cembalo | noun | An old name for the harpsichord. |
| censing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cense |
| censual | adjective | Relating to, or containing, a census. |
| censure | noun | Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion., The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame., Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment., To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge., To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of., To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence., To judge. |
| centage | noun | Rate by the hundred; percentage. |
| centare | noun | A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards. |
| centaur | noun | A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse., A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. |
| centred | of Centre | |
| centesm | noun | Hundredth. |
| centime | noun | The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account. |
| centner | noun | A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts., The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds. |
| central | adjective | Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points., Alt. of Centrale |
| centric | adjective | Alt. of Centrical |
| centrum | noun | The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra. |
| century | noun | A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things., A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago., A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers., One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion. |
| cephalo | A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod. | |
| cepheus | noun | A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia. |
| ceramic | adjective | Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings. |
| cerasin | noun | A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; — called also meta-arabinic acid., A gummy mucilaginous substance; — called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc. |
| cerated | p. adjective | Covered with wax. |
| cerebel | noun | The cerebellum. |
| cerebra | plural | of Cerebrum |
| cereous | adjective | Waxen; like wax. |
| ceresin | noun | A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax. |
| cerosin | noun | A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae. |
| cerotic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol. |
| cerotin | noun | A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; — called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol. |
| cerrial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the cerris. |
| certain | adjective | Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning., Determined; resolved; — used with an infinitive., Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact., Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable., Unfailing; infallible., Fixed or stated; regular; determinate., Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; — sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons., Certainty., A certain number or quantity., Certainly. |
| certify | verb t. | To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain., To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify., To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal. |
| cerumen | noun | The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax. |
| cerused | adjective | Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. |
| cervine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae. |
| cessing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cess |
| cessant | adjective | Inactive; dormant |
| cession | noun | A yielding to physical force., Concession; compliance., A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding., The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation., The voluntary surrender of a person’s effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. |
| cestode | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea., One of the Cestoidea. |
| cestoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea., One of the Cestoidea. |
| cesural | adjective | See Caesural. |
| cetacea | noun pl. | An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders: |
| cetylic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. |
| chablis | noun | A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France., a white wine resembling Chablis{1}, but made elsewhere, as in California. |
| chabouk | noun | Alt. of Chabuk |
| chafing | p pr. & vb. noun | of Chafe, The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing. |
| chafery | verb t. | An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars. |
| chaffed | imp. & past participle | of Chaff |
| chaffer | noun | One who chaffs., Bargaining; merchandise., To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate., To talk much and idly; to chatter., To buy or sell; to trade in., To exchange; to bandy, as words. |
| chagrin | noun | Vexation; mortification., To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined., To be vexed or annoyed., Chagrined. |
| chained | impast participle p. | of Chain |
| chaired | imp. & present participle | of Chair |
| chalaza | noun | The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus., A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird’s egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle. |
| chalaze | noun | Same as Chalaza. |
| chaldee | adjective | Of or pertaining to Chaldea., The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea. |
| chalder | noun | A kind of bird; the oyster catcher. |
| chalice | noun | A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. |
| chalked | imp. & past participle | of Chalk |
| challis | noun | A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies’ dresses. |
| chamade | noun | A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. |
| chamber | noun | A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers., Apartments in a lodging house., A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber., A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce., A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye., A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court., A chamber pot., That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; — formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns., A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder., A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades., To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers., To be lascivious., To shut up, as in a chamber., To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun. |
| chameck | noun | A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail. |
| chamfer | noun | The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc., To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute., To make a chamfer on. |
| chamlet | noun | See Camlet. |
| chamois | noun | A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase., A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; — called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy. |
| champed | imp. & past participle | of Champ |
| champer | noun | One who champs, or bites. |
| chamsin | noun | See Kamsin. |
| chanced | imp. & past participle | of Chance |
| chancel | verb t. | That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed., All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. |
| chancre | noun | A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; — called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. |
| chandoo | noun | An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. |
| chandry | noun | Chandlery. |
| changed | imp. & past participle | of Change |
| changer | noun | One who changes or alters the form of anything., One who deals in or changes money., One apt to change; an inconstant person. |
| channel | noun | The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run., The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels., A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel., That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels., A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column., Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks., To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove., To course through or over, as in a channel. |
| chanson | noun | A song. |
| chanted | imp. & past participle | of Chant |
| chanter | noun | One who chants; a singer or songster., The chief singer of the chantry., The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe., The hedge sparrow. |
| chantor | noun | A chanter. |
| chantry | noun | An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder., A chapel or altar so endowed. |
| chaotic | adjective | Resembling chaos; confused. |
| chapped | imp. & past participle | of Chap |
| chapeux | plural | of Chapeau |
| chapeau | noun | A hat or covering for the head., A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. |
| chaplet | noun | A garland or wreath to be worn on the head., A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads., A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc., A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1., A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold., A tuft of feathers on a peacock’s head., A small chapel or shrine., To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. |
| chapmen | plural | of Chapman |
| chapman | noun | One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller., A peddler; a hawker. |
| chapter | noun | A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters., An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean., A community of canons or canonesses., A bishop’s council., A business meeting of any religious community., An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons., A meeting of certain organized societies or orders., A chapter house., A decretal epistle., A location or compartment., To divide into chapters, as a book., To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. |
| charred | imp. & past participle | of Char |
| charact | noun | A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See Character. |
| charade | noun | A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations. |
| charbon | noun | A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated., A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule. |
| charged | imp. & past participle | of Charge |
| charger | noun | One who, or that which charges., An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge., A large dish., A horse for battle or parade. |
| charily | adverb | In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally. |
| chariot | noun | A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc., A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat., To convey in a chariot. |
| charism | noun | A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians. |
| charity | noun | Love; universal benevolence; good will., Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others., Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity., Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness., A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret’s charity., Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions. |
| charked | imp. & past participle | of Chark |
| charmed | imp. & past participle | of Charm |
| charmel | noun | A fruitful field. |
| charmer | noun | One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician., One who delights and attracts the affections. |
| charnel | adjective | Containing the bodies of the dead., A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. |
| charpie | noun | Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; — used for surgical dressings. |
| charqui | noun | Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun. |
| charras | noun | The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus. |
| charted | imp. & past participle | of Chart |
| charter | noun | A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance., An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges., An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers., A special privilege, immunity, or exemption., The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below., To establish by charter., To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n. |
| chasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Chase, The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way. |
| chasmed | adjective | Having gaps or a chasm. |
| chassis | noun | A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.] |
| chasten | verb t. | To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod., To purify from errors or faults; to refine. |
| chatted | imp. & past participle | of Chat |
| chateux | plural | of Chateau |
| chateau | noun | A castle or a fortress in France., A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman’s country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg. |
| chattel | noun | Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects. |
| chatter | verb i. | To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct., To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate., To make a noise by rapid collisions., To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly., Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle., Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering. |
| chawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Chaw |
| cheapen | verb t. | To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for., To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. |
| cheaply | adverb | At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner. |
| cheated | imp. & past participle | of Cheat |
| cheater | noun | One who cheats., An escheator. |
| checked | imp. & past participle | of Check |
| checker | verb t. | One who checks., To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors., To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity., A piece in the game of draughts or checkers., A pattern in checks; a single check., Checkerwork. |
| cheddar | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese. |
| cheeked | adjective | Having a cheek; — used in composition. |
| cheeped | imp. & past participle | of Cheep |
| cheered | imp. & past participle | of Cheer |
| cheerer | noun | One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. |
| cheerly | adjective | Gay; cheerful., Cheerily. |
| cheerry | adjective | Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person. |
| cheetah | noun | A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus. |
| chekmak | noun | A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven. |
| chelate | adjective | Same as Cheliferous. |
| chelone | noun | A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; — called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc. |
| chelura | noun | A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber. |
| chemise | noun | A shift, or undergarment, worn by women., A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork. |
| chemism | noun | The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; — sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship. |
| chemist | noun | A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs. |
| chequer | noun & verb | Same as Checker. |
| cherish | verb t. | To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid., To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle. |
| chermes | noun | See Kermes. |
| cheroot | noun | A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco. |
| cherubs | plural | of Cherub |
| chervil | noun | A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads. |
| cheslip | noun | The wood louse. |
| chessel | noun | The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. |
| chesses | noun pl. | The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. |
| chessil | noun | Gravel or pebbles. |
| chessom | noun | Mellow earth; mold. |
| chested | imp. & past participle | of Chest, Having (such) a chest; — in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested. |
| chevage | noun | See Chiefage. |
| chevaux | plural | of Cheval, See Cheval. |
| cheviot | noun | A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills., A woolen fabric, for men’s clothing. |
| chevron | noun | One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center., A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer’s coat., A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture. |
| chewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Chew |
| chewink | noun | An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; — called also towhee bunting and ground robin. |
| chiasma | noun | A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. |
| chibbal | noun | See Cibol. |
| chibouk | noun | A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay. |
| chicane | noun | The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; — specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry., To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. |
| chiches | plural | of Chich |
| chicken | noun | A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl., A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. |
| chicory | noun | A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive., The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee. |
| chiefly | adverb | In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially., For the most part; mostly. |
| chierte | noun | Love; tender regard. |
| chignon | noun | A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head. |
| chikara | noun | The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India., The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis). |
| childed | imp. & past participle | of Child, Furnished with a child. |
| childly | adjective | Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child., Like a child. |
| chiliad | noun | A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. |
| chilian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Chili., A native or citizen of Chili., Alt. of Chiliarch |
| chilled | imp. & past participle | of Chill, Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel., Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called “blooming.” |
| chiloma | noun | The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel. |
| chiming | present participle & vb. noun | of Chime |
| chimera | noun | A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon., A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. |
| chimere | noun | The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. |
| chimney | noun | A fireplace or hearth., That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft., A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion., A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. |
| chincha | noun | A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis. |
| chinche | adjective | Parsimonious; niggardly. |
| chinese | adjective | Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China., A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China., The language of China, which is monosyllabic. |
| chinked | imp. & past participle | of Chink |
| chinned | adjective | Having a chin; — used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned. |
| chinone | noun | See Quinone. |
| chinook | noun | One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians., A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory., A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States. |
| chinsed | imp. & past participle | of Chinse |
| chipped | imp. & past participle | of Chip |
| chipper | verb i. | To chirp or chirrup., Lively; cheerful; talkative. |
| chirped | imp. & past participle | of Chirp |
| chirper | noun | One who chirps, or is cheerful. |
| chirrup | verb t. | To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup., To chirp., The act of chirping; a chirp. |
| chisleu | noun | The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December. |
| chisley | adjective | Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; — said of a soil. |
| chitter | verb i. | To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird., To shiver or chatter with cold. |
| chittra | noun | The axis deer of India. |
| chivied | imp. & past participle | of Chivy |
| chlamys | noun | A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak. |
| chloral | noun | A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol., Chloral hydrate. |
| chloric | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; — said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. |
| chloro- | A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named. | |
| chocard | noun | The chough. |
| chocked | imp. & past participle | of Chock |
| chogset | noun | See Cunner. |
| choking | present participle & vb. noun | of Choke, That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation., Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion. |
| cholate | noun | A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate. |
| choleic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid. |
| cholera | noun | One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. |
| choline | noun | See Neurine. |
| choltry | noun | A Hindoo caravansary. |
| chooser | noun | One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector. |
| chopped | imp. & past participle | of Chop |
| chopine | noun | A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. |
| chopper | noun | One who, or that which, chops. |
| choragi | plural | of Choragus |
| chorded | imp. & past participle | of Chord |
| chordal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a chord. |
| chordee | noun | A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea. |
| choring | present participle & vb. noun | of Chore |
| choreic | adjective | Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive. |
| choreus | noun | Alt. of Choree |
| chorion | noun | The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development., The true skin, or cutis., The outer membrane of seeds of plants. |
| chorist | noun | A singer in a choir; a chorister. |
| choroid | adjective | resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball., The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye. |
| choused | imp. & past participle | of Chouse |
| chowder | noun | A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together., A seller of fish., To make a chowder of. |
| chowter | verb t. | To grumble or mutter like a froward child. |
| chrisom | noun | A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened., A child which died within a month after its baptism; — so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. |
| chromic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; — said of the compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence. |
| chromid | noun | One of the Chromidae, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fishes, as the bulti of the Nile. |
| chromos | plural | of Chromo |
| chronic | adjective | Relating to time; according to time., Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. |
| chubbed | adjective | Chubby. |
| chucked | imp. & past participle | of Chuck, of Chuck |
| chuckle | verb t. | To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck., To fondle; to cocker., A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision., To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision. |
| chummed | impast participle p. | of Chum |
| churchy | adjective | Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms. |
| churned | imp. & past participle | of Churn |
| churrus | noun | A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp. |
| chutney | noun | Alt. of Chutnee |
| chutnee | noun | A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc. |
| chylify | verb t. & i. | To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle. |
| chylous | adjective | Consisting of, or similar to, chyle. |
| chymist | Alt. of Chymistry | |
| chymify | verb t. | To form into chyme. |
| chymous | adjective | Of or pertaining to chyme. |
| ciboria | plural | of Ciborium |
| cicadas | plural | of Cicada |
| cicadae | plural | of Cicada |
| ciliary | adjective | Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc., Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion. |
| ciliata | noun pl. | One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth. |
| ciliate | adjective | Alt. of Ciliated |
| cimbric | adjective | Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany., The language of the Cimbri. |
| cimeter | noun | See Scimiter. |
| cimices | plural | of Cimex |
| cindery | adjective | Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders. |
| cipolin | noun | A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc. |
| circean | adjective | Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught. |
| circled | imp. & past participle | of Circle, Having the form of a circle; round. |
| circler | noun | A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a. |
| circlet | noun | A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband., A round body; an orb., A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. |
| circuit | noun | The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun., The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area., That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown., The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits., A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one’s calling, as of a judge, or a preacher., A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice., A district in which an itinerant preacher labors., Circumlocution., To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate., To travel around. |
| circum- | A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about. | |
| cirrate | adjective | Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ. |
| cirrhus | noun | Same as Cirrus. |
| cirrose | adjective | Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf., Resembling a tendril or cirrus. |
| cirrous | adjective | Cirrose., Tufted; — said of certain feathers of birds. |
| cirsoid | adjective | Varicose. |
| cissoid | noun | A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines. |
| cistern | noun | An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids., A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water. |
| citable | adjective | Capable of being cited. |
| citadel | noun | A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. |
| citator | noun | One who cites. |
| cithara | noun | An ancient instrument resembling the harp. |
| cithern | noun | See Cittern. |
| citiner | noun | One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen. |
| citizen | noun | One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises., An inhabitant of a city; a townsman., A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it., One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country., Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery., Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious. |
| citrate | noun | A salt of citric acid. |
| citrine | adjective | Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow., A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz. |
| cittern | noun | An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. |
| clabber | noun | Milk curdled so as to become thick., To become clabber; to lopper. |
| clachan | noun | A small village containing a church. |
| clacked | imp. & past participle | of Clack |
| clacker | noun | One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill., A claqueur. See Claqueur. |
| claimed | imp. & past participle | of Claim |
| claimer | noun | One who claims; a claimant. |
| clammed | imp. & past participle | of Clam |
| clamant | adjective | Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. |
| clamber | verb i. | To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; — also used figuratively., The act of clambering., To ascend by climbing with difficulty. |
| clamped | imp. & past participle | of Clamp |
| clamper | noun | An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. |
| clanged | imp. & past participle | of Clang |
| clangor | verb t. | A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. |
| clanked | imp. & past participle | of Clank |
| clapped | imp. & past participle | of Clap |
| clapper | noun | A person who claps., That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell., A rabbit burrow. |
