+
compulsatively
adv.
By compulsion.
+
chaser
n.
Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.
+
circle
n.
To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
+
coagment
v.t.
To join together.
+
civet
n.
The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat.  It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.
+
circumstantial
a.
Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
+
cape
v.i.
To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.
+
conceit
v.t.
To conceive; to imagine.
+
chicory
n.
The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee.
+
confederate
a.
United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
+
cope
v.t.
To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
+
chambered
imp.|p.p.
of Chamber
+
carnalized
imp.|p.p.
of Carnalize
+
closet
v.t.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
+
chargeous
a.
Burdensome.
+
condemnable

Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable.
+
cormoraut
a.
Ravenous; voracious.
+
court
n.
A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
+
coastal
a.
Of or pertaining to a coast.
+
customhouse
n.
The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.
+
coreligionist
n.
One of the same religion with another.
+
cite
v.t.
To bespeak; to indicate.
+
candy
v.t.
To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
+
circumlocutory
a.
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.
+
cliff limestone

A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.
+
chetvert
n.
A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels.
+
coordinate
v.t.
To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements.
+
combine
v.i.
To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.
+
compromise
n.
To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
+
careered
imp.|p.p.
of Career
+
crop
n.
Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
+
correspond
v.i.
To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to.
+
confirmable
a.
That may be confirmed.
+
cosmos
n.
The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony.
+
crept
imp.
of Creep
+
coction
n.
Act of boiling.
+
capitulary
a.
Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
+
calycle
n.
A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.
+
convict
p.a.
Proved or found guilty; convicted.
+
comprador
n.
A kind of steward or agent.
+
commonable
a.
Held in common.
+
contraction
n.
Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.
+
chilian
n.
Alt. of Chiliarch
+
contrast
n.
The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.
+
caparison
n.
Gay or rich clothing.
+
commence
v.i.
To take a degree at a university.
+
corvine
a.
Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike.
+
coyed
imp.|p.p.
of Coy
+
constraintive
a.
Constraining; compulsory.
+
convert
v.t.
To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
+
collimating
p.p.|vb.n.
of Collimate
+
crenelate
v.t.
To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.
+
cosherer
n.
One who coshers.
+
cane
v.t.
To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
+
close
n.
Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
+
cloyless
a.
That does not cloy.
+
champerty
n.
The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance.
+
concourse
n.
An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.
+
cleavage
n.
The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.
+
compunctive
a.
Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious.
+
coleseed
n.
The common rape or cole.
+
channeled
imp.|p.p.
of Channel
+
cabinet
n.
Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
+
callus
n.
Same as Callosity
+
coziness
n.
The state or quality of being cozy.
+
careful
a.
Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.
+
corkiness
n.
The quality of being corky.
+
choose
v.t.
To wish; to desire; to prefer.
+
cross
n.
A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.
+
cravatted
a.
Wearing a cravat.
+
controvertist
n.
One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
+
club
v.i.
To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.
+
constitutional
n.
A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution.
+
cognation
n.
Participation of the same nature.
+
cursive
n.
A character used in cursive writing.
+
castor
n.
Castoreum. See Castoreum.
+
chasable
a.
Capable of being chased; fit for hunting.
+
caribbee
n.
A Carib.
+
commonwealth
n.
Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.
+
carolled

of Carol
+
cirrus
n.
A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.
+
canoeman
n.
One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.
+
cowardship
n.
Cowardice.
+
cannoneer
n.
Alt. of Cannonier
+
crying
a.
Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
+
cholesteric
a.
Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid.
+
corpse
n.
The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
+
cephalotripsy
n.
The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.
+
cheapening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cheapen
+
cleft
a.
Divided; split; partly divided or split.
+
cercal
a.
Of or pertaining to the tail.
+
catercornered
a.
Diagonal.
+
culturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Culture
+
cryptology
n.
Secret or enigmatical language.
+
cass
v.t.
To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away.
+
carpi
pl.
of Carpus
+
cirri
pl.
of Cirrus
+
culls
v.t.
Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.
+
construing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Construe
+
carpeting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Carpet
+
canicule
n.
Canicula.
+
conserve
n.
A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
+
confirming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confirm
+
cogue
n.
A small wooden vessel; a pail.
+
compile
v.t.
To put together; to construct; to build.
+
cribbage
v.t.
A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.
+
celebrated
imp.|p.p.
of Celebrate
+
circumposition
n.
The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed.
+
corticated
a.
Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
+
clatter
v.i.
To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
+
childhood
n.
Children, taken collectively.
+
carucate
n.
A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.
+
convergence
n.
Alt. of Convergency
+
calumniate
v.i.
To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.
+
currentness
n.
Easiness of pronunciation; fluency.
+
connate
a.
Congenital; existing from birth.
+
cataphract
n.
The armor or plate covering some fishes.
+
catcher
n.
One who, or that which, catches.
+
cacochymic
a.
Alt. of Cacochymical
+
contradicted
imp.|p.p.
of Contradict
+
cordon
n.
A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.
+
cassada
n.
See Cassava.
+
cyclorama
n.
A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.
+
constricted
a.
Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
+
cheapjohn
n.
A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
+
conversative
a.
Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative.
+
covenable
a.
Fit; proper; suitable.
+
codex
n.
An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.
+
concreted
imp.|p.p.
of Concrete
+
corroding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Corrode
+
chromoleucite
n.
A chromoplastid.
+
crew
n.
In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
+
crabeater
n.
An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).
+
clump
v.i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp.
+
churchliness
n.
Regard for the church.
+
conterraneous
a.
Of or belonging to the same country.
+
charge
v.t.
A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
+
compend
n.
A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
+
cryptogram
n.
A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
+
chaus
n.
a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).
+
council
n.
A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.
+
cooperator
n.
One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.
+
clinching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clinch
+
coterminous
a.
Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.
+
captain
n.
The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
+
concubine
n.
A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.
+
clove

of Cleave
+
ceramics
n.
The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc.
+
ceremonially
adv.
According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean.
+
cassinette
n.
A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
+
charge
v.t.
To call to account; to challenge.
+
concavoconcave
a.
Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.
+
crossway
n.
See Crossroad.
+
conceptibility
n.
The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness.
+
coat
n.
A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
+
classification
n.
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.
+
cacomixtle
n.
Alt. of Cacomixl
+
curcumin
n.
The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
+
cookee
n.
A female cook.
+
civic
a.
Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.
+
confer
v.t.
To contribute; to conduce.
+
cabbage
n.
An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
+
confessant
n.
One who confesses to a priest.
+
comfortable
a.
In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.
+
cramoisy
a.
Crimson.
+
cacophony
n.
A combination of discordant sounds.
+
chrysotype
n.
2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.
+
contest
v.t.
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
+
condyloid
a.
Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.
+
circle
v.i.
To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
+
collect
v.i.
To infer; to conclude.
+
calk
v.i.
To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.
+
ceylanite
n.
A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste.
+
clevis
n.
A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.
+
corroborative
a.
Tending to strengthen of confirm.
+
ceratohyal
a.
Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.
+
cad
n.
A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
+
conquadrate
v.t.
To bring into a square.
+
canonized
imp.|p.p.
of Canonize
+
cocksure
a.
Perfectly safe.
+
coenosarc
n.
The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.
+
cookey
n.
Alt. of Cookie
+
capricorn
n.
The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
+
common
v.
Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
+
chestnut
n.
One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
+
capable
a.
Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.
+
controlment
n.
Opposition; resistance; hostility.
+
corinthian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.
+
crisp
a.
Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
+
classically
adv.
In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.
+
cutty
n.
A light or unchaste woman.
+
cyst
n.
A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
+
commorant
n.
A resident.
+
cardiosphygmograph
n.
A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.
+
cuteness
n.
Acuteness; cunning.
+
consistency
n.
That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
+
court
v.i.
To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
+
caryatid
n.
A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
+
crib
n.
A miner's luncheon.
+
chout
n.
An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue.
+
cup
v.t.
To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
+
centrosome
n.
A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
+
centaur
n.
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
+
combshaped
a.
Pectinate.
+
comatula
n.
A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.
+
corporeality
n.
The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.
+
close
v.t.
Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
+
clap
v.i.
To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
+
courtepy
n.
A short coat of coarse cloth.
+
corpulently
adv.
In a corpulent manner.
+
companable
a.
Companionable; sociable.
+
charge
v.t.
The price demanded for a thing or service.
+
calamus
n.
The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
+
cairn
n.
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
+
cavities
pl.
of Cavity
+
ceiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ceil
+
calligraphist
n.
A calligrapher
+
clap
v.t.
To express contempt or derision.
+
congelation
n.
The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.
+
constringing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Constringe
+
cacodemon
n.
An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
+
cast
v.t.
To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
+
crowned
p.p.|a.
Great; excessive; supreme.
+
cyrenian
a.
Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic.
+
cytogenic
a.
Alt. of Cytogenetic
+
connaturalize
v.t.
To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt.
+
copyhold
n.
Land held in copyhold.
+
compasses
n.
An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.
+
closure
v.t.
A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.
+
cercaria
n.
The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
+
conglobe
v.t.
To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.
+
cony
n.
A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus)
+
correspondencies
pl.
of Correspondency
+
capitular
a.
Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
+
clericity
n.
The state of being a clergyman.
+
capper
n.
An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
+
carbonado
n.
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.
+
connected
imp.|p.p.
of Connect
+
chowchow
a.
Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).
+
cirrobranchiata
n.pl.
A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.
+
creamery
n.
A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.
+
compart
v.t.
To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.
+
cucumber
n.
A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below.
+
chemosmosis
n.
Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.
+
crud
n.
See Curd.
+
carcass
n.
A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
+
compact
p.p.|a
Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
+
conspurcation
n.
The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.
+
caracoly
n.
An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.
+
circumstantiated
imp.|p.p.
of Circumstantiate
+
cossic
a.
Alt. of Cossical
+
cantillation
n.
A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
+
chapter
v.t.
To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
+
centicipitous
a.
Hundred-headed.
+
cockloft
n.
An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.
+
christianize
v.i.
To adopt the character or belief of a Christian; to become Christian.
+
countess
n.
The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
+
cancelli
v.t.
The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.
+
carbolize
v.t.
To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.
+
champer
n.
One who champs, or bites.
+
canadian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Canada.
+
courant
a.
Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.
+
cell
n.
A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
+
confract
a.
Broken in pieces; severed.
+
niere
n.
One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
+
castellan
n.
A governor or warden of a castle.
+
corybantes
pl.
of Corybant
+
covelline
n.
Alt. of Covellite
+
caesurae
pl.
of Caesura
+
clumsy
superl.
Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.
+
collet

An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.
+
chioppine
n.
Same as Chopine, n.
+
correct
v.t.
To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).
+
crystallin
n.
See Gobulin.
+
cacophonious
a.
Harsh-sounding.
+
caffeine
n.
A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana.
+
cumbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cumber
+
camerae
pl.
of Camera
+
ceratobranchial
a.
Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch.
+
capering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Caper
+
chemosmotic
a.
Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis.
+
cotinga
n.
A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.
+
coexisted
imp.|p.p.
of Coexist
+
catocathartic
n.
A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.
+
creep
v.t.
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i., 4.
+
communication
n.
Association; company.
+
canorous
a.
Melodious; musical.
+
coreopsis
n.
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.
+
creditrix
n.
A female creditor.
+
competence
n.
Alt. of Competency
+
cellarist
n.
Same as Cellarer.
+
canstick
n.
Candlestick.
+
connived
imp.|p.p.
of Connive
+
cannabin
n.
A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.
+
characteristic
n.
The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
+
crossbreed
n.
Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
+
castigated
imp.|p.p.
of Castigate
+
crapefish
n.
Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
+
concertos
pl.
of Concerto
+
canker
n.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
+
colugo
n.
A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.
+
coronate
a.
Alt. of Coronated
+
contender
n.
One who contends; a contestant.
+
consolate
v.t.
To console; to comfort.
+
cutlery
n.
Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.
+
close
v.t.
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.
+
cursive
a.
Running; flowing.
+
certitude
n.
Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.
+
cycloidal
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.
+
ceduous
a.
Fit to be felled.
+
ceased
imp.|p.p.
of Cease
+
calver
v.i.
To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver.
+
cannabis
n.
A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.
+
chickenbreasted
a.
Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
+
countenanced
imp.|p.p.
of Countenance
+
cabrilla
n.
A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc.  In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.
+
copartment
n.
A compartment.
+
claver
n.
See Clover.
+
cognizable
a.
Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.
+
carrow
n.
A strolling gamester.
+
calycular
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.
+
catamaran
n.
A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.
+
catch
n.
Act of seizing; a grasp.
+
confidentially
adv.
In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.
+
concupiscibleness
n.
The state of being concupiscible.
+
counternatural
a.
Contrary to nature.
+
cometary
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet.
+
considerable
a.
Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.
+
charmel
n.
A fruitful field.
+
cloistress
n.
A nun.
+
cure
v.t.
To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.
+
caroused
imp.|p.p.
of Carouse
+
camoys
a.
Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
+
client
n.
One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.
+
caution
n.
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
+
carcanet
n.
A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.
+
caninal
a.
See Canine, a.
+
coadapted
a.
Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth.
+
cry
v.t.
to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
+
carob
n.
One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.
+
ceratohyal
n.
A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.
+
consenter
a.
One who consents.
+
conducted
imp.|p.p.
of Conduct
+
convertibly
adv.
In a convertible manner.
+
canoeist
n.
A canoeman.
+
cautiousness
n.
The quality of being cautious.
+
cited
imp.|p.p.
of Cite
+
cooey
n.
Alt. of Cooee
+
catch
n.
Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
+
congeal
v.i.
To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.
+
chemitype
n.
One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
+
croqueted
imp.|p.p.
of Croquet
+
creasote
n.
See Creosote.
+
communicator
n.
One who communicates.
+
calaite
n.
A mineral. See Turquoise.
+
crummy
a.
Full of crumb or crumbs.
+
conquer
v.i.
To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.
+
compound
v.t.
To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
+
copatriot
n.
A joint patriot.
+
canticle
n.
A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.
+
celotomy
n.
The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.
+
centime
n.
The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.
+
contradictive
a.
Contradictory; inconsistent.
+
cacoethes
n.
A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing".
+
cedar
a.
Of or pertaining to cedar.
+
ciliate
a.
Alt. of Ciliated
+
counterpart
n.
One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
+
cycloid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.
+
coplaner
a.
Situated in one plane.
+
cop
n.
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
+
calctufa
n.
See under Calcite.
+
chronogram
n.
An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632:            ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.
+
cockfighting
a.
Addicted to cockfighting.
+
cenozoic
a.
Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also caenozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.
+
carabid
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae.
+
clip
n.
A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak.
+
contagium
n.
Contagion; contagious matter.
+
comedones
pl.
of Comedo
+
chirologist
n.
One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.
+
collation
v.t.
A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; -- first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.
+
cheat
n.
To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
+
crosscut
n.
A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
+
coronary
a.
Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.
+
concerning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Concern
+
conchospiral
n.
A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.
+
clavicular
a.
Of or pertaining to the clavicle.
+
croisade
n.
Alt. of Croisado
+
cadmean
a.
Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters.
+
crabbish
a.
Somewhat sour or cross.
+
craziness
n.
The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
+
curvilinearly
adv.
In a curvilinear manner.
+
cataclysmic
a.
Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.
+
contemporaneously
adv.
At the same time with some other event.
+
calendar
n.
An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.
+
currency
n.
Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
+
ceratospongiae
n.pl.
An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
+
corrupt
v.i.
To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
+
conducent
a.
Conducive; tending.
+
cerebrum
n.
The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.
+
concavoconvex
a.
Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust. under Lens.
+
cement
n.
Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
+
captation
n.
A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.
+
celli
pl.
of Cello
+
carver
n.
A large knife for carving.
+
chaffinch
n.
A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
+
claimant
n.
One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
+
curvilinearity
n.
The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.
+
compelled
imp.|p.p.
of Compel
+
cargason
n.
A cargo.
+
cheat
n.
Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
+
cabiai
n.
The capybara. See Capybara.
+
compassionating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Compassionate
+
camboose
n.
See Caboose.
+
condenser
n.
One who, or that which, condenses.
+
celibacy
n.
The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
+
clothier
n.
One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.
+
circle
n.
Compass; circuit; inclosure.
+
checker
n.
To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
+
charge
v.t.
To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.
+
chouse
n.
A swindler.
+
childing
v.i.
Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful.
+
charactered
imp.|p.p.
of Character
+
cytoplasm
n.
The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.
+
chargeant
a.
Burdensome; troublesome.
+
commutual
a.
Mutual; reciprocal; united.
+
cosmical
a.
Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed.
+
cementatory
a.
Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly.
+
crush
v.i.
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
+
cast steel

See Cast steel, under Steel.
+
chauldron
n.
See Chawdron.
+
cautionry
n.
Suretyship.
+
cigarette
n.
A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
+
clashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clash
+
charity
n.
Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
+
circumscriptible
a.
Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
+
commission
n.
The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
+
coopery
a.
Relating to a cooper; coopered.
+
coarctate
a.
To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
+
chamber
n.
A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
+
commit
v.t.
To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
+
conominee
n.
One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee.
+
craniota
n.pl.
A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull.
+
cycle
n.
An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
+
ciliary
a.
Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.
+
convenable
a.
Consistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies.
+
consul
n.
One of the two chief magistrates of the republic.
+
castaway
a.
Of no value; rejected; useless.
+
compatibility
n.
The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.
+
clew
n.
Alt. of Clue
+
coagulate
a.
Coagulated.
+
cynically
adv.
In a cynical manner.
+
caricature
v.t.
An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
+
compel
v.t.
To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
+
chasten
v.t.
To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.
+
check
n.
A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.
+
carcajou
n.
The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.
+
calculating
a.
Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
+
cestuy
pron.
Alt. of Cestui
+
con

A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
+
catling
n.
Catgut; a catgut string.
+
circuit
n.
Circumlocution.
+
commissional
a.
Alt. of Commissionary
+
chuck
n.
The chuck or call of a hen.
+
conciliator
n.
One who conciliates.
+
cabazite
n.
A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.
+
centesimation
n.
The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
+
coprophagan
n.
A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.
+
callosum
n.
The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
+
carpintero
n.
A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
+
cryptonym
n.
A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
+
caprigenous
a.
Of the goat kind.
+
circumfer
v.t.
To bear or carry round.
+
causing
p.pr.|v.n.
of Cause
+
confirmedly
adv.
With confirmation.
+
campaigner
n.
One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
+
cursitating
a.
Moving about slightly.
+
committible
a.
Capable of being committed; liable to be committed.
+
canton
v.i.
To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
+
commensurately
adv.
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.
+
commoved
imp.|p.p.
of Commove
+
consul
n.
One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
+
chowter
v.t.
To grumble or mutter like a froward child.
+
calculi
pl.
of Calculus
+
chanting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chant
+
contrast
v.t.
To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
+
clear
v.t.
To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
+
corona
n.
A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.
+
cruel
n.
See Crewel.
+
checker
v.t.
One who checks.
+
countermured
imp.|p.p.
of Countermure
+
conservative
n.
One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
+
chronological
a.
Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables.
+
crosspatch
n.
An ill-natured person.
+
cream
n.
The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.
+
captain
n.
A head, or chief officer
+
covetable
a.
That may be coveted; desirable.
+
color
v.t.
To hide.
+
concaved
a.
Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.
+
concierge
n.
One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
+
cytogenetic
a.
Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.
+
crock
v.t.
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
+
currier
n.
One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.
+
chiasm
n.
Alt. of Chiasma
+
counter
adv.
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
+
corn
v.t.
To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
+
coalitionist
n.
One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.
+
compromiser
n.
One who compromises.
+
circumferentor
n.
A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.
+
catalpa
n.
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.
+
centripetence
n.
Centripetency.
+
ctenoidean
a.
Relating to the Ctenoidei.
+
cawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Caw
+
convenance
n.
That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.
+
celluloid
n.
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
+
calender
n.
One who pursues the business of calendering.
+
coy
v.i.
To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
+
ceded
imp.|p.p.
of Cede
+
cartilaginous
a.
Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
+
colorate
a.
Colored.
+
clown
n.
A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
+
comedienne
n.
A women who plays in comedy.
+
coy
a.
Soft; gentle; hesitating.
+
colures
pl.
of Colure
+
cantonment
n.
A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.
+
courbaril
n.
See Anime, n.
+
cooperage
n.
A place where coopers' work is done.
+
compagination
n.
Union of parts; structure.
+
counterfeit
n.
That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.
+
console
n.
Any small bracket; also, a console table.
+
chronometry
n.
The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.
+
craft
n.
Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.
+
cittern
n.
An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
+
cloud
v.t.
To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
+
countrify
v.t.
To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic.
+
coelacanth
a.
Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
+
consignment
n.
The act of consigning; consignation.
+
cleped
imp.|p.p.
of Clepe
+
confirmation
n.
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
+
consultative
a.
Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.
+
cabmen
pl.
of Cabman
+
conveyance
n.
Dishonest management, or artifice.
+
coefficient
n.
That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
+
car
n.
The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
+
competed
imp.|p.p.
of Compete
+
condensative
a.
Having the property of condensing.
+
costa
n.
A rib of an animal or a human being.
+
clam
v.t.
Strong pinchers or forceps.
+
curb
n.
A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
+
click beetle

See Elater.
+
conjunctly
adv.
In union; conjointly; unitedly; together.
+
caballine
a.
Of or pertaining to a horse.
+
chapel
n.
A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.
+
clovenhoofed
a.
Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.
+
counsel
n.
Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
+
cash
n.sing|pl.
A Chinese coin.
+
checkerboard
n.
A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.
+
comb
n.
A dry measure. See Coomb.
+
calif
n.
Alt. of Califate
+
contention
n.
Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
+
crankbird
n.
A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
+
chairman
n.
The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
+
callot
n.
A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.
+
companionless
a.
Without a companion.
+
cartilagineous
a.
See Cartilaginous.
+
corps
n.sing.|pl.
A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.
+
crease
n.
One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
+
charm
n.
Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
+
cessionary
a.
Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt.
+
conglutinative
a.
Conglutinant.
+
cisleithan
a.
On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.
+
cupelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cupel
+
citation
n.
Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
+
cogitation
n.
The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
+
collect
v.t.
To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
+
custrel
n.
See Costrel.
+
contradistinction
n.
Distinction by contrast.
+
coast
v.t.
The seashore, or land near it.
+
count
v.t.
To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
+
clastic
a.
Fragmental; made up of brok/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock.
+
coupee
n.
A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
+
cardinal
a.
A woman's short cloak with a hood.
+
chacma
n.
A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]
+
conspicuous
a.
Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault.
+
calk
v.t.
To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
+
calk
v.t.
To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
+
congreve rocket

See under Rocket.
+
castilian
n.
An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.
+
cant
n.
A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
+
crociary
n.
One who carries the cross before an archbishop.
+
chatter
n.
Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
+
cesural
a.
See Caesural.
+
congeries
n.sing|pl.
A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.
+
catadioptrical
a.
Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light.
+
chandry
n.
Chandlery.
+
consolidation
n.
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
+
capsized
imp.|p.p.
of Capsize
+
chinoidine
n.
See Quinodine.
+
comport
n.
Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
+
covered
imp.|p.p.
of Cover
+
cherub
n.
A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.
+
congruity
n.
Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.
+
claybrained
a.
Stupid.
+
czar
n.
A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia.
+
chlorate
n.
A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.
+
criminal
n.
One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.
+
combing
n.
That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.
+
call
v.i.
To make a demand, requirement, or request.
+
conceited
a.
Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
+
conjugating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Conjugate
+
conduct
v.i.
To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
+
corollaceous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
+
canceleer
n.
The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop.
+
cynical
a.
Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.
+
cranny
v.i.
To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
+
cheeriness
n.
The state of being cheery.
+
cursorial
a.
Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves.
+
counterchanging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Counterchange
+
cycle
n.
A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
+
chimney
n.
That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.
+
curios
pl.
of Curio
+
cleanly
superl.
Habitually clean; pure; innocent.
+
clam
v.t.|i.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
+
closh
n.
A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis.
+
calle
n.
A kind of head covering; a caul.
+
crime
n.
Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
+
coronated
a.
Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.
+
chauvinism
n.
Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.
+
corrupt
v.t.
To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
+
corival
v.t.
To rival; to pretend to equal.
+
containment
n.
That which is contained; the extent; the substance.
+
callidity
n.
Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
+
carrick
n.
A carack. See Carack.
+
consolatory
a.
Of a consoling or comforting nature.
+
cyclopedic
a.
Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge.
+
configure
v.t.
To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.
+
carac
n.
See Carack.
+
conceit
n.
A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.
+
circumstantial
a.
Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
+
cheese
n.
A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
+
cackle
v.i.
To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
+
coloration
n.
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
+
chef
n.
Same as Chief.
+
clovenfooted
a.
Alt. of Cloven-hoofed
+
checkmated
imp.|p.p.
of Checkmate
+
carnauba
n.
The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
+
chill
v.i.
To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
+
caloriduct
n.
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
+
cozily
adv.
Snugly; comfortably.
+
citigrade
a.
Pertaining to the Citigradae.
+
cloudy
n.
Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.
+
catheti
pl.
of Cathetus
+
corridor
n.
A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
+
convalescence
n.
Alt. of Convalescency
+
camp
n.
A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
+
clarify
v.i.
To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
+
counterfleury
a.
Counterflory.
+
cachucha
n.
An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.
+
clip
v.t.
To curtail; to cut short.
+
camphene
n.
One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.
+
complexionary
a.
Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
+
cariopsis
n.
See Caryopsis.
+
castorin
n.
A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
+
crackling
n.
The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork.
+
cabin
n.
A room in ship for officers or passengers.
+
consecutive
a.
Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
+
conductivity
n.
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.
+
crib
n.
A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
+
crowfoot
n.
A caltrop.
+
coach
n.
A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
+
coati
n.
A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.
+
cenobite
n.
One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.
+
commander
n.
An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
+
chronologer
n.
Same as Chronologist.
+
consolidation
n.
The combination of several actions into one.
+
cultureless
a.
Having no culture.
+
crossgrained
a.
Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.
+
chattering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chatter
+
corrie
n.
Same as Correi.
+
chamber
v.t.
To shut up, as in a chamber.
+
conceptual
a.
Pertaining to conception.
+
craig flounder

The pole flounder.
+
cantharides
pl.
of Cantharis
+
calomel
n.
Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.
+
crake
v.t.|i.
To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
+
caduceus
n.
The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
+
calceiform
a.
Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.
+
cricketer
n.
One who plays at cricket.
+
canaanite
n.
A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
+
channeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Channel
+
conusable
a.
Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged.
+
conger
n.
The conger eel; -- called also congeree.
+
choke
v.t.
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
+
creeper
n.
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
+
clamation
n.
The act of crying out.
+
chop
n.
A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
+
celluliferous
a.
Bearing or producing little cells.
+
chip
n.
Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
+
commingle
v.t.|i.
To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.
+
cycadaceous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.
+
contemperature
n.
The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature.
+
culminated
imp.|p.p.
of Culminate
+
chard
n.
A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.
+
cast
v.t.
To contrive; to plan.
+
clubbist
n.
A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs.
+
chasible
n.
See Chasuble.
+
content
n.
That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
+
curmudgeonly
a.
Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
+
circumference
v.t.
To include in a circular space; to bound.
+
columbate
n.
A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.
+
coolheaded
a.
Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.
+
chymic

Alt. of Chymistry
+
cavil
n.
A captious or frivolous objection.
+
calumbin
n.
A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
+
coerce
v.t.
To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
+
cryptopine
n.
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
+
canonicate
n.
The office of a canon; a canonry.
+
calling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Call
+
cohibited
imp.|p.p.
of Cohibit
+
continuation
n.
That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.
+
catechize
v.t.
See Catechise.
+
compressor
n.
Anything which serves to compress
+
crystalline
n.
See Aniline.
+
conquer
v.t.
To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish.
+
cup
n.
Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
+
cow parsnip

A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).
+
contaminate
a.
Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
+
cesarism
n.
See Caesarism.
+
chapmen
pl.
of Chapman
+
cradle
n.
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
+
comate
n.
A companion.
+
conus
n.
A cone.
+
clumber
n.
A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.
+
camphorate

Alt. of Camporated
+
crisp
a.
Curled with the ripple of the water.
+
catsalt
n.
A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.
+
consecrater
n.
Consecrator.
+
corporately
adv.
In, or as regarda, the body.
+
channeling
n.
A channel or a system of channels; a groove.
+
consulate
n.
Consular government; term of office of a consul.
+
capellet
n.
A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
+
cohere
a.
To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
+
chaperoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chaperon
+
cadaverous
a.
Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body.
+
course
v.i.
To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins.
+
crest
v.i.
To form a crest.
+
chuck
n.
A slight blow or pat under the chin.
+
crop
n.
A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial.
+
characterize
v.t.
To indicate the character of; to describe.
+
canakin
n.
A little can or cup.
+
coil
v.i.
To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
+
calycinal
a.
Alt. of Calycine
+
chestnut
n.
An old joke or story.
+
choice
n.
Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
+
contrafagetto
n.
The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.
+
conversably
adv.
In a conversable manner.
+
choir
n.
A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.
+
crimp
n.
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
+
calyculated
a.
Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.
+
cheaply
adv.
At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.
+
clang
v.i.
To give out a clang; to resound.
+
collar
n.
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
+
chuck
n.
A sudden, small noise.
+
contemner
n.
One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.
+
cap
v.t.
To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
+
cacuminate
v.i.
To make sharp or pointed.
+
cleft
a.
Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
+
contended
imp.|p.p.
of Contend
+
craze
n.
A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
+
centred

of Centre
+
culturist
n.
One who is an advocate of culture.
+
cothurnated
a.
Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.
+
customer
n.
A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer.
+
calk
n.
A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin.
+
cell
n.
Same as Cella.
+
charge
v.t.
To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.
+
cledgy
a.
Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil.
+
creep
v.i.
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
+
cobwebbed
a.
Abounding in cobwebs.
+
compute
n.
Computation.
+
convolution
n.
The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself.
+
cot
n.
A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.
+
chalcography
n.
The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.
+
crucify
v.t.
To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
+
complaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Complain
+
caulocarpous
a.
Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.
+
cypris
n.
A genus of small, bivalve, fresh-water Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus.
+
capitan pasha

