Name Report For First Name CAMP:

CAMP

First name CAMP's origin is Scottish. CAMP means "crooked mouth". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CAMP below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of camp.(Brown names are of the same origin (Scottish) with CAMP and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with CAMP - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CAMP

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CAMP AS A WHOLE:

hippocampus pityocamptes campbell

NAMES RHYMING WITH CAMP (According to last letters):

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

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

kemp

NAMES RHYMING WITH CAMP (According to first letters):

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

cam camara camarin camaron camber cambeul cambria cambrie camdan camden camdene camdin camdyn came camelia camella camellia camelon camelot cameo camero cameron cameryn camey camhlaidh cami camila camilah camile camilla camille camillei camlann cammeo cammi camraya camren camron camryn camshron

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 cadencia cadenza cadeo cadha cadhla cadi cadie cadis cadman cadmon cadmus cador cadwallon cady cadyna caedmon caedon caedwalla caelan caeli caellum caeneus caerleon caerlion caersewiella caesar caesare cafall caffar caffara caffaria caflice cagney cahal

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CAMP:

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

chuchip

English Words Rhyming CAMP

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CAMP AS A WHOLE:

anacampticadjective (a.) Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).

anacampticsnoun (n.) The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.
 noun (n.) The science of reflected sounds.

campnoun (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.
 noun (n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
 noun (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
 noun (n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
 noun (n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
 noun (n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
 noun (n.) To play the game called camp.
 verb (v. t.) To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
 verb (v. i.) To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

campingnoun (p. pr. & vb n.) of Camp
 noun (n.) Lodging in a camp.
 noun (n.) A game of football.

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

campagnolnoun (n.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

campaignnoun (n.) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.
 noun (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
 noun (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
 noun (n.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
 verb (v. i.) To serve in a campaign.

campaignernoun (n.) One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

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

campanedadjective (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.

campaneronoun (n.) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.

campanesnoun (n. pl.) Bells.

campanianoun (n.) Open country.

campaniformadjective (a.) Bell-shaped.

campanilenoun (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.

campaniliformadjective (a.) Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.

campanologistnoun (n.) One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

campanologynoun (n.) The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.

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

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.

campanulariannoun (n.) A hydroid of the family ampanularidae, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecae.

campanulateadjective (a.) Bell-shaped.

campbellitenoun (n.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

campernoun (n.) One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

campestraladjective (a.) Alt. of Campestrian

campestrianadjective (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.

camptightnoun (n.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

camphenenoun (n.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.

camphinenoun (n.) Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.

camphirenoun (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.

camphogennoun (n.) See Cymene.

campholnoun (n.) See Borneol.

camphornoun (n.) A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
 noun (n.) A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.
 verb (v. t.) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.

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

camphoratenoun (n.) A salt of camphoric acid.
 verb (v. t.) To impregnate or treat with camphor.
  () Alt. of Camporated

camphoricadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.

camphreticadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from camphor.

campionnoun (n.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.

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.

decampingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decamp

decampmentnoun (n.) Departure from a camp; a marching off.

elecampanenoun (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.
 noun (n.) A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.

encampingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encamp

encampmentnoun (n.) The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
 noun (n.) The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

hippocampnoun (n.) See Hippocampus.

hippocampaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.

hippocampusnoun (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
 noun (n.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
 noun (n.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

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


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


champnoun (n.) Alt. of Champe
 verb (v. t.) To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.
 verb (v. t.) To bite into small pieces; to crunch.
 verb (v. i.) To bite or chew impatiently.

clampnoun (n.) Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
 noun (n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
 noun (n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
 noun (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
 noun (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
 noun (n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
 noun (n.) A mollusk. See Clam.
 noun (n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
 verb (v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
 verb (v. i.) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

crampnoun (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
 noun (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
 noun (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
 noun (n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
 noun (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
 noun (n.) Knotty; difficult.
 noun (n.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
 verb (v. t.) to bind together; to unite.
 verb (v. t.) To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
 verb (v. t.) To afflict with cramp.

dampnoun (n.) Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
 noun (n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
 noun (n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
 noun (n.) To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
 noun (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
 superlative (superl.) Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
 superlative (superl.) Dejected; depressed; sunk.

glowlampnoun (n.) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
 noun (n.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.

gampnoun (n.) A large umbrella; -- said to allude to Mrs. Gamp's umbrella, in Dickens's "Martin Chuzzlewit."

lampnoun (n.) A thin plate or lamina.
 noun (n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.
 noun (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
 noun (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.