| clarify | verb t. | To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; — said of liquids, as wine or sirup., To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate., To glorify., To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification., To grow clear or bright; to clear up. |
| clarino | noun | A reed stop in an organ. |
| clarion | noun | A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. |
| clarity | noun | Clearness; brightness; splendor. |
| clashed | imp. & past participle | of Clash |
| clasped | imp. & past participle | of Clasp |
| clasper | noun | One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril., One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea., One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimaera. |
| classed | imp. & past participle | of Class |
| classic | noun | Alt. of Classical, A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; — originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language., One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature. |
| classes | plural | of Classis |
| classis | noun | A class or order; sort; kind., An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church. |
| clastic | adjective | Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models)., Fragmental; made up of brok/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock. |
| clatter | verb i. | To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds., To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue., To make a rattling noise with., A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds., Commotion; disturbance., Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. |
| clavate | adjective | Alt. of Clavated |
| clavier | noun | The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. |
| clavies | plural | of Clavy |
| clawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Claw |
| claying | present participle & vb. noun | of Clay |
| clayish | adjective | Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it. |
| cleaned | imp. & past participle | of Clean |
| cleaner | noun | One who, or that which, cleans. |
| cleanly | superl. | Habitually clean; pure; innocent., Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc., Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful., In a clean manner; neatly., Innocently; without stain., Adroitly; dexterously. |
| cleanse | verb t. | To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. |
| cleared | imp. & past participle | of Clear |
| clearer | noun | One who, or that which, clears., A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. |
| clearly | adverb | In a clear manner. |
| cleaved | imp. | of Cleave, of Cleave, of Cleave |
| cleaver | noun | One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher’s instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces. |
| clement | adjective | Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate. |
| cleping | present participle & vb. noun | of Clepe |
| clerisy | noun | The literati, or well educated class., The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity. |
| clerkly | adjective | Of or pertaining to a clerk., In a scholarly manner. |
| clewing | imp. & past participle & vb. noun | of Clew |
| clicked | imp. & past participle | of Click |
| clicker | noun | One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy., One who as has charge of the work of a companionship. |
| clicket | noun | The knocker of a door., A latch key. |
| cliency | noun | State of being a client. |
| clifted | adjective | Broken; fissured. |
| climate | verb i. | One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day., The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life., To dwell. |
| climbed | imp. & past participle | of Climb |
| climber | noun | One who, or that which, climbs, A plant that climbs., A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot., To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. |
| clinium | noun | See Clinanthium. |
| clinked | imp. & past participle | of Clink |
| clinker | noun | A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln., Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag., A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging., A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch. |
| clinoid | adjective | Like a bed; — applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone. |
| clipped | imp. & past participle | of Clip |
| clipper | noun | One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin., A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses., A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing. |
| clivers | noun | See Cleavers. |
| clivity | noun | Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient. |
| cloacae | plural | of Cloaca |
| cloacal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a cloaca. |
| cloaked | imp. & past participle | of Cloak |
| clogged | imp. & past participle | of Clog |
| clomben | imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed). | |
| closing | present participle & vb. noun | of Close |
| closely | adverb | In a close manner., Secretly; privately. |
| closure | verb t. | The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink., That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed., That which incloses or confines; an inclosure., A conclusion; an end., A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding. |
| clotted | imp. & past participle | of Clot, Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul. |
| clotbur | noun | The burdock., Same as Cocklebur. |
| clothes | plural | of Cloth, Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; — a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort., The covering of a bed; bedclothes. |
| clothed | imp. & past participle | of Clothe |
| clotter | verb i. | To concrete into lumps; to clot. |
| cloture | noun | See Closure, 5. |
| clouded | imp. & past participle | of Cloud |
| clouted | imp. & past participle | of Clout |
| cloying | present participle & vb. noun | of Cloy |
| clubbed | imp. & past participle | of Club, Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. |
| clubber | noun | One who clubs., A member of a club. |
| clucked | imp. & past participle | of Cluck |
| clumber | noun | A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently. |
| clumper | noun | To form into clumps or masses. |
| cluniac | noun | A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. — Also used as a. |
| cluster | noun | A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch., A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands., A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob., To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters., To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. |
| clutter | noun | A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter., Clatter; confused noise., To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room., To make a confused noise; to bustle., To clot or coagulate, as blood. |
| clypeus | noun | The frontal plate of the head of an insect. |
| clysmic | adjective | Washing; cleansing. |
| clyster | noun | A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema. |
| cnemial | adjective | Pertaining to the shin bone. |
| coached | imp. & past participle | of Coach |
| coachee | noun | A coachman |
| coagent | noun | An associate in an act; a coworker. |
| coagula | plural | of Coagulum |
| coaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Coal |
| coalery | noun | See Colliery. |
| coalite | verb i. | To unite or coalesce., To cause to unite or coalesce. |
| co-ally | noun | A joint ally. |
| coalpit | noun | A pit where coal is dug., A place where charcoal is made. |
| coannex | verb t. | To annex with something else. |
| coarsen | verb t. | To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one’s character. |
| coasted | imp. & past participle | of Coast |
| coastal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a coast. |
| coaster | noun | A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade., One who sails near the shore. |
| coating | present participle & vb. noun | of Coat, A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial., Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings. |
| coaxing | present participle & vb. noun | of Coax |
| cobbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cob, Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. |
| cobbled | imp. & past participle | of Cobble |
| cobbler | noun | A mender of shoes., A clumsy workman., A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. |
| cobiron | noun | An andiron with a knob at the top. |
| coboose | noun | See Caboose. |
| cobourg | noun | A thin worsted fabric for women’s dresses. |
| cobswan | noun | A large swan. |
| cobwall | noun | A wall made of clay mixed with straw. |
| cobwork | adjective | Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater. |
| cocagne | noun | An imaginary country of idleness and luxury., The land of cockneys; cockneydom; — a term applied to London and its suburbs. |
| cocaine | noun | A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. |
| cochlea | noun | An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear. |
| cocking | present participle & vb. noun | of Cock, Cockfighting. |
| cockade | noun | A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; — used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer. |
| cockeye | noun | A squinting eye., The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead. |
| cockled | imp. & past participle | of Cockle, Inclosed in a shell., Wrinkled; puckered. |
| cockler | noun | One who takes and sells cockles. |
| cockney | noun | An effeminate person; a spoilt child., A native or resident of the city of London; — used contemptuously., Of or relating to, or like, cockneys. |
| cockpit | noun | A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights., The Privy Council room at Westminster; — so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace., That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement., In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin. |
| cockshy | noun | A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; — so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in “shying” or throwing cudgels at live cocks., An object at which stones are flung. |
| coctile | adjective | Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick. |
| coction | noun | Act of boiling., Digestion., The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. |
| codding | adjective | Lustful. |
| coddled | imp. & past participle | of Coddle |
| codeine | noun | One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; — called also codeia. |
| codetta | noun | A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda. |
| codices | plural | of Codex |
| codfish | noun | A kind of fish. Same as Cod. |
| codical | adjective | Relating to a codex, or a code. |
| codicil | noun | A clause added to a will. |
| codilla | noun | The coarse tow of flax and hemp. |
| codille | noun | A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. |
| codling | noun | An apple fit to stew or coddle., An immature apple., A young cod; also, a hake. |
| coehorn | noun | A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men. |
| coeliac | adjective | Alt. of Celiac |
| coendoo | noun | The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, / Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail. |
| coequal | adjective | Being on an equality in rank or power., One who is on an equality with another. |
| coerced | imp. & past participle | of Coerce |
| coevous | adjective | Coeval |
| coexist | verb i. | To exist at the same time; — sometimes followed by with. |
| cogging | present participle & vb. noun | of Cog |
| cogency | noun | The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force. |
| coggery | noun | Trick; deception. |
| cognate | adjective | Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother’s side., Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language., One who is related to another on the female side., One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates. |
| cognati | noun pl. | Relatives by the mother’s side. |
| cognize | verb t. | To know or perceive; to recognize. |
| cogware | noun | A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. |
| cohabit | verb | To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country., To dwell or live together as husband and wife. |
| cohered | imp. & past participle | of Cohere |
| cohibit | verb t. | To restrain. |
| coiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Coil |
| coining | present participle & vb. noun | of Coin |
| coinage | verb t. | The act or process of converting metal into money., Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place., The cost or expense of coining money., The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. |
| coition | noun | A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. |
| cojuror | noun | One who swears to another’s credibility. |
| cokenay | noun | A cockney. |
| coldish | adjective | Somewhat cold; cool; chilly. |
| coletit | noun | Alt. of Coaltit |
| coaltit | noun | A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; — called also coalmouse and colemouse. |
| colical | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. |
| colicky | adjective | Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder. |
| colitis | noun | An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis. |
| collate | verb t. | To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement., To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding., To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; — followed by to., To bestow or confer., To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary. |
| collaud | verb t. | To join in praising. |
| collect | verb t. | To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering., To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes., To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises., To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks., To infer; to conclude., A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. |
