7905
|
c |
C, the third letter in the English alphabet, and the second articulation or consonant, is a ... |
7906
|
cab |
CAB, n. An oriental dry measure, being the sixth part of a seah or satum, and the eighteenth of an ... |
7907
|
cabal |
CABAL, n. 1. A number of persons untied in some close design; usually to promote their private ... |
7908
|
cabala |
CABALA, [See the preceding word. It is from the sense of reception.] Tradition, or a mysterious ... |
7909
|
cabalism |
CABALISM, n. The secret science of the cabalists. |
7910
|
cabalist |
CABALIST, n. 1. A Jewish doctor who professes the study of the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish ... |
7911
|
cabalistic |
CABALISTIC |
7912
|
cabalistical |
CABALISTICAL, a. Pertaining to the cabala, or mysterious science of Jewish traditions; containing ... |
7913
|
cabalistically |
CABALISTICALLY, adv. In the manner of the cabalists. |
7914
|
cabalize |
CABALIZE, v.i. To use the manner or language of the cabalists. |
7915
|
caballer |
CABALLER, n. One who unites with others in close designs to effect an object by intrigue; one who ... |
7916
|
caballine |
CABALLINE, a. Pertaining to a horse; as caballine aloes, so called from its being given to horses ... |
7917
|
caballing |
CABALLING, ppr. Uniting in a cabal; intriguing in a small party. |
7918
|
cabaret |
CABARET, n. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. |
7919
|
cabbage |
CABBAGE, n. A genus of plants, called in botany Brassica, of several species; some of which are ... |
7920
|
cabbage-net |
CABBAGE-NET, n. A small net to boil cabbage in. |
7921
|
cabbage-tree |
CABBAGE-TREE, n. The cabbage-palm, a species of Areca, the oleracea, a native of warm climates. ... |
7922
|
cabbage-worm |
CABBAGE-WORM, n. An insect. |
7923
|
cabiai |
CABIAI, n. An animal of South America resembling a hog, living on the margins of lakes and rivers, ... |
7924
|
cabin |
CABIN, n.1. A small room; an inclosed place.2. A cottage; a hut, or small house.3. A tent; a ... |
7925
|
cabin-boy |
CABIN-BOY, n. A boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers on board of a ship. |
7926
|
cabin-mate |
CABIN-MATE, n. One who occupies the same cabin with another. |
7927
|
cabined |
CABINED, pp. Inclosed; covered. |
7928
|
cabinet |
CABINET, n.1. A closet; a small room, or retired apartment.2. A private room, in which ... |
7929
|
cabinet-council |
CABINET-COUNCIL, n. 1. A council held with privacy; the confidential council of a prince or ... |
7930
|
cabinet-maker |
CABINET-MAKER, n. A man whose occupation is to make cabinets, tables, bureaus, bed-steads, and ... |
7931
|
cabineted |
CABINETED, pp. Inclosed in a private apartment, or in a cabinet. |
7932
|
cabirean |
CABIREAN, n. One of the Cabiri. |
7933
|
cabirian |
CABIRIAN, |
7934
|
cabiric |
CABIRIC, |
7935
|
cabiritic |
CABIRITIC, a. Pertaining to the Cabiri, certain deities greatly venerated by the ancient Pagans, ... |
7936
|
cable |
CABLE, n. cabl. A large strong rope or chain, used to retain a vessel at anchor. It is made ... |
7937
|
cable-tier |
CABLE-TIER, n. The place where the cables are coiled away. |
7938
|
cabled |
CABLED, a. Fastened with a cable. |
7939
|
cablet |
CABLET, n. A little cable. |
7940
|
caboched |
CABOCHED, |
7941
|
caboose |
CABOOSE, n.1. The cook-room or kitchen of a ship. In smaller vessels, it is an inclosed ... |
7942
|
cabos |
CABOS, n. A species of eel-pout, about two feet long, whose flesh is well tasted. |
7943
|
caboshed |
CABOSHED, n. In heraldry, having the head cut close, so as to have no neck left. |
7944
|
cabriole |
CABRIOLE, |
7945
|
cabriolet |
CABRIOLET, n. A gig; a one horse chair, a light carriage. |
7946
|
cabure |
CABURE, n. A Brazilian bird of the owl kind, of the size of a thrush, of a beautiful umber color, ... |
7947
|
caburns |
CABURNS, n. Small lines made of spun yarn, to bind cables, seize tackles, and the like. |
7948
|
cacao |
CACAO or COCOA, n. The chocolate-tree, a species of the Theobroma, a native of the West Indies. ... |
7949
|
caccoons |
CACCOONS, n. A plant called in botany Flevillea. |
7950
|
cachalot |
CACHALOT, n. A cetaceous fish, the physeter or spermaceti whale. The principal species are, the ... |
7951
|
cachectic |
CACHECTIC, |
7952
|
cachectical |
CACHECTICAL, a. [See Cachery.] Having an ill habit of body; of a deranged or vitiated state of the ... |
7953
|
cachexy |
CACHEXY, n. A vicious state of the powers of the body; a deranged state of the constitution, ... |
7954
|
cachinnation |
CACHINNATION, n. A variety of chalcedony, which is a subspecies of quartz, usually milk white, ... |
7955
|
cack |
CACK, v.i. To ease the body by stool. |
7956
|
cackerel |
CACKEREL, n. A fish which is said to void excrements when pursued. Others say, a fish which eaten ... |
7957
|
cackle |
CACKLE, v.i. 1. To make a particular noise, as a goose or a hen.2. To laugh with a broken noise, ... |
7958
|
cackler |
CACKLER, n. 1. A fowl that cackles.2. A tell-tale; a tattler. |
7959
|
cackling |
CACKLING, ppr. Making the noise of a goose or hen.CACKLING, n. The broken noise of a goose or ... |
7960
|
cacochymic |
CACOCHYMIC, |
7961
|
cacochymical |
CACOCHYMICAL, a. [See Cacochymy.] Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. |
7962
|
cacochymy |
CACOCHYMY, n. A vicious state of the vital humors, especially of the blood, arising from a ... |
7963
|
cacodemon |
CACODEMON, n. An evil spirit. |
7964
|
cacoethes |
CACOETHES, n.1. A bad custom or habit; a bad disposition.2. In medicine, an incurable ulcer. |
7965
|
cacophony |
CACOPHONY, n. 1. In rhetoric, an uncouth or disagreeable sound of words, proceeding from the ... |
7966
|
cadaver |
CADAVER, n. A corpse. |
7967
|
cadaverous |
CADAVEROUS, a.1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; wan; ghastly; as a ... |
7968
|
caddis |
CADDIS, n. 1. A kind of tape or ribin.2. A kind of worm or grub found in a case of straw. |
7969
|
caddow |
CADDOW, n. A chough; a jack daw. |
7970
|
caddy |
CADDY, n. A small box for keeping tea. |
7971
|
cade |
CADE, a. Tame; bred by hand; domesticated; as a cade lamb.CADE, v.t. To bring up or nourish by ... |
7972
|
cade-oil |
CADE-OIL, n. In the materia medica, an oil used in Germany and France, made of the fruit of the ... |
7973
|
cade-worm |
CADE-WORM, n. The same as caddis. |
7974
|
cadence |
CADENCE, |
7975
|
cadenced |
CADENCED, pp. or a. Having a particular cadence; as well cadenced music. |
7976
|
cadency |
CADENCY, n. 1. A fall, a decline; a state of sinking.2. A fall of the voice in reading or ... |
7977
|
cadene |
CADENE, n. A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. |
7978
|
cadent |
CADENT, n. Falling down; sinking. |
7979
|
cadenza |
CADENZA, n. The fall or modulation of the voice in singing. |
7980
|
cadet |
CADET, n.1. The younger or youngest son.2. A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a ... |
7981
|
cadew |
CADEW, n. A straw worm. [See Caddis.] |
7982
|
cadge |
CADGE, v.t. To carry a burden. |
7983
|
cadger |
CADGER, n. One who brings butter, eggs and poultry to the market, from the country; a huckster. |
7984
|
cadi |
CADI, n. In the Turkish dominions, a judge in civil affairs; usually the judge of a town or ... |
7985
|
cadillac |
CADILLAC, n. A sort of pear. |
7986
|
cadmean |
CADMEAN, |
7987
|
cadmia |
CADMIA, n. An oxyd of zink which collects on the sides of furnaces where zink is sublimed, as in ... |
7988
|
cadmian |
CADMIAN, a. Relating to Cadmus, a reputed prince of Thebes, who introduced into Greece, sixteen ... |
7989
|
cadmium |
CADMIUM, n. A metal discovered by M. Stromeyer, in 1817, in carbonate of zink, at Hanover. Its ... |
7990
|
caduceus |
CADUCEUS, n. In antiquity, Mercurys rod; a wand entwisted by two serpents, borne by Mercury as an ... |
7991
|
caducity |
CADUCITY, n. Tendency to fall. |
7992
|
caducous |
CADUCOUS, a. In botany, falling early; as caducous leaves, which fall before the end of summer. A ... |
7993
|
caecias |
CAECIAS, n. A wind from the northeast. |
7994
|
caer |
CAR, CAER, CHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in ... |
7995
|
caesarian |
CAESARIAN. [See Cesarian.] |
7996
|
caesura |
CAESURA. [See Cesura.] |
7997
|
caftan |
CAFTAN, n. A Persian or Turkish vest or garment. |
7998
|
cage |
CAGE, v.t. To confine in a cage; to shut up, or confine. |
7999
|
cagit |
CAGIT, n. A beautiful green parrot of the Philippine isles. |
8000
|
cagui |
CAGUI, n. A monkey of Brazil, of two species, one of them called the pongi, the other not more ... |
8001
|
caic |
CAIC or CAIQUE, n. A skiff belonging to a galley. |
8002
|
caiman |
CAIMAN. [See Cayman.] |
8003
|
caique |
CAIC or CAIQUE, n. A skiff belonging to a galley. |
8004
|
cairn |
CAIRN, n. A heap of stones. |
8005
|
caisson |
CAISSON, or CAISSOON, n.1. A wooden chest into which several bombs are put, and sometimes ... |
8006
|
caissoon |
CAISSON, or CAISSOON, n.1. A wooden chest into which several bombs are put, and sometimes ... |
8007
|
caitif |
CAITIF, n. A mean villain; a despicable knave; it implies a mixture of wickedness and misery. |
8008
|
cajeput |
CAJEPUT, n. An oil from the East Indies, resembling that of cardamoms, obtained from the Melaleuca ... |
8009
|
cajole |
CAJOLE, v.t. To flatter; to soothe; to coax; to deceive or delude by flattery. |
8010
|
cajoler |
CAJOLER, n. A flatterer; a wheedler. |
8011
|
cajolery |
CAJOLERY, n. Flattery; a wheedling to delude. |
8012
|
cajoling |
CAJOLING, ppr. Flattering; wheedling; deceiving. |
8013
|
cajota |
CAJOTA, n. A Mexican animal resembling a wolf and a dog. |
8014
|
cake |
CAKE, n. 1. A small mass of dough baked; or a composition of flour, butter, sugar, or other ... |
8015
|
calabash |
CALABASH, n. 1. A vessel made of a dried gourd-shell or of the shell of a calabash tree, used for ... |
8016
|
calabash-tree |
CALABASH-TREE, n. A tree of two species, known in botany by the generic name Crescentia. The ... |
8017
|
calade |
CALADE, n. The slope or declivity of a rising manege-ground. |
8018
|
calaite |
CALAITE, n. A name given to the turquois; which see. |
8019
|
calamanco |
CALAMANCO, n. A woolen stuff, of a fine gloss, and checkered in the warp. |
8020
|
calamar |
CALAMAR, n. An animal, having an oblong body and ten legs. On the belly are two bladders ... |
8021
|
calambac |
CALAMBAC, n. Aloes-wood, xyloe-aloes, a drug, which is the product of a tree growing in China and ... |
8022
|
calambour |
CALAMBOUR, n. A species of the aloes-wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable ... |
8023
|
calamiferous |
CALAMIFEROUS, a. Producing plants having a long, hollow, knotted stem. |
8024
|
calamin |
CALAMINE, or CALAMIN, n. Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the ... |
8025
|
calamine |
CALAMINE, or CALAMIN, n. Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the ... |
8026
|
calamint |
CALAMINT, n. A plant, a species of Melissa, or baum, an aromatic plant, and a weak ... |
8027
|
calamistrate |
CALAMISTRATE, v.t. To curl or frizzle the hair. |
8028
|
calamistration |
CALAMISTRATION, n. The act of curling the hair. |
8029
|
calamit |
CALAMIT, n. A mineral, probably a variety of Tremolite. It occurs in imperfect or rounded ... |
8030
|
calamitous |
CALAMITOUS, a. 1. Very miserable; involved in deep distress; oppressed with infelicity; wretched ... |
8031
|
calamitously |
CALAMITOUSLY, adv. In a manner to bring great distress. |
8032
|
calamitousness |
CALAMITOUSNESS, n. Deep distress; wretchedness; misery; the quality of producing misery. |
8033
|
calamity |
CALAMITY, n. Any great misfortune, or cause of misery; generally applied to events or disasters ... |
8034
|
calamus |
CALAMUS, n. 1. The generic name of the Indian cane, called also rotang. It is without branches, ... |
8035
|
calander |
CALANDRE or CALANDER, n. The French name of a species of insect of the beetle kind, very ... |
8036
|
calandra |
CALANDRA, n. A species of lark, with a thick bill, the upper part of the body of a reddish brown, ... |
8037
|
calandre |
CALANDRE or CALANDER, n. The French name of a species of insect of the beetle kind, very ... |
8038
|
calangay |
CALANGAY, n. A species of white parrot. |
8039
|
calash |
CALASH, n. 1. A light chariot or carriage with very low wheels, used for taking the air in parks ... |
8040
|
calc-sinter |
CALC-SINTER, n. Stalactitic carbonate of lime. |
8041
|
calc-tuff |
CALC-TUFF, n. An alluvial formation of carbonate of lime. |
8042
|
calcar |
CALCAR, n. In glass works, a kind of oven, or reverberating furnace, used for the calcination of ... |
8043
|
calcarate |
CALCARATE, a. Furnished with a spur; as a calcarate corol, in larksupr; a calcarate nectary, a ... |
8044
|
calcario-sulphurou |
CALCARIO-SULPHUROUS, a. [See Calx and Sulphur.] Having lime and sulphur in combination, or ... |
8045
|
calcarious |
CALCARIOUS, a. Partaking of the nature of lime; having the qualities of lime; as calcarious earth ... |
8046
|
calcavalla |
CALCAVALLA, n. A kind of sweet wine from Portugal. |
8047
|
calceated |
CALCEATED, n. Shod; fitted with or wearing shoes. |
8048
|
calcedon |
CALCEDON, n. [See Chalcedony.] With jewelers, a foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious ... |
8049
|
calcedonian |
CALCEDONIAN, a. [See Chalcedony.] Pertaining to or resembling chalcedony. |
8050
|
calcedonic |
CALCEDONIC, |
8051
|
calcedony |
CALCEDONY. See Chalcedony, the more correct orthography. |
8052
|
calciferous |
CALCIFEROUS, a. [of calx, lime, and muria, salt water.] A species of earth, of the muriatic genus, ... |
8053
|
calcinable |
CALCINABLE, a. [See Calcine.] That may be calcined; capable of being reduced to a friable state by ... |
8054
|
calcinate |
CALCINATE, v.t. To calcine. [See Calcine.] |
8055
|
calcination |
CALCINATION, n. [from calcine.] 1. The operation of expelling from a substance by heat, some ... |
8056
|
calcinatory |
CALCINATORY, n. A vessel used in calcination. |
8057
|
calcine |
CALCINE, v.t.1. To reduce a substance to a powder or to a friable state, by the action of heat; or ... |
8058
|
calcium |
CALCIUM, n. The metallic basis of lime. |
8059
|
calcographical |
CALCOGRAPHICAL, a. [See Calcography.] Pertaining to calcography. |
8060
|
calcography |
CALCOGRAPHY, n. An engraving in the likeness of chalk. |
8061
|
calculalation |
CALCULALATION, n. 1. The art, practice or manner of computing by numbers. The use of numbers, by ... |
8062
|
calculary |
CALCULARY, n. A congeries of little stony knots dispersed through the parenchyma of the pear and ... |
8063
|
calculate |
CALCULATE, v.t. 1. To compute; to reckon; to add, subtract, multiply or divide any sums, for the ... |
8064
|
calculated |
CALCULATED, pp. Computed; reckoned; suited; adapted by design. |
8065
|
calculating |
CALCULATING, ppr. Computing; reckoining; adapting by design; adjusting. |
8066
|
calculative |
CALCULATIVE, a. Pertaining to calculation; tending to calculate. |
8067
|
calculator |
CALCULATOR, n. One who computes or reckons; one who estimates or considers the force and effect of ... |
8068
|
calculatory |
CALCULATORY, a. Belonging to calculation. |
8069
|
calcule |
CALCULE, n. Reckoning; computation. |
8070
|
calculous |
CALCULOUS, a. [Supra.] 1. Stony; gritty; hard like stone; as a calculous concretion.2. In ... |
8071
|
caldron |
CALDRON, n. A large kettle or boiler, of copper, or other metal, furnished with a movable handle ... |
8072
|
caleche |
CALECHE, [See Calash.] |
8073
|
caledonian |
CALEDONIAN, a. Pertaining to Caledonia, an ancient name of Scotland. The termination ia, ... |
8074
|
calefacient |
CALEFACIENT, a. [See Calefaction, Calefy.] Warming; heating.CALEFACIENT, n. That which warms or ... |
8075
|
calefaction |
CALEFACTION, n. 1. The act or operation of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body ... |
8076
|
calefactive |
CALEFACTIVE, |
8077
|
calefactor |
CALEFACTOR, a. [See Calefaction.] That makes warm or hot; that communicates heat. |
8078
|
calefy |
CALEFY, v.i. To grow hot or warm; to be heated.CALEFY, v.t. To make worm or hot. |
8079
|
calendar |
CALENDAR, n. 1. A register of the year, in which the months, weeks, and days are set down in ... |
8080
|
calender |
CALENDER, v.t. To press between rollers, for the purpose of making smooth, glossy and wavy; as ... |
8081
|
calendrer |
CALENDRER, n. The person who calenders cloth. |
8082
|
calends |
CALENDS, n. plu. Among the Romans, the fist day of each month. The origin of this name is ... |
8083
|
calenture |
CALENTURE, n. A violent ardent fever, incident to persons in hot climates, especially natives of ... |
8084
|
calf |
CALF, n.1. The young of the cow, or of the bovine genus of quadrupeds.2. In contempt, a dolt; an ... |
8085
|
calf-like |
CALF-LIKE, a. Resembling a calf. |
8086
|
calf-skin |
CALF-SKIN, n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. |
8087
|
caliber |
CALIBER, n. 1. The diameter of a body; as the caliber of a column, or of a bullet.2. The bore of ... |
8088
|
calice |
CALICE, n. A cup appropriately, a communion cup, or vessel used to administer the wine in the ... |
8089
|
calico |
CALICO, n. [said to be from Calicut, in India.] Cotton cloth. In England, white or unprinted ... |
8090
|
calico-printer |
CALICO-PRINTER, n. One whose occupation is to print calicoes. |
8091
|
calid |
CALID, a. Hot; burning; ardent. |
8092
|
calidity |
CALIDITY, n. Heat. |
8093
|
caliduct |
CALIDUCT, n. Among the Ancients, a pipe or canal used to convey heat from a furnace to the ... |
8094
|
calif |
CALIF, n. Written also caliph and kalif. A successor or vicar; a representative of Mohammed, ... |
8095
|
califate |
CALIFATE, |
8096
|
caligation |
CALIGATION, n. Darkness; dimness; cloudiness.In medical authors, caligation or caligo, is an ... |
8097
|
caliginous |
CALIGINOUS, a. Dim; obscure; dark. |
8098
|
caliginousness |
CALIGINOUSNESS, n. Dimness; obscurity. |
8099
|
caligraphy |
CALIGRAPHY, |
8100
|
caligraphyic |
CALIGRAPHYIC, n. [Infra.] Pertaining to elegant penmanship. |
8101
|
calin |
CALIN, n. A compound metal, of which the Chinese make tea canisters and the like. The ingredients ... |
8102
|
caliphate |
CALIPHATE or KALIFATE, n. The office or dignity of a calif; or the government of a calif. |
8103
|
caliver |
CALIVER, n. [from caliber.] A kind of handgun, musket or arquebuse. |
8104
|
calk |
CALK, v.t. cauk.1. To drive oakum or old ropes untwised, into the seams of a ship or other vessel, ... |
8105
|
calked |
CALKED, pp. Cauked. Having the seams stopped; furnished with shoes with iron points. |
8106
|
calker |
CALKER, n. Cauker. A man who calks; sometimes perhaps a calk or pointed iron on a house-shoe. |
8107
|
calkin |
CALKIN, n. A calk. |
8108
|
calking |
CALKING, n. Cauking. In painting, the covering of the back side of a design with black lead, or ... |
8109
|
calking-iron |
CALKING-IRON, n. Cauking-iron. An instrument like a chisel, used in calking ships. |
8110
|
call |
CALL, v.t. [Heb. To hold or restrain.] In a general sense, to drive; to strain or force out sound. ... |
8111
|
callat |
CALLAT, n. A trull, or a scold. |
8112
|
called |
CALLED, pp. Invited; summoned; addressed; named; appointed; invoked; assembled by order; recited. |
8113
|
caller |
CALLER, n. One who calls. |
8114
|
callet |
CALLET, |
8115
|
calligraphy |
CALLIGRAPHY, n. Fair or elegant writing, or penmanship. |
8116
|
calling |
CALLING, n. 1. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names ... |
8117
|
calliope |
CALLIOPE, n. Calliopy. In Pagan mythology, the muse that presides over eloquence and heroic ... |
8118
|
callipers |
CALLIPERS. [See Caliber.] |
8119
|
callix |
CALLIX, n. 1. A cup2. The membrane which covers the papillae in the pelvis of the human kidney. ... |
8120
|
callosity |
CALLOSITY, a. Hardness, or bony hardness; the hardness of the cicatrix of ulcers. |
8121
|
callous |
CALLOUS, a.1. Hard; hardened; indurated; as an ulcer or some part of the body.2. Hardened in ... |
8122
|
callously |
CALLOUSLY, adv. In a hardened or unfeeling manner. |
8123
|
callousness |
CALLOUSNESS, n. Hardness, induration, applied to the body; insensibility, applied to the mind or ... |
8124
|
callow |
CALLOW, a. Destitute of feathers, naked; unfledged; as a young bird. |
8125
|
callus |
CALLUS, n. Any cutaneous, corneous, or bony hardness, but generally the new growth of osseous ... |
8126
|
calm |
CALM, a. 1. Still; quiet; being at rest; as the air. Hence not stormy or tempestuous; as a calm ... |
8127
|
calmer |
CALMER, n. The person or thing that calms, or has the power to till, and make quiet; that which ... |
8128
|
calming |
CALMING, ppr. Stilling; appeasing. |
8129
|
calmly |
CALMLY, adv. In a quiet manner; without disturbance, agitation, tumult, or violence; without ... |
8130
|
calmness |
CALMNESS, n. 1. Quietness; stillness; tranquillity; applied to the elements.2. Quietness; ... |
8131
|
calmy |
CALMY, a. Calm; quiet; peaceable. |
8132
|
calogeri |
CALOYERS, or CALOGERI, n. Monks of the Greek church, of three orders; archari, or novices; ... |
8133
|
calomel |
CALOMEL, n. A preparation of mercury, much used in medicine. It is called the submuriate or ... |
8134
|
caloric |
CALORIC, n. The principle or matter of heat, or the simple element of heat. Caloric may be ... |
8135
|
calorific |
CALORIFIC, a. That has the quality of producing heat; causing heat; heating. |
8136
|
calorimeter |
