Part 12

~Brutal~, _a._ ~1.~ Savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling, barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody, brutish, brute.

~2.~ Churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite, unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanly.

~3.~ Gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial.

~Brutality~, _n._ Savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty, brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart.

~Brute~, _n._ ~1.~ BEAST (_in a wild state_), quadruped, four-footed animal, ferocious animal.

~2.~ Ruffian, barbarian, brutal monster.

~Brute~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrational, void of reason.

~2.~ Bestial, savage, barbarous, BRUTAL.

~3.~ Rough, rude, uncivilized.

~Brutish~, a. ~1.~ BRUTAL.

~2.~ Irrational, brute.

~3.~ Stupid, dull, insensible.

~4.~ Gross, carnal, sensual, bestial, beastly.

~Brutum fulmen~, [L.] Harmless thunderbolt, loud but harmless threatening, empty sound.

~Bubble~, _n._ ~1.~ Water bladder.

~2.~ Trifle, bagatelle, small matter.

~3.~ Cheat, delusion, hoax, false show.

~Buccaneer~, _n._ Pirate, corsair, sea-rover, sea-robber, freebooter, picaroon.

~Buck~, _n._ ~1.~ Male (_of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare_).

~2.~ Blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow.

~Buckish~, _a._ Gay, dashing.

~Buckle~, _v. a._ Fasten with a buckle.

~Buckle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bend, bow.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Struggle, contend, strive.

~Buckle one's self~, Apply vigorously, set one's self earnestly.

~Buckler~, _n._ ~1.~ Shield, ægis.

~2.~ Defence, protection, safeguard.

~Bucolic~, _n._ Eclogue, pastoral, idyl, pastoral poem.

~Bucolic~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.

~Bucolical~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.

~Bud~, _n._ Germ, gem, undeveloped branch or flower.

~Bud~, _v. n._ Sprout, shoot, push, germinate, vegetate, pullulate, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

~Budge~, _v. n._ Stir, move, go.

~Budget~, _n._ ~1.~ Bag (_with its contents_), pack, packet, parcel, package, bundle, roll.

~2.~ Stock, store, batch, lot, set, assortment, collection.

~Buff~, _n._ Buff-skin.

~Buff~, _a._ ~1.~ Light yellow.

~2.~ Made of buff or buff-skin.

~Buffalo~, _n._ [_U. S._] Bison.

~Buffet~, _n._ ~1.~ Slap, box, knock, rap, blow, cuff.

~2.~ Cupboard.

~Buffet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, box, strike, smite, cuff.

~2.~ Struggle against, contend against.

~Buffle-headed~, _a._ Dull, stupid, doltish, foolish, blockish, simple, witless, thick-skulled.

~Buffoon~, _n._ Mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, merry Andrew, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack- pudding, pickle-herring.

~Buffoonery~, _n._ Jesting (_of a low sort_), mummery, foolery, tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks.

~Buff-skin~, _n._ Buff.

~Bugaboo~, _n._ [_Low._] BUGBEAR.

~Bugbear~, _n._ Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, BUGABOO, POKER, Gorgon, Hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.

~Buggery~, _n._ Sodomy, unnatural carnal intercourse.

~Build~, _v. a._ Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.

~Build~, _v. n._ Construct edifices.

~Build upon~, Depend on, rest on, rely upon, calculate upon, reckon upon, count upon.

~Building~, _n._ ~1.~ Construction.

~2.~ Structure, edifice, erection, fabric, pile.

~Bulb~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Scaly bud (_like the onion and the tulip_).

~2.~ Spherical protuberance.

~Bulbous~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Of the nature of the bulb.

~2.~ Round, roundish, protuberant, swelling out.

~Bulbul~, _n._ Persian nightingale (_Pyconotus jocosus_).

~Bulge~, _n._ Protuberance, bilge, belly, swell, swelling.

~Bulge~, _v. n._ Protrude, jut out.