Alt. of Pacha
+
counterbalance
n.
A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel
+
colessor
n.
A partner in giving a lease.
+
casings
n.pl.
Dried dung of cattle used as fuel.
+
cruentous
a.
Bloody; cruentate.
+
cherry
n.
The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
+
curvilineal
a.
Alt. of Curvilinear
+
cambium
n.
A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.
+
cyriologic
a.
Relating to capital letters.
+
corporeally
adv.
In the body; in a bodily form or manner.
+
caryatides
n.pl.
Caryatids.
+
cock
n.
A faucet or valve.
+
cornet
n.
An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
+
copeck
n.
A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck.
+
curried
n.
Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.
+
corrivalship
n.
Corivalry.
+
consolidate
v.t.
To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.
+
cambrian
n.
The Cambrian formation.
+
commit
v.t.
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
+
coussinet
n.
That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
+
castellanies
pl.
of Castellany
+
caltrap
n.
A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.
+
costean
v.i.
To search after lodes. See Costeaning.
+
cluster
n.
A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
+
cavalierly
adv.
In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly.
+
crack
n.
A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.
+
comparison
n.
The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.
+
chapel
n.
a room or recess in a church, containing an altar.
+
cipolin
n.
A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
+
cob
n.
A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.
+
catoptron
n.
A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.
+
custode
n.
See Custodian.
+
comprehensive
a.
Having the power to comprehend or understand many things.
+
correctify
v.t.
To correct.
+
coenenchym
n.
Alt. of Coenenchyma
+
cormorant
n.
A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant.
+
confine
v.i.
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.
+
clerk
n.
A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters.
+
consider
v.i.
To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
+
contradictional
a.
Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.
+
circumvolve
v.i.
To roll round; to revolve.
+
cytococcus
n.
The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
+
cosmos
n.
The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.
+
coif
n.
An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
+
confutable
a.
That may be confuted.
+
cant
v.t.
to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
+
conciliate
v.t.
To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
+
concrescive
a.
Growing together, or into union; uniting.
+
constituent
n.
The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
+
cryptographal
a.
Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical.
+
countryman
n.
One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.
+
communalistic
a.
Pertaining to communalism.
+
consented
imp.|p.p.
of Consent
+
cockup
n.
A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
+
constrained
imp.|p.p.
of Constrain
+
contrivble
a.
Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.
+
consciously
adv.
In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.
+
chained
imp.p.p.
of Chain
+
cobaltite
n.
A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.
+
complutensian
a.
Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.
+
cretin
n.
One afflicted with cretinism.
+
consul
n.
An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen.
+
chinchilla
n.
A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.
+
cuspidate
v.t.
To make pointed or sharp.
+
chief
a.
Very intimate, near, or close.
+
contemplant
a.
Given to contemplation; meditative.
+
can hook

A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
+
cervine
a.
Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae.
+
caveat
n.
A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
+
chyluria
n.
A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.
+
croaker
n.
One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
+
congregation
n.
A collection or mass of separate things.
+
cataphonic
a.
Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
+
consentient
a.
Agreeing in mind; accordant.
+
crashed
imp.|p.p.
of Crash
+
castorite
n.
A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.
+
chronopher
n.
An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.
+
copying
a.|n.
From Copy, v.
+
capable
a.
Capacious; large; comprehensive.
+
cantred
n.
Alt. of Cantref
+
cold
n.
Not sensitive; not acute.
+
crimp
n.
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
+
carol
n.
A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.
+
contractedness
n.
The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.
+
coincibency
n.
Coincidence.
+
comforting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Comfort
+
coronilla
n.
A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
+
cookbook
n.
A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.
+
clearsightedness
n.
Acute discernment.
+
cloaking
n.
The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.
+
crude
superl.
Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
+
christendom
n.
The whole body of Christians.
+
cast iron

Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.
+
calico
a.
Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.
+
caballing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cabal
+
cabriolet
n.
A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.
+
cancel
v.i.
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
+
chulan
n.
The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used in China for perfuming tea.
+
caravel
n.
A small fishing boat used on the French coast.
+
canker blossom

That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
+
clam
n.
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
+
chargeably
adv.
At great cost; expensively.
+
claimed
imp.|p.p.
of Claim
+
companion
n.
One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.
+
compensator
n.
An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.
+
clownage
n.
Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery.
+
cosmopolitan
n.
Alt. of Cosmopolite
+
canonicalness
n.
The quality of being canonical; canonicity.
+
coerce
v.t.
To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.
+
core
n.
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
+
cleanness
n.
The state or quality of being clean.
+
claps
v.t.
Variant of Clasp
+
camping
n.
A game of football.
+
century
n.
One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
+
couple
v.
To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.
+
congenerical
a.
Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action.
+
child
n.
A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
+
concerned
v.t.
Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.
+
clip
n.
An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
+
corb
n.
An ornament in a building; a corbel.
+
creed
v.t.
Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
+
climature
n.
A climate.
+
cess
n.
Bound; measure.
+
contract
v.i.
To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail.
+
consent
v.i.
To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
+
cillosis
n.
A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.
+
coat
n.
An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
+
clack
v.t.
A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.
+
covetousness
n.
A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.
+
cupulate
a.
Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.
+
communicatory
a.
Imparting knowledge or information.
+
coeternal
a.
Equally eternal.
+
chondro

A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos.
+
cuirass
n.
A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle
+
cravening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Craven
+
coindication
n.
One of several signs or symptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.
+
corner
v.t.
To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
+
coagulator
n.
That which causes coagulation.
+
chain
v.t.
To unite closely and strongly.
+
chalcedonies
pl.
of Chalcedony
+
circumlocution
n.
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
+
collated
imp.|p.p.
of Collate
+
clotted
imp.|p.p.
of Clot
+
cherry
n.
A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
+
chequing
n.
A coin. See Sequin.
+
commiserator
n.
One who pities.
+
cipher
n.
A character in general, as a figure or letter.
+
cigar
n.
A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
+
completing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Complete
+
cursor
n.
Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
+
careering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Career
+
contrapuntist
n.
One skilled in counterpoint.
+
corn
v.t.
To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
+
canal
n.
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
+
churn
v.t.
To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
+
clerkly
a.
Of or pertaining to a clerk.
+
colluctation
n.
A struggling; a contention.
+
caesarism
n.
A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.
+
caducary
a.
Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
+
crake
n.
A boast. See Crack, n.
+
cancrine
a.
Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.
+
colonical
a.
Of or pertaining to husbandmen.
+
contrahent
a.
Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.
+
cosier
n.
A tailor who botches his work.
+
concretively
adv.
In a concrete manner.
+
contravene
v.t.
To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law.
+
cowl
n.
A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.
+
cosmetic
n.
Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.
+
color
n.
That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
+
canaanite
n.
A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.
+
carunculous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.
+
charity
n.
Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
+
coldblooded
a.
Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
+
calefying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Calefy
+
churme
n.
Alt. of Chirm
+
clinkant
a.
See Clinquant.
+
cascalho
n.
A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.
+
couch
v.t.
To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
+
coralrag
n.
Same as Corallian.
+
chalcedonic
a.
Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
+
caravel
n.
A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
+
collar
n.
A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
+
choses
pl.
of Chose
+
circumflant
a.
Blowing around.
+
color
v.t.
To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.
+
coagulant
n.
That which produces coagulation.
+
caricature
v.t.
A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
+
cortices
pl.
of Cortex
+
crassament
a.
Alt. of Crassamentum
+
coffeeroom
n.
A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
+
capitulary
n.
The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.
+
credit
n.
Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.
+
cower
v.i.
To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
+
clear
v.t.
To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
+
credibility
n.
The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.
+
cantabile
a.
In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.
+
chlamyphore
n.
A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.
+
clerestory
n.
Same as Clearstory.
+
cannonering
n.
The use of cannon.
+
counted
imp.|p.p.
of Count
+
chylification
n.
The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.
+
cruciate
a.
Tormented.
+
chromatoscope
n.
A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars.
+
counterfeit
n.
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
+
calyxes
pl.
of Calyx
+
conduction
n.
Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.
+
corpulent
a.
Solid; gross; opaque.
+
close
n.
A grapple in wrestling.
+
celticism
n.
A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.
+
chiseling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chisel
+
completion
n.
The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.
+
coboose
n.
See Caboose.
+
cricket
n.
An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
+
condensation
n.
The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.
+
complimental
a.
Complimentary.
+
cast
n.
A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
+
conjecturable
a.
Capable of being conjectured or guessed.
+
counterfeit
v.t.
To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
+
calcarine
a.
Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.
+
capitulum
n.
A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.
+
chit
n.
An excrescence on the body, as a wart.
+
cadew
n.
Alt. of Cadeworm
+
cockneydom
n.
The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.
+
coagulation
n.
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat.  Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.
+
cock
v.i.
To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
+
colloid
a.
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
+
crummy
a.
Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.
+
contract
v.i.
To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet.
+
coz
n.
A contraction of cousin.
+
crizzel
n.
A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency.
+
chalcidian
n.
One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidae), having four small or rudimentary legs.
+
callet
n.
A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.
+
cella
n.
The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.
+
compendiate
v.t.
To sum or collect together.
+
collective
a.
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
+
cauline
a.
Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.
+
crescendo
a.|adv.
With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.
+
crucible
n.
A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
+
common
n.
An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.
+
cathedral
n.
The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.
+
chordal
a.
Of or pertaining to a chord.
+
compendia
pl.
of Compendium
+
christianly
a.
Christianlike.
+
casualty
n.
Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
+
creasing
n.
A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.
+
crouched
a.
Marked with the sign of the cross.
+
craving
ppr.|vb.n.
of Crave
+
commemorated
imp.|p.p.
of Commemorate
+
commentary
v.i.
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
+
corban
n.
An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
+
crissum
n.
That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.
+
capuchin
n.
A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.
+
cowleeching
n.
Healing the distemper of cows.
+
cursitor
n.
An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.
+
ciliata
n.pl.
One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.
+
connusor
n.
See Cognizor.
+
convolved
imp.|p.p.
of Convolve
+
churrworm
n.
An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket.
+
comart
n.
A covenant.
+
casehardened
a.
Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons.
+
cervantite
n.
See under Antimony.
+
comfort
n.
Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation.
+
concretion
n.
A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.
+
citified
a.
Aping, or having, the manners of a city.
+
concetto
n.
Affected wit; a conceit.
+
catstail
n.
See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
+
compellable
a.
Capable of being compelled or constrained.
+
cordial
n.
Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
+
cancel
v.i.
An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
+
cyclopaedia
n.
The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.
+
caponiere
n.
A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
+
coacervate
a.
Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped.
+
cognition
v.t.
That which is known.
+
clownishness
n.
The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.
+
crave
v.t.
To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
+
condone
v.t.
To pardon; to forgive.
+
cadge
v.t.|i.
To carry, as a burden.
+
crinoline
n.
A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.
+
chase
v.
Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt.
+
cruelly
adv.
In a cruel manner.
+
captive
a.
Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
+
constabless
n.
The wife of a constable.
+
copernican
a.
Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.
+
clamjamphrie
n.
Low, worthless people; the rabble.
+
civilize
v.t.
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
+
coptic
n.
The language of the Copts.
+
chap
v.i.
To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.
+
canary bird

A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.
+
ctenophorous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Ctenophora.
+
captive
a.
Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.
+
cranny
n.
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as  in a wall, or other substance.
+
climber
n.
A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.
+
contriturate
v.t.
To triturate; to pulverize.
+
chance
n.
A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.
+
colombo
n.
See Calumba.
+
causative
a.
Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.
+
compluvium
n.
A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
+
coxcomical
a.
Coxcombical.
+
charging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Charge
+
clarty
a.
Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty.
+
cive
n.
Same as Chive.
+
curtail
v.t.
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
+
concern
n.
That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.
+
credulousness
n.
Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.
+
clout
n.
To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
+
centenary
n.
The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
+
coronary
n.
A small bone in the foot of a horse.
+
caricaturist
n.
One who caricatures.
+
clack
v.t.
To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
+
cantoned
a.
Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.
+
country
a.
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
+
cautery
n.
A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.
+
coverpoint
n.
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
+
concerted
imp.|p.p.
of Concert
+
chapter
n.
A community of canons or canonesses.
+
crustation
n.
An adherent crust; an incrustation.
+
confluent
a.
Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
+
confessedly
adv.
By confession; without denial.
+
carpophore
n.
A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
+
caseum
n.
Same as Casein.
+
colluctancy
n.
A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
+
cockchafer
n.
A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
+
comfort
v.t.
To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer.
+
contorniate
n.
Alt. of Contorniate
+
comma
n.
A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
+
choicely
adv.
With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference.
+
consectary
a.
Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.
+
conjugality
n.
The conjugal state; sexual intercourse.
+
close
v.t.
Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning.
+
cestus
n.
A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.
+
cazic
n.
A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
+
conqueress
n.
A woman who conquers.
+
cant
a.
Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
+
confidential
a.
Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
+
centroid
n.
The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.
+
chrysanthemum
n.
A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.
+
clammy
compar.
Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
+
carotic
a.
Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.
+
counterchanged
a.
Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.
+
competently
adv.
In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.
+
cubation
n.
The act of lying down; a reclining.
+
concomitance
n.
Alt. of Concomitancy
+
course
n.
That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.
+
cizars
n.pl.
Scissors.
+
corrosive
n.
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
+
crystallize
v.i.
To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.
+
conversible
a.
Capable of being converted or reversed.
+
clearshining
a.
Shining brightly.
+
calling
n.
Title; appellation; name.
+
charge
v.t.
That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time
+
crag
n.
A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
+
concentrate
v.t.
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
+
chain
n.
A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.
+
clambering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clamber
+
camerade
n.
See Comrade.
+
coma
n.
A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
+
conversationalist
n.
A conversationist.
+
cord
v.t.
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
+
chamber
n.
That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns.
+
connaturality
n.
Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.
+
camellia
n.
An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.
+
consortion
n.
Fellowship; association; companionship.
+
courtesy
v.i.
To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.
+
clinch
n.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.
+
colliquating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Colliquate
+
calefy
v.i.
To make warm or hot.
+
codpiece
n.
A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.
+
contraindicant
n.
Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed.
+
concurrence
n.
A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.
+
conqueror
n.
One who conquers.
+
conjugium
n.
The marriage tie.
+
counterbrace
v.t.
To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.
+
conferee
n.
One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.
+
columbia
n.
America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
+
cotised
a.
See Cottised.
+
cuminol
n.
A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; -- called also cuminic aldehyde.
+
chapfallen
a.
Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.
+
creature
n.
Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
+
chati
n.
A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).
+
carbonize
v.t.
To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
+
chippy
a.
Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.
+
contrarotation
n.
Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.
+
carps
pl.
of Carp
+
cranage
n.
The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.
+
cheap
v.i.
To buy; to bargain.
+
crumbed
imp.|p.p.
of Crumb
+
cast
v.i.
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
+
conclude
v.t.
To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
+
chastened
imp.|p.p.
of Chasten
+
cannoned
a.
Furnished with cannon.
+
callisection
n.
Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.
+
corpora lutea
pl.
of Corpus
+
chaplain
n.
Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
+
columella
n.
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.
+
chasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chase
+
cleave
v.t.
To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
+
cerci
pl.
of Cercus
+
cadge
v.t.|i.
To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
+
convent
v.i.
A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.
+
cag
n.
See Keg.
+
contagiousness
n.
Quality of being contagious.
+
cacophonic
a.
Alt. of Cacophonious
+
controverting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Controvert
+
conchologist
n.
One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.
+
coeternity
n.
Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.
+
chapiter
n.
A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.
+
complaisant
a.
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.
+
ciderist
n.
A maker of cider.
+
circumnutate
v.i.
To pass through the stages of circumnutation.
+
cadger
n.
One who carries hawks on a cadge.
+
campagna
n.
An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
+
conjunctiva
n.
The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.
+
cadence
v.t.
To regulate by musical measure.
+
carbonaro
n.
A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.
+
coplatry
a.
Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.
+
compony
a.
Alt. of Compone
+
charbon
n.
A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.
+
creational
a.
Of or pertaining to creation.
+
chapelry
n.
The territorial district legally assigned to a chapel.
+
ceramic
a.
Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
+
commanded
imp.|p.p.
of Command
+
carbonari
pl.
of Carbonaro
+
campaign
n.
A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
+
clinker
n.
Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
+
cooee
n.
A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.
+
charter
n.
The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below.
+
cankered
a.
Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
+
corded
a.
Made of cords.
+
counsel
v.t.
To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
+
cavillous
a.
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing.
+
cologne earth

An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
+
clumsiness
n.
The quality of being clumsy.
+
contenement
n.
That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance.
+
city
n.
A large town.
+
cession
n.
The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
+
civics
n.
The science of civil government.
+
confluent
a.
Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
+
coletit
n.
Alt. of Coaltit
+
conduit
n.
A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
+
changeable
a.
Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
+
cultirostres
n.pl.
A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.
+
checkering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Checker
+
carse
n.
Low, fertile land; a river valley.
+
crescent
n.
Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
+
calciform
a.
In the form of chalk or lime.
+
cingalese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants
+
cuirasses
pl.
of Cuirass
+
compost
n.
A mixture; a compound.
+
clever
a.
Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
+
cateyed
a.
Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.
+
curtly
adv.
In a curt manner.
+
controllability
n.
Capability of being controlled; controllableness.
+
chest
n.
A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
+
cellaret
n.
A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
+
circumscribe
v.t.
To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
+
controller
n.
An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
+
copy
n.
Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
+
comb
n.
A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
+
critical
n.
Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.
+
cut
v.i.
To move or make off quickly.
+
crapulence
n.
The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.
+
cat
n.
An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
+
cogwheel
n.
A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.
+
church
n.
The collective body of Christians.
+
crocodile
n.
A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
+
cappadine
n.
A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.
+
cherup
v.t.
To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup.
+
crouch
v.i.
To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
+
cuddle
n.
A close embrace.
+
characteristical
a.
Characteristic.
+
cadastre
n.
Alt. of Cadaster
+
cookroom
n.
A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.
+
creatic
a.
Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea.
+
chicane
n.
To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.
+
crown
n.
The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.
+
countermuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Countermure
+
cypresses
pl.
of Cypress
+
compone
a.
See Compony.
+
caked
imp.|p.p.
of Cake
+
calla
n.
A genus of plants, of the order Araceae.
+
cacajao
n.
A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).
+
coat
n.
A petticoat.
+
choke pear

A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.
+
carabineer
n.
A carbineer.
+
cruciferous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.
+
circumventing
p.pr.vb.n.
of Circumvent
+
cotrustee
n.
A joint trustee.
+
cancellation
n.
The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.
+
chap
n.
One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.
+
contributable
a.
Capable of being contributed.
+
collection
n.
An accumulation of any substance.
+
catchment
n.
A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
+
contemperation
n.
The act of tempering or moderating.
+
colossus
n.
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.
+
cruddle
v.i.
To curdle.
+
carriage
n.
A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
+
crewet
n.
See Cruet.
+
cantoned
a.
Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.
+
churl
n.
A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
+
cranioclast
n.
An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.
+
cause
n.
To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
+
cyma
n.
A cyme. See Cyme.
+
coystrel
n.
Same as Coistril.
+
cutose
n.
A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.
+
churlishness
n.
Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.
+
collocation
n.
The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.
+
cleistogamous
a.
Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.
+
chrysopa
n.
A genus of neuropterous insects. See Lacewing.
+
curvate
a.
Alt. of Curvated
+
card
n.
A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.
+
conceiver
n.
One who conceives.
+
chimerically
adv.
Wildy; vainly; fancifully.
+
canton crape

A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape.
+
comfort
v.t.
To assist or help; to aid.
+
crudities
pl.
of Crudity
+
crispated
a.
Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.
+
cub
n.
A stall for cattle.
+
clout
n.
A piece; a fragment.
+
cadie
n.
Alt. of Caddie
+
commissary
n.
An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.
+
cylindric
a.
Alt. of Cylindrical
+
chinquapin
n.
A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.
+
coxcombly
a.
like a coxcomb.
+
carnate
a.
Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.
+
cottonade
n.
A somewhat stout and thick fabric of cotton.
+
costume
n.
Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.
+
cyanite
n.
A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium.
+
caviar
n.
The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
+
confessing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confess
+
collect
v.t.
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
+
creased
imp.|p.p.
of Crease
+
covin
n.
A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.
+
countermen
pl.
of Counterman
+
capsize
v.t.|i.
To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
+
calciden
imp.|p.p.
of Calcine
+
collection
n.
That which is obtained in payment of demands.
+
chafewax
n.
Alt. of Chaffwax
+
ceterach
n.
A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).
+
conservational
a.
Tending to conserve; preservative.
+
cecity
n.
Blindness.
+
catheterizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Catheterize
+
cephalotribe
n.
An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
+
chivied
imp.|p.p.
of Chivy
+
colza
n.
A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.
+
consignation
n.
The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification.
+
carp
v.i.
To talk; to speak; to prattle.
+
confronte
a.
Same as Affronte.
+
characteristic
n.
A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
+
confusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confuse
+
cany
a.
Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.
+
caballer
n.
One who cabals.
+
centring
n.
See Centring.
+
crustiness
n.
The quality of being crusty or surly.
+
circumjovial
n.
One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.
+
constat
n.
A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.
+
crematory
n.
A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.
+
chopping
a.
Stout or plump; large.
+
celestially
adv.
In a celestial manner.
+
concordant
a.
Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.
+
cochlear
a.
Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
+
crosstail
n.
A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
+
communication
n.
Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.
+
cibol
n.
A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.
+
canadian
a.
Of or pertaining to Canada.
+
crisply
adv.
In a crisp manner.
+
cerebrin
n.
A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.
+
contortive
a.
Expressing contortion.
+
cuniform
a.
Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.
+
chorography
n.
the mapping or description of a region or district.
+
corded
a.
Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.
+
cherubic
a.
Alt. of Cherubical
+
catechising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Catechise
+
casuist
n.
One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
+
chromoplastid
n.
A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.
+
crinated
a.
Having hair; hairy.
+
cramp
v.t.
To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
+
crankiness
n.
Crankness.
+
chromatophore
n.
One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them.
+
calcographer
n.
One who practices calcography.
+
clodhopping
a.
Boorish; rude.
+
cinder
n.
A hot coal without flame; an ember.
+
capability
n.
The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.
+
complaisance
n.
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
+
cede
v.t.
To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
+
crush
v.t.
To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
+
croylstone
n.
Crystallized cawk, in which the crystals are small.
+
corncrake
n.
A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.
+
circus
n.
A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.
+
centre
v.t.
To collect to a point; to concentrate.
+
caroling
n.
A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols.
+
comparative
n.
One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
+
calumniator
n.
One who calumniates.
+
creep
v.t.
To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.
+
cooper
v.t.
To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.
+
courtesy
n.
Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
+
crepitus
n.
The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.
+
climate
v.i.
To dwell.
+
cuff
v.i.
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
+
coterie
n.
A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique.
+
colies
pl.
of Coly
+
coming
n.
Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
+
capacity
n.
Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
+
comic
a.
Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
+
caecilian
n.
A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.
+
cheiroptera
n.pl.
An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.
+
concertmeister
n.
The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.
+
clumsy
superl.
Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
+
condensed
imp.|p.p.
of Condense
+
canto
n.
One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
+
calefied
imp.|p.p.
of Calefy
+
concoction
n.
The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
+
conscription
n.
An enrolling or registering.
+
concavity
n.
A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.
+
contemplate
v.i.
To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
+
caudling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Caudle
+
commemorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Commemorate
+
catholic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act.
+
casuistic
a.
Alt. of Casuistieal
+
crammer
n.
One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.
+
cathartin
n.
The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina.
+
convivialist
n.
A person of convivial habits.
+
compass
n.
An inclosed space; an area; extent.
+
charras
n.
The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus.
+
cydonin
n.
A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose.
+
calcariferous
a.
Lime-yielding; calciferous
+
climacteric
a.
Relating to a climacteric; critical.
+
contrition
n.
The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance.
+
cardiograph
n.
An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.
+
culpabilities
pl.
of Culpability
+
cabal
n.
A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.
+
cathole
n.
One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
+
cockle
n.
The fire chamber of a furnace.
+
cuerpo
n.
The body.
+
caper
n.
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
+
collying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Colly
+
clash
n.
A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.
+
cataian
n.
A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach.
+
cocket
n.
Pert; saucy.
+
cooperate
v.i.
To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.
+
canting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cant
+
cagit
n.
A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.
+
commonplace
n.
An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
+
carinatae
n.pl.
A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.
+
cital
n.
Summons to appear, as before a judge.
+
cicisbei
pl.
of Cicisbeo
+
churning
n.
The quantity of butter made at one operation.
+
cuprous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.
+
coadjuvant
n.
An adjuvant.
+
cretan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.
+
camously
adv.
Awry.
+
cosmogonist
n.
One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.
+
conclusible
a.
Demonstrable; determinable.
+
clarenceux
n.
Alt. of Clarencieux
+
carpophagous
a.
Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
+
charterist
n.
Same as Chartist.
+
copplecrown
n.
A created or high-topped crown or head.
+
cock
v.t.
To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
+
choicely
adv.
In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently.
+
component
v.t.
Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.
+
colossean
a.
Colossal.
+
cynanthropy
n.
A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.
+
caperberry
n.
The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.
+
commode
n.
A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.
+
crate
n.
A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.
+
commendable
a.
Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.
+
capriole
v.i.
To perform a capriole.
+
costiveness
n.
Inability to express one's self; stiffness.
+
chiarooscuro
n.
The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.
+
capital
n.
The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
+
consultation
n.
A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause.
+
corresponded
imp.|p.p.
of Correspond
+
conflating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Conflate
+
chafe
v.t.
To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
+
carpogenic
a.
Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
+
conclusive
a.
Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.
+
clownery
n.
Clownishness.
+
contention
n.
Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
+
capitalization
n.
The act or process of capitalizing.
+
costiveness
n.
An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.
+
carryk
n.
A carack.
+
catling
n.
A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.
+
caudled
imp.|p.p.
of Caudle
+
consideration
n.
The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.
+
crazed
imp.|p.p.
of Craze
+
conveyer
n.
One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.
+
communicate
v.i.
To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery.
+
chalaze
n.
Same as Chalaza.
+
comprobation
n.
Approbation.
+
courtbaron
n.
An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.
+
committeeman
n.
A member of a committee.
+
caressed
imp.|p.p.
of Caress
+
coquet
v.t.
To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.
+
creamcolored
a.
Of the color of cream; light yellow.
+
credence
n.
That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.
+
circumjacent
a.
Lying round; bordering on every side.
+
cosmogony
n.
The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.
+
colossal
a.
Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
+
camphoraceous
a.
Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.
+
campania
n.
Open country.
+
camber
n.
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.
+
curtailer
n.
One who curtails.
+
crosslet
a.
Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.
+
cuniform
n.
One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.
+
clam
v.t.
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
+
cerate
n.
An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
+
consist
v.i.
To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.
+
conformably
adv.
With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
+
circling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Circle
+
catholicity
n.
The state or quality of being catholic; universality.
+
creature
n.
A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
+
collect
v.i.
To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
+
conceitedly
adv.
In an egotistical manner.
+
commuted
imp.|p.p.
of Commute
+
crepitation
n.
A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
+
coarctation
n.
A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.
+
correspondence
n.
Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
+
constant
v.t.
Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to fluid.
+
chloranil
n.
A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.
+
chubfaced
a.
Having a plump, short face.
+
compote
n.
A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.
+
clap
n.
The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
+
celebrity
n.
The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.
+
circuit
n.
A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
+
corraled
imp.|p.p.
of Corral
+
convexoplane
a.
Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.
+
capivi
n.
A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.
+
clavier
n.
The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
+
caliginous
a.
Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.
+
charneco
n.
Alt. of Charnico
+
cannei
a.
Cautious; prudent; safe..
+
care
n.
To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.
+
calash
n.
In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.
+
cropper
n.
A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse.
+
calice
n.
See Chalice.
+
comported
imp.|p.p.
of Comport
+
cynarctomachy
n.
Bear baiting with a dog.
+
cogitabund
a.
Full of thought; thoughtful.
+
confirmative
a.
Tending to confirm or establish.
+
career
v.i.
To move or run rapidly.
+
club
v.t.
To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.
+
congelation
n.
That which is congealed.
+
craniology
n.
The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.
+
conclave
n.
A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
+
copland
n.
A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
+
crotchet
n.
A bracket. See Bracket.
+
cowlstaff
n.
A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.
+
churly
a.
Rude; churlish; violent.
+
crustaceologist
n.
One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist.
+
crazily
adv.
In a crazy manner.
+
collared
a.
Wearing a collar.
+
chromos
pl.
of Chromo
+
creak
v.t.
To produce a creaking sound with.
+
crossexaminer
n.
One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
+
choliamb
n.
Alt. of Choliambic
+
crook
n.
The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.
+
consisted
imp.|p.p.
of Consist
+
confecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confect
+
cheiropterygia
pl.
of Cheiropterygium
+
cities
pl.
of City
+
colature
n.
The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.
+
cinura
n.pl.
The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.
+
comedietta
n.
A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.
+
capitally
adv.
In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.
+
continuance
n.
A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
+
chymist

Alt. of Chymistry
+
chafe
n.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
+
commode
n.
A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
+
cutaneous
a.
Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.
+
chalaziferous
a.
Having or bearing chalazas.
+
conclusiveness
n.
The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
+
campestral
a.
Alt. of Campestrian
+
cadet
n.
A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
+
concentric
a.
Alt. of Concentrical
+
conditionate
v.t.
To put under conditions; to render conditional.
+
chignon
n.
A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head.
+
capriole
v.i.
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
+
colored
a.
Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.
+
color
v.i.
To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
+
cocktail
n.
A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
+
cured
imp.|p.p.
of Cure
+
crown
n.
The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
+
castigate
v.t.
To emend; to correct.
+
creep
v.t.
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.
+
conspire
v.i.
To concur to one end; to agree.
+
cloistral
a.
Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.
+
capitulate
n.
To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.
+
clift
n.
A cliff.
+
crura
pl.
of Crus
+
choose
v.t.
To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
+
casemate
n.
A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
+
cock
n.
A chief man; a leader or master.
+
circulator
n.
One who, or that which, circulates.
+
cocci
pl.
of Coccus
+
capable
a.
Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.
+
choree
n.
See Choreus.
+
calendering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Calender
+
corner
v.t.
To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
+
collection
n.
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
+
cell
n.
A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
+
churchmanship
n.
The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.
+
cynic
n.
One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy.
+
capsule
n.
a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
+
capitule
n.
A summary.
+
cacaine
n.
The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.
+
courtly
adv.
In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
+
crassiment
n.
See Crassament.
+
consigne
n.
One who is orders to keep within certain limits.
+
chemiglyphic
a.
Engraved by a voltaic battery.
+
conveyer
n.
One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief.
+
calumniation
n.
False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.
+
certain
a.
Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
+
clutched
imp.|p.p.
of Clutch
+
conclavist
n.
One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.
+
consumptive
a.
Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
+
crooked
a.
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
+
cast
v.t.
To direct or turn, as the eyes.
+
cannei
a.
Reputed to have magical powers.
+
count
v.t.
To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
+
catacaustic
n.
A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.
+
caruncula
n.
A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
+
clam
v.t.
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
+
clamp
v.i.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
+
cephalaspis
n.
A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.
+
cellepore
n.
A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.
+
coin
v.t.
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
+
cenobitism
n.
The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
+
cuckoldry
n.
The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.
+
crib
n.
A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
+
chair
v.t.
To place in a chair.
+
contracted
imp.|p.p.
of Contract
+
cinerary
a.
Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.
+
clad
v.t
To clothe.
+
comfortment
n.
Act or process of administering comfort.
+
curdled
imp.|p.p.
of Curdle
+
cystocele
n.
Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.
+
collector
n.
An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.
+
creephole
n.
A subterfuge; an excuse.
+
contesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Contest
+
checkerberry
n.
A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
+
commendation
n.
The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
+
cucurbitive
a.
Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.
+
cafeneh
n.
A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold.
+
candicant
a.
Growing white.
+
crinoid
n.
One of the Crinoidea.
+
curtain
n.
That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
+
corpulent
a.
Very fat; obese.
+
clasper
n.
One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimaera.
+
cannonical
a.
Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons.
+
cayman
n.
The south America alligator. See Alligator.
+
corollifloral
a.
Alt. of Corolliflorous
+
coupling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Couple
+
cark
v.i.
To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve.
+
codex
n.
A collection or digest of laws; a code.
+
concert
v.t.
Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
+
christendom
n.
That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.
+
cunning
a.
The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
+
condoling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Condole
+
clinkstone
n.
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
+
claimer
n.
One who claims; a claimant.
+
combing
n.
Hair arranged to be worn on the head.
+
christendom
n.
The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.
+
corrigible
a.
Having power to correct; corrective.
+
converse
v.i.
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.
+
circumvolving
p.pr.vb.n.
of Circumvolve
+
correctible
a.
Alt. of Correctable
+
crow
v.i.
To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
+
costing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cost
+
circuity
n.
A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
+
countersunk
p.p.|a.
Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.
+
cummin
n.
Same as Cumin.
+
core
n.
A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver.
+
constituent
a.
Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
+
circumstantiable
a.
Capable of being circumstantiated.
+
collative
a.
Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.
+
capillament
n.
A filament.
+
corrivalry
n.
Corivalry.
+
crossbite
b.t.
To deceive; to trick; to gull.
+
critic
n.
One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.
+
conservable
a.
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
+
cric
n.
The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.
+
chaff
v.i.
To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
+
caliphate
n.
The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.
+
compaternity
n.
The relation of a godfather to a person.
+
clatter
v.i.
To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
+
consolatory
n.
That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.
+
crimper
n.
A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
+
counsel
n.
A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
+
cronel
n.
The iron head of a tilting spear.
+
comical
a.
Relating to comedy.
+
collophore
n.
A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.
+
cast
v.t.
To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
+
canard
n.
An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
+
consignificant
a.
Having joint or equal signification; synonymous.
+
clinched
imp.|p.p.
of Clinch
+
conceptional
a.
Pertaining to conception.
+
condiment
n.
Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.
+
conventionalize
v.i.
To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.
+
cantalever
n.
A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.
+
congregated
imp.|p.p.
of Congregate
+
concentrically
adv.
In a concentric manner.
+
causeyed
a.
Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved.
+
customary
n.
A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans.
+
copper
n.
A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
+
crowd
v.t.
The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob.
+
cognatus
n.
A person connected through cognation.
+
calm
super.
Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
+
costa
n.
A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
+
connective
a.
Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.
+
counter
adv.
The back leather or heel part of a boot.
+
charlatan
n.
One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
+
cere
n.
The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.
+
copperas
n.
Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.
+
constrainedly
adv.
By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.
+
cost
v.t.
The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.
+
chapelet
n.
A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
+
conventionalizw
v.t.
To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
+
chorion
n.
The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.
+
coopt
v.t.
To choose or elect in concert with another.
+
commute
v.i.
To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
+
cavil
v.i.
To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
+
charmed
imp.|p.p.
of Charm
+
crocidolite
n.
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.
+
crescent
n.
The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
+
cookery
n.
A delicacy; a dainty.
+
celebrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Celebrate
+
consequentially
adv.
With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.
+
carbide
n.
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.
+
chaetognath
a.
Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.
+
carpetbag
n.
A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
+
cruelty
n.
The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
+
classified
imp.|pp.
of Classify
+
colligate
a.
Bound together.
+
conchometry
n.
The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.
+
condignness
n.
Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.
+
cudgel
v.t.
To beat with a cudgel.
+
coated
imp.|p.p.
of Coat
+
cushion
n.
a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
+
cox
n.
A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.
+
cooking
p.pr|vb.n.
of Cook
+
crownimperial
n.
A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.
+
caperer
n.
One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
+
caviling
a.
Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
+
corrode
v.i.
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
+
clanship
n.
A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.
+
clinoid
a.
Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.
+
crack
n.
Breach of chastity.
+
collator
n.
One who collates to a benefice.
+
concentered
imp.|p.p.
of Concentre
+
chastity
n.
The unmarried life; celibacy.
+
chorographical
a.
Pertaining to chorography.
+
coherency
n.
Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.
+
chalybeate
n.
Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.
+
cathedralic
a.
Cathedral.
+
comparative
n.
An equal; a rival; a compeer.
+
color sergeant

See under Sergeant.
+
corned
imp.|p.p.
of Corn
+
commend
n.
Compliments; greetings.
+
crabyaws
n.
A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws.
+
connive
v.t.
To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.
+
corneter
n.
One who blows a cornet.
+
corkwing
n.
A fish; the goldsinny.
+
cam
n.
A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
+
cowl
n.
A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.
+
chip
n.
The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
+
coquet
v.i.
To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.
+
contract
n.
To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
+
contraindicate
v.t.
To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.
+
childish
a.
Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
+
carney
n.
A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.
+
cerolite
n.
A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.
+
claytonia
n.
An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.
+
crutch
n.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
+
convivial
a.
Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.
+
chinese
a.
Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.
+
conservant
a.
Having the power or quality of conservation.
+
cornu ammonis

A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
+
calcarate
a.
Alt. of Calcarated
+
conscienceless
a.
Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.
+
crust
v.i.
To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
+
columbine
n.
The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
+
coaly
n.
Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.
+
cooler
n.
Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
+
cruciation
n.
The act of torturing; torture; torment.
+
corallum
n.
The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.
+
chirography
n.
The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.
+
chiliahedron
n.
A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces
+
corticine
n.
A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.
+
carburize
v.t.
To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.
+
cymatium
n.
A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
+
calcareosiliceous
a.
Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.
+
complete
a.
Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
+
cremaillere
n.
An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
+
craze
v.t.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
+
conny
a.
Brave; fine; canny.
+
covellite
n.
A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.
+
cousinry
n.
A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.
+
camphire
n.
An old spelling of Camphor.
+
conodont
n.
A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.
+
cestode
n.
One of the Cestoidea.
+
cushionet
n.
A little cushion.
+
claying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clay
+
corn
n.
A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
+
consound
n.
A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.
+
calcedon
n.
A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.
+
convocational
a.
Of or pertaining to a convocation.
+
crimpage
n.
The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
+
congress
n.
The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
+
colleterial
a.
Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects.
+
callow
n.
A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
+
charcoal
v.t.
Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.
+
crust
n.
The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.
+
cycas
n.
A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.
+
close
n.
To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
+
complaint
n.
A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.
+
calceolate
a.
Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
+
cephalalgy
n.
Pain in the head; headache.
+
cerberean
a.
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus.
+
coune
v.t.
To combine or unite.
+
criminal
a.
Guilty of crime or sin.
+
costalnerved
a.
Having the nerves spring from the midrib.
+
countercurrent
n.
A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
+
confabulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confabulate
+
circumgyrate
v.t.|i.
To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion.
+
circle
n.
A circular group of persons; a ring.
+
crow
v.i.
To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
+
conceive
v.t.
To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
+
cornetcy
n.
The commission or rank of a cornet.
+
cardiac
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
+
castor
n.
Alt. of Castorite
+
charge
v.i.
To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.
+
couplebeggar
n.
One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
+
clamatorial
a.
Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
+
creeper
n.
An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.
+
ciphered
imp.|p.p.
of Cipher
+
curculio
n.
One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.
+
contrabass
n.
Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
+
crustiness
n.
The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.
+
caucus
v.i.
To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.
+
cobra
n.
The cobra de capello.
+
chivalry
n.
A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.
+
chillness
n.
Coolness; coldness; a chill.
+
crimp
v.t.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
+
cast
v.t.
To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
+
coulisse
n.
A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
+
carburet
v.t.
To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
+
composition
n.
The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
+
concurrent
a.
Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.
+
columnated
a.
Having columns; as, columnated temples.
+
catkin
n.
An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.
+
cachet
n.
A seal, as of a letter.
+
carthusian
a.
Pertaining to the Carthusian.
+
circumagitate
v.t.
To agitate on all sides.
+
calx
n.
The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.
+
convert
v.t.
To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
+
caroline
n.
A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.
+
cabinet
v.i.
To inclose
+
concertation
n.
Strife; contention.
+
curb
v.t.
To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.
+
cartulary
n.
An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
+
communing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Commune
+
constipate
v.t.
To render costive; to cause constipation in.
+
care
n.
The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
+
courtesies
pl.
of Courtesy
+
cladophyll
n.
A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).
+
conglomerate
v.t.
To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
+
chichling vetch
n.
A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.
+
commission
n.
The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
+
calcavella
n.
A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.
+
calfskin
n.
The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
+
collingly
adv.
With embraces.
+
chambered
a.
Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
+
careless
a.
Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.
+
colic
a.
Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.
+
cadmic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.
+
celestial
n.
An inhabitant of heaven.
+
carpalia
pl.
of Carpale
+
cornopean
n.
An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston.
+
close
v.t.
Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
+
churching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Church
+
counselor
n.
A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]
+
commitment
n.
A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.
+
corporealness
n.
Corporeality; corporeity.
+
claim
n.
A loud call.
+
chinese
n.sing.|pl.
The language of China, which is monosyllabic.
+
coal
v.t.
To burn to charcoal; to char.
+
catachresis
n.
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
+
crocker
n.
A potter.
+
conversationist
n.
One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.
+
chirogymnast
n.
A mechanical contrivance for exercising the fingers of a pianist.
+
cockscomb
n.
A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.
+
cohort
n.
A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.
+
civilian
n.
One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.
+
chronicle
n.
An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.
+
convenient
v.i.
Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.
+
chime
n.
See Chine, n., 3.
+
coguardian
n.
A joint guardian.
+
chilliness
n.
Formality; lack of warmth.
+
cancel
v.i.
The part thus suppressed.
+
citied
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, a city.
+
claritude
n.
Clearness; splendor.
+
cohobated
imp.|p.p.
of Cohobate
+
cordon
n.
The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.
+
compensation
n.
The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
+
calciner
n.
One who, or that which, calcines.
+
constitute
v.t.
To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
+
claribella
n.
A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.
+
cowries
pl.
of Cowry
+
consumed
imp.|p.p.
of Consume
+
cunningly
adv.
In a cunning manner; with cunning.
+
commodore
n.
A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.
+
contingency
n.
An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
+
contradictoriness
n.
The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency.
+
conjoined
imp.|p.p.
of Conjoin
+
colter
n.
A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
+
chilian
n.
A native or citizen of Chili.
+
cannular
a.
Having the form of a tube; tubular.
+
clearance
n.
A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.
+
corregidor
n.
The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
+
completed
imp.|p.p.
of Complete
+
commove
v.t.
To urge; to persuade; to incite.
+
creamcake
n.
A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.
+
corallinite
n.
A fossil coralline.
+
cutter
n.
A boat used by ships of war.
+
countersink
v.t.
To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
+
coveter
n.
One who covets.
+
chape
n.
The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
+
cavy
n.
A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America.
+
combing
n.
The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.
+
chest
n.
A coffin.
+
capoc
n.
A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.
+
caboose
n.
A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.
+
choler
n.
The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.
+
contributive
a.
Contributing, or tending to contribute.
+
crust
n.
An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.
+
chyometer
n.
An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.
+
corselet
n.
Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
+
convict
v.t.
To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
+
chipping
n.
A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
+
crocky
a.
Smutty.
+
checkmate
n.
The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
+
chronograph
n.
A chronoscope.
+
convocation
n.
An assembly or meeting.
+
cutter
n.
An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
+
conquest
n.
The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
+
cun
v.t.
To know. See Con.
+
clucking
n.
The noise or call of a brooding hen.
+
consuetudinary
a.
Customary.
+
corrupt
v.t.
To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.
+
corporealist
n.
One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist.
+
compilation
n.
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
+
cephalate
a.
Having a head.
+
canting
a.
Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
+
collin
n.
A very pure form of gelatin.
+
cohobate
v.t.
To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
+
consequent
n.
That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
+
chelerythrine
n.
An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.
+
cob
n.
A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
+
careened
imp.|p.p.
of Careen
+
crabsidle
v.i.
To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular].
+
calescence
n.
Growing warmth; increasing heat.
+
crisscross
adv.
In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.
+
cynanche
n.
Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.
+
conspectuity
n.
The faculty of seeing; sight; eye.
+
conglomerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Conglomerate
+
cete
n.
One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.
+
cant
n.
A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
+
compound
n.
A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
+
creeping
a.
Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
+
camera lucida

An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.
+
ceratobranchial
n.
A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.
+
caryatid
a.
Of or pertaining to a caryatid.
+
control
n.
Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
+
crystallurgy
n.
Crystallization.
+
cook
n.
One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
+
conviction
n.
A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.
+
concision
n.
A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.
+
constate
v.t.
To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove.
+
coccus
n.
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
+
cob
v.t.
To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.
+
coursing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Course
+
cipher
n.
A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters.
+
chrysarobin
n.
A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.
+
cottolene
n.
A product from cotton-seed, used as lard.
+
countersunk
p.p.|a.
Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.
+
capper
n.
One whose business is to make or sell caps.
+
cincture
n.
The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
+
centricity
n.
The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.
+
curvet
v.t.
To cause to curvet.
+
crepitus
n.
Same as Crepitation, 2.
+
commute
v.i.
To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
+
choralist
n.
A singer or composer of chorals.
+
curlew
n.
A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.
+
countersalient
a.
Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
+
cheddar
a.
Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese.
+
chthonophagy
n.
A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.
+
captainship
n.
The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander.
+
courier
n.
A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.
+
cilician
a.
Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor.
+
cautioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Caution
+
cantharidal
a.
Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.
+
cognisor
n.
Alt. of Cognisee
+
coombe
n.
A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.
+
codical
a.
Relating to a codex, or a code.
+
cry
v.i.
To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
+
culminate
v.i.
To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
+
chirographist
n.
One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.
+
charactery
n.
That which is charactered; the meaning.
+
connexion
n.
Connection. See Connection.
+
caper tree

See Capper, a plant, 2.
+
commensurateness
n.
The state or quality of being commensurate.
+
clean
a.
To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
+
concubine
n.
A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.
+
classic
n.
One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.
+
consenting
p.pr.|vb.n
of Consent
+
chink
v.t.
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
+
caroched
a.
Placed in a caroche.
+
classed
imp.|p.p.
of Class
+
cover
n.
Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
+
consent
n.
Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
+
crisp
a.
Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
+
cone pulley

A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.
+
coastwise
adv.
Alt. of Coastways
+
countercast
n.
A trick; a delusive contrivance.
+
curship
n.
The state of being a cur; one who is currish.
+
clog
v.i.
To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
+
corpusculous
a.
Corpuscular.
+
curvant
p.pr.
Bowed; bent; curved.
+
cystitis
n.
Inflammation of the bladder.
+
cinque
n.
Five; the number five in dice or cards.
+
conventionalizw
v.t.
To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.
+
cestus
n.
A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.
+
cartridge
n.
A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.
+
chiffchaff
n.
A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.
+
cotise
n.
See Cottise.
+
chase
n.
A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
+
corseted
imp.|p.p.
of Corset
+
cancan
n.
A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.
+
chymification
n.
The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.
+
corroborate
v.t.
To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.
+
capot
v.t.
To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.
+
cordwain
n.
A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.
+
chock
n.
A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
+
currently
adv.
In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currently believed.
+
charge
v.t.
To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.
+
comose
a.
Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed.
+
covey
v.i.
To brood; to incubate.
+
clodpoll
n.
A stupid fellow; a dolt.
+
cartouch
n.
A cartridge box.
+
constantly
adv.
With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly.
+
cure
n.
Care, heed, or attention.
+
courier
n.
An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.
+
clink
v.i.
To rhyme. [Humorous].
+
compressor
n.
An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
+
central
n.
Alt. of Centrale
+
chevalier
n.
A member of certain orders of knighthood.
+
cathedral
a.
Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service.
+
carbon
n.
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
+
caddow
n.
A jackdaw.
+
configurate
v.i.
To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
+
childishness
n.
The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.
+
connotation
n.
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
+
clave

of Cleave
+
clamp
v.t.
To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
+
consonantness
n.
The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.
+
crimp
n.
A game at cards.
+
carbazol
n.
A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.
+
chalk
v.t.
To manure with chalk, as land.
+
complacent
a.
Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.
+
cancelli
v.t.
An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window.
+
chapiter
n.
A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles.
+
collect
v.t.
To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
+
cabin
n.
A cottage or small house; a hut.
+
corni inglesi
pl.
of Corno Inglese
+
corruption
n.
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.
+
congenial
a.
Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
+
convection
n.
A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes.
+
choriambic
a.
Pertaining to a choriamb.
+
contradictions
a.
Inclined to contradict or cavil
+
correspondence
n.
Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
+
captivity
n.
The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
+
cop
n.
Same as Merlon.
+
comb
n.
To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
+
circination
n.
An orbicular motion.
+
coronal
a.
Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.
+
coir
n.
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
+
cantile
v.i.
Same as Cantle, v. t.
+
chevalier
n.
A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.
+
copier
n.
One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.
+
chatty
a.
Given to light, familiar talk; talkative.
+
carpeting
n.
Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
+
colonial
a.
Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
+
crucible
n.
A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.
+
chromolithograph
n.
A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated impressions from a series of stones prepared by the lithographic process.
+
conversion
n.
The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
+
change
v.i.
To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
+
concord
n.
A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.
+
clamored
imp.|p.p.
of Clamor
+
cirriferous
a.
Bearing cirri, as many plants and animals.
+
crown
n.
A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
+
cloister
v.t.
A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
+
cystoplast
n.
A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
+
commensurate
a.
Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
+
confectory
a.
Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats.
+
compactly
adv.
In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.
+
cognizance
n.
The hearing a matter judicially.
+
case
n.
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
+
comber
v.t.
To cumber.
+
cantor
n.
A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.
+
card
v.t.
To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
+
carrack
n.
See Carack.
+
caducean
a.
Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.
+
cloudy
n.
Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
+
causticness
n.
The quality of being caustic; causticity.
+
ceremonialism
n.
Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.
+
cult
n.
A system of religious belief and worship.
+
condescent
n.
An act of condescension.
+
cell
v.t.
To place or inclose in a cell.
+
cannel coal

A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.
+
circumcision
n.
The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.
+
cubhood
n.
The state of being a cub.
+
correlate
v.i.
To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.
+
cliche
n.
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
+
cohibit
v.t.
To restrain.
+
composing
a.
Tending to compose or soothe.
+
casemented
a.
Having a casement or casements.
+
calculus
n.
A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.
+
consignment
n.
The writing by which anything is consigned.
+
colitis
n.
An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.
+
chaunter
n.
A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
+
chine
v.t.
Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
+
cajole
v.i.
To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
+
conjugated
imp.|p.p.
of Conjugate
+
calcarated
a.
Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.
+
cocaine
n.
A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.
+
commoner
n.
A member of the House of Commons.
+
castoreum
n.
A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
+
concussation
n.
A violent shock or agitation.
+
cows lungwort

Mullein.
+
crippling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cripple
+
confiture
n.
Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat.
+
ceremonious
a.
According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.
+
connate
a.
Born with another; being of the same birth.
+
confound
v.t.
To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
+
caterpillar
n.
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
+
capuched
a.
Cover with, or as with, a hood.
+
cheep
v.i.
To chirp, as a young bird.
+
clarisonus
a.
Having a clear sound.
+
commix
v.t.|i.
To mix or mingle together; to blend.
+
confusedness
n.
A state of confusion.
+
confront
v.t.
To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
+
conjecturer
n.
One who conjectures.
+
coagulate
v.t.
To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
+
confounded
imp.|p.p.
of Confound
+
county
n.
A count; an earl or lord.
+
carry
v.t.
To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
+
careful
a.
Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.
+
collation
v.t.
The act of conferring or bestowing.
+
clunch
n.
Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.
+
chainwork
n.
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
+
carry
v.i.
To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
+
crash
v.t.
To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
+
commander
n.
A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
+
crested
a.
Having a crest.
+
circumcising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Circumcise
+
chitty
a.
Childish; like a babe.
+
country
adv.
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.
+
cocculus indicus
n.
The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.
+
chairing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chair
+
cruels
n.pl.
Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
+
clapbread
n.
Alt. of Clapcake
+
clot
n.
A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.
+
carted
imp.|p.p.
of Cart
+
complicacy
n.
A state of being complicate or intricate.
+
citron
n.
A citron melon.
+
clothing
n.
Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
+
call
n.
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
+
chrismatory
n.
A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.
+
cottony
a.
Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
+
cause
v.
Sake; interest; advantage.
+
colonitis
n.
See Colitis.
+
commonitory
a.
Calling to mind; giving admonition.
+
chambering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chamber
+
congeneracy
n.
Similarity of origin; affinity.
+
cumulative
a.
Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.
+
civilize
v.t.
To admit as suitable to a civilized state.
+
cherub
n.
One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.
+
collector
n.
One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.
+
consign
v.t.
To assign; to devote; to set apart.
+
chuff
a.
Stupid; churlish.
+
chancery
n.
In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
+
catonian
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.
+
carpology
n.
That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
+
cosmopolitism
n.
The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
+
chesteyn
n.
The chestnut tree.
+
ctenocyst
n.
An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory.
+
crib
v.i.
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
+
calotype
n.
A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.
+
crowner
n.
A coroner.
+
cornet
n.
A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
+
cephalotrocha
n.
A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.
+
cephalalgic
a.
Relating to, or affected with, headache.
+
checking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Check
+
crime
n.
Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
+
constrain
v.t.
To violate; to ravish.
+
cambrian
a.
Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.
+
chill
n.
The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel.
+
chloralism
n.
A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.
+
confidentness
n.
The quality of being confident.
+
care
n.
A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
+
calamite
n.
A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.
+
campus
n.
The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.
+
confidently
adv.
With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
+
cantharides
n.pl.
See Cantharis.
+
charbocle
n.
Carbuncle.
+
cutoff
n.
The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in.  See Expansion gear, under Expansion.
+
cartouch
n.
A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
+
camphorate
v.t.
To impregnate or treat with camphor.
+
copperbottomed
a.
Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
+
circumambulate
v.t.
To walk round about.
+
continue
v.t.
To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
+
cresorcin
n.
Same as Isorcin.
+
colored
a.
Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.
+
carrytale
n.
A talebearer.
+
clayes
n.pl.
Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments.
+
confess
v.i.
To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.
+
corymbed
a.
Corymbose.
+
corpora callosa
pl.
of Corpus
+
champed
imp.|p.p.
of Champ
+
columbae
n.pl.
An order of birds, including the pigeons.
+
ctenoidei
n.pl.
A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.
+
confinity
n.
Community of limits; contiguity.
+
cadger
v.t.
A packman or itinerant huckster.
+
canaliculated
a.
Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.
+
contrastimulant
n.
An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant.
+
changeable
a.
Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.
+
colic
a.
Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.
+
crib
n.
A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
+
calico
n.
Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
+
carnivore
n.
One of the Carnivora.
+
chapeau
n.
A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.
+
chinchona

Alt. of Chincona
+
churning
n.
The act of one who churns.
+
collate
v.i.
To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.
+
camisard
n.
One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.
+
counterstroke
n.
A stroke or blow in return.
+
civet
v.t.
To scent or perfume with civet.
+
countermarch
n.
A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
+
chant
v.i.
To make melody with the voice; to sing.
+
consequent
n.
The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
+
carburetant
n.
Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
+
circumnavigate
v.t.
To sail completely round.
+
cholinic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.
+
carve
v.t.
To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.
+
chemung period

A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology.
+
cockcrow
n.
Alt. of Cockcrowing
+
crossing
v.t.
The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
+
chalazae
pl.
of Chalaza
+
commensurated
imp.|p.p.
of Commensurate
+
carvel
n.
Same as Caravel.
+
cantoned
imp.|p.p.
of Canton
+
carbureted
a.
Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.
+
core
n.
The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.
+
counterpart
n.
A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
+
cropear
n.
A person or animal whose ears are cropped.
+
conservative
a.
Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.
+
chelate
a.
Same as Cheliferous.
+
caeca
pl.
of Caecum
+
cameronian
n.
A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.
+
caparison
n.
An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.
+
classical
n.
Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
+
centuriate
a.
Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds.
+
crossbeam
n.
A girder.
+
celiac
a.
Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.
+
celebrious
a.
Famous.
+
constuprate
v.t.
To ravish; to debauch.
+
collation
v.t.
The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
+
cantab
n.
A Cantabrigian.
+
creaght
n.
A drove or herd.
+
cork
n.
The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
+
close
adv.
Secretly; darkly.
+
chyme
n.
The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.
+
council
n.
Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
+
chimb
v.i.
Chime.
+
coward
a.
Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
+
contrastimulant
a.
Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants.
+
cinchonic
a.
Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona.
+
celerity
n.
Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
+
cyprine
a.
Of or pertaining to the cypress.
+
cellarage
n.
Chare for storage in a cellar.
+
cathead
n.
A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.
+
conterminable
a.
Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous.
+
cartoonist
n.
One skilled in drawing cartoons.
+
comparison
n.
The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.
+
conglutin
n.
A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.
+
case
n.
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
+
caryophyllous
a.
Caryophyllaceous.
+
credential
n.
Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.
+
calf
n.
A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
+
cental
n.
Relating to a hundred.
+
case
v.t.
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
+
compare
v.t.
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
+
clearing
n.
The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.
+
carp
v.t.
To say; to tell.
+
circular
a.
A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.
+
coordination
n.
The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions.
+
carving
n.
The act or art of one who carves.
+
coalwhipper
n.
One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship.
+
critical
n.
Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.
+
command
n.
A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
+
crook
n.
To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
+
congregation
n.
A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church.
+
convulsion
n.
Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.
+
circuit
n.
The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
+
clift
n.
A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
+
canella
n.
A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies.
+
clangous
a.
Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.
+
clawback
n.
A flatterer or sycophant.
+
concoct
v.t.
To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
+
chant
v.i.
To sing, as in reciting a chant.
+
chill
a.
Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.
+
calender
n.
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.
+
comportment
n.
Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.
+
carnify
v.i.
To form flesh; to become like flesh.
+
caking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cake
+
chinook
n.
A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.
+
cuff
n.
Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.
+
cobaltic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide.
+
cohobation
n.
The process of cohobating.
+
cerement
n.
Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
+
cataphonics
n.
That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics.
+
corporal
a.
Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.
+
cobbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cobble
+
commissure
n.
The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.
+
casing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cash
+
cerulean
a.
Sky-colored; blue; azure.
+
case shot

A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.
+
contempt
n.
Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.
+
congruent
a.
Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.
+
clung
v.i.
Wasted away; shrunken.
+
crotchet
n.
A forked support; a crotch.
+
creek
n.
Any turn or winding.
+
crust
n.
The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.
+
cashier
v.t.
To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.
+
chab
n.
The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).
+
cut
n.
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.
+
cashmere
n.
A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
+
coadjument
n.
Mutual help; cooperation.
+
churchhaw
n.
Churchyard.
+
craniofacial
a.
Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.
+
collimator
n.
A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.
+
condylar
a.
Of or pertaining to a condyle.
+
clamped
imp.|p.p.
of Clamp
+
cnidocil
n.
The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.
+
circumstance
v.t.
To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.
+
conspicuity
n.
The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness.
+
char
v.t.
Alt. of Chare
+
confect
v.t.
To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.
+
cymenol
n.
See Carvacrol.
+
cloud
v.t.
To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
+
cuish
n.
Defensive armor for the thighs.
+
crosseye
n.
See Strabismus.
+
cong
n.
An abbreviation of Congius.
+
cock
n.
A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
+
carting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cart
+
congregation
n.
A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
+
creditable
a.
Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.
+
cannon
n.
A kind of type. See Canon.
+
cocleariform
a.
Spoon-shaped.
+
consultive
a.
Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.
+
circumspectness
n.
Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.
+
country
adv.
The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
+
cudbear
n.
A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea.
+
concinnity
n.
Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.
+
cornucopias
pl.
of Cornucopia
+
conquer
v.t.
To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc.
+
conserve
n.
A conservatory.
+
chin cough

Whooping cough.
+
chevaux
pl.
of Cheval
+
claim
n.
A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
+
complicity
n.
The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.
+
croodle
v.i.
To coo.
+
content
a.
Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
+
canonic
a.
Alt. of Cannonical
+
chandoo
n.
An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.
+
chivying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chivy
+
crust
n.
The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents.
+
conjugate
a.
Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
+
clio
n.
The Muse who presided over history.
+
crissa
pl.
of Crissum
+
courche
n.
A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
+
connusance
n.
See Cognizance.
+
coward
a.
Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
+
compete
v.i.
To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.
+
contemptible
a.
Despised; scorned; neglected; abject.
+
cyrenaic
a.
Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene.
+
corralling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Corral
+
cockle
n.
A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
+
countervailed
imp.|p.p.
of Countervail
+
cackle
n.
The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
+
catch
n.
A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
+
chamfer
v.t.
To make a chamfer on.
+
carina
n.
That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification
+
crystallographically
adv.
In the manner of crystallography.
+
capitulation
n.
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.
+
cital
n.
Citation; quotation
+
crab
v.i.
To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
+
crank
n.
A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
+
clamant
a.
Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously.
+
crinite
a.
Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train.
+
collation
v.t.
A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.
+
compeer

