Name Report For First Name CON:

CON

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

Rhymes with CON - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CON

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CON AS A WHOLE:

concetta constanta erconberht conchobar condan conlaoch connla eburacon aconteus constantin concepcion concepta conchetta conchobara conchobarra conchobarre congalie connal connie conradine conshita consolacion consolata constantia consuela consuelo conaire conall conan conant conary conchobhar condon conleth conley conn connacht connah connell conner connlaio connolly connor conny conor conrad conradin conrado conroy constantino deacon dracon eburscon falcon gascon macon conlin connlan conlan constansie constanza conradina condwiramurs conway constance constancia cony conal

NAMES RHYMING WITH CON (According to last letters):

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

afton carnation aedon solon strephon sidon cihuaton nijlon sokanon odion sion accalon dudon hebron pendragon antton erromon gotzon txanton zorion celyddon mabon bendision alston alton benton burton carelton fenton hamilton harrison histion kenton pierson preston ralston rawson remington rexton sexton stanton weston aymon ganelon vernon glendon lon anton acheron acteon aeson agamemnon alcmaeon amphion amphitryon andraemon arion bellerophon biton cadmon cenon cercyon charon chiron corydon creon daemon demogorgon demophon deucalion echion endymion erysichthon euryton geryon haemon hyperion iasion iason ion ixion jason kedalion korudon ladon laocoon laomedon lycaon machaon myron ophion palaemon panteleimon phaethon phaon philemon phlegethon poseidon pygmalion sarpedon

NAMES RHYMING WITH CON (According to first letters):

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

coatl coaxoch cobhan coburn coby cochava cocheta cochise cochlain cocidius coco cocytus codee codell codey codi codie codier codrin codruta cody codyr coeus cofahealh coghlan cohen coigleach coilin coillcumhann coilleach coinleain coinneach coira coire coireail colan colbert colbey colbi colby cole coleen coleman colemann colene colesha coleta coletta colette coletun coley colfre colier colin colina colis colla colle colleem colleen collena collene colletta collette collier collin collins collis collyer collyn colm colman colmcilla colmcille colquhoun colson colt colten colter coltere colton coltrane colum columbanus columbine columbo colver colvert colvyr colwyn colyer colyn colys coman comfort comforte comhghan comyn comyna cooey

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CON:

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

cadan caden cadman cadwallon caedmon caedon caelan caerleon caerlion cailean cailen cailin caillen cailyn cain caitilin caitlan caitlin caitlinn caitlyn caitlynn caitrin calan calhoun caliburn calidan calin callaghan callahan camarin camaron camdan camden camdin camdyn camelon cameron cameryn camlann camren camron camryn camshron caoilfhinnn caoilfhionn caoimhghin caolabhuinn caolan caomhan caralyn carilyn carlatun carleen carleton carlin carlson carlton carman carmen carmon carolan carolann carolin carolyn carolynn carrington carson carsten caryn carynn casen cassian caswallan catalin catelyn catheryn cathleen cathlin cathryn catlin catlyn cavalon cavan cayden caylan ceallachan ceannfhionn ceapmann ceastun ceawlin ceileachan cein celdtun celidon cendrillon cerin cetewin chadburn chan chanan

English Words Rhyming CON

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CON AS A WHOLE:

abscondingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abscond

abscondencenoun (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.

abscondernoun (n.) One who absconds.

aconddyloseadjective (a.) Alt. of Acondylous

acondylousadjective (a.) Being without joints; jointless.

aconitaladjective (a.) Of the nature of aconite.

aconitenoun (n.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.
 noun (n.) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.

aconitianoun (n.) Same as Aconitine.

aconiticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to aconite.
 adjective (a.) Pert. to or designating a crystalline tribasic acid, /, obtained from aconite and other plants. It is a carboxyl derivative of itaconic acid.

aconitinenoun (n.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

aconitumnoun (n.) The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.

acontianoun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.

