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A lynx (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal). It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
The capital city of Venezuela.
A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.
To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.
A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.
Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur.
A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.
See Carrageen.
An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.
Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
to to change into caramel, by the action of heat; as, The sugar caramelized quickly.
to to convert [usu. sugar] into caramel, by the action of heat.
the South American caracara.
a South American palm (Copernicia australis or Copernicia alba) yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
any fish of the family Carangidae, including the cavallas, jacks, pompanos and scads.
large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
Belonging to the Carangid/, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.
The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.
See Carapace.
The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.
the practice of taking holidays in a caravan.
A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.
A name given to several kinds of vessels. The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage. A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden. A small fishing boat used on the French coast. A Turkish man-of-war.
A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.
Pertaining to an acid so called.
The technical name for urea.
An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.
A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.
A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.
A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate.
Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen.
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.
The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic.
A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.
A soldier armed with a carbine.
Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.
One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.
A hydrocarbon.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol{1}). See Phenol.
same as phenol{1}, (C6H5.OH). See phenol{1}.
To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.
a colorless basic macrolide antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms.
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
a radioactive isotope of carbon with a half-life of 5730 years. It occurs naturally in minute quantities, and is used as the basis for radiocarbon dating.
Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.
To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.
Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.
The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.
A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.
The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas.
A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.
Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.
To broil. [Obs.] /We had a calf's head carboned/.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.
A carbide.
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
same as carbonization.
An explosive consisting essentially of nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate, as that of sodium.
The act or process of carbonizing.
To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.
relating to, containing, or rich in carbon.
The radical (=CO), occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.
A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.
A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.
The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.
a monovalent organic radical (written -COOH, -CO2H or -CO.OH) whose presence confers acidic properties on the compound containing it; -- called also carboxylic group. Monocarboxylic acids (such as acetic acid or butyric acid) have one carboxyl group, dicarboxylic acids (such as oxalic acid or malonic acid) have two, tricarboxylic acids (such as citric acid) have three. It is weakly acidic, the pKa of acetic acid being 4.75.
to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid.
of or pertaining to the carboxyl group; having a carboxyl group (written -COOH, -CO2H or -CO.OH); as, carboxylic acids are weakly acidic.
an organic compound whose acidity is due to the presence of a carboxyl gorup. Monocarboxylic acids (such as acetic acid or butyric acid) have one carboxyl group, dicarboxylic acids (such as oxalic acid or malonic acid) have two, tricarboxylic acids (such as citric acid) have three.
A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.
Set with carbuncles.
Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.
The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold.
To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.
An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.
The act, process, or result of carburizing.
To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.
The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.
A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.
See Carcass.
A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
A sweet wine. See Calcavella.
A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a flame 40 millimeters in height. Its illuminating power is variously stated at from 8.9 to 9.6 British standard candles.
Prison fees.
Belonging to a prison.
The type and sole genus of Carchariidae; the sand sharks.
a natural family comprising the sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with the family Carcharhinidae.
A genus of sharks including man-eating sharks, such as the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
A combining form meaning cancer, as in carcinogen.
Any substance that produces cancer; as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.
Causing or tending to cause cancer; as, the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation.
A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; it is usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin.
Of or pertaining to carcinology.
The department of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
A form of malignant cancer arising from epithelial tissue. The term was earlier applied to all forms of cancer, or to certain non-malignant forms. It is contrasted with sarcoma, a malignant form of cancer arising from connective tissue. See Cancer.
Of or pertaining to carcinoma.
The affection of the system with cancer.
To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.
A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.
The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.
same as cardamom.
A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.
A case for visiting cards.
A quarter of a crown.
One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc.
The heart. The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.
A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
Cardiac.
A pain about the heart.
See Cardiograph.
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