CALORIMETER, n. An apparatus for measuring relative quantities of heat, or the specific caloric of ... |
8137
|
calorimotor |
CALORIMOTOR, n. A galvanic instrument, in which the calorific influence or effects are attended by ... |
8138
|
calote |
CALOTE, n.1. A cap or coif, of hair, satin or other stuff, worn in popish countries, as an ... |
8139
|
calotte |
CALOTTE, |
8140
|
caloyers |
CALOYERS, or CALOGERI, n. Monks of the Greek church, of three orders; archari, or novices; ... |
8141
|
calp |
CALP, n. A subspecies of carbonate of lime, of a bluish black, gray or grayish blue, but its ... |
8142
|
caltrop |
CALTROP, n.1. A kind of thistle, the Latin tribulus, with a roundish prickly pericarp; on one ... |
8143
|
calumet |
CALUMET, n. Among the aboriginals of America, a pipe, used for smoking tobacco, whose bowl is ... |
8144
|
calumniate |
CALUMNIATE, v.t. [See Calumny.] To accuse or charge one falsely, and knowingly, with some crime, ... |
8145
|
calumniated |
CALUMNIATED, pp. Slandered; falsely and maliciously accused of what is criminal, immoral, or ... |
8146
|
calumniating |
CALUMNIATING, ppr. Slandering. |
8147
|
calumniation |
CALUMNIATION, n. False accusation of a crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation ... |
8148
|
calumniator |
CALUMNIATOR, n. One who slanders; one who falsely and knowingly accuses another of a crime or ... |
8149
|
calumniatory |
CALUMNIATORY, a. Slanderous. |
8150
|
calumnious |
CALUMNIOUS, a. Slanderous; bearing or implying calumny; injurious to reputation. |
8151
|
calumniously |
CALUMNIOUSLY, n. Slanderously. |
8152
|
calumniousness |
CALUMNIOUSNESS, n. Slanderousness. |
8153
|
calumny |
CALUMNY, n. Slander; false accusation of a crime or offense, knowingly or maliciously made or ... |
8154
|
calvary |
CALVARY, n.1. A place of skulls; particularly, the place where Christ was crucified, on a small ... |
8155
|
calve |
CALVE, v.i.1. To bring forth young, as a cow.2. In a metaphorical sense, and sometimes by way of ... |
8156
|
calver |
CALVER, v.t. To cut in slices.CALVER, v.i. To shrink by cutting, and not fall to pieces. |
8157
|
calves-snout |
CALVES-SNOUT, n. A plant, snap-dragon, antirrhinum. |
8158
|
calville |
CALVILLE, n. A sort of apple. |
8159
|
calvinish |
CALVINISH, n. The theological tenets or doctrines of Calvin, who was born in Picardy in France, ... |
8160
|
calvinist |
CALVINIST, n. A follower of Calvin; one who embraces the theological doctrines of Calvin. |
8161
|
calvinistic |
CALVINISTIC, |
8162
|
calvinistical |
CALVINISTICAL, a. Pertaining to Calvin, or to his opinions in theology. |
8163
|
calvish |
CALVISH, a. Like a calf. |
8164
|
calx |
CALX, n. Properly lime or chalk; but more appropriately, the substance of a metal or mineral which ... |
8165
|
calycinal |
CALYCINAL, |
8166
|
calycine |
CALYCINE, a. Pertaining to a calyx; situated on a calyx. |
8167
|
calycle |
CALYCLE, n. In botany, a row of small leaflets, at the base of the calyx, on the outside. The ... |
8168
|
calycled |
CALYCULATE or CALYCLED, a. Having a calycle at the base on the outside; used of the calyx. |
8169
|
calyculate |
CALYCULATE or CALYCLED, a. Having a calycle at the base on the outside; used of the calyx. |
8170
|
calypter |
CALYPTER, n. The calyx of mosses, according to Linne; but not properly a calyx. It is a kind of ... |
8171
|
calyx |
CALYX, n. plu. calyxes. The outer covering of a flower, being the termination of the cortical ... |
8172
|
calzoons |
CALZOONS, n. Drawers. |
8173
|
camaieu |
CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, n. A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various ... |
8174
|
camayeu |
CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, n. A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various ... |
8175
|
camber |
CAMBER, n. Among builders, camber or camber-beam is a piece of timber cut archwise, or with an ... |
8176
|
cambering |
CAMBERING, ppr. or a. Bending; arched; as, a deck lies cambering. |
8177
|
cambist |
CAMBIST, n. A banker; one who deals in notes, and bills of exchange. |
8178
|
cambric |
CAMBRIC, n. A species of fine white linen, made of flax, said to be named from Cambray in ... |
8179
|
came |
CAME, pret. of come, which see.CAME, n. A slender rod of cast lead, of which glaziers make their ... |
8180
|
camel |
CAMEL, n. 1. A large quadruped used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens, and for riders. As ... |
8181
|
camel-backed |
CAMEL-BACKED, a. Having a back like a camel.Cameleon mineral. [See Chameleon.] A compound of pure ... |
8182
|
camelopard |
CAMELOPARD, n. [camelus and pardalis.] The giraff, a species constituting the genus Camelopardalis. ... |
8183
|
cameo |
CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, n. A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various ... |
8184
|
camerade |
CAMERADE, n. One who lodges or resides in the same apartment; now comrade, which see. |
8185
|
cameralistic |
CAMERALISTIC, a. Pertaining to finance and public revenue. |
8186
|
cameralistics |
CAMERALISTICS, n. The science of finance or public revenue, comprehending the means of raising and ... |
8187
|
camerate |
CAMERATE, v.t. To vault; to ceil. |
8188
|
camerated |
CAMERATED, a. Arched; vaulted. |
8189
|
cameration |
CAMERATION, n. An arching or vaulting. |
8190
|
camis |
CAMIS, n. A thin dress. |
8191
|
camisade |
CAMISADE, n. An attack by surprise, at night, or at break of day, when the enemy is supposed to be ... |
8192
|
camisated |
CAMISATED, a. Dressed with a shirt outwards. |
8193
|
camlet |
CAMLET, n. A stuff originally made of camels hair. It is now made, sometimes of wool, sometimes ... |
8194
|
camleted |
CAMLETED, a. Colored or veined. |
8195
|
cammoc |
CAMMOC, n. A plant, petty whin or rest-harrow, Ononis. |
8196
|
camomile |
CAMOMILE, n. A genus of plants, Anthemis, of many species. It has a chaffy receptacle; the calyx is ... |
8197
|
camous |
CAMOUS, |
8198
|
camoused |
CAMOUSED, a. Depressed; crooked. |
8199
|
camously |
CAMOUSLY, adv. Awry. |
8200
|
camoys |
CAMOYS, n. Flat; depressed; applied only to the nose, and little used. |
8201
|
camp |
CAMP, n.1. The ground on which an army pitch their tents, whether for a night or a longer time.2. ... |
8202
|
camp-fight |
CAMP-FIGHT, n. In law writers, a trial by duel, or the legal combat of two champions, for the ... |
8203
|
campaign |
CAMPAIGN, |
8204
|
campaigner |
CAMPAIGNER, n. One who has served in an army several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran. |
8205
|
campain |
CAMPAIN, n. 1. An open field; a large open plain; an extensive tract of ground without ... |
8206
|
campana |
CAMPANA, n. The pasque-flower. |
8207
|
campaniform |
CAMPANIFORM, a. In the shape of a bell; applied to flowers. |
8208
|
campanula |
CAMPANULA, n. The bell-flower. |
8209
|
campanulate |
CAMPANULATE, a. In the form of a bell. |
8210
|
campeachy-wood |
CAMPEACHY-WOOD, from Campeachy in Mexico. |
8211
|
campestral |
CAMPESTRAL, |
8212
|
campestrian |
CAMPESTRIAN, a. Pertaining to an open field; growing in a field or open ground. |
8213
|
camphor |
CAMPHOR, n. Properly cafor. A solid concrete juice or exudation, from the laurus camphora, or ... |
8214
|
camphor-oil |
CAMPHOR-OIL. [See Camphor-tree.] |
8215
|
camphor-tree |
CAMPHOR-TREE, n. The tree from which camphor is obtained. According to Miller, there are two ... |
8216
|
camphorate |
CAMPHORATE, n. In chimistry, a compound of the acid of camphor, with different bases.CAMPHORATE, ... |
8217
|
camphorated |
CAMPHORATED, a. Impregnated with camphor. |
8218
|
camphoric |
CAMPHORIC, a. Pertaining to camphor, or partaking of its qualities. |
8219
|
campilla |
CAMPILLA, n. A plant of a new genus, used by dyers. |
8220
|
camping |
CAMPING, ppr. Encamping.CAMPING, n. A playing at football. |
8221
|
campion |
CAMPION, n. A plant, the popular name of the lychnis. |
8222
|
camus |
CAMUS, |
8223
|
can |
CAN, n. A cup or vessel for liquors, in modern times made of metal; as a can of ale.CAN, v.i. ... |
8224
|
can-buoy |
CAN-BUOY, n. In seamanship, a buoy in form of a cone, made large, and sometimes painted, as a mark ... |
8225
|
can-hook |
CAN-HOOK, n. An instrument to sling a cask by the ends of its staves, formed by reeving a piece of ... |
8226
|
canadian |
CANADIAN, a. Pertaining to Canada, an extensive country on the north of the United ... |
8227
|
canail |
CANAIL, n. The coarser part of meal; hence, the lowest people; less; dregs; offscouring. |
8228
|
canakin |
CANAKIN, n. A little can or cup. |
8229
|
canal |
CANAL, n.1. A passage for water; a water course; properly, a long trench or excavation in the ... |
8230
|
canal-coal |
CANAL-COAL. [See Cannel-coal.] |
8231
|
canaliculate |
CANALICULATE, |
8232
|
canaliculated |
CANALICULATED, a. Channelled; furrowed. In botany, having a deep longitudinal groove above, and ... |
8233
|
canary |
CANARY, n. 1. Wine made in the Canary isles.2. An old dance. Shakespeare has used the word as a ... |
8234
|
canary-bird |
CANARY-BIRD, n. A singing bird from the Canary isles, a species of Fringilla. The bill is conical ... |
8235
|
canary-grass |
CANARY-GRASS, n. A plant, the Phalaris, whose seed are collected for canary-birds. |
8236
|
cancel |
CANCEL, v.t.1. To cross the lines of a writing, and deface them; to blot out or obliterate.2. To ... |
8237
|
cancelated |
CANCELATED, a. Cross-barred; marked with cross lines. |
8238
|
cancelation |
CANCELATION, n. The act of defacing by cross lines; a canceling. |
8239
|
canceled |
CANCELED, pp. Crossed; obliterated; annulled. |
8240
|
canceling |
CANCELING, ppr. Crossing; obliterating; annulling. |
8241
|
cancer |
CANCER, n. 1. The crab or crab-fish. This genus of animals have generally eight legs, and two ... |
8242
|
cancerate |
CANCERATE, v.i. To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
8243
|
canceration |
CANCERATION, n. A growing cancerous, or into a cancer. |
8244
|
cancerous |
CANCEROUS, a. Like a cancer; having the qualities of a cancer. |
8245
|
cancerousness |
CANCEROUSNESS, n. The state of being cancerous. |
8246
|
cancriform |
CANCRIFORM, a. 1. Cancerous.2. Having the form of a cancer or crab. |
8247
|
cancrine |
CANCRINE, a. Having the qualities of a crab. |
8248
|
cancrite |
CANCRITE, n. A fossil or petrified crab. |
8249
|
candent |
CANDENT, a. Very hot; heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. |
8250
|
candicant |
CANDICANT, a. Growing white. |
8251
|
candid |
CANDID, a. 1. White.2. Fair; open; frank; ingenuous; free from undue bias; disposed to think and ... |
8252
|
candidate |
CANDIDATE, n. 1. A man who seeks or aspires to an office; one who offers himself, or is proposed ... |
8253
|
candidly |
CANDIDLY, adv. Openly; frankly; without trick or disguise; ingenuously. |
8254
|
candidness |
CANDIDNESS, n. Openness of mind; frankness; fairness; ingenuousness. |
8255
|
candied |
CANDIED, pp. or a. Preserved with sugar, or incrusted with it; covered with crystals of sugar or ... |
8256
|
candle |
CANDLE, n. 1. A long, but small cylindrical body of tallow, wax or spermaceti, formed on a wick ... |
8257
|
candle-bomb |
CANDLE-BOMB, n. A small glass bubble, filled with water, place in the wick of a candle, where it ... |
8258
|
candle-coal |
CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, ... |
8259
|
candle-holder |
CANDLE-HOLDER, n. A person that holds a candle. Hence, one that remotely assists another, but is ... |
8260
|
candle-light |
CANDLE-LIGHT, n. The light of a candle; the necessary candles for use. |
8261
|
candle-stick |
CANDLE-STICK, n. An instrument or utensil to hold a candle, made in different forms and of ... |
8262
|
candle-stuff |
CANDLE-STUFF, n. A material of which candles are made, as tallow, wax, &c. |
8263
|
candlemas |
CANDLEMAS, n. The feast of the church celebrated on the second day of February, in honor of the ... |
8264
|
candles-ends |
CANDLES-ENDS, n. Scraps; fragments. |
8265
|
candoc |
CANDOC, n. A plant or weed tha grows in rivers. |
8266
|
candor |
CANDOR, n. Openness of heart; frankness; ingenuousness of mind; a disposition to treat subjects ... |
8267
|
candy |
CANDY, v.t.1. To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar.2. To from into congelations or ... |
8268
|
candy-tufts |
CANDY-TUFTS, n. 1. A plant, the Iberis.2. A Cretan flower. |
8269
|
candying |
CANDYING, ppr. Conserving with sugar.CANDYING, n. The act of preserving simples in substance, by ... |
8270
|
cane |
CANE, n. 1. In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several ... |
8271
|
cane-brake |
CANE-BRAKE, n. A thicket of canes. |
8272
|
cane-hole |
CANE-HOLE, n. A hole or trench for planting the cuttings of cane, on sugar plantations. |
8273
|
cane-trash |
CANE-TRASH, n. Refuse of canes, or macerated rinds of cane, reserved for fuel to boil the ... |
8274
|
canescent |
CANESCENT, a. Growing white or hoary. |
8275
|
canicula |
CANICULA, |
8276
|
canicular |
CANICULAR, a. Pertaining to the dog-star. |
8277
|
canicule |
CANICULE, n. A star in the constellation of Canis Major, called also the dog-star, or Sirius; a ... |
8278
|
canine |
CANINE, a. Pertaining to dogs; having the properties or qualities of a dog; as a canine appetite, ... |
8279
|
caning |
CANING, n. A beating with a stick or cane. |
8280
|
canister |
CANISTER, n. Properly, a small basket, as in Dryden; but more generally, a small box or case, for ... |
8281
|
canker |
CANKER, n. 1. A disease incident to trees, which causes the bark to rot and fall.2. A popular ... |
8282
|
canker-fly |
CANKER-FLY, n. A fly that preys on fruit. |
8283
|
canker-like |
CANKER-LIKE, a. Eating or corrupting like a canker. |
8284
|
canker-worm |
CANKER-WORM, n. A worm, destructive to trees or plants. In America, this name is given to a worm ... |
8285
|
cankerbit |
CANKERBIT, a. Bitten with a cankered or envenomed tooth. |
8286
|
cankered |
CANKERED, pp. 1. Corrupted.2. a. Crabbed; uncivil. |
8287
|
cankeredly |
CANKEREDLY, adv. Crossly; adversely. |
8288
|
cankerous |
CANKEROUS, a. Corroding like a canker. |
8289
|
cankery |
CANKERY, a. Rusty |
8290
|
cannabine |
CANNABINE, a. Pertaining to hemp; hempen. |
8291
|
cannel-coal |
CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, ... |
8292
|
cannequin |
CANNEQUIN, n. White cotton cloth from the East Indies, suitable for the Guinea trade. |
8293
|
cannibal |
CANNIBAL, n. A human being that east human flesh; a man-eater, or anthropophagite. |
8294
|
cannibalism |
CANNIBALISM, n. 1. The act or practice of eating human flesh, by mankind.2. Murderous cruelty; ... |
8295
|
cannibally |
CANNIBALLY, adv. In the manner of a cannibal. |
8296
|
cannon |
CANNON, n. A large military engine for throwing balls, and other instruments of death, by the ... |
8297
|
cannon-ball |
CANNON-BALL, n. A ball, usually made of cast iron, to be thrown from cannon. Cannon bullet, of ... |
8298
|
cannon-proof |
CANNON-PROOF, a. Proof against cannon shot. |
8299
|
cannon-shot |
CANNON-SHOT, n. A ball for cannon; also, the range or distance a cannon will throw a ball. |
8300
|
cannonade |
CANNONADE, n. The act of discharging cannon and throwing balls, for the purpose of destroying an ... |
8301
|
cannoneer |
CANNONEER, |
8302
|
cannot |
CANNOT, [can and not.] These words are usually united, but perhaps without good reason; canst and ... |
8303
|
cannular |
CANNULAR, a. Tubular; having the form of a tube. |
8304
|
canoe |
CANOE,n.1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of the body or trunk of a tree, excavated, by ... |
8305
|
canon |
CANON, n. 1. In ecclesiastical affairs, a law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a ... |
8306
|
canon-bit |
CANON-BIT, n. That part of a bit let into a horses mouth. |
8307
|
canoness |
CANONESS, n. A woman who enjoys a prebend, affixed, by the foundation, to maids, without obliging ... |
8308
|
canonical |
CANONICAL, a. Pertaining to a canon; according to the canon or rule.Canonical books or canonical ... |
8309
|
canonically |
CANONICALLY, adv. In a manner agreeable to the canon. |
8310
|
canonicalness |
CANONICALNESS, n. The quality of being canonical. |
8311
|
canonicals |
CANONICALS, n. plu. The full dress of the clergy, worn when they officiate. |
8312
|
canonicate |
CANONICATE, n. The office of a canon. |
8313
|
canonist |
CANONIST, n. A professor of cannon law; one skilled in the study and practice of ecclesiastical ... |
8314
|
canonistic |
CANONISTIC, a. Having the knowledge of a canonist. |
8315
|
canonization |
CANONIZATION, n. [See Canonize.] 1. The act of declaring a man a saint, or rather the act of ... |
8316
|
canonize |
CANONIZE, v.t. [from canon.] To declare a man a saint and rank him in the catalogue, called a ... |
8317
|
canonry |
CANONRY, |
8318
|
canonship |
CANONSHIP, n. An ecclesiastical benefice, in a cathedral or collegiate church, which has a prebend ... |
8319
|
canopied |
CANOPIED, a. [See Canopy.] Covered with a canopy. |
8320
|
canopy |
CANOPY, n. 1. A covering over a throne, or over a bed; more generally, a covering over the head. ... |
8321
|
canorous |
CANOROUS, a. Musical; tuneful. |
8322
|
canorousness |
CANOROUSNESS, n. Musicalness. |
8323
|
cant |
CANT, v.t. 1. In popular usage, to turn about, or to turn over, by a sudden push or thrust; as, ... |
8324
|
cantabrian |
CANTABRIAN, a. Pertaining to Cantabria, on the Bay of Biscay, in Spain. |
8325
|
cantaliver |
CANTALIVER, n. [cantle and eaves.] In architecture, a piece of wood, framed into the front or side ... |
8326
|
cantar |
CANTAR, |
8327
|
cantaro |
CANTARO, n. An eastern weight; at Acra in Turkey, 603 pounds; at Tunis and Tripoli, 114 pounds, In ... |
8328
|
cantata |
CANTATA, n. A poem set to music; a composition or song, intermixed with recitatives and airs, ... |
8329
|
cantation |
CANTATION, a. A singing. |
8330
|
canteen |
CANTEEN, n. A tin vessel used by soldiers for carrying liquor for drink. |
8331
|
canteleup |
CANTELEUP, n. A variety of muskmelon. |
8332
|
canter |
CANTER, v.i. To move as a horse in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore feet nearly at the same ... |
8333
|
cantering |
CANTERING, ppr. Moving or riding with a slow gallop. |
8334
|
cantharidin |
CANTHARIDIN, n. That peculiar substance existing in the Meloe vesicatorius, or cantharides, which ... |
8335
|
cantharis |
CANTHARIS or plu. CANTHARIDES, n. Spanish flies; a species of Meloe. This fly is nine or ten ... |
8336
|
canthus |
CANTHUS, n. An angle of the eye; a cavity at the extremities of the eyelids; the greater is next ... |
8337
|
canticle |
CANTICLE, n. 1. A song. In the plural, canticles, the Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of ... |
8338
|
cantillate |
CANTILLATE, v.t. To chant; to recite with musical tones. |
8339
|
cantillation |
CANTILLATION, n. A chanting; recitation with musical modulations. |
8340
|
canting |
CANTING, ppr. 1. Throwing with a sudden jerk; tossing.2. Speaking with a whine or song-like ... |
8341
|
cantingly |
CANTINGLY, adv. With a cant. |
8342
|
cantion |
CANTION, n. A song or verses. |
8343
|
cantle |
CANTLE, n. A fragment; a piece; a portion.CANTLE, v.t. To cut into pieces; to cut out a piece. |
8344
|
cantlet |
CANTLET, n. A piece; a little corner; a fragment. |
8345
|
canto |
CANTO, n. A part or division of a poem, answering to what in prose is called a book. In Italian, ... |
8346
|
canton |
CANTON, n.1. A small portion of land, or division of territory; originally, a portion of territory ... |
8347
|
cantonal |
CANTONAL, a. Pertaining to a canton; divided into cantons. |
8348
|
cantoned |
CANTONED, pp. Divided into distinct parts, or quarters; lodged in distinct quarters, as troops. |
8349
|
cantoning |
CANTONING, ppr. Dividing into distinct districts; allotting separate quarters to each regiment. |
8350
|
cantonize |
CANTONIZE, v.t. To canton, or divide into small districts. |
8351
|
cantonment |
CANTONMENT, n. A part or division of a town or village, assigned to a particular regiment of ... |
8352
|
cantred |
CANTRED, |
8353
|
cantref |
CANTREF, n. A hundred villages, as in Wales. |
8354
|
canvas |
CANVAS, n. 1. A coarse cloth made of hemp, or flax, used for tents, sails of ships, painting and ... |
8355
|
canvas-climber |
CANVAS-CLIMBER, n. A sailor that goes aloft to handle sails. |
8356
|
canvass |
CANVASS, v.t.1. To discuss; literally, to beat or shake out, to open by beating or shaking, like ... |
8357
|
canvassed |
CANVASSED, pp. Discussed; examined. |
8358
|
canvasser |
CANVASSER, n. 1. One who solicits votes, or goes about to make interest.2. One who examines the ... |
8359
|
canvassing |
CANVASSING, ppr. Discussing; examining; sifting; seeking.CANVASSING, n. The act of discussing, ... |
8360
|
cany |
CANY, a. [from cane.] Consisting of cane, or abounding with canes. |
8361
|
canzone |
CANZONE, n. A song or air in two or three parts, with passages of fugue and imitation; or a poem ... |
8362
|
canzonet |
CANZONET, n. A little or short song, in one, two or three parts. It sometimes consists of two ... |
8363
|
cap |
CAP, n. 1. A part of dress made to cover the head.2. The ensign of a cardinalate.3. The top, or ... |
8364
|
capability |
CAPABILITY, n. [See Capable.] The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness. |
8365
|
capable |
CAPABLE, a. 1. Able to hold or contain; able to receive; sufficiently capacious; often followed ... |
