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Calabozo
A jail. See .
Calm
Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
Canker rash
A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Cantabile
In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to , , or .
Captive
A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.
Carburization
The act, process, or result of carburizing.
Carolus
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.
Carvel
Same as .
Cashew
A tree () of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.
Cassonade
Raw sugar; sugar not refined.
Catalogize
To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue.
Catch title
A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
Cavitary
Containing a body cavity; .
Cercopod
One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.
Changeableness
The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability.
Charactery
The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.
Cheerfully
In a cheerful manner, gladly.
Chiffon
Any merely ornamental adjunct of a woman's dress, as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.
chiropteran
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
Chivalric
Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.
Chlamydate
Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.
Chrysophyllum
a genus of tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs.
Chupatty
A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India.
Chylaceous
Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
cigar-shaped
cylindrical, tapering at each end; having the shape of a cigar.
Circumstantially
In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
Clear-sightedness
Acute discernment.
Clerklike
Scholarlike.
CO2 extinguisher
a device for suppressing fire, consisting of a steel cylinder containing compressed carbon dioxide, which may be released by pressing on a handle. The release of the gas is usually accomplished through a hose attached to a funnel-shaped vent which is directed at the base of the fire, and when released, part of the carbon dioxide is chilled sufficiently to solidify into a powder. The large quantity of inert carbon dioxide released on top of a small fire is usually sufficient to exinguish the flame by excluding oxygen, and the cooling effect also helps drive the temperature of the combustible material below that required to support compustion. It is used in situations where putting water on the fire might cause undesirable damage.
Coactively
In a coactive manner.
cock-a-doodle-doo
the crowing sound made by a rooster.
Coincidently
With coincidence.
Coir
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Colic
A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
collaborationist
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
Cologne
A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also and .
Colophany
See .
Compellatory
Serving to compel; compulsory.
Complot
To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design.
Compress
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.
Compunctionless
Without compunction.
Concealed
Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.
Conceited
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
Concentrative
Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.
Condensate
To condense.
Condonation
The act of condoning or pardoning.
Conjecturalist
A conjecturer.
Consignificative
Consignificant; jointly significate.
Contractibleness
Contractibility.
Contristate
To make sorrowful.
Convulsionist
One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; .
Corporace
See .
Corruptress
A woman who corrupts.
Corticiform
Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.
Corylus
a genus of deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs or small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family .
Cottoid
Like a fish of the genus .
Cover
Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; .
Crang
See .
Cretism
A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.
Cropful
Having a full crop or belly; satiated.
Croquette
A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, vegetables, or other ingredients, often in a thick white sauce, highly seasoned, breaded, and fried; .
Crus
That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
Cucumiform
Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved.
Cuirassed
Wearing a cuirass.
Culmiferous
Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
Cupboard
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
Curtailer
One who curtails.
Cutch
See .
Cystid
One of the Cystidea.