| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| caseation | noun | A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass. |
| casemated | adjective | Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. |
| case shot | A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. | |
| cashierer | noun | One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. |
| cassareep | noun | A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot. |
| cassation | noun | The act of annulling. |
| casserole | noun | A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain., A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat. |
| cassidony | noun | The French lavender (Lavandula Stoechas), The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed. |
| cassimere | noun | A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men’s garments. |
| cassocked | adjective | Clothed with a cassock. |
| cassonade | noun | Raw sugar; sugar not refined. |
| cassowary | noun | A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc. |
| castalian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. |
| castanets | noun pl. | Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; — used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars. |
| castellan | noun | A governor or warden of a castle. |
| castigate | verb t. | To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely., To emend; to correct. |
| castilian | noun | An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain., The Spanish language as spoken in Castile. |
| castillan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain. |
| cast iron | Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; — used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc. | |
| cast-iron | adjective | Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding. |
| castorite | noun | A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba. |
| castoreum | noun | A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; — used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers. |
| castrated | imp. & past participle | of Castrate |
| casualism | noun | The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance. |
| casualist | noun | One who believes in casualism. |
| casuarina | noun | A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color. |
| casuistic | adjective | Alt. of Casuistieal |
| casuistry | adjective | The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases., Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals. |