8366
|
capableness |
CAPABLENESS, n. The state or quality of being capable; capacity; power of understanding; ... |
8367
|
capacify |
CAPACIFY, v.t. To qualify. |
8368
|
capacious |
CAPACIOUS, a. 1. Wide; large; that will hold much; as a capacious vessel.2. Broad; extensive; as ... |
8369
|
capaciousness |
CAPACIOUSNESS, n. 1. Wideness; largeness; as of a vessel.2. Extensiveness; largeness; as of a ... |
8370
|
capacitate |
CAPACITATE, v.t. [See Capacity.]1. To make capable; to enable; to furnish with natural power; as, ... |
8371
|
capacitated |
CAPACITATED, pp. Made capable; qualified. |
8372
|
capacitation |
CAPACITATION, n. The act of making capable. |
8373
|
capacity |
CAPACITY, n.1. Passive power; the power of containing, or holding; extent of room or space; as the ... |
8374
|
caparison |
CAPARISON, n. A cloth or covering laid over the saddle or furniture of a horse, especially a ... |
8375
|
capcase |
CAPCASE, n. A covered case. |
8376
|
cape |
CAPE, n. 1. A head land; properly the head, point or termination of a neck of land, extending ... |
8377
|
capelan |
CAPELAN, n. A small fish, about six inches in length, sholes of which appear off the coasts of ... |
8378
|
capella |
CAPELLA, n. A bright fixed star in the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga. |
8379
|
capellet |
CAPELLET, n. A kind of swelling, like a wen, growing on the heel of the hock on a horse, and on ... |
8380
|
caper |
CAPER, v.i. To leap; to skip or jump; to prance; to spring.CAPER, n. A leap; a skip; a spring; as ... |
8381
|
caper-bush |
CAPER-BUSH. [See Caper.] |
8382
|
caper-cutting |
CAPER-CUTTING, n. A leaping or dancing in a frolicksome manner. |
8383
|
caperer |
CAPERER, n. One who capers, leaps and skips about, or dances. |
8384
|
capering |
CAPERING, ppr. Leaping; skipping. |
8385
|
capias |
CAPIAS, n. In law, a writ of two sorts; one before judgment, called a capias ad respondendum, ... |
8386
|
capibar |
CAPIBAR, n. An animal partaking of the form of a hog and of a rabbit, the cabiai. |
8387
|
capillaceous |
CAPILLACEOUS, a. Hairy; resembling a hair. [See Capillary.] |
8388
|
capillaire |
CAPILLAIRE, n. A kind of sirrup, extracted rom maiden-hair. |
8389
|
capillament |
CAPILLAMENT, n.1. The filament, a small fine thread, like a hair, that grows in the middle of a ... |
8390
|
capillary |
CAPILLARY, a. 1. Resembling a hair, fine, minute, small in diameter, though long; as a capillary ... |
8391
|
capillation |
CAPILLATION, n. A blood vessel like a hair. |
8392
|
capilliform |
CAPILLIFORM, a. In the shape or form of a hair, or of hairs. |
8393
|
capital |
CAPITAL, a. 1. Literally, pertaining to the head; as a capital bruise, in Milton, a bruise on the ... |
8394
|
capitalist |
CAPITALIST, n. A man who has a capital or stock in trade, usually denoting a man of large ... |
8395
|
capitally |
CAPITALLY, adv. 1. In a capital manner; nobly; finely.2. With loss of life; as, to punish ... |
8396
|
capitalness |
CAPITALNESS, n. A capital offense. |
8397
|
capitate |
CAPITATE, a. In botany, growing in a head, applied to a flower, or stigma. |
8398
|
capitation |
CAPITATION, n. 1. Numeration by the head; a numbering of persons.2. A tax, or imposition upon ... |
8399
|
capite |
CAPITE. In English law, a tenant in capite, or in chief, is one who holds lands immediately of the ... |
8400
|
capitol |
CAPITOL, n. 1. The temple of Jupiter in Rome, and a fort or castle, on the Mons Capitolinus. In ... |
8401
|
capitolian |
CAPITOLIAN, a. Pertaining to the capitol in Rome. |
8402
|
capitoline |
CAPITOLINE, a. Pertaining to the capitol in Rome. The Capitoline Games were annual games ... |
8403
|
capitular |
CAPITULAR, |
8404
|
capitularly |
CAPITULARLY, adv. In the form of an ecclesiastical chapter. |
8405
|
capitulary |
CAPITULARY, n. 1. An act passed in a chapter, either of knights, canons or religious.2. The body ... |
8406
|
capitulate |
CAPITULATE, v.i.1. To draw up a writing in chapters, heads or articles. [But this sense is not ... |
8407
|
capitulation |
CAPITULATION, n. 1. The act of capitulating, or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms or ... |
8408
|
capitulator |
CAPITULATOR, n. One who capitulates. |
8409
|
capitule |
CAPITULE, n. A summary. |
8410
|
capivi |
CAPIVI, n. A balsam of the Spanish West-Indies. [See Capaiba.] |
8411
|
capnomancy |
CAPNOMANCY, n. Divination by the ascent or motion of smoke. |
8412
|
capoch |
CAPOCH, n. A monks hood. |
8413
|
capon |
CAPON, n. A castrated cock; a cock-chicken gelded as soon as he quits his dam, or as soon as he ... |
8414
|
caponniere |
CAPONNIERE, n. In fortification, a covered lodgment, sunk four or five feet into the ground, ... |
8415
|
capot |
CAPOT, n. A winning of all the tricks of cards at the game of piquet.CAPOT, v.t. To win all the ... |
8416
|
capper |
CAPPER, n. [from cap.] One whose business is to make or sell caps. |
8417
|
capreolate |
CAPREOLATE, a. In botany, having tendrils, or filiform spiral claspers, by which plants fasten ... |
8418
|
caprice |
CAPRICE, n. A sudden start of the mind; a sudden change of opinion, or humor; a whim, freak, or ... |
8419
|
capricious |
CAPRICIOUS, a. Freakish; whimsical; apt to change opinions suddenly, or to start from ones ... |
8420
|
capriciously |
CAPRICIOUSLY, adv. In a capricious manner; whimsically. |
8421
|
capriciousness |
CAPRICIOUSNESS, n. 1. The quality of being led by caprice; whimsicalness; unsteadiness of purpose ... |
8422
|
capricorn |
CAPRICORN, n. One of the twelve signs of the zodiac, the winter solstice; represented on ancient ... |
8423
|
caprification |
CAPRIFICATION, n. A method of ripening figs by means of a gnat or insect that pricks the bud. |
8424
|
caprifole |
CAPRIFOLE, n. Honeysuckle; woodbine. |
8425
|
capriform |
CAPRIFORM, a. Having the form of a goat. |
8426
|
capriole |
CAPRIOLE, n. In the manege, caprioles are leaps that a horse makes in the same place without ... |
8427
|
capriped |
CAPRIPED, a. Having feet like those of a goat. |
8428
|
capsicum |
CAPSICUM, n. Guinea pepper. |
8429
|
capsize |
CAPSIZE, v.t. To upset or overturn; a seamans phrase. |
8430
|
capstan |
CAPSTAN, n. A strong massy column of timber, formed like a truncated cone, and having its upper ... |
8431
|
capsular |
CAPSULAR, |
8432
|
capsulary |
CAPSULARY, a. 1. Hollow like a chest.2. Capsular ligament, is that which surrounds every movable ... |
8433
|
capsulate |
CAPSULATE, |
8434
|
capsulated |
CAPSULATED, a. Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box. |
8435
|
capsule |
CAPSULE, n. 1. The seed vessel of a plant; a dry membranaceous hollow pericarp, opening ... |
8436
|
captain |
CAPTAIN, n. 1. Literally, a head or chief officer; appropriately, the military officer who ... |
8437
|
captaincy |
CAPTAINCY, n. 1. The rank, post or commission of a captain.2. The jurisdiction of a captain, or ... |
8438
|
captainry |
CAPTAINRY, n. The power or command over a certain district; chieftainship. |
8439
|
captainship |
CAPTAINSHIP, n. 1. The condition or post of a captain or chief commander.2. The rank, quality or ... |
8440
|
captation |
CAPTATION, n. The act or practice of catching favor or applause, by flattery or address. |
8441
|
caption |
CAPTION, n. 1. The act of taking, or apprehending by a judicial process.2. A certificate signed ... |
8442
|
captious |
CAPTIOUS, a. 1. Disposed to find fault, or raise objections; apt to cavil, as in popular ... |
8443
|
captiously |
CAPTIOUSLY, adv. In a captious manner; with an inclination or intention to object, or censure. |
8444
|
captiousness |
CAPTIOUSNESS, n. Disposition to find fault; inclination to object; peevishness. |
8445
|
captivate |
CAPTIVATE, v.t.1. To take prisoner; to seize by force; as an enemy in war.2. To subdue; to bring ... |
8446
|
captivated |
CAPTIVATED, pp. Made prisoner; charmed. |
8447
|
captivating |
CAPTIVATING, ppr. 1. Taking prisoner; engaging the affections.2. a. Having power to engage the ... |
8448
|
captivation |
CAPTIVATION, n. The act of taking a prisoner; a taking one captive. |
8449
|
captive |
CAPTIVE, n. 1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem in war, by an enemy; followed by to; as a ... |
8450
|
captivity |
CAPTIVITY, n. 1. The state of being a prisoner, or of being in the power of an enemy by force or ... |
8451
|
captor |
CAPTOR, n. One who takes, as a prisoner or a prize. It is appropriately one who takes a prize at ... |
8452
|
capture |
CAPTURE, n. 1. In a general sense, the act of taking or seizing; as the capture of an enemy, of a ... |
8453
|
captured |
CAPTURED, pp. Taken as a prize. |
8454
|
capturing |
CAPTURING, ppr. Seizing as a prize. |
8455
|
capuccio |
CAPUCCIO, n. A capuchin or hood. |
8456
|
capuched |
CAPUCHED, a. Covered with a hood. |
8457
|
capuchin |
CAPUCHIN, n. 1. A garment for females, consisting of a cloke and hood, made in imitation of the ... |
8458
|
capuchins |
CAPUCHINS, n. Monks of the order of St. Francis, who cover their heads with a capuce, capuchon, a ... |
8459
|
capucine |
CAPUCINE, n. A species of monkey, the sagoo or sai. |
8460
|
capulin |
CAPULIN, n. The Mexican cherry. |
8461
|
car |
CAR, CAER, CHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in ... |
8462
|
carabine |
CARABINE, |
8463
|
carabineer |
CARABINEER, n. A man who carries a carabine; one who carries a longer carabine than others, which ... |
8464
|
carac |
CARAC, |
8465
|
carack |
CARACK, n. A large ship of burden; a Portuguese Indiaman. |
8466
|
caracol |
CARACOL, n. 1. In the manege, a semi-round, or half turn which a horseman makes, either to the ... |
8467
|
caracoly |
CARACOLY, n. A mixture of gold, silver and copper, of which are made rings pendants and other toys ... |
8468
|
carat |
CARAT, n. 1. The weight of four grains, used by gold-smiths and jewelers in weighing precious ... |
8469
|
caravan |
CARAVAN, n. A company of travellers, pilgrims or merchants, marching or proceeding in a body over ... |
8470
|
caravansary |
CARAVANSARY, n. A place appointed for receiving and loading caravans; a kind of inn, where the ... |
8471
|
caravel |
CARAVEL, |
8472
|
caraway |
CARAWAY, n. A plant of the genus Carum, a biennial plant, with a taper root like a parsnip, which, ... |
8473
|
carbine |
CARBINE, n. A short gun or fire arm, carrying a ball of 24 to the pound, borne by light horsemen, ... |
8474
|
carbon |
CARBON, n. Pure charcoal; a simple body, black, brittle, light and inodorous. It is usually the ... |
8475
|
carbonaceous |
CARBONACEOUS, a. Pertaining to charcoal. [See Carbonic.] |
8476
|
carbonade |
CARBONADE, |
8477
|
carbonado |
CARBONADO, n. In cookery, flesh, fowl or the like, cut across, seasoned and broiled on coals. |
8478
|
carbonate |
CARBONATE, v.t. In chimistry, a compound formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base; as the ... |
8479
|
carbonated |
CARBONATED, a. Combined with carbon. |
8480
|
carboncle |
CARBONCLE, n. 1. An anthrax; an inflammatory tumor, or painful gangrenous boil or ulcer.2. A ... |
8481
|
carbonic |
CARBONIC, a. Pertaining to carbon, or obtained from it. The carbonic acid is a saturated ... |
8482
|
carboniferous |
CARBONIFEROUS, a. Producing carbon, or coal. |
8483
|
carbonization |
CARBONIZATION, n. The act or process of carbonizing. |
8484
|
carbonize |
CARBONIZE, v.t. To convert into carbon by combustion or the action of fire; to expel from wood or ... |
8485
|
carbonized |
CARBONIZED, pp. Converted into carbon or charcoal. |
8486
|
carbonohydrous |
CARBONOHYDROUS, a. Composed of carbon and hydrogen. |
8487
|
carbonous |
CARBONOUS, a. Carbonous acid is carbon not fully saturated with oxygen. |
8488
|
carbuncled |
CARBUNCLED, a. Set with carbuncles; spotted. |
8489
|
carbuncular |
CARBUNCULAR, a. Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed. |
8490
|
carbunculation |
CARBUNCULATION, n. The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold. |
8491
|
carburet |
CARBURET, n. A combination of carbon with a metal, earth or alkali. A combination of carbon with ... |
8492
|
carbureted |
CARBURETED, a. Combined with carbon, or holding carbon in colution; as carbureted hydrogen gas. ... |
8493
|
carcajo |
CARCAJO, n. The glutton, a voracious carnivorous animal. |
8494
|
carcanet |
CARCANET, n. A chain or collar of jewels. |
8495
|
carcass |
CARCASS, n. 1. The body of an animal; usually the body when dead. It is not applied to the ... |
8496
|
carcelage |
CARCELAGE, n. Prison fees. |
8497
|
carceral |
CARCERAL, a. Belonging to a prison. |
8498
|
carcinoma |
CARCINOMA, n. A cancer; also, a turgesence of the veins of the eye. |
8499
|
carcinomatous |
CARCINOMATOUS, a. Cancerous; like a cancer, or tending to it. |
8500
|
card |
CARD, n.1. A paper or pasteboard of a oblong figure, on which are painted figures or points; used ... |
8501
|
card-maker |
CARD-MAKER, n. A maker of cards. |
8502
|
card-match |
CARD-MATCH, n. A match made by dipping pieces of card in melted sulphur. |
8503
|
cardamine |
CARDAMINE, n. The plant, meadow cresses, or cuckow flower. |
8504
|
cardamom |
CARDAMOM, n. A plant of the genus Amomum, and its seeds, a native of India. The seeds of this ... |
8505
|
carded |
CARDED, pp. Combed; opened; cleansed with cards. |
8506
|
carder |
CARDER, n. One who cards wool; also, one who plays much at cards. |
8507
|
cardiac |
CARDIAC, |
8508
|
cardiacal |
CARDIACAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the heart.2. Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of ... |
8509
|
cardialgy |
CARDIALGY, n. The heart-burn, a violent sensation of heat and acrimony in the upper or left ... |
8510
|
cardinal |
CARDINAL, a. Chief, principal, preeminent, or fundamental; as the cardinal virtues, which Pagans ... |
8511
|
cardinalate |
CARDINALATE, |
8512
|
cardinalize |
CARDINALIZE, v.t. To make a cardinal. |
8513
|
cardinalship |
CARDINALSHIP, n. The office, rank or dignity of a cardinal. |
8514
|
carding |
CARDING, ppr. 1. Combing, as flax, wool, &c.2. The act of playing at cards. |
8515
|
carding-machine |
CARDING-MACHINE, n. A machine lately invented, for combing, breaking and cleansing wool and ... |
8516
|
cardioid |
CARDIOID, n. An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart. |
8517
|
cardite |
CARDITE, n. Fossil or petrified shells of the genus Cardium. |
8518
|
cardoon |
CARDOON, n. A species of Cynara, resembling the artichoke, but larger.ARD-TABLE, n. The table ... |
8519
|
care |
CARE, n. 1. Concern; anxiety; solicitude; nothing some degree of pain in the mind, from ... |
8520
|
care-crazed |
CARE-CRAZED, a. [care and craze.] Broken or disordered by care, or solicitude; as a care-crazed ... |
8521
|
care-defying |
CARE-DEFYING, a. Bidding defiance to care.CARE-DEFYING, a. Bidding defiance to care. |
8522
|
care-tuned |
CARE-TUNED, a. Tuned by care; mournful. |
8523
|
care-wounded |
CARE-WOUNDED, a. Wounded with care. |
8524
|
careen |
CAREEN, v.t. In sea language, to heave or bring a ship to lie on one side, for the purpose of ... |
8525
|
careened |
CAREENED, pp. Laid on one side; inclined. |
8526
|
careening |
CAREENING, ppr. Heaving down on one side; inclining.CAREENING, n. The act of heaving down on one ... |
8527
|
career |
CAREER, n. 1. A course; a race, or running; a rapid running; speed in motion.2. General course ... |
8528
|
careering |
CAREERING, pp. Running or moving with speed. |
8529
|
careful |
CAREFUL, a. [See Care.] 1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous.Martha, thou art careful and troubled ... |
8530
|
carefully |
CAREFULLY, adv. 1. With care, anxiety, or solicitude.Though he sought it carefully with tears. ... |
8531
|
carefulness |
CAREFULNESS, n. 1. Anxiety; solicitude.Drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness. ... |
8532
|
careless |
CARELESS, a. [care and less. See Loose.]1. Having no care; heedless; negligent; unthinking; ... |
8533
|
carelessly |
CARELESSLY, adv. In a careless manner or way; negligently; heedlessly; inattentively; without care ... |
8534
|
carelessness |
CARELESSNESS, n. Heedlessness; inattention; negligence; manner without care. |
8535
|
carentane |
CARENTANE, n. A papal indulgence, multiplying the remission of penance by forties. |
8536
|
caress |
CARESS, v.t. To treat with fondness, affection, or kindness; to fondle; to embrace with tender ... |
8537
|
caressed |
CARESSED, pp. Treated or embraced with affection. |
8538
|
caressing |
CARESSING, ppr. Treating with endearment, or affection. |
8539
|
caret |
CARET, n. In writing, this mark ^, which shows that something, omitted in the line, is interlined ... |
8540
|
cargason |
CARGASON, n. A cargo; which see. |
8541
|
cargo |
CARGO, n. The lading or freight of a ship; the goods, merchandize, or whatever is conveyed in a ... |
8542
|
cargoose |
CARGOOSE, n. A fowl belonging to the genus Colymbus, called the crested diver. The cheeks and ... |
8543
|
cariated |
CARIATED, a. Carious. [See Carious.] |
8544
|
cariboo |
CARIBOO, n. A quadruped of the stag kind. |
8545
|
carica |
CARICA, n. The papaw, a tree bearing a fleshy fruit of the size of a small melon. |
8546
|
caricature |
CARICATURE, n. A figure or description in which beauties are concealed and blemishes exaggerated, ... |
8547
|
caricaturist |
CARICATURIST, n. One who caricatures others. |
8548
|
caricography |
CARICOGRAPHY, n. A description of the plants of the genus Carex or sedge. |
8549
|
caricous |
CARICOUS, a. Resembling a fig an epithet given to tumors that resemble a fig, such as occur often ... |
8550
|
caries |
CARIES, n. The corruption or mortification of a bone; an ulcerated bone. |
8551
|
carillon |
CARILLON, n. A little bell. Also, a simple air in music, adapted to the performance of small ... |
8552
|
carinate |
CARINATE, |
8553
|
carinated |
CARINATED, a. In botany, shaped like the keel of a ship; having a longitudinal prominency on the ... |
8554
|
carinthin |
CARINTHIN, n. A mineral from Carinthia, regarded as a variety of hornblend. |
8555
|
cariosity |
CARIOSITY, n. [See Caries.] Mortification, or ulceration of a bone. |
8556
|
carious |
CARIOUS, a. Mortified; corrupted; ulcerated; as a bone. |
8557
|
cark |
CARK, n. Care; anxiety; concern; solicitude; distress.CARK, v.i. To be careful, anxious, ... |
8558
|
carking |
CARKING, pp. Distressing; perplexing; giving anxiety. |
8559
|
carle |
CARLE, n. 1. A rude, rustic, rough, brutal man.2. A kind of hemp.CARLE, v.i. To act like a ... |
8560
|
carline |
CARLINE, OR CAROLINE, n. A silver coin in Naples. |
8561
|
carline-thistle |
CARLINE-THISTLE, n. A genus of plants growing in the south of France, and one a native of Great ... |
8562
|
carling |
CARLING, n. A piece of timber in a ship, ranging fore and aft, from one deck beam to another, ... |
8563
|
carlish |
CARLISH, CARLISHNESS. [See Churlish.] |
8564
|
carlishness |
CARLISH, CARLISHNESS. [See Churlish.] |
8565
|
carlock |
CARLOCK, n. A sort of isinglass from Russia, made of the sturgeons bladder, and used in clarifying ... |
8566
|
carlot |
CARLOT, n. A countryman. [See Carle.] |
8567
|
carlovingian |
CARLOVINGIAN, a. Pertaining to Charlemagne; as the Carlovingian race of kings. |
8568
|
carman |
CARMAN, n. [car and man.] A man whose employment is to drive a cart, or to convey goods and other ... |
8569
|
carmelin |
CARMELIN, |
8570
|
carmelite |
CARMELITE, a. Belonging to the order of Carmelites.CARMELITE, n. [from Mount Carmel.] 1. A ... |
8571
|
carminative |
CARMINATIVE, n. A medicine, which tends to expel wind, or to remedy colic and flatulencies. |
8572
|
carmine |
CARMINE, n. A powder or pigment, of a beautiful red or crimson color, bordering on purple, and ... |
8573
|
carnage |
CARNAGE, n. 1. Literally, flesh, or heaps of flesh, as in shambles.2. Slaughter; great ... |
8574
|
carnal |
CARNAL, a.1. Pertaining to flesh; fleshly; sensual; opposed to spiritual; as carnal pleasure.2. ... |
8575
|
carnal-minded |
CARNAL-MINDED, a. Worldly-minded. |
8576
|
carnal-mindedness |
CARNAL-MINDEDNESS, n. Grossness of mind. |
8577
|
carnalist |
CARNALIST, n. One given to the indulgence of sensual appetites. |
8578
|
carnalite |
CARNALITE, n. A worldly-minded man. |
8579
|
carnality |
CARNALITY, n. 1. Fleshly lust, or desires, or the indulgence of those lusts; sensuality.2. ... |
8580
|
carnalize |
CARNALIZE, v.t. To make carnal; to debase to carnality. |
8581
|
carnally |
CARNALLY, adv. In a carnal manner; according to the flesh; in a manner to gratify the flesh or ... |
8582
|
carnation |
CARNATION, n. 1. Flesh color; the parts of a picture which are naked, or without drapery, ... |
8583
|
carnationed |
CARNATIONED, a. Made like carnation color. |
8584
|
carnaval |
CARNAVAL, n. The feast or season of rejoicing, before Lent, observed, in Catholic countries, with ... |
8585
|
carnelian |
CARNELIAN, n. A siliceous stone, a variety of chalcedony, of a deep red, flesh-red, or reddish ... |
8586
|
carneous |
CARNEOUS, a. Fleshy; having the qualities of flesh. |
8587
|
carney |
CARNEY, n. A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that they cannot eat. |
8588
|
carnification |
CARNIFICATION, n. A turning to flesh. |
8589
|
carnify |
CARNIFY, v.i. To form flesh; to receive flesh in growth. |
8590
|
carnival |
CARNIVAL, |
8591
|
carnivoracity |
CARNIVORACITY, n. Greediness of appetite for flesh. |
8592
|
carnivorous |
