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- English Word Capulet Definition Same as Capellet.
- English Word Capulin Definition The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin).
- English Word Caput Definition The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
- English Word Caput Definition The top or superior part of a thing.
- English Word Caput Definition The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
- English Word Capybara Definition A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.
- English Word Car Definition A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
- English Word Car Definition A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
- English Word Car Definition A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.
- English Word Car Definition The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
- English Word Car Definition The cage of a lift or elevator.
- English Word Car Definition The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
- English Word Car Definition A floating perforated box for living fish.
- English Word Car wheel Definition A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
- English Word Carabid Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae.
- English Word Carabid Definition One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
- English Word Carabine Definition A carbine.
- English Word Carabineer Definition A carbineer.
- English Word Caraboid Definition Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.
- English Word Carabus Definition A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.
- English Word Carac Definition See Carack.
- English Word Caracal Definition A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
- English Word Caracara Definition A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
- English Word Carack Definition A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.
- English Word Caracole Definition A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
- English Word Caracole Definition A staircase in a spiral form.
- English Word Caracole Definition To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
- English Word Caracoled Definition of Caracole
- English Word Caracoly Definition An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.
- English Word Caracora Definition A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.