~Bulk~, _n._ ~1.~ Magnitude, size, volume, greatness, largeness, bigness, bulkiness, amplitude, mass, massiveness, dimensions.

~2.~ Body, gross, majority, main part, greater part, principal part.

~Bulkhead~, _n._ (_Naut._) Partition, dividing wall.

~Bulky~, _a._ Large, great, big, huge, vast, of great size or bulk.

~Bull~, _n._ ~1.~ Male of bovine animals.

~2.~ Edict (_issued by the Pope_), rescript.

~3.~ Blunder (_involving a contradiction_), gross mistake.

~4.~ (_Astron._) Taurus.

~Bull-head~, n. ~1.~ Blockhead, simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~2.~ Horn-pout, mud-pout, cat-fish (_Pimelodus cattus_).

~Bully~, _n._ Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire-eater, Hotspur, mock hero.

~Bully~, _v. a._ Browbeat, overbear, treat insolently.

~Bullying~, _a._ Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish.

~Bullying~, _n._ Blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade.

~Bulwark~, _n._ ~1.~ Rampart, redoubt, fortification.

~2.~ Security, safeguard, palladium.

~Bumble-bee~, _n._ Humble-bee.

~Bummer~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Raider (_in search of provisions_), forager.

~Bump~, _n._ ~1.~ Thump, knock, blow.

~2.~ Swelling, protuberance.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind._] Faculty, power, endowment, gift.

~Bump~, _v. a._ Knock, thump, strike, hit.

~Bumpkin~, _n._ Rustic, peasant, clodpole, clown, boor, hind, lout, lubber, swain, ploughman, countryman.

~Bumptious~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Conceited, vain, egotistical, self- opinionated, self-conceited.

~Bunch~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, hunch, knob, lump.

~2.~ Cluster (_as of grapes_).

~3.~ Batch, assortment, lot, set, parcel, collection.

~4.~ Tuft, knot.

~Bundle~, _n._ Package, pack, packet, parcel, budget, roll.

~Bundle~, _v. a._ Tie in a bundle, put into bundles, bundle up.

~Bundle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Depart hurriedly, set off in a hurry.

~2.~ Sleep together (_without undressing_).

~Bundle off~, (_Active._) Send off in a hurry.

~Bundle up~, (_Active._) Bundle, wrap up.

~Bungle~, _v. n._ Do any thing clumsily.

~Bungler~, _n._ Lubber, fumbler, clumsy workman, bad hand (_at any thing_), fresh-water sailor.

~Bungling~, _a._ ~1.~ Clumsy, awkward, unhandy, unskilful, maladroit, inapt.

~2.~ Ill-done.

~Bunk~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Berth, bed.

~Bunk~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Lie (_in a bunk_), sleep.

~Bunker~, _n._ Bin, crib.

~Bunt~, _v. n._ Butt, strike with the head or the horns.

~Buoy~, _n._ Float (_to indicate shoals, anchoring places, &c._).

~Buoy up~, ~1.~ Float, keep afloat, bear up, bear on the surface.

~2.~ Encourage, embolden, reassure.

~Buoyancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Lightness, levity, specific lightness.

~2.~ Vivacity, liveliness, sprightliness, cheerfulness, GAYETY.

~Buoyant~, _a._ ~1.~ Tending to float, light.

~2.~ Cheerful, hopeful, lively, sprightly, vivacious, animated, spirited, joyful, joyous, gay, blithe, blithesome, jocund, sportive, elated, jubilant, in good spirits, in high spirits, full of life, full of spirit.

~Burbot~, _n._ Eel-pout (_Lota vulgaris_).

~Burden~, _n._ ~1.~ Load, weight.

~2.~ Cargo, freight, lading.

~3.~ Incumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, drag weight, dead weight.

~4.~ Chorus, refrain.

~Burden~, _v. a._ Load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a burden upon.

~Burdensome~, _a._ ~1.~ Heavy, oppressive, onerous.

~2.~ Troublesome, grievous, hard to bear.

~Bureau~, _n._ ~1.~ Chest of drawers.

