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Cabal
To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
Caliver
An early form of hand gun, a variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.
Camboose
See .
Campaigner
One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
canalize
to provide with a canal, as of a city.
Candied
Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; .
Cant
To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
Capape
See .
Capcase
A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.
Caper
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
Capitalize on
To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; .
carboxylic
of or pertaining to the ; having a carboxyl group (written , or ); .
Carcinosys
The affection of the system with cancer.
Cardol
A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.
Carking
Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; .
Carve
To cut.
Caseharden
To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.
Category
One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament.
Cautiousness
The quality of being cautious.
Cayo
A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.
cedar waxwing
a species of chatterer (, formerly ) widely distributed over temperate North America, so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also , , , and . It is a brownish bird about 7 inches long, between the size of a robin and a sparrow, has a crest on the head, a black face mask, and a yellow-tipped tail. The name comes from the black color of the tips of the wings, like that of a black sealing wax. They sometimes are seen in flocks.
Cephalosporin
any of a class of chemical substances, some of which have therapeutically useful antibacterial activity, whose structure contains a beta-lactam ring fused to a six-membered ring containing a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. The first of the series, , was discovered by in 1955 in the culture broth of a species found off the coast of Sardinia. Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria (actinomycetes). Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect, and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antibacterial agents, some of which may be taken orally for treatment of bacterial infections. The cephalosporins are the second class of to be discovered, the first being the and more recent classes being the and . The are a variant of cephalosporins with a methoxyl group on the beta-lactam ring, rendering them more resistant to penicillinases. Among the which have been found clinically useful are , , and .
Cerium
A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air.
Certainty
The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
Chab
The red-bellied woodpecker ().
Check
Checkered; designed in checks.
Chelyabinsk
a city in the Asian part of Russia.
Chervil
A plant () with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.
Choledology
A treatise on the bile and bilary organs.
Chorally
In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.
Circumscissile
Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See of .
circumstantiable
Capable of being circumstantiated.
Clairvoyant
Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
Clamber
The act of clambering.
Claret
The name first given in England to the red wines of Mdoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.
Clavigerous
Bearing a club or a key.
Clupeidae
a natural family of teleostean marine fishes which includes the herrings, shad, sardines, menhaden, and others.
Coccosteus
An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.
Coefficient
Coperating; acting together to produce an effect.
Colosseum
The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome.
Comether
Matter; affair.
Comitial
Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws.
Complanate
Flattened to a level surface.
Completement
Act of completing or perfecting; completion.
Compulsorily
In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.
Conclusory
Conclusive.
Confessional
Pertaining to a confession of faith.
Congression
A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse.
Contection
A covering.
Contemporaneously
At the same time with some other event.
Contend
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Contracture
A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.
Convener
One who convenes or meets with others.
Coolie
Same as .
Cordialize
To make into a cordial.
cornbind
A weed that binds stalks of corn, as , .
Corporate
To incorporate.
Cosmolabe
An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also .
Countercast
A trick; a delusive contrivance.
Counterpart
A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
courgette
a marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small; -- called also .
Crackle
To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; .
crapola
same as .
Crenelation
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
Crescendo
A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
Cripply
Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition.
Crookback
Hunched.
Cross-buttock
A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse.
Crystal
Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
Cue
A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.