| cannular | (adjective) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | Synonyms: tube-shaped, tubelike, tubular, vasiform |
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| cannulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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| cannulation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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| cannulisation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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| cannulise | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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| cannulization | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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| cannulize | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, canulate, intubate |
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| canny | (adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagey, cagy, clever |
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| canoe | (noun) small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle | - |
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| (verb) travel by canoe | - |
| canoeist | (noun) someone paddling a canoe | Synonyms: paddler |
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| canola | (noun) vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | Synonyms: canola oil |
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| canon | (noun) a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy | - |
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| (noun) a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts | - |
| (noun) a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired | - |
| (noun) a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| (noun) a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall | Synonyms: canyon |
| (noun) a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter | - |
| canonic | (adjective) of or relating to or required by canon law | Synonyms: canonical |
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| (adjective) appearing in a biblical canon | Synonyms: canonical |
| (adjective) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | Synonyms: canonical, sanctioned |
| (adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: basic, canonical |
| canonical | (adjective) of or relating to or required by canon law | Synonyms: canonic |
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| (adjective) appearing in a biblical canon | Synonyms: canonic |
| (adjective) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | Synonyms: canonic, sanctioned |
| (adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: basic, canonic |
| canonically | (adverb) in a canonical manner | - |
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| canonisation | (noun) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints | Synonyms: canonization |
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| canonise | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonize, saint |
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| (verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonize |
| canonised | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonized, glorified |
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| canonist | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism" | - |
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| (noun) a specialist in canon law | - |
| canonization | (noun) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints | Synonyms: canonisation |
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| canonize | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, saint |
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| (verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonise |
| canonized | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonised, glorified |
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| canoodle | (verb) fondle or pet affectionately | - |
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| canopied | (adjective) covered with or as with a canopy | - |
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| canopy | (noun) a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather | - |
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| (noun) the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air | - |
| (noun) the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit | - |
| (verb) cover with a canopy | - |
| canorous | (adjective) richly melodious | Synonyms: songful |
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| cant | (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: bevel, chamfer |
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| (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
| (noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | Synonyms: buzzword |
| (noun) insincere talk about religion or morals | Synonyms: pious platitude |
| (noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: bank, camber |
| (verb) heel over | Synonyms: cant over, pitch, slant, tilt |
| cantabile | (adjective) smooth and flowing | Synonyms: singing |
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| cantala | (noun) Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine | Synonyms: Agave cantala, maguey |
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| (noun) hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants | Synonyms: Cebu maguey, manila maguey |
| cantaloup | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloupe |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| cantaloupe | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| cantankerous | (adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition | Synonyms: crotchety, ornery |
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| (adjective) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate | Synonyms: bloody-minded |
| cantankerously | (adverb) in a bad mood | - |
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| cantata | (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | Synonyms: oratorio |
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| canted | (adjective) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal | Synonyms: atilt, leaning, tilted, tipped |
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| canteen | (noun) a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers | - |
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| (noun) restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat | - |
| (noun) a recreation room in an institution | - |
| (noun) a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | Synonyms: mobile canteen |
| (noun) sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. | - |
| canter | (noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | Synonyms: lope |
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| (verb) ride at a canter | - |
| (verb) go at a canter, of horses | - |
| (verb) cause to ride at a cantering pace | - |
| cantering | (adjective) riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop | - |
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| canthus | (noun) either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet | - |
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| canticle | (noun) a hymn derived from the Bible | - |
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| cantilever | (noun) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only | - |
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| (verb) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed | - |
| (verb) project as a cantilever | - |
| cantillate | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: chant, intonate, intone |
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| cantillation | (noun) liturgical chanting | - |
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| cantle | (noun) the back of a saddle seat | - |
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| canto | (noun) a major division of a long poem | - |
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| (noun) the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music | - |
| canton | (noun) a small administrative division of a country | - |
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| (verb) divide into cantons, of a country | - |
| (verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: billet, quarter |
| cantonal | (adjective) of or relating to a canton | - |
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| cantonment | (noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, encampment |
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| cantor | (noun) the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos | Synonyms: hazan |
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| (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: choirmaster, precentor |
| canty | (adjective) lively and brisk | - |
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| canulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, intubate |
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| canulation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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| canulisation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulization, intubation |
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| canulization | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, intubation |
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| canvas | (noun) a heavy, closely woven fabric | Synonyms: canvass |
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| (noun) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete | Synonyms: canvass |
| (noun) a tent made of canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvas tent, canvass |
| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvass, sail, sheet |
| (noun) an oil painting on canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvass |
| (noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account | Synonyms: canvass |
| (verb) cover with canvas | - |
| canvasback | (noun) North American wild duck valued for sport and food | Synonyms: Aythya valisineria, canvasback duck |
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| canvass | (noun) a heavy, closely woven fabric | Synonyms: canvas |
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| (noun) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete | Synonyms: canvas |
| (noun) a tent made of canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvas, canvas tent |
| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, sail, sheet |
| (noun) an oil painting on canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvas |
| (noun) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people | Synonyms: opinion poll, poll, public opinion poll |
| (noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account | Synonyms: canvas |
| (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, examine, study |
| (verb) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign | - |
| (verb) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions | Synonyms: poll |
| canvasser | (noun) someone who conducts surveys of public opinion | Synonyms: headcounter, poll taker, pollster |
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| (noun) someone who examines votes at an election | Synonyms: scrutineer |
| (noun) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes | Synonyms: solicitor |
| (noun) a person who takes or counts votes | - |
| canvassing | (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, electioneering |
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| canyon | (noun) a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall | Synonyms: canon |
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| canyonside | (noun) the steeply sloping side of a canyon | - |
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