~2.~ Office, counting-room, place of business.

~3.~ Department (_of Government_).

~Burgall~, _n._ Conner, cunner, CHOGSET, blue perch.

~Burglary~, _n._ House-breaking (_at night_).

~Burial~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burying.

~Burial-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, burying-ground, church- yard, necropolis.

~Burin~, _n._ Graver, style.

~Burlesque~, _a._ Comic, comical, funny, laughable, farcical, ludicrous, jocular, sportive.

~Burlesque~, _n._ Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous representation.

~Burlesque~, _v. a._ Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous.

~Burly~, _a._ ~1.~ Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong, STRAPPING, BOUNCING.

~2.~ Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring, coarse and rough.

~Burn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Consume with fire, reduce to ashes.

~2.~ Calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake.

~3.~ Injure by fire or heat.

~4.~ Shrivel, cause to wither.

~Burn~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flame, be on fire.

~2.~ Glow, warm, be excited.

~Burn~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, small stream.

~Burning~, _a._ ~1.~ Fiery, flaming, hot, scorching.

~2.~ Glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest.

~3.~ Vehement, powerful.

~Burning-glass~, _n._ Convex lens.

~Burnish~, _v. a._ Polish, furbish, brighten, make bright, make glossy.

~Burn one's fingers~, Get one's self into trouble (_as by meddling in the affairs of others, or by speculation_), smart for it.

~Burst~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break open (_from internal pressure_), fly open, be rent asunder.

~2.~ Break out suddenly.

~Burst~, _v. a._ Rend asunder, break open.

~Burst~, _n._ Explosion, BURSTING.

~Bursting~, _n._ Explosion, disruption, blast, burst.

~Bury~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover (_with earth, &c._), cover up.

~2.~ Inter, inhume, entomb, inurn, lay in the grave, consign to the grave.

~3.~ Hide, conceal, secrete, shroud.

~Burying~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burial.

~Burying-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, BURIAL-GROUND.

~Bury the hatchet~, Make peace, be reconciled, sheathe the sword, put up the sword.

~Bush~, _n._ Shrub.

~Bushel~, _n._ Four pecks, eight gallons, thirty-two quarts.

~Business~, _n._ ~1.~ Calling, employment, occupation, pursuit, vocation, profession, craft, AVOCATION, walk of life.

~2.~ Trade, commerce, traffic, dealing.

~3.~ Concern, matter, affair, transaction.

~4.~ Office, duty, function.

~Buskin~, _n._ ~1.~ Half boot (_especially one with high soles, worn by the ancient tragedians_).

~2.~ Tragedy, tragic drama.

~Buskined~, _a._ ~1.~ Dressed in buskins.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Tragic.

~Buss~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Kiss.

~Buss~, _n._ Kiss, smack.

~Bustle~, _v. n._ FUSS, stir about, busy one's self, be active, be busy, bestir one's self, make a fuss, be in a fidget, be in a PUCKER, be in a stew, make much ado about trifles or about nothing.

~Bustle~, _n._ ~1.~ Stir, FUSS, hurry, flurry, tumult, pother, commotion, ado, TO DO.

~2.~ Bishop, TOURNURE.

~Busy~, _a._ ~1.~ Diligent, assiduous, industrious, sedulous, notable, active, working, hard-working, at work; diligently employed, engaged, or occupied.

~2.~ Brisk, stirring, bustling, nimble, agile, SPRY, constantly in motion.

~3.~ Meddling, officious, importunate.

~Busy~, _v. a._ Occupy, employ, make busy.

~Busybody~, _n._ Meddler, intermeddler, meddlesome person, officious person.

~But~, _conj._ ~1.~ On the other hand, on the contrary.

~2.~ Yet, still, however, nevertheless, moreover, further.

~3.~ Unless, if it were not that, if it be not that.

~4.~ But that, otherwise than that.

~But~, _prep._ Except, excepting.

~But~, _ad._ Only, no more than.

~But~, _n._ ~1.~ End (_especially the larger end_), but-end.

