Skip to content Word origins
All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 calyci- Calyx, bud, or cup of a flower or nut. calycle calyculus calyculus Any cup-shaped structure. cambialistic That contains either of two or more different metal atoms Cambrian Mountains A series of mountain ranges throughout Wales. cameline Of or pertaining to camels. camelopard Synonym of giraffe. Camenae A group of prophetic goddesses associated with childbirth, wells, and fountains. cameral Relating to a chamber, especially to a judicial or legislative one camera lucida An instrument that uses a shaped prism or mirrors to cause an apparent image of external objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, so that the outlines may be conveniently traced. camerate To build in the form of a vault; to arch over. cameration A vaulting or arching over. camisated Dressed with a shirt over the other garments. camisia An ancient kind of shirt or nightgown. campagus A Roman military boot. campaniform In the shape of a bell. campesterol A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol campestral Relating to open fields or uncultivated land. campimeter A device used to measure a person's field of vision Camulodunum An ancient city in Britannia, Roman Empire; modern Colchester. canaliculate Channeled lengthwise; grooved. canaliculo- canaliculus. canaliculus Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants. Canary Islands An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco. cancellate Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like. cancellus A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel. cancerate To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. Cancerian Of or pertaining to the astrological sign of Cancer. cancrine Of or pertaining to crabs. cancrivorous That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans cancrizans A type of canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order cancrum oris noma, a gangrenous disease of the face Candaules A king of Lydia. candent Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat. candescent Glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent. candicant Somewhat white, or turning white. canescent Turning white or gray. Canfranc A village in Aragon, Spain in the Pyrenees that is the site of an abandoned railway station. canicide The killing of a dog. Canicula Synonym of Sirius, particularly in Latin contexts. canicular Synonym of Sothic: of or related to the star Sirius. canicular days Synonym of dog days. caniform Characteristic of, or relating to the Caniformia. canine tooth Synonym of cuspid, one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars. Canis Latinicus Synonym of dog Latin canities The condition of having gray hair. cannabine Relating to hemp; hempen. canoness A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. canonicate The office of a canon; a canonry. canopic jar An Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed. canorous melodious Cantabrigian Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Cambridge or its university cantation A singing. cantharides Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria). cantharus A large drinking cup with two handles. cantho- Canthus, corner of the eye where the upper and lower lids meet. canthus Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet. Canticle of Canticles Synonym of Song of Songs, a canonical book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. cantillate To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue). cantion A song, poem or incantation. cantoris Of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar); cantrix A female singer. Cantuarian Of or relating to Canterbury, England. cantus firmus A preexisting melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition. capacify To qualify, to allow. Capaneus One of the seven warriors who marched from Argos against Thebes capaxorder grandorder. capiat An instrument for removing foreign bodies from a cavity, such as placental remnants from the uterus. capillament A filament. capillation A capillary (blood vessel). capillature A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. capilliform Having the form of a hair capistrate Hooded, cowled. capistrum Synonym of phorbeia. capitatim per head capite An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage. capitellum Synonym of capitulum. Capitoline Hill The highest of the seven hills of Rome. Capitolium Synonym of capitol, similar citadels in ancient Italian and Roman towns. cappa magna A voluminous mantle worn by clergymen: in the Roman Catholic church, bishops wear violet, cardinals wear red. capreolate Having a tendril or tendrils. capreoline Of or pertaining to the subfamily Capreolinae. capri- Goat. caprification A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner designed to replicate the way they are pierced by certain insects, which was once thought to aid in their reproduction. caprifig A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees. caprifole The woodbine or honeysuckle. capriform Having the form of a goat caprify To pollinate (figs) by caprification. caprigenous Resembling or originating from goats. capriped Having or relating to feet like those of a goat. caproic Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid caproic acid A liquid fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₄COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and flavours. capsicumel A form of mead made with chili peppers. captation A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction captivatrix A female captivator. caput mortuum Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation. caput succedaneum A neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the presenting part of the scalp against the dilating cervix during delivery. caract A mark or sign. Caratacus A 1st-century-CE British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain. carbohæmia Accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.