cabbagy - n. 1 a any of several cultivated varieties of Brassica oleracea, with thick green... [more]

cabbalism - n. (also cabala, kabbala) 1 the Jewish mystical... [more]

cabbalist - n. (also cabala, kabbala) 1 the Jewish mystical... [more]

cabbalistic - n. (also cabala, kabbala) 1 the Jewish mystical... [more]

cachinnation - v.intr. literary laugh loudly. cachinnation n. cachinnatory adj. [L cachinnare... [more]

cachinnatory - v.intr. literary laugh loudly. cachinnation n. cachinnatory adj. [L cachinnare... [more]

cacographer - n. 1 bad handwriting. 2 bad spelling. cacographer n. cacographic adj. cacographical... [more]

cacographic - n. 1 bad handwriting. 2 bad spelling. cacographer n. cacographic adj. cacographical... [more]

cacographical - n. 1 bad handwriting. 2 bad spelling. cacographer n. cacographic adj. cacographical... [more]

cacophonous - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a harsh discordant mixture of sound.... [more]

cactaceous - n. (pl. cacti or cactuses) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with a thick... [more]

caecal - n. ( US cecum) (pl. -ca) a blind-ended pouch at the... [more]

caesural - n. (pl. caesuras) Prosody 1 (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within... [more]

caf - n. (also cafe also joc.) 1 a small coffee-house or teashop; a simple restaurant.... [more]

cagily - orig. unkn.]... [more]

caginess - orig. unkn.]... [more]

cajolement - v.tr. (often foll. by into, out of) persuade by flattery, deceit, etc. cajolement... [more]

cajoler - v.tr. (often foll. by into, out of) persuade by flattery, deceit, etc. cajolement... [more]

cajolery - v.tr. (often foll. by into, out of) persuade by flattery, deceit, etc. cajolement... [more]

calamitous - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a disaster, a great misfortune. 2 a adversity. b deep ... [more]

calamitously - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a disaster, a great misfortune. 2 a adversity. b deep ... [more]

calcific - v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied) 1 harden or become hardened by deposition ... [more]

calcification - v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied) 1 harden or become hardened by deposition ... [more]

calcination - v. 1 tr. a reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by strong heat. b burn to ashes; consume... [more]

calcrete - n. Geol. a conglomerate formed by the cementation of sand and gravel with calcium... [more]

calcspar - n. = CALCITE. [CALC- + SPAR(3)]... [more]

calculability - adj. able to be calculated or estimated. calculability n. calculably adv.... [more]

calculable - adj. able to be calculated or estimated. calculability n. calculably adv.... [more]

calculably - adj. able to be calculated or estimated. calculability n. calculably adv.... [more]

calculatingly - adj. (of a person) shrewd, scheming. calculatingly adv.... [more]

calculative - v. 1 tr. ascertain or determine beforehand, esp. by mathematics ... [more]

calculous - n. (pl. calculuses or calculi) 1 Math. a a particular method of calculation or reasoning... [more]

calefacient - n. & adj. Med. a substance producing or causing a sensation of warmth. of this substance.... [more]

calenture - n. hist . a tropical delirium of sailors, who think... [more]

calfish - n. (pl. calves) 1 a young bovine animal, used esp.... [more]

calflike - n. (pl. calves) 1 a young bovine animal, used esp.... [more]

calfskin - n. calf-leather, esp. in bookbinding and shoemaking. ... [more]

calibration - v.tr. 1 mark (a gauge) with a standard scale of readings. 2 correlate the readings... [more]

calibrator - v.tr. 1 mark (a gauge) with a standard scale of readings. 2 correlate the readings... [more]

calibre - n. (US caliber) 1 a the internal diameter of a gun or tube. b the diameter of a... [more]

caliche - n. 1 a mineral deposit of gravel, sand, and nitrates,... [more]

californium - Cf. [California (where it was first made) + -IUM]... [more]

caliph - n. esp. hist . the chief Muslim civil and religious... [more]

caliphate - n. esp. hist . the chief Muslim civil and religious... [more]

calisthenics - var. of CALLISTHENICS. ... [more]

calk - US var. of CAULK. ... [more]

CALL - n. & v. 1 an apparatus for transmitting sound (esp. speech) to a distance by wire... [more]

calligrapher - n. 1 handwriting, esp. when fine or pleasing. 2 the art of handwriting. calligrapher... [more]

calligraphic - n. 1 handwriting, esp. when fine or pleasing. 2 the art of handwriting. calligrapher... [more]

calligraphist - n. 1 handwriting, esp. when fine or pleasing. 2 the art of handwriting. calligrapher... [more]

calliope - n. US a keyboard instrument resembling an organ, with a set of steam ... [more]

calliper - n. & v. (also caliper ) 1 (in pl.) (also calliper... [more]

callisthenics - n.pl. (also calisthenics) gymnastic exercises to achieve ... [more]

callisthenic - n.pl. (also calisthenics) gymnastic exercises to achieve ... [more]

callop - n. Austral. a gold-coloured freshwater fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, used as food.... [more]

callosity - n. (pl. -ies) a hard thick area of skin usu. occurring... [more]

callously - adj. & n. 1 unfeeling, insensitive. 2 (of skin) hardened or hard .... [more]

callousness - adj. & n. 1 unfeeling, insensitive. 2 (of skin) hardened or hard .... [more]

callow - adj. inexperienced, immature. callowly adv. callowness n. [OE calu]... [more]

callowly - adj. inexperienced, immature. callowly adv. callowness n. [OE calu]... [more]

callowness - adj. inexperienced, immature. callowly adv. callowness n. [OE calu]... [more]

callus - n. 1 a hard thick area of skin or tissue. 2 a hard... [more]

calmative - adj. & n. Med. tending to calm or sedate. a calmative drug etc. ... [more]

calmly - adj., n., & v. 1 tranquil, quiet, windless (a calm sea; a calm night). 2 (of a [more]

calmness - adj., n., & v. 1 tranquil, quiet, windless (a calm sea; a calm night). 2 (of a [more]

calomel - n. a compound of mercury, esp. when used medicinally as a cathartic. [mod.L perh.... [more]

calorifically - adj. producing heat. calorific value the amount... [more]

calorimetric - n. any of various instruments for measuring quantity... [more]

calorimetry - n. any of various instruments for measuring quantity... [more]

calque - n. Philol. = loan-translation. [F, = copy, tracing f. calquer trace ult. f. L calcare... [more]