Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 21
Carnivore (n.) One of the Carnivora.
Carnivorous (a.) 肉食性的 Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics. Carnose
Carnivorous (a.) Relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals".
Carnivorous (a.) (Used of plants as well as animals) Feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" [ant: herbivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous].
Carnivorous (a.) Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.
Carnose (a.) Alt. of Carnous.
Carnous (a.) Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
A distinct carnose muscle. -- Ray.
Carnous (a.) (Bot.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Carnosity (n.) (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. -- Wiseman.
Carnosity (n.) Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
[Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. -- Spelman.
The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. -- Holland.
Carob (n.) (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.
Carob (n.) One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.
Carob (n.) Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute [syn: carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod].
Carob (n.) Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob [syn: carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua].
Carob (n.) Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute [syn: carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread].
Caroche (n.) A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [Obs.]
To mount two-wheeled caroches. -- Butler.
Caroche (n.) A luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century.
Caroched (a.) Placed in a caroche. [Obs.]
Beggary rides caroched. -- Massenger.
Caroigne (n.) Dead body; carrion. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Carol (n.) A round dance. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Carol (n.) A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. -- Dryden
It was the carol of a bird. -- Byron.
Carol (n.) A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.
Heard a carol, mournful, holy. -- Tennyson.
In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. -- Keble.
Carol (n.) Joyful music, as of a song.
I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play. -- Longfellow.
Caroled (imp. & p. p.) of Carol.
Carolled () of Carol.
Caroling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carol.
Carolling () of Carol.
Carol (v. t.) To praise or celebrate in song.
The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness. -- Milton.
Carol (v. t.) To sing, especially with joyful notes.
Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious. -- Prior.
Carol (v. i.) To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
And carol of love's high praise. -- Spenser.
The gray linnets carol from the hill. -- Beattie. Carol
Carol (n.) Alt. of Carrol.
Carrol (n.) (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use.
A bay window may thus be called a carol. -- Parker.
Carol (n.) Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ [syn: carol, Christmas carol].
Carol (n.) A joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ).
Carol (v.) Sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day."
Carolin (n.) A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
Compare: Pinkroot
Pinkroot (n.) (Med.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of Spigelia Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below).
Pinkroot (n.) (Bot.) (a) A perennial North American herb ({Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.
Pinkroot (n.) (Bot.) (b) An annual South American and West Indian plant ({Spigelia Anthelmia).
Carolina pink () (Bot.) See Pinkboot.
Compare: Carline
Carline, Caroline (n.) A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. -- Simmonds. Carline
Caroline (n.) A coin. See Carline.
Caroline (a.) Of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England [syn: Caroline, Carolean].
Caroline -- U.S. County in Maryland
Population (2000): 29772
Housing Units (2000): 12028
Land area (2000): 320.140764 sq. miles (829.160736 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.917079 sq. miles (15.325163 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 326.057843 sq. miles (844.485899 sq. km)
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 38.875199 N, 75.830758 W
Headwords:
Caroline
Caroline, MD
Caroline County
Caroline County, MD
Caroline -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 22121
Housing Units (2000): 8889
Land area (2000): 532.524101 sq. miles (1379.231031 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.361813 sq. miles (16.477020 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 538.885914 sq. miles (1395.708051 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.032747 N, 77.382516 W
Headwords:
Caroline
Caroline, VA
Caroline County
Caroline County, VA
Caroling (n.) A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. -- Coleridge.
Such heavenly notes and carolings. -- Spenser.
Caroling (n.) Singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas).
Carolinian (n.) A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
Carolinian (n.) A native or resident of the Carolinas.
Carolitic (a.) (Arch.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.
Caroluses (n. pl. ) of Carolus.
Caroli (n. pl. ) of Carolus.
Carolus (n.) An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.
Told down the crowns and Caroluses. -- Macawlay.
Carolus (n.) King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814) [syn: Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles I, Charles the Great].