An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.
+
corolliflorous
a.
Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.
+
collegial
n.
Collegiate.
+
convocating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Convocate
+
caird
n.
A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.
+
chevron
n.
A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture.
+
clubbish
a.
Rude; clownish.
+
censure
v.i.
To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.
+
chaff
v.t.
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
+
collation
v.t.
The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general.
+
cystid
n.
One of the Cystidea.
+
calcule
v.i.
To calculate
+
crook
n.
To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
+
commentitious
a.
Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion.
+
cast
v.t.
To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
+
chalk
n.
Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon.
+
canthus
n.
The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.
+
commoving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Commove
+
clashingly
adv.
With clashing.
+
crumble
v.t.
To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
+
commoner
n.
One who has a joint right in common ground.
+
champion
v.t.
To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
+
citrine
n.
A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
+
cancriform
a.
Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.
+
cleading
n.
The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.
+
cherished
imp.|p.p.
of Cherish
+
circular
a.
In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
+
complainant
n.
One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
+
clodpate
n.
A blockhead; a dolt.
+
convincingly
adv.
in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.
+
casino
n.
A small country house.
+
chaplet
n.
A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
+
croupy
a.
Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.
+
comfort
v.t.
To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
+
cicuta
n.
a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.
+
contraindicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Contraindicate
+
cephalophora
n.pl.
The cephalata.
+
celtic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.
+
compelling
p.pr.|vb.n
of Compel
+
cast
n.
Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
+
confectioner
n.
A compounder.
+
crystalloid
n.
A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid.
+
cartouch
n.
A gunner's bag for ammunition
+
convict
n.
A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
+
considerance
n.
Act of considering; consideration.
+
cranesbill
n.
A pair of long-beaked forceps.
+
cony
n.
A local name of the burbot.
+
cold
n.
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
+
capillary
a.
Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
+
churched
imp.|p.p.
of Church
+
chairmanship
n.
The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
+
candying
p.pr|vb.n.
of Candy
+
camber
n.
An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).
+
countrified
p.a.
Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.
+
cretor
n.
One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.
+
crowfoot
n.
A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc.
+
clysmic
a.
Washing; cleansing.
+
convulsive
a.
Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
+
cribbing
n.
A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.
+
cold
n.
The relative absence of heat or warmth.
+
chambermaid
n.
A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.
+
cokewold
n.
Cuckold.
+
coeval
n.
One of the same age; a contemporary.
+
compurgatorial
a.
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
+
cuminil
n.
A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway.
+
class
n.
A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
+
camisado
n.
An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.
+
chapeless
a.
Without a chape.
+
countryman
n.
An inhabitant or native of a region.
+
cordially
adv.
In a cordial manner.
+
cognate
n.
One who is related to another on the female side.
+
clotty
n.
Full of clots, or clods.
+
cradle
v.i.
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
+
close
v.i.
To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
+
cachinnatory
a.
Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.
+
copy
n.
To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
+
cipherer
n.
One who ciphers.
+
chaetiferous
a.
Bearing setae.
+
cottised
a.
Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.
+
chanceably
adv.
By chance.
+
crack
n.
A crazy or crack-brained person.
+
children
n.
pl. of Child.
+
conglomerate
a.
Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.
+
cordialness
n.
Cordiality.
+
cockade
n.
A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.
+
cent
n.
An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.
+
canzonet
n.
A short song, in one or more parts.
+
cohibition
n.
Hindrance; restraint.
+
combine
v.t.
To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
+
catamount
n.
The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.
+
cavalier
n.
A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
+
companiable
a.
Companionable; sociable.
+
clue
n.
A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.
+
chromolithographic
a.
Pertaining to, or made by, chromolithography.
+
cradle
n.
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
+
constriction
n.
The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
+
circumnavigation
n.
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
+
comtist
n.
A disciple of Comte; a positivist.
+
concretive
a.
Promoting concretion.
+
compiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Compile
+
connivency
n.
Connivance.
+
candite
n.
A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.
+
calcium
n.
An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.
+
cleping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clepe
+
coestablishment
n.
Joint establishment.
+
curtal
a.
Curt; brief; laconic.
+
camail
n.
A hood of other material than mail;
+
creepy
a.
Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
+
chievance
n.
An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount.
+
creeper
n.
A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.
+
converse
n.
Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.
+
clambake
n.
The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
+
cetewale
n.
Same as Zedoary.
+
close
v.t.
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
+
censuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Censure
+
catechismal
a.
Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical.
+
carcase
n.
See Carcass.
+
conglobulate
v.i.
To gather into a small round mass.
+
cholagogue
n.
An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
+
centage
n.
Rate by the hundred; percentage.
+
clucking
ppr.|vb.n.
of Cluck
+
catadromous
a.
Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
+
curacao
n.
Alt. of Curacoa
+
cross
v.t.
To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
+
commaterial
a.
Consisting of the same material.
+
comprehensibly
adv.
Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.
+
chip
v.t.
To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
+
concert
v.t.
To plan; to devise; to arrange.
+
connective
n.
That which connects
+
circumflex
n.
A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2.
+
corinthian
a.
Of or relating to Corinth.
+
cherty
a.
Like chert; containing chert; flinty.
+
confuting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confute
+
custom
v.t.
To supply with customers.
+
congruism
n.
See Congruity.
+
characterless
a.
Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.
+
commodity
n.
That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.
+
crepusculous
a.
Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.
+
canoe
v.i.
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
+
chime
n.
The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
+
charnico
n.
A sort of sweet wine.
+
codified
imp.|p.p.
of Codify
+
consign
v.i.
To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.
+
courtesan
n.
A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
+
character
v.t.
To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.
+
culpatory
a.
Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating.
+
compotation
n.
The act of drinking or tippling together.
+
casually
adv.
Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
+
cycloganoid
n.
One of the Cycloganoidei.
+
croupous
a.
Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis.
+
cat
v.t.
To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
+
constabulary
a.
Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.
+
conjugate
a.
In single pairs; coupled.
+
ceruminous
a.
Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.
+
clumpy
n.
Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless.
+
compacting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Compact
+
calypso
n.
A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68° N.
+
chondropterygii
n.pl.
A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.
+
chaetopod
n.
One of the Chaetopoda.
+
constabulatory
n.
A constabulary.
+
cable
n.
A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
+
corpuscularian
n.
An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy.
+
consult
n.
A council; a meeting for consultation.
+
coiffure
n.
A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.
+
continence
n.
Alt. of Continency
+
cafileh
n.
A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.
+
cropped
imp.|p.p.
of Crop
+
concaved
imp.|p.p.
of Concave
+
crache
v.
To scratch.
+
consubstantiate
v.t.
To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature.
+
coin
v.i.
To manufacture counterfeit money.
+
catadrome
n.
A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
+
calamander wood

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quaesita. Called also Coromandel wood.
+
coquelicot
n.
The wild poppy, or red corn rose.
+
crofter
n.
One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.
+
cognoscence
n.
Cognizance.
+
catagmatic
a.
Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.
+
cotenant
n.
A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.
+
callipers
n.pl.
See Calipers.
+
cryptogamic
a.
Alt. of Cryptogamous
+
cleavelandite
n.
A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.
+
catchfly
n.
A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.
+
coaxed
imp.|p.p.
of Coax
+
copyholder
n.
One who reads copy to a proof reader.
+
cache
n.
A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.
+
coolness
n.
The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.
+
creable
a.
Capable of being created.
+
cartographic
a.
Alt. of Cartographical
+
chequer
n.|v.
Same as Checker.
+
cog
n.
A trick or deception; a falsehood.
+
cite
v.t.
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
+
camel
n.
A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.
+
cluster
n.
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
+
call
v.t.
To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
+
colliquable
a.
Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid.
+
cerealia
n.pl.
Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
+
castrametation
n.
The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.
+
cense
v.t.
To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.
+
class
n.
To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
+
convert
v.i.
To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
+
caustic
a.
A caustic curve or caustic surface.
+
calculate
v.i.
To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.
+
conium
n.
The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.
+
castigation
n.
Emendation; correction.
+
concatenating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Concatenate
+
catechist
n.
One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.
+
contrarry
a.
To contradict or oppose; to thwart.
+
calculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Calculate
+
cran
n.
Alt. of Crane
+
cabbler
n.
One who works at cabbling.
+
conchyliaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions.
+
calendric
a.
Alt. of Calendrical
+
consecrate
v.t.
To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.
+
condensation
n.
A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.
+
capot
n.
A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
+
coannex
v.t.
To annex with something else.
+
custumary
a.
See Customary.
+
chachalaca
n.
The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).
+
chymify
v.t.
To form into chyme.
+
concordance
n.
A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.
+
consanguineous
a.
Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
+
crossgrained
a.
Perverse; untractable; contrary.
+
crees
n.pl.
An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.
+
chincherie
n.
Penuriousness.
+
crab
a.
A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
+
cultural
a.
Of or pertaining to culture.
+
cynic
n.
One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others.
+
constringed
imp.|p.p.
of Constringe
+
candy
v.i.
To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
+
crocodility
n.
A caption or sophistical mode of arguing.
+
confrontment
n.
The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.
+
chirrup
v.t.
To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
+
compatient
a.
Suffering or enduring together.
+
clomb

of Climb
+
constituent
n.
A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
+
chider
n.
One who chides or quarrels.
+
canonically
adv.
In a canonical manner; according to the canons.
+
caterwauling
n.
The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats.
+
cementation
n.
The act or process of cementing.
+
correlatable
a.
Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena.
+
concludingly
adv.
Conclusively.
+
comfortable
a.
Serviceable; helpful.
+
cholecystis
n.
The gall bladder.
+
cystis
n.
A cyst. See Cyst.
+
contemplativeness
n.
The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.
+
chemic
n.
A solution of chloride of lime.
+
corrupt
a.
Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
+
chessman
n.
A piece used in the game of chess.
+
continuate
a.
Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued.
+
caste
n.
One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
+
carabus
n.
A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.
+
crossbar
n.
A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.
+
cap
n.
The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
+
cardinal
a.
One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
+
chain
v.t.
To measure with the chain.
+
chapel
n.
A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.
+
charm
v.i.
To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.
+
chela
n.
The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
+
confess
v.i.
To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.
+
clump
n.
A cluster; a group; a thicket.
+
circulatory
a.
Circular; as, a circulatory letter.
+
conspecific
a.
Of the same species.
+
curing

p. a. & vb. n. of Cure.
+
cachou
n.
A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
+
countenancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Countenance
+
chamberlain
n.
An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.
+
concretely
adv.
In a concrete manner.
+
chink
n.
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
+
circle
n.
A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
+
clad

imp. & p. p. of Clothe.
+
choriambus
n.
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
+
coefficient
n.
A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.
+
confine
n.
Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
culvert
n.
A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.
+
chirping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chirp
+
cacodoxical
a.
Heretical.
+
count
v.i.
To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.
+
corium
n.
Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I.
+
cabbage
v.i.
To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
+
cartographical
a.
Of or pertaining to cartography.
+
contrariety
n.
Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.
+
conventual
a.
Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
+
creatural
a.
Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature.
+
comprehension
n.
That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.
+
cutthroat
a.
Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
+
credent
a.
Having credit or authority; credible.
+
cook
v.t.
To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account.
+
communion
n.
The act of sharing; community; participation.
+
catchwork
n.
A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
+
catchup
n.
Alt. of Catsup
+
compactedness
n.
A state of being compact.
+
catchwater
n.
A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
+
compensator
n.
One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.
+
contradictorily
adv.
In a contradictory manner.
+
cesser
v.i.
a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.
+
caboodle
n.
The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.
+
consumingly
adv.
In a consuming manner.
+
collum
n.
Same as Collar.
+
conferree
n.
Same as Conferee.
+
costumer
n.
One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.
+
colicky
a.
Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder.
+
covetiveness
n.
Acquisitiveness.
+
cornicular
n.
A secretary or clerk.
+
copyholder
n.
One possessed of land in copyhold.
+
cognoscente
n.
A connoisseur.
+
costal
a.
Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.
+
cotyledon
n.
A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.
+
crossexamine
v.t.
To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.
+
consubstantially
adv.
In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
+
chargehouse
n.
A schoolhouse.
+
camp
v.t.
To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
+
centenary
n.
A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.
+
counter
v.t.
One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
+
clip
v.t.
To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
+
chivachie
n.
A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition.
+
confabulated
imp.|p.p.
of Confabulate
+
char
v.i.
Alt. of Chare
+
cramp
n.
A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
+
condemn
v.t.
To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.
+
circum

A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.
+
cart
n.
A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.
+
close
v.t.
Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
+
capotted
imp.|p.p.
of Capot
+
custom
n.
Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
+
cassava
n.
A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
+
caucusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Caucus
+
chill
a.
Affected by cold.
+
catchweed
n.
See Cleavers.
+
couchancy
n.
State of lying down for repose.
+
connective
n.
A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition.
+
crossbearer
n.
A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
+
chode

the old imp. of chide. See Chide.
+
cimbal
n.
A kind of confectionery or cake.
+
cowslip
n.
A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.
+
clothe
v.t.
To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.
+
car wheel

A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
+
crag
n.
The neck piece or scrag of mutton.
+
cloudy
n.
Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster.
+
cynosural
a.
Of or pertaining to a cynosure.
+
counter
adv.
Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
+
coralligerous
a.
Producing coral; coralliferous.
+
corpuscular
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles.
+
columbatz fly

See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo.
+
chartless
a.
Without a chart; having no guide.
+
creosote
v.t.
To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.
+
connotatively
adv.
In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.
+
cimiss
n.
The bedbug.
+
claim
v..
To assert; to maintain.
+
cram
v.t.
To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
+
contemperate
v.t.
To temper; to moderate.
+
combat
v.i.
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
+
catawbas
n.pl.
An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.
+
clause
n.
A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
+
careen
v.i.
To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
+
californian
a.
Of or pertaining to California.
+
cursing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Curse
+
crack
n.
Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
+
coaltit
n.
A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.
+
caterer
n.
One who caters.
+
cuttlefish
n.
A foul-mouthed fellow.
+
consignation
n.
A stamp; an indication; a sign.
+
chirruping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chirrup
+
castleguard
n.
The guard or defense of a castle.
+
corrodent
a.
Corrosive.
+
curiously
adv.
In a curious manner.
+
cyclostomata
n.pl.
Alt. of Cyclostoma
+
consulate
n.
The office of a consul.
+
choregraphical
a.
Pertaining to choregraphy.
+
crocked
imp.|p.p.
of Crock
+
calcine
v.i.
To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
+
compilator
n.
Compiler.
+
congratulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Congratulate
+
collaborateur
n.
See Collaborator.
+
crimpy
a.
Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.
+
cheviot
n.
A woolen fabric, for men's clothing.
+
congratulator
n.
One who offers congratulation.
+
coalescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Coalesce
+
canticoy
n.
A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.
+
concomitant
n.
One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.
+
caged
imp.|p.p.
of Cage
+
catharical
a.
Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
+
clown
v.i.
To act as a clown; -- with it.
+
chaetopoda
n.pl.
A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments.  They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species.
+
compensation
n.
The act or principle of compensating.
+
catrigged
a.
Rigged like a catboat.
+
cramoisie
a.
Alt. of Cramoisy
+
culmiferous
a.
Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
+
caledonian
a.
Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.
+
cap
n.
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
+
concordance
n.
Concord; agreement.
+
cottier
n.
In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm.
+
corporality
n.
A confraternity; a guild.
+
comporting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Comport
+
cavetto
n.
A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture.  See Illust. of Column.
+
cross
v.i.
To be inconsistent.
+
check
a.
Checkered; designed in checks.
+
countermarch
n.
A marching back; retrocession.
+
catheterism
n.
Alt. of Catheterization
+
clasp
n.
An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
+
crossbowman
n.
One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
+
catawba
n.
A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.
+
ciorculated
imp.|p.p.
of Circulate
+
counite
v.t.
To unite.
+
codefendant
n.
A joint defendant.
+
crampy

Affected with cramp.
+
curding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Curd
+
cancer
n.
A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
+
catheterization
n.
The operation of introducing a catheter.
+
columella
n.
A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.
+
classicalism
n.
A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
+
continuous
a.
Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
+
costiferous
a.
Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae.
+
crinkled
imp.|p.p.
of Crinkle
+
cleavage
n.
Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.
+
crack
v.i.
To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
+
ceylonese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or natives of Ceylon.
+
concourse
n.
The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies.
+
canular
a.
Alt. of Canulated
+
coranach
n.
A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.
+
circumrotation
n.
The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round.
+
christophany
n.
An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.
+
crossdays
n.pl.
The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
+
canticle
n.
The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.
+
cobby
n.
Headstrong; obstinate.
+
clementine
a.
Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.
+
chemistry
n.
A treatise on chemistry.
+
cutting
n.
Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.
+
cold
n.
Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
+
correlate
v.t.
To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena.
+
convulse
v.t.
To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
+
changer
n.
One apt to change; an inconstant person.
+
concludency
n.
Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion.
+
counterplotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Counterplot
+
crisp
a.
Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
+
cognizance
n.
Recollection; recognition.
+
clapper
n.
A person who claps.
+
caddice
n.
Alt. of Caddis
+
croise
n.
A crusader.
+
communicate
v.i.
To administer the communion to.
+
clavises
pl.
of Clavis
+
chest
v.i.
To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
+
contemn
v.t.
To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.
+
craftsmanship
n.
The work of a craftsman.
+
creosote
n.
Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.
+
crest
n.
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.
+
clare
n.
A nun of the order of St. Clare.
+
calamint
n.
A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.
+
carbonade
v.t.
To cut or hack, as in fighting.
+
catling
n.
A little cat; a kitten.
+
caravel
n.
A name given to several kinds of vessels.
+
cultivate
v.t.
To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
+
cereal
n.
Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.
+
catsilver
n.
Mica.
+
chantress
n.
A female chanter or singer.
+
chirk
v.i.
Lively; cheerful; in good spirits.
+
close
v.t.
Parsimonious; stingy.
+
chlorpicrin
n.
A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.
+
coal works

A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.
+
cessment
v.t.
An assessment or tax.
+
cosenage
n.
See Cozenage.
+
class
n.
To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
+
calyculate
a.
Alt. of Calyculated
+
complication
n.
The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
+
concreate
v.t.
To create at the same time.
+
canoes
pl.
of Canoe
+
crystallometry
n.
The art of measuring crystals.
+
casing
n.
An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.
+
cement
n.
To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.
+
contradictories
pl.
of Contradictory
+
cateran
n.
A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier.
+
chlorination
n.
The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
+
copy
n.
An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
+
confectionary
a.
Prepared as a confection.
+
congratulate
v.i.
To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.
+
corkage
n.
The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.
+
chokestrap
n.
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
+
cypsela
n.
A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.
+
chiaroscuro
n.
Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro
+
cake
n.
A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.
+
countrybase
n.
Same as Prison base.
+
caudated
a.
Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.
+
cloud
v.t.
To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
+
cavalcade
n.
A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.
+
congealment
n.
That which is formed by congelation; a clot.
+
cohesion
n.
The act or state of sticking together; close union.
+
conceit
n.
That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
+
chansonnette
n.
A little song.
+
canter
v.i.
To move in a canter.
+
capricorn
n.
A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
+
confidence
n.
Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.
+
camp
v.i.
To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.
+
couch
v.i.
To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
+
cost
v.t.
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
+
curviform
a.
Having a curved form.
+
carrier
n.
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
+
chain
n.
The warp threads of a web.
+
circle
n.
A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
+
capitatim
a.
Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.
+
confidence
n.
Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.
+
cirl bunting

A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).
+
catch
v.t.
To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
+
coxa
n.
The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.
+
croat
n.
An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.
+
cockhorse
a.
Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
+
chivalric
a.
Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.
+
colliquative
a.
Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats.
+
cadence
n.
A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
+
cartilage
n.
A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
+
cabal
n.
The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
+
cowbird
n.
The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle.
+
chapleted
imp.|p.p.
of Chaplet
+
conchyliologist
n.
Alt. of Conchyliology
+
cracker
n.
A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
+
crest
n.
The ridge or top of a wave.
+
collusory
a.
Collusive.
+
counterfort
n.
A spur or projection of a mountain.
+
cervus
n.
A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.
+
cadeworm
n.
A caddice. See Caddice.
+
captive
v.t.
To take prisoner; to capture.
+
credibleness
n.
The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.
+
coast
n.
To sail by or near the shore.
+
comptrol
n.|v.
See Control.
+
crocodilian
a.
Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile.
+
crusaded
imp.|p.p.
of Crusade
+
cremationist
n.
One who advocates the practice of cremation.
+
conversationism
n.
A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.
+
cultus cod

See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.
+
covent
n.
A convent or monastery.
+
camblet
n.
See Camlet.
+
concrete
a.
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.
+
clogging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clog
+
cantel
n.
See Cantle.
+
ca ira

The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.
+
chink
v.t.
To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
+
convexly
adv.
In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.
+
columnar
a.
Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.
+
cascarilla
n.
A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.
+
concuss
v.t.
To shake or agitate.
+
contract
n.
To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.
+
commutation
n.
The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
+
concerning
a.
Important.
+
cockweed
n.
Peppergrass.
+
chaste
a.
Unmarried.
+
crimpling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crimple
+
cremosin
n.
See Crimson.
+
cheek
n.
Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.
+
coke
v.t.
To convert into coke.
+
choking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Choke
+
counterjumper
n.
A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously.
+
coherent
a.
Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker.
+
cirrhosis
n.
A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.
+
counterbalance
n.
A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.
+
conspersion
n.
The act of sprinkling.
+
cancer
n.
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.
+
circulatory
n.
A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.
+
ceremony
n.
A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.
+
courage
n.
The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.
+
coxalgia
n.
Alt. of Coxalgy
+
catch
v.i.
To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
+
coquetries
pl.
of Coquetry
+
compacted
a.
Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.
+
centesimal
n.
A hundredth part.
+
circumcursation
n.
The act of running about; also, rambling language.
+
commencing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Commence
+
confect
v.t.
To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.
+
cavalierism
n.
The practice or principles of cavaliers.
+
contextured
a.
Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed.
+
chromatophore
n.
A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.
+
coly
n.
Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.
+
crossing
v.t.
The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
+
countermine
n.
An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
+
cool
superl.
Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
+
cunctation
n.
Delay; procrastination.
+
christianized
imp.|p.p.
of Christianize
+
chockfull
a.
Quite full; choke-full.
+
carpale
n.
One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
+
cob
n.
A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.
+
consensual
v.i.
Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions.
+
chlorosis
n.
A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
+
czechs
n.pl.
The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.
+
capableness
n.
The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.
+
canary
n.
A quick and lively dance.
+
croon
v.t.
To soothe by singing softly.
+
casebay
n.
One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.
+
congenerous
a.
Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases.
+
copyist
n.
A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.
+
contradance
n.
A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.
+
carditis
n.
Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.
+
compassionate
a.
Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.
+
confessor
n.
One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith.
+
crescendo
n.
A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
+
cargoose
n.
A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.
+
camber
v.i.
To curve upward.
+
caique
n.
A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.
+
contorted
a.
Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute aestivation.
+
capillature
n.
A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.
+
chilostoma
n.pl.
Alt. of Chilostomata
+
cray
n.
Alt. of Crayer
+
consociate
v.t.
To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.
+
compact
p.p.|a
Composed or made; -- with of.
+
carriage
n.
The price or expense of carrying.
+
corrective
n.
Limitation; restriction.
+
contiguous
a.
In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
+
clong

of Cling
+
consult
v.t.
To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
+
cavalry
n.
That part of military force which serves on horseback.
+
cuckooflower
n.
A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi).
+
consonant
a.
Having like sounds.
+
contrast
v.t.
To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.
+
croustade
n.
Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.
+
crowquill
n.
A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
+
crosstie
n.
A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
+
chromic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of the compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence.
+
clench
n.|v.t.
See Clinch.
+
construed
imp.|p.p.
of Construe
+
commonalties
pl.
of Commonalty
+
cinnamic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon.
+
chump
n.
A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.
+
churl
a.
Churlish; rough; selfish.
+
caveator
n.
One who enters a caveat.
+
christly
a.
Christlike.
+
confluxibility
n.
The  tendency of fluids to run together.
+
cunabula
n.pl.
The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race.
+
cannei
a.
Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle.
+
cast
n.
An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
+
coextending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Coextend
+
catty
n.
An East Indian Weight of 1 1/3 pounds.
+
correlative
n.
The antecedent of a pronoun.
+
clear
v.t.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
+
censorian
a.
Censorial.
+
convenience
n.
Alt. of Conveniency
+
comely
adv.
In a becoming manner.
+
cornage
n.
Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
+
counsel
n.
Result of consultation; advice; instruction.
+
confederacy
n.
A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.
+
costively
adv.
In a costive manner.
+
cotemporaneous
a.
Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous.
+
callot
n.
A close cap without visor or brim.
+
cloacal
a.
Of or pertaining to a cloaca.
+
communication
n.
The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
+
convex
n.
A convex body or surface.
+
conscience
n.
The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty.
+
cataleptic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.
+
comedian
n.
An actor or player in comedy.
+
crackle
n.
A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle.
+
cricket
n.
A low stool.
+
counseling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Counsel
+
cracksman
n.
A burglar.
+
capsizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Capsize
+
chasseur
n.
An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword.
+
concentrator
n.
An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
+
chuck
n.
A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.
+
caved
imp.|p.p.
of Cave
+
cool
v.i.
To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
+
curler
n.
One who, or that which, curls.
+
cutwater
n.
The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
+
cisalpine
a.
On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
+
criminal
a.
Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.
+
cast
v.t.
To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
+
chiliarch
n.
The commander or chief of a thousand men.
+
charge
v.i.
To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
+
car
n.
The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
+
chronographer
n.
One who writes a chronography; a chronologer.
+
condense
v.t.
To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
+
contaminable
a.
Capable of being contaminated.
+
congress
n.
A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
+
claptrap
n.
A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
+
conceptible
a.
Capable of being conceived; conceivable.
+
cog
v.t.
To furnish with a cog or cogs.
+
cipher
n.
One who, or that which, has no weight or influence.
+
centrepiece
n.
An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.
+
cautiously
adv.
In a cautious manner.
+
concession
n.
A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.
+
cullible
a.
Easily deceived; gullible.
+
cog
n.
A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
+
crater
n.
A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
+
convoked
imp.|p.p.
of Convoke
+
cardinalship
n.
The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal
+
couteau
n.
A knife; a dagger.
+
college
n.
A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.
+
chatelet
n.
A little castle.
+
centesimo
n.
A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.
+
cannikin
n.
A small can or drinking vessel.
+
concerting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Concert
+
coveting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Covet
+
clicker
n.
One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.
+
contractile
a.
tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
+
corniferous
a.
Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.
+
chimera
n.
A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
+
cheat
n.
To beguile.
+
censorial
a.
Full of censure; censorious.
+
castoff
a.
Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.
+
catechise
v.t.
To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct.
+
columbian
a.
Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.
+
chestnut
n.
The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
+
chum
n.
Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.
+
corps
n.sing.|pl.
The human body, whether living or dead.
+
cottage
n.
A small house; a cot; a hut.
+
covering
n.
Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.
+
cherubical
a.
Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic.
+
clavigerous
a.
Bearing a club or a key.
+
countermark
v.t.
To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.
+
coil
v.t.
To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
+
coverlet
n.
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
+
cornered
imp.|p.p.
of Corner
+
courtly
a.
Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
+
coach
v.t.
To convey in a coach.
+
coot
n.
A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot.
+
cotillon
n.
Alt. of Cotillion
+
cowhide
n.
The hide of a cow.
+
cooperating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cooperate
+
confirm
v.t.
To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.
+
consecutive
a.
Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.
+
centuries
pl.
of Century
+
cove
n.
A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
+
crystallographic
a.
Alt. of Crystallographical
+
chondrule
n.
A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
+
creaturize
v.t.
To make like a creature; to degrade
+
campaign
n.
Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
+
catastasis
n.
The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body.
+
concubinal
a.
Of or pertaining to concubinage.
+
cutter
n.
A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut.
+
chemic
n.
A chemist; an alchemist.
+
corner
n.
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.
+
coequality
n.
The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
+
crail
n.
A creel or osier basket.
+
cerographist
n.
One who practices cerography.
+
circulary
a.
Circular; illogical.
+
channeling
n.
The act or process of forming a channel or channels.
+
crotalus
n.
A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.
+
conjecture
v.i.
To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
+
coxalgy
n.
Pain in the hip.
+
conventionalized
imp.|p.p.
of Conventionalizw
+
crownless
a.
Without a crown.
+
cut
v.t.
To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
+
consistorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a consistory.
+
chamberer
n.
One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid.
+
conjugation
n.
A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
+
crocein
n.
A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure.  In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.
+
chincha
n.
A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.
+
curd
v.i.
To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey
+
career
n.
The flight of a hawk.
+
cushewbird
n.
The galeated curassow. See Curassow.
+
connection
n.
The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
+
copiously
adv.
In a copious manner.
+
cleansable
a.
Capable of being cleansed.
+
crimper
n.
One who, or that which, crimps
+
condite
a.
Preserved; pickled.
+
crimson
v.t.
To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
+
cleave
v.i.
To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
+
column
n.
A perpendicular line of figures.
+
catholicism
n.
The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto.
+
call
v.t.
To invoke; to appeal to.
+
colonizationist
n.
A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.
+
crudy
a.
Characterized by crudeness; raw.
+
climb
v.i.
To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
+
connutritious
a.
Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food.
+
crannying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cranny
+
chape
n.
The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc.
+
centered
imp.|p.p.
of Centre
+
crib
n.
A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
+
call
n.
Vocation; employment.
+
cesspool
n.
A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.
+
citron
n.
A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.
+
complanate
v.t.
Flattened to a level surface.
+
cortex
n.
Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.
+
crown
n.
A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.
+
crested
imp.|p.p.
of Crest
+
continually
adv.
Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.
+
cried

imp. & p. p. of Cry.
+
comment
n.
A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.
+
cavorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cavort
+
cullionly
a.
Mean; base.
+
cuticle
n.
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
+
crook
v.i.
To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
+
croftland
n.
Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.
+
citadel
n.
A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.
+
creux
n.
Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design.
+
cellulose
a.
Consisting of, or containing, cells.
+
curd
v.t.
To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
+
credenda
pl.
of Credendum
+
celsiture
n.
Height; altitude.
+
conformities
pl.
of Conformity
+
coldshort
a.
Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
+
chalaza
n.
The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
+
chancery
n.
In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
+
crucifier
n.
One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.
+
ceratobranchia
n.pl.
A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.
+
cream
v.t.
To furnish with, or as with, cream.
+
cupping
n.
The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
+
christianite
n.
Same as Anorthite.
+
consider
v.t.
To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
+
columbic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.
+
carrier
n.
One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
+
cement
n.
The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.
+
cloyed
imp.|p.p.
of Cloy
+
connivent
a.
Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.
+
crossstitch
n.
A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
+
charge
v.t.
To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.
+
chandlerly
a.
Like a chandler; in a petty way.
+
cropper
n.
A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter.
+
conduplicate
a.
Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation.
+
contrabasso
n.
The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
+
cyrtostyle
n.
A circular projecting portion.
+
cuirassier
n.
A soldier armed with a cuirass.
+
crabby
a.
Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
+
cobble
n.
A fishing boat. See Coble.
+
clasper
n.
One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.
+
cabalistically
adv.
In a cabalistic manner.
+
cushion
n.
Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use
+
condign
a.
Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
+
counterpoint
n.
The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody
+
choky chokey
a.
Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
+
chain
n.
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
+
connature
n.
Participation in a common nature or character.
+
caudex
n.
The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.
+
christian
n.
One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
+
classific
a.
Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
+
clapper
n.
A rabbit burrow.
+
clergy
n.
The privilege or benefit of clergy.
+
cenotaph
n.
An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
+
cercarian
a.
Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariae.
+
centriscoid
a.
Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.
+
chapter
n.
An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
+
carrion
n.
The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
+
coaxingly
adv.
In a coaxing manner; by coaxing.
+
clay
v.t.
To cover or manure with clay.
+
concordantly
adv.
In a concordant manner.
+
cover
n.
The lap of a slide valve.
+
citation
n.
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.
+
cultriform
a.
Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
+
cyclopean
a.
Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.
+
charlotte
n.
A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.
+
coraled
a.
Having coral; covered with coral.
+
cove
v.t.
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
+
chondroma
n.
A cartilaginous tumor or growth.
+
cusp
n.
The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
+
cuttle
n.
Alt. of Cuttlefish
+
climax
v.i.
The highest point; the greatest degree.
+
cariole
n.
A kind of calash. See Carryall.
+
caravan
n.
A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
+
coniine
n.
See Conine.
+
contain
v.t.
To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
+
chantries
pl.
of Chantry
+
chlorometer
n.
An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
+
critique
n.
The art of criticism.
+
cacoxenite
n.
A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
+
cusp
n.
The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.
+
tted
imp.|p.p.
of Cat
+
chaetotaxy
n.
The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
+
congo snake

