Name Report For First Name CADMUS:

CADMUS

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

Rhymes with CADMUS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CADMUS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CADMUS AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH CADMUS (According to last letters):

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

kadmus

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

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

erasmus momus neotolemus polyphemus pyramus rasmus triptolemus calibumus 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 CADMUS (According to first letters):

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

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

cadman cadmon

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

cadabyr cadan cadassi cadby cadda caddaham caddari caddaric caddarik caddawyc cade cadee cadell caden cadena cadence cadencia cadenza cadeo cadha cadhla cadi cadie cadis cador cadwallon cady cadyna

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

cabal cabe cable cacamwri cacanisius cace cacey cachamwri caci cacia caedmon caedon caedwalla caelan caeli caellum caerleon caerlion caersewiella caesar caesare cafall caffar caffara caffaria caflice cagney cahal cahir cahira cai caidance cailean caileigh cailen cailey cailie cailin cailleach caillen caillic cailsey cailym cailyn caimbeaul cain caindale caine caira cairbre cairistiona caiseal cait caith caitie caitilin caitlan caitland caitlin caitlinn caitly caitlyn caitlynn caitrin caius cal cala caladh calais calan

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CADMUS:

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

capaneus carolus cassivellaunus

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

calchas calles 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 CADMUS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CADMUS AS A WHOLE:



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


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



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



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.

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

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 CADMUS (According to first letters):


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



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


cadmeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters.

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

cadmianadjective (a.) See Cadmean.

cadmicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.

cadmiumnoun (n.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.


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


cadnoun (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
 noun (n.) A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

cadastraladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to landed property.

cadastrenoun (n.) Alt. of Cadaster

cadasternoun (n.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.

cadavernoun (n.) A dead human body; a corpse.

cadavericadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.

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.

cadbaitnoun (n.) See Caddice.

caddicenoun (n.) Alt. of Caddis

caddisnoun (n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.
 noun (n.) A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.

caddishadjective (a.) Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

caddownoun (n.) A jackdaw.

caddynoun (n.) A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

cadenoun (n.) A barrel or cask, as of fish.
 noun (n.) A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
 adjective (a.) Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
 verb (v. t.) To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.

cadencenoun (n.) The act or state of declining or sinking.
 noun (n.) A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
 noun (n.) A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
 noun (n.) Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
 noun (n.) See Cadency.
 noun (n.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
 noun (n.) A uniform time and place in marching.
 noun (n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.
 noun (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
 verb (v. t.) To regulate by musical measure.

cadencynoun (n.) Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

cadenenoun (n.) A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.

cadentadjective (a.) Falling.

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

cadernoun (n.) See Cadre.

cadetnoun (n.) The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
 noun (n.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.
 noun (n.) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
 noun (n.) In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
 noun (n.) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.

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

cadewnoun (n.) Alt. of Cadeworm

cadewormnoun (n.) A caddice. See Caddice.

cadgingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cadge

cadgenoun (n.) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.

cadgernoun (n.) One who carries hawks on a cadge.
 verb (v. t.) A packman or itinerant huckster.
 verb (v. t.) One who gets his living by trickery or begging.

cadgyadjective (a.) Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton.

cadinoun (n.) An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.

cadienoun (n.) Alt. of Caddie

caddienoun (n.) A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.
 noun (n.) A cadet.
 noun (n.) A lad; young fellow.
 noun (n.) One who does errands or other odd jobs.
 noun (n.) An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.

cadileskernoun (n.) A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.

cadillacnoun (n.) A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.

cadisnoun (n.) A kind of coarse serge.

cadransnoun (n.) An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.

cadrenoun (n.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.

caducaryadjective (a.) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.

caduceanadjective (a.) Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.

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.

caducibranchiateadjective (a.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

caducitynoun (n.) Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility.

cadukeadjective (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.

cadynoun (n.) See Cadie.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CADMUS:

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.

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

calamiferousadjective (a.) Producing reeds; reedy.

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

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

calcariferousadjective (a.) Lime-yielding; calciferous

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

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.

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

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.