~2.~ Bound, boundary, mete.

~Butcher~, _n._ Slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin, cut- throat.

~Butcher~, _v. a._ Kill, MURDER, slay, slaughter, massacre, ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death.

~Butchery~, _n._ MURDER, slaughter, massacre, carnage, bloodshed.

~But-end~, _n._ Blunt end, but.

~Butt~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, object, target, point aimed at.

~2.~ Laughing-stock.

~3.~ Stroke, blow.

~4.~ Cask.

~Butt~, _v. n._ Bunt, strike with the head or the horns.

~Butter-bird~, _n._ Bobolink, rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (_Dolichonyx orizyvorus_).

~Butterfly-shaped~, _a._ Papilionaceous.

~Buttery~, _n._ Pantry.

~Buttock~, _n._ Rump.

~Button-ball tree~, BUTTON-WOOD.

~Button-holder~, _n._ Bore, proser.

~Button-wood~, _n._ Sycamore, plane-tree, button-ball tree, water-birch (_Platanus occidentalis_).

~Buttress~, _n._ Shore, prop, support, stay, brace.

~Buxom~, _a._ Gay, brisk, sprightly, lively, joyous, joyful, buoyant, vivacious, cheerful, blithe, blithesome, WINSOME, jocund, sportive, frolicsome, jolly, airy, debonair, in high health and spirits.

~Buy~, _v. a._ Purchase, bargain for.

~Buzz~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hum, make a humming sound (_as bees_).

~2.~ Whisper, murmur.

~Buzz~, _n._ ~1.~ Hum, humming noise.

~2.~ Whisper, murmur.

~By~, _prep._ ~1.~ Through (_as the cause, or the remote agent_), WITH, by the agency of, by means of, by dint of.

~2.~ At, on, by way of.

~3.~ From, according to.

~4.~ Near to, close by.

~5.~ Past.

~6.~ Along, over.

~By~, _ad._ Near.

~By and by~, Presently, soon, before long, in a short time.

~By chance~, Perhaps, perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it, as it happened.

~By degrees~, Gradually, step by step, little by little, by little and little.

~By dint of~, By, by force of, by means of, by the agency of.

~By-end~, _n._ By-purpose, private interest, secret purpose, self- interested purpose, clandestine design.

~By far~, Very much, in a great degree.

~By fits~, Irregularly, fitfully, by fits and starts.

~By fits and starts~, BY FITS.

~Bygone~, _a._ Past, gone by.

~By hand~, With the hands, by the use of the hands.

~By hook or by crook~, Somehow or other, one way or other, in one way or another, by any means.

~By-name~, _n._ Nickname, SOBRIQUET.

~By one's self~, ~1.~ Alone, solitary.

~2.~ On one's own account, ON ONE'S OWN HOOK.

~By-path~, _n._ By-way, private way.

~By-place~, _n._ Retired place, out-of-the-way place.

~By-purpose~, _n._ BY-END.

~By-road~, _n._ Private road, unfrequented road.

~By-room~, _n._ Private room, CABINET.

~By rote~, By mere repetition, without any exercise of the understanding, with no attention to the meaning.

~Bystander~, _n._ Spectator, looker-on.

~By stealth~, Secretly, clandestinely.

~By the board~, Overboard, over the side.

~By the bye~, In passing, EN PASSANT, apropos to the matter in hand, by the way.

~By the job~, At a stipulated price (_for the whole job_).

~By the strike~, By the level measure.

~By the way~, BY THE BYE.

~By-way~, _n._ By-path, private way.

~Byword~, _n._ ~1.~ Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, sententious precept.

~2.~ Object of contempt, mark for scorn.

~3.~ Slang, cant term.

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~Cabal~, _n._ ~1.~ CLIQUE (_for some sinister purpose_), junto, COTERIE, set, party, gang, faction, combination, league, confederacy, CAMARILLA.

~2.~ Intrigue, plot, COMPLOT, conspiracy, machination.