An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.
+
cornet
n.
See Coronet, 2.
+
clack
v.t.
Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
+
cry
v.i.
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
+
cent
n.
A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.
+
curia
n.
One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.
+
continue
v.i.
To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
+
curt
a.
Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.
+
calked
imp.|p.p.
of Calk
+
cursed
a.
Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
+
crassitude
n.
Grossness; coarseness; thickness; density.
+
cackle
n.
Idle talk; silly prattle.
+
confederated
imp.|p.p.
of Confederate
+
chokedar
n.
A watchman; an officer of customs or police.
+
champaign
a.
Flat; open; level.
+
cony
n.
An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.
+
chilled
imp.|p.p.
of Chill
+
clove
n.
One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
+
crediting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Credit
+
conditional
n.
A limitation.
+
clangor
v.t.
A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
+
craver
n.
One who craves or begs.
+
cipher
v.t.
To write in occult characters.
+
citizen
n.
A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.
+
catachrestic
a.
Alt. of Catachrestical
+
chisley
a.
Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
+
cruiser
n.
One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.
+
countersink
n.
An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.
+
chryselephantine
a.
Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.
+
constituter
n.
One who constitutes or appoints.
+
comities
pl.
of Comity
+
choose
v.i.
To do otherwise.
+
cockneyism
n.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
+
cracked
a.
Crack-brained.
+
connateperfoliate
a.
Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.
+
cubed
imp.|p.p.
of Cube
+
comessation
n.
A reveling; a rioting.
+
curse
v.i.
To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
+
canty
a.
Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry.
+
cognoscitive
a.
Having the power of knowing.
+
cork
n.
A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
+
crunk
v.i.
Alt. of Crunkle
+
chocolate
n.
A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.
+
cobbing
a.
Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2.
+
clote
n.
The common burdock; the clotbur.
+
concentring

of Concentre
+
crown
n.
An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.
+
commissary
n.
An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
+
cicada
n.
Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.
+
cobia
n.
An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.
+
convocationist
n.
An advocate or defender of convocation.
+
completement
n.
Act of completing or perfecting; completion.
+
compartition
n.
The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.
+
compressibleness
n.
The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
+
compose
v.t.
To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
+
cacholong
n.
An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
+
choice
n.
The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
+
cynarrhodium
n.
A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes.
+
clouded
imp.|p.p.
of Cloud
+
crevasse
n.
A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
+
cutaway
a.
Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.
+
correctional
a.
Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.
+
courage
n.
Heart; inclination; desire; will.
+
cacique
n.
See Cazique.
+
cab
n.
A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.
+
clubrush
n.
A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.
+
current
a.
Running or moving rapidly.
+
convincer
n.
One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.
+
caliver
n.
An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.
+
coelia
n.
A cavity.
+
chesses
n.pl.
The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
+
cover
v.t.
To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.
+
chill
a.
Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.
+
chorion
n.
The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
+
crowsilk
n.
A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).
+
centre
v.i.
To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
+
concordance
n.
An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.
+
catchpenny
n.
Some worthless catchpenny thing.
+
cur
n.
A mongrel or inferior dog.
+
corporealities
pl.
of Corporeality
+
cut
v.t.
To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
+
chenille
n.
Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.
+
congregation
n.
The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.
+
cozy
a.
A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.
+
concessionist
n.
One who favors concession.
+
clack
n.
To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.
+
circumduct
v.t.
To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature.
+
cue
n.
Humor; temper of mind.
+
countercharge
n.
An opposing charge.
+
christocentric
a.
Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion.
+
comicality
n.
The quality of being comical; something comical.
+
copsewood
n.
Brushwood; coppice.
+
cockaded
a.
Wearing a cockade.
+
contradistinguished
imp.|p.p.
of Contradistinguish
+
cash
n.
Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash.
+
confected
imp.|p.p.
of Confect
+
cubital
a.
Of the length of a cubit.
+
cuneate
a.
Alt. of Cuneated
+
crept
p.p.
of Creep
+
classicalist
n.
One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.
+
circar
n.
A district, or part of a province. See Sircar.
+
color
n.
A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.
+
culdee
n.
One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
+
condemned
a.
Used for condemned persons.
+
carapato
n.
A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.
+
chop
n.
A crack or cleft. See Chap.
+
carabid
n.
One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
+
chew
v.t.
To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
+
captain
n.
One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
+
close
n.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
+
concreting
p.pr|vb.n.
of Concrete
+
copple dust

Cupel dust.
+
carnassial
n.
A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.
+
club
v.i.
To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.
+
consonancy
n.
Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.
+
capsheaf
n.
The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.
+
conjecture
n.
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
+
covered
a.
Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
+
chousing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chouse
+
crossbower
n.
A crossbowman.
+
creak
v.i.
To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
+
candor
n.
A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
+
core
v.t.
To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
+
chitchat
n.
Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
+
cession
n.
Concession; compliance.
+
chaff
n.
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
+
cymric
a.
Welsh.
+
cupgall
n.
A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.
+
centuple
a.
Hundredfold.
+
coamings
n.pl.
Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.
+
competent
a.
Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to.
+
claustral
a.
Cloistral.
+
chagrined
imp.|p.p.
of Chagrin
+
cognation
n.
That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
+
converging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Converge
+
cuban
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.
+
cateress
n.
A woman who caters.
+
cringer
n.
One who cringes.
+
convection
n.
The act or process of conveying or transmitting.
+
crestfallen
a.
With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.
+
coppering
n.
The act of covering with copper.
+
crucify
v.t.
To vex or torment.
+
coussinet
n.
A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
+
commixture
n.
The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.
+
carter
n.
Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman
+
crenelated
imp.|p.p.
of Crenelate
+
crispin
n.
A member of a union or association of shoemakers.
+
computed
imp.|p.p.
of Compute
+
calcareousness
n.
Quality of being calcareous.
+
communicate
v.i.
To partake of the Lord's supper; to commune.
+
cephalanthium
n.
Same as Anthodium.
+
cacophonical
a.
Alt. of Cacophonious
+
copyright
n.
The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
+
collop
n.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
+
commit
v.t.
To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
+
calix
n.
A cup. See Calyx.
+
climbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Climb
+
chain
v.t.
To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
+
clift
n.
The fork of the legs; the crotch.
+
crescent
v.t.
To adorn with crescents.
+
chenomorphae
n.pl.
An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.
+
crate
n.
A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.
+
carunculate
a.
Alt. of Carunculated
+
cote
n.
A cottage or hut.
+
cress
n.
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
+
confrier
n.
A confr/re.
+
coupe
n.
A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.
+
commensurability
n.
The quality of being commensurable.
+
concern
v.t.
To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
+
corresponding
a.
Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.
+
curricula
pl.
of Curriculum
+
cork
v.t.
To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
+
call
v.t.
To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
+
college
n.
Fig.: A community.
+
ceasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cease
+
cephalotome
n.
An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.
+
causidical
a.
Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.
+
cuspated
a.
Ending in a point.
+
calumniated
imp.|p.p.
of Calumniate
+
coach
v.t.
To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
+
cottonary
a.
Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony.
+
core
n.
The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
+
chiton
n.
One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.
+
conscription
n.
A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.
+
cockboat
n.
A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
+
conviction
n.
The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.
+
cornbind
n.
A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus.
+
cordonnet
n.
Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.
+
collection
n.
The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
+
caecums
pl.
of Caecum
+
classicism
n.
A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.
+
collagen
n.
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.
+
clapped
imp.|p.p.
of Clap
+
circumvent
v.t.
To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
+
corrupting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Corrupt
+
ceres
n.
The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.
+
centilitre
n.
The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.
+
cart
n.
A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
+
cephalopoda
n.pl.
The highest class of Mollusca.
+
conjunctive
a.
Closely united.
+
coasting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Coast
+
comment
n.
A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.
+
company
v.i.
To be a gay companion.
+
carp
n.
A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.
+
collector
n.
A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
+
crowsnest
n.
A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.
+
cephalopodic
a.
Alt. of Cephalopodous
+
connatural
a.
Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.
+
consist
v.i.
To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.
+
circumferentially
adv.
So as to surround or encircle.
+
cockaleekie
n.
A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.
+
calender
n.
One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
+
comely
superl.
Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.
+
chose
n.
A thing; personal property.
+
caress
n.
To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.
+
corporality
n.
The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality.
+
captiving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Captive
+
clouterly
n.
Clumsy; awkward.
+
cafe
n.
A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
+
crenulated
a.
Minutely crenate.
+
crises
pl.
of Crisis
+
carpenter
n.
An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.
+
copartnership
n.
A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership.
+
crochet
n.
A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.
+
cento
n.
A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
+
chick
n.
A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.
+
chippeways
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.
+
cyclobranchiate
a.
Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets.
+
cubiform
a.
Of the form of a cube.
+
corollate
a.
Alt. of Corollated
+
cohabit
v.
To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.
+
crispature
n.
The state of being crispate.
+
chordata
n.pl.
A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
+
creeper
n.
A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
+
codification
n.
The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
+
colon
n.
That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
+
centrality
n.
The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
+
commented
imp.|p.p.
of Comment
+
carbureted
imp.|p.p.
of Carburet
+
conjuration
n.
The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
+
countermine
n.
A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
+
chock
n.
A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
+
calamary
n.
A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.
+
chromolithography
n.
Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors.
+
cogman
n.
A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth.
+
constablery
n.
The district or jurisdiction of a constable.
+
collitigant
n.
One who litigates or wrangles.
+
community
n.
Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.
+
cerebropathy
n.
A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag.
+
cornshuck
n.
The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.
+
counterfoil
n.
That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock.
+
conditioned
a.
Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute.
+
comprehensive
a.
Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.
+
cornic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
+
clerk
n.
A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it.
+
cornet
n.
A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.
+
caloric
a.
Of or pertaining to caloric.
+
command
v.t.
To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
+
corona
n.
A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
+
curtained
imp.|p.p.
of Curtain
+
ceremonial
n.
A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.
+
ceremonial
n.
The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.
+
compass
n.
A pair of compasses.
+
couch
v.t.
To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.
+
cross
n.
A line drawn across or through another line.
+
cirrhose
a.
Same as Cirrose.
+
cope
v.i.
To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.
+
circumincession
n.
The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.
+
choltry
n.
A Hindoo caravansary.
+
consubstantial
a.
Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.
+
challenge
n.
An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause.
+
corpulency
n.
Thickness; density; compactness.
+
corpulence
n.
Alt. of Corpulency
+
cap
v.t.
To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
+
case knife

A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case.
+
curval
p.pr.
Alt. of Curvant
+
contend
v.t.
To struggle for; to contest.
+
chicken
n.
A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
+
construct
a.
Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
+
currant
n.
A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
+
commendatory
a.
Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop.
+
coluber
n.
A genus of harmless serpents.
+
cheat
n.
The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
+
cornea
n.
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
+
cart
n.
A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
+
conceptacle
n.
One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.
+
caudad
adv.
Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.
+
croaked
imp.|p.p.
of Croak
+
conglomerate
n.
A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia.
+
credit
v.t.
To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
+
cocagne
n.
An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.
+
conjugate
n.
A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical.
+
consociation
n.
Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.
+
crazemill
n.
Alt. of Crazing-mill
+
chirping
a.
Cheering; enlivening.
+
coelodont
a.
Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.
+
couscous
n.
A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.
+
copulation
n.
The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
+
churchbench
n.
A seat in the porch of a church.
+
cordage
n.
Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
+
chrysophanic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane.
+
cephalothorax
n.
The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
+
covenant
v.i.
To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
+
cimolite
n.
A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.
+
conscript
v.t.
To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
+
compass
n.
An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
+
collegiate
a.
Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society.
+
corves
pl.
of Corf
+
cavicornia
n.pl.
A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.
+
chitterlings
n.pl.
The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.
+
canescent
a.
Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
+
chirrup
v.i.
To chirp.
+
consoler
n.
One who gives consolation.
+
convoluluses
pl.
of Convolvulus
+
capercally
n.
A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods.
+
creephole
n.
A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
+
capped
imp.|p.p.
of Cap
+
culdesac
n.
Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
+
chiches
pl.
of Chich
+
cardiac
a.
Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
+
coffeehouse
n.
A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
+
coprolitic
a.
Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.
+
congratulatory
a.
Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.
+
cabeca
n.
Alt. of Cabesse
+
ceremonial
a.
Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.]
+
cowardie
n.
Cowardice.
+
creviced
a.
Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn.
+
cloy
v.t.
To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit.
+
cytoblastema
n.
See Protoplasm.
+
cost
v.t.
Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.
+
cardinalize
v.t.
To exalt to the office of a cardinal.
+
calendulin
n.
A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
+
conferring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confer
+
commodiousness
n.
State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convenience; roominess.
+
capoch
v.t.
To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.
+
chlamydes
pl.
of Chlamys
+
cometography
n.
A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.
+
contemplation
n.
Holy meditation.
+
color
v.t.
To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.
+
consequent
a.
Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
+
conditionate
v.t.
Conditional.
+
celestine
n.
Alt. of Celestinian
+
cerusite
n.
Alt. of Cerussite
+
corrective
n.
That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.
+
clergyman
n.
An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.
+
crowd
v.t.
To play on a crowd; to fiddle.
+
compunct
a.
Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken.
+
count
v.t.
An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
+
compass
v.t.
To curve; to bend into a circular form.
+
cadence
n.
Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
+
calver
v.i.
To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon.
+
call
v.t.
To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
+
covenant
n.
An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.
+
crane
n.
A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
+
capital
a.
A chapter, or section, of a book.
+
critic
a.
Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical.
+
cabinet
n.
A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.
+
coltsfoot
n.
A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.
+
cherubim
pl.
of Cherub
+
centenarian
a.
Of or relating to a hundred years.
+
cephalometer
n.
An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.
+
cherub
n.
A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.
+
crocketing
n.
Ornamentation with crockets.
+
counselable
a.
Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.
+
cleanness
n.
Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.
+
cynegetics
n.
The art of hunting with dogs.
+
crabbed
n.
Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
+
cannonier
n.
A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
+
cob
n.
A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.
+
copula
n.
The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.
+
chanson
n.
A song.
+
cruelties
pl.
of Cruelty
+
clamber
v.i.
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
+
conch
n.
See Concha, n.
+
crenation
n.
A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
+
cockney
n.
A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
+
chapel
v.t.
To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
+
cord
n.
See Chord.
+
cable
v.t.|i.
To telegraph by a submarine cable
+
courted
imp.|p.p.
of Court
+
crab
a.
A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
+
checkerwork
n.
Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
+
canaanite
n.
A zealot.
+
crassness
n.
Grossness.
+
corona
n.
The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
+
counter tenor

One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
+
cowpox
n.
A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock.
+
cite
v.t.
To urge; to enjoin.
+
casting
n.
The warping of a board.
+
cession
n.
The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
+
counter
v.t.
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
+
crakeberry
n.
See Crowberry.
+
cauf
n.
A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.
+
courageousness
n.
The quality of being courageous; courage.
+
caoutchouc
n.
A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.
+
correlativeness
n.
Quality of being correlative.
+
collating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Collate
+
collectional
a.
Of or pertaining to collecting.
+
circular
a.
Perfect; complete.
+
crunch
v.i.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
+
curst

of Curse
+
configured
imp.|p.p.
of Configure
+
consumption
n.
The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
+
crown
n.
To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
+
creditably
adv.
In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.
+
conjugate
a.
Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
+
captain
n.
By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
+
carp
v.i.
To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
+
capital
n.
Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
+
czarevna
n.
The title of the wife of the czarowitz.
+
cosignitary
n.
One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin.
+
chlorimetry
n.
See Chlorometry.
+
comprehensibleness
n.
The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
+
crusado
n.
An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents.
+
chorology
n.
The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc.
+
cartesian
a.
Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Rene Descartes, or his philosophy.
+
cholera
n.
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
+
conjurer
n.
One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.
+
conscionable
a.
Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.
+
cystotomy
n.
The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.
+
cetic
a.
Of or pertaining to a whale.
+
conflagration
n.
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
+
corbel
v.t.
To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
+
curriculum
n.
A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.
+
covertly
adv.
Secretly; in private; insidiously.
+
comparate
n.
One of two things compared together.
+
circumscribe
v.t.
to write or engrave around.
+
cruel
a.
Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.
+
campaign
v.i.
To serve in a campaign.
+
choleriform
a.
Resembling cholera.
+
cyanin
n.
The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.
+
chameleonize
v.t.
To change into various colors.
+
combustible
a.
Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.
+
curiousness
n.
Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
+
chaffer
n.
To talk much and idly; to chatter.
+
cyrenaic
n.
A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n.
+
commissionnaire
n.
An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
+
carneous
a.
Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy.
+
compensate
v.t.
To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
+
cancerate
v.i.
To grow into a canser; to become cancerous.
+
calque
v.t.
See 2d Calk, v. t.
+
crimper
n.
A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
+
curmurring
n.
Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes.
+
concent
n.
Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes.
+
comparation
n.
A making ready; provision.
+
coercitive
a.
Coercive.
+
chivalrously
adv.
In a chivalrous manner; gallantly; magnanimously.
+
climacteric
n.
A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.
+
capered
imp.|p.p.
of Caper
+
commandership
n.
The office of a commander.
+
comb
n.
The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
+
coloquintida
n.
See Colocynth.
+
circulatory
a.
Circulating, or going round.
+
chequy
n.
Same as Checky.
+
contract
n.
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
+
caryophyllaceous
a.
Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink
+
cibation
n.
The act of taking food.
+
cotter
n.
Alt. of Cottar
+
castled
a.
Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.
+
cession
n.
A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.
+
cowl
n.
A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.
+
compressed
imp.|p.p.
of Compress
+
cack
v.i.
To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.
+
check
n.
A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.
+
camerated
imp.|p.p.
of Camerate
+
collapse
n.
A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.
+
chalcographist
n.
An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper.
+
corrigenda
pl.
of Corrigendum
+
cottony
a.
Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.
+
cordoform
a.
Heart-shaped.
+
cook
v.t.
To throw.
+
chop
v.i.
To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
+
coca
n.
The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.
+
cymbling
n.
A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.
+
cluniac
n.
A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a.
+
cryolite
n.
A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.
+
career
n.
A running; full speed; a rapid course.
+
cirque
n.
A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.
+
contumelious
a.
Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
+
chimpanzee
n.
An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.
+
coigny
n.
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.
+
commensurate
a.
Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
+
consumptiveness
n.
A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.
+
chiasmus
n.
An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
+
contour
n.
The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
+
cuddle
v.t.
To embrace closely; to fondle.
+
current
a.
General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
+
coupled
imp.|p.p.
of Couple
+
countermarch
v.i.
To march back, or to march in reversed order.
+
copartnery
n.
the state of being copartners in any undertaking.
+
cultuses
pl.
of Cultus
+
crowstep
n.
See Corriestep.
+
color
n.
The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.
+
chokeberry
n.
The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
+
carbohydride
n.
A hydrocarbon.
+
credence
v.t.
To give credence to; to believe.
+
chaffing
n.
The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.
+
carina
n.
A keel
+
courtleet
n.
A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
+
chill
a.
Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
+
ceratine
a.
Sophistical.
+
chanfrin
n.
The fore part of a horse's head.
+
constitutive
a.
Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining.
+
covenant
n.
A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.
+
calcigenous
a.
Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.
+
camber
v.t.
To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.
+
chaldaic
a.
Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
+
contrariantly
adv.
Contrarily.
+
certainty
n.
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
+
chagrin
a.
Chagrined.
+
cast
n.
The thing thrown.
+
consonant
n.
An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.
+
crustaceological
a.
Pertaining to crustaceology.
+
chinaman
n.
A native of China; a Chinese.
+
centennial
a.
Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.
+
commandery
n.
The office or rank of a commander.
+
countourhouse
n.
A merchant's office; a countinghouse.
+
culminant
a.
Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant.
+
capon
v.t.
To castrate; to make a capon of.
+
counterfeiter
n.
One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.
+
cottaged
a.
Set or covered with cottages.
+
chase
v.t.
To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
+
casting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cast
+
corsair
n.
A piratical vessel.
+
case
n.
The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
+
creticism
n.
Falsehood; lying; cretism.
+
candock
n.
A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).
+
curve
a.
Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
+
commodate
n.
A gratuitous loan.
+
carbuncled
a.
Set with carbuncles.
+
ceruleous
a.
Cerulean.
+
communication
n.
Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.
+
cloaking
n.
The material of which of which cloaks are made.
+
contubernial
a.
Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.
+
concoction
n.
Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.
+
chondrigen
n.
The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.
+
computer
n.
One who computes.
+
circular
a.
repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.
+
compurgator
n.
One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
+
crib
n.
A stall for oxen or other cattle.
+
collected
imp.|p.p.
of Collect
+
crossroad
n.
A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
+
colombin
n.
See Calumbin.
+
ctenophore
n.
One of the Ctenophora.
+
copy
v.i.
To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
+
concause
n.
A joint cause.
+
chinked
imp.|p.p.
of Chink
+
comedies
pl.
of Comedy
+
conjunctive
a.
Serving to unite; connecting together.
+
challenging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Challenge
+
chondropterygian
a.
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
+
crankness
n.
Sprightliness; vigor; health.
+
collection
n.
A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
+
corseting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Corset
+
conico
a.
A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate.
+
countersunk
p.p.|a.
Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.
+
cognizor
n.
One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
+
chaldee
n.
The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea.
+
convive
v.i.
To feast together; to be convivial.
+
consign
v.t.
To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.
+
consolidate
v.i.
To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
+
chape
n.
The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.
+
clammed
imp.|p.p.
of Clam
+
carving
n.
The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.
+
cordial
n.
Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.
+
complement
v.t.
The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
+
collected
a.
Gathered together.
+
comptly
adv.
Neatly.
+
confessionalist
n.
A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession.
+
compare
n.
Illustration by comparison; simile.
+
cuisine
n.
Manner or style of cooking.
+
correct
a.
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
+
carousing
a.
That carouses; relating to a carouse.
+
catel
n.
Property; -- often used by Chaucer in contrast with rent, or income.
+
crop
n.
The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree.
+
coincidence
n.
The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.
+
capsular
a.
Alt. of Capsulary
+
century
n.
A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.
+
clung

imp. & p. p. of Cling.
+
curling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Curl
+
chancellor
n.
A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.
+
cosmologist
n.
One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.
+
chancel
v.t.
That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
+
condescension
n.
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.
+
contagiously
adv.
In a contagious manner.
+
censer
n.
A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.
+
camaieu
n.
Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.
+
capias
n.
A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.
+
curvet
n.
A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.
+
catalogize
v.t.
To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue.
+
clamp
v.t.
To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
+
cockatrice
n.
A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
+
cess
n.
A rate or tax.
+
cremaster
n.
A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
+
copaiva
n.
A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba.
+
close
v.t.
Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
+
countwheel
n.
The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
+
counterfeit
v.t.
To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
+
craunch
v.t.|i.
To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
+
crack
n.
A boast; boasting.
+
character
n.
A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; Caesar is a great historical character.
+
calicoback
n.
The calico bass.
+
consuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Consume
+
corollaries
pl.
of Corollary
+
congenialness
n.
Congeniality.
+
cyathiform
a.
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
+
carcass
n.
A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.
+
chessom
n.
Mellow earth; mold.
+
condition
v.i.
To make terms; to stipulate.
+
copy
n.
An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.
+
calcified
imp.|p.p.
of Calcify
+
crocodile
n.
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
+
cofferdam
n.
A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
+
cremation
n.
A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
+
catechetic
a.
Alt. of Catechetical
+
coved
imp.|p.p.
of Cove
+
coerced
imp.|p.p.
of Coerce
+
concern
n.
Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.
+
cavity
n.
A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.
+
check
n.
Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.
+
catheterize
v.t.
To operate on with a catheter.
+
constitutionally
adv.
In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law; legally; as, he was not constitutionally appointed.
+
court
v.t.
To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
+
carinaria
n.
A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.
+
childlike
a.
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.
+
cadmium
n.
A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.
+
cynoidea
n.pl.
A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.
+
cornetapiston
n.
A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.
+
cynic
a.
Alt. of Cynical
+
cystidea
n.pl.
An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.
+
cock
n.
The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
+
comrade
n.
A mate, companion, or associate.
+
coparcenary
n.
Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.
+
constituting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Constitute
+
concernedly
adv.
In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically.
+
cuticle
n.
The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.
+
cashmerette
n.
A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
+
conversance
n.
The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.
+
carnalminded
a.
Worldly-minded.
+
conditioned
a.
Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man.
+
catspaw
n.
A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.
+
coarsegrained
a.
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.
+
connascency
n.
The act of growing together.
+
convulsionary
n.
A convulsionist.
+
crustaceousness
n.
The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.
+
crispation
n.
The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
+
conglutinate
v.i.
To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.
+
cajuputene
n.
A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.
+
carrageen
n.
Alt. of Carrigeen
+
coracoid
a.
Shaped like a crow's beak.
+
crank
n.
Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
+
camelshair
a.
Of camel's hair.
+
caimacam
n.
The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.
+
canoness
n.
A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
+
chevisance
n.
A bargain; profit; gain.
+
cryptographist
n.
Same as Cryptographer.
+
cracker
n.
One who, or that which, cracks.
+
cirrate
a.
Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.
+
conformable
a.
Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact.
+
commodity
n.
A parcel or quantity of goods.
+
creditress
n.
Alt. of Creditrix
+
citess
n.
A city woman
+
confessional
a.
Pertaining to a confession of faith.
+
comfort
n.
Assistance; relief; support.
+
conversion
n.
A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.
+
chatoyment
n.
Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors.
+
caenozoic
a.
See Cenozoic.
+
circumforanean
a.
Alt. of Circumforaneous
+
chamois
n.
A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
+
compulsion
n.
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
+
certificate
v.t.
To verify or vouch for by certificate.
+
conscientiously
adv.
In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.
+
consort
n.
An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. 
+
cloud
n.
A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.
+
cordialize
v.t.
To render cordial; to reconcile.
+
conversant
a.
Concerned; occupied.
+
carol
n.
Joyful music, as of a song.
+
concealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Conceal
+
cantatory
a.
Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.
+
coach
n.
A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race.
+
circlet
n.
A round body; an orb.
+
cysticercus
n.
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle).
+
collied
imp.|p.p.
of Colly
+
counterpoise
n.
The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
+
calk
v.i.
To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.
+
cockle
n.
A cockleshell.
+
conventional
a.
Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell.  Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.
+
covenantee
n.
The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
+
carnalmindedness
n.
Grossness of mind.
+
covetousness
n.
Strong desire.
+
constabulary
n.
The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.
+
corozo
n.
Alt. of Corosso
+
coagulated
imp.|p.p.
of Coagulate
+
curviserial
a.
Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
+
compense
v.t.
To compensate.
+
chop
n.
A permit or clearance.
+
cruciate
v.t.
To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.
+
chance
n.
A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.
+
calendar
v.t.
To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
+
coinheritor
n.
A coheir.
+
congealed
imp.|p.p.
of Congeal
+
chipper
a.
Lively; cheerful; talkative.
+
conventionalizw
v.t.
To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.
+
cornucopia
n.
The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
+
codger
n.
A miser or mean person.
+
clinker
n.
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
+
congenitally
dv.
In a congenital manner.
+
compline
n.
Alt. of Complin
+
cryptography
n.
The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.
+
certain
a.
Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
+
conceive
v.t.
To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
+
circumnutation
n.
The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
+
crumenal
n.
A purse.
+
cover
v.t.
To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
+
contex
v.t.
To context.
+
confocal
a.
Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics.
+
conoid
n.
Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
+
circumjacence
n.
Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering on every side.
+
chum
n.
A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.
+
chophouse
n.
A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house.
+
clever
a.
Good-natured; obliging.
+
cabinet
n.
A private room in which consultations are held.
+
clinked
imp.|p.p.
of Clink
+
calender
n.
A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
+
cacomixle
n.
Alt. of Cacomixl
+
cook
v.t.
To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
+
cleronomy
n.
Inheritance; heritage.
+
catastrophe
n.
An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
+
courtsmartial
pl.
of Court-martial
+
crumb
n.
A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
+
cantered
imp.|p.p.
of Canter
+
clearing
n.
A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.
+
collar
n.
Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
+
cherubs
pl.
of Cherub
+
circumcenter
n.
The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
+
commigrate
v.i.
To migrate together.
+
comeliness
n.
The quality or state of being comely.
+
chylific
a.
Chylifactive.
+
confirmatory
a..
Serving to confirm; corroborative.
+
coronamen
n.
The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.
+
campion
n.
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.
+
climatized
imp.|p.p.
of Climatize
+
calenture
v.i.
To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
+
caducous

Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
+
clime
n.
A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.
+
conformable
a.
Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to.
+
colonizer
n.
One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist.
+
conformableness
n.
The quality of being conformable; conformability.
+
cabob
n.
A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
+
colligate
v.t.
To tie or bind together.
+
comparative
a.
Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
+
close
v.t.
Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.
+
commark
n.
The frontier of a country; confines.
+
chair
n.
A movable single seat with a back.
+
chronologies
pl.
of Chronology
+
crocheting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crochet
+
carotid
a.
Alt. of Carotidal
+
counite
a.
United closely with another.
+
cartel
n.
A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
+
creak
n.
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
+
caracole
n.
A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
+
confounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Confound
+
carol
v.t.
To sing, especially with joyful notes.
+
cursory
a.
Running about; not stationary.
+
coticular
a.
Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.
+
charge
v.t.
The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.
+
circumcise
v.t.
To purify spiritually.
+
crush
n.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
+
close
v.t.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
+
cirrous
a.
Cirrose.
+
cachepot
n.
An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
+
cannon
n.
A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
+
credence
n.
Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.
+
coring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Core
+
chiragra
n.
Gout in the hand.
+
collateral
a.
Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
+
checked
imp.|p.p.
of Check
+
concurrent
n.
One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
+
crinite
a.
Bearded or tufted with hairs.
+
catso
n.
A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat.
+
chloriodine
n.
A compound of chlorine and iodine.
+
censorious
a.
Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
+
circumscription
n.
An inscription written around anything.
+
cyclamin
n.
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europaeum.
+
coexisting
a.
Coexistent.
+
cheesemonger
n.
One who deals in cheese.
+
crimp
v.t.
To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.
+
carpological
a.
Of or pertaining to carpology.
+
cut
n.
A skein of yarn.
+
coxcomb
n.
The top of the head, or the head itself
+
chant
v.t.
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
+
cope
n.
An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
+
chop
v.i.
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
+
conjugation
n.
Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.
+
clastic
a.
Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).
+
check
v.i.
To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
+
collection
n.
The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
+
chanticleer
n.
A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing.
+
confucianist
n.
A follower of Confucius; a Confucian.
+
consociated
imp.|p.p.
of Consociate
+
clam
n.
Claminess; moisture.
+
cinch
n.
A tight grip.
+
conceptacle
n.
That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.
+
choy root

