A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr/.

same as camass.

same as camass.

A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.

a genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.

To curve upward.

Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange.

A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.

A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.

See Camlet.

See Gamboge.

See Caboose.

A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

See Gambrel, n., 2.

The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

A native of Cambria or Wales.

A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.

A Welshman.

imp. of Come.

A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass.

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one hump on the back, while the Bactrian camel (Camelus Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu/a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).

Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.

See Chaceleon.

a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel.

any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the camellia.

a natural family comprising the camels and llamas and vicunas.

a genus of annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to Central Asia.

An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and Camellia Sassanqua and Camellia 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.

An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

The legendary site of King Arthur's court and castle.

Troops that are mounted on camels.

Of camel's hair.

A kind of rich, soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made.

A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.

A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

See Comrade.

Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.

The science of finance or public revenue.

To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.

A vaulting or arching over.

The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.

A light, loose dress or robe.

A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack. An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.

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.

Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

A short dressing jacket for women.

A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.

Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.

See Camass.

A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.

A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc.

Depressed; flattened.

Awry.

Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.

To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

An open level tract of country; especially /Campagna di Roma./ The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

To serve in a campaign.

One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

The campaign of a candidate to be elected.

A church bell.

Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.

The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.

Bells.

Open country.

Bell-shaped.

A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.

Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.

One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.

A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

A natural family of flowering plants, which in some classifications includes the Lobeliaciae.

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Campanulace/) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.

an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.

shaped like a bell or campana; campaniform.

A hydroid of the family Campanularid/, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothec/.

Bell-shaped.

A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp, especially who sleeps in a wilderness for recreation.

Relating to an open field; growing in a field, or open ground.

A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.

Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.

An old spelling of Camphor.

See Cymene.

See Borneol.

To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.

Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.

A salt of camphoric acid.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.

Pertaining to, or derived from camphor.

Lodging in a camp.

A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.

someone who lives in the same camp as another.

a native village in Malaysia.

a genus comprising the carpenter ants.

a folding stool.

a classification used in some esp. former systems for plants usually placed in the genus Asplenium.

The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical America.

an alternative genus classification for the cactus wrens.

Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.

Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.

a shaft that has cams attached to it, forming part of a mechanical device.

See Camis.

See Barwood.

To know; to understand.

See under Buoy, n.

having an eager willingness to accept and overcome challenges; as, a can-do kind of person; the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit.

an ancient country is southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.

A zealot.

Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.

A genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis.

A country in North America, bordering the United States on the north. It is a federation which includes English-speaking provinces and the French-speaking Province of Quebec.

A small ca/on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.

Of or pertaining to Canada. A native or inhabitant of Canada.

a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree (Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.