CARNIVOROUS, a. Eating or feeding on flesh; an epithet applied to animals which naturally seek ... |
8593
|
carnosity |
CARNOSITY, n. A little fleshy excrescence in the urethra, the neck of the bladder, &c. |
8594
|
carnous |
CARNOUS, a. Fleshy. [See Carneous.] |
8595
|
carob |
CAROB, n. The carob-tree, Ceratonia siliqua, a native of Spain, Italy, and the Levant. It is an ... |
8596
|
caroche |
CAROCHE, n. A carriage of pleasure. |
8597
|
caroched |
CAROCHED, a. Placed in a caroche. |
8598
|
carol |
CAROL, n. A song of joy and exultation; a song of devotion; or a song in general.CAROL, v.i. To ... |
8599
|
carolina |
CAROLINA, n. The name of two of the Atlantic States in North America, called North Carolina and ... |
8600
|
caroline |
CARLINE, OR CAROLINE, n. A silver coin in Naples. |
8601
|
caroling |
CAROLING, n. A song of praise or devotion. |
8602
|
carolinian |
CAROLINIAN, a. Pertaining to Carolina.CAROLINIAN, n. A native or inhabitant of Carolina. |
8603
|
caromel |
CAROMEL, n. The smell exhaled by sugar, at a calcining heat. |
8604
|
carotid |
CAROTID, a. The carotid arteries, in the body, are two arteries, the right and left, which convey ... |
8605
|
carousal |
CAROUSAL, n. s as z. [See Carouse.] A feast or festival.But in America it signifies a noisy ... |
8606
|
carouse |
CAROUSE, v.i. carouz. To drink hard; to guzzle. In the United States, it signifies also to be ... |
8607
|
carouser |
CAROUSER, n. A drinker; a toper; a noisy reveler, or bacchanalian. |
8608
|
carousing |
CAROUSING, ppr. Drinking hard; reveling. |
8609
|
carp |
CARP, v.i. Literally, to snap or catch at, or to pick. Hence, to censure, cavil, or find fault, ... |
8610
|
carpal |
CARPAL, a. Pertaining to the wrist. |
8611
|
carpathian |
CARPATHIAN, a. Pertaining to the Carpates, a range of mountains between Poland, Hungary and ... |
8612
|
carpenter |
CARPENTER, n. An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, and of ships. ... |
8613
|
carpentry |
CARPENTRY, n. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, in the construction of buildings; ... |
8614
|
carper |
CARPER, n. One who carps; a caviler. |
8615
|
carpet |
CARPET, n. 1. A covering for floors, tables, stairs, &c. This covering is usually made of wool, ... |
8616
|
carpet-walk |
CARPET-WALK, n. A walk on smooth turf. |
8617
|
carpeted |
CARPETED, pp. Covered with a carpet. |
8618
|
carpeting |
CARPETING, n. Cloth for carpets; carpets in general. |
8619
|
carping |
CARPING, ppr. Caviling; captious; censorious.CARPING, n. The act of caviling; a cavil; ... |
8620
|
carpingly |
CARPINGLY, adv. Captiously; in a carping manner. |
8621
|
carpmeals |
CARPMEALS, n. A kind of coarse cloth made in the North of England. |
8622
|
carpolite |
CARPOLITE, n. Petrified fruits, of which the most remarkable are nuts converted into silex. |
8623
|
carpologist |
CARPOLOGIST, n. One who describes fruits. |
8624
|
carpology |
CARPOLOGY, n. A description of fruits. |
8625
|
carpus |
CARPUS, n. The wrist, but not an English word. |
8626
|
carraway |
CARRAWAY, n. A kind of apple. |
8627
|
carriable |
CARRIABLE, a. That may be carried. |
8628
|
carriage |
CARRIAGE, n.1. The act of carrying, bearing, transporting, or conveying; as the carriage of ... |
8629
|
carriboo |
CARRIBOO. [See Cariboo.] |
8630
|
carrick-bend |
CARRICK-BEND, n. [See Carry.]1. One who carries; that which carries or conveys; also, a ... |
8631
|
carrion |
CARRION, n. 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of animals; flesh so corrupted as to be ... |
8632
|
carronade |
CARRONADE, n. A short piece of ordnance, having a large caliber, and a chamber for the powder, ... |
8633
|
carroon |
CARROON, n. 1. In London, a rent received for the privilege of driving a cart.2. A species of ... |
8634
|
carrot |
CARROT, n. An esculent root, of the genus Daucus, cultivated for the table and for cattle. |
8635
|
carroty |
CARROTY, a. Like a carrot in color; an epithet given to red hair. |
8636
|
carrows |
CARROWS, n. In Ireland, people who wander about and get their living by cards and dice; strolling ... |
8637
|
carry |
CARRY, v.t. 1. To bear, convey, or transport, by sustaining and moving the thing carried, either ... |
8638
|
carry-tale |
CARRY-TALE, n. A tale-bearer. |
8639
|
carrying |
CARRYING, ppr. Bearing, conveying, removing, &c.CARRYING, n. A bearing, conveying, removing, ... |
8640
|
cart |
CART, n. 1. A carriage with two wheels, fitted to be drawn by one horse, or by a yoke of oxen, ... |
8641
|
cart-bote |
CART-BOTE, n. In English law, wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts ... |
8642
|
cart-horse |
CART-HORSE, n. A horse that draws a cart. |
8643
|
cart-jade |
CART-JADE, n. A sorry horse; a horse used in drawing, or fit only for the cart. |
8644
|
cart-load |
CART-LOAD, n. A load borne on a cart; as much as is usually carried at once on a cart, or as is ... |
8645
|
cart-rope |
CART-ROPE, n. A rope for binding hay, or other articles on a cart. |
8646
|
cart-rut |
CART-RUT, n. The cut or track of a cartwheel. [See Route.] |
8647
|
cart-tire |
CART-TIRE, n. The tire, or iron bands, used to bind the wheels of a cart. |
8648
|
cart-way |
CART-WAY, n. A way that is or may be passed with carts, or other wheel carriages. |
8649
|
cart-wheel |
CART-WHEEL, n. The wheel of a cart. |
8650
|
cart-wright |
CART-WRIGHT, n. An artificer who makes carts.Carte-blanche. A blank paper, signed at the bottom ... |
8651
|
cartage |
CARTAGE, n. The act of carrying in a cart, or the price paid for carting. |
8652
|
carted |
CARTED, pp. Borne or exposed in a cart. |
8653
|
cartel |
CARTEL, n. 1. A writing or agreement between states at war, for the exchange of prisoners, or for ... |
8654
|
carter |
CARTER, n. The man who drives a cart, or whose occupation is to drive a cart. |
8655
|
cartesian |
CARTESIAN, a. Pertaining to the philosopher Des Cartes, or to his philosophy, which taught the ... |
8656
|
carthaginian |
CARTHAGINIAN, a. Pertaining to ancient Carthage, a celebrated city on the Northern Coast of ... |
8657
|
carthamus |
CARTHAMUS, n. The generic name of Bastard Saffron. [See Safflower.] |
8658
|
carthusian |
CARTHUSIAN, n. One of an order of monks, so called from Chartreuse, the place of their ... |
8659
|
cartilage |
CARTILAGE, n. Gristle; a smooth, solid, elastic substance, softer than bone, of a pearly color and ... |
8660
|
cartilaginous |
CARTILAGINOUS, a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling a cartilage; gristly; consisting of cartilage.2. ... |
8661
|
carting |
CARTING, ppr. Conveying or exposing in a cart.CARTING, n. The act of carrying in a cart. |
8662
|
cartoon |
CARTOON n. In painting, a design drawn on strong paper, to be afterward calked through and ... |
8663
|
cartouch |
CARTOUCH, n. 1. A case of wood, about three inches thick at the bottom girt with marlin, holding ... |
8664
|
cartridge |
CARTRIDGE, n. [a corruption of cartouch.] A case of pasteboard or parchment, holding the charge of ... |
8665
|
cartridge-box |
CARTRIDGE-BOX, n. A case, usually of wood, covered with leather, with cells for cartridges. It is ... |
8666
|
cartulary |
CARTULARY, n. A register-book, or record, as of a monastery. Blackstone writes it chartulary; and ... |
8667
|
carucate |
CARUCATE, n. As much land as one team can plow in the year. |
8668
|
caruncle |
CARUNCLE, n. 1. A small fleshy excrescence, either natural or morbid.2. The fleshy comb on the ... |
8669
|
caruncular |
CARUNCULAR, a. In the form of a caruncle. |
8670
|
carunculated |
CARUNCULATED, a. Having a fleshy excrescence, or soft fleshy protuberance. |
8671
|
carve |
CARVE, v.t.1. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at tale.2. To cut wood, stone or other ... |
8672
|
carved |
CARVED, pp. Cut or divided; engraved; formed by carving. |
8673
|
carvel |
CARVEL, n. 1. A small vessel on the coast of France, used in the herring fishery. These vessels ... |
8674
|
carver |
CARVER, n. 1. One who cuts meat at tale; a sculptor; one who apportions or distributes at will, ... |
8675
|
carving |
CARVING, ppr. Cutting, dividing, as meat; cutting in stone, wood or metal; apportioning; ... |
8676
|
caryates |
CARYATES, |
8677
|
caryatic |
CARYATIC, a. Pertaining to the Caryans or Caryatides. |
8678
|
caryatides |
CARYATIDES, n. In architecture, figures of women dressed in long robes, after the Asiatic manner, ... |
8679
|
caryon |
CARYON, v.t 1. To sketch with a crayon. Hence, 2. To sketch; to plan; to commit to paper ones first ... |
8680
|
caryophylleous |
CARYOPHYLLEOUS, n. Having five petals with long claws, in a tubular calyx; applied to flowers. |
8681
|
caryophylloid |
CARYOPHYLLOID, n. A species of mica, the scales of which are concentric and perpendicular. |
8682
|
casarca |
CASARCA, n. A fowl of the genus Anas, called also ruddy-goose, larger than a mallard, found in ... |
8683
|
cascabel |
CASCABEL, n. The knob or pummelion of a cannon. |
8684
|
cascade |
CASCADE, n. A waterfall; a steep fall or flowing of water over a precipice, in a river or natural ... |
8685
|
cascalho |
CASCALHO, n. In Brazil, a deposit of pebbles, gravel and sand in which the diamond is usually ... |
8686
|
case |
CASE, n. 1. A covering, box or sheath; that which incloses or contains; as a case for knives; a ... |
8687
|
case-harden |
CASE-HARDEN, v.t. To harden the outer part or superficies, as of iron, by converting it into ... |
8688
|
case-knife |
CASE-KNIFE, n. A large table knife, often kept in a case. |
8689
|
case-worm |
CASE-WORM, n. A worm that makes itself a case. |
8690
|
cased |
CASED, pp. Covered with a case. |
8691
|
caseic |
CASEIC, a. The caseic acid is the acid of cheese, or a substance so called, extracted from cheese. |
8692
|
casemate |
CASEMATE, n. 1. In fortification, a vault of masons work in the flank of a bastion, next to the ... |
8693
|
casement |
CASEMENT, n. 1. A hollow molding, usually one sixth or one fourth of a circle.2. A little ... |
8694
|
caseous |
CASEOUS, a. Like cheese; having the qualities of cheese. |
8695
|
casern |
CASERN, n. A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart, containing each two ... |
8696
|
caseshot |
CASESHOT, n. Musket balls, stones, old iron, &c., put in cases, to be discharged from cannon. |
8697
|
cash |
CASH, n. Money; primarily, ready money, money in chest or on hand, in bank or at command. It is ... |
8698
|
cash-account |
CASH-ACCOUNT, n. An account of money received, paid, or on hand. |
8699
|
cash-book |
CASH-BOOK, n. A book in which is kept a register or account of money. |
8700
|
cash-keeper |
CASH-KEEPER, n. One entrusted with the keeping of money. |
8701
|
cashew-nut |
CASHEW-NUT, n. A tree of the West-Indies, Anacardium, bearing a kidney-shaped nut. The fruit is ... |
8702
|
cashier |
CASHIER, n. One who has charge of money; as cash-keeper. In a banking institution, the cashier is ... |
8703
|
cashiered |
CASHIERED, pp. Dismissed; discarded; annulled. |
8704
|
cashierer |
CASHIERER, n. One who rejects discards or breaks; as a cashierer of monarchs. |
8705
|
cashiering |
CASHIERING, ppr. Discarding; dismissing from service. |
8706
|
cashoo |
CASHOO, n. The juice or gum of a tree in the East Indies. |
8707
|
casing |
CASING, ppr. Covering with a case.CASING, n. 1. The act or operation of plastering a house with ... |
8708
|
cask |
CASK, n. A head-piece; a helmet; a piece of defensive armor, to cover and protect the head and ... |
8709
|
casket |
CASKET, n.1. A small chest or box, for jewels or other small articles.2. In seamens language, a ... |
8710
|
caspian |
CASPIAN, a. An epithet given to a large lake between Persia and Astracan, called the Caspian Sea. |
8711
|
cass |
CASS, v.t. To quash; to defeat; to annul. |
8712
|
cassada |
CASSADA, |
8713
|
cassamunair |
CASSAMUNAIR, n. An aromatic vegetable brought from the east. |
8714
|
cassate |
CASSATE, v.t. To vacate, annul, or make void. |
8715
|
cassation |
CASSATION, n. The act of annulling. In France there is a court of Cassation. |
8716
|
cassavi |
CASSAVI, n. A plant, of the genus Jatropha, of different species. The roots of the manihot or ... |
8717
|
cassia |
CASSIA, n. A genus of plants of many species, among which are the fistula, or purging cassia, and ... |
8718
|
cassidony |
CASSIDONY, n. A species of plant, Gnaphalium, cotton-weed, cudweed or goldylocks; also, Lavandula ... |
8719
|
cassimer |
CASSIMER, n. A thin twilled woolen cloth. |
8720
|
cassino |
CASSINO, n. A game at cards. |
8721
|
cassiobury |
CASSIOBURY, n. A species of plant, of the genus Cassine, of which the most remarkable species is ... |
8722
|
cassiopeia |
CASSIOPEIA, n. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, situated near to Cepheus, as the ... |
8723
|
cassiteria |
CASSITERIA, n. A kind of crystals which appear to have an admixture of tin. The color is brown or ... |
8724
|
cassock |
CASSOCK, n. A robe or gown worn over the other garments, particularly by the clergy. A close ... |
8725
|
cassocked |
CASSOCKED, a. Clothed with a cassock. The cassockd huntsman. |
8726
|
cassonade |
CASSONADE, n. Cask-sugar; sugar not refined. |
8727
|
cassowary |
CASSOWARY, n. A large fowl of the genus Struthio, nearly as large as the ostrich, but its legs are ... |
8728
|
cast |
CAST, v.t. pret. And pp. cast.1. To throw, fling or send; that is, to drive from, by force, as ... |
8729
|
castalian |
CASTALIAN, a. Pertaining to Castalia, a cool spring on Parnassus, sacred to the muses; as ... |
8730
|
castanet |
CASTANET, n. An instrument of music formed of small concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped ... |
8731
|
castaway |
CASTAWAY, n. That which is thrown away. A person abandoned by God, as unworthy of his favor; a ... |
8732
|
casted |
CASTED, pp. For cast, is not in use. |
8733
|
castellan |
CASTELLAN, n. A governor or constable of a castle. In Poland, the name of a dignity or charge; a ... |
8734
|
castellany |
CASTELLANY, n. [See Castle.] The lordship belonging to a castle; or the extent, of its land and ... |
8735
|
castellated |
CASTELLATED, a.1. Inclosed in a building, as a fountain or cistern.2. Adorned with turrets, and ... |
8736
|
castellation |
CASTELLATION, n. The act of fortifying a house and rendering it a castle. |
8737
|
caster |
CASTER, n. 1. One who throws or casts; one who computes; a calculator; one who calculates ... |
8738
|
castigate |
CASTIGATE, v.t. To chastise; to punish by stripes; to correct; to chasten; to check. |
8739
|
castigated |
CASTIGATED, pp. Punished; corrected. |
8740
|
castigating |
CASTIGATING, ppr. Punishing; correcting; chastising. |
8741
|
castigation |
CASTIGATION, n. 1. Punishment; correction; penance; discipline; emendation; restraint.2. Among ... |
8742
|
castigator |
CASTIGATOR, n. One who corrects. |
8743
|
castigatory |
CASTIGATORY, a. Tending to correction; corrective; punitive.CASTIGATORY, n. An engine formerly ... |
8744
|
castile-soap |
CASTILE-SOAP, n. A kind of pure, refined soap. |
8745
|
castilian |
CASTILIAN, a. Pertaining to Castile in Spain.CASTILIAN, n. An inhabitant or native of Castile in ... |
8746
|
casting |
CASTING, ppr. Throwing; sending; computing; calculating; turning; giving a preponderancy; ... |
8747
|
casting-net |
CASTING-NET, n. A net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. |
8748
|
casting-voice |
CASTING-VOICE, n. The vote of a presiding officer, in an assembly or council, which decides a ... |
8749
|
casting-vote |
CASTING-VOTE, |
8750
|
castle |
CASTLE, n. 1. A house fortified for defense against an enemy; a fortress. The term seems to ... |
8751
|
castle-builder |
CASTLE-BUILDER, n. One who forms visionary schemes.CASTLE-BUILDER, n. The act of building castles ... |
8752
|
castle-crowned |
CASTLE-CROWNED, a. Crowned with a castle. |
8753
|
castle-guard |
CASTLE-GUARD, n. A feudal tenure, or knight service, which obliged the tenant to perform service ... |
8754
|
castle-ward |
CASTLE-WARD, n. An imposition laid upon subjects dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, ... |
8755
|
castled |
CASTLED, a. Furnished with castles; as a castled elephant. |
8756
|
castlery |
CASTLERY, n. The government of a castle. |
8757
|
castlet |
CASTLET, n. A small castle. |
8758
|
castling |
CASTLING, n. An abortion or abortive. |
8759
|
castor |
CASTOR, n.1. A beaver, an amphibious quadruped, with a flat ovate tail, short ears, a blunt nose, ... |
8760
|
castor-oil |
CASTOR-OIL, n. The oil of the Ricinus, or Palma Christi, a plant of the West Indies, which grows ... |
8761
|
castorin |
CASTORIN, |
8762
|
castorine |
CASTORINE, n. An animal principle discovered in castor, and prepared by boiling castor in six ... |
8763
|
castrametation |
CASTRAMETATION, n. The art or act of encamping; the marking or laying out of a camp. |
8764
|
castrate |
CASTRATE, v.t. 1. To geld; to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate.2. To take away or ... |
8765
|
castrated |
CASTRATED, pp. Gelded; emasculated; purified from obscene expressions. |
8766
|
castrating |
CASTRATING, ppr. Gelding; taking away the obscene parts of a writing. |
8767
|
castration |
CASTRATION, n. The act of gelding; the act or practice of making eunuchs; the act of taking away ... |
8768
|
castrato |
CASTRATO, n. A male person emasculated for the purpose of improving his voice for a singer. |
8769
|
castrel |
CASTREL or KESTREL, n. A kind of hawk, resembling the lanner in shape and the hobby in size. |
8770
|
castrensian |
CASTRENSIAN, a. Belonging to a camp. |
8771
|
casual |
CASUAL, a.1. Falling; happening or coming to pass without design in the person or persons ... |
8772
|
casually |
CASUALLY, adv. Accidentally; fortuitously; without design; by chance. |
8773
|
casualness |
CASUALNESS, n. Accidentalness; the quality of being casual. |
8774
|
casualty |
CASUALTY, n. 1. Accident; that which comes by chance or without design, or without being foreseen; ... |
8775
|
casuist |
CASUIST, n. One who studies and resolves cases of conscience.The judgment of any casuist or leaned ... |
8776
|
casuistic |
CASUISTIC, |
8777
|
casuistical |
CASUISTICAL, a. Relating to cases of conscience, or to cases of doubtful propriety. |
8778
|
casuistry |
CASUISTRY, n. The science or doctrine of cases of conscience; the science of resolving cases of ... |
8779
|
cat |
CAT, n. 1. A name applied to certain species of carnivorous quadrupeds, of the genus Felis. The ... |
8780
|
cat-block |
CAT-BLOCK, n. A two or three fold block with an iron strop and large hook, used to draw up an ... |
8781
|
cat-eyed |
CAT-EYED, a. Having eyes like a cat. |
8782
|
cat-fish |
CAT-FISH, n. A species of the Squalus, or shark. The cat-fish of the N. American rivers is a ... |
8783
|
cat-gut |
CAT-GUT, n. The intestines of sheep or lambs, dried and twisted together, used as strings for ... |
8784
|
cat-harpings |
CAT-HARPINGS, n. Ropes serving to brace in the shrouds of the lower masts behind their respective ... |
8785
|
cat-head |
CAT-HEAD, n. A strong beam projecting horizontally horizontally over a ships bows, carrying two or ... |
8786
|
cat-like |
CAT-LIKE. A. Resembling a cat. |
8787
|
cat-mint |
CAT-MINT, n. A plant of the genus Nepeta, so called because cats eat it. |
8788
|
cat-pipe |
CAT-PIPE, n. [See Catcall.] |
8789
|
cat-salt |
CAT-SALT, n. A sort of salt beautifully granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach-brine, used ... |
8790
|
cat-tail |
CAT-TAIL, n. 1. A species of reed, of the genus Typha, the downy substance of which is used for ... |
8791
|
catabaptist |
CATABAPTIST, n. One who opposes baptism. |
8792
|
catacaustic |
CATACAUSTIC, a. Catacaustic curves, in geometry, are that species of caustic curves, which are ... |
8793
|
catachresis |
CATACHRESIS, n. An abuse of a trope or of words; a figure in rhetoric, when one word is abusively ... |
8794
|
catachrestical |
CATACHRESTICAL, a. Belonging to a catachresis; forced; far-fetched; wrested from its natural ... |
8795
|
catachrestically |
CATACHRESTICALLY, adv. In a forced manner. |
8796
|
catachresttic |
CATACHRESTTIC, |
8797
|
cataclysm |
CATACLYSM, n. A deluge, or overflowing of water; particularly, the flood in Noahs days. |
8798
|
catacomb |
CATACOMB, n. A cave, grotto or subterraneous place for the burial of the dead. It is said to have ... |
8799
|
catacoustics |
CATACOUSTICS, n. That part of acoustics or the doctrine of sounds, which treats of reflected ... |
8800
|
catadioptric |
CATADIOPTRIC,TRICAL, a. Reflecting light. |
8801
|
catadupe |
CATADUPE, n. A cataract or waterfall. |
8802
|
catagmatic |
CATAGMATIC, a. That has the quality of consolidating broken parts; promoting the union of ... |
8803
|
catagraph |
CATAGRAPH, n. The first draught o a picture; also, a profile. |
8804
|
catalectic |
CATALECTIC, a. Pertaining to metrical composition, or to measure.Catalectic verses, are such as ... |
8805
|
catalepsis |
CATALEPSIS, |
8806
|
catalepsy |
CATALEPSY, . A sudden suppression of motion and sensation, a kind of apoplexy, in which the ... |
8807
|
cataleptic |
CATALEPTIC, a. Pertaining to catalepsy. |
8808
|
catalogize |
CATALOGIZE, v.t. To insert in a catalogue. |
8809
|
catalogue |
CATALOGUE, n. A list or enumeration of the names of men or things disposed in a certain order, ... |
8810
|
catalpa |
CATALPA, n. A large tree of Carolina and the South, which in blossom has a beautiful appearance. ... |
8811
|
catalysis |
