Name Report For First Name CIM:

CIM

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

Rhymes with CIM - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CIM

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CİM AS A WHOLE:

acima acim cimberleigh

NAMES RHYMING WITH CİM (According to last letters):

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

akim makarim rim abdikarim hakim salim zaim abdul-alim abdul-azim abdul-hakim abdul-halim abdul-karim abdul-rahim alim halim hashim hatim ibrahim ka'im karim mu'tasim naim nazim qasim wasim erim asim muslim hieronim iaokim ioakim kim zera'im chaim chayim cruim efraim efrayim elim ephraim hayyim jim jorim kassim kharim mealcoluim nasim qssim rishim serafim seraphim sim tim nadim kasim basim azim alalim joachim nissim

NAMES RHYMING WITH CİM (According to first letters):

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

cian cianan cianna cianni ciar ciara ciaran ciarda ciardubhan ciarrai ciatlllait cibil cicely ciceron cicily cidney cidro ciera cierra cihuaton cili cillian cinda cindel cindelyz cinderella cindi cindia cindra cindy cingeswell cingeswiella cinnard cinneide cinneididh cinnfhail cinnia cinnie cinthia cinwell cinyras ciodaru ciorstag cipactli cipriana cipriano ciqala cira circe circehyll ciri cirilla cirilo ciro cisco citlali citlalic citlalmina

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CİM:

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

caddaham caellum cailym calibom calibum callum calum cam carm chatham chilam chiram chisholm chrysostom colleem colm colum crom culum cunningham cym

English Words Rhyming CIM

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CİM AS A WHOLE:

analcimenoun (n.) A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.

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.

cimanoun (n.) A kind of molding. See Cyma.

cimarnoun (n.) See Simar.

cimbalnoun (n.) A kind of confectionery or cake.

cimbianoun (n.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.

cimbriannoun (n.) One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cimbri.

cimbricnoun (n.) The language of the Cimbri.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany.

cimeliarchnoun (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.

cimeternoun (n.) See Scimiter.

cimexnoun (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

cimianoun (n.) See Cimbia.

cimissnoun (n.) The bedbug.

cimmerianadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.
 adjective (a.) Without any light; intensely dark.

cimolitenoun (n.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

decimalnoun (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

decimalismnoun (n.) The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.

decimatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decimate

decimationnoun (n.) A tithing.
 noun (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
 noun (n.) The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.

decimatornoun (n.) One who decimates.

decimenoun (n.) A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.

decimeternoun (n.) Alt. of Decimetre

decimetrenoun (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

decimosextonoun (n.) A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16¡.
 adjective (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size.

docimacynoun (n.) The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.

docimasticadjective (a.) Proving by experiments or tests.

docimologynoun (n.) A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.

dulcimernoun (n.) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer.
 noun (n.) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.

duodecimalnoun (n.) A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.
 noun (n.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work.
 adjective (a.) Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves.

duodecimfidadjective (a.) Divided into twelve parts.

duodecimonoun (n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 12mo or 12¡.
 adjective (a.) Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.

farcimennoun (n.) Alt. of Farcin

focimeternoun (n.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera.

fulcimentnoun (n.) A prop; a fulcrum.

indecimableadjective (a.) Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.

lucimeternoun (n.) an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.

octodecimonoun (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18¡, and called eighteenmo.
 adjective (a.) Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc.

rifacimentonoun (n.) A remaking or recasting; an adaptation, esp. of a literary work or musical composition.

scimiternoun (n.) Alt. of Scimitar

scimitarnoun (n.) A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.
 noun (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.

sextodecimonoun (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16¡.
 adjective (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.

specimennoun (n.) A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.

turnicimorphaenoun (n. pl.) A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically.

velocimeternoun (n.) An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (im) - English Words That Ends with im:


acclaimnoun (n.) Acclamation.
 verb (v. t.) To applaud.
 verb (v. t.) To declare by acclamations.
 verb (v. t.) To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
 verb (v. i.) To shout applause.

anakimnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anaks

augrimnoun (n.) See Algorism.

brimnoun (n.) The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
 noun (n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
 noun (n.) The rim of a hat.
 adjective (a.) Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.
 verb (v. i.) To be full to the brim.
 verb (v. t.) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

broadbrimnoun (n.) A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.
 noun (n.) A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.

capitatimadjective (a.) Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.

cherubimnoun (n.) The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.
  (pl. ) of Cherub

claimnoun (n.) A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
 noun (n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
 noun (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
 noun (n.) A loud call.
 verb (v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
 verb (v./.) To proclaim.
 verb (v./.) To call or name.
 verb (v./.) To assert; to maintain.
 verb (v. i.) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

counterclaimnoun (n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

denimnoun (n.) A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.

elohimnoun (n.) One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

ephraimnoun (n.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

exclaimnoun (n.) Outcry; clamor.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.

frimadjective (a.) Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous.

gimadjective (a.) Neat; spruce.

glimnoun (n.) Brightness; splendor.
 noun (n.) A light or candle.

hakimnoun (n.) A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan.
 noun (n.) A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge.

himnoun (pron.) Them. See Hem.
 noun (pron.) The objective case of he. See He.

interimnoun (n.) The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
 noun (n.) A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.

isocheimnoun (n.) A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere.

lactimnoun (n.) One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.

legitimadjective (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

limnoun (n.) A limb.

maximnoun (n.) An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
 noun (n.) The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.

megrimnoun (n.) A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.
 noun (n.) A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits.
 noun (n.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy.
 noun (n.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).

minimnoun (n.) Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
 noun (n.) The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.
 noun (n.) A small fish; a minnow.
 noun (n.) A little man or being; a dwarf.
 noun (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
 noun (n.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
 noun (n.) A short poetical encomium.
 adjective (a.) Minute.

misclaimnoun (n.) A mistaken claim.

muslimnoun (n.) See Moslem.

nephilimnoun (n. pl.) Giants.

nethinimnoun (n. pl.) Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.

nonclaimnoun (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

quitclaimnoun (n.) A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.
 noun (n.) A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.
 verb (v. t.) To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.
 verb (v. t.) To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.

painimnoun (n.) A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively.

panimnoun (n.) See Painim.

paynimnoun (n. & a.) See Painim.

pilgrimnoun (n.) A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
 noun (n.) One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.
 verb (v. i.) To journey; to wander; to ramble.

primnoun (n.) The privet.
 adjective (a.) Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
 verb (v. t.) To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
 verb (v. i.) To dress or act smartly.

purimnoun (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.

reclaimnoun (n.) The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
 verb (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
 verb (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
 verb (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
 verb (v. t.) To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals.
 verb (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
 verb (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
 verb (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
 verb (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
 verb (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
 verb (v. i.) To draw back; to give way.

reimnoun (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc.

rimnoun (n.) The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.
 noun (n.) The lower part of the abdomen.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a rim; to border.

saimnoun (n.) Lard; grease.

sanhedrimnoun (n.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.

scrimnoun (n.) A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim.
 noun (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.

seraphimnoun (n.) The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.
  (pl. ) of Seraph

setimnoun (n.) See Shittim.

shimnoun (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
 noun (n.) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.

shittimnoun (n.) Alt. of Shittim wood

skimadjective (a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
 verb (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
 verb (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
 verb (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
 verb (v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
 verb (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
 verb (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
 verb (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

skrimnoun (n.) Scum; refuse.

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


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ci) - Words That Begins with ci:


cibariousadjective (a.) Pertaining to food; edible.

cibationnoun (n.) The act of taking food.
 noun (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.

cibolnoun (n.) A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

ciboriumnoun (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
 noun (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.

cicadanoun (n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

cicalanoun (n.) A cicada. See Cicada.

cicatricenoun (n.) A cicatrix.

cicatricialadjective (a.) Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix.

cicatriclenoun (n.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

cicatrisiveadjective (a.) Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound.

cicatrixnoun (n.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

cicatrizantnoun (n.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.

cicatrizationnoun (n.) The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.

cicatrizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cicatrize

cicatroseadjective (a.) Full of scars.

cicelynoun (n.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.

ciceronoun (n.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.

ciceronenoun (n.) One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.

ciceronianadjective (a.) Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.

ciceronianismnoun (n.) Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression.

cichoraceousadjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.

cicisbeismnoun (n.) The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.

cicisbeonoun (n.) A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.
 noun (n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.

ciclatounnoun (n.) A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.

cicurationnoun (n.) The act of taming.

cicutanoun (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.

cicutoxinnoun (n.) The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.

cidnoun (n.) Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.
 noun (n.) An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.

cidernoun (n.) The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

cideristnoun (n.) A maker of cider.

ciderkinnoun (n.) A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.

ciergenoun (n.) A wax candle used in religous rites.

cigarnoun (n.) A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.

cigarettenoun (n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

cilianoun (n. pl.) The eyelashes.
 noun (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
 noun (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.
 noun (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.

ciliaryadjective (a.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.

ciliatanoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

ciliateadjective (a.) Alt. of Ciliated

ciliatedadjective (a.) Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.

cilicenoun (n.) A kind of haircloth undergarment.

ciliciannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor.

ciliciousadjective (a.) Made, or consisting, of hair.

ciliformadjective (a.) Alt. of Ciliiform

ciliiformadjective (a.) Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.

ciliogradeadjective (a.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusae.

ciliumnoun (n.) See Cilia.

cillnoun (n.) See Sill., n. a foundation.

cillosisnoun (n.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

cinchnoun (n.) A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.
 noun (n.) A tight grip.
 noun (n.) A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called right pedro) and the five of the same color (called left pedro, and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) each count five on the score. Fifty-one points make a game. Called also double pedro and high five.
 verb (v. t.) To put a cinch upon; to girth tightly.
 verb (v. t.) To get a sure hold upon; to get into a tight place, as for forcing submission.
 verb (v. i.) To perform the action of cinching; to tighten the cinch; -- often with up.
 verb (v. t.) In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

cinchonanoun (n.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.
 noun (n.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CİM:

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

cabalismnoun (n.) The secret science of the cabalists.
 noun (n.) A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes.

cablegramnoun (n.) A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.

cadewormnoun (n.) A caddice. See Caddice.

