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  • English Word Camphine Definition Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.
  • English Word Camphire Definition An old spelling of Camphor.
  • English Word Camphogen Definition See Cymene.
  • English Word Camphol Definition See Borneol.
  • English Word Camphor Definition A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
  • English Word Camphor Definition A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.
  • English Word Camphor Definition To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.
  • English Word Camphoraceous Definition Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.
  • English Word Camphorate Definition To impregnate or treat with camphor.
  • English Word Camphorate Definition A salt of camphoric acid.
  • English Word Camphorate Definition Alt. of Camporated
  • English Word Camphoric Definition Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.
  • English Word Camphretic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from camphor.
  • English Word Camping Definition of Camp
  • English Word Camping Definition Lodging in a camp.
  • English Word Camping Definition A game of football.
  • English Word Campion Definition A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.
  • English Word Camporated Definition Combined or impregnated with camphor.
  • English Word Camptight Definition A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.
  • English Word Campus Definition The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.
  • English Word Campylospermous Definition Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.
  • English Word Campylotropous Definition Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
  • English Word Camus Definition See Camis.
  • English Word Camwood Definition See Barwood.
  • English Word Can Definition an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
  • English Word Can Definition A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
  • English Word Can Definition 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.
  • English Word Can Definition To preserve by putting in sealed cans
  • English Word Can Definition To know; to understand.
  • English Word Can Definition To be able to do; to have power or influence.