CATALYSIS, n. Dissolution. |
8812
|
catamenial |
CATAMENIAL, a. Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges. |
8813
|
catamite |
CATAMITE, n. A boy kept for unnatural purposes. |
8814
|
catamount |
CATAMOUNT, n. Cat of the mountain, the wild cat. |
8815
|
catapasm |
CATAPASM, n. A dry powder for sprinkling the body. |
8816
|
catapelt |
CATAPELT, or CATAPULT, n. A military engine used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing ... |
8817
|
catapeltic |
CATAPELTIC, a. Pertaining to the catapelt. As a noun, the catapelt. |
8818
|
cataphonics |
CATAPHONICS, n. The doctrine of reflected sounds, a branch of acoustics. |
8819
|
cataphract |
CATAPHRACT, n.1. In the ancient military art, a piece of heavy defensive armor, formed of cloth or ... |
8820
|
cataplasm |
CATAPLASM, n. A poultice; a soft and moist substance to be applied to some part of the body, to ... |
8821
|
catapuce |
CATAPUCE, n. The herb spurge. |
8822
|
catapult |
CATAPELT, or CATAPULT, n. A military engine used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing ... |
8823
|
cataract |
CATARACT, n. 1. A great fall of water over a precipice; as that of Niagara, of the Rhine, Danube ... |
8824
|
catarrh |
CATARRH, n. catar. A defluxion, or increased secretion of mucus from the membranes of the nose, ... |
8825
|
catarrhal |
CATARRHAL, |
8826
|
catarrhous |
CATARRHOUS, a. Pertaining to catarrh, produced by it or attending it; as a catarrhal fever. |
8827
|
catasterism |
CATASTERISM, n. A constellation, or a placing among the stars. |
8828
|
catastrophe |
CATASTROPHE, |
8829
|
catastrophy |
CATASTROPHY, n. 1. The change or revolution which produces the final event of a dramatic piece; ... |
8830
|
catcall |
CATCALL, n. A squeaking instrument, used in play-houses to condemn plays. |
8831
|
catch |
CATCH, v.t.1. To seize or lay hold on with the hand; carrying the sense of pursuit, thrusting ... |
8832
|
catch-fly |
CATCH-FLY, n. A plant of the genus Lychnis; campion. |
8833
|
catch-poll |
CATCH-POLL, n. A bailiffs assistant, so called by way of reproach. |
8834
|
catch-word |
CATCH-WORD, n. Among printers, the word placed at the bottom of each page, under the last line, ... |
8835
|
catchable |
CATCHABLE, a. That may be caught. |
8836
|
catcher |
CATCHER, n. One who catches; that which catches, or in which any thing is caught. |
8837
|
catching |
CATCHING, ppr. Seizing; taking hold; ensnaring; entangling.CATCHING, a. Communicating, or that ... |
8838
|
catchpenny |
CATCHPENNY, n. Something worthless, particularly a book or pamphlet, adapted to the popular taste, ... |
8839
|
catchup |
CATCHUP, |
8840
|
cate |
CATE, n. [See Cates.] |
8841
|
catechetical |
CATECHETICAL, a. [See Catechise.] 1. Relating to oral instruction, and particularly in the first ... |
8842
|
catechetically |
CATECHETICALLY, adv. By question and answer; in the way of oral instruction. |
8843
|
catechise |
CATECHISE, v.t.1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations ... |
8844
|
catechised |
CATECHISED, pp. Instructed. |
8845
|
catechiser |
CATECHISER, n. One who catechises; one who instructs by question and answer, and particularly in ... |
8846
|
catechising |
CATECHISING, ppr. Instructing in rudiments or principles. |
8847
|
catechism |
CATECHISM, n. 1. A form of instruction by means of questions and answers, particularly in the ... |
8848
|
catechist |
CATECHIST, n. One who instructs viva voice, or by question and answer; a catechiser; one appointed ... |
8849
|
catechistic |
CATECHISTIC, |
8850
|
catechistical |
CATECHISTICAL, a. Pertaining to a catechist, or catechism. |
8851
|
catechu |
CATECHU, n. Terra Japonica, a dry extract, or brown astringent substance, obtained by decoction ... |
8852
|
catechumen |
CATECHUMEN, n. One who is in the first rudiments of Christianity; one who is receiving instruction ... |
8853
|
catechumenical |
CATECHUMENICAL, a. Belonging to catechumens. |
8854
|
catechumenist |
CATECHUMENIST, n. A catechumen. |
8855
|
categorical |
CATEGORICAL, a.1. Pertaining to a category.2. Absolute; positive; express; not relative or ... |
8856
|
category |
CATEGORY, n. In logic, a series or order of all the predicates or attributes contained under a ... |
8857
|
catenarian |
CATENARIAN, |
8858
|
catenary |
CATENARY, a. Relating to a chain; like a chain. The catenarian curve, in geometry, is formed by a ... |
8859
|
catenate |
CATENATE, v.t. To chain, or rather to connect in a series of links or ties. |
8860
|
catenation |
CATENATION, n. Connection of links, union of parts, as in a chain; regular connection. [See ... |
8861
|
cater |
CATER, v.i. To provide food; to buy or procure provisions; followed by for; as, to cater for the ... |
8862
|
cater-cousin |
CATER-COUSIN, n. A quaere-cousin, a remote relation. |
8863
|
caterer |
CATERER, n. A provider, buyer or purveyor of provision. |
8864
|
cateress |
CATERESS, n. A woman who caters; a female provider of food. |
8865
|
caterpillar |
CATERPILLAR, n. The colored and often hairy larva of the lepidopterous insects. This term is also ... |
8866
|
caterpillar-eater |
CATERPILLAR-EATER, n. A worm bred in the body of a caterpillar, which eats it. |
8867
|
caterwaul |
CATERWAUL, v.i. To cry or wall, as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh offensive noise. |
8868
|
caterwauling |
CATERWAULING, n. The cry of cats; a harsh disagreeable noise or cry. |
8869
|
cates |
CATES, n. Delicious food or viands; dainties. |
8870
|
cath-arist |
CATH-ARIST, n. One who pretends to more purity than others possess. |
8871
|
cathartic |
CATHARTIC, |
8872
|
cathartical |
CATHARTICAL, a. Purging; cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. |
8873
|
catharticalness |
CATHARTICALNESS, n. The quality of promoting discharges from the bowels. |
8874
|
cathedral |
CATHEDRAL, n. The see or seat of a bishop; the principal church in a diocese.CATHEDRAL, a. 1. ... |
8875
|
cathedrated |
CATHEDRATED, a. Relating to the authority of the chair or office of a teacher. |
8876
|
catheter |
CATHETER, n. In surgery, a tubular instrument, usually made of silver, to be introduced into the ... |
8877
|
cathetus |
CATHETUS n. In geometry, a line or radius, falling perpendicularly on another line or surface; as ... |
8878
|
catholic |
CATHOLIC, a. 1. Universal or general; as the Catholic church. Originally this epithet was given ... |
8879
|
catholicize |
CATHOLICIZE, v.i. To become a catholic. |
8880
|
catholicly |
CATHOLICLY, adv. Generally; in a catholic manner. |
8881
|
catholicness |
CATHOLICNESS, n. Universality. |
8882
|
catholicon |
CATHOLICON, n. A remedy for all diseases; a universal remedy; a remedy supposed to be efficacious ... |
8883
|
catilinism |
CATILINISM, n. The practices of Catiline, the Roman conspirator; conspiracy. |
8884
|
catkin |
CATKIN, n. In botany, a species of calyx or rather of inflorescence, from a common chaffy ... |
8885
|
catling |
CATLING, n. 1. A dismembering knife, used by surgeons.2. The down or moss growing about walnut ... |
8886
|
catonian |
CATONIAN, a. Pertaining to or resembling Cato, the Roman, who was remarkable for his severity of ... |
8887
|
catopter |
CATOPTER, |
8888
|
catoptric |
CATOPTRIC, |
8889
|
catoptrical |
CATOPTRICAL, a. [See Catoptrics.] Relating to catoptries, or vision by reflection. |
8890
|
catoptrics |
CATOPTRICS, n. That part of optics which explains the properties of reflected light, and ... |
8891
|
catoptromancy |
CATOPTROMANCY, n. A species of divination among the ancients, which was performed by letting down ... |
8892
|
catoptron |
CATOPTRON, n. An optical glass or instrument. |
8893
|
cats-eye |
CATS-EYE, n. Sun-stone, a subspecies of quartz, called in Latin oculus cati or onycopalus, from ... |
8894
|
cats-foot |
CATS-FOOT, n. A plant of the genus Glechoma, ground ivy, or gill. |
8895
|
cats-head |
CATS-HEAD, n. A kind of apple. |
8896
|
cats-paw |
CATS-PAW, n. 1. Among seamen, a light air perceived, in a calm, by a rippling of the surface of ... |
8897
|
catsilver |
CATSILVER, n. A fossil, a species of mica. |
8898
|
catsup |
CATSUP, n. A liquor extracted from mushrooms, used as a sauce. |
8899
|
cattery |
CATTERY, n. The place where provisions are deposited. |
8900
|
cattle |
CATTLE, n. 1. Beasts or quadrupeds in general, serving for tillage, or other labor, and for food ... |
8901
|
caucasean |
CAUCASEAN, a. Pertaining to Mount Caucasus in Asia. |
8902
|
caucasian |
CAUCASIAN, |
8903
|
caucus |
CAUCUS, n. A word used in America to denote a meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be ... |
8904
|
caudal |
CAUDAL, a. Pertaining to a tail; or to the thread which terminates the seed of a plant. |
8905
|
caudate |
CAUDATE, |
8906
|
caudated |
CAUDATED, |
8907
|
caudex |
CAUDEX, n. In botany, the stem of a tree. Linne uses the word for the stock which proceeds from a ... |
8908
|
caudle |
CAUDLE, n. A kind of warm broth, a mixture of wine and other ingredients prepared for the ... |
8909
|
cauf |
CAUF, n. A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. |
8910
|
caught |
CAUGHT, pret. and pp. of catch, pronounced caut. |
8911
|
cauk |
CAUK, |
8912
|
cauky |
CAUKY, a. Pertaining to cauk; like cauk. |
8913
|
caul |
CAUL, n. 1. In anatomy, a membrane in the abdomen, covering the greatest part of the lower ... |
8914
|
caulescent |
CAULESCENT, a. In botany, having a stem different from that which produces the flower; as a ... |
8915
|
cauliferous |
CAULIFEROUS, a. In botany, having a stem or stalk. |
8916
|
cauliflower |
CAULIFLOWER, n. A variety of Brassica or cabbage, well known and much esteemed. |
8917
|
cauliform |
CAULIFORM, a. Having the form of a stalk or of stems. |
8918
|
cauline |
CAULINE, a. In botany, growing immediately on the stem, without the intervention of branches; as a ... |
8919
|
caulk |
CAULK, [See Calk.] |
8920
|
cauponate |
CAUPONATE, v.i. To keep a victualling house. |
8921
|
cauponise |
CAUPONISE, v.t. To sell wine or victuals. |
8922
|
causable |
CAUSABLE, a. [See Cause.] That may be caused, produced or effected. |
8923
|
causal |
CAUSAL, a. [See Cause.] Relating to a cause or causes; implying or containing a cause or causes; ... |
8924
|
causality |
CAUSALITY, n. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. |
8925
|
causally |
CAUSALLY, adv. According to the order or series of causes. |
8926
|
causalty |
CAUSALTY, n. Among miners, the lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off by washing. |
8927
|
causation |
CAUSATION, n. The act of causing or producing; the act or agency by which an effect is produced. |
8928
|
causative |
CAUSATIVE, a. That expresses a cause or reason; also, that effects as a cause. |
8929
|
causatively |
CAUSATIVELY, adv. In a causative manner. |
8930
|
causator |
CAUSATOR, n. One who causes or produces an effect. |
8931
|
cause |
CAUSE, n. s as z.1. A suit or action in court; any legal process which a party institutes to ... |
8932
|
caused |
CAUSED, pp. Produced; effected; brought about. |
8933
|
causeless |
CAUSELESS, a. 1. Having no cause, or producing agent.2. Without just ground, reason or motive; as ... |
8934
|
causelessly |
CAUSELESSLY, adv. Without cause or reason. |
8935
|
causelessness |
CAUSELESSNESS, n. The state of being causeless. |
8936
|
causer |
CAUSER, n. He that causes; the agent by which an effect is produced. |
8937
|
causey |
CAUSEY, n. A way raised above the natural level of the ground, by stones, earth, timber, fascines, ... |
8938
|
causidical |
CAUSIDICAL, a. Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits. |
8939
|
causing |
CAUSING, ppr. Producing; effecting; bringing into being. |
8940
|
caustic |
CAUSTIC, |
8941
|
caustical |
CAUSTICAL, a. Burning; corroding; destroying the texture of animal flesh. |
8942
|
causticity |
CAUSTICITY, n. The quality of acting like fire on animal matter, or the quality of combining with ... |
8943
|
cautel |
CAUTEL, n. Caution. |
8944
|
cautelous |
CAUTELOUS, a. 1. Cautions; wary; provident.2. Cunning; treacherous; wily. |
8945
|
cautelously |
CAUTELOUSLY, adv. 1. Cunningly; slily; treacherously.2. Cautiously; warily. |
8946
|
cautelousness |
CAUTELOUSNESS, n. Cautiousness. |
8947
|
cauterism |
CAUTERISM, n. The application of cautery. |
8948
|
cauterization |
CAUTERIZATION, n. [See Cauterize.] In surgery, the act of burning or searing some morbid part, by ... |
8949
|
cauterize |
CAUTERIZE, v.t. To burn or sear with fire or a hot iron, as morbid flesh. |
8950
|
cauterized |
CAUTERIZED, pp. Burnt or seared with a hot iron. |
8951
|
cauterizing |
CAUTERIZING, ppr. Burning, as with a hot iron.CAUTERIZING, n. The act of burning, as with a hot ... |
8952
|
cautery |
CAUTERY, n. A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, by a hot iron or by caustic medicines that ... |
8953
|
caution |
CAUTION, n. 1. Provident care; prudence in regard to danger; wariness, consisting in a careful ... |
8954
|
cautionary |
CAUTIONARY, a. 1. Containing caution, or warning to avoid danger; as cautionary advice.2. Given ... |
8955
|
cautioned |
CAUTIONED, pp. Warned; previously admonished. |
8956
|
cautioner |
CAUTIONER, n. In Scots law, the person who is bound for another, to the performance of an ... |
8957
|
cautioning |
CAUTIONING, ppr. Warning; giving previous notice of danger. |
8958
|
cautionry |
CAUTIONRY, n. In Scots law, the act of giving security for another, or the obligation by which one ... |
8959
|
cautious |
CAUTIOUS, a. Wary; watchful; careful to avoid evils; attentive to examine probable effects and ... |
8960
|
cautiously |
CAUTIOUSLY, adv. With caution; in a wary, scrupulous manner. |
8961
|
cautiousness |
CAUTIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being cautious; watchfulness; provident care; circumspection; ... |
8962
|
cavalcade |
CAVALCADE, n. A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen and ... |
8963
|
cavalier |
CAVALIER, n. 1. A horseman, especially an armed horseman; a knight.2. A gay, sprightly, military ... |
8964
|
cavalierly |
CAVALIERLY, adv. Haughtily; arrogantly; disdainfully. |
8965
|
cavalierness |
CAVALIERNESS, n. Haughtiness; a disdainful manner. |
8966
|
cavalry |
CAVALRY, n. A body of military troops on horses; a general term, including light-horse, dragoons, ... |
8967
|
cavate |
CAVATE, v.t. To dig out and make hollow; but superseded by excavate. |
8968
|
cavatina |
CAVATINA, n. In music, a short air, without a return or second part, which is sometimes relieved ... |
8969
|
cavazion |
CAVAZION, n. In architecture, the underdigging or hollowing of the earth for the foundation of a ... |
8970
|
cave |
CAVE, n. A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den. This may be natural or ... |
8971
|
caveat |
CAVEAT, n. 1. In law, a process in a court, especially in a spiritual court, to stop proceedings, ... |
8972
|
caveating |
CAVEATING, n. In fencing, is the shifting the sword from one side of that of your adversary to the ... |
8973
|
caveator |
CAVEATOR, n. One who enters a caveat. |
8974
|
cavern |
CAVERN, n. A deep hollow place in the earth. In general, it differs from cave in greater depth, ... |
8975
|
caverned |
CAVERNED, a. 1. Full of caverns, or deep chasms; having caverns.2. Inhabiting a cavern. |
8976
|
cavernous |
CAVERNOUS, a. Hollow; full of caverns. |
8977
|
cavernulous |
CAVERNULOUS, a. Full of little cavities; as cavernulous metal. |
8978
|
cavesson |
CAVESSON, n. A sort of nose-band, of iron, leather or wood, sometimes flat, and sometimes hollow ... |
8979
|
cavetto |
CAVETTO, n. In architecture, a hollow member, or round concave molding, containing the quadrant of ... |
8980
|
cavezon |
CAVEZON, |
8981
|
caviar |
CAVIAR, n. The roes of certain large fish, prepared and salted. The best is made from the roes of ... |
8982
|
cavil |
CAVIL, v.i.1. To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason; ... |
8983
|
caviler |
CAVILER, n. One who cavils; one who is apt to raise captious objections; a captious disputant. |
8984
|
caviling |
CAVILING, ppr. Raising frivolous objections. |
8985
|
cavilingly |
CAVILINGLY, adv. In a caviling manner. |
8986
|
cavillation |
CAVILLATION, n. The act or practice of caviling, or raising frivolous objections. |
8987
|
cavilous |
CAVILOUS, a. Captious; unfair in argument; apt to object without good reason. |
8988
|
cavilously |
CAVILOUSLY, adv. In a cavilous manner; captiously. |
8989
|
cavilousness |
CAVILOUSNESS, n. Captiousness; disposition or aptitude to raise frivolous objections. |
8990
|
cavin |
CAVIN, n. In the military art, a hollow way or natural hollow, adapted to cover troops and ... |
8991
|
cavity |
CAVITY, n. A hollow place; hollowness; an opening; as the cavity of the mouth or throat. This is ... |
8992
|
cavolinite |
CAVOLINITE, n. A newly discovered Vesuvain mineral, of a hexahedral form, occurring in the ... |
8993
|
cavy |
CAVY, n. A genus of quadrupeds, holding a middle place between the murine and leporine tribes. |
8994
|
caw |
CAW, v.i. To cry like a crow, rook or raven. |
8995
|
cawk |
CAWK, n. A name given by miners to certain specimens of the compact sulphate of baryte. These are ... |
8996
|
caxou |
CAXOU, n. A chest of ores of any metal that has been burnt, ground and washed, and is ready to be ... |
8997
|
cayman |
CAYMAN, n. An animal of the genus Lacerta, found in the West Indies, the alligator. |
8998
|
cazic |
CAZIC, or CAZIQUE, n. The title of a king or chief among several tribes of Indians in America. |
8999
|
cazique |
CAZIC, or CAZIQUE, n. The title of a king or chief among several tribes of Indians in America. |
9000
|
ccatholicism |
CCATHOLICISM, n. 1. Adherence to the Catholic church.2. Universality, or the orthodox faith of ... |
9001
|
cease |
CEASE, v.i. 1. To stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave of; to give over; followed by from ... |
9002
|
ceaseless |
CEASELESS, a. 1. Without a stop or pause; incessant; continual; without intermission.All these ... |
9003
|
ceaselessly |
CEASELESSLY, adv. Incessantly; perpetually. |
9004
|
ceasing |
CEASING, ppr. Stopping; ending; desisting; failing. |
9005
|
cecchn |
CECCHN, n. A coin of Italy and Barbary. [See Zechin.] |
9006
|
cecity |
CECITY, n. Blindness. |
9007
|
cedar |
CEDAR, n. A tree. This name is given to different species of the juniper, and to a species of ... |
9008
|
cedar-like |
CEDAR-LIKE, a. Resembling a cedar. |
9009
|
cedarn |
CEDARN, a. Pertaining to the cedar. |
9010
|
cede |
CEDE, v.t.1. To yield; to surrender; to give up; to resign; as to cede a fortress, a province or ... |
9011
|
ceded |
CEDED, pp. Yielded; surrendered; given up. |
9012
|
ceding |
CEDING, ppr. Yielding; giving up. |
9013
|
cedrat |
CEDRAT, n. A species of citron-tree. |
9014
|
cedrine |
CEDRINE, a. Belonging to cedar. |
9015
|
cedry |
CEDRY, a. Having the color or properties of cedar. |
9016
|
ceduous |
CEDUOUS, a. Fit to be felled. |
9017
|
ceil |
CEIL, v.t. To overlay or cover the inner roof of a building; or to cover the top or roof of a ... |
9018
|
ceiled |
CEILED, pp. Overlaid with timber, or with plastering. |
9019
|
ceiling |
CEILING, ppr. Covering the top of a room or building.CEILING, n. 1. The covering which overlays ... |
9020
|
celandine |
CELANDINE, n. A plant, swallow-wort, horned or prickly poppy, growing on old walls, among rubbish, ... |
9021
|
celature |
CELATURE, n. 1. The act or art of engraving or embossing.2. That which is engraved. |
9022
|
cele-riac |
CELE-RIAC, n. A variety of celery, called also the turnep-rooted celery. see Celery.] |
9023
|
celebrate |
CELEBRATE, v.t.1. To praise; to extol; to commend; to give to; to make famous; as, to celebrate ... |
9024
|
celebrated |
CELEBRATED, pp. Praised; extolled; honored. |
9025
|
celebrating |
CELEBRATING, ppr. Praising; honoring. |
9026
|
celebration |
CELEBRATION, n. 1. Solemn performance; a distinguishing by solemn rites; as the celebration of a ... |
9027
|
celebrator |
CELEBRATOR, n. One who celebrates. |
9028
|
celebrious |
CELEBRIOUS, a. Famous; renowned. |
9029
|
celebriously |
CELEBRIOUSLY, adv. With praise or renown. |
9030
|
celebriousness |
CELEBRIOUSNESS, n. Fame; renown. |
9031
|
celebrity |
CELEBRITY, n. 1. Fame; renown; the distinction or honor publicly bestowed on a nation or person, ... |
9032
|
celeri |
CELERI. [See Celery.] |
9033
|
celerity |
CELERITY, n. 1. Rapidity in motion; swiftness; speed; applied most generally to bodies moving on ... |
9034
|
celery |
CELERY, n. A plant, a species of Apium cultivated for the table. |
9035
|
celestial |
CELESTIAL, a. 1. Heavenly; belonging or relating to heaven; dwelling in heaven; as celestial ... |
9036
|
celestially |
CELESTIALLY, adv. In a heavenly or transporting manner. |
9037
|
celestify |
CELESTIFY, v.t. To communicate something of a heavenly nature to any thing. |
9038
|
celestin |
CELESTIN, |
9039
|
celestine |
CELESTINE, n. In mineralogy, native sulphate of strontian, a mineral so named from its occasional ... |
9040
|
celestins |
CELESTINS, n. A religious order, so named from Pope Celestin. They have ninety-six convents in ... |
9041
|
celiac |
CELIAC, a. Pertaining to the lower belly, or intestines. |
9042
|
celibacy |
CELIBACY, n. An unmarried state; a single life. It is most frequently if not always applied to ... |
9043
|
celibate |
CELIBATE, n. A single life; celibacy; chiefly used when speaking of the single life of the Popish ... |
