Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.
Cabob (v. t.) To roast, as a cabob.
Caboched (a.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing.
Caboodle (n.) The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.
Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.
Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car.
Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
Cabree (n.) The pronghorn antelope.
Cabrerite (n.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.
Cabrilla (n.) 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.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.
Cabriolet (n.) A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.
Cabrit (n.) Same as Cabree.
Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
Cacaemia (n.) Alt. of Cachaemia
Cachaemia (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
Cacaine (n.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.
Cacajao (n.) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).
Cacao (n.) 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.
Cachalot (n.) 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.
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.
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).
Cachinnation (n.) Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.
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.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
Cachou (n.) A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
Cachucha (n.) An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.
Cachunde (n.) 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.) See Cazique.
Cack (v. i.) To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.
Cackerel (n.) 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.
Cackle (v. i.) To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
Cackle (v. i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Cackle (n.) The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
Cackle (n.) Idle talk; silly prattle.
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 (n.) Alt. of Cacochymy
Cacochymy (n.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood.
Cacochymic (a.) Alt. of Cacochymical
Cacochymical (a.) Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
Cacodemon (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
Cacodemon (n.) The nightmare.
Cacodoxical (a.) Heretical.
Cacodoxy (n.) Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy.
Cacodyl (n.) 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.
Cacodylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.
Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing".
Cacoethes (n.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
Cacogastric (a.) Troubled with bad digestion.
Cacographic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.
Cacography (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.
Cacolet (n.) 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.
Cacomixle (n.) Alt. of Cacomixl
Cacomixtle (n.) Alt. of Cacomixl
Cacomixl (n.) 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.
Cacophonic (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious
Cacophonical (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious
Cacophonous (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious
Cacophonious (a.) Harsh-sounding.
Cacophonies (pl. ) of Cacophony
Cacophony (n.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
Cacophony (n.) A combination of discordant sounds.
Cacophony (n.) An unhealthy state of the voice.
Cacotechny (n.) A corruption or corrupt state of art.
Cacoxene (n.) Alt. of Cacoxenite
Cacoxenite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
Cactaceous (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
Cactuses (pl. ) of Cactus
Cacti (pl. ) of Cactus
Cactus (n.) 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.
Cacuminal (a.) 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.
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.
Cad (n.) A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.
Cadastral (a.) Of or pertaining to landed property.
Cadastre (n.) Alt. of Cadaster
Cadaster (n.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.
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.
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.
Cadbait (n.) See Caddice.
Caddice (n.) Alt. of Caddis
Caddis (n.) 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.
Caddish (a.) Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.
Caddow (n.) A jackdaw.