cabochon
n. - convex-cut, polished stone. en cabochon, cut in that manner.
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cabotage
n. - coastal navigation; restriction of internal air services to a country's own carriers.
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cabotin
n. - medical quack
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cacaesthesia
n. - morbid sensation.
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cacation
n. - excretion
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cacemphaton
n. - a harsh-sounding word or phrase
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cacestogenous
adj. - caused by unfavorable home environment
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cachaemia
n. - poisoned condition of blood. cachaemic, adj.
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cachalot
n. - sperm whale.
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cache-sexe
n. - small cover for the genitals.
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cachexy, cachexia
n. - generally unhealthy physical or mental state. cachectic, cachexic, adj.
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cachinnate
v. -i. laugh harshly and loudly. cachinnation, cachinato, n. cachinatory, adj.
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cachinnation
n. - loud or immoderate laughter
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cachou
n. - lozenge for sweetening the breath.
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cachucha
n. - quick Spanish dance, with castanet accompaniment.
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cacique
n. - a slightly pompous person
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cacodoxical
adj. - heretical
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cacodoxy
n. - heterodoxy.
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cacoepy
n. - incorrect pronunciation. cacoepist, n. cacoepistic, adj.
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cacoethes
n. - strong desire; bad habit. cacoethic, adj.
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cacogastric
adj. - dyspeptic.
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cacogen
n. - an anti-social person
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cacogenics
n. - study or process of racial deterioration. cacogenic, adj.
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cacography
n. - incorrect spelling or writing. cacographer, n. bad speller. cacographic(al), adj.
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cacology
n. - bad pronunciation; impropriety of wording or unacceptable diction
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caconym
n. - bad or wrongly derived name. caconymic, adj.
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cacophenism
n. - an unfairly harsh or derogatory word ordescription
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cacophrenic
adj. - pertaining to an inferior intellect
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cacotechny
n. - a corrupt state of art
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cacozelia
n. - studied affectation in diction or style, as in aspeech filled with pedantic latinisms and inkhorn words
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cacuminal
adj. - pertaining to point, top or crown. cacuminate, v. sharpen. cacumination, n. cacuminous, adj. pointed.
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cadastre
n. - register of lands, their values and owners. cadastral, adj. cadastration, n. making this.
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cadge
v. - to hawk or peddle, as fish; or to beg, sponge or fleece
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cadi
n. - local judge in Islam.
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cadit quaestio
phr. - the investigation drops: the argument or case collapses; that dispenses with the issue
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caducous
adj. - fleeting; transient; unenduring
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caecum
n. - (pl. -ca), blind outgrowth at junction of large and small intestines, terminating in vermiform appendix. caecal, adj. caeciform, adj. shaped like a caecum. caecity, n. blindness.
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caenogenesis
n. - development in individual of processes not common to its species. caenogenetic, adj.
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caesaropapacy
n. - secular possession of highest ecclesiastical power.
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caesious
adj. - pale blue-green.
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caespitose, cespitose
adj. - growing in tufts.
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cagamosis
n. - unhappy marriage
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caitiff
adj. - base; despicable; cowardly; wicked
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calamus
n. - feather quill; reed used as pen; Malacca and rattan cane palm.
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calascent
adj. - increasing in warmth
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calcareous
adj. - pertaining to limestone; consisting of carbonate of lime.
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calcariferous
adj. - spurred. calcariform, calcarine a. spur-shaped.
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calceiform
adj. - slipper-shaped.
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calcicole
n. - plant thriving on limy soil.
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calcimine
n. -,v.t. whitewash.
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calcine
v. -i. v.t. convert or be converted into powder or lime by burning; roast. calcination, n. calcinatory, a.; n. vessel for calcination.
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calcitonin
n. - hormone secreted by the thyroid gland, controlling the rate of bone destruction.
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calcivorous
adj. - applied to plants thriving on limestone.
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calcographer
n. - one who draws with crayons
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calefacient
adj. - warming. calefaction, n. calefactive, adj. calefactory, a.; n. warm room or vessel.
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calelectricity
n. - electricity caused by changes in temperature. calelectric(al), adj.
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calender
n. - mangle or press, especially to produce glazed surface.
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calends
n. - pl. first day of month in ancient Roman calendar. at the Greek calends, never. calendal, adj.
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calenture
n. - sunstroke, or other fever or delirium due to heat.