9044
|
cell |
CELL, n.1. A small or close apartment, as in a prison, or a bath.2. A cottage; a cave; a small or ... |
9045
|
cellar |
CELLAR, n. A room under a house or other building, used as a repository of liquors, provisions, ... |
9046
|
cellarage |
CELLARAGE, n. A case of cabinet work, for holding bottles of liquors. |
9047
|
cellarer |
CELLARIST, CELLARER, n. An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of ... |
9048
|
cellarist |
CELLARIST, CELLARER, n. An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of ... |
9049
|
celliferous |
CELLIFEROUS, a. Bearing or producing cells. |
9050
|
cellular |
CELLULAR, a. Consisting of cells, or containing cells.The cellular membrane, in animal bodies, is ... |
9051
|
celluliferous |
CELLULIFEROUS, a. Bearing or producing little cells. |
9052
|
celsitude |
CELSITUDE, n. Highth; elevation. |
9053
|
celt |
CELT, n. One of the primitive inhabitants of the South of Europe. [see Celtic.] |
9054
|
celtiberian |
CELTIBERIAN, a. Pertaining to Celtiberia, and its inhabitants, the Celtiberi, or Celts of the ... |
9055
|
celtic |
CELTIC, a. Pertaining to the primitive inhabitants of the South and West of Europe, or to the ... |
9056
|
celticism |
CELTICISM, n. The manners and customs of the Celts. |
9057
|
celtis |
CELTIS, n. The nettle-tree, of several species; among which are the australis or southern, a ... |
9058
|
cement |
CEMENT, n. 1. Any glutinous or other substance capable of uniting bodies in close cohesion, as ... |
9059
|
cementation |
CEMENTATION, n. 1. The act of cementing; the act of uniting by a suitable substance.2. In ... |
9060
|
cementatory |
CEMENTATORY, a. Cementing; having the quality of uniting firmly. |
9061
|
cemented |
CEMENTED, pp. United by cement; changed by cement; firmly united; consolidated. |
9062
|
cementer |
CEMENTER, n. The person or thing that cements. |
9063
|
cementing |
CEMENTING, ppr. Uniting by cement; changing by means of a cement; uniting closely; consolidating. |
9064
|
cementitious |
CEMENTITIOUS, a. Having the quality of cementing. |
9065
|
cemetery |
CEMETERY, n. A place where the dead bodies of human beings are buried. |
9066
|
cenatory |
CENATORY, a. Pertaining or relating to supper. |
9067
|
cency |
REJUVENES'CENCE,'CENCY, n. [L. re and juvenescens; juvenis, a youth.]A renewing of youth; the ... |
9068
|
cenobite |
CENOBITE, n. One of a religious order, who live in a convent, or in community; in opposition to an ... |
9069
|
cenobitic |
CENOBITIC, |
9070
|
cenobitical |
CENOBITICAL, a. Living in community, as men belonging to a convent. |
9071
|
cenoby |
CENOBY, n. A place where person live in community. |
9072
|
cenotaph |
CENOTAPH, n. An empty tomb erected in honor of some deceased person; a monument erected to one who ... |
9073
|
cense |
CENSE, n. 1. A public rate or tax.2. Condition; rank.CENSE, v.t. To perfume with odors from ... |
9074
|
censer |
CENSER, n. A vase or pan in which incense is burned. Among the Jews, a kind of chafing-dish, ... |
9075
|
censing |
CENSING, ppr. Perfuming with odors. |
9076
|
cension |
CENSION, n. A rate, tax, or assessment. |
9077
|
censor |
CENSOR, n. 1. An officer, in ancient Rome, whose business was to register the effects of the ... |
9078
|
censorial |
CENSORIAL, |
9079
|
censorian |
CENSORIAN, a. 1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals; as, censorial ... |
9080
|
censorious |
CENSORIOUS, a. 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on ... |
9081
|
censoriously |
CENSORIOUSLY, adv. In a censorious manner. |
9082
|
censoriousness |
CENSORIOUSNESS, n. 1. Disposition to blame and condemn; the habit o censuring or reproaching.2. ... |
9083
|
censorship |
CENSORSHIP, n. The office or dignity of a censor; the time during which a censor holds his office. |
9084
|
censual |
CENSUAL, a. Relating to, or containing a census; liable to be rated. |
9085
|
censurable |
CENSURABLE, a. [See Censure.] Worthy of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensibly; faulty; as a ... |
9086
|
censurableness |
CENSURABLENESS, n. Blamableness; fitness to be censured. |
9087
|
censurabley |
CENSURABLEY, adv. In a manner worthy of blame. |
9088
|
censure |
CENSURE, n.1. The act of blaming or finding fault and condemning as wrong; applicable to the moral ... |
9089
|
censured |
CENSURED, pp. Blaming; finding fault with; condemning. |
9090
|
census |
CENSUS, n.1. In ancient Rome, an authentic declaration made before the censors, by the citizens, ... |
9091
|
cent |
CENT, n. 1. A hundred. In commerce, per cent, denotes a certain rate by the hundred; as, ten per ... |
9092
|
centage |
CENTAGE, n. Rate by the cent or hundred. |
9093
|
centaur |
CENTAUR, n. 1. In mythology, a fabulous being, supposed to be half man and half horse. It has ... |
9094
|
centaurlike |
CENTAURLIKE, a. Having the appearance of a centaur. |
9095
|
centaury |
CENTAURY, n. The name of a plant, and a genus of plants, of numerous species. The lesser centaury ... |
9096
|
centenary |
CENTENARY, n. The number of a hundred; as a centenary of years.CENTENARY, a. Relating to a ... |
9097
|
centennial |
CENTENNIAL, a. 1. Consisting of a hundred yeas, or completing that term.2. Pertaining to a ... |
9098
|
center |
CENTER, n. 1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure or body; the middle ... |
9099
|
centered |
CENTERED, pp. Collected to a point or center; fixed on a central point. |
9100
|
centering |
CENTERING, ppr. Placing on the center; collecting to a point. |
9101
|
centesimal |
CENTESIMAL, a. The hundredth. As a noun, the next step of progression after decimal in the ... |
9102
|
centesimation |
CENTESIMATION, n. A military punishment, for desertion, mutiny or the like, where one person in a ... |
9103
|
centesm |
CENTESM, n. The hundredth part of an integer or thing. |
9104
|
centifolious |
CENTIFOLIOUS, a. Having a hundred leaves. |
9105
|
centigrade |
CENTIGRADE, a. Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts; ... |
9106
|
centigram |
CENTIGRAM, n. In French Measure, the hundredth part of a gram. [see Gram.] |
9107
|
centiliter |
CENTILITER, n. The hundredth part of a liter, a little more than 6-10 of a cubic inch. |
9108
|
centimeter |
CENTIMETER, n. In French measure, the hundredth part of a meter, rather more than 39-100 of an ... |
9109
|
centinody |
CENTINODY, n. Knotgrass. |
9110
|
centiped |
CENTIPED, n. An insect having a hundred feet, but the term is applied to insects that have many ... |
9111
|
centipee |
CENTIPEE, for centiped. |
9112
|
centner |
CENTNER, n. In metallurgy and assaying, a docimastic hundred; a weight divisible first into a ... |
9113
|
cento |
CENTO, n. A composition formed by verses or passages from other authors, disposed in a new order. |
9114
|
central |
CENTRAL, a. Relating to the center; placed in the center or middle; containing the center, or ... |
9115
|
centrality |
CENTRALITY, n. The state of being central. |
9116
|
centrally |
CENTRALLY, adv. With regard to the center; in a central manner. |
9117
|
centric |
CENTRIC, a. Placed in the center or middle. |
9118
|
centrically |
CENTRICALLY, adv. In a central position. |
9119
|
centricalness |
CENTRICALNESS, n. Situation in the center. |
9120
|
centrifugal |
CENTRIFUGAL, a. Tending to recede from the center. The centrifugal force of a body, is that force ... |
9121
|
centripetal |
CENTRIPETAL, a. Tending towards the center. Centripetal force is that force which draws or impels ... |
9122
|
centumvir |
CENTUMVIR, n. One of a hundred and five judges, in ancient Rome, appointed to decide common causes ... |
9123
|
centumviral |
CENTUMVIRAL, a. Pertaining to the centumvirs. |
9124
|
centuple |
CENTUPLE, a. A hundred fold.CENTUPLE, v.t. To multiply a hundred fold. |
9125
|
centuplicate |
CENTUPLICATE, v.t. To make a hundred fold. |
9126
|
centurial |
CENTURIAL, a. Relating to a century, or a hundred years; as a chanterelle sermon.When the third ... |
9127
|
centuriate |
CENTURIATE, v.t. To divide into hundreds. |
9128
|
centuriators |
CENTURIATORS, |
9129
|
centurion |
CENTURION, n. Among the Romans, a military officer who commanded a hundred men, a century or ... |
9130
|
centurist |
CENTURIST, n. A historian who distinguishes time into centuries; as in the Universal Church ... |
9131
|
century |
CENTURY, n. 1. In a general sense, a hundred; any thing consisting of a hundred parts.2. A ... |
9132
|
ceol |
CEOL, Sax. A ship. This word is sometimes found prefixed to names. |
9133
|
cephalalgic |
CEPHALALGIC, n. A medicine good for the headache. |
9134
|
cephalalgy |
CEPHALALGY, n. The headache. |
9135
|
cephalic |
CEPHALIC, a. Pertaining to the head; as cephalic medicines, remedies for disorders in the head. ... |
9136
|
cepheus |
CEPHEUS, n. A constellation in the Northern hemisphere. |
9137
|
cephus |
CEPHUS, n. A fowl of the duck kind; also, a species of monkey, the mona. |
9138
|
cerasee |
CERASEE, n. The male balsam apple. |
9139
|
cerasin |
CERASIN, n. Any gummy substance which swells in cold water, but does not readily dissolve in it. |
9140
|
cerasite |
CERASITE, n. A petrifaction resembling a cherry. |
9141
|
cerastes |
CERASTES, n. In zoology, the name of a serpent, of the genus Coluber, which the ancients supposed ... |
9142
|
cerate |
CERATE, n. A thick kind of ointment, composed of wax and oil, with other ingredients; applied ... |
9143
|
cerated |
CERATED, a. Covered with wax. |
9144
|
cere |
CERE, n. The naked skin that covers the base of a hawks bill.CERE, v.t. To wax or cover with wax. |
9145
|
cerebel |
CEREBEL, |
9146
|
cerebellum |
CEREBELLUM, n. The hinder part of the head, or the little brain. |
9147
|
cerebral |
CEREBRAL, |
9148
|
cerebrine |
CEREBRINE, a. Pertaining to the cerebrum or brain. |
9149
|
cerecloth |
CERECLOTH, n. A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. [But the ... |
9150
|
cerement |
CEREMENT, n. Cloths dipped in melted wax, with which dead bodies were infolded, when embalmed. |
9151
|
ceremonial |
CEREMONIAL, a. [See Ceremony.]1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the ... |
9152
|
ceremonially |
CEREMONIALLY, adv. According to rites and ceremonies; as a person ceremonially unclean; an act ... |
9153
|
ceremonious |
CEREMONIOUS, a. 1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; as the ceremonious part of worship. [In ... |
9154
|
ceremoniously |
CEREMONIOUSLY, adv. In a ceremonious manner; formally; with due forms. |
9155
|
ceremoniousness |
CEREMONIOUSNESS, n. The use of customary forms; the practice of too much ceremony; great formality ... |
9156
|
ceremony |
CEREMONY, n.1. Outward rite; external form in religion.2. Forms of civility; rules established by ... |
9157
|
cereolite |
CEREOLITE, n. A substance which in appearance and softness resembles wax; sometimes confounded ... |
9158
|
cereous |
CEREOUS, a. Waxen; like wax. |
9159
|
ceres |
CERES, n. 1. In mythology, the inventor or goddess of corn, or rather the name of corn deified.2. ... |
9160
|
cerin |
CERIN, n. 1. A peculiar substance which precipitates on evaporation, from alcohol, which has been ... |
9161
|
cerinthians |
CERINTHIANS, n. A set of heretics, so called from Cerinthus, one of the first heresiarchs in the ... |
9162
|
cerite |
CERITE, n. [See Cerium.] 1. The siliceous oxyd of Cerium, a rare mineral of a pale rose red color, ... |
9163
|
cerium |
CERIUM, n. A metal recently discovered in Sweden, in the mineral cerate, and so called rom the ... |
9164
|
ceroon |
CEROON, n. [from the Spanish.] A bale or package made of skins. |
9165
|
cerrial |
CERRIAL, a. Pertaining to the Cerrus, or bitter oak. |
9166
|
cerrus |
CERRUS, n. The bitter oak. |
9167
|
certain |
CERTAIN, a.1. Sure; true; undoubted; unquestionable; that cannot be denied; existing in fact and ... |
9168
|
certainly |
CERTAINLY, adv. 1. Without doubt or question; in truth and fact.Certainly this was a righteous ... |
9169
|
certainness |
CERTAINNESS, n. Certainty, which see. |
9170
|
certainty |
CERTAINTY, n. 1. A fixed or real state; truth; fact.Know for a certainty, that the Lord your God ... |
9171
|
certes |
CERTES, adv. Certainly; in truth; verily. |
9172
|
certificate |
CERTIFICATE, n. [See Certify.]1. In a general sense, a written testimony not sworn to; a ... |
9173
|
certification |
CERTIFICATION, n. The act of certifying. |
9174
|
certified |
CERTIFIED, pp. [See Certify.] Assured; made certain; informed. |
9175
|
certifier |
CERTIFIER, n. One who certifies, or assures. |
9176
|
certify |
CERTIFY, v.t.1. To testify to in writing; to make a declaration in writing, under hand, or hand ... |
9177
|
certifying |
CERTIFYING, ppr. Giving a written testimony, or certificate; giving certain notice; making ... |
9178
|
certiorari |
CERTIORARI, n. A writ issuing out of Chancery, Kings Bench or other superior court, to call up the ... |
9179
|
certitude |
CERTITUDE, n. Certainty; assurance; freedom from doubt. |
9180
|
cerulean |
CERULEAN, |
9181
|
ceruleous |
CERULEOUS, a. Sky-colored; blue. |
9182
|
cerulific |
CERULIFIC, a. Producing a blue or sky-color. |
9183
|
cerumen |
CERUMEN, n. The wax or yellow matter secreted by the ear. |
9184
|
ceruse |
CERUSE, n. White-lead; a carbonate of lead, produced by exposing the metal in thin plates to the ... |
9185
|
cerused |
CERUSED, a. Washed with a preparation of white lead. |
9186
|
cervical |
CERVICAL, a. Belonging to the neck; as the cervical nerves; cervical vessels. |
9187
|
cervin |
CERVIN, |
9188
|
cervine |
CERVINE, a. Pertaining to the deer, or to animals of the genus Cervus. |
9189
|
cesarean |
CESAREAN, a. The Cesarean operation is the taking of a child from the womb by cutting; an ... |
9190
|
cespititious |
CESPITITIOUS, a. Pertaining to turf; made of turf. |
9191
|
cespitous |
CESPITOUS, a. Pertaining to turf; turfy.A cespitous or turfy plant, has many stems from the same ... |
9192
|
cess |
CESS, as a noun, a rate or tax, and as a verb, to rate or lay a tax, is probably a corruption of ... |
9193
|
cessation |
CESSATION, n.1. A ceasing; a stop; a rest; the act of discontinuing motion or action of any kind, ... |
9194
|
cessavit |
CESSAVIT, n. In law, a writ given by statute, to recover lands, when the tenant or occupier has ... |
9195
|
cesser |
CESSER, n. [See Cess.] A ceasing; a neglect to perform services or payment for two years. See ... |
9196
|
cessibility |
CESSIBILITY, n. [See Cede and Cession.] The act of giving way or receding. |
9197
|
cessible |
CESSIBLE, a. [See Cede.] Giving way; yielding; easy to give way. |
9198
|
cession |
CESSION, n.1. The act of giving way; a yielding to force or impulse.2. A yielding, or surrender, ... |
9199
|
cessionary |
CESSIONARY, a. Having surrendered effects; as a cessionary bankrupt. |
9200
|
cessment |
CESSMENT, n. An assessment or tax. |
9201
|
cessor |
CESSOR, n. 1. In law, he that neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds ... |
9202
|
cest |
CEST, n. A ladys girdle. |
9203
|
cestus |
CESTUS, n. The girdle of Venus, or marriage-girdle, among the Greeks and Romans. |
9204
|
cesura |
CESURA, |
9205
|
cesural |
CESURAL, a. Pertaining to the cesure. |
9206
|
cesure |
CESURE, n. A pause in verse, so introduced as to aid the recital, and render the versification ... |
9207
|
cetaceous |
CETACEOUS, a. Pertaining to the whale; belonging to the whale kind. The cetacceous fishes include ... |
9208
|
cetate |
CETATE, n. A compound of cetic acid, with a base. |
9209
|
ceterach |
CETERACH, n. A trivial name of a species of Asplenium, or spleen-wort. |
9210
|
cetic |
CETIC, a. Pertaining to the whale. The cetic acid is a peculiar substance obtained from the ... |
9211
|
cetin |
CETIN, n. A name given to spermaceti by Chevreul. |
9212
|
cetological |
CETOLOGICAL, n. Pertaining to cetology. |
9213
|
cetologist |
CETOLOGIST, n. One who is versed in the natural history of the whale and its kindred animals. |
9214
|
cetology |
CETOLOGY, n. The doctrine or natural history of cetaceous animals. |
9215
|
cetus |
CETUS, n. In astronomy, the whale, a large constellation of the Southern hemisphere, containing ... |
9216
|
ceylanite |
CEYLANITE, n. A mineral, classed with the ruby family; called also pleonaste. Its color is a ... |
9217
|
chabasie |
CHABASIE, |
9218
|
chabasite |
CHABASITE, n. A mineral which has been regarded as a variety of zeolite. It is divisible into ... |
9219
|
chad |
CHAD, n. A kind of fish; pronounced shad. |
9220
|
chafe |
CHAFE, v.t.1. To excite heat or inflammation by friction, as to chafe the skin; also, to fret and ... |
9221
|
chafe-wax |
CHAFE-WAX, n. In England, an officer belonging to the Lord Chancellor, who fits the wax for the ... |
9222
|
chafed |
CHAFED, pp. Heated or fretted by rubbing; worn by friction. |
9223
|
chafer |
CHAFER, n. One who chafes.CHAFER, n. An insect, a species of Scarabaeus, or beetle. |
9224
|
chafery |
CHAFERY, n. In Iron works, a forge in which an ancony or square mass of iron, hammered into a bar ... |
9225
|
chaff |
CHAFF, n.1. The husk, or dry calyx of corn, and grasses. In common language, the word is applied ... |
9226
|
chaffer |
CHAFFER, v.i. To treat about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle; to negotiate; to chop and change; ... |
9227
|
chaffern |
CHAFFERN, n. A vessel for heating water. |
9228
|
chaffery |
CHAFFERY, n. Trafick; buying and selling. |
9229
|
chaffinch |
CHAFFINCH, n. A species of birds of the genus Fringilla, which are said to delight in chaff, and ... |
9230
|
chaffless |
CHAFFLESS, n. Without chaff. |
9231
|
chaffweed |
CHAFFWEED, n. A plant, cud-weed, a species of Gnaphalium; but this name is given also to the ... |
9232
|
chaffy |
CHAFFY, a. Like chaff; full of chaff; light; as, chaffy straws; chaffy opinions. |
9233
|
chafing |
CHAFING, ppr. Heating or fretting by friction. |
9234
|
chafing-dish |
CHAFING-DISH, n. A dish or vessel to hold coals for heating any thing set on it; a portable grate ... |
9235
|
chagrin |
CHAGRIN, n. Ill-humor; vexation; peevishness; fretfulness.CHAGRIN, v.t. To excite ill-humor in; ... |
9236
|
chagrined |
CHAGRINED, pp. Vexed; fretted; displeased. |
9237
|
chain |
CHAIN, n.1. A series of links or rings connected, or fitted into one another, usually made of some ... |
9238
|
chained |
CHAINED, pp. Made fast, or bound by a chain; connected by a chain; bound; enslaved. |
9239
|
chaining |
CHAINING, ppr. Binding, fastening or connecting with a chain; binding, or attaching to; enslaving. |
9240
|
chair |
CHAIR, n. 1. A movable seat; a frame with a bottom made of different materials, used for persons ... |
9241
|
chair-man |
CHAIR-MAN, n. 1. The presiding officer or speaker of an assembly, association or company, ... |
9242
|
chaise |
CHAISE, n. s as z. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. It is open or covered. |
9243
|
chalcedonic |
CHALCEDONIC, a. Pertaining to chalcedony. |
9244
|
chalcedony |
CHALCEDONY, n. A subspecies of quartz, a mineral called also white agate, resembling milk diluted ... |
9245
|
chalcedonyx |
CHALCEDONYX, n. A variety of agate, in which white and gray layers alternate. |
9246
|
chalcite |
CHALCITE, n. Sulphate of iron of a red color, so far calcined as to have lost a considerable part ... |
9247
|
chalcographer |
CHALCOGRAPHER, n. An engraver in brass. |
9248
|
chalcography |
CHALCOGRAPHY, n. The act or art of engraving in brass. |
9249
|
chaldaic |
CHALDAIC, a. Pertaining to Chaldea, anciently a country on the Frat or Euphrates, in Asia, called ... |
9250
|
chaldaism |
CHALDAISM, n. An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect. |
9251
|
chaldean |
CHALDEAN, n. An inhabitant of Chaldea. |
9252
|
chaldee |
CHALDEE, a. Pertaining to Chaldea.CHALDEE, n. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans. |
9253
|
chalder |
CHALDER, n. A measure of coals consisting of thirty six bushels. |
9254
|
chaldron |
CHALDRON, |
9255
|
chalice |
CHALICE, n. A cup, or bowl; usually a communion cup. |
9256
|
chaliced |
CHALICED, n. Having a cell or cup; applied by Shakespeare to a flower; but I believe little used. |
9257
|
chalk |
CHALK, n. A well known calcarious earth, of an opake white color, soft and admitting no polish. ... |
9258
|
chalk-cutter |
CHALK-CUTTER, n. A man that digs chalk. |
9259
|
chalk-pit |
CHALK-PIT, n. A pit in which chalk is dug. |
9260
|
chalk-stone |
CHALK-STONE, n. 1. In medicine, a calcarious concretion in the hands and feet of men violently ... |
9261
|
chalkiness |
CHALKINESS, n. The state of being chalky. |
9262
|
challenge |
CHALLENGE, n. Literally, a calling, or crying out, the primary sense of many words expressing a ... |
9263
|
challengeable |
CHALLENGEABLE, a. That may be challenged; that may be called to account. |
9264
|
challenged |
CHALLENGED, pp. Called to combat or o contest; claimed; demanded, as due; called from a jury. |
9265
|
challenger |
CHALLENGER, n. 1. One who challenges; one who invites to a single combat; one who calls on another ... |
9266
|
challenging |
CHALLENGING, ppr. Summoning to a duel, or to contest; claiming as a right; defying; calling off ... |
9267
|
chalybean |
CHALYBEAN, a. Pertaining to steel well tempered. |
9268
|
chalybeate |
CHALYBEATE, a. Impregnated with particles of iron; as chalybeate waters.CHALYBEATE, n. Any water ... |
9269
|
cham |
CHAM, n. The sovereign prince of Tartary. Usually written Khan. |
