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

A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.

Falling.

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

See Cadre.

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

A caddice. See Caddice.

A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

One who carries hawks on a cadge.

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

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

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.

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

A kind of coarse serge.

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.

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

See Cadmean.

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

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.

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

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

Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.

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

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.

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

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

Perishable; frail; transitory.

See Cadie.

See C/cum.

A wind from the northeast.

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

A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.

Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc.

See Cenozoic.

A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus C/sar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar, Tsar.

same as caesarean section.

the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C/sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean.

A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as C/sar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.

The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.

Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.

A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic number 55. Atomic weight 132.6.

Same as Cespitose.

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the c/sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

Of or pertaining to a c/sura.

A coffeehouse; a restaurant, especially a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.

A type of espresso coffee topped with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug; also called latte.

A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold.

A restaurant or caf/ at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to tables to eat.

a large room within a building, especially a school, which functions as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.

a cafe.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.

A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, found in coffee and tea. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana. It is responsible for most of the stimulating effect of coffee or tea.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.

See Cafila.

See Kaffir.

A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

To clothe with a caftan.

See Keg.

To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.

Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison.

A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.

A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind.

One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.

A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.

Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps Chiococca racemosa; as, cahincic acid.

Partnership; league; as, to go in cahoot (or in cahoots) with a person. Usually used in the plural, and in modern usage often used to imply that the joint effort is unethical, shady, questionable, or illegal; as, a shill in cahoots with a pickpocket, to serve as a distraction.

The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

See Cayman.

See Cenozic.

A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.

A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

piled up, like a cairn.

The capital city of Egypt. It is the largest city in Africa. Population (2000) = 7,010,000.

A chest to hold ammunition. A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.

A captive; a prisoner.

a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.

See Cajuput.

To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery.

A flatterer; a wheedler.

A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.

In Louisiana, a person reputed to be Acadian French descent. Also used attributively, as in Cajun cooking.

A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.

A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.

To cackle as a goose.

Wolfram, an ore of tungsten.

a West Indian tree (Calophyllum calaba) having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.

A district on the west coast of Africa.

An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.

The common gourd (plant or fruit).

A prison; a jail.

A jail. See Calaboose.

a fast-growing tropical American evergreen (Muntingia calabura) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.

A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia.

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.

A mineral. See Turquoise.

A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked.

Squid, used as a food; -- from the Italian word. See Squid.

A fragrant wood; agalloch.

A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.

Producing reeds; reedy.

A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.

A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the Calamintha Nepeta and Calamintha Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.

One who plays upon a reed or pipe.

To curl or friz, as the hair.

The act or process of curling the hair.

A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonid/), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.

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.

Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.

a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.

any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise.

A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a closed carriage.

A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

See under Calcite.

Same as Calcite.