See Chay root.
+
crater
n.
The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
+
curl
n.
To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
+
cold
n.
Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
+
colatitude
n.
The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.
+
cleanser
n.
One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.
+
cartwright
n.
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
+
chrismal
a.
Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
+
calamist
n.
One who plays upon a reed or pipe.
+
congreet
v.t.
To salute mutually.
+
clock
n.
A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.
+
cloven
p.p.|a.
from Cleave, v. t.
+
coriaceous
a.
Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.
+
chloropeptic
a.
Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid.
+
cephalad
adv.
Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.
+
cockcrowing
n.
The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning.
+
captain
n.
A military leader; a warrior.
+
chatoyant
a.
Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.
+
conceptionalist
n.
A conceptualist.
+
calicoes
pl.
of Calico
+
collimated
imp.|p.p.
of Collimate
+
conglomerate
n.
That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.
+
center
n.
The middle or central portion of anything.
+
corruptless
a.
Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible.
+
caloyer
n.
A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.
+
coincidence
n.
The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
+
christen
v.t.
To use for the first time.
+
cauliculi
pl.
of Cauliculus
+
coronary
a.
Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.
+
ceriph
n.
One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters.
+
commandant
n.
A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.
+
calcography
n.
The art of drawing with chalk.
+
calkin
n.
A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.
+
captain
n.
The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
+
cubically
adv.
In a cubical method.
+
cosmoplastic
a.
Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming.
+
chapel
n.
In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse.
+
caloric
n.
The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.
+
close
v.t.
Intimate; familiar; confidential.
+
corneocalcareous
a.
Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals.
+
chink
v.i.
To crack; to open.
+
chlorinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chlorinate
+
cannon
n.
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
+
crimsoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crimson
+
curarize
v.t.
To poison with curare.
+
cotqueanity
n.
The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean.
+
consciousness
n.
The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.
+
cinnabar
n.
Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
+
cofferwork
n.
Rubblework faced with stone.
+
claptrap
n.
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
+
commender
n.
One who commends or praises.
+
counterchange
n.
Exchange; reciprocation.
+
cacoethes
n.
A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
+
complot
v.t.|i.
To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design.
+
cineration
n.
The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
+
censorious
a.
Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.
+
calces
pl.
of Calx
+
compter
n.
A counter.
+
cruet
n.
A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.
+
chafe
n.
Heat excited by friction.
+
confidence
n.
Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.
+
commenter
n.
One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.
+
chap
n.
A buyer; a chapman.
+
consumptive
a.
Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
+
cingalese
n.sing.|pl.
the language of the Cingalese.
+
curacy
n.
The office or employment of a curate.
+
cracker
n.
A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
+
chastising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chastise
+
cannon
n.|v.
See Carom.
+
courtesanship
n.
Harlotry.
+
contempt
n.
The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
+
citigradae
n.pl.
A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.
+
condensate
v.t.
To condense.
+
cell
n.
The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
+
curlycue
n.
Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.
+
clumsily
adv.
In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily.
+
crosslet
n.
A small cross.
+
charm
n.
A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.
+
camping
p.pr.|vbn.
of Camp
+
cosecant
n.
The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
+
calliope
n.
A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.
+
confuse
a.
Mixed; confounded.
+
circlet
n.
A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
+
coagulation
n.
The substance or body formed by coagulation.
+
cissoid
n.
A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.
+
chapter
n.
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
+
claim
v.i.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
+
clysmian
a.
Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes.
+
cotton
v.i.
To go on prosperously; to succeed.
+
crowning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crown
+
confirmation
n.
A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.
+
countercharmed
imp.|p.p.
of Countercharm
+
conjurator
n.
One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.
+
clinch
v.t.
To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
+
checkmate
n.
A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
+
comforter
n.
One who administers comfort or consolation.
+
contest
n.
Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
+
cnidae
pl.
of Cnida
+
culminate
a.
Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.
+
cloister
v.t.
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
+
chopper
n.
One who, or that which, chops.
+
cirrigerous
a.
Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages.
+
campagnol
n.
A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
+
conglomerate
a.
Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers.
+
capsule
n.
A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
+
chlorocruorin
n.
A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms.
+
chaser
n.
One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.
+
cognomen
n.
A surname.
+
crapule
n.
Same as Crapulence.
+
cabalize
v.i.
To use cabalistic language.
+
cherubim
n.
The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.
+
cryohydrate
n.
A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water.
+
coccus
n.
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
+
cut
n.
The act of dividing a pack cards.
+
conglomerate
a.
Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.
+
campanero
n.
The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.
+
couped
a.
Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.
+
cassocked
a.
Clothed with a cassock.
+
converting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Convert
+
cinnamon
n.
The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.
+
clear
adv.
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
+
cheapen
v.t.
To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
+
coxswain
n.
See Cockswain.
+
cabinetwork
n.
The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.
+
carbonadoed
imp.|p.p.
of Carbonade
+
confiscate
a.
Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
+
cry
v.i.
Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
+
cabree
n.
The pronghorn antelope.
+
carry
v.t.
To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
+
caas
n.sing.|pl.
Case.
+
chock
adv.
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
+
circumvention
n.
The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
+
commoner
n.
A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner.
+
circumflection
n.
See Circumflexion.
+
competent
a.
Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
+
cockpit
n.
In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.
+
cake
n.
A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.
+
chub
n.
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
+
cock
v.t.
To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
+
chap
n.
A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.
+
centric
a.
Alt. of Centrical
+
congealment
n.
The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.
+
cooper
n.
One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.
+
capital
a.
That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
+
crown
n.
The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
+
crossbeak
n.
Same as Crossbill.
+
coact
v.i.
To act together; to work in concert; to unite.
+
conventionalist
n.
One who is governed by conventionalism.
+
circumscription
n.
The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.
+
cutting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cut
+
contribution
n.
An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country.
+
chekelatoun
n.
See Ciclatoun.
+
crispation
n.
A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.
+
clomp
n.
See Clamp.
+
careenage
n.
A place for careening.
+
conusor
n.
See Cognizor.
+
convention
v.i.
General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
+
chorister
n.
One who leads a choir in church music.
+
coss
n.
A thing (only in phrase below).
+
cretonne
n.
A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
+
contumely
n.
Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.
+
condition
n.
train; acclimate.
+
chargeable
a.
Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
+
congiary
n.
A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius.
+
congregationalism
n.
The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.
+
cumshaw
v.t.
To give or make a present to.
+
commend
v.t.
To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.
+
centistere
n.
The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.
+
cradle
v.t.
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
+
canon
n.
The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.
+
chaplainship
n.
The possession or revenue of a chapel.
+
clawback
a.
Flattering; sycophantic.
+
constrained
a.
Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
+
charge
v.t.
An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.
+
cabbiri
n.pl.
Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephaestus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals.
+
cementing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cement
+
carina
n.
The keel of the breastbone of birds.
+
cochleated
a.
Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.
+
collectivism
n.
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.
+
commandment
n.
One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
+
capitate
a.
Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
+
crux
n.
Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.
+
cumbrance
n.
Encumbrance.
+
cotton
v.i.
To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.
+
chargeable
a.
That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.
+
cobelligerent
a.
Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.
+
cicatrized
imp.|p.p.
of Cicatrize
+
chrismation
n.
The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.
+
cupriferous
a.
Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver.
+
cacoon
n.
One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
+
coiled
imp.|p.p.
of Coil
+
cease
v.i.
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
+
corymbiferous
a.
Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
+
cottar
n.
A cottager; a cottier.
+
cosufferer
n.
One who suffers with another.
+
cointension
n.
The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.
+
croquet
n.
The act of croqueting.
+
chord
n.
A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
+
carlist
n.
A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain.
+
cerebellum
n.
The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
+
candy
v.i.
To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
+
croquet
v.t.
In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.
+
communicative
a.
Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.
+
chucking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chuck
+
cosignificative
a.
Having the same signification.
+
cornute
v.t.
To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
+
chose

imp. & p. p. of Choose.
+
candytuft
n.
An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.
+
corps
n.sing.|pl.
A body or code of laws.
+
compulsory
a.
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
+
click
v.t.
To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
+
chibbal
n.
See Cibol.
+
canvass
v.i.
To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for.
+
constitute
v.t.
To make up; to compose; to form.
+
collier
n.
One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.
+
choking
a.
That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.
+
coquetted
imp.|p.p.
of Coquet
+
conge
n.
An apophyge.
+
competitory
a.
Acting in competition; competing; rival.
+
cowblakes
n.pl.
Dried cow dung used as fuel.
+
cambria
n.
The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.
+
corporalities
pl.
of Corporality
+
certain
a.
Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
+
canvas
a.
Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.
+
canvas
n.
A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.
+
constitutionalism
n.
The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherence to a constitution or constitutional government.
+
cyclostoma
n.pl.
A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures.
+
chawdron
n.
Entrails.
+
chark
n.
Charcoal; a cinder.
+
carve
v.t.
To cut.
+
capability
n.
Capacity of being used or improved.
+
collateral
n.
Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
+
corposant
n.
St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.
+
conceitedness
n.
The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.
+
carriage
n.
A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.
+
capful
n.
As much as will fill a cap.
+
conchylious
a.
Conchylaceous.
+
cast
v.i.
To vomit.
+
constableship
n.
The office or functions of a constable.
+
chirography
n.
The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.
+
cliency
n.
State of being a client.
+
cleanliness
n.
State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.
+
conductibility
n.
Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.
+
crosswort
n.
A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.
+
confer
v.i.
To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
+
contentful
a.
Full of content.
+
command
n.
The possession or exercise of authority.
+
codex
n.
A collection of canons.
+
cavernous
a.
Filled with small cavities or cells.
+
condemn
v.t.
To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.
+
celibatist
n.
One who lives unmarried.
+
cestoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.
+
cabled
imp.|p.p.
of Cable
+
crotonylene
n.
A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.
+
cicatrizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cicatrize
+
card
n.
A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.
+
coppersmith
n.
One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.
+
continency
n.
Uninterrupted course; continuity.
+
consensus
n.
Agreement; accord; consent.
+
corivalry
n.
Alt. of Corivalship
+
convoy
n.
A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.
+
consecrate
a.
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
+
civil
a.
Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
+
cog
n.
A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.
+
copist
n.
A copier.
+
contrived
imp.|p.p.
of Contrive
+
cradle
n.
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
+
chrysography
n.
A writing executed in letters of gold.
+
clavicle
n.
The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone.
+
courtship
n.
The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.
+
constituent
n.
One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative.
+
cazique
n.
Alt. of Cazic
+
chocked
imp.|p.p.
of Chock
+
composure
n.
A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
+
chappy

Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
+
creat
n.
An usher to a riding master.
+
clod
n.
A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.
+
coward
a.
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
+
crib
n.
The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
+
connoting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Connote
+
climacterical
a.|n.
See Climacteric.
+
competitrix
n.
A competitress.
+
censing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cense
+
centumviral
a.
Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.
+
counterwork
v.t.
To work in opposition to; to counteract.
+
c g s

An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.
+
chanter
n.
The chief singer of the chantry.
+
canaries
pl.
of Canary
+
compromise
n.
A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
+
coral
n.
A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
+
checker
n.
To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity.
+
conclude
v.t.
To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.
+
calcinable
a.
That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.
+
comb
v.t.
To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.
+
cochleate
a.
Alt. of Cochleated
+
compassless
a.
Having no compass.
+
chartist
n.
A supporter or partisan of chartism.
+
chromous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.
+
cypruslawn
n.
Same as Cyprus.
+
chylopoetic
a.
Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.
+
cutinize
v.t.|i.
To change into cutin.
+
cauliflower
n.
The edible head or "curd" of a cauliflower plant.
+
confederation
n.
The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.
+
cony
n.
The chief hare.
+
countre

Same as prefix Counter-.
+
circumvolation
n.
The act of flying round.
+
culverin
n.
A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.
+
cheering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cheer
+
chalet
n.
A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.
+
cosmoline
n.
A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
+
captain
n.
The foreman of a body of workmen.
+
carpentry
n.
The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.
+
crook
n.
A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
+
cunning
a.
Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
+
chordee
n.
A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
+
charity
n.
Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
+
certificate
n.
A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.
+
close
v.i.
To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
+
carbonade
n.
Alt. of Carbonado
+
confuter
n.
One who confutes or disproves.
+
carene
n.
A fast of forty days on bread and water.
+
cogently
adv.
In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.
+
coronis
n.
The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end.
+
carnous
a.
Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
+
corn
v.t.
To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
+
caragheen
n.
See Carrageen.
+
concur
v.i.
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect.
+
comparer
n.
One who compares.
+
cellarage
n.
The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar.
+
commission
n.
A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
+
crossbirth
n.
Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
+
causationist
n.
One who believes in the law of universal causation.
+
capulin
n.
The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin).
+
catenary
n.
The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension, not in the same vertical line.
+
chirp
n.
A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.
+
constitutional
a.
Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.
+
catgut
n.
A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc.
+
capture
v.t.
To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
+
clemency
n.
Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.
+
cooperation
n.
The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.
+
cymose
a.
Alt. of Cymous
+
chaperon
n.
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
+
corneocalcareous
a.
Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.
+
cystotome
n.
A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.
+
constitution
n.
The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.
+
confluent
a.
Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.
+
chew
n.
That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.
+
cauker
n.
See Cawk, Calker.
+
course
n.
A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.
+
coruscant
a.
Glittering in flashes; flashing.
+
consecrator
n.
One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.
+
clear
v.i.
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
+
corrigibility
n.
Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.
+
converse
n.
A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.
+
crawfish
n.
Alt. of Crayfish
+
coagent
n.
An associate in an act; a coworker.
+
configuration
n.
Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.
+
creature
n.
A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
+
carbazotate
n.
A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate.
+
countersealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Counterseal
+
conversation
n.
Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.
+
chase
n.
A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
+
coffee
n.
The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
+
chiefjusticeship
n.
The office of chief justice.
+
comfiture
n.
See Comfit, n.
+
cryptobranchiate
a.
Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
+
c

The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.
+
contradistinct
a.
Distinguished by opposite qualities.
+
can
v.t.
To preserve by putting in sealed cans
+
circulatory
a.
Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
+
cruive
n.
A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.
+
coddle
v.t.
To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
+
curing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cure
+
cardinal
a.
Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
+
chaldee
a.
Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
+
consignor
n.
One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee.
+
calculate
v.i.
To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.
+
compiled
imp.|p.p.
of Compile
+
coincide
n.
To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.
+
celtiberian
n.
An inhabitant of Celtiberia.
+
colophonite
n.
A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
+
corvet
n.
Alt. of Corvette
+
comparative
a.
Of or pertaining to comparison.
+
centrostaltic
a.
A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center.
+
crowtoe
n.
The Lotus corniculatus.
+
crusty
a.
Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.
+
contested
imp.|p.p.
of Contest
+
condite
v.t.
To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc.
+
ceiling
v.t.
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
+
conjugation
n.
the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.
+
classicality
n.
Alt. of Classicalness
+
contravened
imp.|p.p.
of Contravene
+
candid
a.
White.
+
conveying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Convey
+
chatter
v.i.
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
+
checkless
a.
That can not be checked or restrained.
+
cauma
n.
Great heat, as of the body in fever.
+
centuplicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Centuplicate
+
compt
a.
Neat; spruce.
+
canvas
n.
A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.
+
clairvoyance
n.
A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
+
compensating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Compensate
+
countermined
imp.|p.p.
of Countermine
+
chasteness
n.
Chastity; purity.
+
cock
n.
The style of gnomon of a dial.
+
cotemporary
a.
Living or being at the same time; contemporary.
+
cancer
n.
The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.
+
cryptobranchiata
n.pl.
A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata.
+
coarticulation
n.
The union or articulation of bones to form a joint.
+
contiguity
n.
The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.
+
convene
v.i.
To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
+
cragged
a.
Full of crags, or steep, broken //cks; abounding with prominences, points, and inequalities; rough; rugged.
+
corypheuses
pl.
of Corypheus
+
cassiterite
n.
Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.
+
claggy
a.
Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.
+
contradictory
a.
Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
+
cycloganoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei.
+
cuboid
a.
Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.
+
comportance
n.
Behavior; comport.
+
commanding
a.
Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.
+
cratureless
a.
Without created beings; alone.
+
caput
n.
The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
+
cheeseparing
n.
A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.
+
crocheted
imp.|p.p.
of Crochet
+
cushat
n.
The ringdove or wood pigeon.
+
crowed

of Crow
+
climatologist
n.
One versed in, or who studies, climatology.
+
culturable
a.
Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured.
+
chirrup
n.
The act of chirping; a chirp.
+
complex
n.
Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
+
catchdrain
n.
A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
+
cavilled

of Cavil
+
consignee
n.
The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.
+
cispadane
a.
On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.
+
cautioner
n.
One who cautions or advises.
+
cock
n.
The indicator of a balance.
+
caada
n.
A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.
+
chat
v.i.
To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
+
craterous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater.
+
caramel
n.
Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
+
coralligena
n.pl.
Same as Anthozoa.
+
charwomen
pl.
of Charwoman
+
contribute
v.t.
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor.
+
cantilever
n.
Same as Cantalever.
+
chevauxdefrise
pl.
of Cheval-de-frise
+
calling
n.
A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
+
champaign
n.
A flat, open country.
+
caroigne
n.
Dead body; carrion.
+
convalescent
a.
Of or pertaining to convalescence.
+
contact
n.
A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
+
challenge
n.
To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
+
compass
v.t.
To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
+
christianity
n.
The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.
+
curl
v.
A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken.
+
citatory
a.
Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory.
+
caster
n.
A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.
+
compt
v.t.
To compute; to count.
+
coffin
n.
The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
+
cerebrifugal
a.
Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
+
concurrent
a.
Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.
+
continent
a.
Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
+
cerebellar
a.
Alt. of Cerebellous
+
christianite
n.
See Phillipsite.
+
cheap
n.
Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.
+
commorant
n.
Inhabiting or occupying temporarily.
+
cough
v.i.
To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.
+
carriageable
a.
Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.
+
cyprides
pl.
of Cypris
+
cellos
pl.
of Cello
+
courb
a.
Curved; rounded.
+
content
a.
To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
+
converse
v.i.
To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.
+
compass
n.
A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
+
contek
n.
Quarrel; contention; contest.
+
countesses
pl.
of Countess
+
caparison
v.t.
To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.
+
covenanting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Covenant
+
countersink
n.
A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
+
christmastide
n.
The season of Christmas.
+
commigration
n.
Migration together.
+
creese
n.
A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.
+
corby
n.
A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.
+
complexion
n.
The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
+
catelectrode
n.
The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery.
+
contraposition
n.
A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.
+
corncob
n.
The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow.
+
convertible
a.
Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
+
choriambs
pl.
of Choriamb
+
chiminage
n.
A toll for passage through a forest.
+
clarifier
n.
A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works.
+
commandable
a.
Capable of being commanded.
+
cense
n.
A census; -- also, a public rate or tax.
+
cogitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cogitate
+
crotchet
n.
A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.
+
cuffy
n.
A name for a negro.
+
chine
n.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
+
concupy
n.
Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"]
+
cabal
n.
A secret.
+
cimmerian
a.
Without any light; intensely dark.
+
complex
n.
Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
+
checkered
a.
Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
+
collar
n.
A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
+
corroboration
n.
That which corroborates.
+
chiton
n.
An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
+
columba
n.
See Calumba.
+
cancel
v.i.
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
+
crotalo
n.
A Turkish musical instrument.
+
customer
n.
One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.
+
cleaner
n.
One who, or that which, cleans.
+
camail
n.
A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.
+
command
v.i.
To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
+
courtehouse
n.
A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.
+
cowpea
n.
The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.
+
crane
v.t.
To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
+
cinchonidine
n.
One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.
+
consulter
n.
One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
+
cultured
a.
Characterized by mental and moral training; disciplined; refined; well-educated.
+
cespitous
a.
Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.
+
cowardly
a.
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
+
comprehend
v.t.
To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
+
canon bone

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.
+
censurable
a.
Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.
+
cavalier
n.
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
+
convent
v.i.
To be convenient; to serve.
+
crown
n.
Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
+
chirographer
n.
See chirographist, 2.
+
cheek
n.
Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
+
cerograph
n.
A writing on wax.
+
cobby
n.
Stout; hearty; lively.
+
carding
a.
The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.
+
caustical
a.
Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
+
chatty
n.
A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.
+
chamfret
n.
A chamfer.
+
coy
a.
Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
+
crest
n.
The upper curve of a horse's neck.
+
catenate
v.t.
To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain.
+
cripple
n.
One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
+
cataclysm
n.
Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
+
calash
n.
A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.
+
candid
a.
Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
+
coagmentation
n.
The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union.
+
coadventure
n.
An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.
+
coalfish
n.
The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.
+
circumflecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Circumflect
+
cheng
n.
A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.
+
cap
n.
A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
+
child
n.
One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
+
climatical
a.
Climatic.
+
corporale
a.
A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.
+
cantarro
n.
A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.
+
contradiction
n.
Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.
+
canton
n.
A small portion; a division; a compartment.
+
chromatical
a.
Chromatic.
+
conning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Con
+
catarrhous
a.
Catarrhal.
+
chartering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Charter
+
clough
n.
A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
+
clepsine
n.
A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.
+
c

As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.
+
crude
superl.
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; as, crude flesh.
+
castiron
a.
Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.
+
circumstantiate
v.t.
To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
+
collectiveness
n.
A state of union; mass.
+
caesious
a.
Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.
+
calippic
a.
Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
+
cupped
imp.|p.p.
of Cup
+
calcispongiae
n.pl.
An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.
+
contemned
imp.|p.p.
of Contemn
+
chloroforming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chloroform
+
calliope
n.
One of the asteroids. See Solar.
+
cording
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cord
+
communicated
imp.|p.p.
of Communicate
+
correctly
adv.
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
+
conglobed
imp.|p.p.
of Conglobe
+
coffle
n.
A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.
+
cylindroid
n.
A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body.
+
cull
v.t.
To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
+
current
a.
Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
+
chare
n.
A narrow street.
+
cinquefoil
n.
The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.
+
corrode
v.t.
To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
+
conscious
a.
Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.
+
causation
n.
The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.
+
can

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
+
congest
v.t.
To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
+
ciboria
pl.
of Ciborium
+
catechetically
adv.
In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.
+
conductor
n.
The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
+
credit mobilier

A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.
+
calcspar
n.
Same as Calcite.
+
cutthroat
n.
One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
+
churchwarden
n.
One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.
+
catacaustic
a.
Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.
+
claustra
pl.
of Claustrum
+
crook
n.
A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
+
crossbun
n.
A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
+
crudely
adv.
In a crude, immature manner.
+
costermonger
n.
An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer.
+
cerris
n.
A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.
+
choiceful
a.
Making choices; fickle.
+
crucial
a.
Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.
+
conacre
v.t.
To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm.
+
chase
v.
A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.
+
chamber
v.i.
To be lascivious.
+
cam
n.
A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
+
calced
a.
Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.
+
conventional
a.
Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.
+
continuities
pl.
of Continuity
+
concupiscential
a.
Relating to concupiscence.
+
coop
v.t.
To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
+
cud
n.
The first stomach of ruminating beasts.
+
cerebrospinal
a.
Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
+
crimination
n.
The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.
+
creep
n.
A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.
+
corn
v.t.
To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
+
challengeable
a.
That may be challenged.
+
capuchin
n.
A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
+
choused
imp.|p.p.
of Chouse
+
commiserable
a.
Pitiable.
+
calve
v.i.
To bring forth a calf.
+
citicism
n.
The manners of a cit or citizen.
+
cut
v.i.
To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
+
corsned
n.
The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.
+
copier
n.
An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist.
+
cylindricity
n.
The quality or condition of being cylindrical.
+
copaiba
n.
Alt. of Copaiva
+
currentness
n.
The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.
+
click
n.
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
+
cowed
imp.|p.p.
of Cow
+
carping
a.
Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
+
close
v.t.
Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
+
carbine
n.
A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.
+
candelabrum
n.
A lamp stand of any sort.
+
choker
n.
One who, or that which, chokes.
+
chose
imp.
of Choose
+
ceratosaurus
n.
A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
commiserating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Commiserate
+
collared
imp.|p.p.
of Collar
+
craie
n.
See Crare.
+
condensated
imp.|p.p.
of Condensate
+
commoner
n.
One sharing with another in anything.
+
criterion
n.
A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them.
+
cycled
imp.|p.p.
of Cycle
+
colegatee
n.
A joint legatee.
+
calcimine
n.
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water.
+
crown
n.
That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.
+
cimeter
n.
See Scimiter.
+
castor bean

The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)
+
camera obscura

An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera.
+
coregent
n.
A joint regent or ruler.
+
cession
n.
A yielding to physical force.
+
costage
n.
Expense; cost.
+
cauterize
v.t.
To sear, as the conscience.
+
comparison
n.
The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
+
community
n.
A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.
+
cloaca
n.
A privy.
+
courant
p.pr.
A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.
+
cramp
n.
That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
+
colorist
n.
One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
+
court
n.
A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
+
calf
n.
The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
+
clue
n.
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
+
commissural
a.
Of or pertaining to a commissure.
+
castlebuilder
n.
Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.
+
confutation
n.
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
+
confessor
n.
A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
+
cone
n.
Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
+
columella
n.
A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.
+
cucurbite
n.
A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.
+
commissioned
imp.|p.p.
of Commission
+
coronation
n.
The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
+
coelodont
n.
One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.
+
cure
v.t.
To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.
+
crier
n.
One who cries; one who makes proclamation.
+
concur
v.i.
To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.
+
campaign
n.
An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.
+
constrictor
n.
A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
+
cormus
n.
See Corm.
+
cockle
n.
A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
+
centrale
n.
The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.
+
conformate
a.
Having the same form.
+
chromophotolithograph
n.
A photolithograph printed in colors.
+
crazing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Craze
+
counter
v.t.
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
+
charivari
n.
A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.
+
column
n.
A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
+
clabber
v.i.
To become clabber; to lopper.
+
coronal
n.
The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
+
cotemporaries
pl.
of Cotemporary
+
conia
n.
Same as Conine.
+
combining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Combine
+
chivalry
n.
A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.
+
coffer
n.
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
+
crumple
v.i.
To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
+
corallin
n.
A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic.
+
choroidal
a.
Pertaining to the choroid coat.
+
cynorexia
n.
A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog.
+
caladium
n.
A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.
+
constructively
adv.
In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.
+
cirriped
n.
One of the Cirripedia.
+
camlet
n.
A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.
+
caviling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cavil
+
clear
superl.
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
+
culpability
n.
The state of being culpable.
+
coldblooded
a.
Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
+
crude
superl.
Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
+
classically
adv.
In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.
+
constitutional
a.
For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk.
+
canteen
n.
A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.
+
cremaster
n.
The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.
+
concurring
a.
Agreeing.
+
corvette
n.
A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
+
carack
n.
A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.
+
covey
n.
A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls.
+
candle
n.
A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.
+
consecutively
adv.
In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.
+
charger
n.
One who, or that which charges.
+
cothurnated
a.
Wearing a cothurn.
+
cool
v.t.
To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
+
chat
n.
Small stones with ore.
+
compacted
imp.|p.p.
of Compact
+
cetraric
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).
+
choric
a.
Of or pertaining to a chorus.
+
concurrent
n.
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
+
creaked
imp.|p.p.
of Creak
+
captured
imp.|p.p.
of Capture
+
cleantimbered
a.
Well-proportioned; symmetrical.
+
cataloguer
n.
A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.
+
cherubin
n.
A cherub.
+
corinthian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
+
clustering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cluster
+
cousinship
n.
The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood.
+
continent
a.
One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
+
cablet
n.
A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
+
curtailed
imp.|p.p.
of Curtail
+
corduroy
n.
Trousers or breeches of corduroy.
+
connascent
a.
Born together; produced at the same time.
+
chevron
n.
A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat.
+
corybantiasm
n.
A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
+
clivers
n.
See Cleavers.
+
capsule
n.
a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.
+
consignment
n.
The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.
+
cauda galli

A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit.
+
consonancy
n.
Friendship; concord.
+
crone
n.
An old woman; -- usually in contempt.
+
chestnut
n.
The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
+
crabbed
n.
Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
+
civil
a.
Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
+
celestial
a.
Belonging to the aerial regions, or visible heavens.
+
century
n.
A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.
+
coaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Coal
+
clypei
pl.
of Clypeus
+
candroy
n.
A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.
+
charon
n.
The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions.
+
contagion
n.
The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm.
+
crossquestioned
imp.|p.p.
of Cross-question
+
cretonne
n.
A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
+
costate
a.
Alt. of Costated
+
connective
n.
That part of an anther which connects its thecae, lobes, or cells.
+
curvirostral
a.
Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.
+
consecutiveness
n.
The state or quality of being consecutive.
+
car
n.
The cage of a lift or elevator.
+
cubicalness
n.
The quality of being cubical.
+
caecias
n.
A wind from the northeast.
+
coat
n.
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
+
chibouk
n.
A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.
+
cloven

of Cleave
+
chargeship
n.
The office of a charge d'affaires.
+
consult
v.t.
To deliberate upon; to take for.
+
crowd
v.t.
To press or drive together; to mass together.
+
colt
n.
A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.
+
cavilling

of Cavil
+
controllable
a.
Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.
+
christian
n.
One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.
+
conventicle
n.
A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly.
+
camerate
v.i.
To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
+
cuspis
n.
A point; a sharp end.
+
comparison
v.t.
To compare.
+
committing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Commit
+
couloir
n.
A deep gorge; a gully.
+
counterfesance
a.
The act of forging; forgery.
+
crossquestioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cross-question
+
consonantly
adv.
In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.
+
carbonyl
n.
The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.
+
constitutionality
n.
The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions.
+
crucial
a.
Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.
+
covey
n.
A pantry.
+
cystoidea
n.
Same as Cystidea.
+
course
v.t.
To run through or over.
+
cudweed
n.
A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
+
cribble
a.
Coarse; as, cribble bread.
+
callosan
a.
Of the callosum.
+
chlorine
n.
One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4.
+
cracovian
a.
Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland.
+
cannonade
n.
Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
+
crisping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crisp
+
cob
n.
The top or head of anything.
+
confound
v.t.
To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
+
cutch
n.
See Catechu.
+
coallies
pl.
of Co-ally
+
consociate
v.t.
To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.
+
cup
n.
A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.
+
cormus
n.
A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.
+
control
n.
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
+
communicate
v.i.
To give alms, sympathy, or aid.
+
clinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cling
+
cobiron
n.
An andiron with a knob at the top.
+
cucullate
a.
Alt. of Cucullated
+
came
imp.
of Come
+
cruelness
n.
Cruelty.
+
catheterized
imp.|p.p.
of Catheterize
+
crush
v.t.
To oppress or burden grievously.
+
clout
n.
A swadding cloth.
+
coffer
v.t.
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
+
chosen
p.p.
Selected from a number; picked out; choice.
+
contagious
a.
Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.
+
collaterally
adv.
In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
+
cysticerce
n.
Alt. of Cysticercus
+
castle
n.
A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
+
confounder
n.
One who confounds.
+
contrariety
n.
The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.
+
cucumis
n.
A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
+
carousing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Carouse
+
conformity
n.
Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.
+
consistency
n.
Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
+
crotched
a.
Cross; peevish.
+
cluniacensian
a.
Cluniac.
+
cloakroom
n.
A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.
+
cripple
v.t.
To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.
+
cashiering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cashier
+
company
n.
An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
+
counterpoising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Counterpoise
+
carcavelhos
n.
A sweet wine. See Calcavella.
+
chelone
n.
A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.
+
coddymoddy
n.
A gull in the plumage of its first year.
+
compact
n.
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
+
comb
n.
The curling crest of a wave.
+
cloudiness
n.
The state of being cloudy.
+
chock
n.
An encounter.
+
closebodied
a.
Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
+
cooling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cool
+
cessor
v.i.
One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit.
+
correspondency
n.
Same as Correspondence, 3.
+
caruncular
a.
Alt. of Carunculous
+
chondrin
n.
A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.
+
color
n.
An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
+
celliferous
a.
Bearing or producing cells.
+
chink
v.i.
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
+
chamber
v.t.
To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
+
chimneybreast
n.
The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.
+
cocker
n.
A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
+
collective
n.
A collective noun or name.
+
crenulation
n.
The state of being minutely scalloped.
+
cicadas
pl.
of Cicada
+
cure
n.
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.
+
confutative
a.
Adapted or designed to confute.
+
centesm
n.
Hundredth.
+
circumscriptive
a.
Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.
+
contrite
a.
Thoroughly bruised or broken.
+
consentingly
adv.
With consent; in a compliant manner.
+
coplatry
a.
Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.
+
complicant
a.
Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.
+
cluster
v.i.
To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
+
crotches
pl.
of Crotch
+
crowth
n.
An ancient musical instrument. See 4th Crowd.
+
cleanly
superl.
Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful.
+
crossstone
n.
See Harmotome, and Staurotide.
+
chopstick
n.
One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
+
capital
n.
Of or pertaining to the head.
+
crouse
a.
Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent.
+
cretic
n.
A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- / -).
+
conference
n.
A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
+
ctenoidean
n.
One of the Ctenoidei.
+
childness
n.
The manner characteristic of a child.
+
choleic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid.
+
context
v.t.
To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
+
communion
n.
Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.
+
cash
v.t.
To disband.
+
choristic
a.
Choric; choral.
+
citrine
a.
Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.
+
canal coal

