Name Report For First Name CALA:

CALA

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

Rhymes with CALA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CALA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CALA AS A WHOLE:

calandra ascalaphus calais calandria calantha macala pascala caladh calan macaladair calanthe calandre

NAMES RHYMING WITH CALA (According to last letters):

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

alala kaikala keala makala borbala akshamala apala kamala shitala upala natala fala posala sitala soyala takala zitkala lusala wanjala ala' aala amala ardala ayala derforgala fionnghuala fionnuala gala gilala imala jala kilala lala leala magdala mckala micheala mikala neala nuala phiala tala ciqala tokala borsala mahala gyala

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

adeola fayola fola hola layla nangila ndila ramla sela adila najla donella alula bela ludmila pavla svetla laila arabella sybylla akila jamila karola anatola eustella idola iola neola onella pamela panphila phila philomela scylla suadela thecla alaula akela lahela ola adiella leela bella gisella behula lajila mahila agnella agnola gabriella isabella leola paola

NAMES RHYMING WITH CALA (According to first letters):

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

cal calbert calbex calbhach calchas calder caldre caldwell caldwiella cale caleb caleigh caley calfhie calfhierde calhoun cali caliana calibom calibome calibor caliborne calibum calibumus caliburn calico calida calidan calin calinda calissa calista calix 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 cadencia cadenza cadeo cadha cadhla cadi cadie cadis

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CALA:

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

cadyna caedwalla caersewiella caffara caffaria cahira caira cairistiona camara cambria camelia camella camellia camila camilla camraya candida candra cantara capeka caprina capucina cara caressa carilla carina carisa carissa carla carlaisa carletta carlita carlota carlotta carma carmela carmelina carmelita carmella carmencita carmia carmina carmita carmya carola caroliana carolina carona carressa carrola cartimandua casandra casimira cassandra cassiopeia cassondra casta castalia catalina catarina caterina cathenna cathia catia catriona cavana caylona ceara cecelia cecilia cedra cedrica cedrina celandina celena celesta celestia celestina celestyna celina celosia cenobia centehua cera cerelia cerella ceria cermaka cesara cha cha'kwaina cha'risa cha'tima chaba chafulumisa chaga chaitra chaka chakierra chalina

English Words Rhyming CALA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CALA AS A WHOLE:

baccalaureatenoun (n.) The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
 noun (n.) A baccalaureate sermon.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.

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.

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.

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.

cicalanoun (n.) A cicada. See Cicada.

calabozonoun (n.) A jail. See Calaboose.

didascalaradjective (a.) Didascalic.

escaladingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escalade

escalatornoun (n.) A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.

intercalaradjective (a.) Intercalary.

intercalarynoun (n.) Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
 adjective (a.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

intercalatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercalate

intercalationnoun (n.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
 noun (n.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.

sacalaitnoun (n.) A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.

scalanoun (n.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
 noun (n.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.

scalableadjective (a.) Capable of being scaled.

scaladenoun (n.) Alt. of Scalado

scaladonoun (n.) See Escalade.

scalarnoun (n.) In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

scalarianoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.

scalariformadjective (a.) Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants.
 adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to a scalaria.

scalaryadjective (a.) Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.

scalawagnoun (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.

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


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


acanthocephalanoun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

acephalanoun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.

alanoun (n.) A winglike organ, or part.

archencephalanoun (n. pl.) The division that includes man alone.

argalanoun (n.) The adjutant bird.

amygdalanoun (n.) An almond.
 noun (n.) One of the tonsils of the pharynx.
 noun (n.) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula.

baggalanoun (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.

bandalanoun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

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.

galanoun (n.) Pomp, show, or festivity.

ganocephalanoun (n. pl.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.

gyrencephalanoun (n. pl.) The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted.

italanoun (n.) An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italic version).

kabalanoun (n.) See Cabala.

kamalanoun (n.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.

koalanoun (n.) A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.

lipocephalanoun (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

lissencephalanoun (n. pl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.

lyencephalanoun (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.

magdalaadjective (a.) Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.

malanoun (n.) Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
  (pl. ) of Malum

marsalanoun (n.) A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.

myelencephalanoun (n. pl.) Same as Vertebrata.

polygalanoun (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort.

prosopocephalanoun (n. pl.) Same as Scaphopoda.

ravenalanoun (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana.

rhizocephalanoun (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.

rhynchocephalanoun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia.

scybalanoun (n. pl.) Hardened masses of feces.

stegocephalanoun (n. pl.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.

trehalanoun (n.) An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.

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


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


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

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.

calcifyingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcify

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.

calciminenoun (n.) A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water.
 verb (v. t.) To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.

calciminingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcimine

calciminernoun (n.) One who calcimines.

calcinableadjective (a.) That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.

calcinationnoun (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.
 noun (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

calcinatorynoun (n.) A vessel used in calcination.

calciningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcine

calcinernoun (n.) One who, or that which, calcines.

calcispongiaenoun (n. pl.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.

calcitenoun (n.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.

calcitrantadjective (a.) Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

calcitrationnoun (n.) Act of kicking.

calciumnoun (n.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.

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

calcographernoun (n.) One who practices calcography.

calcographicadjective (a.) Alt. of Calcographical

calcographicaladjective (a.) Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.

calcographynoun (n.) The art of drawing with chalk.

calculableadjective (a.) That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.

calcularynoun (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to calculi.

calculatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calculate
 noun (n.) The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
 adjective (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CALA:

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.

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

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.

capibaranoun (n.) See Capybara.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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