rampnoun (n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
 noun (n.) A highwayman; a robber.
 noun (n.) A romping woman; a prostitute.
 noun (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
 noun (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
 noun (n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
 verb (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
 verb (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
 verb (v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up.

sampnoun (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
 noun (n.) An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.

scampnoun (n.) A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.
 adjective (a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.

stampnoun (n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.
 noun (n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
 noun (n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
 noun (n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.
 verb (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
 verb (v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
 verb (v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
 verb (v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
 verb (v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
 verb (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
 verb (v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
 verb (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
 verb (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.
 verb (v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
 verb (v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
 verb (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
 verb (v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
 verb (v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
 verb (v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
 verb (v. t.) A half-penny.
 verb (v. t.) Money, esp. paper money.

swampnoun (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
 verb (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
 verb (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
 verb (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
 verb (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.
 verb (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.

trampnoun (n.) A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.
 noun (n.) A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.
 noun (n.) The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.
 noun (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.
 noun (n.) A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
 verb (v. i.) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
 verb (v. i.) To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
 verb (v. i.) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
 verb (v. i.) To travel; to wander; to stroll.

vampnoun (n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.
 noun (n.) Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.
 verb (v. i.) To advance; to travel.
 verb (v. t.) To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.

yampnoun (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.

wampnoun (n.) The common American eider.

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


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


camnoun (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
 noun (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
 noun (n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
 noun (n.) A ridge or mound of earth.
 adjective (a.) Crooked.

camaieunoun (n.) A cameo.
 noun (n.) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.

camailnoun (n.) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.
 noun (n.) A hood of other material than mail;
 noun (n.) a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.

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

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.

camassnoun (n.) A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians.
 noun (n.) A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.

cambernoun (n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).
 noun (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.
 verb (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.
 verb (v. i.) To curve upward.

camberingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Camber

camberkeeledadjective (a.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

cambialadjective (a.) Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange.

cambistnoun (n.) A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

cambistrynoun (n.) The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.

cambiumnoun (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.
 noun (n.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.

cambletnoun (n.) See Camlet.

cambogenoun (n.) See Gamboge.

camboosenoun (n.) See Caboose.

cambrasinenoun (n.) A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

cambrelnoun (n.) See Gambrel, n., 2.

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

cambriannoun (n.) A native of Cambria or Wales.
 noun (n.) The Cambrian formation.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
 adjective (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.

cambricnoun (n.) A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.
 noun (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.

camenoun (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.
  () imp. of Come.
  (imp.) of Come

camelnoun (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).
 noun (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.

cameleonnoun (n.) See Chaceleon.

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.

camelopardnoun (n.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

camelotnoun (n.) See Camelet.

camelshairadjective (a.) Of camel's hair.

cameonoun (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.

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

cameradenoun (n.) See Comrade.

cameralisticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.

cameralisticsnoun (n.) The science of finance or public revenue.

camerztingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Camerate

camerationnoun (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

camerlingonoun (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

cameroniannoun (n.) A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.

camisnoun (n.) A light, loose dress or robe.

camisadenoun (n.) Alt. of Camisado

camisadonoun (n.) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.
 noun (n.) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.

camisardnoun (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.

camisatedadjective (a.) Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

camisolenoun (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
 noun (n.) A kind of straitjacket.

camletnoun (n.) A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.

camletedadjective (a.) Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.

cammasnoun (n.) See Camass.

cammocknoun (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.

camomilenoun (n.) Alt. of Chamomile

camonfletnoun (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.

camousadjective (a.) Alt. of Camoys

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CAMP:

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

cadetshipnoun (n.) The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

callithumpnoun (n.) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.

caltropnoun (n.) Alt. of Caltrap

caltrapnoun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.
 noun (n.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet.

candidateshipnoun (n.) Candidacy.

canonshipadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

cantrapnoun (n.) Alt. of Cantrip

cantripnoun (n.) A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.

capnoun (n.) A covering for the head
 noun (n.) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys
 noun (n.) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants
 noun (n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
 noun (n.) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
 noun (n.) A respectful uncovering of the head.
 noun (n.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
 noun (n.) Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use
 noun (n.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
 noun (n.) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
 noun (n.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
 noun (n.) A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
 noun (n.) The removable cover of a journal box.
 noun (n.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
 noun (n.) A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
 verb (v. t.) To deprive of cap.
 verb (v. t.) To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
 verb (v. t.) To salute by removing the cap.
 verb (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.
 verb (v. i.) To uncover the head respectfully.

