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- CANTABILEA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
- CANTORA singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony.
- CANTORISOf the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar);
- CANTRIPA spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
- CANTUSSynonym of superius.
- CAPABLEAble and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
- CAPACITYThe ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- CAPEA piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
- CAPELINA fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
- CAPIASAn arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
- CAPILLARYResembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
- CAPITAperson
- CAPITALMoney and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- CAPITALIZEIn writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
- CAPITOLAny building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
- CAPITULARAn act passed in a chapter.
- CAPITULUMA densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- CAPLEA horse.
- CAPONA cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- CAPRIFIGA hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in
- CAPRIFOLEThe woodbine or honeysuckle.
- CAPRINEOf or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
- CAPSTANA vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.
- CAPSULEA membranous envelope.
- CAPTIONThe descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
- CAPTIOUSThat captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
- CAPTIVITYThe state of being captive.
- CAPTOROne who is holding a captive or captives.
- CAPTUREAn act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
- CAPUCHINA monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; a Franciscan.
- CAPUTThe head.
- CARAMELA smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
- CARDINALOf fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- CARDITISinflammation of the heart (any or all parts of it).
- CARDONAny of several large columnar cacti mostly of the genus Cereus.
- CARDOONAny member of the species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.
- CAREENTo heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- CARETA mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
- CAREXAny member of the genus Carex of sedges.
- CARFAXA junction of four roads.
- CARGOFreight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
- CARIESThe progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. Ellipsis of dental caries (“tooth decay”).
- CARINAA longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
- CARINATEShaped like a boat's keel.
- CARKTo be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
- CARMINEA purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
- CARNAGEDeath and destruction.
- CARNALRelating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
- CARNALITYThe state of being carnal.
- CARNALSRelating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
- CARNATIONA type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers. originally, Dianthus caryophyllus other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
- CARNEOUSA pale pink or beige color; peach or flesh-tone.
- CARNIFEXAn executioner.
- CARNIFYTo form flesh; to become like flesh.
- CARNITINEA betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.
- CARNIVALAny of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
- CAROUSELA pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequen
- CARPAny of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
- CARPALAny of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
- CARPETA fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- CARTEA bill of fare; a menu.
- CARTELA group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
- CARTILAGEA usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear,
- CARTILAGINOUSComprising soft cartilage rather than bone. Related to or resembling cartilage. Having a skeleton of cartilage.
- CASEAn actual event, situation, or fact.
- CASEATIONA necrotic degeneration of tissue to a cheese-like condition.
- CASEINA protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants.
- CASEOUSResembling cheese.
- CASINOA public building or room for gambling.
- CASTORYAn extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.
- CASUALHappening by chance.
- CASUALTYSomething that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- CASUISTA person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
- CATBOATA sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bo
- CATCHThe act of seizing or capturing.
- CATENAA series of related items.
- CATENARYRelating to a chain; like a chain.
- CATENOIDA three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary
- CATNIPAny of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
- CATTLEDomesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
- CAUCUSA usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CAUDATETapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
- CAUDATIONThe property of having a caudate extension or tail.
- CAUDEXAn enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
- CAUDLEA drink given to the sick, consisting of ale or wine, bread, and eggs.
- CAULA style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
- CAULDRONA large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
- CAULIFLOWERBrassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
- CAULISEach of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
- CAULKCaulking.
- CAUSALOf, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
- CAUSALITYThe agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
- CAUSATIVEActing as a cause.
- CAUSEWAYA road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were
- CAUSEYAn embankment holding in water; a dam.
- CAUTELdeceit
- CAUTERYThe use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
- CAUTIONPrudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
- CAUTIONARYServing to caution or warn; admonitory