| college | noun | A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops., A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges., A building, or number of buildings, used by a college., Fig.: A community. |
| collide | verb i. | To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided., To strike or dash against. |
| collied | p. & adjective | Darkened. See Colly, v. t., of Colly |
| collier | noun | One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal., A vessel employed in the coal trade. |
| colline | noun | A small hill or mount. |
| colling | verb t. | An embrace; dalliance. |
| collish | noun | A tool to polish the edge of a sole. |
| colloid | adjective | Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors., A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; — opposed to crystalloid., A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer. |
| collude | verb i. | To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other’s hands; to conspire; to act in concert. |
| cologne | noun | A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; — called also cologne water and eau de cologne. |
| colombo | noun | See Calumba. |
| colonel | noun | The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general. |
| coloner | noun | A colonist. |
| colored | imp. & past participle | of Color, Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained., Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description., Of some other color than black or white., Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people., Of some other color than green. |
| colossi | plural | of Colossus |
| coltish | adjective | Like a colt; wanton; frisky. |
| coluber | noun | A genus of harmless serpents. |
| columba | noun | See Calumba. |
| columbo | noun | See Calumba. |
| colures | plural | of Colure |
| co-mate | noun | A companion. |
| combing | present participle & vb. noun | of Comb, The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one’s hair; the combing of wool., That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair., Hair arranged to be worn on the head., See Coamings. |
| combine | verb t. | To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union., To bind; to hold by a moral tie., To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate., To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third., In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. |
| combust | adjective | Burnt; consumed., So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. |
| cometic | adjective | Relating to a comet. |
| comfort | verb t. | To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate., To assist or help; to aid., To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer., Assistance; relief; support., Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation., A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition., A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable., Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy. |
| comfrey | noun | A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum. |
| comical | adjective | Relating to comedy., Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. |
| comicry | noun | The power of exciting mirth; comicalness. |
| comitia | noun pl. | A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws. |
| command | verb t. | To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge., To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one’s disposal; to lead., To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook., To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price., To direct to come; to bestow., To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders., To have a view, as from a superior position., An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction., The possession or exercise of authority., Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command., Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey., Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one’s temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge., A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer. |
| commark | noun | The frontier of a country; confines. |
| commend | verb t. | To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation., To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention., To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act., To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will., Commendation; praise., Compliments; greetings. |
| comment | verb i. | To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; — often followed by on or upon., To comment on., A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk., A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition. |
| commode | noun | A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height., A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion, A chest of drawers or a bureau., A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel., A kind of close stool., A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet. |
| commons | noun pl. | The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people., The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities., Provisions; food; fare, — as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities., A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons., A common; public pasture ground. |
| commote | verb t. | To commove; to disturb; to stir up. |
| commove | verb t. | To urge; to persuade; to incite., To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. |
| commune | verb i. | To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel., To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord’s supper., Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends., The commonalty; the common people., A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement., Absolute municipal self-government. |
| commute | verb t. | To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares., To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation., To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year’s travel over a route. |
| compact | past participle & a | Joined or held together; leagued; confederated., Composed or made; — with of., Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense., Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse., To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; — as the parts which compose a body., To unite or connect firmly, as in a system., An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract. |
| company | noun | The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse., A companion or companions., An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient., Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine., Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse., An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company., Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; — often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co., A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men., The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship’s company., The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play., To accompany or go with; to be companion to., To associate., To be a gay companion., To have sexual commerce. |
| compare | verb t. | To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention., To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken., To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing “- er” and “-est” to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing “more” and “most”, or “less” and “least”, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful., To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier., To vie; to assume a likeness or equality., Comparison., Illustration by comparison; simile., To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire |
| compart | verb t. | To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. |
| compass | noun | A passing round; circuit; circuitous course., An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall., An inclosed space; an area; extent., Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination., Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; — used with within., The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument., An instrument for determining directions upon the earth’s surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction., A pair of compasses., A circle; a continent., To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of., To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; — used with about, round, around, and round about., To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one’s power; to obtain; to accomplish., To curve; to bend into a circular form., To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot. |
| compear | verb i. | To appear., To appear in court personally or by attorney. |
| compeer | An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate., To be equal with; to match., Alt. of Compeir | |
| compeir | verb i. | See Compear. |
| compend | noun | A compendium; an epitome; a summary. |
| compete | verb i. | To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another. |
| compile | verb t. | To put together; to construct; to build., To contain or comprise., To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents., To write; to compose. |
| complex | noun | Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea., Involving many parts; complicated; intricate., Assemblage of related things; collection; complication. |
| complin | noun | The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset. |
| complot | noun | A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy., To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. |
| compone | verb t. | To compose; to settle; to arrange., See Compony., Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; — said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony. |
| compony | adjective | Alt. of Compone |
| comport | verb i. | To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury., To agree; to accord; to suit; — sometimes followed by with., To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with., To carry; to conduct; — with a reflexive pronoun., Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. |
| compose | verb t. | To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion., To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute., To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture., To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate., To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet., To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type)., To come to terms. |
| compost | noun | A mixture; a compound., A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap., To manure with compost., To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost. |
| compote | noun | A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears. |
| compter | noun | A counter. |
| comptly | adverb | Neatly. |
| compute | verb t. | To determine calculation; to reckon; to count., Computation. |
| comrade | noun | A mate, companion, or associate. |
| comtism | noun | Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism. |
| comtist | noun | A disciple of Comte; a positivist. |
| conning | present participle & vb. noun | of Con |
| conacre | verb t. | To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; — said of a farm., A system of letting a portion of a farm for a single crop., Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle. |
| conatus | noun | A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort. |
| concave | adjective | Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; — said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky., Hollow; void of contents., A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess., A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll., To make hollow or concave. |
| conceal | verb t. | To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. |
| concede | verb t. | To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question., To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of., To admit to be true; to acknowledge., To yield or make concession. |
| conceit | noun | That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception., Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit., Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy., A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip., An overweening idea of one’s self; vanity., Design; pattern., To conceive; to imagine., To form an idea; to think. |
| concent | noun | Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes., Consistency; accordance. |
| concept | noun | An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal. |
| concern | verb t. | To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to., To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects., To be of importance., That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair., That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment., Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety., Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern. |
| concert | verb t. | To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation., To plan; to devise; to arrange., To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans., Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action., Musical accordance or harmony; concord., A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part. |
| conchal | adjective | Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage. |
| concise | adjective | Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; — used of style in writing or speaking. |
| concite | verb t. | To excite or stir up. |
| concoct | verb t. | To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition., To purify or refine chemically., To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage., To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot., To mature or perfect; to ripen. |