captainshipnoun (n.) The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander.
 noun (n.) Military skill; as, to show good captainship.

cardinalshipnoun (n.) The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal

carpnoun (n.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.
 verb (v. i.) To talk; to speak; to prattle.
 verb (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
 verb (v. t.) To say; to tell.
 verb (v. t.) To find fault with; to censure.
  (pl. ) of Carp

cassareepnoun (n.) A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.

catchupnoun (n.) Alt. of Catsup

catsupnoun (n.) A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc.
 noun (n.) Same as Catchup, and Ketchup.

catnipnoun (n.) Alt. of Catmint

censorshipnoun (n.) The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship.

chairmanshipnoun (n.) The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.

chamberlainshipnoun (n.) Office of a chamberlain.

championshipnoun (n.) State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

chancellorshipnoun (n.) The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

chapnoun (n.) A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
 noun (n.) A division; a breach, as in a party.
 noun (n.) A blow; a rap.
 noun (n.) One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.
 noun (n.) One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
 noun (n.) A buyer; a chapman.
 noun (n.) A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
 verb (v. t.) To strike; to beat.
 verb (v. i.) To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.
 verb (v. i.) To strike; to knock; to rap.
 verb (v. i.) To bargain; to buy.

chaplainshipnoun (n.) The office or business of a chaplain.
 noun (n.) The possession or revenue of a chapel.

chargeshipnoun (n.) The office of a charge d'affaires.

cheapnoun (n.) A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.
 noun (n.) Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.
 noun (n.) Of comparatively small value; common; mean.
 adverb (adv.) Cheaply.
 verb (v. i.) To buy; to bargain.

cheepnoun (n.) A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse.
 verb (v. i.) To chirp, as a young bird.
 verb (v. t.) To give expression to in a chirping tone.

cheeselepnoun (n.) A bag in which rennet is kept.

cherupnoun (n.) A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.
 verb (v. i.) To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup.
 verb (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup.

cheslipnoun (n.) The wood louse.

chieftainshipnoun (n.) The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.

childshipnoun (n.) The state or relation of being a child.

chipnoun (n.) A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
 noun (n.) A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
 noun (n.) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
 noun (n.) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
 noun (n.) One of the counters used in poker and other games.
 noun (n.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
 verb (v. t.) To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
 verb (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
 verb (v. t.) To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
 verb (v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.

chirpnoun (n.) A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.
 verb (v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

chirrupnoun (n.) The act of chirping; a chirp.
 verb (v. t.) To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
 verb (v. i.) To chirp.

chopnoun (n.) A change; a vicissitude.
 noun (n.) The act of chopping; a stroke.
 noun (n.) A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
 noun (n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap.
 noun (n.) A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
 noun (n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
 noun (n.) The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
 noun (n.) Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
 noun (n.) A permit or clearance.
 verb (v. t.) To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
 verb (v. t.) To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
 verb (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
 verb (v. i.) To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
 verb (v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
 verb (v. i.) To interrupt; -- with in or out.
 verb (v. i.) To barter or truck.
 verb (v. i.) To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
 verb (v. i.) To purchase by way of truck.
 verb (v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
 verb (v. i.) To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

chumpnoun (n.) A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

churchmanshipnoun (n.) The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.

churchshipnoun (n.) State of being a church.

churchwardenshipnoun (n.) The office of a churchwarden.

citizenshipnoun (n.) The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

clanshipnoun (n.) A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.

clapnoun (n.) A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
 noun (n.) A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
 noun (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
 noun (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.
 noun (n.) Noisy talk; chatter.
 noun (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
 noun (n.) Gonorrhea.
 verb (v. t.) To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.
 verb (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
 verb (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
 verb (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
 verb (v. i.) To knock, as at a door.
 verb (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.
 verb (v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise.
 verb (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
 verb (v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.

claptrapnoun (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
 noun (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
 adjective (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

claspnoun (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
 noun (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
 verb (v. t.) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
 verb (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
 verb (v. t.) To surround and cling to; to entwine about.

clerkshipnoun (n.) State, quality, or business of a clerk.

clientshipnoun (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.

clipnoun (n.) An embrace.
 noun (n.) A cutting; a shearing.
 noun (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
 noun (n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
 noun (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
 noun (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak.
 noun (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
 noun (n.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
 noun (n.) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
 noun (n.) A rapid gait.
 verb (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass.
 verb (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
 verb (v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.
 verb (v. i.) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

clompnoun (n.) See Clamp.

