| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| caracoled | imp. & past participle | of Caracole |
| caragheen | noun | See Carrageen. |
| carambola | noun | An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry. |
| carangoid | adjective | Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish. |
| carbamide | noun | The technical name for urea. |
| carbamine | noun | An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor. |
| carbimide | noun | The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic. |
| carbineer | noun | A soldier armed with a carbine. |
| carbolize | verb t. | To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid. |
| carbonade | noun | Alt. of Carbonado, To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil., To cut or hack, as in fighting. |
| carbonado | noun | Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop., Alt. of Carbonade, A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous. |
| carbonari | plural | of Carbonaro |
| carbonaro | noun | A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic. |
| carbonate | noun | A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc. |
| carbonide | noun | A carbide. |
| carbonize | verb t. | To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char., To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation. |
| carboxide | noun | A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide. |
| carbuncle | noun | A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet., A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax., A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle. |
| carburize | verb t. | To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; — said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons. |
| carcasses | plural | of Carcass |
| carcelage | noun | Prison fees. |
| carcinoma | noun | A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. |
| cardamine | noun | A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady’s-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc. |
| cardboard | noun | A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface. |
| cardiacal | adjective | Cardiac. |
| cardiacle | noun | A pain about the heart. |
| cardialgy | noun | A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion. |
| cardiolgy | noun | The science which treats of the heart and its functions. |
| careening | present participle & vb. noun | of Careen |
| careenage | noun | Expense of careening ships., A place for careening. |
| careering | present participle & vb. noun | of Career |
| carefully | adverb | In a careful manner. |
| caressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Caress |
| caretuned | adjective | Weary; mournful. |
| caribbean | adjective | Alt. of Caribbee |
| carinaria | noun | A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills. |
| carinatae | noun pl. | A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; — So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone. |
| carinated | adjective | Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird). |
| cariopsis | noun | See Caryopsis. |
| cariosity | noun | Caries. |
| carmelite | adjective | Alt. of Carmelin, A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar., A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel. |
| carnalism | noun | The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. |
| carnalist | noun | A sensualist. |
| carnality | noun | The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. |
| carnalize | verb t. | To make carnal; to debase to carnality. |
| carnation | noun | The natural color of flesh; rosy pink., Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints., A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. |
| carnelian | noun | A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals. |
| carnivora | noun pl. | An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful. |
| carnivore | noun | One of the Carnivora. |
| carnosity | noun | A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth., Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. |
| carolling | of Carol | |
| carolitic | adjective | Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches. |
| caroluses | plural | of Carolus |
| carotidal | adjective | Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland. |
| carousing | present participle & vb. noun | of Carouse, That carouses; relating to a carouse. |
| carpellum | noun | A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore. |
| carpenter | noun | An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc. |
| carpentry | noun | The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings., An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter. |
| carpeting | present participle & vb. noun | of Carpet, The act of covering with carpets., Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general. |
| carpetbag | noun | A portable bag for travelers; — so called because originally made of carpet. |
| carpetway | noun | A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. |
| carpolite | noun | A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed. |
| carpology | noun | That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit. |
| carrageen | noun | Alt. of Carrigeen |
| carrigeen | noun | A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. |
| carrancha | noun | The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); — so called in imitation of its notes. |
| carriable | adjective | Capable of being carried. |
| carronade | noun | A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side. |
| carrytale | noun | A talebearer. |
| cartesian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Rene Descartes, or his philosophy., An adherent of Descartes. |
| carthamin | noun | A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius. |
| cartilage | noun | A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. |
| cartridge | noun | A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material. |
| cartulary | noun | A register, or record, as of a monastery or church., An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers. |
| caruncula | noun | A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye., An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed., A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. |
| carvacrol | noun | A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui). |
| car wheel | A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck. | |
| caryatids | plural | of Caryatid |
| caryopses | plural | of Caryopsis |
| caryopsis | noun | A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc. |