acontiasnoun (n.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

aleconnernoun (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]

anacondanoun (n.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

anconnoun (n.) The olecranon, or the elbow.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Ancone

anconenoun (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
 noun (n.) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

anconaladjective (a.) Alt. of Anconeal

anconealadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.

anconeusnoun (n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

anconoidadjective (a.) Elbowlike; anconal.

anconynoun (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

anthraconitenoun (n.) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

anticonstitutionaladjective (a.) Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

anticontagiousadjective (a.) Opposing or destroying contagion.

anticonvulsiveadjective (a.) Good against convulsions.

archdeaconnoun (n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.

archdeaconrynoun (n.) The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.

archdeaconshipnoun (n.) The office of an archdeacon.

archidiaconaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.

baconnoun (n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

baconiannoun (n.) One who adheres to the philosophy of Lord Bacon.
 noun (n.) One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.

balconnoun (n.) A balcony.

balconiedadjective (a.) Having balconies.

balconynoun (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.
 noun (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

barconnoun (n.) A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.

basiliconnoun (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.

beaconnoun (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
 noun (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
 noun (n.) A high hill near the shore.
 noun (n.) That which gives notice of danger.
 verb (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

beaconingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beacon

beaconagenoun (n.) Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.

beaconlessadjective (a.) Having no beacon.

biconcaveadjective (a.) Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebrae.

biconjugateadjective (a.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice.

biconvexadjective (a.) Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.

busconnoun (n.) One who searches for ores; a prospector.

balopticonnoun (n.) See Projector, below.

catholiconnoun (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

chaconnenoun (n.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.

citraconicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids.

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


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


abacinationnoun (n.) The act of abacinating.

abactionnoun (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.

abaddonnoun (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
 noun (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit.

abalienationnoun (n.) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.

abandonnoun (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
 verb (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
 verb (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
 verb (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
 verb (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
 verb (v.) Abandonment; relinquishment.

abannationnoun (n.) Alt. of Abannition

abannitionnoun (n.) Banishment.

abarticulationnoun (n.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.

abbreviationnoun (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing.
 noun (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
 noun (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
 noun (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

abdicationnoun (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

abductionnoun (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
 noun (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
 noun (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
 noun (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

aberrationnoun (n.) The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
 noun (n.) A partial alienation of reason.
 noun (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4", and in the latter, to 0.3". Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
 noun (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
 noun (n.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
 noun (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.

abevacuationnoun (n.) A partial evacuation.

abirritationnoun (n.) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

abjectionnoun (n.) The act of bringing down or humbling.
 noun (n.) The state of being rejected or cast out.
 noun (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

abjudicationnoun (n.) Rejection by judicial sentence.

abjurationnoun (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
 noun (n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

ablactationnoun (n.) The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
 noun (n.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

ablaqueationnoun (n.) The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.

ablationnoun (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal.
 noun (n.) Extirpation.
 noun (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.

ablegationnoun (n.) The act of sending abroad.

abliguritionnoun (n.) Prodigal expense for food.

ablutionnoun (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
 noun (n.) The water used in cleansing.
 noun (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

abluvionnoun (n.) That which is washed off.

abnegationnoun (n.) a denial; a renunciation.

abnodationnoun (n.) The act of cutting away the knots of trees.

abolitionnoun (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

abominationnoun (n.) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
 noun (n.) That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
 noun (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness.

abortionnoun (n.) The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
 noun (n.) The immature product of an untimely birth.
 noun (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
 noun (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.

abrasionnoun (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
 noun (n.) The substance rubbed off.
 noun (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

abrenunciationnoun (n.) Absolute renunciation or repudiation.

abreptionnoun (n.) A snatching away.

abrogationnoun (n.) The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

abruptionnoun (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

abscessionnoun (n.) A separating; removal; also, an abscess.

abscisionnoun (n.) See Abscission.

abscissionnoun (n.) The act or process of cutting off.
 noun (n.) The state of being cut off.
 noun (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

absentationnoun (n.) The act of absenting one's self.