cloopnoun (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.

clumpnoun (n.) An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
 noun (n.) A cluster; a group; a thicket.
 noun (n.) The compressed clay of coal strata.
 verb (v. t.) To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
 verb (v. i.) To tread clumsily; to clamp.

coachmanshipnoun (n.) Skill in driving a coach.

coadjutorshipnoun (n.) The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.

cobishopnoun (n.) A joint or coadjutant bishop.

cockupnoun (n.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.

coheirshipnoun (n.) The state of being a coheir.

colleagueshipnoun (n.) Partnership in office.

collectorshipnoun (n.) The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.

collopnoun (n.) A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
 noun (n.) A part or piece of anything; a portion.

colonelshipnoun (n.) Colonelcy.

colpnoun (n.) See Collop.

commandershipnoun (n.) The office of a commander.

commentatorshipnoun (n.) The office or occupation of a commentator.

commissaryshipnoun (n.) The office or employment of a commissary.

commissionshipnoun (n.) The office of commissioner.

companionshipnoun (n.) Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.

comradeshipnoun (n.) The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

confessorshipnoun (n.) The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

connoisseurshipnoun (n.) State of being a connoisseur.

consortshipnoun (n.) The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership.

constableshipnoun (n.) The office or functions of a constable.

consulshipnoun (n.) The office of a consul; consulate.
 noun (n.) The term of office of a consul.

contrecoupnoun (n.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.

controllershipnoun (n.) The office of a controller.

cookshopnoun (n.) An eating house.

coopnoun (n.) A barrel or cask for liquor.
 noun (n.) An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
 noun (n.) A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel.
 verb (v. t.) To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
 verb (v. t.) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.

copnoun (n.) The top of a thing; the head; a crest.
 noun (n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
 noun (n.) A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
 noun (n.) Same as Merlon.
 noun (n.) A policeman.

copartnershipnoun (n.) The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.
 noun (n.) A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership.

corbiestepnoun (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

corivalshipnoun (n.) Joint rivalry.

cornercapnoun (n.) The chief ornament.

corporalshipnoun (n.) A corporal's office.

corrivalshipnoun (n.) Corivalry.

counselorshipnoun (n.) The function and rank or office of a counselor.

counterstepnoun (n.) A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.

coupnoun (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
 noun (n.) A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal at rouge et noir.
 noun (n.) Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by custom to entitle the doer to count the deed an act of bravery; hence, any of various other deeds recognized by custom as acts of bravery or honor.
 verb (v. i.) To make a coup.

courapnoun (n.) A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.

courtesanshipnoun (n.) Harlotry.

courtshipnoun (n.) The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.
 noun (n.) The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.
 noun (n.) Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.
 noun (n.) Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.

cousinshipnoun (n.) The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood.

cowardshipnoun (n.) Cowardice.

cowslipnoun (n.) A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.
 noun (n.) In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold.

craftsmanshipnoun (n.) The work of a craftsman.

creatorshipnoun (n.) State or condition of a creator.

creatureshipnoun (n.) The condition of being a creature.

creepnoun (n.) The act or process of creeping.
 noun (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.
 noun (n.) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.
 verb (v. t.) To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.
 verb (v. t.) To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.
 verb (v. t.) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.
 verb (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.
 verb (v. t.) To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.
 verb (v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.
 verb (v. t.) To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i., 4.
 verb (v. i.) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

cremocarpnoun (n.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

crimpnoun (n.) A coal broker.
 noun (n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
 noun (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
 noun (n.) Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
 noun (n.) A game at cards.
 adjective (a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
 adjective (a.) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
 verb (v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.
 verb (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
 verb (v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.
 verb (v. t.) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.

crispnoun (n.) That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
 adjective (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
 adjective (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
 adjective (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
 adjective (a.) Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
 adjective (a.) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
 adjective (a.) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
 adjective (a.) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
 adjective (a.) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
 adjective (a.) To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
 verb (v. i.) To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.

cropnoun (n.) The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
 noun (n.) The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree.
 noun (n.) That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest.
 noun (n.) Grain or other product of the field while standing.
 noun (n.) Anything cut off or gathered.
 noun (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
 noun (n.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial.
 noun (n.) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
 noun (n.) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
 noun (n.) A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash.
 verb (v. t.) To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
 verb (v. t.) Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
 verb (v. i.) To yield harvest.

croupnoun (n.) The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.
 noun (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.