| concord | noun | A state of agreement; harmony; union., Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league., Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case., An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine., An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony., A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters., To agree; to act together. |
| concrew | adjective | To grow together. |
| concupy | noun | Concupiscence. [Used only in “Troilus and Cressida”] |
| concuss | verb t. | To shake or agitate., To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce. |
| condemn | verb t. | To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure., To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt., To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; — with to before the penalty., To amerce or fine; — with in before the penalty., To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned., To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain. |
| condign | adjective | Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit., Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. |
| condite | adjective | Preserved; pickled., To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc. |
| condole | verb i. | To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; — followed by with., To lament or grieve over. |
| condone | verb t. | To pardon; to forgive., To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; — said of either the husband or the wife. |
| conduce | noun | To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; — usually followed by to or toward., To conduct; to lead; to guide. |
| conduct | noun | The act or method of conducting; guidance; management., Skillful guidance or management; generalship., Convoy; escort; guard; guide., That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument., The manner of guiding or carrying one’s self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior., Plot; action; construction; manner of development., To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend., To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom., To behave; — with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well., To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc., To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition., To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry., To conduct one’s self; to behave. |
| conduit | noun | A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid., A structure forming a reservoir for water., A narrow passage for private communication. |
| condyle | noun | A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; — sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface. |
| coneine | noun | See Conine. |
| confect | verb t. | To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of., To construct; to form; to mingle or mix., A comfit; a confection. |
| confess | verb t. | To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one’s self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt., To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in., To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment., To make known or acknowledge, as one’s sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; — sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun., To hear or receive such confession; — said of a priest., To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest., To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience., To acknowledge; to admit; to concede. |
| confide | verb i. | To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; — usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers., To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one’s keeping; — followed by to. |
| confine | verb t. | To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close., To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; — followed by on or with., Common boundary; border; limit; — used chiefly in the plural., Apartment; place of restraint; prison. |
| confirm | verb t. | To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise., To strengthen in judgment or purpose., To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor., To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty., To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3. |
| conflux | noun | A flowing together; a meeting of currents., A large assemblage; a passing multitude. |
| conform | adjective | Of the same form; similar in import; conformable., To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; — usually with to or unto., To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; — with to or with., To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist. |
| confuse | adjective | Mixed; confounded., To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one’s vision., To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. |
| confute | verb t. | To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence. |
| congeal | verb t. | To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze., To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill., To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled. |
| congest | verb t. | To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate., To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part. |
| congius | noun | A liquid measure containing about three quarts., A gallon, or four quarts. |
| congree | verb i. | To agree. |
| congrue | verb i. | To agree; to be suitable. |
| conical | adjective | Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel., Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. |
| conico- | adjective | A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate. |
| conifer | noun | A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew. |
| coniine | noun | See Conine. |
| conisor | noun | See Cognizor. |
| conject | noun | To throw together, or to throw., To conjecture; also, to plan. |
| conjoin | verb t. | To join together; to unite., To unite; to join; to league. |
| conjure | verb t. | To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure., To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate., To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers., To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. |
| conjury | noun | The practice of magic; enchantment. |
| connate | adjective | Born with another; being of the same birth., Congenital; existing from birth., Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate. |
| connect | verb t. | To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between., To associate (a person or thing, or one’s self) with another person, thing, business, or affair., To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another. |
| connive | verb i. | To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink., To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; — usually followed by at., To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. |
| connote | verb t. | To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply., To imply as an attribute. |
| conquer | verb t. | To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish., To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc., To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace., To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail. |
| consent | verb i. | To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur., To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply., To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit., Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord., Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence., Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission., Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action., Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4. |
| consign | verb t. | To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave., To give in charge; to commit; to intrust., To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods., To assign; to devote; to set apart., To stamp or impress; to affect., To submit; to surrender or yield one’s self., To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce. |
| consist | verb i. | To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained., To be composed or made up; — followed by of., To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; — followed by in., To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; — formerly used absolutely, now followed by with., To insist; — followed by on. |
| console | verb t. | To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe., A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height., Any small bracket; also, a console table. |
| consols | noun plural | The leading British funded government security. |
| consort | noun | One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband., A ship keeping company with another., Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union., An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination., Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments., To unite or to keep company; to associate; — used with with., To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate., To attend; to accompany. |
| constat | noun | A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question. |
| consult | verb i. | To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer., To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary., To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one’s wishes., To deliberate upon; to take for., To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive., The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision., A council; a meeting for consultation., Agreement; concert |
| consume | verb t. | To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour., To waste away slowly. |
| contact | noun | A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting., The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction., The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. |
| contain | verb t. | To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold., To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks., To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds., To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. |
| contemn | verb t. | To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. |
| contend | verb i. | To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight., To struggle or exert one’s self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend., To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue., To struggle for; to contest. |
| content | adjective | Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest., That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book., Power of containing; capacity; extent; size., Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents., To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please., To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite., Rest or quietness of the mind in one’s present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness., Acquiescence without examination., That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy., An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes “Content.”. |
| contest | verb t. | To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute., To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground., To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert., To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; — followed usually by with., Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation., Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter. |
| context | adjective | Knit or woven together; close; firm., The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning., To knit or bind together; to unite closely. |
| contort | verb t. | To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest. |
| contour | noun | The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery., The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. |
| control | noun | A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register., That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint., Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control., To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute., To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. |
| contuse | verb t. | To beat, pound, or together., To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. |
| conusor | noun | See Cognizor. |
| convene | verb i. | To come together; to meet; to unite., To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble., To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke., To summon judicially to meet or appear. |
| convent | verb i. | A coming together; a meeting., An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns., A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery., To meet together; to concur., To be convenient; to serve., To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. |
| convert | verb t. | To cause to turn; to turn., To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice., To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another., To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness., To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally., To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money., To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second., To turn into another language; to translate., To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally., A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity., A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir. |
| convict | p.adjective | Proved or found guilty; convicted., A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime., A criminal sentenced to penal servitude., To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one’s conscience., To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute., To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove., To defeat; to doom to destruction. |
| convive | verb i. | To feast together; to be convivial., A quest at a banquet. |
| convoke | verb t. | To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. |
| cooking | p. pr & vb. noun | of Cook |
| cookery | noun | The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat., A delicacy; a dainty. |
| cookies | plural | of Cooky |