absolutionnoun (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
 noun (n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
 noun (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
 noun (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
 noun (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
 noun (n.) Delivery, in speech.

absorbitionnoun (n.) Absorption.

absorptionnoun (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
 noun (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
 noun (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
 noun (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

abstentionadjective (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

abstersionnoun (n.) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

abstractionadjective (a.) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
 adjective (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.
 adjective (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.
 adjective (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
 adjective (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
 adjective (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
 adjective (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

abstrusionnoun (n.) The act of thrusting away.

absumptionnoun (n.) Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.

abutilonnoun (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

accelerationnoun (n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.

accensionnoun (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

accentuationnoun (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
 noun (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

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


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


coacervateadjective (a.) Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped.
 verb (v. t.) To heap up; to pile.

coacervationnoun (n.) A heaping together.

coachnoun (n.) A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
 noun (n.) A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race.
 noun (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
 noun (n.) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
 verb (v. t.) To convey in a coach.
 verb (v. t.) To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
 verb (v. i.) To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

coachingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coach

coacheenoun (n.) A coachman

coachfellownoun (n.) One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade.

coachmannoun (n.) A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
 noun (n.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.

coachmanshipnoun (n.) Skill in driving a coach.

coactionnoun (n.) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.

coactiveadjective (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
 adjective (a.) Acting in concurrence; united in action.

coactivitynoun (n.) Unity of action.

coadaptationnoun (n.) Mutual adaption.

coadaptedadjective (a.) Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth.

coadjumentnoun (n.) Mutual help; cooperation.

coadjustmentnoun (n.) Mutual adjustment.

coadjutantnoun (n.) An assistant.
 adjective (a.) Mutually assisting or operating; helping.

coadjutingadjective (a.) Mutually assisting.

coadjutiveadjective (a.) Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.

coadjutornoun (n.) One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.
 noun (n.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.

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

coadjutressnoun (n.) Alt. of Coadjutrix

coadjutrixnoun (n.) A female coadjutor or assistant.

coadjuvancynoun (n.) Joint help; cooperation.

coadjuvantnoun (n.) An adjuvant.
 adjective (a.) Cooperating.

coadunateadjective (a.) United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.

coadunationnoun (n.) Union, as in one body or mass; unity.

coadunitionnoun (n.) Coadunation.

coadventurenoun (n.) An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.
 verb (v. i.) To share in a venture.

coadventurernoun (n.) A fellow adventurer.

coagnoun (n.) See Coak, a kind of tenon.

coagencynoun (n.) Agency in common; joint agency or agent.

coagentnoun (n.) An associate in an act; a coworker.

coagmentationnoun (n.) The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union.

coagulabilitynoun (n.) The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.

coagulableadjective (a.) Capable of being coagulated.

coagulantnoun (n.) That which produces coagulation.

coagulateadjective (a.) Coagulated.
 verb (v. t.) To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
 verb (v. i.) To undergo coagulation.

coagulatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coagulate

coagulatedadjective (a.) Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Coagulate

coagulationnoun (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.
 noun (n.) The substance or body formed by coagulation.

coagulativeadjective (a.) Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent.

coagulatornoun (n.) That which causes coagulation.

coagulatoryadjective (a.) Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects.

coagulumadjective (a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

coaitanoun (n.) The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

coaknoun (n.) See Coke, n.
 noun (n.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.
 noun (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.
 verb (v. t.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.

coalnoun (n.) A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.
 noun (n.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.
 verb (v. t.) To burn to charcoal; to char.
 verb (v. t.) To mark or delineate with charcoal.
 verb (v. t.) To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.
 verb (v. i.) To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.

coalingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coal

coalerynoun (n.) See Colliery.

coalescingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coalesce

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CON:

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

cabezonnoun (n.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.

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.

cabireannoun (n.) One of the Cabiri.

cabirianadjective (a.) Same as Cabiric.

cabmannoun (n.) The driver of a cab.

caburnnoun (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

cachinnationnoun (n.) Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.

cacodemonnoun (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
 noun (n.) The nightmare.

cacoonnoun (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

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.

cadmianadjective (a.) See Cadmean.