~Cabal~, _v. n._ Intrigue, plot, conspire.

~Cabalistic~, _a._ Occult, secret, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark.

~Cabaret~, _n._ [Fr.] Tavern, inn, hotel, public house, house of entertainment.

~Cabbage~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Steal, purloin, filch, pilfer, make off with.

~Cabbage~, _n._ ~1.~ Plant of the genus _Brassica_.

~2.~ [_Cant term._] Shreds of cloth, tailors' remnants.

~Cabin~, _n._ Hut, hovel, cot, shed, poor cottage, mean dwelling.

~Cabinet~, _n._ ~1.~ Closet, boudoir, by-room, small room, private room, retired apartment.

~2.~ Ministry, council, body of advisers.

~Caboose~, _n._ [Written also _Camboose_.] Cook-room (_of a ship_), galley.

~Cachalot~, _n._ Sperm-whale, spermaceti-whale (_Physeter macrocephalus_).

~Cachinnation~, _n._ Laughter (_loud or immoderate_), laugh, guffaw, horse-laugh.

~Cackle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Laugh (_with a sound like the cackling of a goose_), GIGGLE, TITTER, SNICKER.

~2.~ Prate, prattle, babble, chatter, palaver, talk idly, talk nonsense.

~Cackle~, _n._ Prattle, prate, twaddle, idle talk, small talk.

~Cacoethes~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Bad habit, bad custom.

~2.~ (_Med._) Incurable ulcer.

~Cacophonous~, _a._ Harsh, grating, discordant.

~Cacophony~, _n._ Discord, jarring, jar, harsh sound.

~Cadaverous~, _a._ Pale, pallid, wan, ghastly, death-like.

~Caddice~, _n._ Case-worm, cade-worm.

~Caddis~, _n._ Case-worm, cade-worm.

~Cadence~, _n._ ~1.~ Fall of the voice.

~2.~ Tone, intonation, modulation of the voice.

~Cade-worm~, _n._ Caddice, case-worm.

~Caduceus~, _n._ [L.] Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff.

~Cæsura~, _n._ Pause (in a verse), break.

~Cæteris paribus~, [L.] Other things being equal, in like circumstances.

~Café~, _n._ [Fr.] Restaurant, coffee-house.

~Caitiff~, _n._ Villain, wretch, miscreant, knave, rascal, scoundrel, mean fellow.

~Cajole~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon.

~2.~ Deceive (_by flattery_), delude, inveigle, entrap, impose upon.

~Cajolery~, _n._ ~1.~ Flattery, wheedling, fawning, coaxing, adulation, blandishment, blarney, SOFT SAWDER, SOFT SOAP.

~2.~ Deceit, deception, imposition.

~Cake~, _v. n._ Harden, solidify, concrete, become firm or solid.

~Calamine~, _n._ Silicate of zinc (_in a mineral state_).

~Calamitous~, _a._ Disastrous, unlucky, unfortunate, adverse, untoward, unhappy, unprosperous, hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, deplorable, ruinous, miserable, wretched, dreadful, distressful, afflictive, sad, grievous.

~Calamity~, _n._ Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, mischance, reverse, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, affliction, adversity, distress, hardship, casualty, ill luck, ill fortune.

~Calcareous~, _a._ Limy.

~Calcareous spar~, Iceland spar, Iceland crystal, crystallized carbonate of lime.

~Calcine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Burn, reduce to ashes.

~2.~ Oxidize, oxidate.

~Calculable~, _a._ Computable.

~Calculate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compute, reckon, estimate, count, rate, cast.

~2.~ Adjust, adapt, fit.

~Calculate~, _v. n._ Tell, estimate, make a calculation, make a computation, cast accounts.

~Calculate upon~, Anticipate, contemplate, foresee, expect, look forward to, look out for, reckon upon, count upon, rely upon, depend upon, prepare one's self for.

~Calculation~, _n._ ~1.~ Computation, reckoning.

~2.~ Investigation, examination, inquisition, inquiry, scrutiny, exploration, sifting.

~3.~ Expectation, expectance, anticipation, contemplation, prospect.

~4.~ Forethought, foresight, circumspection, wariness, caution, cautiousness, discretion, deliberation, prudence.

~Calculous~, _a._ Stony, gritty.

~Calculus~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Med._) [L. _pl. Calculi._] Morbid concretion.

~2.~ [_Eng. pl. Calculuses._] Fluxions, differential and Integral calculus.

~Caledonian~, _a._ Scottish, Scotch.

~Caledonian~, _n._ Scotchman.

~Calefaction~, _n._ Heating, incalescence.

~Calembour~, _n._ [Fr.] Pun, quibble, play upon words.

~Calendar~, _n._ ~1.~ Almanac, ephemeris, register of the year.

~2.~ List.

~Calender~, _n._ Hot press.

~Calender~, _v. a._ Smooth or glaze (_by a calender_).

~Calendering~, _n._ Glazing (_by a calender_).

~Calibre~, _n._ [Written also _Caliber_.] ~1.~ Diameter of the bore.

~2.~ Bore.

~3.~ Talent, ability, faculty, endowment, parts, genius, compass or mind.

~Calico~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Eng._] Cotton cloth.

~2.~ [U.S.] Print, printed cotton cloth.

~Caliper-compasses~, _n. pl._ [Written also _Caliber-compasses_.] Calipers.

~Calipers~, _n. pl._ CALIPER-COMPASSES.

~Call~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Name, term, denominate, entitle, style, phrase, designate, dub, christen.

~2.~ Bid, invite, summon, ask to come, send for.

~3.~ Convoke, assemble, convene, muster, call together.

~4.~ Appoint, designate, elect, ordain, set apart.

~5.~ Invoke, appeal to.

~Call~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exclaim, cry, cry out, speak aloud, make appeal.

~2.~ Make a short visit.

~Call~, _n._ ~1.~ Invitation, summons.

~2.~ Demand, claim, requisition.

~3.~ Short visit.

~Calling~, _n._ Occupation, business, profession, pursuit, trade, craft, employment, vocation, AVOCATION, walk of life.

~Call on~, ~1.~ Invoke, appeal to, pray to, call upon.

~2.~ Solicit, apply to.

~3.~ Make a visit to, pay a visit to.

~Callous~, _a._ ~1.~ Indurated, hardened, hard.

~2.~ Insensible, unfeeling, apathetic, obtuse, unsusceptible, unimpressible, sluggish, dull, torpid, indifferent, dead.

~Callow~, _a._ Unfledged, unfeathered, naked.

~Call upon~, CALL ON.

~Calm~, _a._ ~1.~ Tranquil, serene, placid, quiet, still, smooth, halcyon, peaceful.

~2.~ Undisturbed, composed, collected, unruffled, sedate, mild, cool.

~Calm~, _n._ Serenity, CALMNESS.

~Calm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Still, compose, hush, smooth, allay, lull.

~2.~ Tranquillize, becalm, pacify, appease, assuage, quiet, soothe, soften, mollify, moderate, alleviate.

~Calmness~, _n._ ~1.~ Quietness, tranquillity, serenity, repose, peace, stillness, calm, placidity, lull.

~2.~ Mildness, coolness, sedateness, composure.

~Calomel~, _n._ Chloride of mercury, protochloride of mercury, subchloride of mercury.

~Calorific~, _a._ Heating, heat-producing.

~Calumet~, _n._ Pipe of peace.

~Calumniate~, _v. a._ Slander, asperse, malign, traduce, defame, scandalize, vilify, revile, abuse, lampoon, libel, blacken, blemish, accuse falsely.

~Calumniator~, _n._ Slanderer, traducer, defamer, backbiter, libeller, lampooner, detractor.

~Calumnious~, _a._ Slanderous, abusive, defamatory, contumelious, opprobrious, vituperative, scurrilous, insulting.

~Calumny~, _n._ SLANDER (_known to be false_), defamation, aspersion, backbiting, detraction, abuses, scandal, obloquy, false accusation.

