Name Report For First Name CALIBUMUS:

CALIBUMUS

First name CALIBUMUS's origin is Arthurian Legend. CALIBUMUS means "various names for arthur's sword". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CALIBUMUS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of calibumus.(Brown names are of the same origin (Arthurian Legend) with CALIBUMUS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with CALIBUMUS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CALIBUMUS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CALÝBUMUS AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH CALÝBUMUS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 8 Letters (alibumus) - Names That Ends with alibumus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (libumus) - Names That Ends with libumus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (ibumus) - Names That Ends with ibumus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (bumus) - Names That Ends with bumus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (umus) - Names That Ends with umus:

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

cadmus erasmus kadmus momus neotolemus polyphemus pyramus rasmus triptolemus isdemus maximus seamus shamus shemus artemus

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

el-nefous enygeus caeneus cestus iasius lotus negus maccus dabbous dassous fanous abdul-quddus boulus butrus yunus dryhus thaddeus bagdemagus brademagus isdernus peredurus britomartus luxovious nemausus ondrus argus ambrosius batholomeus basilius bonifacius cecilius clementius egidius eugenius eustatius theodorus darius horus aldous brutus cassibellaunus guiderius lorineus ferragus marsilius senapus brus marcus seorus alemannus klaus abderus absyrtus acastus achelous aconteus acrisius admetus adrastus aeacus aegeus aegisthus aegyptus aeolus aesculapius alcinous alcyoneus aloeus alpheus amphiaraus amycus anastasius ancaeus androgeus antaeus antilochus antinous archemorus aristaeus ascalaphus asopus atreus autolycus avernus boethius

NAMES RHYMING WITH CALÝBUMUS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 8 Letters (calibumu) - Names That Begins with calibumu:

Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (calibum) - Names That Begins with calibum:

calibum

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (calibu) - Names That Begins with calibu:

caliburn

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (calib) - Names That Begins with calib:

calibom calibome calibor caliborne

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (cali) - Names That Begins with cali:

cali caliana calico calida calidan calin calinda calissa calista calix

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

cal cala caladh calais calan calandra calandre calandria calantha calanthe calbert calbex calbhach calchas calder caldre caldwell caldwiella cale caleb caleigh caley calfhie calfhierde calhoun callaghan callahan calldwr callee calleigh calleigha callel calles calli callia calliah callie calliegha calligenia calliope callista calliste callisto callough callum cally callyr calogrenant calum calvagh calvert calvex calvina calvino caly calynda calypso calysta

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ca) - Names That Begins with ca:

cabal cabe cable cacamwri cacanisius cace cacey cachamwri caci cacia cadabyr cadan cadassi cadby cadda caddaham caddari caddaric caddarik caddawyc cade cadee cadell caden cadena cadence

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CALÝBUMUS:

First Names which starts with 'cali' and ends with 'umus':

First Names which starts with 'cal' and ends with 'mus':

First Names which starts with 'ca' and ends with 'us':

caius capaneus carolus cassivellaunus

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

cadis candiss caress carlos carolos carys cass cebriones cecrops celeus celsus cephalus cepheus cerberus ceres cetus chalmers chansomps charis charles charybdis chas cheops chess chimalis chloris chris christos chryseis chryses cinyras claas claennis clamedeus claris claudas claudios claudius claus clematis cleobis cletus cloris clovis cocidius cocytus coeus colis collins collis columbanus colys condwiramurs corineus corliss cornelius coronis corybantes cosmas cottus countess cris cristos cronus ctesippus curtis curtiss cus cycnus cynegils cypris cyris cyrus

English Words Rhyming CALIBUMUS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CALÝBUMUS AS A WHOLE:



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


Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (alibumus) - English Words That Ends with alibumus:



Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (libumus) - English Words That Ends with libumus:



Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (ibumus) - English Words That Ends with ibumus:



Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (bumus) - English Words That Ends with bumus:



Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (umus) - English Words That Ends with umus:


humusnoun (n.) That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.


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


accismusnoun (n.) Affected refusal; coyness.

animusnoun (n.) Animating spirit; intention; temper.

bulimusnoun (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America.

betacismusnoun (n.) Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them.

calamusnoun (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
 noun (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.
 noun (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

camusnoun (n.) See Camis.

chiasmusnoun (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence

cormusnoun (n.) See Corm.
 noun (n.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.

dedimusnoun (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc.

euonymusnoun (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

exophthalmusnoun (n.) Same as Exophthalmia.

ginglymusnoun (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

hippopotamusnoun (n.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

hyoscyamusnoun (n.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.
 noun (n.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.

ignoramusnoun (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used.
 noun (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.

inoceramusnoun (n.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

inspeximusnoun (n.) The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

isthmusnoun (n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.

lacmusnoun (n.) See Litmus.

larypgismusnoun (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

lithodomusnoun (n.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.

litmusnoun (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

mandamusnoun (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.

marasmusnoun (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

minimusnoun (n.) A being of the smallest size.
 noun (n.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.

mittimusnoun (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.
 noun (n.) A writ for removing records from one court to another.

momusnoun (n.) The god of mockery and censure.

musnoun (n.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.

nystagmusnoun (n.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

polyphemusnoun (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm.

primusnoun (n.) One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.

prodromusnoun (n.) A prodrome.
 noun (n.) A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.

ramusnoun (n.) A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.

rhythmusnoun (n.) Rhythm.

strabismusnoun (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.

tenesmusnoun (n.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum.

thalamusnoun (n.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.
 noun (n.) Same as Thallus.
 noun (n.) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.

thymusnoun (n.) The thymus gland.
 adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland.

tilmusnoun (n.) Floccillation.

trismusnoun (n.) The lockjaw.

ulmusnoun (n.) A genus of trees including the elm.

vaginismusnoun (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.

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


Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (calibumu) - Words That Begins with calibumu:



Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (calibum) - Words That Begins with calibum:



Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (calibu) - Words That Begins with calibu:



Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (calib) - Words That Begins with calib:


calibernoun (n.) Alt. of Calibre

calibrenoun (n.) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
 noun (n.) The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
 noun (n.) Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.

calibrationnoun (n.) The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (cali) - Words That Begins with cali:


calinoun (n.) The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.

calicenoun (n.) See Chalice.

caliclenoun (n.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian.

caliconoun (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
 noun (n.) Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
 adjective (a.) Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.

calicobacknoun (n.) The calico bass.
 noun (n.) An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.

calicularadjective (a.) Alt. of Caliculate

caliculateadjective (a.) Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.

calidadjective (a.) Hot; burning; ardent.

caliditynoun (n.) Heat.

caliductnoun (n.) A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.

califnoun (n.) Alt. of Califate

califatenoun (n.) Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.

californiannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of California.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to California.

caligationnoun (n.) Dimness; cloudiness.

caliginositynoun (n.) Darkness.

caliginousadjective (a.) Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.

caligonoun (n.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

caligraphicadjective (a.) See Calligraphic.

caligraphynoun (n.) See Caligraphy.

calinnoun (n.) An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters.

calipashnoun (n.) A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.

calipeenoun (n.) A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy.

calipersnoun (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses.

caliphnoun (n.) Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.

caliphatenoun (n.) The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

calippicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.

calistheneumnoun (n.) A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.

calisthenisadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

calisthenicsnoun (n.) The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

calivernoun (n.) An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.

calixnoun (n.) A cup. See Calyx.


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


calnoun (n.) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten.

calabarnoun (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa.

calabarinenoun (n.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.

calabashnoun (n.) The common gourd (plant or fruit).
 noun (n.) The fruit of the calabash tree.
 noun (n.) A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.

calaboosenoun (n.) A prison; a jail.

caladenoun (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

caladiumnoun (n.) A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.

calaitenoun (n.) A mineral. See Turquoise.

calamanconoun (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked.

calamarnoun (n.) Alt. of Calamary

calamarynoun (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.

calambacnoun (n.) A fragrant wood; agalloch.

calambournoun (n.) A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.

calamiferousadjective (a.) Producing reeds; reedy.

calaminenoun (n.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.

calamintnoun (n.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.

calamistnoun (n.) One who plays upon a reed or pipe.

calamistrationnoun (n.) The act or process of curling the hair.

calamistrumnoun (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.

calamitenoun (n.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

calamitousadjective (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
 adjective (a.) Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.

calamitynoun (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.
 noun (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

calandoadjective (a.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.

calashnoun (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage.
 noun (n.) In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.
 noun (n.) A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.
 noun (n.) A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.

calaveritenoun (n.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

calcanealadjective (a.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

calcaneumnoun (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.

calcarnoun (n.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
 noun (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
 noun (n.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
 noun (n.) A spur, or spurlike prominence.
 noun (n.) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

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.

calcareousadjective (a.) Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.

calcareousnessnoun (n.) Quality of being calcareous.

calcariferousadjective (a.) Lime-yielding; calciferous

calcarineadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.

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

calceatedadjective (a.) Fitted with, or wearing, shoes.

calcedadjective (a.) Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.

calcedonnoun (n.) A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.

calcedonicadjective (a.) Alt. of Calcedonian

calcedonianadjective (a.) See Chalcedonic.

calceiformadjective (a.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.

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.

calceolateadjective (a.) Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.

calcesnoun (n. pl.) See Calx.
  (pl. ) of Calx

calcicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

calciferousadjective (a.) Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.

calcificadjective (a.) Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.

calcificationnoun (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

calcifiedadjective (a.) Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Calcify

calciformadjective (a.) In the form of chalk or lime.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CALÝBUMUS:

English Words which starts with 'cali' and ends with 'umus':



English Words which starts with 'cal' and ends with 'mus':



English Words which starts with 'ca' and ends with 'us':

cacophonousadjective (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious

cacophoniousadjective (a.) Harsh-sounding.

cactaceousadjective (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

cactusnoun (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.

cadaverousadjective (a.) Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body.

caduceusnoun (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.

caesiousadjective (a.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.

calcigenousadjective (a.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.

calcigerousadjective (a.) Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.

calcivorousadjective (a.) Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

calculousadjective (a.) Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion.
 adjective (a.) Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person.

calculusnoun (n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.
 noun (n.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.

callousadjective (a.) Hardened; indurated.
 adjective (a.) Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.

callusnoun (n.) Same as Callosity
 noun (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
 noun (n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

calumniousadjective (a.) Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.

callyciflorousadjective (a.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

camarasaurusnoun (n.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae.

camousadjective (a.) Alt. of Camoys

campanulaceousadjective (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.

camphoraceousadjective (a.) Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.

campusnoun (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

campylospermousadjective (a.) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.

campylotropousadjective (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.

canaliculusnoun (n.) A minute canal.

cancellousadjective (a.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.

cankerousadjective (a.) Affecting like a canker.

canopusnoun (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

canorousadjective (a.) Melodious; musical.

cantankerousadjective (a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.

canthusnoun (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

capaciousadjective (a.) Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.
 adjective (a.) Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.

capillaceousadjective (a.) Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

capriciousadjective (a.) Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.

caprifoliaceousadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacae.

caprigenousadjective (a.) Of the goat kind.

captiousadjective (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
 adjective (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

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

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

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

carcinomatousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to carcinoma.

caricousadjective (a.) Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor.

cariousadjective (a.) Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.

carneousadjective (a.) Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy.

carnivorousadjective (a.) Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

carnousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
 adjective (a.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.

carolusnoun (n.) An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.

carpophagousadjective (a.) Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.

carpusnoun (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.

cartilagineousadjective (a.) See Cartilaginous.

cartilaginousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
 adjective (a.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.

carunculousadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.

carusnoun (n.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.

caryophyllaceousadjective (a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.

caryophyllousadjective (a.) Caryophyllaceous.

caseousadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.

cassideousadjective (a.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

cassiusnoun (n.) A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

casusnoun (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.

catadromousadjective (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
 adjective (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.

catanadromousadjective (a.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous.

catapetalousadjective (a.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

cataractousadjective (a.) Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract.

catarrhousadjective (a.) Catarrhal.

catelectrotonusnoun (n.) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

cathetusnoun (n.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle.

caucusnoun (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
 verb (v. i.) To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.

cauliculusnoun (n.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.

caulocarpousadjective (a.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.

cautelousadjective (a.) Caution; prudent; wary.
 adjective (a.) Crafty; deceitful; false.

cautiousadjective (a.) Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.

cavernousadjective (a.) Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
 adjective (a.) Filled with small cavities or cells.
 adjective (a.) Having a sound caused by a cavity.

cavernulousadjective (a.) Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal.

cavilousadjective (a.) Alt. of Cavillous

cavillousadjective (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing.