| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |