Name Report For First Name CARA:

CARA

First name CARA's origin is English. CARA means "feminine variant of charles meaning manly". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CARA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of cara.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with CARA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with CARA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CARA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CARA AS A WHOLE:

carah caraid caralyn caradawc caraidland caramichil caradoc

NAMES RHYMING WITH CARA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ara) - Names That Ends with ara:

chinara johara thara' gadara mukamutara mukantagara ceara aldara ara cynara marmara vara chandara pandara sitara tara xiomara lacramioara marioara camara diara jawara okpara adara alvara amara atara athdara aushara barbara caffara cesara chiara ciara conchobara damara dara delmara eara fara fearchara gaspara genara guanhamara hadara hildemara imara intisara intizara jakiara kara keara kesara keyara khiara kiara klara kymara lara machara manara mara molara naiara nara nashara nathara nudara sahara sara takara tamara tammara vafara zara gara meara zahara aglara samara vavara varvara megara valara azhara cantara clara

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:

asura aurora azmera efra iyangura japera katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira

NAMES RHYMING WITH CARA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (car) - Names That Begins with car:

car carbry cardew caree carel carelton caress caressa caresse carew carey cari carilla carilyn carilynne carina carine carisa carissa carl carla carlaisa carlat carlatun carleen carleigh carlene carleton carletta carley carlie carlin carling carlino carlisle carlita carlo carlomagno carlos carlota carlotta carlson carlton carly carlyle carm carma carman carme carmel carmela carmelide carmelina carmeline carmelita carmella carmelo carmen carmencita carmi carmia carmichael carmina carmine carmita carmon carmontieh carmya carnation carnell carney caro carol carola carolan carolann carolanne carole caroliana carolin carolina caroline carolos carolus carolyn carolyne carolynn carona carr carrado carraig carree carressa carrick carrie carrington carrol carrola carroll carson

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CARA:

First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 'a':

cacia cadda cadena cadencia cadenza cadha cadhla cadyna caedwalla caersewiella caffaria cahira caira cairistiona cala calandra calandria calantha caldwiella caliana calida calinda calissa calista calleigha callia calliegha calligenia callista calvina calynda calysta cambria camelia camella camellia camila camilla camraya candida candra capeka caprina capucina cartimandua casandra casimira cassandra cassiopeia cassondra casta castalia catalina catarina caterina cathenna cathia catia catriona cavana caylona cecelia cecilia cedra cedrica cedrina celandina celena celesta celestia celestina celestyna celina celosia cenobia centehua cera cerelia cerella ceria cermaka cha cha'kwaina cha'risa cha'tima chaba chafulumisa chaga chaitra chaka chakierra chalina chamorra chamunda chana chanda chandra chandria channa chanya

English Words Rhyming CARA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CARA AS A WHOLE:

baccaranoun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat

baccaratnoun (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

bicalcarateadjective (a.) Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.

calcarateadjective (a.) Alt. of Calcarated

calcaratedadjective (a.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.
 adjective (a.) Armed with a spur.

carabidnoun (n.) One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
 adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae.

carabinenoun (n.) A carbine.

carabineernoun (n.) A carbineer.

caraboidadjective (a.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.

carabusnoun (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.

caracnoun (n.) See Carack.

caracalnoun (n.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.

caracaranoun (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

caracknoun (n.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.

caracolenoun (n.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
 noun (n.) A staircase in a spiral form.
 verb (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.

caracolynoun (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.

caracorenoun (n.) Alt. of Caracora

caracoranoun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

carafenoun (n.) A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.

carageennoun (n.) Alt. of Caragheen

caragheennoun (n.) See Carrageen.

carambolanoun (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.

caramelnoun (n.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
 noun (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

carangoidadjective (a.) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.

caranxnoun (n.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.

carapacenoun (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

carapatonoun (n.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.

carapaxnoun (n.) See Carapace.

caratnoun (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
 noun (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

caravannoun (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
 noun (n.) A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.
 noun (n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.

caravaneernoun (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

caravansarynoun (n.) A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.

caravelnoun (n.) A name given to several kinds of vessels.
 noun (n.) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.
 noun (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
 noun (n.) A small fishing boat used on the French coast.
 noun (n.) A Turkish man-of-war.

carawaynoun (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.
 noun (n.) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

carabaonoun (n.) The water buffalo.

caraculnoun (n.) Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur.

jacarandanoun (n.) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood.
 noun (n.) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers.

nacaratnoun (n.) A pale red color, with a cast of orange.
 noun (n.) Fine linen or crape dyed of this color.

scarabnoun (n.) Alt. of Scarabee
 noun (n.) Alt. of Scarabee

scarabeenoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum).
 noun (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf].
 noun (n.) Same as Scarabaeus.

scarabaeusnoun (n.) Same as Scarab.
 noun (n.) A conventionalized representation of a beetle, with its legs held closely at its sides, carved in natural or made in baked clay, and commonly having an inscription on the flat underside.

scaraboidnoun (n.) A scaraboid beetle.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.

scaramouchnoun (n.) A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.

vicaragenoun (n.) The benefice of a vicar.
 noun (n.) The house or residence of a vicar.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CARA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ara) - English Words That Ends with ara:


agouaranoun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

aparanoun (n.) See Mataco.

aranoun (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
 noun (n.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

araranoun (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

barbaranoun (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

capibaranoun (n.) See Capybara.

capybaranoun (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

charanoun (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

chikaranoun (n.) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India.
 noun (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

citharanoun (n.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp.

crantaranoun (n.) The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.

camaranoun (n.) Chamber; house; -- used in Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res (/), and Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos (/). See Legislature.

dammaranoun (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.
 noun (n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.

dulcamaranoun (n.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a).

damaranoun (n.) A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus.

escharanoun (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

ferraranoun (n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

fissiparanoun (n. pl.) Animals which reproduce by fission.

gemaranoun (n.) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).

gemmiparanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Gemmipares

guaranoun (n.) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.
 noun (n.) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.

kitharanoun (n.) See Cithara.

maranoun (n.) The principal or ruling evil spirit.
 noun (n.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
 noun (n.) The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).

oviparanoun (n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.

paranoun (n.) A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
 noun (n.) The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.
 noun (n.) Short for Para rubber.

piffaranoun (n.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.

primiparanoun (n.) A woman who bears a child for the first time.

pupiparanoun (n. pl.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.

samaranoun (n.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.

sassararanoun (n.) A word used to emphasize a statement.

siseraranoun (n.) Alt. of Siserary

solfataranoun (n.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.

tiaranoun (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.
 noun (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.

totaranoun (n.) A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine.

tuataranoun (n.) A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck.

uniparanoun (n.) A woman who has borne one child.

varanoun (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.

viviparanoun (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.

yearanoun (n.) The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.

zapharanoun (n.) Zaffer.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CARA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (car) - Words That Begins with car:


cariccionoun (n.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
 noun (n.) A caprice; a freak; a fancy.

carnoun (n.) A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
 noun (n.) A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
 noun (n.) A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.
 noun (n.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
 noun (n.) The cage of a lift or elevator.
 noun (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
 noun (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.

carbamicadjective (a.) Pertaining to an acid so called.

carbamidenoun (n.) The technical name for urea.

carbaminenoun (n.) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.

carbanilnoun (n.) A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.

carbazolnoun (n.) A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.

carbazotatenoun (n.) A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate.

carbazoticadjective (a.) Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen.

carbidenoun (n.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.

carbimidenoun (n.) The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic.

carbinenoun (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.

carbineernoun (n.) A soldier armed with a carbine.

carbinolnoun (n.) Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.

carbohydratenoun (n.) One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

carbohydridenoun (n.) A hydrocarbon.

carbolicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol.

carbonnoun (n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
 noun (n.) A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.

carbonaceousadjective (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

carbonadenoun (n.) Alt. of Carbonado
 verb (v. t.) To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.
 verb (v. t.) To cut or hack, as in fighting.

carbonadonoun (n.) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.
 noun (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.
 verb (v. t.) Alt. of Carbonade

carbonadoingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carbonade

carbonarismnoun (n.) The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

carbonaronoun (n.) A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

carbonatationnoun (n.) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas.

carbonatenoun (n.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

carbonatedadjective (a.) Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

carbonicadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.

carbonidenoun (n.) A carbide.

carboniferousadjective (a.) Producing or containing carbon or coal.

carbonizationnoun (n.) The act or process of carbonizing.

carbonizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carbonize

carbonometernoun (n.) An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.

carbonylnoun (n.) The radical (CO)", occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.

carbostyrilnoun (n.) A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.

carboxidenoun (n.) A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.

carboxylnoun (n.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

carboynoun (n.) A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

carbunclenoun (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.
 noun (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.
 noun (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

carbuncledadjective (a.) Set with carbuncles.
 adjective (a.) Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.

carbuncularadjective (a.) Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.

carbunculationnoun (n.) The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold.