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calepin
n. - a dictionary, esp. a polyglot dictionary
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calescent
adj. - becoming warm. calescence, n.
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caliduct
n. - conduit for hot fluid.
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caliginous
adj. - obscure; dim; misty; dark
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caligo
n. - dim-sightedness. caliginous, adj. dim; obscure.
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caliology
n. - study of birds' nests. caliological, adj. caliologist, n.
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calipee
n. - edible jelly-like substance found on underside of turtle
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callipygian, callipygous
adj. - having well-shaped buttocks.
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callisection
n. - vivisection of anaesthetized animals.
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callisteia
n. -pl. pl. beauty prizes.
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callisthenics, calisthenics
n. - strengthening and beautifying exercises.
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callithumpian
n. - a noisy demonstration
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callomania
n. - the delusion that one is beautiful
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calodemon, calodaemon
n. - good spirit.
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calomel
n. - strong purgative, compound of mercury, acting on liver.
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calotte
n. - skull cap, especially of Roman Catholic clergy; small dome.
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calque
n. - word or phrase directly translated from one language and used in another.
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caltrop
n. - spiked device laid on the ground to disable enemy horses or vehicles.
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calumniate
v. - slander. calumnious, calumniatory, adj. calumny, calumniation, calumniator, n.
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calvarial
adj. - pertaining to crown of head.
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calvities
n. - baldness. calvous, adj.
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calyx
n. - (pl. -lyces ) outer whorl of generally green floral leaves (sepals) in flower. calycate, adj. having calyces. calyciform, adj. calyx- shaped. calycine, adj. pertaining to calyces. calycoid, adj. calyx-like.
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camarilla
n. - political secret society, especially of king's favourites.
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cambism
n. - theory of commercial exchange. cambist, n. person dealing in bills of exchange. cambistry, n. study of international exchange.
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cambium
n. - soft enveloping tissue of trees from which new tissues are formed. cambial, adj. cambiform, adj. like cambium in nature or function. cambiogenetic, adj. producing cambium.
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camera lucida
n. - instrument containing prism by which image of object is projected onto flat surface, where it may be traced.
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cameralism
n. - economic theory in which public revenue is sole measure of national prosperity. cameralist, n. adherent of cameralism. cameralistic, adj. pertaining to public revenue. cameralistics, n. study of national finance.
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camerate(d)
adj. - divided into chambers. cameration, n. division into chambers; vaulting.
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camerlingo, camerlengo
n. - papal treasurer.
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camion
n. - flat, low, four-wheeled truck or dray.
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camisade, camisado
n. - attack by night.
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camlet
n. - fine dress fabric of silk and camel-hair, or wool and goat's hair. camleteen, camletine, n. imitation camlet of hair and worsted.
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camorra
n. - secret terrorist organisation, especially of 19th-century. camorrism, camorrist, n.
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campaniform
adj. - bell-shaped.
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campanology
n. - study and knowledge of bells; bell-making; bell-ringing. campanological, adj. campanologist, n. campanist, n. expert on bells; bell-ringer.
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campanulate, campanular, campanulous
adj. - bell-shaped.
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campestral, campestrial
adj. - pertaining to or thriving in open countryside.
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canaille
n. - the mob; rabble.
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canaster
n. - coarse tobacco.
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cancellate(d), cancellous
adj. - marked with network of lines; having a sponge-like structure.
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cancriform
adj. - crab-shaped; Medicine, cancer-like. cancrivorous, adj. feeding on crabs. cancrizans, adj. moving crab-wise or backwards; Music, having theme repeated backwards. cancroid, adj. crab-like; cancer-like.
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cancrine
n. - reading the same backwards as forwards
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candent
adj. - white-hot.
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candescent
adj. - glowing. candescence, n.
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canephorus
n. - (pl. -ri) sculpture of a young man or woman carrying a basket on head.
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canescent
adj. - becoming white; hoary. canescence, n.
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cang(ue)
n. - wooden yoke, inscribed with list of his offences, hung round criminal's neck in China.
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canicular
adj. - pertaining to dog star or dog days.
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canities
n. - whiteness of hair.
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cannel
n. - kind of fine, brightly burning coal.
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cannellate(d)
adj. - fluted. cannelure, n. groove, especially in cartridge.
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cannular, cannulate
adj. - hollow; tubular.
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canorous
adj. - sweet-sounding.
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cantabank
n. - second-rate ballad singer
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