| cooling | present participle & vb. noun | of Cool, Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. |
| coolish | adjective | Somewhat cool. |
| coolung | noun | The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). |
| coolies | plural | of Coolie |
| coontie | noun | A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared. |
| cooping | present participle & vb. noun | of Coop |
| coopery | adjective | Relating to a cooper; coopered., The occupation of a cooper. |
| coothay | noun | A striped satin made in India. |
| copaiba | noun | Alt. of Copaiva |
| copaiva | noun | A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; — called also balsam of copaiba. |
| copeman | verb i. | A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. |
| copepod | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Copepoda., One of the Copepoda. |
| copious | adjective | Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful. |
| copland | noun | A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. |
| coppery | adjective | Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper. |
| coppice | noun | A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse. |
| coppled | adjective | Rising to a point; conical; copped. |
| copying | present participle & vb. noun | of Copy, From Copy, v. |
| copyist | noun | A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist. |
| coquina | noun | A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida. |
| coracle | noun | A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt. |
| coraled | adjective | Having coral; covered with coral. |
| coranto | noun | A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. |
| corbell | noun | A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel., Small gabions. |
| corbies | plural | of Corby |
| corcule | noun | The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ. |
| cording | present participle & vb. noun | of Cord |
| cordage | noun | Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes. |
| cordate | adjective | Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf. |
| cordial | adjective | Proceeding from the heart., Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate., Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits., Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates., Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial., Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur. |
| corfute | noun | A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. |
| corinne | noun | The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. |
| corinth | noun | A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance., A small fruit; a currant. |
| corival | noun | A rival; a corrival., To rival; to pretend to equal. |
| corking | present participle & vb. noun | of Cork |
| corkage | noun | The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest. |
| corning | present participle & vb. noun | of Corn |
| cornage | noun | Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn. |
| corncob | noun | The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. |
| corneas | plural | of Cornea |
| corneal | adjective | Pertaining to the cornea. |
| cornice | noun | Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. |
| cornish | adjective | Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England., The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall. |
| cornist | noun | A performer on the cornet or horn. |
| cornute | adjective | Alt. of Cornuted, To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. |
| cornuto | noun | A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. |
| corolla | noun | The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom. |
| coronae | plural | of Corona |
| coronas | plural | of Corona |
| coronal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses)., Of or pertaining to a king’s crown, or coronation., Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull., Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin., A crown; wreath; garland., The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands. |
| coronel | noun | A colonel., The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points. |
| coroner | noun | An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. |
| coronet | noun | An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown., The upper part of a horse’s hoof, where the horn terminates in skin., The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel. |
| coronis | noun | In Greek grammar, a sign [‘] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable., The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end. |
| corosso | noun | The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut. |
| corpora | plural | of Corpus |
| corrade | verb t. | To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume., To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion. |
| correct | adjective | Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views., To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles., To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked)., To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying., To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; — said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. |
| corrode | verb t. | To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali., To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair., To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. |
| corrump | verb t. | To corrupt. See Corrupt. |
| corrupt | adjective | Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound., Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges., Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt., To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy., To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile., To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe., To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text., To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless., To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot., To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness. |
| corsage | noun | The waist or bodice of a lady’s dress; as, a low corsage., a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere. |
| corsair | noun | A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land., A piratical vessel. |
| corslet | noun | A corselet. |
| corsned | noun | The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. |
| cortege | noun | A train of attendants; a procession. |
| cortile | noun | An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building. |
| corvine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike. |
| cossack | noun | One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions. |
| costing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cost |
| costage | noun | Expense; cost. |
| costard | noun | An apple, large and round like the head., The head; — used contemptuously. |
| costate | adjective | Alt. of Costated |
| costean | verb i. | To search after lodes. See Costeaning. |
| costive | adjective | Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated., Reserved; formal; close; cold., Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. |
| costrel | noun | A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side. |
| costume | noun | Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period., Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described., A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes. |
| coterie | noun | A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. |
| cotgare | noun | Refuse wool. |
| cothurn | noun | A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general. |
| cotidal | adjective | Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. |
| cotinga | noun | A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; — called also chatterers. |
| cotised | adjective | See Cottised. |
| cotland | noun | Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter. |
| cottage | noun | A small house; a cot; a hut. |
| cottier | noun | In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord’s farm. |
| cottise | noun | A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close. |
| cottoid | adjective | Like a fish of the genus Cottus., A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin. |
| cottony | adjective | Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly., Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton. |
| cottrel | noun | A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire. |
| couched | imp. & past participle | of Couch, Same as Couch/. |
| couchee | verb t. | A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. |
| coucher | noun | One who couches., One who couches paper., A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic., The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. |
| coughed | imp. & past participle | of Cough |
| cougher | noun | One who coughs. |
| couhage | noun | See Cowhage. |
| couloir | noun | A deep gorge; a gully., A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc. |
| coulomb | noun | The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber. |
| coulter | noun | Same as Colter. |
| council | noun | An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case., A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor’s council; a city council., Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. |
| counsel | noun | Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation., Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence., Result of consultation; advice; instruction., Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan., A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter., One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel., To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person., To advise or recommend, as an act or course. |
| counted | imp. & past participle | of Count |
| counter | adverb | A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a., One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner., A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc., Money; coin; — used in contempt., A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London., A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations., A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured., Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; — used chiefly with run or go., In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter., At or against the front or face., Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue., The after part of a vessel’s body, from the water line to the stern, — below and somewhat forward of the stern proper., Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor., The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck., The back leather or heel part of a boot., An encounter., To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. |
| countor | verb t. | An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. |
| country | adverb | A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one’s birth, permanent residence, or citizenship., Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town., The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One’s constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country., A jury, as representing the citizens of a country., The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn., The rock through which a vein runs., Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city., Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners., Pertaining, or peculiar, to one’s own country. |
| coupled | imp. & past participle | of Couple |
| coupler | noun | One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. |
| couplet | noun | Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. |
| coupure | noun | A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. |
| courage | noun | The heart; spirit; temper; disposition., Heart; inclination; desire; will., That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution. |
| courant | adjective | Represented as running; — said of a beast borne in a coat of arms., A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto., A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper. |
| courche | noun | A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief. |
| courier | noun | A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business., An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way. |
| courlan | noun | A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails. |
| coursed | imp. & past participle | of Course, Hunted; as, a coursed hare., Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry. |
| courser | noun | One who courses or hunts., A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger., A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family. |
| coursey | noun | A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. |
| courted | imp. & past participle | of Court |
| courter | noun | One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. |
| courtly | adjective | Relating or belonging to a court., Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering., Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious., In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. |
| couteau | noun | A knife; a dagger. |
| couvade | noun | A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. |
| covered | imp. & past participle | of Cover, Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden., of Covet |
| coverer | noun | One who, or that which, covers. |
| coveter | noun | One who covets. |
| cowbane | noun | A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock. |
| cowbird | noun | The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; — so called because frequently associated with cattle. |
| cowered | imp. & past participle | of Cower |
| cowfish | noun | The grampus., A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii)., A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; — called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish. |
| cowhage | noun | A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculae are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. |