carburetnoun (n.) A carbide. See Carbide
 verb (v. t.) To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.

carburetingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carburet

carburetantnoun (n.) Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

carburetedadjective (a.) Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.
 adjective (a.) Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Carburet

carburetornoun (n.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Carburettor

carburizationnoun (n.) The act, process, or result of carburizing.

carburizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carburize

carcajounoun (n.) The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CARA:

English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 'a':

caabanoun (n.) The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray.

cabalanoun (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.
 noun (n.) Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.

cabecanoun (n.) Alt. of Cabesse

cabrillanoun (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.

cacaemianoun (n.) Alt. of Cachaemia

cachaemianoun (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Cachemia

cachexianoun (n.) Alt. of Cachexy

cachuchanoun (n.) An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero.

cacochymianoun (n.) Alt. of Cacochymy
 noun (n.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood.

cadenzanoun (n.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

cadmianoun (n.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

caecanoun (n. pl.) See Caecum.
  (pl. ) of Caecum

caesuranoun (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

caffilanoun (n.) See Cafila.

cafilanoun (n.) Alt. of Cafileh

calcavellanoun (n.) A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.

calceolarianoun (n.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name.

caledonianoun (n.) The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

calendulanoun (n.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.

callanoun (n.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceae.

calumbanoun (n.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.

calvarianoun (n.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

calycozoanoun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.

calyptranoun (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

camarillanoun (n.) The private audience chamber of a king.
 noun (n.) A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.

cambrianoun (n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

camellianoun (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.
 noun (n.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.

cameranoun (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

campagnanoun (n.) An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

campananoun (n.) A church bell.
 noun (n.) The pasque flower.
 noun (n.) Same as Gutta.

campanianoun (n.) Open country.

campanulanoun (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

ca–adanoun (n.) A small ca–on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley.

canadanoun (n.) A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals.

canellanoun (n.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies.

canniculanoun (n.) The Dog Star; Sirius.

cannanoun (n.) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.
 noun (n.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.

cannulanoun (n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar.

cantatanoun (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

cantilenanoun (n.) See Cantabile.

canulaadjective (a.) Alt. of Canulated

capellanoun (n.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

capitibranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.

capitulanoun (n. pl.) See Capitulum.

cappellanoun (n.) See A cappella.

capranoun (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

carcinomanoun (n.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.

cardianoun (n.) The heart.
 noun (n.) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

cardialglanoun (n.) Alt. of Cardialgy

cariamanoun (n.) A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.

carinanoun (n.) A keel
 noun (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification
 noun (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
 noun (n.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.

carinarianoun (n.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.

carnaubanoun (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

carnivoranoun (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

carranchanoun (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.

carunculanoun (n.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
 noun (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
 noun (n.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

cascarillanoun (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.

cassadanoun (n.) See Cassava.

cassavanoun (n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.
 noun (n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

cassianoun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.
 noun (n.) The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.

cassiopeianoun (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.

castaneanoun (n.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

casuarinanoun (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

catallactanoun (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.

catalpanoun (n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

catamenianoun (n. pl.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

catawbanoun (n.) A well known light red variety of American grape.
 noun (n.) A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.

catenanoun (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other.

cathedranoun (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

caudatanoun (n. pl.) See Urodela.

caudiculanoun (n.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

caumanoun (n.) Great heat, as of the body in fever.

cavatinanoun (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

cavicornianoun (n. pl.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

cecidomyianoun (n.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.

cedillanoun (n.) A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade.

cellanoun (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

centaureanoun (n.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).

cephalalgianoun (n.) Alt. of Cephalalgy
 noun (n.) Headache.

cephalatanoun (n. pl.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix.

cephalophoranoun (n. pl.) The cephalata.

cephalopodanoun (n. pl.) The highest class of Mollusca.

cephalopteranoun (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

cephalotrochanoun (n.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.

ceratobranchianoun (n. pl.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.

cercarianoun (n.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

cerealianoun (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
 noun (n. pl.) The cereals.

ceromanoun (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.
 noun (n.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.
 noun (n.) The cere of birds.

cestoideanoun (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm.

cesuranoun (n.) See Caesura.

cetaceanoun (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:

chachalacanoun (n.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).

chacmanoun (n.) A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]

chaetognathanoun (n. pl.) An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.

chaetopodanoun (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species.

chajanoun (n.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.

chalazanoun (n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
 noun (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

chartanoun (n.) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper.
 noun (n.) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta.

cheilopodanoun (n.) See Ch/lopoda.

cheiropteranoun (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.