caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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caracolito | (noun) large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families | Synonyms: Ruptiliocarpon caracolito |
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carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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(noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
carbolated | (adjective) containing or treated with carbolic acid | - |
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cardholder | (noun) a player who holds a card or cards in a card game | - |
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(noun) a person who holds a credit card or debit card | - |
cardiologic | (adjective) of or relating to or used in or practicing cardiology | - |
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cardiologist | (noun) a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart | Synonyms: heart specialist, heart surgeon |
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cardiology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases | - |
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carol | (noun) a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ) | - |
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(noun) joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ | Synonyms: Christmas carol |
(verb) sing carols | - |
caroler | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroller |
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caroling | (noun) singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | - |
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caroller | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroler |
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carvedilol | (noun) beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced | - |
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casserole | (noun) large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served | - |
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(noun) food cooked and served in a casserole | - |
catabolic | (adjective) characterized by destructive metabolism | Synonyms: katabolic |
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(adjective) relating to or characterized by catabolism | Synonyms: katabolic |
catabolise | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolize |
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catabolism | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism |
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catabolize | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolise |
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catecholamine | (noun) any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland | - |
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catholic | (adjective) free from provincial prejudices or attachments | - |
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catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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catholicity | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: universality |
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catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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catholicon | (noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | Synonyms: cure-all, nostrum, panacea |
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centerfold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centrefold |
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centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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centriole | (noun) one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis | - |
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cesspool | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, sink, sump |
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chemoimmunology | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: immunochemistry |
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cherimolla | (noun) large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples | Synonyms: cherimoya |
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chiocciole | (noun) a type of pasta that is elbow-shaped. | - |
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chipolata | (noun) a small thin sausage | - |
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chirology | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry |
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chloramphenicol | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) | Synonyms: Chloromycetin |
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chocolate | (noun) a medium brown to dark-brown color | Synonyms: burnt umber, coffee, deep brown, umber |
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(noun) a food made from roasted ground cacao beans | - |
(noun) a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot | Synonyms: cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate |
chokehold | (noun) a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind | Synonyms: choke hold |
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(noun) complete power over a person or situation | Synonyms: stranglehold, throttlehold |
cholangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected | - |
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cholangitis | (noun) inflammation of the bile ducts | - |
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cholecalciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: calciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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cholecystectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain) | - |
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cholecystitis | (noun) inflammation of the gall bladder | - |
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cholecystokinin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction and emptying of the gall bladder; its release is stimulated by the presence of fatty acids and amino acids in the small intestine | - |
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cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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cholelithotomy | (noun) removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder | - |
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choler | (noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger | Synonyms: yellow bile |
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(noun) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | Synonyms: anger, ire |
(noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
cholera | (noun) an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food | Synonyms: Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera |
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choleraic | (adjective) relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera | - |
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choleric | (adjective) characterized by anger | Synonyms: irascible |
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(adjective) quickly aroused to anger | Synonyms: hot-tempered, hotheaded, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered |
(adjective) easily moved to anger | - |
cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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cholesterin | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterol |
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cholesterol | (noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues | Synonyms: cholesterin |
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choline | (noun) a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat | - |
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cholinergic | (adjective) releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound | - |
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cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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cholla | (noun) arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Opuntia cholla |
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chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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chronological | (adjective) relating to or arranged according to temporal order | - |
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chronologically | (adverb) with respect to chronology | - |
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chronologise | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologize |
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chronologize | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologise |
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chronology | (noun) the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events | - |
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(noun) a record of events in the order of their occurrence | - |
(noun) an arrangement of events in time | - |
chrysolite | (noun) a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone | - |
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chuckhole | (noun) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | Synonyms: pothole |
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circumpolar | (adjective) located or found throughout a polar region | - |
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(adjective) (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel | - |
circumvolute | (verb) wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail | - |
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circumvolution | (noun) the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis | - |
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circumvolve | (verb) cause to turn on an axis or center | Synonyms: rotate |
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citole | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, cittern, gittern |
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climatologist | (noun) someone who is expert in climatology | - |
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climatology | (noun) meteorology of climates and their phenomena | - |
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coalhole | (noun) a bin for holding coal | Synonyms: coalbin |
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cocobolo | (noun) a valuable timber tree of tropical South America | Synonyms: Dalbergia retusa |
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col | (noun) a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks | Synonyms: gap |
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cola | (noun) carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts | Synonyms: dope |
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colander | (noun) bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods | Synonyms: cullender |
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colchicine | (noun) an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout | - |
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cold | (adjective) having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration | - |
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(adjective) extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion | - |
(adjective) (color) giving no sensation of warmth | - |
(adjective) lacking the warmth of life | - |
(adjective) of a seeker; far from the object sought | - |
(adjective) without compunction or human feeling | Synonyms: cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate |
(adjective) so intense as to be almost uncontrollable | - |
(adjective) marked by errorless familiarity | - |
(adjective) having lost freshness through passage of time | - |
(adjective) unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication | - |
(adjective) feeling or showing no enthusiasm | - |
(adjective) sexually unresponsive | Synonyms: frigid |
(adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: dusty, moth-eaten, stale |
(noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature |
(noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures | Synonyms: coldness |
(noun) a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) | Synonyms: common cold |
coldcock | (verb) knock down with force | Synonyms: deck, dump, floor, knock down |
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coldcream | (noun) a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin | Synonyms: cold cream, face cream, vanishing cream |
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coldhearted | (adjective) lacking in sympathy or feeling | - |
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coldheartedness | (noun) an absence of concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: hardheartedness, heartlessness |
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coldly | (adverb) lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner | - |
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coldness | (noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: cold, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature |
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(noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: chilliness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
(noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures | Synonyms: cold |
coldwork | (verb) shape (metal) without heat | Synonyms: cold work |
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cole | (noun) coarse curly-leafed cabbage | Synonyms: kail, kale |
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(noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, colewort, kail, kale |
coleslaw | (noun) basically shredded cabbage | Synonyms: slaw |
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coleus | (noun) any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers | Synonyms: flame nettle |
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colewort | (noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, kail, kale |
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colic | (noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | Synonyms: gripes, griping, intestinal colic |
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colicky | (adjective) suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal | Synonyms: flatulent, gassy |
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colicroot | (noun) any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic | Synonyms: colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root |
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coliphage | (noun) a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli | - |
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coliseum | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, amphitheatre |
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colitis | (noun) inflammation of the colon | Synonyms: inflammatory bowel disease |
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collaborate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: cooperate, join forces |
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(verb) cooperate as a traitor | - |
collaboration | (noun) act of working jointly | Synonyms: coaction |
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(noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaborationism, quislingism |
collaborationism | (noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaboration, quislingism |
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collaborationist | (noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborator, quisling |
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collaborative | (adjective) accomplished by collaboration | - |
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