| cowherd | noun | One whose occupation is to tend cows. |
| cowhide | noun | The hide of a cow., Leather made of the hide of a cow., A coarse whip made of untanned leather., To flog with a cowhide. |
| cowitch | noun | See Cowhage. |
| cowlick | noun | A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow. |
| cowlike | adjective | Resembling a cow. |
| cowpock | noun | See Cowpox. |
| cowries | plural | of Cowry |
| cowslip | noun | A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States., In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold. |
| cowweed | noun | Same as Cow parsley. |
| coxalgy | noun | Pain in the hip. |
| coxcomb | noun | A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps., The cap itself., The top of the head, or the head itself, A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop., A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb. |
| coyness | noun | The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve. |
| cozened | imp. & past participle | of Cozen |
| cozener | noun | One who cheats or defrauds. |
| crabbed | noun | Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; — applied to feelings, disposition, or manners., Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; — applied to things; as, a crabbed taste., Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author., Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. |
| crabber | noun | One who catches crabs. |
| cracked | imp. & past participle | of Crack, Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat., Crack-brained. |
| cracker | noun | One who, or that which, cracks., A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow., A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; — often called firecracker., A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker., A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States., The pintail duck., A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. |
| crackle | verb i. | To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle., The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling., A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle., A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle. |
| cradled | imp. & past participle | of Cradle |
| cragged | adjective | Full of crags, or steep, broken //cks; abounding with prominences, points, and inequalities; rough; rugged. |
| crammed | imp. & past participle | of Cram |
| crammer | noun | One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. |
| cramped | imp. & past participle | of Cramp |
| crampet | noun | A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. |
| crampit | noun | See Crampet. |
| crampon | noun | An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. |
| cranage | noun | The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels., The money or price paid for the use of a crane. |
| craning | present participle & vb. noun | of Crane |
| cranial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the cranium. |
| cranium | noun | The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull. |
| cranked | adjective | Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle. |
| crankle | verb t. | To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle., To bend, turn, or wind., A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle. |
| crannog | noun | Alt. of Crannoge |
| craping | present participle & vb. noun | of Crape |
| crapnel | noun | A hook or drag; a grapnel. |
| crappie | noun | A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. |
| crapple | noun | A claw. |
| crapula | noun | Alt. of Crapule |
| crapule | noun | Same as Crapulence. |
| crashed | imp. & past participle | of Crash |
| crating | present participle & vb. noun | of Crate |
| craunch | verb t. & i. | To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. |
| craving | p pr. & vb. noun | of Crave, Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching. |
| crawled | imp. & past participle | of Crawl |
| crawler | noun | One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile. |
| crazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Craze |
| crazily | adverb | In a crazy manner. |
| creable | adjective | Capable of being created. |
| creaght | noun | A drove or herd., To graze. |
| creaked | imp. & past participle | of Creak |
| creamed | imp. & past participle | of Cream |
| creance | noun | Faith; belief; creed., A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk’s leash, when it is first lured., To get on credit; to borrow. |
| creased | imp. & past participle | of Crease |
| creaser | noun | A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by., A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes., A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. |
| created | imp. & past participle | of Create |
| creatic | adjective | Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea. |
| creatin | noun | A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue. |
| credent | adjective | Believing; giving credence; credulous., Having credit or authority; credible. |
| creeper | noun | One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing., A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia)., A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; — called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia., A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping., A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; — called often telegraph creepers., A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons., An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there., Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen., Crockets. See Crocket. |
| creepie | noun | A low stool. |
| creeple | noun | A creeping creature; a reptile., One who is lame; a cripple. |
| cremate | verb t. | To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it. |
| cremona | noun | A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy. |
| crenate | adjective | Alt. of Crenated |
| crengle | noun | Alt. of Crenkle |
| crenkle | noun | See Cringle. |
| creosol | noun | A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum. |
| crepane | noun | An injury in a horse’s leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer. |
| cresses | plural | of Cress |
| cresset | noun | An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions., A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. |
| crested | imp. & past participle | of Crest, Having a crest., Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head., Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. |
| cretian | adjective & noun | See Cretan. |
| cretism | noun | A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood. |
| cretose | adjective | Chalky; cretaceous. |
| crevice | noun | A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent., To crack; to flaw. |
| cribbed | imp. & past participle | of Crib |
| cribble | noun | A coarse sieve or screen., Coarse flour or meal., To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift., Coarse; as, cribble bread. |
| cricket | noun | An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings., A low stool., A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides., A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney., To play at cricket. |
| cricoid | adjective | Resembling a ring; — said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts. |
| crimped | imp. & past participle | of Crimp |
| crimper | noun | One who, or that which, crimps, A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape., A device for giving hair a wavy appearance., A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics. |
| crimple | verb t. | To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. |
| crimson | noun | A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general., Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red., To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden., To become crimson; to blush. |
| crincum | noun | A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. |
| cringer | noun | One who cringes. |
| cringle | noun | A withe for fastening a gate., An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; — usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc. |
| crinite | adjective | Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train., Bearded or tufted with hairs. |
| crinkle | verb t. | To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl., To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved., A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. |
| crinkly | adjective | Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly. |
| crinoid | adjective | Crinoidal., One of the Crinoidea. |
| crinose | adjective | Hairy. |
| cripple | noun | One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled., Lame; halting., To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame., To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. |
| cripply | adjective | Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. |
| crisped | imp. & past participle | of Crisp |
| crisper | noun | One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla. |
| crispin | noun | A shoemaker; — jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft., A member of a union or association of shoemakers. |
| crisply | adverb | In a crisp manner. |
| crissal | adjective | Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers., Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher. |
| crissum | noun | That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts. |
| crizzel | noun | A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. |
| croaked | imp. & past participle | of Croak |
| croaker | noun | One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil., A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast., An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); — called also drum., The surf fish of California. |
| crocein | noun | A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol. |
| crochet | noun | A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively., To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. |
| crocked | imp. & past participle | of Crock |
| crocker | noun | A potter. |
| crocket | noun | An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc., A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag’s antler. |
| crocose | noun | A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron. |
| croesus | noun | A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus. |
| crofter | noun | One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland. |
| cronian | adjective | Saturnian; — applied to the North Polar Sea. |
| cronies | plural | of Crony |
| croodle | verb i. | To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw., To fawn or coax., To coo. |
| crooked | imp. & past participle | of Crook, Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed., Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right., False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. |
| crooken | verb t. | To make crooked. |
| crooned | imp. & past participle | of Croon |
| cropped | imp. & past participle | of Crop |
| cropful | adjective | Having a full crop or belly; satiated. |
| cropper | noun | One that crops., A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter., A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth., A fall on one’s head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse. |
| croquet | noun | An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern., The act of croqueting., In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent’s ball, after putting one’s own in contact with it, by striking one’s own ball with the mallet. |
| crosier | noun | The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. |
| croslet | noun | See Crosslet. |
| crossed | imp. & past participle | of Cross |
| crossly | adverb | Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor. |
| crotalo | noun | A Turkish musical instrument. |
| croupal | adjective | Croupy. |
| crouper | noun | See Crupper. |
| crouton | noun | Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc. |
| crowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Crow |
| crowbar | noun | A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever. |
| crowded | imp. & past participle | of Crowd |
| crowder | noun | One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler., One who crowds or pushes. |
| crowned | imp. & past participle | of Crown, Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected., Great; excessive; supreme. |
| crowner | noun | One who, or that which, crowns., A coroner. |
| crownet | noun | A coronet., The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end. |
| crowtoe | noun | The Lotus corniculatus., An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot. |
| crozier | noun | See Crosier. |
| crucial | adjective | Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision., Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test. |
| crucify | verb t. | To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet., To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify., To vex or torment. |
| cruddle | verb i. | To curdle. |
| crudely | adverb | In a crude, immature manner. |
| crudity | noun | The condition of being crude; rawness., That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. |
| cruelly | adverb | In a cruel manner., Extremely; very. |
| cruelty | noun | The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity., A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain. |
| cruised | imp. & past participle | of Cruise |
| cruiser | noun | One who, or a vessel that, cruises; — usually an armed vessel. |
| cruller | noun | A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat. |
| crumbed | imp. & past participle | of Crumb |
| crumble | verb t. | To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces., To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish. |
| crumbly | adjective | EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. |
| crumpet | noun | A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider. |
| crumple | verb t. | To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper., To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple. |
| crunkle | verb i. | To cry like a crane. |
| crunode | noun | A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a. |
| cruorin | noun | The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin. |
| crupper | noun | The buttocks or rump of a horse., A leather loop, passing under a horse’s tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards., To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse. |
| crusade | noun | Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans., Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance., A Portuguese coin. See Crusado., To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. |
| crusado | noun | An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. |
| crushed | imp. & past participle | of Crush |
| crusher | noun | One who, or that which, crushes. |
| crusted | imp. & past participle | of Crust, Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine. |
| crustal | adjective | Relating to a crust. |
| cruzado | noun | A coin. See Crusado. |
| cryptal | adjective | Of or pertaining to crypts. |
| cryptic | adjective | Alt. of Cryptical |
| crystal | noun | The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization., The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; — called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian., A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass., The glass over the dial of a watch case., Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc., Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline. |
| ctenoid | adjective | Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale, Pertaining to the Ctenoidei., A ctenoidean. |
| cubbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cub |
| cubebic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs). |
| cubhood | noun | The state of being a cub. |
| cubical | adjective | Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube., Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization. |
| cubicle | noun | A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory. |
| cubital | adjective | Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle., Of the length of a cubit., A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. |
| cubited | adjective | Having the measure of a cubit. |
| cubless | adjective | Having no cubs. |
| cuckold | noun | A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress., A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter)., The cowfish., To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. |
| cucumis | noun | A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds. |
| cudbear | noun | A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea., A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained. |
| cuddled | imp. & past participle | of Cuddle |
| cudweed | noun | A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed. |
| cuffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cuff |
| cuinage | noun | The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall. |
| cuirass | noun | A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle, The breastplate taken by itself., An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass. |
| cuisine | noun | The kitchen or cooking department., Manner or style of cooking. |
| culasse | noun | The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond. |
| culling | present participle & vb. noun | of Cull, The act of one who culls., Anything separated or selected from a mass. |
| cullion | noun | A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. |
| cullies | plural | of Cully |
| culprit | past participle | One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge., One quilty of a fault; a criminal. |
| culrage | noun | Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper). |
| culture | noun | The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil., The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind., The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste., To cultivate; to educate. |
| culvert | noun | A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge. |
| cumacea | noun pl. | An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size. |
| cumbent | adjective | Lying down; recumbent. |
| cumfrey | noun | See Comfrey. |
| cuminic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid. |
| cuminil | n . | A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway. |
| cuminol | noun | A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; — called also cuminic aldehyde. |
| cumshaw | noun | A present or bonus; — originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton., To give or make a present to. |
| cumulus | noun | One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud. |
| cuneate | adjective | Alt. of Cuneated |
| cunette | noun | A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; — called also cuvette. |
| cunning | adjective | Knowing; skillful; dexterous., Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work., Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful., Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy., Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity., The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft. |
| cupping | present participle & vb. noun | of Cup, The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. |
| cupfuls | plural | of Cupful |
| cupolas | plural | of Cupola |
| cuprite | noun | The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals. |
| cuproid | noun | A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles. |
| cuprous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; — said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion. |
| curable | verb t. | Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. |
| curacao | noun | Alt. of Curacoa |
| curacoa | noun | A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; — first made at the island of Curaccao. |
| curator | noun | One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper., One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian. |
| curbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Curb |
| curcuma | noun | A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa). |
| curding | present participle & vb. noun | of Curd |
| curdled | imp. & past participle | of Curdle |
| cureall | noun | A remedy for all diseases, or for all ills; a panacea. |
| curette | noun | A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb. |
| curioso | noun | A virtuoso. |
| curious | adjective | Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact., Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill., Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; — sometimes with after or of., Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare. |
| curling | present participle & vb. noun | of Curl, The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats., A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark. |
| currant | noun | A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; — used in cookery., The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant., A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. |
| current | adjective | Running or moving rapidly., Now passing, as time; as, the current month., Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history., Commonly estimated or acknowledged., Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable., A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity., General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc. |
| curried | noun | Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared., Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc., of Curry |
| currier | noun | One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned. |
| currish | adjective | Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal. |
| cursing | present participle & vb. noun | of Curse |
| curship | noun | The state of being a cur; one who is currish. |
| cursive | adjective | Running; flowing., A character used in cursive writing., A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; — opposed to uncial. |
| cursory | adjective | Running about; not stationary., Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless. |
| curtail | verb t. | To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce., The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. |
| curtain | noun | A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage., That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion., That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc., A flag; an ensign; — in contempt., To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains. |
| curtana | noun | The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; — also called the sword of Edward the Confessor. |
| curtate | adjective | Shortened or reduced; — said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic. |
| curtein | noun | Same as Curtana. |
| curtesy | noun | the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. |
| curvant | present participle | Bowed; bent; curved. |
| curvate | adjective | Alt. of Curvated |
| curving | present participle & vb. noun | of Curve |
| curvity | noun | The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. |
| cushion | noun | A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad., Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use, a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf, a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston, the elastic edge of a billiard table., A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; — called also cushion dance., To seat or place on, or as on a cushion., To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise., To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. |
| cushite | noun | A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah. |
| cusping | present participle & vb. noun | of Cusp |
| custard | noun | A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. |
| custode | noun | See Custodian. |
| custody | noun | A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security., Judicial or penal safe-keeping., State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. |
| custrel | noun | An armor-bearer to a knight., See Costrel. |
| cutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Cut, The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc., Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut., Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool., Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind., Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply. |
| cutaway | adjective | Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. |
| cuticle | noun | The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin., The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems., A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid. |
| cutlass | noun | A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax. |
| cutlery | noun | The business of a cutler., Edged or cutting instruments, collectively. |
| cutling | noun | The art of making edged tools or cutlery. |
| cut-off | noun | That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road., The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion., Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout. |
| cut-out | noun | A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit., A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit. |
| cutwork | noun | An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed. |
| cutworm | noun | A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths. |
| cuvette | noun | A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table., A cunette., A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer. |
| cyanate | noun | A salt of cyanic acid. |
| cyanean | adjective | Having an azure color. |
| cyanide | noun | A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical. |
| cyanine | noun | One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing. |
| cyanite | noun | A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. |
| cycling | present participle & vb. noun | of Cycle, The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle or tricycle. |
| cyclide | noun | A surface of the fourth degree, having certain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides. |
| cyclist | noun | A cycler. |
| cycloid | noun | A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane., Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei., One of the Cycloidei. |
| cyclone | noun | A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour. |
| cyclops | noun sing. & pl. | One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna., A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda., A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc. |
| cydonin | noun | A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose. |
| cymbium | noun | A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola. |
| cymenol | noun | See Carvacrol. |
| cymling | noun | Alt. of Cymbling |
| cynical | adjective | Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish., Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle., Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics., Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature. |
| cyperus | noun | A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus. |
| cypraea | noun | A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie. |
| cypress | noun | A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability. |
| cyprian | adjective | Belonging to Cyprus., Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness., A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot., A lewd woman; a harlot. |
| cyprine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the cypress., Cyprinoid. |
| cypriot | noun | A native or inhabitant of Cyprus. |
| cypsela | noun | A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent. |
| cystine | noun | A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine. |
| cystoid | noun | Alt. of Cystoidean |
| cystose | adjective | Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery. |
| czarina | noun | The title of the empress of Russia. |
| czarish | adjective | Of or pertaining to the czar. |
| czechic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Czechs. |