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Cackling
The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
Camboge
See .
Cammas
See .
Capsule
a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds,
Castries
The capital of . Population (2000) = 13,600.
Catarrhal
Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.
Catawbas
An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.
Catelectrotonic
Relating to, or characterized by, catelectrotonus.
Cat's-tail
See , , .
Cautioner
One who cautions or advises.
Cavicorn
Having hollow horns.
Cavitary
Containing a body cavity; .
Cedar
Of or pertaining to cedar.
Censorious
Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
Censure
Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
Cent
A hundred; .
Centumvirate
The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.
Cerote
See .
Chafer
One who chafes.
Chain wheel
A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
Chance
To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
check out
To inspect or examine.
chinchillon
a gregarious burrowing rodent () larger than the chinchillas.
Chipping
A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
Chord
To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
Choriamb
Same as .
Chubbed
Chubby.
Claim
To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
Clash gear
A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise.
Clavicular
Of or pertaining to the clavicle.
Cleft
from .
Cloistered
Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.
Cockhead
The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
Cockle
To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.
Cockweed
Peppergrass.
Coda
A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
Coleperch
A kind of small black perch.
Complexity
The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
Compt
To compute; to count.
Computation
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
Concourse
A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.
Congressive
Encountering, or coming together.
Conjecturally
In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture.
Consanguineous
Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
Consequently
By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.
Contagious disease
A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering from it, or with some secretion of, or object touched by, such a patient. Most such diseases have already been proved to be germ diseases, and their communicability depends on the transmission of the living germs. Many germ diseases are not contagious, some special method of transmission or inoculation of the germs being required.
Contravene
To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.
Contributor
One who, or that which, contributes;
Control
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
Controversially
In a controversial manner.
Convenient
Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.
Convexed
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
Copplestone
A cobblestone.
Couple-beggar
One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Courtesy
An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees.
covariance
a statistical measure of the relationship of two variables, formed by multiplying the difference of each variable from its mean, both variables being measured at the same time, and averaging all such products.
Coverlid
A coverlet.
Coward
To make timorous; to frighten.
Cow parsnip
A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus ( in England, and in America).
Credo
The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
Cremaster
A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
cross-division
classification according to more than one attribute at the same time.
Crosslet
Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. See.
Crossrow
The alphabet; -- called also .
Culm
Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
Cypress
A coniferous tree of the genus . The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.