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.

caecumnoun (n.) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.
 noun (n.) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.

caesarismnoun (n.) A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.

caesiumnoun (n.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.

caimacamnoun (n.) The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

callosumnoun (n.) The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

calmnoun (n.) Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
 noun (n.) To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.
 noun (n.) To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.
  (super.) Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
  (super.) Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.

calvinismnoun (n.) The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

calyciformadjective (a.) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.

calyptriformadjective (a.) Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.

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.

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.

campaniformadjective (a.) Bell-shaped.

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

cancriformadjective (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.
 adjective (a.) Like a cancer; cancerous.

candelabrumnoun (n.) A lamp stand of any sort.
 noun (n.) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.
 noun (n.) A large candlestick, having several branches.

cankerwormnoun (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms.

cannibalismnoun (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

capilliformadjective (a.) In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

capitulumnoun (n.) A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.
 noun (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]

capriformadjective (a.) Having the form of a goat.

capsicumnoun (n.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.

carbonarismnoun (n.) The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

cardamomnoun (n.) The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.
 noun (n.) A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum.

carnalismnoun (n.) The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism.

caromnoun (n.) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
 verb (v. i.) To make a carom.

carpellumnoun (n.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.

carromnoun (n.) See Carom.

cartesianismnoun (n.) The philosophy of Descartes.

caseumnoun (n.) Same as Casein.

casewormnoun (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

castoreumnoun (n.) A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

casualismnoun (n.) The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.

cataclysmnoun (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
 noun (n.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.

catapasmnoun (n.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc.

cataplasmnoun (n.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice.

catasterismnoun (n.) A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars.

catastrophismnoun (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.

catechismnoun (n.) A form of instruction by means of questions and answers.
 noun (n.) A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers.

catheterismnoun (n.) Alt. of Catheterization

catholicismnoun (n.) The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.
 noun (n.) Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.
 noun (n.) The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto.
 noun (n.) The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto.

cauliformadjective (a.) Having the form of a caulis.

cauterismnoun (n.) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.

cavalierismnoun (n.) The practice or principles of cavaliers.

celticismnoun (n.) A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.

cenobitismnoun (n.) The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.

centesmnoun (n.) Hundredth.

centigramnoun (n.) Alt. of Centigramme

centonismnoun (n.) The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.

centralismnoun (n.) The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.
 noun (n.) The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.

centrumnoun (n.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

cephalanthiumnoun (n.) Same as Anthodium.

cerebellumnoun (n.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

cerebralismnoun (n.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.

cerebriformadjective (a.) Like the brain in form or substance.

cerebrumnoun (n.) The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.

ceremonialismnoun (n.) Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

ceriumnoun (n.) A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air.

cesarismnoun (n.) See Caesarism.

chaldaismnoun (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.

chamnoun (n.) The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.
 verb (v. t.) To chew.

characterismnoun (n.) A distinction of character; a characteristic.

charismnoun (n.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

charlatanismnoun (n.) Charlatanry.

charmnoun (n.) A melody; a song.
 noun (n.) A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.
 noun (n.) That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.
 noun (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
 noun (n.) Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.
 noun (n.) To make music upon; to tune.
 noun (n.) To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.
 noun (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
 noun (n.) To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.
 noun (n.) To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.
 verb (v. i.) To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.
 verb (v. i.) To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.
 verb (v. i.) To make a musical sound.

chartismnoun (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

chasmnoun (n.) A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
 noun (n.) A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.

chattelismnoun (n.) The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

chauvinismnoun (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.

cheiropterygiumnoun (n.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

cheirotheriumnoun (n.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

cheliformadjective (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

chemismnoun (n.) The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.

chessomnoun (n.) Mellow earth; mold.

chiasmnoun (n.) Alt. of Chiasma

chiliasmnoun (n.) The millennium.
 noun (n.) The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.

chloralismnoun (n.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

chloralumnoun (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

chloroformnoun (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.
 verb (v. t.) To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.

choleriformadjective (a.) Resembling cholera.

chrismnoun (n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.
 noun (n.) The same as Chrisom.

chrisomnoun (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
 noun (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.

christendomnoun (n.) The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.
 noun (n.) The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.
 noun (n.) That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.
 noun (n.) The whole body of Christians.

christianismnoun (n.) The Christian religion.
 noun (n.) The Christian world; Christendom.

christomnoun (n.) See Chrisom.

chromatismnoun (n.) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.
 noun (n.) An abnormal coloring of plants.

chromismnoun (n.) Same as Chromatism.

chromiumnoun (n.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.

chronogramnoun (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.
 noun (n.) The record or inscription made by a chronograph.

chrysanthemumnoun (n.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.