9270
|
chamade |
CHAMADE, n. In war, the beat of a drum or sound of a trumpet, inviting an enemy to a parley; as ... |
9271
|
chamber |
CHAMBER, |
9272
|
chamber-fellow |
CHAMBER-FELLOW,AMBER-FELLOW, n. One who sleeps in the same apartment. |
9273
|
chamber-lye |
CHAMBER-LYE, n. Urine. |
9274
|
chamber-maid |
CHAMBER-MAID, |
9275
|
chamber-pot |
CHAMBER-POT, n. A vessel used in bedrooms. |
9276
|
chamber-practice |
CHAMBER-PRACTICE, |
9277
|
chamberer |
CHAMBERER, |
9278
|
chambering |
CHAMBERING, |
9279
|
chamberlain |
CHAMBERLAIN, |
9280
|
chamberlainship |
CHAMBERLAINSHIP, |
9281
|
chambrel |
CHAMBREL, n. The joint or bending of the upper part of a horses hind leg. In New England ... |
9282
|
chameleon |
CHAMELEON, n. An animal of the genus Lacerta, or lizard, with a naked body, a tail and four feet. ... |
9283
|
chameleonize |
CHAMELEONIZE, v.t. To change into various colors. |
9284
|
chamfer |
CHAMFER, |
9285
|
chamfered |
CHAMFERED, pp. Cut into furrows, or cut sloping. |
9286
|
chamfering |
CHAMFERING, ppr. Cutting a gutter in; cutting in a slope. |
9287
|
chamfret |
CHAMFRET, n. A small gutter or furrow cut in wood or other hard material; a slope. |
9288
|
chamite |
CHAMITE, n. Fossil remains of the Chama, shell. |
9289
|
chamlet |
CHAMLET, [See Camlet.] |
9290
|
chamois |
CHAMOIS, n. An animal of the goat kind, whose skin is made into soft leather, called shammy. It ... |
9291
|
chamomile |
CHAMOMILE, [See Camomile.] |
9292
|
champ |
CHAMP, v.t.1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth; as, a horse champs the bit.2. To bite ... |
9293
|
champagne |
CHAMPAGNE, |
9294
|
champaign |
CHAMPAIGN, |
9295
|
champain |
CHAMPAIN, n. A flat open country. |
9296
|
champane |
CHAMPANE, n. A kind of brisk sparkling wine, from Champagne in France. |
9297
|
champed |
CHAMPED, pp. Bitten; chewed. |
9298
|
champer |
CHAMPER, n. One that champs or bits. |
9299
|
champertor |
CHAMPERTOR, n. [See Champerty.] In law, one who is guilty of champerty, which see. |
9300
|
champerty |
CHAMPERTY, n. A species of maintenance, being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, to divide ... |
9301
|
champignon |
CHAMPIGNON, n. A kind of mushroom. |
9302
|
champing |
CHAMPING, pp. Biting with repeated action. |
9303
|
champion |
CHAMPION, n. 1. A man who undertakes a combat in the place or cause of another.2. A man who ... |
9304
|
championess |
CHAMPIONESS, n. A female champion. |
9305
|
chan-cre |
CHAN-CRE, n. A venereal ulcer. |
9306
|
chan-crous |
CHAN-CROUS, a. Ulcerous; having the qualities of a chancer. |
9307
|
chance |
CHANCE, n. 1. An event that happens, falls out or takes place, without being contrived, intended, ... |
9308
|
chance-comer |
CHANCE-COMER, n. One who comes unexpectedly. |
9309
|
chance-medley |
CHANCE-MEDLEY, n. In law, the killing of a person by chance, when the killer is doing a lawful ... |
9310
|
chanceable |
CHANCEABLE, a. Accidental; casual; fortuitous. |
9311
|
chanceful |
CHANCEFUL, a. Hazardous. |
9312
|
chancel |
CHANCEL, n. That part of the choir of a church, between the altar or communion table and the ... |
9313
|
chancellor |
CHANCELLOR, n. Ordinally, a chief notary or scribe, under the Roman Emperors; but in England, in ... |
9314
|
chancellorship |
CHANCELLORSHIP, n. The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor. |
9315
|
chancery |
CHANCERY, n. 1. In Great Britain, the highest court of justice, next to the parliament, ... |
9316
|
chandelier |
CHANDELIER, n. 1. A Frame with branches to hold a number of candles, to illuminate a public or ... |
9317
|
chandler |
CHANDLER, n. An artisan whose trade is to make candles, or one who sells candles.In America, I ... |
9318
|
chandlerly |
CHANDLERLY, a. Like a chandler. |
9319
|
chandlery |
CHANDLERY, n. The place where candles are kept. |
9320
|
change |
CHANGE, v.t.1. To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to ... |
9321
|
changeability |
CHANGEABILITY, n. Changeableness, which is generally used. |
9322
|
changeable |
CHANGEABLE, a. 1. That may change; subject to alteration; fickle; inconstant; mutable; variable; ... |
9323
|
changeableness |
CHANGEABLENESS, n. 1. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; instability; ... |
9324
|
changeably |
CHANGEABLY, adv. Inconstantly. |
9325
|
changed |
CHANGED, pp. Altered; varied; turned; converted; shifted. |
9326
|
changeful |
CHANGEFUL, a. Full of change; inconstant; mutable; fickle; uncertain; subject to alteration. |
9327
|
changeless |
CHANGELESS, a. Constant; not admitting alteration. |
9328
|
changeling |
CHANGELING, n. 1. A child left or taken in the place of another.2. An idiot; a fool.3. One apt ... |
9329
|
changer |
CHANGER, n. 1. One who alters the form of any thing.2. One that is employed in changing and ... |
9330
|
changing |
CHANGING, ppr. Altering; turning; putting one thing for another; shifting. |
9331
|
channa |
CHANNA, n. A fish taken in the Mediterranean, resembling the sea-perch. |
9332
|
channel |
CHANNEL, n.1. In a general sense, a passage; a place of passing or flowing; particularly, a water ... |
9333
|
channeled |
CHANNELED, pp. Having channels; grooved longitudinally. |
9334
|
channeling |
CHANNELING, ppr. Cutting channels; grooving longitudinally. |
9335
|
chanson |
CHANSON, n. A song. |
9336
|
chant |
CHANT, v.t.1. To sing; to utter a melodious voice; that is, to cant or throw the voice in ... |
9337
|
chanted |
CHANTED, pp. Sung; uttered with modulations of voice. |
9338
|
chanter |
CHANTER, n.1. One who chants; a singer or songster.2. The chief singer, or priest of the ... |
9339
|
chanticleer |
CHANTICLEER, n. A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in cowing. |
9340
|
chanting |
CHANTING, ppr. Singing; uttering a melodious voice; repeating words with a singing voice.CHANTING, ... |
9341
|
chantress |
CHANTRESS, n. A female singer. |
9342
|
chantry |
CHANTRY, n. A church or chapel endowed with lands, or other revenue, for the maintenance of one or ... |
9343
|
chaos |
CHAOS, n. 1. That confusion, or confused mass, in which matter is supposed to have existed, ... |
9344
|
chaotic |
CHAOTIC, a. Resembling chaos; confused; as, the earth was originally in a chaotic state. |
9345
|
chap |
CHAP, v.t. To cleave, split, crack, or open longitudinally, as the surface of the earth, or the ... |
9346
|
chap-fallen |
CHAP-FALLEN, a. [chap and fall.] Having the lower chap depressed; hence, dejected; dispirited; ... |
9347
|
chapbook |
CHAPBOOK, n. [See Chapman and Cheap.] a small book or pamphlet, carried about for sale by hawker. |
9348
|
chape |
CHAPE, n. 1. The catch of any thing, as the hook of a scabbard, or the catch of a buckle, by ... |
9349
|
chapeau |
CHAPEAU, n. A hat; in heraldry, a cap or bonnet. |
9350
|
chapel |
CHAPEL, n.1. A house for public worship; primarily, a private oratory, or house of worship ... |
9351
|
chapeless |
CHAPELESS, a. Without a chape. |
9352
|
chapelet |
CHAPELET, |
9353
|
chapellany |
CHAPELLANY, n. A place founded within some church and dependent thereon. |
9354
|
chapelling |
CHAPELLING, n. The act of turning a ship round in a light breeze of wind, when close hauled, so ... |
9355
|
chapelry |
CHAPELRY, n. The bounds or jurisdiction of a chapel. |
9356
|
chaperon |
CHAPERON, n. A hood or cap worn by the knights of the garter in their habits. It was anciently ... |
9357
|
chapiter |
CHAPITER, n.1. The upper part or capital of a column or pillar; a word used in the scriptures. ... |
9358
|
chaplain |
CHAPLAIN, n. 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs service in a chapel. The king ... |
9359
|
chaplaincy |
CHAPLAINCY, n. The office or station of a chaplain. |
9360
|
chaplainship |
CHAPLAINSHIP, n.1. The office or business of a chaplain.2. The possession, or revenue of a ... |
9361
|
chapless |
CHAPLESS, n. 1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head; the circle of a crown.2. A string of ... |
9362
|
chaplet |
CHAPLET, n. A pair of stirrup leathers, with stirrups, joined at the top in a sort of leather ... |
9363
|
chapman |
CHAPMAN, n. 1. A cheapener; one that offers as a purchaser.Their chapmen they betray.2. A ... |
9364
|
chapped |
CHAPPED, pp. Cleft; opened, as the surface or skin. |
9365
|
chapping |
CHAPPING, ppr. Cleaving, as the surface or skin. |
9366
|
chappy |
CHAPPY, a. Full of chaps; cleft. |
9367
|
chaps |
CHAPS, the mouth or jaws. [See Chap.] |
9368
|
chapter |
CHAPTER, n.1. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis contains fifty chapters. Hence the ... |
9369
|
chapter-house |
CHAPTER-HOUSE, n. A house where a chapter meets. |
9370
|
chaptrel |
CHAPTREL, n. The capitals of pillars and pilasters, which support arches, commonly called imposts. |
9371
|
char |
CHAR, n. A fish.CHAR, n. In England, work done by the day; a single job, or task. In New ... |
9372
|
char-woman |
CHAR-WOMAN, n. A woman hired for odd work, or for single days.[Char-man and Char-woman are, I ... |
9373
|
charact |
CHARACT, |
9374
|
character |
CHARACTER, n. 1. A mark made by cutting or engraving, as on stone, metal or other hard material; ... |
9375
|
characteristic |
CHARACTERISTIC, |
9376
|
characteristical |
CHARACTERISTICAL, a. That constitutes the character; that marks the peculiar, distinctive ... |
9377
|
characteristically |
CHARACTERISTICALLY, adv. The state or qualities of being characteristic. |
9378
|
characterize |
CHARACTERIZE, v.t.1. To give a character, or an account of the personal qualities of a man; to ... |
9379
|
characterized |
CHARACTERIZED, pp. Described or distinguished by peculiar qualities. |
9380
|
characterizing |
CHARACTERIZING, ppr. Describing or distinguishing by peculiar qualities. |
9381
|
characterless |
CHARACTERLESS, a. Destitute of any peculiar character. |
9382
|
charactery |
CHARACTERY, n. Impression; mark; distinction. |
9383
|
charade |
CHARADE, n. A composition, in which the subject must be a word of two syllables, each forming a ... |
9384
|
charcoal |
CHARCOAL, n. Coal made by charring wood; the remains of wood burnt under turf, and from which all ... |
9385
|
chard |
CHARD n. The leaves of artichokes tied and wrapped all over, except the top, in straw, during ... |
9386
|
charect |
CHARECT, n. An inscription. |
9387
|
charge |
CHARGE, v.t.1. To rush on; to fall on; to attack, especially with fixed bayonets; as, an army ... |
9388
|
chargeable |
CHARGEABLE, a. 1. That may be charged; that may be set, laid, imposed; as, a duty of forty per ... |
9389
|
chargeableness |
CHARGEABLENESS, n. Expensiveness; cost; costliness. |
9390
|
chargeably |
CHARGEABLY, adv. Expensively; at great cost. |
9391
|
charged |
CHARGED, pp. Loaded; burdened; attacked; laid on; instructed; imputed; accused; placed to the ... |
9392
|
chargeful |
CHARGEFUL, a. Expensive; costly. |
9393
|
chargeless |
CHARGELESS, a. Not expensive; free from expense. |
9394
|
charger |
CHARGER, n. 1. In Scots law, one who charges another in a suit.2. A large dish. Num. 7.3. A ... |
9395
|
charging |
CHARGING, ppr. Loading; attacking; laying on; instructing; commanding; accusing; imputing. |
9396
|
charily |
CHARILY, adv. [See Chary.] Carefully; warily; frugally. |
9397
|
chariness |
CHARINESS, n. Caution; care; nicety; scrupulousness. |
9398
|
chariot |
CHARIOT,n.1. A half coach; a carriage with four wheels and one seat behind, used for convenience ... |
9399
|
chariot-man |
CHARIOT-MAN, n. The driver of a chariot. 2 Chron. 18. |
9400
|
chariot-race |
CHARIOT-RACE, n. A race with chariots; a sport in which chariots were driven in contest for a ... |
9401
|
charioted |
CHARIOTED, pp. Borne in a chariot. |
9402
|
charioteer |
CHARIOTEER, n. The person who drives or conducts a chariot. It is used in speaking of military ... |
9403
|
charitable |
CHARITABLE, a.1. Benevolent and kind; as a charitable disposition.2. Liberal in benefactions to ... |
9404
|
charitableness |
CHARITABLENESS, n. 1. The disposition to be charitable; or the exercise of charity.2. Liberality ... |
9405
|
charitably |
CHARITABLY, adv. Kindly; liberally; benevolently; with a disposition to help the poor; favorably. |
9406
|
charity |
CHARITY, n. 1. In a general sense, love, benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which ... |
9407
|
chark |
CHARK, v.t. To burn to a coal; to char. |
9408
|
charlatan |
CHARLATAN, n. One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions to skill; ... |
9409
|
charlatanical |
CHARLATANICAL, a. Quackish; making undue pretensions to skill; ignorant. |
9410
|
charlatanry |
CHARLATANRY, n. Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; deception by fair words. |
9411
|
charless-wain |
CHARLESS-WAIN, n. In astronomy, seven stars in the constellation called Ursa Major, or the Great ... |
9412
|
charlock |
CHARLOCK, n. The English name of the Raphanus raphanistrum and Sinapis arvensis, very pernicious ... |
9413
|
charm |
CHARM, n.1. Words, characters or other things imagined to possess some occult or unintelligible ... |
9414
|
charma |
CHARMA, n. A fish resembling the sea-wolf. |
9415
|
charmed |
CHARMED, pp. Subdued by charms; delighted; enchanted. |
9416
|
charmer |
CHARMER, n. 1. One that charms, or has power to charm; one that uses or has the power of ... |
9417
|
charmeress |
CHARMERESS, n. An enchantress. |
9418
|
charmful |
CHARMFUL, a. Abounding with charms. |
9419
|
charming |
CHARMING, ppr. 1. Using charms; enchanting.2. a. Pleasing n the highest degree; ... |
9420
|
charmingly |
CHARMINGLY, adv. Delightfully; in a manner to charm, or to give delight.She smiled very ... |
9421
|
charmingness |
CHARMINGNESS, n. The power to please. |
9422
|
charmless |
CHARMLESS, a. Destitute of charms. |
9423
|
charnel |
CHARNEL, a. Containing flesh or carcasses. |
9424
|
charnel-house |
CHARNEL-HOUSE, n. A place under or near churches, where the bones of the dead are reposited. ... |
9425
|
charon |
CHARON, n. In fabulous history, the son of Erebus and Nox, whose office was to ferry the souls of ... |
9426
|
charr |
CHARR, n. A fish, a species of Salmo. |
9427
|
charring |
CHARRING, ppr. Reducing to coal; depriving of volatile matter. |
9428
|
charry |
CHARRY, a. [See Char.] Pertaining to charcoal; like charcoal, or partaking of its qualities. |
9429
|
chart |
CHART, n. A hydrographical or marine map; a draught or projection of some part of the earths ... |
9430
|
charter |
CHARTER, n. 1. A written instrument, executed with usual forms, given as evidence of a grant, ... |
9431
|
charter-land |
CHARTER-LAND, n. Land held by charter, or in soccage. |
9432
|
charter-party |
CHARTER-PARTY, n. In commerce, an agreement respecting the hire of a vessel and the freight. This ... |
9433
|
chartered |
CHARTERED, pp.1. Hired or let, as a ship.2. Invested with privileges by charter; privileged.3. ... |
9434
|
chartering |
CHARTERING, ppr. 1. Giving a charter; establishing by charter.2. Hiring or letting by charter. |
9435
|
chartless |
CHARTLESS, a. Without a chart; of which no chart has been made; not delineated on paper; as the ... |
9436
|
chartulary |
CHARTULARY, n. An officer in the ancient Latin church, who had the care of charters and other ... |
9437
|
chary |
CHARY, a. [Sax. Cearig. See Care.] Careful; wary; frugal. |
9438
|
chasable |
CHASABLE, a. That may be chased; fit for the chase. |
9439
|
chase |
CHASE, v.t.1. Literally to drive, urge, press forward with vehemence; hence, to pursue for the ... |
9440
|
chased |
CHASED, pp. Pursed; sought ardently; driven. |
9441
|
chaser |
CHASER, n. 1. One who chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.2. An enchaser. [See Enchase.] |
9442
|
chasideans |
ASSIDE'ANS or CHASIDE'ANS, [Heb. pious.]A sect of Jews who resorted to Mattathias to fight for the ... |
9443
|
chasing |
CHASING, ppr. Pursuing; driving; hunting. |
9444
|
chasm |
CHASM, n.1. A cleft; a fissure; a gap; properly, an opening made by disrupture, as a beach in the ... |
9445
|
chasmed |
CHASMED, a. Having gaps or a chasm. |
9446
|
chasselas |
CHASSELAS, n. A sort of grape. |
9447
|
chaste |
CHASTE, a. 1. Pure from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Applied to persons before marriage, it ... |
9448
|
chaste-eyed |
CHASTE-EYED, a. Having modest eyes. |
9449
|
chaste-tree |
CHASTE-TREE, n. The agnus castus, or vitex; a tree that grows to the highth of eight or ten feet, ... |
9450
|
chastely |
CHASTELY, adv. In a chaste manner; without unlawful commerce of sexes; without obscenity; purely; ... |
9451
|
chasten |
CHASTEN, v.t.1. To correct by punishment; to punish; to inflict pain for the purpose of reclaiming ... |
9452
|
chastened |
CHASTENED, pp. Corrected; punished; afflicted for correction. |
9453
|
chastener |
CHASTENER, n. One who punishes, for the purpose of correction. |
9454
|
chasteness |
CHASTENESS, n. Chastity; purity. |
9455
|
chastening |
CHASTENING, ppr. Correcting; afflicting for correction.CHASTENING, n. Correction; punishment for ... |
9456
|
chastisable |
CHASTISABLE, a. Deserving of chastisement. |
9457
|
chastise |
CHASTISE, v.t.1. To correct by punishing; to punish; to inflict pain by stripes, or in other ... |
9458
|
chastised |
CHASTISED, pp. Punished; corrected. |
9459
|
chastisement |
CHASTISEMENT, n. Correction; punishment; pain inflicted for punishment and correction, either by ... |
9460
|
chastiser |
CHASTISER, n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. |
9461
|
chastising |
CHASTISING, ppr. Punishing for correction; correcting. |
9462
|
chastity |
CHASTITY, n.1. Purity of the body; freedom from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Before marriage, ... |
9463
|
chat |
CHAT, v.i.1. To talk in a familiar manner; to talk without form or ceremony.2. To talk idly; to ... |
9464
|
chateau |
CHATEAU, n. A castle; a seat in the country. |
9465
|
chatelet |
CHATELET, n. A little castle. |
9466
|
chatellany |
CHATELLANY, n. The lordship or jurisdiction of a castellan, or governor of a castle. [See ... |
9467
|
chatoyant |
CHATOYANT, a. A hard stone, a little transparent, which being cut smooth presents on its surface ... |
9468
|
chatoyment |
CHATOYMENT, n. Changeable colors, or changeableness of color, in a mineral; play of colors. |
9469
|
chattel |
CHATTEL, n. chatl. [See Cattle.] Primarily, any article of movable goods. In modern usage, the ... |
9470
|
chatter |
CHATTER, v.i. [See Chat.]1. To utter sounds rapidly and indistinctly, as a magpie, or a monkey.2. ... |
9471
|
chatter-box |
CHATTER-BOX, n. One that talks incessantly. |
9472
|
chatterer |
CHATTERER, n. A prater; an idle talker. |
9473
|
chattering |
CHATTERING, ppr. Uttering rapid, indistinct sounds, as birds; talking idly; moving rapidly and ... |
9474
|
chatting |
CHATTING, ppr. Talking familiarly. |
9475
|
chatty |
CHATTY, a. Given to free conversation; talkative. |
9476
|
chatwood |
CHATWOOD, n. Little sticks; fuel. |
9477
|
chaumontelle |
CHAUMONTELLE, n. A sort of pear. |
9478
|
chaun |
CHAUN, n. A gap.CHAUN, v.i. To open; to yawn. |
9479
|
chavender |
CHAVENDER, |
9480
|
chaw |
CHAW, v.t.1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to ruminate, or to chew as ... |
9481
|
chawdron |
CHAWDRON, n. Entrails. |
9482
|
chay |
CHAY, n. Chaya-root; the root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, used in dyeing red. |
9483
|
cheap |
CHEAP, a.1. Bearing a low price, in market; that may be purchased at a low price; that is, at a ... |
9484
|
cheapen |
CHEAPEN, v.t.1. To attempt to buy; to ask the price of a commodity; to chaffer.To shops in crowds ... |
9485
|
cheapener |
CHEAPENER, n. One who cheapens or bargains. |
9486
|
cheaply |
CHEAPLY, adv. At a small price; at a low rate. |
9487
|
cheapness |
CHEAPNESS, n. Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value. |
9488
|
chear |
CHEAR, [See Cheer.] |
9489
|
cheat |
CHEAT, v.t.1. To deceive and defraud in a bargain; to deceive for the purpose of gain in selling. ... |
9490
|
cheat-bread |
CHEAT-BREAD, n. Fine bread purchased, or not made in the family. |
9491
|
cheatableness |
CHEATABLENESS, n. Liability to be cheated. |
9492
|
cheated |
CHEATED, ppr. Defrauded by deception. |
9493
|
cheater |
CHEATER, n. One who practices a fraud in commerce. |
9494
|
cheating |
CHEATING, ppr. Defrauding by deception; imposing on.CHEATING, n. The act of defrauding by ... |
9495
|
check |
CHECK, v.t.1. To stop; to restrain; to hinder; to curb. It signifies to put an entire stop to ... |
9496
|
check-mate |
CHECK-MATE, n.1. The movement on a chess board or in the game of chess that kills the opposite ... |
9497
|
checked |
CHECKED, CHECKT, pp. Stopped; restrained; repressed; curbed; moderated; controlled; reprimanded. |
9498
|
checker |
CHECKER, v.t.1. To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess board, by ... |
9499
|
checker-work |
CHECKER-WORK, n. Work varied alternately as to its colors or materials; work consisting of cross ... |
9500
|
checkers |
CHECKERS, n plu. A common game on a checkered board. |
9501
|
checking |
CHECKING, ppr. Stopping; curbing; restraining; moderating; controlling; rebuking. |
9502
|
checkless |
CHECKLESS, a. That cannot be checked, or restrained. |
9503
|
checkt |
CHECKED, CHECKT, pp. Stopped; restrained; repressed; curbed; moderated; controlled; reprimanded. |
9504
|
checky |
CHECKY, n. In heraldry, a border that has more than two rows of checkers, or when the bordure or ... |