Carom (n.) (Billiards) 母球連撞二球之一擊，碰擊而反跳 A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
Carom (v. i.) 一擊連撞二球，碰擊而反跳 To make a carom.
Carom (n.) A glancing rebound [syn: ricochet, carom].
Carom (n.) A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [syn: carom, cannon].
Carom (v.) Rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts."
Carom (v.) Make a carom.
Caromel (n.) See Caramel.
Caroteel (n.) (Com.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. -- Simmonds.
Carotic (a.) Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.
Carotic (a.) (Anat.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.
Carotid (n.) (Anat.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. Note: [See Illust. of Aorta.] Carotid
Carotid (a.) Alt. of Carotidal.
Carotidal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.
Carotin (n.) (Chem.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.
Carotin (n.) An orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver [syn: provitamin A, carotene, carotin].
Carousal (n.) A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.
The swains were preparing for a carousal. -- Sterne.
Syn: Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See Feast.
Carousal (n.) Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up].
Carouse (n.) A large draught of liquor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." -- Sir J. Davies.
Drink carouses to the next day's fate. -- Shak.
Carouse (n.) A drinking match; a carousal.
The early feast and late carouse. -- Pope.
Caroused (imp. & p. p.) of Carouse.
Carousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carouse.
Carouse (v. i.) To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. -- Shak.
Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic]
Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. -- Denham.
Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. -- Young.
Carouse (n.) Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up].
Carouse (v.) Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" [syn: carouse, roister, riot].
Carouser (n.) One who carouses; a reveler.
Carouser (n.) Someone who enjoys riotous drinking [syn: wassailer, carouser].
Carousing (a.) That carouses; relating to a carouse.
Carousing (a.) Used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic].
Carousingly (adv.) In the manner of a carouser.
Carped (imp. & p. p.) of Carp.
Carping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carp.
CARP (Acronym) Computed Air Release Point.
Carp (v. i.) 揭瘡疤；吹毛求疵 To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Carping and caviling at faults of manner. -- Blackw. Mag.
And at my actions carp or catch. -- Herbert.
Carp (v. t.) To say; to tell. [Obs.]
Carp (v. t.) To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Carp (n. pl. ) of Carp.
Carps (n. pl. ) of Carp.
Carp (n.) (Zool.) 鯉魚 A fresh-water herbivorous fish ({Cyprinus carpio}.). Several other species of {Cyprinus}, {Catla}, and {Carassius} are called carp. See {Cruclan carp}.
Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur.
{Carp louse} (Zool.), A small crustacean, of the genus {Argulus}, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See {Branchiura}.
{Carp mullet} (Zool.), A fish ({Moxostoma carpio}) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers.
{Carp sucker} (Zool.), A name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.
Carp (n.) The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised.
Carp (n.) Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
Carp (v.) Raise trivial objections [syn: {cavil}, {carp}, {chicane}].
CARP (Acronym) Common Address Redundancy Protocol (BSD).
Carpal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.
Carpal (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.
Carpal angle (Zool.), The angle at the last joint of the folded wing of a bird.
Carpal (a.) Of or relating to the wrist; "Carpal tunnel syndrome."
Carpal (n.) Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates [syn: carpal bone, carpal, wrist bone].
Carpalia (n. pl. ) of Carpale.
Carpale (n.) (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
Carpathian (a.) Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south. Carpel
Carpel (n.) Alt. of Carpellum.
Carpellum (n.) (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.
Carpel (n.) A simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil.
Carpellary (a.) (Bot.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
Carpellary (a.) Belonging to or forming or containing carpels.
Carpenter (n.) An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.
Syn: Carpenter, Joiner.
Usage: The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters, mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to finishing the building. In America the two trades are commonly united.
Carpenter ant (Zool.), Any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica.
Carpenter bee (Zool.), A large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica.
Carpenter (n.) A woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects.
Carpenter (v.) Work as a carpenter.
Carpenter, () An artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1; Mark 6:3). The tools used by carpenters are mentioned in 1 Sam. 13:19, 20; Judg. 4:21; Isa. 10:15; 44:13. It was said of our Lord, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" (Matt. 13:55); also, "Is not this the carpenter?" (Mark 6:3). Every Jew, even the rabbis, learned some handicraft: Paul was a tentmaker. "In the cities the carpenters would be Greeks, and skilled workmen; the carpenter of a provincial village could only have held a very humble position, and secured a very moderate competence."
Carpenter, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 130
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 0.159721 sq. miles (0.413676 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.159721 sq. miles (0.413676 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11035
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.415506 N, 93.017160 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Carpenter
Carpenter (n.) [ C ] 木匠；木工 A person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects and structures.
Compare: Joiner
Joiner (n.) [ C ] (Wood worker) 木匠，木工 A skilled worker who makes the wooden structures inside buildings, such as doors and window frames.
Joiner (n.) [ C ] (Taking part) (Informal) 熱衷團體活動的人 A person who likes to get involved in activities with groups of people.
// I don't think you'll persuade David to come along to tonight's meeting - he's not much of a joiner.
Carpentering (n.) The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry.
Carpentry (n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.
Carpentry (n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
Carpentry (n.) The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood [syn: carpentry, woodworking, woodwork].
Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler. -- Shak.
Carper (n.) Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way [syn: carper, niggler].
Carpet (n.) 毯子，地毯，地毯般覆蓋物 A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. -- T. Fuller.
Carpet (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. "The grassy carpet of this plain." -- Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zool.), A small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. -- Shak.
Carpet knight. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zool.), The larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds.
Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as Tinea tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zool.), An Australian snake. See Diamond snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, An apparatus or device for sweeping carpets.
To be on the carpet, To be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
Carpeted (imp. & p. p.) of Carpet.
Carpeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carpet.
Carpet (v. t.) 鋪蓋，覆蓋 To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. -- E. Everett.
Carpet (n.) Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet, carpeting].
Carpet (n.) A natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet; "a carpet of flowers"; "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet."
Carpet (v.) Form a carpet-like cover (over).
Carpet (v.) Cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows."
Carpet (v.) Cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house."
Carpetbag (n.) 舊式氈製之旅行手提包 A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
Carpetbag (a.) Following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers; "carpetbag adventurers"; "a carpetbag government."
Carpetbag (a.) Presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; "a carpetbag stranger"; "a capetbag politician" [syn: carpetbag, carpetbagging].
Carpetbag (n.) Traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century.
Carpetbagger (n.) 【美】 【口】把全部財產放在手提包裡旅行的人；政客；騙子 An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]
Carpetbagger (n.) An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south."
Carpeting (n.) The act of covering with carpets.
Carpeting (n.) Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
The floor was covered with rich carpeting. -- Prescott.
Carpeting (n.) Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet, carpeting].
Carpetless (a.) Without a carpet.
Carpetmonger (n.) One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
Carpetmonger (n.) One fond of pleasure; a gallant. -- Shak.
Carpetway (n.) (Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. -- Ray.
Carphology (n.) (Med.) See Floccillation.
Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. -- Carp"ing*ly, adv.
Carping (n.) Persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn: faultfinding, carping].
Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker ({Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
Carpogenic (a.) (Bot.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
Carpolite (n.) A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
Carpological (a.) 果實分類學的 Of or pertaining to carpology.
Carpologist (n.) 果實學家 One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
Carpologist (n.) (pl. C arpologists) One who studies carpology.
Carpology (n.) 【植】果實學 That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
Carpophagous (a.) 【動】食果實的；以果實為生的 Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
Carpophagous (a.) Feeding on fruit [syn: {carpophagous}, {fruit-eating(a)}].
Carpophore (n.) (Bot.) 【植】心皮柄；果瓣柄；子實體 A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
Carpophore (n.) A slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel.
Carpophyll (n.) (Bot.) 【植物；植物學】大孢子葉 A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel.
Note: [See Illust. of {Gymnospermous}.]