See Cannel coal.
+
chronic
a.
Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
+
cassimere
n.
A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.
+
crutched
a.
Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.
+
charm
v.i.
To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.
+
casting
n.
The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
+
charlatanical
a.
Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.
+
courtyard
n.
A court or inclosure attached to a house.
+
cauterized
imp.|p.p.
of Cauterize
+
catercousin
n.
A remote relation. See Quater-cousin.
+
collator
n.
One who collates manuscripts, books, etc.
+
chalcid fly

One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.
+
chastity
n.
Moral purity.
+
cosmographer
n.
One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.
+
check
v.t.
To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
+
crucifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crucify
+
cam
n.
A ridge or mound of earth.
+
christlike
a.
Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc.
+
coachmen
pl.
of Coachman
+
clear
superl.
Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
+
capitulate
n.
To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.
+
cambrian
n.
A native of Cambria or Wales.
+
cynosure
n.
Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.
+
camomile
n.
Alt. of Chamomile
+
cognomen
n.
The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.
+
charter
v.t.
To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.
+
cadaveric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.
+
cimbia
n.
A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.
+
culling
n.
The act of one who culls.
+
chasselas
n.
A white grape, esteemed for the table.
+
chilling
a.
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
+
cryptal
a.
Of or pertaining to crypts.
+
compel
v.t.
To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
+
cleaved

of Cleave
+
chilognatha
n.pl.
One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together.
+
chiloma
n.
The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.
+
chilopod
n.
A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.
+
circumcise
v.t.
To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.
+
coccygeous
a.
Coccygeal.
+
charter
n.
An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.
+
cork
n.
A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
+
conceit
n.
Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
+
carnalism
n.
The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism.
+
chimaeroid
a.
Related to, or like, the chimaera.
+
cadillac
n.
A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.
+
chap
v.t.
To strike; to beat.
+
crownet
n.
The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end.
+
categorically
adv.
Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically.
+
cambered
imp.|p.p.
of Camber
+
classing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Class
+
carminated
a.
Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake.
+
christcross
n.
The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.
+
comptible
v.t.
Accountable; responsible; sensitive.
+
constable
n.
An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.
+
coordain
v.t.
To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.
+
commandment
n.
The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
+
clatterer
n.
One who clatters.
+
comparative
a.
Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
+
creaght
v.i.
To graze.
+
caulk
v.t.|n.
See Calk.
+
crick
n.
A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.
+
clapperclaw
v.t.
To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
+
crestless
a.
Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth.
+
condenser
n.
An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
+
compeer
v.t.
To be equal with; to match.
+
crescent
a.
Shaped like a crescent.
+
colleague
v.t|i.
To unite or associate with another or with others.
+
carbostyril
n.
A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.
+
calumnies
pl.
of Calumny
+
cacochymy
n.
A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood.
+
colewort
n.
A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.
+
concludent
a.
Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive.
+
clerkly
adv.
In a scholarly manner.
+
caisson
n.
A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
+
contuse
v.t.
To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
+
committee
n.
One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.
+
collar
v.t.
To put a collar on.
+
cob
n.
A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.
+
catapeltic
a.
Of or pertaining to a catapult.
+
contravener
n.
One who contravenes.
+
char
n.
A car; a chariot.
+
corindon
n.
See Corrundum.
+
cub
n.
Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.
+
clavicornes
n.pl.
A group of beetles having club-shaped antennae.
+
coursey
n.
A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
+
cleavers
n.
A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.
+
contributory
n.
One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.
+
concisely
adv.
In a concise manner; briefly.
+
collate
v.t.
To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
+
confluent
a.
Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
+
churchyard
n.
The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
+
convulse
v.t.
To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.
+
conventioner
n.
One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
+
crisp
a.
Lively; sparking; effervescing.
+
curst
a.
Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling.
+
charwoman
n.
A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
+
chromosome
n.
One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
+
cleat
n.
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
+
canopies
pl.
of Canopy
+
consociating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Consociate
+
chowder
v.t.
To make a chowder of.
+
chiragrical
a.
Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease.
+
conic
n.
A conic section.
+
canopy
n.
An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.
+
coliseum
n.
The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
+
condescending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Condescend
+
childbirth
n.
The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.
+
cyclopedia
n.
Alt. of Cyclopaedia
+
continue
v.i.
To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
+
chamfer
n.
The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.
+
carl
n.
Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.
+
commutable
a.
Capable of being commuted or interchanged.
+
confiner
n.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
+
cheeselep
n.
A bag in which rennet is kept.
+
catchweight
adv.
Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight.
+
chemical
a.
Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.
+
crossexamination
n.
The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.
+
crook
n.
A pothook.
+
cavorilievo
n.
Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.
+
convene
v.t.
To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
+
childlessness
n.
The state of being childless.
+
convert
v.t.
To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
+
cered
imp.|p.p.
of Cere
+
collapse
v.i.
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.
+
catstitch
v.t.
To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch.
+
campanologist
n.
One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.
+
colbertine
n.
A kind of lace.
+
cashew
n.
A tree (Anacardium occidentale) 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.
+
corrodiate
v.t.
To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
+
centennially
adv.
Once in a hundred years.
+
cyclops
n.sing.|pl.
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.
+
coll
v.t.
To embrace.
+
crucifer
n.
Any plant of the order Cruciferae.
+
crew

imp. of Crow
+
counteractibely
adv.
By counteraction.
+
citable
a.
Capable of being cited.
+
crippleness
n.
Lameness.
+
circumgyratory
a.
Moving in a circle; turning round.
+
constrain
v.t.
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
+
copperhead
n.
A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.
+
calculated
p.p.|a.
Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.
+
coerce
v.t.
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
+
captive
n.
One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
+
confess
v.t.
To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
+
course
n.
Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.
+
consols
n.pl.
The leading British funded government security.
+
craped
imp.|p.p.
of Crape
+
chafed
imp.|p.p.
of Chafe
+
carve
v.t.
To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.
+
cochleary
a.
Same as Cochleate.
+
coadaptation
n.
Mutual adaption.
+
cab
n.
The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.
+
call
n.
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
+
crossrow
n.
The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.
+
cravened
imp.|p.p.
of Craven
+
chark
v.t.
To burn to a coal; to char.
+
chambrel
n.
Same as Gambrel.
+
covenant
n.
A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.
+
complement
v.t.
Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
+
condisciple
n.
A schoolfellow; a fellow-student.
+
cramp
v.t.
To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
+
chrysoprasus
n.
See Chrysoprase.
+
chartreux
n.
A Carthusian.
+
criminate
v.t.
To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.
+
chase
v.
An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace.
+
chirograph
n.
A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.
+
caged
a.
Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison.
+
cachaemia
n.
A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
+
course
v.i.
To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.
+
chirographic
a.
Alt. of Chirographical
+
current
a.
Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
+
cingulum
n.
A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
+
crinkling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crinkle
+
catastrophe
n.
A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.
+
coadjutorship
n.
The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.
+
craniometrical
a.
Pertaining to craniometry.
+
cutworm
n.
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.
+
cohered
imp.|p.p.
of Cohere
+
conoidal
a.
Nearly, but not exactly, conical.
+
corrodible
a.
Capable of being corroded; corrosible.
+
couch grass

See Quitch grass.
+
claves
pl.
of Clavis
+
comes
n.
The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.
+
concrete
n.
A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.
+
cribration
n.
The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
+
crankness
n.
Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.
+
commorient
a.
Dying together or at the same time.
+
column
n.
A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
+
cinder
n.
Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.
+
cross
a.
Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
+
counterbalanced
imp.|p.p.
of Counterbalance
+
cringe
v.t.
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
+
calorimetry
n.
Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.
+
chloroformed
imp.|p.p.
of Chloroform
+
cube
n.
A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
+
cake
v.i.
To cackle as a goose.
+
cufic
a.
Of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabic language.
+
chin
n.
The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
+
corrupt
v.t.
To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.
+
carucage
n.
A tax on every plow or plowland.
+
crabbing
n.
A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
+
coexecutor
n.
A joint executor.
+
clock
n.
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
+
commission
n.
The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
+
carry
v.t.
To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
+
caisson
n.
A chest to hold ammunition.
+
capaciosly
adv.
In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.
+
cultivatable
a.
Cultivable.
+
carlovingian
a.
Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.
+
composition
n.
The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
+
conferrable
a.
Capable of being conferred.
+
connaturally
adv.
By the act of nature; originally; from birth.
+
cobnut
n.
A game played by children with nuts.
+
corpulency
n.
Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.
+
crowdy
n.
A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind.
+
cuirassed
a.
Wearing a cuirass.
+
chaise
n.
a carriage in general.
+
comrogue
n.
A fellow rogue.
+
cowered
imp.|p.p.
of Cower
+
carburetted

of Carburet
+
cockamaroo
n.
The Russian variety of bagatelle.
+
caucasian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
+
counterponderate
v.t.
To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
+
citizen
n.
An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.
+
cabala
n.
Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
+
coxcomb
n.
The cap itself.
+
crank
n.
Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
+
concussion
n.
The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
+
constantia
n.
A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.
+
commence
v.t.
To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
+
corniplume
n.
A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
+
cloyment
n.
Satiety.
+
constrain
v.t.
To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.
+
calceated
a.
Fitted with, or wearing, shoes.
+
comb
n.
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
+
cultivable
a.
Capable of being cultivated or tilled.
+
cannabene
n.
A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.
+
curvicostate
a.
Having bent ribs.
+
cake
n.
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
+
compromitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Compromit
+
cerebroid
a.
Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.
+
confessional
n.
The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.
+
criticising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Criticise
+
circulative
a.
Promoting circulation; circulating.
+
cutlass
n.
A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.
+
cucullated
a.
Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
+
crier
n.
an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.
+
champ
v.t.
To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.
+
corniform
a.
Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
+
cheerer
n.
One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens.
+
caprice
v.i.
See Capriccio.
+
castled
a.
Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.
+
confluent
n.
A small steam which flows into a large one.
+
ceriferous
a.
Producing wax.
+
crabbed
n.
Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.
+
credential
a.
Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
+
cognoscenti
pl.
of Cognoscente
+
crunch
v.i.
To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
+
concurrentness
n.
The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.
+
chloral
n.
Chloral hydrate.
+
convictism
n.
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
+
climatology
n.
The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes.
+
corporal
a.
Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.
+
cuirass
n.
The breastplate taken by itself.
+
cardamom
n.
A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum.
+
caper
n.
A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
+
clarified
imp.|p.p.
of Clarify
+
crept

imp. & p. p. of Creep.
+
character
n.
Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.
+
coast
v.t.
The side of a thing.
+
cosmogonical
a.
Belonging to cosmogony.
+
colubrine
a.
Like a snake; cunning; crafty.
+
castrensian
a.
Castrensial.
+
casini
pl.
of Casino
+
cow parsley

An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chaerophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).
+
concelebrate
v.t.
To celebrate together.
+
complacently
adv.
In a complacent manner.
+
changed
imp.|p.p.
of Change
+
choragi
pl.
of Choragus
+
cincture
n.
That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.
+
coffee
n.
The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
+
cilician
n.
A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.
+
calistheneum
n.
A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.
+
contemplatist
n.
A contemplator.
+
constrictor
n.
That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
+
cerebroscopy
n.
Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope).
+
cohesive
a.
Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
+
crossette
n.
A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.
+
corroval
n.
A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
+
curlingly
adv.
With a curl, or curls.
+
cerial
a.
Same as Cerrial.
+
chainlet
n.
A small chain.
+
chirk
v.t.
To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up.
+
corral
v.t.
To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything.
+
community
n.
Commonness; frequency.
+
consigne
n.
A countersign; a watchword.
+
curare
n.
Alt. of Curari
+
carbureted
a.
Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.
+
calmly
adv.
In a calm manner.
+
childhood
n.
The commencement; the first period.
+
cyprus
n.
A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning.
+
cathay
n.
China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.)
+
carcinology
n.
The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
+
capella
n.
A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.
+
conjecturalist
n.
A conjecturer.
+
cavalier
a.
High-spirited.
+
close
v.t.
Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.
+
caul
n.
A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.
+
coke
n.
Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless fire is required.
+
cisatlantic
a.
On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer.
+
conchitic
a.
Composed of shells; containing many shells.
+
comparison
n.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
+
cologne
n.
A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.
+
confervoid
a.
Like, or related to, the confervae.
+
crepitation
n.
The act of crepitating or crackling.
+
concurrent
n.
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
+
connex
v.t.
To connect.
+
charitable
a.
Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent.
+
capstone
n.
A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.
+
carling
n.
A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.
+
chaser
n.
One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
+
cyanotype
n.
A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.
+
cingulum
n.
The base of the crown of a tooth.
+
calends
n.pl.
The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar.
+
cheeky

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.
+
colestaff
n.
See Colstaff.
+
camerate
v.i.
To divide into chambers.
+
conniving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Connive
+
crampfish
n.
The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.
+
croton
n.
A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
+
creditableness
n.
The quality of being creditable.
+
casement
n.
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
+
chloroleucite
n.
Same as Chloroplastid.
+
caules
pl.
of Caulis
+
choice
superl.
Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
+
camporated

Combined or impregnated with camphor.
+
calycled
a.
Calyculate.
+
conventical
a.
Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent.
+
cylindraceous
a.
Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form.
+
congregational
a.
Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.
+
child
v.i.
To give birth; to produce young.
+
crusading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crusade
+
cross
n.
A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
+
captain
n.
A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.
+
catholic
a.
Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.
+
coming
a.
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.
+
cloddish
a.
Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.
+
correspondently
adv.
In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.
+
corpuscule
n.
A corpuscle.
+
co

A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.
+
coasting
n.
Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
+
coast
v.t.
To conduct along a coast or river bank.
+
canthi
pl.
of Canthus
+
choke
n.
A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
+
corfiote
n.
Alt. of Corfute
+
choke
n.
A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
+
crimeful
a.
Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury.
+
covenably
adv.
Fitly; suitably.
+
cornel
n.
Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.
+
colonist
n.
A member or inhabitant of a colony.
+
crank
n.
A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
+
coinstantaneous
a.
Happening at the same instant.
+
candent
a.
Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.
+
carnification
n.
The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.
+
countercheck
v.t.
To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
+
christcross
n.
The beginning and the ending.
+
conclude
v.t.
To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
+
cankeredly
adv.
Fretfully; spitefully.
+
classis
n.
An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church.
+
chisel
n.
A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.
+
court
n.
The session of a judicial assembly.
+
celsius
n.
The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.
+
corsair
n.
A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
+
centrobaric
a.
Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it.
+
comfit
v.t.
To preserve dry with sugar.
+
cackler
n.
One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
+
cycad
n.
Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc.
+
cledge
n.
The upper stratum of fuller's earth.
+
casse paper

Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.
+
chorus
v.i.
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
+
caller
a.
Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.
+
cicatrizant
n.
A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.
+
chronogram
n.
The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
+
churchman
n.
One was is attached to, or attends, church.
+
cohort
n.
A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.
+
cohesion
n.
Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.
+
cadence
n.
See Cadency.
+
cetrarin
n.
A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.
+
controvertible
a.
Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.
+
cairngormstone

A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.
+
contextural
a.
Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
+
conductive
a.
Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.
+
cacti
pl.
of Cactus
+
capitulum
n.
A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]
+
consign
v.t.
To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave.
+
culminal
a.
Pertaining to a culmen.
+
computation
n.
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
+
colophany
n.
See Colophony.
+
coeval
n.
Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
+
coercing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Coerce
+
clear
superl.
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
+
chain pump

A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.
+
courtmartial
n.
A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.
+
cabinet
a.
Suitable for a cabinet; small.
+
clogging
n.
Anything which clogs.
+
chondrigenous
a.
Affording chondrin.
+
conception
n.
The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.
+
crayon
v.t.
To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.
+
complexity
n.
That which is complex; intricacy; complication.
+
cling
v.t.
To make to dry up or wither.
+
copy
n.
That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
+
contusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Contuse
+
chaldaism
n.
An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
+
chokecherry
n.
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
+
croup
n.
An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.
+
corsage
n.
The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.
+
cryptogamist
n.
One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
+
croslet
n.
See Crosslet.
+
croqueting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Croquet
+
column
n.
Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.
+
country
adv.
Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
+
carcinomatous
a.
Of or pertaining to carcinoma.
+
cord
n.
A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
+
chebec
n.
A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.
+
common
v.i.
To have a joint right with others in common ground.
+
cord
n.
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
+
clubber
n.
A member of a club.
+
classicist
n.
One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.
+
centrifugence
n.
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
+
coffer
v.t.
To put into a coffer.
+
chancellery
n.
Chancellorship.
+
cosignitaries
pl.
of Cosignitary
+
comfort
n.
A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition.
+
conjecturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Conjecture
+
cashierer
n.
One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs.
+
commerced
imp.|p.p.
of Commerce
+
cutwater
n.
A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.
+
confect
n.
A comfit; a confection.
+
colony
n.
A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
+
constipated
imp.|p.p.
of Constipate
+
cavilous
a.
Alt. of Cavillous
+
cowage
n.
See Cowhage.
+
cephalosome
n.
The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.
+
cullibility
n.
Gullibility.
+
corrupt
v.t.
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
+
corporally
adv.
In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present.
+
crinital
a.
Same as Crinite, 1.
+
counterfeitly
adv.
By forgery; falsely.
+
chill
v.t.
To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
+
cyprian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.
+
commodore
n.
A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club.
+
cavezon
n.
A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses.
+
connection
n.
A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
+
cometfinder
n.
Alt. of Comet- seeker
+
carline
n.
Alt. of Carling
+
count
v.t.
A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution.
+
curry
v.t.
To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
+
clicker
n.
One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.
+
convexoconcave
a.
Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.
+
cart
v.t.
To carry or convey in a cart.
+
chalkcutter
n.
A man who digs chalk.
+
catspaw
n.
A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.
+
competitress
n.
A woman who competes.
+
chasm
n.
A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
+
commissure
n.
A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.
+
crumpet
n.
A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.
+
clingstone
a.
Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches.
+
conventual
n.
One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
+
curtle ax

Alt. of Curtelasse
+
centre
v.i.
To be placed in a center; to be central.
+
centre
v.t.
To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
+
conglobate
a.
Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.
+
choppy
a.
Full of cracks.
+
corded
a.
Bound or fastened with cords.
+
celibate
a.
Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.
+
clod
v.t.
To pelt with clods.
+
cheiropterous
a.
Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family.
+
conducible
a.
Conducive; tending; contributing.
+
corinthian
n.
A gay, licentious person.
+
cuckolded
imp.|p.p.
of Cuckold
+
counterbuff
n.
A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.
+
consolation
n.
The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
+
conducibility
n.
The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.
+
conductor
n.
One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.
+
cyclograph
n.
See Arcograph.
+
contradistinguishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Contradistinguish
+
cade
a.
Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
+
crown
n.
The topmost part of anything; the summit.
+
contraband
v.t.
To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
+
cue
n.
A hint or intimation.
+
cokes
n.
A simpleton; a gull; a dupe.
+
chondrodite
n.
A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.
+
contingent
n.
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
+
canceling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cancel
+
ceding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cede
+
contain
v.t.
To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
+
cavalier
a.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
+
chafe
v.t.
To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
+
cocoanut
n.
The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.
+
circulation
n.
The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
+
coordination
n.
The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc.
+
crampon
n.
An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
+
collodionize
v.t.
To prepare or treat with collodion.
+
channelled

of Channel
+
cockneyish
a.
Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.
+
crosshead
n.
A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.
+
convalescent
a.
Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.
+
cribbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crib
+
crossfish
n.
A starfish.
+
cobwall
n.
A wall made of clay mixed with straw.
+
criminous
a.
Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.
+
caviled
imp.|p.p.
of Cavil
+
catalan
a.
Of or pertaining to Catalonia.
+
costa
n.
One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
+
convolvulin
n.
A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.
+
calyptriform
a.
Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.
+
corno inglese

A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn.
+
confront
v.t.
To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
+
chabasite
n.
Alt. of Cabazite
+
chronograph
n.
An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
+
coupling
n.
The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.
+
condor
n.
A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
+
courtlike
a.
After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.
+
columbin
n.
A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.
+
cresselle
n.
A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent.
+
colorable
a.
Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
+
continuator
n.
One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer.
+
conch
n.
In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
+
collusive
a.
Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
+
cor
n.
A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer.
+
crown
n.
The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.
+
crewel
n.
Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
+
canvasback
n.
A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.
+
commons
n.pl.
A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.
+
cirrus
n.
A tendril or clasper.
+
carcelage
n.
Prison fees.
+
casting
n.
The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
+
capital
n.
The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
+
come
n.
To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.
+
copies
pl.
of Copy
+
cablegram
n.
A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.
+
cling
n.
Adherence; attachment; devotion.
+
caseharden
v.t.
To render insensible to good influences.
+
chorus
n.
An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
+
ceremonies
pl.
of Ceremony
+
conferee
n.
One upon whom something is conferred.
+
chagrin
n.
To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.
+
cake
v.i.
To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.
+
conjector
n.
One who guesses or conjectures.
+
contribute
v.i.
To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect.
+
churchdom
n.
The institution, government, or authority of a church.
+
civilities
pl.
of Civillty
+
copulatively
adv.
In a copulative manner.
+
carrol
n.
See 4th Carol.
+
centralities
pl.
of Centrality
+
chad
n.
See Shad.
+
ctenophoric
a.
Alt. of Ctenophorous
+
comprised
imp.|p.p.
of Comprise
+
candlewaster
n.
One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
+
cuttlefish
n.
A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally.
+
codilla
n.
The coarse tow of flax and hemp.
+
compages
v.t.
A system or structure of many parts united.
+
cockhorse
n.
A high or tall horse.
+
cankery
a.
Surly; sore; malignant.
+
ctenophora
n.pl.
A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.
+
communion
n.
A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.
+
cohabiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cohabit
+
circumscissile
a.
Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.
+
courtship
n.
Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.
+
charted
imp.|p.p.
of Chart
+
cirrhiferous
a.
See Cirriferous.
+
cradle
v.t.
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
+
captious
a.
Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
+
circumnavigated
imp.|p.p.
of Circumnavigate
+
circulet
n.
A circlet.
+
conserve
v.t.
To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
+
cacochymical
a.
Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
+
chrematistics
n.
The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.
+
compounder
n.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
+
crinoid
a.
Crinoidal.
+
clarion
n.
A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
+
clink
v.i.
To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
+
contrary
a.
Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
+
carbonize
v.t.
To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.
+
courtcupboard
n.
A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions.
+
crated
imp.|p.p.
of Crate
+
crotch
n.
A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch.
+
corpse
n.
A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.
+
crowstone
n.
The top stone of the gable end of a house.
+
commendatory
n.
A commendation; eulogy.
+
cates
n.
Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
+
carpellary
a.
Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
+
compromise
n.
A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
+
contraposition
n.
A placing over against; opposite position.
+
crimpled
imp.|p.p.
of Crimple
+
cercus
n.
See Cercopod.
+
carthamin
n.
A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.
+
claw
n.
A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
+
catstick
n.
A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat.
+
contend
v.i.
To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
+
coma
n.
A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.
+
culminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Culminate
+
curtelasse

A corruption of Cutlass.
+
caddie
n.
A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.
+
circumscribed
imp.|p.p.
of Circumscribe
+
clay
v.t.
To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
+
compass
n.
The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
+
cannibal
n.
A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.
+
connection
n.
That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
+
centering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Centre
+
candied
a.
Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins
+
carving
n.
A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material.
+
counterscarf
n.
The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
+
coal
v.i.
To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.
+
clerkale
n.
A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk.
+
cribbed
imp.|p.p.
of Crib
+
cylindrically
adv.
In the manner or shape of a cylinder; so as to be cylindrical.
+
checkered
imp.|p.p.
of Checker
+
crab
n.
The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
+
cast

3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
+
crawl
n.
A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
+
cordate
a.
Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.
+
call
v.i.
To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.
+
currish
a.
Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.
+
cycloidian
a.|n.
Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid.
+
comely
superl.
Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
+
changeling
n.
One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.
+
comradeship
n.
The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.
+
cultivation
n.
The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.
+
charge
v.t.
An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
+
constipate
v.t.
To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
+
chromatype
n.
A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.
+
classman
n.
A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honor class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.
+
corona
n.
A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.
+
catalog
n.|v.
Catalogue.
+
colation
n.
The act or process of straining or filtering.
+
caecal
a.
Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct.
+
clarity
n.
Clearness; brightness; splendor.
+
calorimeter
n.
An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc.
+
cognati
n.pl.
Relatives by the mother's side.
+
crooning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Croon
+
chromatically
adv.
In a chromatic manner.
+
camp
n.
To play the game called camp.
+
cynical
a.
Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish.
+
convocation
n.
The act of calling or assembling by summons.
+
coulterneb
n.
The puffin.
+
catchmeadow
n.
A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.
+
conciliary
a.
Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council.
+
conscientious
a.
Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.
+
counteraction
n.
Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
+
crown office

The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases.
+
clouding
n.
A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
+
chromatosphere
n.
A chromosphere.
+
caulicle
n.
A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle.
+
concluded
imp.|p.p.
of Conclude
+
cabling
n.
The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.
+
carnation
n.
Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.
+
communicativeness
n.
The quality of being communicative.
+
cooed
imp.|p.p.
of Coo
+
coyness
n.
The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.
+
clubfoot
n.
A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
+
chuck
n.
A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
+
chaffer
n.
To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
+
cure
v.t.
To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
+
case
n.
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
+
carnalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Carnalize
+
curbless
a.
Having no curb or restraint.
+
chase
v.t.
To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.
+
confluence
n.
The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
+
court
n.
Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
+
corona
n.
A character [/]  called the pause or hold.
+
contentment
v.t.
The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
+
contractibleness
n.
Contractibility.
+
comprehensibly
adv.
With great extent of signification; comprehensively.
+
clearer
n.
One who, or that which, clears.
+
chimaera
n.
A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.
+
conclude
v.t.
To shut up; to inclose.
+
consolidated
p.p.|a.
Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.
+
curia
n.
Any court of justice.
+
capoches
pl.
of Capoch
+
corrugate
v.t.
To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead.
+
cliented
a.
Supplied with clients.
+
concentrical
a.
Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another.
+
callosity
n.
A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.
+
catastrophic
a.
Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.
+
corruptive
a.
Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
+
circumflex
v.t.
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
+
compromise
v.i.
To agree; to accord.
+
compulsatory
a.
Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion.
+
cormorant
n.
Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese.
+
cupid
n.
The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.
+
collier
n.
A vessel employed in the coal trade.
+
cover
v.t.
To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.
+
calcific
a.
Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.
+
chaplainship
n.
The office or business of a chaplain.
+
conservatism
n.
The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.
+
commutability
n.
The quality of being commutable.
+
canoeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Canoe
+
classicalness
n.
The quality of being classical.
+
chimneys
pl.
of Chimney
+
commission
n.
A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
+
conduplication
n.
A doubling together or folding; a duplication.
+
cithern
n.
See Cittern.
+
cloak
n.
A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
+
check
v.t.
To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
+
connatural
a.
Partaking of the same nature.
+
candid
a.
Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion.
+
celestialize
v.t.
To make celestial.
+
colleague
n.
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
+
contention
n.
A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
+
creeks
n.pl.
A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
+
caracole
n.
A staircase in a spiral form.
+
curmudgeon
n.
An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
+
confluxible
a.
Inclined to flow or run together.
+
congree
v.i.
To agree.
+
cenobitic
a.
Alt. of Cenobitical
+
cyatholith
n.
A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from / to / of an inch.
+
characterize
v.t.
To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.
+
consequentially
adv.
By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially.
+
canceration
n.
The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.
+
chaparral
n.
A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
+
consumedly
adv.
Excessively.
+
challenge
v.i.
To assert a right; to claim a place.
+
cluttering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clutter
+
clever
a.
Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
+
chamal
n.
The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora.
+
cranky
a.
Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.
+
capillarity
n.
The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.
+
crest
v.t.
To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
+
cupping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cup
+
constricted
imp.|p.p.
of Constrict
+
cove
n.
A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
+
companies
pl.
of Company
+
clubshaped
a.
Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects.
+
calvary
n.
The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem.
+
conduct
n.
To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
+
confusive
a.
Confusing; having a tendency to confusion.
+
capacities
pl.
of Capacity
+
caprice
v.i.
An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
+
chiliarchy
n.
A body consisting of a thousand men.
+
cassioberry
n.
The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.
+
copper
n.
A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.
+
cupola
n.
A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
+
chasmed
a.
Having gaps or a chasm.
+
criminalness
n.
Criminality.
+
cloudy
n.
Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.
+
command
n.
Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
+
cleaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cleave
+
cart
n.
An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
+
cokenay
n.
A cockney.
+
complexion
n.
The state of being complex; complexity.
+
cephalopode
n.
One of the Cephalopoda.
+
colaborer
n.
One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
+
chalking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Chalk
+
cinquefoil
n.
An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc.
+
chaff
n.
The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
+
cordial
a.
Proceeding from the heart.
+
chefsdoeuvre
pl.
of Chef-d'oeuvre
+
cool
v.i.
To become less hot; to lose heat.
+
chessil
n.
Gravel or pebbles.
+
confinement
n.
Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.
+
corse
n.
A living body or its bulk.
+
coronal
n.
A crown; wreath; garland.
+
catch
n.
That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
+
crock
n.
The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.
+
cerasinous
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.
+
consume
v.t.
To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
+
colonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Colonize
+
convocation
n.
An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
+
childish
a.
Puerile; trifling; weak.
+
carapax
n.
See Carapace.
+
coat
v.t.
To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.
+
corundums
pl.
of Corundum
+
cornin
n.
An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
+
cadene
n.
A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.
+
catechetical
a.
Relating to or consisting in, asking questions and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching.
+
crined
a.
Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.
+
cachalot
n.
The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).  It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
+
catch
n.
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
+
cloistered
a.
Furnished with cloisters.
+
cite
v.t.
To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
+
colonelship
n.
Colonelcy.
+
crusted
imp.|p.p.
of Crust
+
calcine
v.i.
To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
+
clasp
v.t.
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
+
cot
n.
A small house; a cottage or hut.
+
curious
a.
Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
+
consulting
a.
That consults.
+
cirque
n.
A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.
+
controlling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Control
+
chisel
v.t.
To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.
+
calcining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Calcine
+
crossopterygian
n.
One of the Crossopterygii.
+
crevalle
n.
The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus).
+
colemanite
n.
A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.
+
chuffily
adv.
Clownishly; surlily.
+
chelura
n.
A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.
+
chitty
a.
Full of chits or sprouts.
+
compass
n.
A circle; a continent.
+
coheiress
n.
A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
+
criminated
imp.|p.p.
of Criminate
+
contemplative
n.
A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.
+
concertante
n.
A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.
+
cerasin
n.
A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.
+
contribution
n.
The act of contributing.
+
cordillera
n.
A mountain ridge or chain.
+
colts tooth