9505
|
cheek |
CHEEK, n.1. The side of the face below the eyes on each side.2. Among mechanics, cheeks are those ... |
9506
|
cheek-bone |
CHEEK-BONE, n. The bone of the cheek. |
9507
|
cheek-tooth |
CHEEK-TOOTH, n. The hinder tooth or tusk. Joel 1:6. |
9508
|
cheeked |
CHEEKED, a. Brought near the cheek. |
9509
|
cheep |
CHEEP, v.i. To chirp, as a small bird. |
9510
|
cheer |
CHEER, v.t.1. To salute with shouts of joy, or cheers.2. To dispel gloom, sorrow, silence or ... |
9511
|
cheered |
CHEERED, pp. Enlivened; animated; made glad. |
9512
|
cheerer |
CHEERER, n. One who cheers; he or that which gladdens.Thou cheerer of our days.Prime cheerer, ... |
9513
|
cheerful |
CHEERFUL, a.1. Lively; animated; having good spirits; moderately joyful. This is the most usual ... |
9514
|
cheerfully |
CHEERFULLY, adv. In a cheerful manner; with alacrity or willingness; readily; with life, animation ... |
9515
|
cheerfulness |
CHEERFULNESS, n. Life; animation; good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.He ... |
9516
|
cheerily |
CHEERILY, adv. With cheerfulness; with spirit. |
9517
|
cheering |
CHEERING, ppr. Giving joy or gladness; enlivening; encouraging; animating. |
9518
|
cheerishness |
CHEERISHNESS, n. State of cheerfulness. |
9519
|
cheerless |
CHEERLESS, a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort; gloomy; destitute of any thing to enliven or ... |
9520
|
cheerly |
CHEERLY, a. Gay; cheerful; not gloomy. |
9521
|
cheese |
CHEESE, n.1. The curd of milk, coagulated by rennet, separated from the serum or whey, and pressed ... |
9522
|
cheese-cake |
CHEESE-CAKE, n. A cake made of soft curds, sugar and butter. |
9523
|
cheese-monger |
CHEESE-MONGER, n. One who deals in or sells cheese. |
9524
|
cheese-paring |
CHEESE-PARING, n. A press, or engine for pressing curd in the making of cheese. |
9525
|
cheese-press |
CHEESE-PRESS, n. A press, or engine for pressing curd in the making of cheese. |
9526
|
cheese-rennet |
CHEESE-RENNET, n. A plant, ladies bed-straw, Galium verum. |
9527
|
cheese-vat |
CHEESE-VAT, n. The vat or case in which curds are confined for pressing. |
9528
|
cheesy |
CHEESY, a. Having the nature, qualities, taste or form of cheese. |
9529
|
chegoe |
CHEGOE, n. A tropical insect that enters the skin of the feet and multiplies incredibly, causing ... |
9530
|
cheiropter |
CHEIROPTER, n. An animal whose anterior toes are connected by a membrane, and whose feet thus ... |
9531
|
chelidon |
CHELIDON, n. A brown fly with silvery wings. |
9532
|
cheliferous |
CHELIFEROUS, a. Furnished with claws, as an animal. |
9533
|
cheliform |
CHELIFORM, a. Having the form of a claw. |
9534
|
chelmsfordite |
CHELMSFORDITE, n. A mineral arranged as a subspecies of schaalstein; found in Chelmsford, ... |
9535
|
chelonian |
CHELONIAN, a. Pertaining to or designating animals of the tortoise kind. |
9536
|
chely |
CHELY, n. The claw of a shell-fish. |
9537
|
chemical |
CHEMICAL. [See Chimical.] |
9538
|
chemically |
CHEMICALLY. [See Chimically.] |
9539
|
chemise |
CHEMISE, n. 1. A shift, or under garment worn by females.2. A wall that lines the face of any ... |
9540
|
chemist |
CHEMIST. [ See chimist.] |
9541
|
chemistry |
CHEMISTRY. [See Chimistry.] |
9542
|
chequer |
CHEQUER. [See Checker.] |
9543
|
cheriff |
CHERIFF, n. Written also Sheriff. The prince of Mecca; a high priest among the Mohammedans. |
9544
|
cherish |
CHERISH, n. The prince of Mecca; a high priest among the Mohammedans.CHERISH, v.t.1. To treat ... |
9545
|
cherished |
CHERISHED, pp. Treated with tenderness; warmed; comforted; fostered. |
9546
|
cherisher |
CHERISHER, n. One who cherishes; an encourager; a supporter. |
9547
|
cherishing |
CHERISHING, ppr. Warming; comforting; encouraging; fostering; treating with affection. |
9548
|
cherishment |
CHERISHMENT, n. Encouragement; comfort. |
9549
|
chermes |
CHERMES. [See Kermes.] |
9550
|
cherry |
CHERRY, n. The fruit of a tree, a species of Prunus, of which there are many varieties, as the red ... |
9551
|
cherry-cheeked |
CHERRY-CHEEKED, a. Having ruddy cheeks. |
9552
|
cherry-pit |
CHERRY-PIT, n. A childs play, in which cherry stones are thrown into a hole. |
9553
|
cherry-tree |
CHERRY-TREE, n. A tree whose fruit is cherries, in the more appropriate sense of the word. The ... |
9554
|
chersonese |
CHERSONESE, n. A peninsula; a tract of land of any indefinite extent, which is nearly surrounded ... |
9555
|
chert |
CHERT, n. In mineralogy, a subspecies of rhomboidal quartz; called also hornstone, petrosilex or ... |
9556
|
cherty |
CHERTY, a. Like chert; flinty. |
9557
|
cherub |
CHERUB, n. plu. Cherubs, but the Hebrew plural cherubim is also used.A figure composed of various ... |
9558
|
cherubic |
CHERUBIC,CHERUBIC, a. Pertaining to cherubs; angelic. |
9559
|
cherubim |
CHERUBIM, n. The Hebrew plural of cherub. |
9560
|
cherubin |
CHERUBIN, a. Cherubic; angelic. |
9561
|
cherup |
CHERUP, a corruption of chirp, which see. |
9562
|
chervil |
CHERVIL, n. A genus of plants, two species of which are called cow-weed. |
9563
|
chesapeak |
CHESAPEAK, n. A bay of the United States, whose entrance is between Cape Charles and Cape Henry, ... |
9564
|
chesible |
CHESIBLE, n. A short vestment without sleeves, worn by a popish priest at mass. |
9565
|
cheslip |
CHESLIP, n. A small vermin that lies under stones and tiles. |
9566
|
chess |
CHESS, n. An ingenious game performed by two parties with different pieces, on a checkered board, ... |
9567
|
chess-apple |
CHESS-APPLE, n. A species of wild service. |
9568
|
chess-board |
CHESS-BOARD, n. The board used in the game of chess, and from the squares of which chess has its ... |
9569
|
chess-man |
CHESS-MAN, n. A piece or puppet, for the game of chess. |
9570
|
chess-player |
CHESS-PLAYER, n. One who plays chess; one skilled din the game of chess. |
9571
|
chess-tree |
CHESS-TREE, n. In ships, a piece of wood bolted perpendicularly on the side to confine the clews ... |
9572
|
chessom |
CHESSOM, n. Mellow earth. |
9573
|
chest |
CHEST, n.1. A box of wood or other material, in which goods are kept or transported. It differs ... |
9574
|
chest-foundering |
CHEST-FOUNDERING, n. A disease in horses, like the pleurisy or peripneumony in the human body. |
9575
|
chestnut |
CHESTNUT, n. The fruit, seed or nut of a tree belonging to the genus Fagus. It is inclosed in a ... |
9576
|
chestnut-tree |
CHESTNUT-TREE, n. The tree which produces the chestnut. This tree grows to a great size, with ... |
9577
|
cheston |
CHESTON, n. A species of plum. |
9578
|
chevachie |
CHEVACHIE, n. An expedition with cavalry. |
9579
|
chevage |
CHEVAGE, n. A tribute by the head. |
9580
|
chevalier |
CHEVALIER, n. 1. A knight; a gallant young man.2. In heraldry, a horseman armed at all points. |
9581
|
cheven |
CHEVEN, n. The chub, a fish. |
9582
|
cheveril |
CHEVERIL, n. A kid, or rather leather made of kid-skin; used as a noun or adjective. |
9583
|
cheverilize |
CHEVERILIZE, v.t. To make as pliable as kid-leather. |
9584
|
chevisance |
CHEVISANCE, n. 1. Achievement; deed; performance; enterprize accomplished.2. In law, a making of ... |
9585
|
chevron |
CHEVRON, n. In heraldry, an honorable ordinary, representing two rafters of a house meeting at the ... |
9586
|
chevroned |
CHEVRONED, a. Having a chevron, or the form of it. |
9587
|
chevrotain |
CHEVROTAIN, n. The smallest of the antelope kind. |
9588
|
chew |
CHEW, v.t.1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food, to prepare it for ... |
9589
|
chewed |
CHEWED, pp. Ground by the teeth; masticated. |
9590
|
chewet |
CHEWET, n. A kind of pie, made with chopped substances. |
9591
|
chewing |
CHEWING, ppr. Grinding with the teeth; masticating; ruminating; meditating; champing. |
9592
|
chia |
CHIA, n. A beautiful Mexican plant. |
9593
|
chian |
CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Chios, an isle in the Levant.Chian earth, a medicinal, dense, compact kind ... |
9594
|
chiastolite |
CHIASTOLITE, n. A mineral, called also macle, whose crystals are arranged in a peculiar manner. ... |
9595
|
chibbal |
CHIBBAL, n. A small sort of onion. |
9596
|
chicane |
CHICANE, n.1. In law, shift; turn; trick; cavil; an abuse of judiciary proceedings, by artifices, ... |
9597
|
chicaner |
CHICANER, n. One who uses shifts, turns, evasions or undue artifices, in litigation or disputes; a ... |
9598
|
chicanery |
CHICANERY, n. Sophistry; mean or unfair artifices to perplex a cause and obscure the truth. |
9599
|
chiches |
CHICHES, n. Dwarf peas. |
9600
|
chichling |
CHICHLING, |
9601
|
chick |
CHICK, v.i. To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. |
9602
|
chick-pea |
CHICK-PEA, n. A plant or pea, constituting the genus Cicer; a native of Spain, where it is used in ... |
9603
|
chick-weed |
CHICK-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Alsine, which includes many species. The common chick-weed, ... |
9604
|
chicken |
CHICKEN, n. 1. The young of fowls, particularly of the domestic hen, or gallinaceous fowls.2. A ... |
9605
|
chicken-hearted |
CHICKEN-HEARTED, a. Timid; fearful; cowardly. |
9606
|
chicken-pox |
CHICKEN-POX, n. A mild contagious eruptive disease, generally appearing in children. |
9607
|
chickling |
CHICKLING, n. A small chick or chicken. |
9608
|
chickling-vetch |
CHICKLING-VETCH, n. A vetch or pea, of the genus Lathyrus, used in Germany for food, but inferior ... |
9609
|
chide |
CHIDE, v.t.1. To scold at; to reprove; to utter words in anger, or by way of disapprobation; to ... |
9610
|
chider |
CHIDER, n. One who chides, clamors, reproves or rebukes. |
9611
|
chideress |
CHIDERESS, n. A female who chides. |
9612
|
chiding |
CHIDING, ppr. Scolding; clamoring; rebuking; making a harsh or continued noise.CHIDING, n. A ... |
9613
|
chidingly |
CHIDINGLY, adv. In a scolding or reproving manner. |
9614
|
chief |
CHIEF, a.1. Highest in office or rank; principal; as a chief priest; the chief butler. Gen ... |
9615
|
chiefage |
CHIEFAGE, |
9616
|
chiefdom |
CHIEFDOM, n. Sovereignty. |
9617
|
chiefless |
CHIEFLESS, a. Without a chief or leader. |
9618
|
chiefly |
CHIEFLY, adv.1. Principally; eminently; in the first place.It chiefly concerns us to obey the ... |
9619
|
chiefrie |
CHIEFRIE, n. A small rent paid to the lord paramount. |
9620
|
chieftain |
CHIEFTAIN, n. A captain, leader or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army or clan. It is ... |
9621
|
chieftainry |
CHIEFTAINRY, |
9622
|
chieftainship |
CHIEFTAINSHIP, n. Headship; captaincy; the government over a clan. |
9623
|
chievance |
CHIEVANCE, n. An unlawful bargain; traffick in which money is extorted. |
9624
|
chieve |
CHIEVE or CHIVE, v.i. To come to an end; to issue; to succeed. |
9625
|
chilblain |
CHILBLAIN, n. A blain or sore produced by cold; a tumor affecting the hands and feet, accompanied ... |
9626
|
child |
CHILD, n.1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate ... |
9627
|
child-bearing |
CHILD-BEARING, a. or ppr. [See Bear.] Bearing or producing children.CHILD-BEARING, n. The act of ... |
9628
|
childbed |
CHILDBED, n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child or being in labor; parturition. |
9629
|
childbirth |
CHILDBIRTH, n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor; as the pains of childbirth. |
9630
|
childed |
CHILDED, a. Furnished with a child. |
9631
|
childhood |
CHILDHOOD, n.1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the ... |
9632
|
childing |
CHILDING, ppr. Bearing children; producing; as childing women. |
9633
|
childish |
CHILDISH, a.1. Belonging to a child; trifling; puerile.When I became a man, I put away childish ... |
9634
|
childishly |
CHILDISHLY, adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner. |
9635
|
childishness |
CHILDISHNESS, n. Triflingness, puerility, the state or qualities of a child, in reference to ... |
9636
|
childlike |
CHILDLIKE, a. Resembling a child or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; ... |
9637
|
childly |
CHILDLY, a. Like a child. |
9638
|
children |
CHILDREN, n. plu. Of child. |
9639
|
chili |
CHILI, a. 1. Cool; moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; as the chill vapors of night.2. ... |
9640
|
chiliad |
CHILIAD, n. 1. A thousand; a collection or sum, containing a thousand individuals or ... |
9641
|
chiliagon |
CHILIAGON, n. A plain figure of a thousand angles and sides. |
9642
|
chiliahedron |
CHILIAHEDRON, n. A figure of a thousand equal sides. |
9643
|
chiliarch |
CHILIARCH, n. A body consisting of a thousand men. |
9644
|
chiliast |
CHILIAST, n. One of the sect of Millenarians. |
9645
|
chilifactive |
CHILIFACTIVE. [See Chylifactive.] |
9646
|
chilioliter |
CHILIOLITER. [See Kiloliter.] |
9647
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chiliometer |
CHILIOMETER. [See Kilometer.] |
9648
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chill |
CHILL, n. 1. A shivering with cold; rigors, as in an ague; the cold fit that precedes a fever; ... |
9649
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chilled |
CHILLED, pp. Made cool; made to shiver; dejected. |
9650
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chilli |
CHILLI, n. A Mexican plant, Guinea pepper. |
9651
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chilliness |
CHILLINESS, n. 1. A sensation of shivering; rigors.2. A moderate degree of coldness; as the ... |
9652
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chilling |
CHILLING, ppr. Cooling; causing to shiver. |
9653
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chillness |
CHILLNESS, n. Coolness; coldness; a shivering. |
9654
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chilly |
CHILLY, a. Cool; moderately cold, such as to cause shivering; as a chilly day, night, or air. |
9655
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chilogram |
CHILOGRAM. [See Kilogram.] |
9656
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chimb |
CHIMB, n. [See Chime.] |
9657
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chime |
CHIME, n. 1. The consonant or harmonic sounds of several correspondent instruments.Instruments ... |
9658
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chimer |
CHIMER, n. One who chimes. |
9659
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chimera |
CHIMERA, n.1. In fabulous history, a monster with three heads, that of a lion, of a goat, and of a ... |
9660
|
chimerical |
CHIMERICAL, a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; that has, or can ... |
9661
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chimerically |
CHIMERICALLY, adv. Wildly; vainly; fancifully; fantastically. |
9662
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chimical |
CHIMICAL, a. [See Chimistry.]1. Pertaining to chimistry; as a chimical operation.2. Resulting ... |
9663
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chimically |
CHIMICALLY, adv. According to chimical principles; by chimical process or operation. |
9664
|
chiminage |
CHIMINAGE, n. In law, a toll for passage through a forest. |
9665
|
chiming |
CHIMING, ppr. Causing to chime; sounding in accordance. |
9666
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chimist |
CHIMIST, n. A person versed in chimistry; a professor of chimistry. |
9667
|
chimistry |
CHIMISTRY, n. Chimistry is a science, the object of which is to discover the nature and properties ... |
9668
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chimney |
CHIMNEY, n.1. In architecture, a body of brick or stone, erected in a building, containing a ... |
9669
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chimney-corner |
CHIMNEY-CORNER, n.1. The corner of a fire-place, or the space between the fire and the sides of ... |
9670
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chimney-hook |
CHIMNEY-HOOK, n. A hook for holding pots and kettles over a fire. |
9671
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chimney-money |
CHIMNEY-MONEY, n. Hearth-money, a duty paid for each chimney in a house. |
9672
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chimney-piece |
CHIMNEY-PIECE, n. An ornamental piece of wood or stone set round a fire-place. |
9673
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chimney-sweeper |
CHIMNEY-SWEEPER, n. One whose occupation is to sweep and scrape chimneys, to clean them of the ... |
9674
|
chimpanzee |
CHIMPANZEE, n. An animal of the ape kind, a variety of the ourang-outang.It is now considered a ... |
9675
|
chin |
CHIN, n. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw. |
9676
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chin-cough |
CHIN-COUGH, n. A contagious disease, often epidemic among children. It increases for some weeks, ... |
9677
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china |
CHINA, n. A species of earthern ware made in China, and so called from the country; called also ... |
9678
|
china-orange |
CHINA-ORANGE, n. The sweet orange, said to have been originally brought from China. |
9679
|
china-root |
CHINA-ROOT, n. The root of a species Smilax, brought from the East Indies, of a pale reddish ... |
9680
|
chinch |
CHINCH, n. A genus of insects, resembling the feather-wing moths. These insects live in the ... |
9681
|
chine |
CHINE, n.1. The back-bone, or spine of an animal.2. A piece of the back-bone of an animal, with ... |
9682
|
chined |
CHINED, a. Pertaining to the back. |
9683
|
chinese |
CHINESE, a. Pertaining to China.CHINESE, n. sing. and plu. A native of China; also, the language ... |
9684
|
chingle |
CHINGLE, n. Gravel free from dirt. [See Shingle.] |
9685
|
chink |
CHINK, n. A small aperture lengthwise; a cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; ... |
9686
|
chinkapin |
CHINKAPIN, n. The dwarf chestnut, Fagus pumila, a tree that rises eight or ten feet, with a ... |
9687
|
chinky |
CHINKY, a. Full of chinks, or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts. |
9688
|
chinned |
CHINNED, a. Having a long chin. |
9689
|
chinse |
CHINSE, v.t. In naval affairs, to thrust oakum into the seams or chinks of a ship with a chisel or ... |
9690
|
chints |
CHINTS, n. Cotton cloth, printed with more than two colors. |
9691
|
chioppine |
CHIOPPINE, n. A high shoe, formerly worn by ladies. |
9692
|
chip |
CHIP, CHEAP, CHIPPING, in the names of places, imply a market; from Sax. Ceapan, cypan, to buy or ... |
9693
|
chip-ax |
CHIP-AX, n. An ax for chipping. |
9694
|
chipped |
CHIPPED, pp. Cut in chips, or small pieces; hewed. |
9695
|
chipping |
CHIPPING, n. 1. A chip; a piece cut off or separated by a cutting or engraving instrument; a ... |
9696
|
chiragrical |
CHIRAGRICAL, a. Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. |
9697
|
chirk |
CHIRK, a. Lively; cheerful; in god spirits; in a comfortable state.CHIRK, v.i. To chirp. |
9698
|
chirm |
CHIRM, v.i. To sing as a bird. |
9699
|
chirograph |
CHIROGRAPH, n.1. Anciently a deed, which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same ... |
9700
|
chirographer |
CHIROGRAPHER, n. [See Chirograph.] He that exercises or professes the art or business of writing. ... |
9701
|
chirographic |
CHIROGRAPHIC, |
9702
|
chirographical |
CHIROGRAPHICAL, a. Pertaining to chirography. |
9703
|
chirographist |
CHIROGRAPHIST, n. One who tells fortunes by examining the hand. |
9704
|
chirography |
CHIROGRAPHY, n. [See Chirograph.] The art of writing, or a writing with ones own hand. |
9705
|
chirological |
CHIROLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to chirology. |
9706
|
chirologist |
CHIROLOGIST, n. One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers. |
9707
|
chirology |
CHIROLOGY, n. [See Chirologist.] The art or practice of communicating thoughts by signs made by the ... |
9708
|
chiromancer |
CHIROMANCER, n. [See Chiromancy.] One who attempts to foretell future events, or to tell the ... |
9709
|
chiromancy |
CHIROMANCY, n. Divination by the hand; the art or practice of attempting to foretell events, or to ... |
9710
|
chiromantic |
CHIROMANTIC, a. Pertaining to chiromancy, or divination by the hand.Chiromantic deception. |
9711
|
chirp |
CHIRP, v.i. Cherp. To make the noise of certain small birds, or of certain insects; as a chirping ... |
9712
|
chirper |
CHIRPER, n. One that chirps, or is cheerful. |
9713
|
chirping |
CHIRPING, ppr. Making the noise of certain small birds.CHIRPING, n. The noise of certain small ... |
9714
|
chirurgeon |
CHIRURGEON, n. A surgeon; one whose profession is to heal diseases by manual operations, ... |
9715
|
chirurgery |
CHIRURGERY, n. That part of the medical art which consists in healing diseases and wounds by ... |
9716
|
chirurgic |
CHIRURGIC, |
9717
|
chirurgical |
CHIRURGICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to surgery, or to the art of healing diseases and wounds by manual ... |
9718
|
chisel |
CHISEL, n. An instrument of iron or steel, used in carpentry, joinery, cabinet work, masonry, ... |
9719
|
chiseled |
CHISELED, pp. Cut or engraved with a chisel. |
9720
|
chiseling |
CHISELING, ppr. Cutting with a chisel. |
9721
|
chisleu |
CHISLEU, n. The ninth month of the Jewish year, answering to a part of November and a part of ... |
9722
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chistianity |
CHISTIANITY, n. [See Christian, from Christ.] The religion of Christ |
