Cancerate (v. i.) To grow into a canser; to become cancerous.
Canceration (n.) The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.
Cancerite (n.) Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Cancriform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.
Cancriform (a.) Like a cancer; cancerous.
Cancrine (a.) Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.
Cancrinite (n.) A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.
Cancroid (a.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.
Cancroid (a.) Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.
Cand (n.) Fluor spar. See Kand.
Candelabra (pl. ) of Candelabrum
Candelabrums (pl. ) of Candelabrum
Candelabrum (n.) A lamp stand of any sort.
Candelabrum (n.) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.
Candelabrum (n.) A large candlestick, having several branches.
Candent (a.) Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.
Canderos (n.) An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.
Candescence (n.) See Incandescence.
Candicant (a.) Growing white.
Candid (a.) White.
Candid (a.) Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion.
Candid (a.) Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Candidacy (n.) The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.
Candidate (n.) One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.
Candidateship (n.) Candidacy.
Candidating (n.) The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.
Candidature (n.) Candidacy.
Candidly (adv.) In a candid manner.
Candidness (n.) The quality of being candid.
Candied (a.) Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.
Candied (a.) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup.
Candied (a.) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins
Candied (a.) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.
Candied (a.) Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.
Candify (v. t. / v. i.) To make or become white, or candied.
Candiot (a.) Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.
Candite (n.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.
Candle (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.
Candle (n.) That which gives light; a luminary.
Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.
Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
Candlebomb (n.) A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
Candle coal () See Cannel coal.
Candlefish (n.) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it
Candlefish (n.) The beshow.
Candleholder (n.) One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.
Candlelight (n.) The light of a candle.
Candlemas (n.) The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.
Candlestick (n.) An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
Candlewaster (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
Candock (n.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).
Candor (n.) Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
Candor (n.) A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
Candroy (n.) A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.
Candied (imp. & p. p.) of Candy
Candying (p. pr & vb. n.) of Candy
Candy (v. t.) To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
Candy (v. t.) To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
Candy (v. t.) To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
Candy (v. i.) To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
Candy (v. i.) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
Candy (v. t.) A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.
Candy (n.) A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
Candytuft (n.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.
Cane (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
Cane (n.) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
Cane (n.) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.
Cane (n.) A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.
Cane (n.) A lance or dart made of cane.
Cane (n.) A local European measure of length. See Canna.
Caned (imp. & p. p.) of Cane
Caning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cane
Cane (v. t.) To beat with a cane.
Cane (v. t.) To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.
Caned (a.) Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother.
Canella (n.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies.
Canescent (a.) Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
Cannicula (n.) The Dog Star; Sirius.
Canicular (a.) Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
Canicule (n.) Canicula.
Caninal (a.) See Canine, a.
Canine (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
Canine (a.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.
Canine (n.) A canine tooth.
Canes (pl. ) of Canis
Canis (n.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidae, including the dogs and wolves.
Canister (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.
Canister (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.
Canister (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot.
Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.
Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.
Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canker
Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canker
Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.