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canoeman

One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.

Canoness

A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

canonical canonic

Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to, a canon or canons.

Canonically

In a canonical manner; according to the canons.

Canonicals

The dress prescribed by canon{2} to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.

Canonicity

The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.

Canonist

A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

Canonize

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

Canonry

A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Canonship

Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

canopic jar

a jar used in ancient Egyptian tombs to contain the intestines of a person who was mummified for burial; -- also called canopic vase.

canopied

covered with or as with a canopy; as, a canopied bed; streets canopied by stately trees.

Canopus

A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

Canopy

To cover with, or as with, a canopy.

Cant

to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

Cantabile

A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena.

Cantabrian

Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

Cantabrigian

A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

Cantalever

A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.

Cantaloupe

A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color.

Cantata

A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

Cantatory

Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.

Canted

Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.

Canteen

A small vessel used by soldiers or hikers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.

Canter

One who cants or whines; a beggar.

Canterbury

A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas / Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

Cantharidal

Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

Cantharidin

The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

Cantharis

A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn. Cantharis vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Canthoplasty

The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

Canthus

The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

Canticle

A song; esp. a little song or hymn.

Canticoy

A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.

Cantillation

A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Cantiniere

A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandi/re.

Cantle

To cut in pieces; to cut out from.

Cantlet

A piece; a fragment; a corner.

Canto

One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

Canton

To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.

Cantonal

Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.

Cantoned

Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

Cantonize

To divide into cantons or small districts.

Cantonment

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.

Cantoon

A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.

Cantor

A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.

Cantoris

Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall.

Canty

Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry.

Canvas

Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.

Canvasback

A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

Canvass

Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes.

Cany

Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.

canyon

A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.

Canyon

The English form of the Spanish word Ca/on.

Canzone

A song or air for one or more voices, of Proven/al origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal. An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.

Canzonet

A short song, in one or more parts.

Caoutchin

An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

Caoutchouc

A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.

Cap

To uncover the head respectfully.

Capability

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

Capable

Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.

Capableness

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

capaciate

to become active so as to be able to penetrate an ovum; -- of sperm, in the female reproduction system.

Capacious

Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.

Capaciously

In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.

Capaciousness

The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.

capacitance

an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.

Capacitate

To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

capacitor

a device used in electronic circuits to hold electrical charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a nonconducting (dielectric) medium; it is characterized by its capacitance.

Capacity

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Capapie

From head to foot; at all points.

Caparison

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative.

Caparro

A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.

Capcase

A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.

Capel

A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Capelin

Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonid/, now within the smelt family Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or Mallotus catervarius, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod.

Capeline

A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

Capella

A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

Capelle

The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.

Capellet

A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.

Capellmeister

The musical director in a royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master.

Caper

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

Caperberry

The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.

Capercally Capercailzie

A species of black Old World grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods and horse of the wood.

Caperclaw

To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.

Caperer

One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.

capeweed

a European weed (Hypochaeris radicata) widely naturalized in North America, having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.

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