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Caimacam
The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.
Calando
Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.
Caligation
Dimness; cloudiness.
Capnomancy
Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
Cappaper
See , , also ,
Capuched
Cover with, or as with, a hood.
Cascalho
A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.
Catadicrotism
Quality or state of being catacrotic.
Catallactics
The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.
cathect
to inject with libidinal energy.
Centrality
The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
centrolecithal
Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal.
Centumvir
One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
Cestus
A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.
chainsaw
a portable power saw having teeth that are linked to form an endless chain, rotated about two pivot points by a power mechanism, such as an electric motor or a gasoline engine.
Chalkiness
The state of being chalky.
Chancroid
A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also .
Chattering
The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
Cheve
To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; .
chew
To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
Chibbal
See .
Chivalry
A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.
Chloruret
A chloride.
Chorographer
One who describes or makes a map of a district or region.
Chrysogen
A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
Chrysography
The art of writing in letters of gold.
Clarify
To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
Clement
Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.
Clich
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
Clorox
a commercial bleaching agent, consisting of a 5.25% aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite (). Other similar solutions of sodium hypochlorite are sometimes referred to as .
close-packed
grouped closely together.
Cobbler
A mender of shoes.
Coincide
To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
Cold
The relative absence of heat or warmth.
Collectivism
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.
Collocate
Set; placed.
Collude
To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
Columella
An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.
commitedness
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.
Commonitory
Calling to mind; giving admonition.
Commonplace
Common; ordinary; trite; .
Conductivity
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; .
Confederate
One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense.
Congenially
In a congenial manner; .
Conia
Same as .
Contracted
Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; .
Contradictional
Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.
Conyrine
A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.
Copesmate
An associate or companion; a friend; a partner.
Corallinite
A fossil coralline.
Corollaceous
Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
Corpuscule
A corpuscle.
Corsica
an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France.
Cosinage
Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
Coterie
A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique.
Cotyligerous
Having cotyles.
Crenelled
Same as .
Crescent
The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.
Crows
A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called .
Crude
In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; .
Cuff
To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
Cushewbird
The galeated curassow. See .
Cushionless
Not furnished with a cushion.