Carpophyte (n.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Carpospore (n.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
Carpi (pl. ) of Carpus
Carpus (n.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.
Carrack (n.) See Carack.
Carrageen (n.) Alt. of Carrigeen
Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce.
Carrancha (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.
Carraway (n.) See Caraway.
Carrel (n.) See Quarrel, an arrow.
Carrel (n.) Same as 4th Carol.
Carriable (a.) Capable of being carried.
Carriage (n.) That which is carried; burden; baggage.
Carriage (n.) The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
Carriage (n.) The price or expense of carrying.
Carriage (n.) That which carries of conveys,
Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort.
Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage.
Carriage (n.) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part.
Carriage (n.) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
Carriage (n.) The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.
Carriage (n.) The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.
Carriageable (a.) Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.
Carriboo (n.) See Caribou.
Carrick (n.) A carack. See Carack.
Carrier (n.) One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
Carrier (n.) One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Carrol (n.) See 4th Carol.
Carrom (n.) See Carom.
Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.
Carron oil () A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.
Carrot (n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
Carrot (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
Carroty (a.) Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.
Carrow (n.) A strolling gamester.
Carried (imp. & p. p.) of Carry
Carrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carry
Carry (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
Carry (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
Carry (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
Carry (v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
Carry (v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.
Carry (v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.
Carry (v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
Carry (v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
Carry (v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
Carry (v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
Carries (pl. ) of Carry
Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.
Carryall (n.) A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
Carrying (n.) The act or business of transporting from one place to another.
Carryk (n.) A carack.
Carrytale (n.) A talebearer.
Carse (n.) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
Cart (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.
Cart (n.) A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Carted (imp. & p. p.) of Cart
Carting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cart
Cart (v. t.) To carry or convey in a cart.
Cart (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Cartage (n.) The act of carrying in a cart.
Cartage (n.) The price paid for carting.
Cartbote (n.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.
Carte (n.) Bill of fare.
Carte (n.) Short for Carte de visite.
Carte (n.) Alt. of Quarte
Quarte (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.
Carte blanche () A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
Cartes de visite (pl. ) of Carte de visite
Carte de visite () A visiting card.
Carte de visite () A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
Cartel (n.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.
Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Cartel (v. t.) To defy or challenge.
Carter (n.) A charioteer.
Carter (n.) A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
Carter (n.) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman
Carter (n.) A British fish; the whiff.
Cartesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Rene Descartes, or his philosophy.
Cartesian (n.) An adherent of Descartes.
Cartesianism (n.) The philosophy of Descartes.
Carthaginian (a.) Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.
Carthaginian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
Carthamin (n.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.
Carthusian (n.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
Carthusian (a.) Pertaining to the Carthusian.
Cartilage (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Cartilagineous (a.) See Cartilaginous.
Cartilaginification (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage.