Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 2
Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. -- Wright.
Shish cabob See Shish kebob.
Cabob (v. t.) To roast, as a cabob. -- Sir. T. Herbert.
Caboched (a.) (Her.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]
Caboodle (n.) The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase.
The whole caboodle or The whole kit and caboodle. [Slang, U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Caboodle (n.) Any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [syn: bunch, lot, caboodle].
Caboose (n.) (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.
Caboose (n.) (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains as travelling quarters for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. It usually is the last car of the train. [U. S.]
Caboose (n.) The area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse].
Caboose (n.) A car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train [syn: cabin car, caboose].
Cabotage (n.) (Naut.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
Cabotage (n.) The exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders.
Cabotage (n.) Navigation in coastal waters.
Compare: Pronghorn
Pronghorn (n.) (Zool.) An American antelope ({Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabr['e]e, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.
Cabr'ee (n.) (Zool.) The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]
Cabrerite (n.) (Min.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.
Cabrilla (n.) (Zool) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.
Cabriole (n.) (Man.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.
The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. -- Sir W. Scott.
Cabriolet (n.) A one-horse carriage
with two seats and a calash top.
Cabriolet (n.) Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood [syn: cab, cabriolet].
Cabrit (n.) Same as Cabree.
Cabr'ee (n.) [French Canadian.] (Zool.) The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]
Caburn (n.) (Naut.)A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
Cacaemia (n.) Alt. of Cachaemia.
Cachaemia (n.) (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
Cacaine (n.) (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.
Cacajao (n.) [Pg.] (Zool) A South American short-tailed monkey ({Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]
Cacajao (n.) Uakaris [syn: Cacajao, genus Cacajao].
Cacao (n.) (Bot.) A small evergreen tree ({Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared. Cachaemia
Cacao (n.) Tropical American tree producing cacao beans [syn: cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao].
Cacao, PR -- U.S. comunidad in Puerto Rico
Population (2000): 2068
Housing Units (2000): 663
Land area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles (1.689452 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles (1.689452 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10048
Located within: Puerto Rico (PR), FIPS 72
Location: 18.440526 N, 66.938714 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cacao, PR
Cacao
Compare: Sperm whale
Sperm whale, () (Zool.) A very large toothed whale ({Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), A small whale ({Kogia breviceps), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), A toothed cetacean ({Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
Cachalot (n.) (Zool.) The sperm whale ({Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
Cachalot (n.) Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris [syn: sperm whale, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon].
Cache (n.) A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.
Cachectic (a.) Alt. of Cachectical.
Cachectical (a.) Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood.
Cachepot (n.) An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
Cachet (n.) A seal, as of a letter.
Cachet (n.) A seal used especially as a mark of official approval.
Cachet (n.) A characteristic feature or quality conferring prestige; also : standing or estimation in the eyes of people : Prestige.
Cachet (n.) A design, inscription, or advertisement printed or stamped on mail.
// "It's been 70 years and the Sweetheart City is still going strong with its official valentine card and cachet. The Loveland Chamber of Commerce unveiled the 2016 artwork Tuesday…." — Erin Udell, The Fort Collins Coloradoan, 6 Jan. 2016
// "TV is enjoying a surge in critical prestige and has taken over some of the cultural cachet that used to be reserved for the movies." — Ryan Faughnder, The Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2017
Cachexia (n.) Alt. of Cachexy.
Cachexy (n.) A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).
Cachinnate (v. i.) 大聲笑，哄笑 Laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way.
Cachinnation (n.) 大笑，哄笑，放縱地笑 Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.
Cachinnation (n.) Loud convulsive laughter.
Cachinnatory (a.) Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.
Cachiri (n.) A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.
Cacholong (n.) (Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
Cachou (n.) [F. See Cashoo.] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
Cachucha (n.) [Sp.] An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca.]
Cachunde (n.) [Sp.] [Med.] A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.
Cacique (n.) [Sp.] See Cazique.
Cack (v. i.) To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. -- Pope.
Cackerel (n.) (Zool.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.
Cackled (imp. & p. p.) of Cackle.
Cackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cackle.
Cackle (v. i.) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
When every goose is cackling. -- Shak.
Cackle (v. i.) To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. --Arbuthnot.
Cackle (v. i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. -- Johnson.
Cackle (n.) The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
By her cackle saved the state. -- Dryden.
Cackle (n.) Idle talk; silly prattle.
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. -- Thackeray.
Cackler (n.) A fowl that cackles.
Cackler (n.) One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
Cackling (n.) The broken noise of a goose or a hen. Cacochymia
Cacochymia (n.) Alt. of Cacochymy.
Cacochymy (n.) (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood. -- Cac`o*chym"ic, Cac`o*chym"ic*al, a. Cacochymic
Cacochymic (a.) Alt. of Cacochymical.
Cacochymical (a.) Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. -- Wiseman.
Cacochymia, Cacochymy (n.) (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. -- Cac`o*chym"ic, Cac`o*chym"ic*al, a. Cacochymic
Cacodemon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon. -- Shak.
Cacodemon (n.) (Med.) The nightmare. -- Dunaglison.
Cacodoxical (a.) Heretical. Cacodoxy
Cacodoxy (n.) Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.]
Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. -- R. Turnbull.
Cacodyl (n.) (Chem.) Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]
Cacodylic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.
Cacodylic acid, A white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen.
Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing". -- Addison.
Cacoethes (n.) (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
Cacogastric (a.) Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Cacographic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.
Cacography (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. -- Walpole.
Cacolet (n.) [F.] A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.
Cacology (n.) Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. -- Buchanan.
Cacomixtle
Cacomixle
Cacomixle (n.) Alt. of Cacomixl.
Cacomixtle (n.) Alt. of Cacomixl.
Cacomixl (n.) [Mexican name.] A North American carnivore ({Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.
Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine ({Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
Cacophonous
Cacophonical
Cacophonic
Cacophonic (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious.
Cacophonical (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious.
Cacophonous (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious.
Cacophonious (a.) Harsh-sounding.
Cacophonies (n. pl. ) of Cacophony.
Cacophony (n.) (Rhet.) 雜音；不和諧音；噪音 An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." -- Pope.
Cacophony (n.) (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds.
Cacophony (n.) (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice.
Cacophony (n.) A loud harsh or strident noise [syn: {blare}, {blaring}, {cacophony}, {clamor}, {din}].
Cacophony (n.) Loud confusing disagreeable sounds.
Cacotechny (n.) A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.] Cacoxene
Cacoxene (n.) Alt. of Cacoxenite.
Cacoxenite (n.) (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
Cactaceous (a.) (Bot.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
Cactuses (n. pl. ) of Cactus.
Cacti (n. pl. ) of Cactus.
Cactus (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.
Cactus wren (Zool.), An American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.
Cacuminal (a.) (Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
Cacuminate (v. i.) To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.]
Cad (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards. [Eng.] -- Dickens.
Cad (n.) A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant] -- Thackeray.
Cadastral (a.) [F.] Of or pertaining to landed property.
Cadastral survey, or Cadastral map, A survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually 1/2500 of the linear measure of the ground, or twenty-five inches to the mile or about an inch to the acre) so as to represent the relative positions and dimensions of objects and estates exactly; -- distinguished from a topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. -- Brande & C. Cadastre
Cadastre (n.) Alt. of Cadaster.
Syn: cadastre.
Cadaster (n.) (Law.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property ; a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
Cadaver (n.) A dead human body; a corpse.
Cadaveric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. -- Dunglison.
Cadaveric alkaloid, An alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine. Cadaverine
Cadaverous (a.) Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
Cadaverous (a.) Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent cadaverous." -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
Cadbait (n.) (Zool.) See Caddice.
Caddice (n.) Alt. of Caddis.
Caddis (n.) (Zool.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.
Caddis (n.) A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. "Caddises, cambrics, lawns." -- Shak. caddis fly
Caddish (a.) Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.
Caddow (n.) (Zool.) A jackdaw. [Prov. Eng.]