Name Report For First Name CALIN:

CALIN

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

Rhymes with CALIN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CALIN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CALƯN AS A WHOLE:

calinda pascaline

NAMES RHYMING WITH CALƯN (According to last letters):

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

rivalin alin catalin kalin malin michalin balin

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

ashlin ollin zolin aislin cailin caitlin catlin dylin eadlin eathelin edlin eibhlin evelin gwendolin gwyndolin jacolin jaelin jaquelin jocelin kaelin kailin kaitlin karlin katelin katlin kaylin keelin lin maighdlin marlin marylin aesclin arlin breslin burlin carlin coilin colin collin cullin dallin daylin devlin deylin dillin franklin jacquelin kirklin lancelin laughlin loughlin masselin merlin roselin roslin rosselin waylin flin conlin ailin maslin weylin newlin macklin cathlin caitilin carolin ancelin ceawlin hamlin tomlin aibhlin joslin orlin

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

fatin yasmin brengwain camarin maolmin delbin kristin adin gin ixcatzin tepin tlazohtzin xochicotzin yoltzin zeltzin ihrin adwin akin alafin

NAMES RHYMING WITH CALƯN (According to first letters):

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

cali caliana calibom calibome calibor caliborne calibum calibumus caliburn calico calida calidan calissa calista calix

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

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

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

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

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CALƯN:

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

cain caitrin camdin caoimhghin

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

cadman cadmon cadwallon caedmon caedon caelan caerleon caerlion cailean cailen caillen cailyn caitlan caitlinn caitlyn caitlynn camaron camdan camden camdyn camelon cameron cameryn camlann camren camron camryn camshron caoilfhinnn caoilfhionn caolabhuinn caolan caomhan caralyn carelton carilyn carlatun carleen carleton carlson carlton carman carmen carmon carnation carolan carolann carolyn carolynn carrington carson carsten caryn carynn casen cassian caswallan catelyn catheryn cathleen cathryn catlyn cavalon cavan cayden caylan ceallachan ceannfhionn ceapmann ceastun ceileachan cein celdtun celidon celyddon cendrillon cenon cercyon cerin cetewin chadburn chan chanan chann channon chapin chapman charion charleen charleson charleston charleton charlton charlyn charlynn charmain

English Words Rhyming CALIN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CALƯN AS A WHOLE:

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

percalinenoun (n.) A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.
 noun (n.) A fine kind of cotton goods, usually of one color, and with a glossy surface, -- much use for linings.

scalingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scale
 adjective (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
 adjective (a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.

scalinessnoun (n.) The state of being scaly; roughness.

sincalinenoun (n.) Choline.

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


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


amygdalinnoun (n.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

avenalinnoun (n.) A crystalline globulin, contained in oat kernels, very similar in composition to excelsin, but different in reactions and crystalline form.

bromalinnoun (n.) A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy.

cerealinnoun (n.) A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.

dualinnoun (n.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.

formalinnoun (n.) An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative in museums and as a disinfectant.

kephalinnoun (n.) One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue.

maalinnoun (n.) The sparrow hawk.
 noun (n.) The kestrel.

naphthalinnoun (n.) Alt. of Naphthaline

phthalinnoun (n.) A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.

ptyalinnoun (n.) An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.

santalinnoun (n.) Santalic acid. See Santalic.


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


aesculinnoun (n.) Same as Esculin.

asbolinnoun (n.) A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.

berlinnoun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
 noun (n.) Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.

betulinnoun (n.) A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor.

bilinnoun (n.) A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.

blinnoun (n.) Cessation; end.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To stop; to cease; to desist.

brandlinnoun (n.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm.

branlinnoun (n.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
 noun (n.) A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.

brazilinnoun (n.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies.

brezilinnoun (n.) See Brazilin.

brasilinnoun (n.) A substance, C16H14O5, extracted from brazilwood as a yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air, being oxidized to bra*sil"e*in (/), C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties.