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

caeciliannoun (n.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.

caesareanadjective (a.) Alt. of Caesarian

caesarianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars; imperial.

caftannoun (n.) A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.
 verb (v. t.) To clothe with a caftan.

caimannoun (n.) See Cayman.

cairnnoun (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
 noun (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

caissonnoun (n.) A chest to hold ammunition.
 noun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.
 noun (n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
 noun (n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.
 noun (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.
 noun (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
 noun (n.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.

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

calcedonnoun (n.) A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.

calcedonianadjective (a.) See Chalcedonic.

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.

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

calcitrationnoun (n.) Act of kicking.

calculationnoun (n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.
 noun (n.) An expectation based on circumstances.

caldronnoun (n.) A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.]

caledoniannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.

calefactionnoun (n.) The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.
 noun (n.) The state of being heated.

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

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

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.

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

caligationnoun (n.) Dimness; cloudiness.

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

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

callisectionnoun (n.) Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection.

callithumpianadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.

callosanadjective (a.) Of the callosum.

calorificationnoun (n.) Production of heat, esp. animal heat.

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

calumniationnoun (n.) False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

calyonnoun (n.) Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.

cambriannoun (n.) A native of Cambria or Wales.
 noun (n.) The Cambrian formation.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

cameleonnoun (n.) See Chaceleon.

camerationnoun (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

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

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

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

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

camphogennoun (n.) See Cymene.

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

cannoun (n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
 noun (n.) A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.
 verb (v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed cans
 verb (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
  () an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

canadiannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Canada.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Canada.

canakinnoun (n.) A little can or cup.

canalizationnoun (n.) Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

cancannoun (n.) A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.

cancellareanadjective (a.) Cancellarean.

cancellationnoun (n.) The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
 noun (n.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.

cancerationnoun (n.) The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.

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.

cannonnoun (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
 noun (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
 noun (n.) A kind of type. See Canon.
 noun (n. & v.) See Carom.
 verb (v. i.) To discharge cannon.
 verb (v. i.) To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.
  (pl. ) of Cannon

canoemannoun (n.) One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.

canonnoun (n.) A law or rule.
 noun (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.
 noun (n.) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.
 noun (n.) In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
 noun (n.) A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
 noun (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
 noun (n.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.
 noun (n.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
 noun (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.
 noun (n.) See Carom.

ca–onnoun (n.) A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.

canonizationnoun (n.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
 noun (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.

cantabrianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

cantabrigiannoun (n.) A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

cantationnoun (n.) A singing.

canteennoun (n.) A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.
 noun (n.) The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

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

cantillationnoun (n.) A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

cantionnoun (n.) A song or verses.

cantonnoun (n.) A song or canto
 noun (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.
 noun (n.) A small community or clan.
 noun (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
 noun (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
 verb (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
 verb (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

cantoonnoun (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.

canyonnoun (n.) The English form of the Spanish word Ca–on.

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

caoutchoucinnoun (n.) See Caoutchin.

caparisonnoun (n.) An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.
 noun (n.) Gay or rich clothing.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.
 verb (v. t.) To aborn with rich dress; to dress.

capelannoun (n.) See Capelin.

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.

capillationnoun (n.) A capillary blood vessel.

capitalizationnoun (n.) The act or process of capitalizing.

capitationnoun (n.) A numbering of heads or individuals.
 noun (n.) A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.

capitolianadjective (a.) Alt. of Capitoline

capitulationnoun (n.) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
 noun (n.) The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.
 noun (n.) The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.

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

caponnoun (n.) A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
 verb (v. t.) To castrate; to make a capon of.

capricornnoun (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
 noun (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.

caprificationnoun (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

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.

capstannoun (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.

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.

captationnoun (n.) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.

captionnoun (n.) A caviling; a sophism.
 noun (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
 noun (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
 noun (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page.

captivationnoun (n.) The act of captivating.

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.

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