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Card

To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

Cardamine

A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.

Cardamom

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.

Cardboard

A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.

Carder

One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc.

Cardia

The heart. The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

Cardiac

A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.

Cardialgy Cardialgla

A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.

Cardiidae

a natural family of somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks.

Cardinal

One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

Carding

The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.

cardiogram

Any instrumental record made of heart activity, especially the curve or tracing made by a cardiograph. Sometimes used synonymously with electrocardiogram.

cardiograph

An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Cardioid

An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

Cardiolgy

The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

Cardiometry

Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

An emergency procedure to revive heart and lung function in persons whose heart has apparently stopped beating, involving forced respiration, periodic pressure on the heart by pushing on the chest, and sometimes electrical or mechanical equipment. It is often referred to by the acronym CPR.

cardiosclerosis

Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.

Cardiospermum

A genus of tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot.

cardiovascular

Of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels; as, cardiovascular conditioning.

Carditis

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.

Cardo

The basal joint of the maxilla in insects. The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Cardol

A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.

Cardoon

A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.

Carduelinae

a subfamily of birds consisting of the old world finches, many of which have taken up residence in the Americas; -- it is a subgroup of finches used in some classifications, in which the Fringillidae are divided into two subfamilies, the Carduelinae (including the goldfinches, siskins, redpolls, crossbills, and linnets) and Fringillinae (the brambling and the chaffinches). The siskins and goldfinches have migrated as far south as the southern end of South America.

Carduelis

the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the Fringillidae, used in some classifications. It includes the goldfinches (such as the American goldfinch, Cardulis tristis, and the European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis); siskins; redpolls; and linnets, as well as the common northern cardinal (Carduelis cardinalis, also called the cardinal bird).

Carduus

a genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles.

Care

To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.

cared-for

having needed care and attention; as, well-cared-for children. Opposite of uncared-for.

Careen

To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

Careenage

Expense of careening ships. A place for careening.

careerism

The practice of advancing one's career at the expense of one's personal integrity.

careerist

A professional who follows a career.

carefree

Free of trouble and worry and care; as, the carefree joys of childhood; carefree millionaires, untroubled financially.

Careful

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

Careless

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

Carelessness

The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligence; inattention.

Carene

A fast of forty days on bread and water.

Caress

To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.

caressing

the act of embracing; holding in one's arms .

Caret

The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

Caretta

a genus consisting of the loggerhead turtles.

Careworn

Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.

Carex

A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreace/; the sedges.

carful

the quantity that a car will hold.

Cargo

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Cargoose

A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.

cariama

A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the seriema, but that latter name is also applied to another South American bird. See Seriema.

Cariama

The type genus of the Cariamidae, consisting only of the Cariama cristata, also called the seriema.

Cariamidae

a natural family of cranelike South American wading birds.

Carib

A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

Caribbee Caribbean

Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America.

Caribe

A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.

Caribou

The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).

Carica

the type genus of the Caricaceae; consisting of tropical American trees; the papayas.

Caricaceae

a natural family of trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves.

Caricature

To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.

Caricous

Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor.

Caries

Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.

Carina

A keel That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

Carinaria

A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.

Carinatae

A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.

Carinated Carinate

Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).

Cariole

A small, light, open one-horse carriage A covered cart A kind of calash. See Carryall.

Carious

Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.

carissa

a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.

carjack

to take (a car) by an act of carjacking; as, the three teens carjacked two automobiles in one night.

carjacking

the forcible taking of a car while the driver is in it; the robber may force the driver out, force the driver to drive while under threat of harm, or be forced to relinquish the controls while also being forced to remain in the car. In the latter two cases, the act also constitutes a kidnapping.

Cark

To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry.

Carking

Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares.

Carl

A rude, rustic man; a churl.

Carling Carline

A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.

Carlist

A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain.

Carlock

A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.

Carlot

A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman.

Carlovingian

Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.

Carmagnole

A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.

Carman

A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.

Carmelite

A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

Carminated

Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake.

Carminative

A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.

Carmine

A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

Carminic

Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.

Carmot

The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.

Carnage

Flesh of slain animals or men.

Carnal

Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual.

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