calendulinnoun (n.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.

capelinnoun (n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.

caplinnoun (n.) See Capelin.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Capling

capulinnoun (n.) The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin).

carlinnoun (n.) An old woman.

carmelinadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

carolinnoun (n.) A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.

caryophyllinnoun (n.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

cascarillinnoun (n.) A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.

cipolinnoun (n.) A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.

codlinnoun (n.) Alt. of Codling

colinnoun (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.

collinnoun (n.) A very pure form of gelatin.

complinnoun (n.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.

convolvulinnoun (n.) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.

corallinnoun (n.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic.

crystallinnoun (n.) See Gobulin.

dahlinnoun (n.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.

develinnoun (n.) The European swift.

drumlinnoun (n.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.

dunlinnoun (n.) A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both in Europe and America.

entomolinnoun (n.) See Chitin.

ericolinnoun (n.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.

ermelinnoun (n.) Alt. of Ermilin

ermilinnoun (n.) See Ermine.

erythrophyllinnoun (n.) The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.

esculinnoun (n.) A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.

etoolinnoun (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.

francolinnoun (n.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.

frangulinnoun (n.) A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; -- called also rhamnoxanthin.

franklinadjective (a.) An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

gallinnoun (n.) A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein.

globulinnoun (n.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.

gobelinadjective (a.) Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.

goblinnoun (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

gommelinnoun (n.) See Dextrin.

gratiolinnoun (n.) One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).

gridelinnoun (n.) A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet.

grizelinadjective (a.) See Gridelin.

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


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


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

calibernoun (n.) Alt. of Calibre

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

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

calicenoun (n.) See Chalice.

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

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

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

calicularadjective (a.) Alt. of Caliculate

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

calidadjective (a.) Hot; burning; ardent.

caliditynoun (n.) Heat.

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

califnoun (n.) Alt. of Califate

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

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

caligationnoun (n.) Dimness; cloudiness.

caliginositynoun (n.) Darkness.

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

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

caligraphicadjective (a.) See Calligraphic.

caligraphynoun (n.) See Caligraphy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

calisthenisadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

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

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

calixnoun (n.) A cup. See Calyx.


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


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

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

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

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

calaboosenoun (n.) A prison; a jail.

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

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

calaitenoun (n.) A mineral. See Turquoise.

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

calamarnoun (n.) Alt. of Calamary

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

calambacnoun (n.) A fragrant wood; agalloch.

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

calamiferousadjective (a.) Producing reeds; reedy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CALƯN:

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

cabinnoun (n.) A cottage or small house; a hut.
 noun (n.) A small room; an inclosed place.
 noun (n.) A room in ship for officers or passengers.
 verb (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
 verb (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cabin.

calfskinnoun (n.) The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

calkinnoun (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

calumbinnoun (n.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.

canakinnoun (n.) A little can or cup.

cannabinnoun (n.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.

cannikinnoun (n.) A small can or drinking vessel.

cantharidinnoun (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

caoutchinnoun (n.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

caoutchoucinnoun (n.) See Caoutchin.

capsaicinnoun (n.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

capsicinnoun (n.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.

captainnoun (n.) A head, or chief officer
 noun (n.) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
 noun (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
 noun (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
 noun (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
 noun (n.) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
 noun (n.) The foreman of a body of workmen.
 noun (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.
 noun (n.) A military leader; a warrior.
 adjective (a.) Chief; superior.
 verb (v. t.) To act as captain of; to lead.

capuchinnoun (n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
 noun (n.) A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.
 noun (n.) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.
 noun (n.) Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.
 noun (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

carninnoun (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.

carotinnoun (n.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.

carthaminnoun (n.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.

caseinnoun (n.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin.

castorinnoun (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

catchdrainnoun (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.

catechinnoun (n.) One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin.

cathartinnoun (n.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina.

catkinnoun (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

cavinnoun (n.) A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place.

candlepinnoun (n.) A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle.
 noun (n.) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular.