Cambistry (n.) The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.
Cambium (n.) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.
Cambium (n.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.
Camblet (n.) See Camlet.
Camboge (n.) See Gamboge.
Camboose (n.) See Caboose.
Cambrasine (n.) A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.
Cambrel (n.) See Gambrel, n., 2.
Cambria (n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.
Cambrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
Cambrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cambrian (n.) A native of Cambria or Wales.
Cambrian (n.) The Cambrian formation.
Cambric (n.) A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
Cambric (n.) A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
Cambro-Briton (n.) A Welshman.
Came () imp. of Come.
Came (n.) A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass.
Camel (n.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu–a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).
Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.
Camel-backed (a.) Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.
Cameleon (n.) See Chaceleon.
Camellia (n.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.
Camelopard (n.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.
Camelot (n.) See Camelet.
Camelshair (a.) Of camel's hair.
Cameos (pl. ) of Cameo
Cameo (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.
Cameras (pl. ) of Camera
Camerae (pl. ) of Camera
Camera (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.
Camerade (n.) See Comrade.
Cameralistic (a.) Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.
Cameralistics (n.) The science of finance or public revenue.
Camera lucida () An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.
Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced.
Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera.
Camerated (imp. & p. p.) of Camerate
Camerzting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Camerate
Camerate (v. i.) To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
Camerate (v. i.) To divide into chambers.
Cameration (n.) A vaulting or arching over.
Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
Cameronian (n.) A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.
Camis (n.) A light, loose dress or robe.
Camisade (n.) Alt. of Camisado
Camisado (n.) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.
Camisado (n.) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.
Camisard (n.) One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.
Camisated (a.) Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.
Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.
Camlet (n.) A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.
Camleted (a.) Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.
Cammas (n.) See Camass.
Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.
Camomile (n.) Alt. of Chamomile
Chamomile (n.) A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.
Camonflet (n.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.
Camous (a.) Alt. of Camoys
Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Camoused (a.) Depressed; flattened.
Camously (adv.) Awry.
Camp (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.
Camp (n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
Camp (n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
Camp (n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
Camp (n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
Camped (imp. & p. p.) of Camp
Camping (p. pr. & vb n.) of Camp
Camp (v. t.) To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
Camp (v. i.) To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.
Camp (n.) To play the game called camp.
Campagna (n.) An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
Campagnol (n.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
Campaign (n.) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.
Campaign (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
Campaign (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
Campaign (n.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
Campaign (v. i.) To serve in a campaign.
Campaigner (n.) One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
Campana (n.) A church bell.
Campana (n.) The pasque flower.
Campana (n.) Same as Gutta.
Campaned (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.
Campanero (n.) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.
Campanes (n. pl.) Bells.
Campania (n.) Open country.
Campaniform (a.) Bell-shaped.
Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.
Campaniliform (a.) Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.
Campanologist (n.) One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.
Campanology (n.) The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.
Campanula (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.
Campanulaceous (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceae) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.
Campanularian (n.) A hydroid of the family ampanularidae, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecae.
Campanulate (a.) Bell-shaped.
Campbellite (n.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.
Campeachy Wood () Logwood.