~Calyx~, _n._ Flower-cup.

~Camarilla~, _n._ [Sp.] CLIQUE, cabal, secret cabinet, power behind the throne.

~Camboose~, _n._ CABOOSE.

~Cambrian~, _a._ Welsh.

~Cambrian~, _n._ Welshman, Cambro-Briton.

~Cambro-Briton~, _n._ CAMBRIAN.

~Camelopard~, _n._ Giraffe.

~Camerated~, _a._ Arched, vaulted, bowed.

~Camons~, _a._ Flat, depressed (_said only of the nose_).

~Camp~, _n._ Encampment.

~Camp~, _v. n._ Encamp, pitch one's tent, pitch a camp.

~Campanile~, _n._ Belfry.

~Campeachy wood~, Logwood.

~Can~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be able to, have power to.

~2.~ Be possible to.

~Canada balsam~, Balsam of fir, Canada turpentine.

~Canada snakeroot~, Wild ginger.

~Canaille~, _n._ [Fr.] Populace, rabble, mob, riffraff, the vulgar, the people, the crowd, vulgar herd, the ignoble vulgar, low people, lowest class of people, the multitude, the million, scum of society, dregs of society, RAG-TAG-AND-BOB-TAIL.

~Canard~, _n._ [Fr.] Hoax, absurd or ridiculous fabrication.

~Cancel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Obliterate, efface, erase, expunge, blot, blot out, rub out, scratch out, wipe out.

~2.~ Abrogate, annul, repeal, rescind, revoke, abolish, nullify, quash, set aside, make void.

~Cancellated~, _a._ Cross-barred.

~Candelabrum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Candelabra; Eng. pl. Candelabrums_.] Chandelier, lustre, branched candlestick.

~Candid~, _a._ ~1.~ Impartial, fair, just, unprejudiced, unbiassed, upright, honest, sincere.

~2.~ Open, free, ingenuous, artless, frank, plain, honorable, NAÏVE, guileless, straightforward, open-hearted, frank-hearted, above-board.

~Candidate~, _n._ Aspirant, solicitant.

~Candor~, _n._ ~1.~ Fairness, honesty, sincerity.

~2.~ Openness, ingenuousness, artlessness, frankness, guilelessness, truthfulness.

~Cane brimstone~, Roll sulphur, stick sulphur.

~Canicula~, _n._ Sirius, dog-star.

~Canicular days~, Dog-days.

~Canine madness~, Hydrophobia.

~Canker~, _v. a._ Corrupt, corrode, erode, eat away.

~Canker-rash~, _n._ Putrid sore throat.

~Canker-worm~, _n._ Span-worm, looper, geometer.

~Cannibals~, _n. pl._ Anthropophagi, man-eaters.

~Cannon~, _n._ Great gun.

~Cannonade~, _v. a._ Attack with cannon, attack with heavy artillery.

~Canon~, _n._ ~1.~ Rule (_especially in ecclesiastical matters_), law, formula, formulary.

~2.~ Received books of Scripture, canonical books.

~3.~ Catalogue of Saints.

~Canonical~, _a._ ~1.~ Received, authorized, according to the canon.

~2.~ Regular, stated.

~Canonicals~, _n. pl._ Full dress (_of a clergyman_).

~Canonize~, _v. a._ Declare a saint, make a saint of, enroll in the canon.

~Canopy~, _n._ Awning, tilt.

~Canorous~, _a._ Musical, tuneful.

~Cant~, _n._ ~1.~ Whining or affected speech.

~2.~ Hypocrisy, pretence.

~3.~ Peculiar form of speech, professional terms.

~4.~ Slang, barbarous jargon, low language, inelegant expression.

~5.~ Auction, vendue, auction sale.

~6.~ Turn, tilt, slant.

~Cant~, _a._ ~1.~ Hypocritical, insincere, hollow, canting.

~2.~ Vulgar, barbarous, unauthorized, inelegant.