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Cabiric

Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship.

Cable

To telegraph by a submarine cable

Cabled

Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope.

Cablegram

A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.

Cablelaid

Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.

Cablet

A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

Cabling

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.

Cabob

To roast, as a cabob.

Caboched

Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing.

cabochon

Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon.

Cabombaceae

A subfamily of plants, in some classifications considered as an independent family of water lilies; it comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia.

caboodle

The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle.

Caboose

A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.

Cabotage

Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

Cabrerite

An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.

Cabrilla

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.

Cabriolet

A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

Caburn

A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

cacaine

The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.

Cacajao

A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala).

cacao

A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.

Cachaemia

A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

cachalot

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.

cache

To store in a cache{1}.

Cachepot

An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.

Cachexy Cachexia

A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).

Cachinnation

Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.

Cachinnatory

Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.

Cachiri

A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.

Cacholong

An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.

Cachou

A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.

Cachucha

An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.

Cachunde

A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.

Cack

To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.

Cackerel

The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

Cackle

The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

Cackling

The broken noise of a goose or a hen.

Cacodyl

Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines.

Cacodylic

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.

Cacoethes

A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, caco/thes scribendi, /The itch for writing/.

cacogenics

the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

Cacographic

Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.

Cacolet

A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

Cacology

Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.

Cacomixl Cacomixtle Cacomixle

A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.

Cacoon

One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

Cacophony

An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.

Cacostomia

Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth.

Cacoxenite Cacoxene

A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.

Cactaceous

Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

Cactus

Any plant of the order Cactac/, 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.

Cacuminal

Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.

Cad

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.

Cadaster Cadastre

An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property; a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.

Cadastral

Of or pertaining to landed property.

Cadaver

A dead human body; a corpse.

Cadaveric

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.

Cadaverin Cadaverine

A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.

Cadaverous

Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

Caddis

A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.

Caddis Caddice

The larva of a caddice fly. These larv/ generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.

Caddish

Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

Caddy

A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called tea caddy.

Cade

A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.

Cadence

To regulate by musical measure.

Cadency

Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

Cadene

A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.

Cadenza

A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

Cadetship

The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

Cadge

A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Cadger

One who carries hawks on a cadge.

Cadgy

Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton.

Cadi

An inferior magistrate or judge among the Muslims, usually the judge of a town or village.

Cadilesker

A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.

Cadillac

A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.

Cadis

A kind of coarse serge.

Cadmean

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.

Cadmia

An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

Cadmic

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.

Cadmium

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.

Cadrans

An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.

Cadre

The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.

Caducary

Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.

Caducean

Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.

Caduceus

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.

Caducibranchiate

With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

Caducity

Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility.

Caduke

Perishable; frail; transitory.

Caecilian

A limbless amphibian belonging to the order C/cili/ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.

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