See under Colt.
+
chameck
n.
A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.
+
comelily
adv.
In a suitable or becoming manner.
+
curtailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Curtail
+
clip
v.t.
To embrace, hence; to encompass.
+
counterstand
n.
Resistance; opposition; a stand against.
+
crosscut
v.t.
To cut across or through; to intersect.
+
conventionalism
n.
The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.
+
cheer
n.
A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
+
container
n.
One who, or that which, contains.
+
capillaceous
a.
Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.
+
couplecloses
pl.
of Couple-close
+
canonization
n.
The state of being canonized or sainted.
+
caucused
imp.|p.p.
of Caucus
+
constant
n.
A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to variable.
+
cryptidine
n.
One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.
+
craniums
pl.
of Cranium
+
cloths
pl.
of Cloth
+
compass
n.
Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
+
crown
n.
Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
+
calumniating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Calumniate
+
crinigerous
a.
Bearing hair; hairy.
+
constitutionalist
n.
One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
+
chica
n.
A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
+
calmer
n.
One who, or that which, makes calm.
+
cloudless
a.
Without a cloud; clear; bright.
+
confabulation
n.
Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
+
call
v.t.
To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
+
carat
n.
A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.
+
chuck
v.i.
To chuckle; to laugh.
+
clamor
v.t.
To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
+
cunette
n.
A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.
+
cutty
n.
A short tobacco pipe.
+
convert
v.t.
To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
+
canal
n.
A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.
+
complimentative
a.
Complimentary.
+
convey
v.t.
To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.
+
choice
n.
A sufficient number to choose among.
+
companying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Company
+
contrive
v.t.
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
+
conculcating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Conculcate
+
curveting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Curvet
+
consideringly
adv.
With consideration or deliberation.
+
contractibility
n.
Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air.
+
closeness
n.
The state of being close.
+
coryphee
n.
A ballet dancer.
+
conventionalization
n.
The act of making conventional.
+
chariness
n.
The quality of being chary.
+
celature
n.
The act or art of engraving or embossing.
+
cohabiter
n.
A cohabitant.
+
convent
v.i.
An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
+
crapy
a.
Resembling crape.
+
chely
n.
A claw. See Chela.
+
center
v.i.
Alt. of Centre
+
concionator
n.
A common councilman.
+
centigram
n.
Alt. of Centigramme
+
caulescent
a.
Having a leafy stem.
+
coincidental
a.
Coincident.
+
calycifloral
a.
Alt. of callyciflorous
+
chaste
a.
Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
+
councilist
n.
One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion.
+
crook
n.
An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
+
center
v.t.
Alt. of Centre
+
cognominal
a.
Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.
+
chylaceous
a.
Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
+
counterfeit
v.i.
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
+
chip
n.
One of the counters used in poker and other games.
+
crusading
a.
Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.
+
coughed
imp.|p.p.
of Cough
+
concerted
a.
Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals.
+
conchiferous
a.
Producing or having shells.
+
cycle
n.
The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.
+
critique
n.
A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason."
+
contradictions
a.
Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.
+
cursoriness
n.
The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.
+
chop
n.
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
+
custody
n.
Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
+
commissary
n.
An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters.
+
chuff
n.
A coarse or stupid fellow.
+
concordance
n.
Agreement; accordance.
+
cunner
n.
A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.
+
circumspectively
adv.
Circumspectly.
+
cramp
n.
A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
+
clothing
n.
See Card clothing, under 3d Card.
+
check
v.i.
To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
+
cripple
a.
Lame; halting.
+
conarium
n.
The pineal gland.
+
cockshy
n.
An object at which stones are flung.
+
croesus
n.
A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus.
+
cooperant
a.
Operating together; as, cooperant forces.
+
corradial
a.
Radiating to or from the same point.
+
camphoric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.
+
controverter
n.
One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
+
chondritic
a.
Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
+
cajolery
n.
A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.
+
cheerly
a.
Gay; cheerful.
+
connive
v.i.
To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
+
coefficient
n.
A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.
+
chaffer
v.t.
To exchange; to bandy, as words.
+
chanterelle
n.
A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.
+
capper
n.
A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].
+
cloud
n.
A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
+
close
v.t.
Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.
+
cockahoop
a.
Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
+
cajoleries
pl.
of Cajolery
+
crowkeeper
n.
A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow.
+
call
n.
A divine vocation or summons.
+
capital
n.
Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
+
clarencieux
n.
See King-at-arms.
+
carbinol
n.
Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.
+
coursed
imp.|p.p.
of Course
+
carf

pret. of Carve.
+
coracoid
n.
The coracoid bone or process.
+
concurrency
n.
Concurrence.
+
cadence
n.
A uniform time and place in marching.
+
clavicorn
n.
One of the Clavicornes.
+
circumlocutional
a.
Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.
+
canon
n.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
+
cultivator
n.
An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.
+
close
v.t.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
+
calf
n.
A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
+
clomben

imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed).
+
condolement
n.
Condolence.
+
chaos
n.
Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.
+
capsule
n.
A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
+
collutory
n.
A medicated wash for the mouth.
+
ceint
n.
A girdle.
+
chrism
n.
The same as Chrisom.
+
cothurnate
a.
Alt. of Cothurnated
+
chiroplast
n.
An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.
+
clang
n.
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
+
cadenza
n.
A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.
+
chidester
n.
A female scold.
+
crash
v.i.
To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
+
crescentwise
adv.
In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
+
citizen
a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.
+
contrast
n.
The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
+
catholicism
n.
Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.
+
crepusculine
a.
Crepuscular.
+
carpologist
n.
One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
+
coextension
n.
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
+
consonant
a.
harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.
+
cycloid
n.
A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane.
+
crouching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Crouch
+
caligraphy
n.
See Caligraphy.
+
chill
n.
An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
+
consubstantiation
n.
The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation.
+
croodle
v.i.
To fawn or coax.
+
contemporariness
n.
Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness.
+
curvative
a.
Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves.
+
curiosos
pl.
of Curioso
+
chance
v.t.
To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.
+
chief justice

The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
+
converse
a.
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
+
continue
v.t.
To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
+
cruentate
a.
Smeared with blood.
+
curdle
v.i.
To thicken; to congeal.
+
conduct
n.
To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
+
coster
n.
One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.
+
cottager
n.
One who lives in a cottage.
+
connotative
a.
Implying something additional; illative.
+
cue
n.
A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.
+
chirosophist
n.
A fortune teller.
+
catch
v.t.
Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
+
congregating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Congregate
+
corroborant
n.
Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic.
+
conacre
n.
A system of letting a portion of a farm for a single crop.
+
cinquepace
n.
A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five.
+
conditionly
adv.
Conditionally.
+
coassessor
n.
A joint assessor.
+
caroli
pl.
of Carolus
+
consubstantiality
n.
Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance.
+
cuckoo
n.
A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.
+
cornerwise
adv.
With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
+
cement
n.
Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.
+
conversant
n.
One who converses with another; a convenser.
+
compte rendu

A report of an officer or agent.
+
chaetognatha
n.pl.
An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.
+
coldish
a.
Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.
+
childermas day

A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
+
challenge
n.
An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
+
cerebra
pl.
of Cerebrum
+
cabirean
n.
One of the Cabiri.
+
corset
n.
In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.
+
confection
n.
A composition of different materials.
+
cannonade
imp.|p.p.
of Cannonade
+
cautelous
a.
Crafty; deceitful; false.
+
cirrostomi
n.pl.
The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.
+
couvade
n.
A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
+
communicate
v.i.
To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.
+
chemistry
n.
An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo.
+
country
adv.
The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
+
cinctured
n.
Having or wearing a cincture or girdle.
+
clipping
n.
The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.
+
carries
pl.
of Carry
+
commonly
adv.
In common; familiarly.
+
cogent
p.a.
Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.
+
conversazione
n.
A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects.
+
canopy
n.
A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.
+
cylinder
n.
The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.
+
consult
n.
Agreement; concert
+
cemetery
n.
A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.
+
corruption
n.
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.
+
cover
v.t.
To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.
+
cense
n.
Condition; rank.
+
charge
v.i.
To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
+
cable
n.
A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
+
controversy
n.
Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
+
composition
n.
Consistency; accord; congruity.
+
chaffy
a.
Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.
+
concretionary
a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.
+
crown
n.
The dome of a furnace.
+
connoisseur
n.
One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.
+
circumscriptively
adv.
In a limited manner.
+
consumptive
n.
One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
+
cephalopodous
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
+
companion
v.t.
To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
+
cristate
a.
Crested.
+
convolving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Convolve
+
curtal friar

A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.
+
carte
n.
Short for Carte de visite.
+
champe
n.
The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
+
coil
n.
A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
+
cyanaurate
n.
See Aurocyanide.
+
coagulable
a.
Capable of being coagulated.
+
corded
a.
Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
+
comforter
n.
The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.
+
catcall
n.
A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise.
+
chronology
n.
The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates.
+
carriable
a.
Capable of being carried.
+
cense
v.i.
To burn or scatter incense.
+
circummure
v.t.
To encompass with a wall.
+
cortex
n.
Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.
+
chaplet
n.
A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
+
communication
n.
Participation in the Lord's supper.
+
climbing

p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.
+
chantry
n.
An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.
+
coincident
n.
One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.
+
countersign
a.
The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.
+
cortes
n.pl.
The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.
+
censured
imp.|p.p.
of Censure
+
costard
n.
An apple, large and round like the head.
+
choked
imp.|p.p.
of Choke
+
coffer
n.
Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
+
clink
n.
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
+
chancellorship
n.
The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.
+
cholesterin
n.
A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.
+
cordierite
n.
See Iolite.
+
cretaceously
adv.
In a chalky manner; as chalk.
+
cleverness
n.
The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.
+
cerebripetal
a.
Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.
+
clasped
imp.|p.p.
of Clasp
+
circumstanced
p.a.
Governed by events or circumstances.
+
cell
n.
Any small cavity, or hollow place.
+
couhage
n.
See Cowhage.
+
chirre
v.i.
To coo, as a pigeon.
+
courteousness
n.
The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
+
corniculum
n.
A small hornlike part or process.
+
costive
a.
Reserved; formal; close; cold.
+
choke
v.i.
To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
+
crowner
n.
One who, or that which, crowns.
+
countryside
n.
A particular rural district; a country neighborhood.
+
checkmating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Checkmate
+
cicisbeo
n.
A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.
+
controversor
n.
A controverser.
+
craving
n.
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
+
convoy
n.
The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
+
chert
n.
An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.
+
clavies
pl.
of Clavy
+
clamp
n.
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
+
chuse
v.t.
See Choose.
+
collecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Collect
+
countersink
v.t.
To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
+
cinchonism
n.
A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
+
crucifix
n.
The cross or religion of Christ.
+
clairobscur
n.
See Chiaroscuro.
+
confection
n.
A composition of drugs.
+
cooly
n.
Alt. of Coolie
+
clear
v.t.
To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
+
collectorate
n.
The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.
+
command
v.t.
To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
+
countercheck
n.
A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
+
communication
n.
A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.
+
complementary
n.
One skilled in compliments.
+
carbonate
n.
A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.
+
complexness
n.
The state of being complex; complexity.
+
corking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cork
+
craunching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Craunch
+
call
n.
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
+
craniometry
n.
The art or act of measuring skulls.
+
capibara
n.
See Capybara.
+
curse
v.t.
An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.
+
cradle
n.
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
+
credulously
adv.
With credulity.
+
cursedness
n.
Shrewishness.
+
cabala
n.
A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
+
console
v.t.
To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
+
crocin
n.
A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
+
crystallogenical
a.
Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction.
+
cetene
n.
An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
+
cootfoot
n.
The phalarope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.
+
conoid
n.
A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane.
+
castellany
n.
The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
+
cartbote
n.
Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.
+
conjubilant
a.
Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together.
+
continuance
n.
Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
+
calcine
v.i.
To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
+
caxton
n.
Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
+
coecilian
n.
See Caecilian.
+
core
n.
The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.
+
cotyloid
a.
Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
+
carnalist
n.
A sensualist.
+
contestant
n.
One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
+
commonweal
n.
Commonwealth.
+
cypseliform
a.
Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae.)
+
countersecure
v.t.
To give additional security to or for.
+
consequence
n.
Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.
+
calcimined
imp.|p.p.
of Calcimine
+
crenelation
n.
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
+
cerebral
a.
Of or pertaining to the cerebrum.
+
catena
n.
A chain or series of things connected with each other.
+
constitutionally
adv.
In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid.
+
cabbling
n.
The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
+
classifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Classify
+
celtiberian
a.
Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).
+
crowder
n.
One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler.
+
chapman
n.
One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller.
+
concubinacy
n.
The practice of concubinage.
+
cosmical
a.
Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.
+
cartes de visite
pl.
of Carte de visite
+
cumulatist
n.
One who accumulates; one who collects.
+
crash
n.
Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
+
chopboat
n.
A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.
+
creepingly
adv.
by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.
+
code
n.
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
+
challenge
n.
The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
+
commemorate
v.t.
To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.
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conjecturally
n.
That which depends upon guess; guesswork.
+
carry
v.i.
To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
+
circumstantial
n.
Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.
+
coin
n.
A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.
+
controversary
a.
Controversial.
+
caitiff
n.
A captive; a prisoner.
+
cryptical
a.
Hidden; secret; occult.
+
creolian
a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles.
+
ceromancy
n.
Divination by dropping melted wax in water.
+
cnemial
a.
Pertaining to the shin bone.
+
compounded
imp.|p.p.
of Compound
+
confrontation
n.
Act of confrontating.
+
circumduce
v.t.
To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
+
caparisoned
imp.|p.p.
of Caparison
+
castigatory
n.
An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
+
cockered
imp.|p.p.
of Cocker
+
conventionality
n.
The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.
+
convene
v.i.
To come together; to meet; to unite.
+
clerkliness
n.
Scholarship.
+
clip
n.
The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
+
circumspectly
adv.
In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.
+
chiffo
n.
Alt. of niere
+
centaur
n.
A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
+
corf
n.
A basket.
+
cornered
p.a.
1 Having corners or angles.
+
conn
v.t.
See Con, to direct a ship.
+
commemorable
a.
Worthy to be commemorated.
+
conveyor
n.
A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.
+
corocore
n.
A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.
+
club
n.
A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.
+
corrade
v.t.
To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
+
clap
n.
Noisy talk; chatter.
+
con
v.t.
To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
+
circumflect
v.t.
To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel.
+
consortable
a.
Suitable for association or companionship.
+
catalytic
n.
An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.
+
cirrose
a.
Resembling a tendril or cirrus.
+
cognizance
n.
A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.
+
caliginosity
n.
Darkness.
+
corinth
n.
A small fruit; a currant.
+
corroded
imp.|p.p.
of Corrode
+
confarreation
n.
A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.
+
conferential
a.
Relating to conference.
+
cassumunar
n.
Alt. of Cassumuniar
+
ciclatoun
n.
A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
+
circumfluent
a.
Alt. of Circumfluous
+
circumfuse
v.t.
To pour round; to spread round.
+
coenurus
n.
The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.
+
conducibly
adv.
In a manner to promote.
+
clawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Claw
+
chlorous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous.
+
cali
n.
The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.
+
colorado beetle

A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
+
carpetless
a.
Without a carpet.
+
concrete
v.i.
To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
+
capricioso
a.
In a free, fantastic style.
+
cocky
a.
Pert.
+
counterscale
n.
Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another.
+
coursing
n.
The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
+
clasp
v.t.
To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
+
coroun
v.|n.
Crown.
+
contrapuntal
a.
Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.
+
commutation
n.
The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.
+
chitter
v.i.
To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird.
+
conveniency
n.
Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
+
cheviot
n.
A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.
+
clouding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cloud
+
coscinomancy
n.
Divination by means of a suspended sieve.
+
concussion
n.
A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.
+
craft
n.
A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense.
+
compound
v.t.
To compose; to constitute.
+
corona
n.
A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.
+
couple
a.
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
+
cedrene
n.
A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type.
+
constable
n.
A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
+
communalist
n.
An advocate of communalism.
+
choosing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Choose
+
crenel
n.
Same as Crenature.
+
culm
n.
Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
+
crush
n.
Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
+
chisleu
n.
The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.
+
carnal
a.
Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
+
cackling
n.
The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
+
casing
n.
An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.
+
complement
v.t.
That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
+
camous
a.
Alt. of Camoys
+
classifiable
a.
Capable of being classified.
+
caused
imp.|p.p.
of Cause
+
confessionary
a.
Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.
+
cordately
adv.
In a cordate form.
+
cereus
n.
A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.
+
convoy
n.
Conveyance; means of transportation.
+
coach
n.
A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
+
crastination
n.
Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow.
+
conventionist
n.
One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
+
constant
v.t.
Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, force, law, etc.
+
churchwarden
n.
A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube.
+
cod
n.
The scrotum.
+
clutter
v.i.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
+
call
v.t.
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
+
copied
imp.|p.p.
of Copy
+
cephalitis
n.
Same as Phrenitis.
+
crown wheel

A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.
+
compliant
a.
Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
+
collineation
n.
The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object.
+
cherising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cherish
+
cubicular
a.
Belonging to a chamber or bedroom.
+
composition
n.
The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.
+
circumstanced
p.a.
Placed in a particular position or condition; situated.
+
checkwork
n.
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
+
cadged
imp.|p.p.
of Cadge
+
conceded
imp.|p.p.
of Concede
+
compounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Compound
+
calorifacient
a.
See Calorificient.
+
conglomerated
imp.|p.p.
of Conglomerate
+
cachectic
a.
Alt. of Cachectical
+
countermandable
a.
Capable of being countermanded; revocable.
+
chaplet
v.t.
To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
+
chemist
n.
A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.
+
cover
v.t.
To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
+
consist
v.i.
To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.
+
chartographer
n.
Alt. of Chartography
+
croaker
n.
The surf fish of California.
+
clipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clip
+
clarionet
n.
See Clarinet.
+
caffetannic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.
+
closehanded
a.
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
+
compass
v.t.
To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
+
cotyledonary
a.
Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.
+
curler
n.
A player at the game called curling.
+
chat
n.
A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
+
command
n.
An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
+
cenogamy
n.
The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.
+
chattiness
n.
The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.
+
coaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Coach
+
capitulation
n.
The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
+
chapbook
n.
Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers.  Hence, any small book; a toy book.
+
concenter
v.i.
Alt. of Concentre
+
change
v.t.
To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.
+
cutwork
n.
An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.
+
czech
n.
The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.
+
center
n.
A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.
+
cobbler
n.
A mender of shoes.
+
coronation
n.
The pomp or assembly at a coronation.
+
crossbill
n.
A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
+
considering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Consider
+
chest
v.i.
To place in a coffin.
+
curriculums
pl.
of Curriculum
+
coaster
n.
One who sails near the shore.
+
clarifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Clarify
+
chaffed
imp.|p.p.
of Chaff
+
cordeling
a.
Twisting.
+
cry
v.i.
Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
+
countingroom
v.
The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.
+
chapellany
n.
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.
+
coleslaw
n.
A salad made of sliced cabbage.
+
confederate
n.
A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
+
carry
v.i.
To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
+
cleavage
n.
The act of cleaving or splitting.
+
countermove
v.t.|i.
To move in a contrary direction to.
+
color
n.
Any hue distinguished from white or black.
+
chirographist
n.
A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.
+
cushion
n.
A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance.
+
cast
v.t.
To stereotype or electrotype.
+
claviform
a.
Club-shaped; clavate.
+
capsulated
a.
Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.
+
catamite
n.
A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
+
consort
v.i.
To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.
+
chop
v.i.
To interrupt; -- with in or out.
+
correlate
n.
One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative.
+
credit
n.
The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.
+
counties
pl.
of County
+
countercharm
n.
That which has the power of destroying the effect of a charm.
+
cirrostratus
n.
See under Cloud.
+
catchbasin
n.
A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer.
+
citiner
n.
One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen.
+
choice
superl.
Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
+
cashoo
n.
See Catechu.
+
coastways
adv.
By way of, or along, the coast.
+
calcar
n.
A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
+
cobaltine
n.
Alt. of Cobaltite
+
cantoral
a.
Of or belonging to a cantor.
+
chamber
n.
A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
+
capitalist
n.
One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.
+
cast
v.i.
To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
+
chouka
n.
The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.
+
congratulation
n.
The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic pleasure.
+
consummated
imp.|p.p.
of Consummate
+
cyrenian
n.
One of a school of philosophers, established at Cyrene by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. Their doctrines were nearly the same as those of the Epicureans.
+
ciselure
n.
The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased.
+
choriambuses
pl.
of Choriambus
+
carbuncular
a.
Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.
+
condense
v.i.
To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
+
carbonated
a.
Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.
+
coherald
n.
A joint herald.
+
chicory
n.
A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.
+
contexture
n.
The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
+
charta
n.
Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper.
+
clip
v.i.
To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
+
cancellated
a.
Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.
+
christianism
n.
The Christian world; Christendom.
+
cistic
a.
See Cystic.
+
crude
superl.
Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.
+
circumambiency
n.
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
+
crannies
pl.
of Cranny
+
cockneyfy
v.t.
To form with the manners or character of a cockney.
+
cirripedia
n.pl.
An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.
+
cold
n.
A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
+
consecrated
imp.|p.p.
of Consecrate
+
crems
n.
See Krems.
+
check
n.
A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.
+
choice
n.
The best part; that which is preferable.
+
compromise
n.
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
+
cleaved
p.p.
of Cleave
+
cancel
v.i.
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
+
coax
v.t.
To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.
+
contemptibleness
n.
The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.
+
connecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Connect
+
child
n.
A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
+
colotomy
n.
An operation for opening the colon
+
codex
n.
A book; a manuscript.
+
culm
n.
The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.
+
convoke
v.t.
To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.
+
caw
n.
The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
+
centuplicated
imp.|p.p.
of Centuplicate
+
creed
v.t.
To believe; to credit.
+
checkered
a.
Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
+
cosily
adv.
See Cozily.
+
chide
p.pr.|vb.n.
Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
+
chop
v.i.
To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
+
carpetmonger
n.
One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
+
corrosibility
n.
Corrodibility.
+
conception
n.
The state of being conceived; beginning.
+
chorion
n.
The true skin, or cutis.
+
crown
n.
To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
+
cordelle
n.
A twisted cord; a tassel.
+
cohering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Cohere
+
curiousness
n.
Carefulness; painstaking.
+
coverture
n.
The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.
+
colligation
n.
A binding together.
+
cata

The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.
+
cockfighting
n.
The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
+
craftless
a.
Without craft or cunning.
+
cheapened
imp.|p.p.
of Cheapen
+
choice
n.
Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
+
court
v.t.
To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
+
chipping
n.
The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.
+
cocking
n.
Cockfighting.
+
church
n.
Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
+
chiliast
n.
One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.
+
coppice
n.
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.
+
cockal
n.
The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.
+
cholic
a.
Alt. of Cholinic
+
chinoline
n.
See Quinoline.
+
constitution
n.
The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation.
+
circumfusion
n.
The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round.
+
carceral
a.
Belonging to a prison.
+
cobwork
a.
Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.
+
crozier
n.
See Crosier.
+
cosmic
a.
Alt. of Cosmical
+
camerlingo
n.
The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
+
cracked
a.
Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.
+
commingling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Commingle
+
cable
v.t.
To fasten with a cable.
+
cartographer
n.
One who makes charts or maps.
+
carnival
n.
Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.
+
coast
v.t.
To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
+
coolness
n.
Calm impudence; self-possession.
+
commissioner
n.
An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.
+
contriving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Contrive
+
corcle
n.
Alt. of Corcule
+
countercharm
v.t.
To destroy the effect of a charm upon.
+
crew
imp.
of Crow
+
circumference
n.
The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
+
cyclamen
n.
A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called rabbits' ears. It is also called sow bread, because hogs are said to eat the corms.
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cage
n.
An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
+
character
v.t.
To engrave; to inscribe.
+
confess
v.t.
To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.
+
camleted
a.
Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.
+
cave
n.
To make hollow; to scoop out.
+
cutout
n.
A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
+
catnip
n.
Alt. of Catmint
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consequent
a.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
+
clam
v.t.
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
+
conductory
a.
Having the property of conducting.
+
clash
v.i.
To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
+
congou
n.
Alt. of Congo
+
colander
n.
A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.
+
court
n.
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
+
cornucopia
n.
A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
+
compaginate
v.t.
To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame.
+
choregraphic
a.
Alt. of Choregraphical
+
chivalry
n.
The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry.
+
creeping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Creep
+
convalescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Convalesce
+
cool
superl.
Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
+
croft
n.
A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.
+
chare
v.i.
To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
+
cheep
n.
A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse.
+
chlorophyll
n.
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals.
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clack
n.
To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.
+
cabman
n.
The driver of a cab.
+
cuspidal
a.
Ending in a point.
+
churchgoing
a.
Habitually attending church.
+
calcar
n.
A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
+
cupolas
pl.
of Cupola
+
chewed
imp.|p.p.
of Chew
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capillament
n.
Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.
+
charter
n.
A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
+
cog
v.t.
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
+
chloridize
v.t.
See Chloridate.
+
cause
conj.
Abbreviation of Because.
+
caustic
a.
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
+
contraries
n.
Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.
+
circuit
n.
A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
+
chronometer
n.
An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
+
counterchecking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Countercheck
+
capitoline
a.
Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.
+
coldfinch
n.
A British wagtail.
+
chaussure
n.
A foot covering of any kind.
+
cylindroid
n.
A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.
+
chalked
imp.|p.p.
of Chalk
+
chaser
n.
A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.
+
croup
n.
The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.
+
credit
n.
The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.
+
cribbing
n.
A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.
+
claimable
a.
Capable of being claimed.
+
craker
n.
One who boasts; a braggart.
+
cauk
n.
Alt. of Cauker
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costmary
n.
A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.
+
cowwheat
n.
A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields.
+
chincona

See Cinchona.
+
claw
n.
To rail at; to scold.
+
conistra
n.
Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.
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chambertin
n.
A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.
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composite
v.t.
Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
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cloudbuilt
a.
Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.
+
convulsionary
a.
Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive.
+
cuttoo plate

A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.
+
canted
a.
Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.
+
courting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Court
+
clinique
n.
A clinic.
+
clanjamfrie
n.
Same as Clamjamphrie.
+
college
n.
A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.
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configuring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Configure
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cobble
v.t.
To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes.
+
can buoy

See under Buoy, n.
+
confronter
n.
One who confronts.
+
carbanil
n.
A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.
+
collodion
n.
A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.
+
coronary
n.
Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean heart attack.
+
capitalize
v.t.
To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
+
catholical
a.
Catholic.
+
castaway
n.
One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
+
concurrence
n.
The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.
+
cerotene
n.
A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.
+
capnomancy
n.
Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
+
cajeput
n.
See Cajuput.
+
chaunt
n.|v.
See Chant.
+
concealed
a.
Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.
+
caecal
a.
Of or pertaining to the caecum, or blind gut.
+
cessavit
n.
A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
+
cloud
n.
That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.
+
calycine
a.
Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.
+
cavin
n.
A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place.
+
coucal
n.
A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species.
+
cordialize
v.i.
To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality.
+
calcigerous
a.
Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.
+
chrysography
n.
The art of writing in letters of gold.
+
catholicly
adv.
In a catholic manner; generally; universally.
+
computist
n.
A computer.
+
cusp
n.
A sharp and rigid point.
+
commission
v.t.
To send out with a charge or commission.
+
craw
n.
The crop of a bird.
+
crown
n.
Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.
+
calligraphy
n.
Fair or elegant penmanship.
+
chinsed
imp.|p.p.
of Chinse
+
cubby
n.
Alt. of Cubbyhole
+
countenance
v.t.
To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
+
cleg
n.
A small breeze or horsefly.
+
commander
n.
A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
+
counter
v.t.
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
+
coping
n.
The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping.
+
capacious
a.
Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.
+
childe
n.
A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.
+
compose
v.t.
To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
+
colletic
a.
Agglutinant.
+
convert
v.t.
To turn into another language; to translate.
+
cyst
n.
One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.
+
chorister
n.
One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.
+
choline
n.
See Neurine.
+
complementary
a.
Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
+
corneal
a.
Pertaining to the cornea.
+
costly
a.
Of great cost; expensive; dear.
+
cudgeled
imp.|p.p.
of Cudgel
+
clear
superl.
Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
+
cyanotic
a.
Relating to cyanosis; affected with cyanosis; as, a cyanotic patient; having the hue caused by cyanosis; as, a cyanotic skin.
+
cuddled
imp.|p.p.
of Cuddle
+
counterpassant
a.
Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
+
carvelbuilt
a.
Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.
+
complaint
n.
Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
+
cooling
p.a.
Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
+
chiarooscuro
n.
The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.
+
compt
n.
Account; reckoning; computation.
+
club
v.i.
To drift in a current with an anchor out.
+
catchpoll
n.
A bailiff's assistant.
+
couchee
v.t.
A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince.
+
combination
n.
The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.
+
cautel
n.
Craft; deceit; falseness.
+
cocoon
n.
The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.
+
chouicha
n.
The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.
+
cavalierish
a.
Somewhat like a cavalier.
+
corking pin

A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold.
+
capitula
n.pl.
See Capitulum.
+
criminality
n.
The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt.
+
cottontail
n.
The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.
+
complainable
a.
That may be complained of.
+
coax
n.
A simpleton; a dupe.
+
corn
n.
A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
+
coccosteus
n.
An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.
+
curvity
n.
The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
+
cholochrome
n.
See Bilirubin.
+
condescendency
n.
Condescension.
+
cactus
n.
Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.
+
catsup
n.
Same as Catchup, and Ketchup.
+
choiceness
n.
The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.
+
chaperon
n.
A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.
+
convex
a.
Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave.
+
conchite
n.
A fossil or