Carnivore (n.) One of the Carnivora.
Carnivorous (a.) Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.
Carnose (a.) Alt. of Carnous
Carnous (a.) Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
Carnous (a.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Carnosity (n.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
Carnosity (n.) Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
Carob (n.) An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.
Carob (n.) One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.
Caroche (n.) A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach.
Caroched (a.) Placed in a caroche.
Caroigne (n.) Dead body; carrion.
Carol (n.) A round dance.
Carol (n.) A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
Carol (n.) A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.
Carol (n.) Joyful music, as of a song.
Caroled (imp. & p. p.) of Carol
Carolled () of Carol
Caroling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carol
Carolling () of Carol
Carol (v. t.) To praise or celebrate in song.
Carol (v. t.) To sing, especially with joyful notes.
Carol (v. i.) To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
Carol (n.) Alt. of Carrol
Carrol (n.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century.
Carolin (n.) A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
Carolina pink () See Pinkboot.
Caroline (n.) A coin. See Carline.
Caroling (n.) A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols.
Carolinian (n.) A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
Carolitic (a.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.
Caroluses (pl. ) of Carolus
Caroli (pl. ) of Carolus
Carolus (n.) An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.
Carom (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.
Carom (v. i.) To make a carom.
Caromel (n.) See Caramel.
Caroteel (n.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs.
Carotic (a.) Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.
Carotic (a.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.
Carotid (n.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.]
Carotid (a.) Alt. of Carotidal
Carotidal (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.
Carotin (n.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.
Carousal (n.) A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.
Carouse (n.) A large draught of liquor.
Carouse (n.) A drinking match; a carousal.
Caroused (imp. & p. p.) of Carouse
Carousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carouse
Carouse (v. i.) To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
Carouse (v. t.) To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.
Carouser (n.) One who carouses; a reveler.
Carousing (a.) That carouses; relating to a carouse.
Carousingly (adv.) In the manner of a carouser.
Carped (imp. & p. p.) of Carp
Carping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carp
Carp (v. i.) To talk; to speak; to prattle.
Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Carp (v. t.) To say; to tell.
Carp (v. t.) To find fault with; to censure.
Carp (pl. ) of Carp
Carps (pl. ) of Carp
Carp (n.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.
Carpal (a.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.
Carpal (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.
Carpalia (pl. ) of Carpale
Carpale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
Carpathian (a.) Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.
Carpel (n.) Alt. of Carpellum
Carpellum (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.
Carpellary (a.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
Carpenter (n.) An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.
Carpentering (n.) The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry.
Carpentry (n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.
Carpentry (n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.
Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.
Carpet (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
Carpeted (imp. & p. p.) of Carpet
Carpeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carpet
Carpet (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpetbag (n.) A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).
Carpeting (n.) The act of covering with carpets.
Carpeting (n.) Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
Carpetless (a.) Without a carpet.
Carpetmonger (n.) One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
Carpetmonger (n.) One fond of pleasure; a gallant.
Carpetway (n.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field.
Carphology (n.) See Floccillation.
Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
Carpogenic (a.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
Carpolite (n.) A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
Carpological (a.) Of or pertaining to carpology.
Carpologist (n.) One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
Carpology (n.) That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
Carpophagous (a.) Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
Carpophore (n.) A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
Carpophyll (n.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]