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Cadency
Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.
Calcitrant
Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.
Camara
Chamber; house; -- used in , and . See .
Campaign
An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. See.
Campylospermous
Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.
Candlewaster
One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
Caprigenous
Of the goat kind.
Carol
A round dance.
carpellate
bearing or consisting of carpels. Opposite of .
Cataloguer
A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.
Cater-cornered
Diagonal.
Cathedralic
Cathedral.
Cauliflower
An annual variety of , or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
cecity
Blindness.
cellulite
small lumpy deposits of body fat esp. on women's thighs and buttocks. Not used as a technical term.
Centumvirate
The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.
Cham
To chew.
Chasing
The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
Chauvinism
Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.
Checkstring
A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Cheerfulness
Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
Chetvert
A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels.
Chicory
A branching perennial plant () 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 .
Childcrowing
The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.
Chinquapin
A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub () of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.
Chirpingly
In a chirping manner.
Chromidrosis
Secretion of abnormally colored perspiration.
Chronographer
One who writes a chronography; a chronologer.
Chrysopidae
a natural family of flies comprising the green lacewings.
Clarr
Wine with a mixture of honey and species.
claxon
a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.
Click
A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
Clockwork
The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
clorella
any alga of the genus .
Cockle
A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus , especially , used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.
Coiffure
A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.
Collar
Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; .
Collative
Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.
Collocate
To set or place; to set; to station.
Coluber
A genus of harmless serpents.
Compliance
The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.
Complicity
The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.
Composure
The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
Conciliation
The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.
Congratulate
To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
Conservatrix
A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc.
Consort
To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.
Constant
Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to .
Conusor
See .
Convallamarin
A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.
Convulse
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.
Cordate
Heart-shaped; .
Cornific
Producing horns; forming horn.
Corslet
A corselet.
Costiveness
An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.
Cottager
One who lives in a cottage.
Counterfeitly
By forgery; falsely.
Courageousness
The quality of being courageous; courage.
couture
high fashion designing and dressmaking.
Crackajack
An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; .
creamcups
a California plant () with small pale yellow flowers.
Crimeless
Free from crime; innocent.
Cringingly
In a cringing manner.
Crock
To lay up in a crock; .
Croon
To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
cross-linguistic
of, relating to, or derived from more than one family of languages; .
Crotchet
A forked support; a crotch.
Crows
A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called .
Cubital
A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand.
Curb
That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.
Curtation
The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.
cutback
a reduction in quantity or rate; a reduction in the amount of an activity or the funding for an activity; .
Cyclophorus
a genus of tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia.