Part 13

~Cantankerous~, _a._ Crabbed, perverse, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, refractory, contumacious, headstrong, wilful, dogged, intractable, heady, obdurate, stiff, cross-grained.

~Canter~, _n._ ~1.~ HYPOCRITE, Pharisee.

~2.~ Easy gallop, gentle gallop.

~Canter~, _v. n._ Gallop gently.

~Cantharides~, _n. pl._ SPANISH FLIES.

~Canticle~, _n._ SONG.

~Canticles~, _n. pl._ The song of songs, Song of Solomon.

~Canting~, _a._ ~1.~ Affected.

~2.~ Hypocritical, insincere, hollow, cant.

~Cantonment~, _n._ Quarters.

~Canvass~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Debate, discuss, dispute, agitate, ventilate, controvert.

~2.~ Investigate, examine, scrutinize, sift, study, consider, follow up, inquire into.

~3.~ Bespeak the votes of, solicit votes from.

~Canvass~, _n._ ~1.~ Discussion, debate, dispute.

~2.~ Examination, scrutiny, sifting.

~3.~ Solicitation of votes.

~Canyon~, _n._ [Sp. _Cañon_], Gorge, ravine, gulch.

~Caoutchouc~, _n._ India-rubber, gum-elastic.

~Cap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crown, complete, finish.

~2.~ Exceed, surpass, transcend, overtop.

~Capability~, _n._ Capableness, capacity, ability, ableness, skill, competency, efficiency.

~Capable~, _a._ ~1.~ Qualified, suited, fitted, adapted, susceptible.

~2.~ Able, competent, intelligent, clever, skilful, efficient, ingenious, sagacious, gifted, accomplished.

~Capableness~, _n._ CAPABILITY.

~Capacious~, _a._ Spacious, ample, large, wide, broad, extensive, roomy, expanded, comprehensive.

~Capaciousness~, _n._ CAPACITY.

~Capacitate~, _v. a._ Qualify, enable, make able, make or render capable.

~Capacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Capaciousness, magnitude (_in reference to contents_), volume, dimensions, amplitude, extent of room or space.

~2.~ Power (_of apprehension_), faculty, talent, genius, gift, turn, FORTE, parts, brains, aptness, aptitude, discernment, wit, mother-wit, calibre.

~3.~ ABILITY, ableness, capability, cleverness, skill, skilfulness, competency, efficiency, readiness.

~4.~ Office, post, sphere, province, character, function, service, charge.

~Cap-a-pie~, _ad._ [Fr.] From head to foot.

~Caparison~, _n._ Trappings (_for a horse_), bard, horse-armor.

~Cape~, _n._ Headland, promontory.

~Caper~, _v. n._ Leap (_in a frolicsome mood_), hop, skip, jump, bound, romp, gambol, frisk, dance.

~Caper~, _n._ Leap (_in a frolicsome mood_), skip, hop, spring, bound, gambol, romp, prank, freak.

~Capillary~, _a._ Fine (_like a hair_), slender, minute.

~Capital~, _a._ ~1.~ Chief, principal, leading, first in importance.

~2.~ Excellent, good, prime, perfect, first-rate.

~Capital~, _n._ ~1.~ Metropolis, chief city or town.

~2.~ Large letter, capital letter.

~3.~ Stock, sum invested.

~4.~ (_Arch._) Head of a column, pillar or pilaster.

~Capital crime~, Crime punishable with death.

~Capital letter~, Capital, large letter.

~Capital punishment~, Punishment or penalty of death.

~Capitation tax~, Poll tax.

~Capitulate~, _v. n._ Surrender (_by treaty_), yield on conditions.

~Capitulation~, _n._ Surrender (_by treaty_).

~Caprice~, _n._ Whim, freak, fancy, humor, crotchet, maggot, quirk, vagary, whimsey, WRINKLE.

~Capricious~, _a._ Whimsical, fanciful, fantastical, crotchety, humorsome, wayward, odd, queer, fitful, freakish, very changeable.

~Capsicum~, _n._ Cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper.

~Capsize~, _v. a._ Upset, overturn.

~Capsule~, _n._ ~1.~ Case, wrapper, envelope, covering, shell, sheath.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Pod, pericarp, seed-vessel.

~3.~ (_Chem._) Evaporating dish.

~4.~ Percussion cap.

~Captain~, _n._ ~1.~ Commander, leader, chief, chieftain.

~2.~ Warrior, military genius.

~Captain-general~, _n._ Generalissimo, general, commander-in-chief.

~Caption~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Arrest, seizure, apprehension.

~2.~ [_Not sanctioned by good writers._] Title or heading (_as of a chapter or a discourse_).

~Captious~, _a._ ~1.~ Censorious, cavilling, carping, critical, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault-finding.

~2.~ Crabbed, snappish, peevish, pettish, testy, touchy, waspish, fretful, splenetic, cross, snarling, acrimonious, petulant, cantankerous, contentious.

~3.~ Ensnaring, insidious.

~Captivate~, _v. a._ Charm, fascinate, enchant, bewitch, enamour, win, catch, lead captive, please highly.

~Captive~, _n._ Prisoner.

~Captivity~, _n._ ~1.~ Imprisonment, confinement, duress, durance.

~2.~ Bondage, thraldom, enthralment, servitude, subjection, slavery, vassalage.

~Capture~, _n._ ~1.~ Seizure, arrest, apprehension, catching, catch.

~2.~ Prize.

~Capture~, _v. a._ Seize, catch, apprehend, arrest, take by force, take possession of.

~Capuchin~, _n._ Franciscan friar or monk.

~Caput mortuum~, Residuum (_of distillation or of sublimation_), worthless residue.

~Carack~, _n._ [Written also _Carac_.] Argosy, galleon.

~Caramel~, _n._ Burnt sugar.

~Caravansary~, _n._ Tavern (_in the east_), inn, public house, house of entertainment.

~Caravansera~, _n._ Tavern (_in the east_), inn, public house, house of entertainment.

~Carbonate of Ammonia~, Sal-volatile, smelling-salts, sesqui-carbonate of ammonia.

~Carbonic acid~, _n._ CHOKE-DAMP, fixed air, foul air, mephitic air, carbonic-acid gas.

~Carbonize~, _v. a._ Convert into carbon.

~Carcass~, _n._ ~1.~ Dead body (_of an animal_), corpse, CORSE.

~2.~ Body (_in contempt or ridicule_).

~3.~ Mere framework.

~Cardialgia~, _n._ (_Med._) Heart-burn.

~Cardialgy~, _n._ (_Med._) Heart-burn.

~Cardinal~, _a._ Principal, chief, main, leading, most important.

~Cardinal-bird~, _n._ Cardinal grosbeck, Virginian nightingale (_Fringilla cardinalis_).

~Cardinal-grosbeck~, _n._ CARDINAL-BIRD.

~Cardinal points~, East, west, north, and south.

~Cardinal virtues~, Prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude.

~Carditis~, _n._ (_Med._) Inflammation of the heart.

~Care~, _n._ ~1.~ Anxiety, carefulness, solicitude, concern, trouble, perplexity.

~2.~ Caution, heed, regard, attention, circumspection, watchfulness, vigilance.

~3.~ Charge, oversight, superintendence, direction, management.

~Care~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be anxious, be solicitous, feel concerned, be troubled, worry one's self.

~2.~ Be inclined, be disposed.

~3.~ Have regard.

~Careen~, _v. a._ Lay on one side.

~Careen~, _v. n._ Lean to one side, incline to one side.

~Career~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, race.

~2.~ Procedure, conduct, course of action, manner of life.

~Career~, _v. n._ Sweep, rush, course, move rapidly.

~Care for~, Have regard for, pay heed to, attach value to, ascribe importance to.

~Careful~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Anxious, solicitous, concerned, troubled, uneasy.

~2.~ Heedful, PROVIDENT, attentive, thoughtful.

~3.~ Watchful, cautious, circumspect, vigilant.

~Careless~, _a._ ~1.~ Unconcerned, undisturbed, untroubled, free from care.

~2.~ Heedless, thoughtless, inattentive, unmindful, incautious, unthinking, forgetful, remiss, listless, regardless, neglectful, negligent.

~3.~ Unconsidered, inconsiderate.

~Carelessness~, _n._ Thoughtlessness, heedlessness, inattention, inadvertence, inconsiderateness, remissness, listlessness.

~Caress~, _v. a._ Fondle, embrace, hug, pet, kiss, coddle, cosset, treat with fondness.

~Caress~, _n._ Embrace, kiss, expression of affection.

~Caressing~, _n._ Fondling, endearment, blandishment, billing and cooing.

~Cargo~, _n._ Lading, freight, load, burden.

~Caricature~, _n._ Travesty, parody, farce, burlesque, ludicrous representation.

~Caricature~, _v. a._ Burlesque, travesty, parody.

~Caries~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Ulceration (_of a bone_), cariosity.

~Cariosity~, _n._ CARIES.

~Carious~, _a._ Ulcerated (_as a bone_), decayed, mortified, rotten, putrid.

~Carlock~, _n._ Fish-glue (_made from the bladder of the sturgeon_), isinglass, ichthyocol, ichthyocolla.

~Carminative~, _a._ Warming, antispasmodic.

~Carnage~, _n._ Slaughter, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodshed, havoc.

~Carnal~, _a._ ~1.~ Fleshly, sensual.

~2.~ Lustful, libidinous, lecherous, lascivious, lickerish, concupiscent, salacious.

~Carnality~, _n._ Sensuality, grossness of mind, sensual appetites, fleshly lusts.

~Carnal-minded~, _a._ Worldly-minded.

~Carnivorous~, _a._ Flesh-eating.

~Carol~, _n._ Song, lay, ditty.

~Carol~, _v. n._ Sing, warble.

~Carol~, _v. a._ Sing, warble, chant, hum, hymn, celebrate in song.

~Carousal~, _n._ ~1.~ Feast, festival, entertainment, jovial banquet, merry-making, house-warming, REGALE.

~2.~ Bevelling, revelry, revel, SPREE, JOLLIFICATION, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, compotation, wassail, orgies, carouse, cups, drinking bout.

~Carouse~, _v. n._ Revel, tipple, guzzle.

~Carouse~, _n._ CAROUSAL, drinking bout.

~Carouser~, _n._ Reveller, tippler, toper, drunkard, bacchanal, bacchanalian.

~Carp at~, Censure, cavil at, find fault with.

~Carper~, _n._ Caviller, censurer, censor.

~Carphology~, _n._ Floccillation, tilmus.

~Carping~, _a._ Cavilling, censorious, captious, complaining, hypercritical.

~Carping~, _n._ Censure, cavil, fault-finding, hypercriticism, captious criticism.

~Carpus~, _n._ [L.] (_Anat._) Wrist.

~Carrageen~, _n._ [Written also _Carragheen_.] Irish moss, carrageen moss (_Fucus crispus_ or _Chondrus crispus_).

~Carrigeen~, _n._ [Written also _Carragheen_.] Irish moss, carrageen moss (_Fucus crispus_ or _Chondrus crispus_).

~Carriage~, _n._ ~1.~ Vehicle, conveyance.

~2.~ Conduct, deportment, behavior, bearing, manner, demeanor, air, mien.

~Carrion~, _n._ Putrefying flesh.

~Carroty~, _a._ Reddish-yellow (_said of the hair_).

~Carry~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convey, bear, transport, transmit, TOTE, WAFT, FETCH.

~2.~ Urge, impel, push forward.

~3.~ Accomplish, effect, gain, secure, compass, bring about.

~4.~ Support, sustain, bear up.

~5.~ Transfer.

~6.~ Imply, import, signify.

~Carry one's self~, Conduct, behave, demean one's self, carry it.

~Carry it~, ~1.~ Prevail.

~2.~ Behave, conduct, demean one's self, carry one's self.

~Carry off~, ~1.~ Remove, take away.

~2.~ Destroy, kill.

~Carry on~, (_Active_) ~1.~ Conduct, manage, transact, prosecute, continue, help forward.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Frolic, behave wildly or rudely.

~Carry out~, Apply, execute, put in practice.

~Carry through~, Accomplish, consummate, finish, complete, work out, bring to a close, bring about, bring to pass.

~Cart before the horse~, [_Colloquial._] Absurdity, absurd thing.

~Carte~, _n._ [Fr.] Bill of fare.

~Carte-blanche~, _n._ [Fr.] Unlimited authority, full powers.

~Cartilage~, _n._ Gristle.

~Cartilaginous~, _a._ Gristly.

~Cartouch~, _n._ Cartridge-box.

~Cartridge-box~, _n._ Cartouch.

~Carucate~, _n._ Plough-land.

~Carve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sculpture, chisel, cut.

~2.~ Form, shape, fashion, mould.

~3.~ Engrave, grave.

~4.~ Cut in pieces or slices.

~Carve~,_ v. n._ ~1.~ Exercise the trade of a carver.

~2.~ Cut meat at table.

~Carver~, _n._ Sculptor (_in wood or ivory_).

~Carving~, _n._ Sculpture (_in wood or ivory_).

~Cascade~, _n._ Cateract, waterfall, fall.

~Case~, _n._ ~1.~ Covering, sheath, capsule.

~2.~ Box.

~3.~ State, condition, situation, category, plight, predicament, circumstances.

~4.~ Suit, action, cause, process, trial.

~Caseharden~, _v. a._ Harden (_on the outside_), steel, convert into steel (_on the surface_).

~Caseine~, _n._ [Written also _Casein_.] Caseum, curd of milk, coagulable part of milk, coagulum of milk.

~Caseous~, _a._ Cheesy, of the nature of cheese.

~Caseum~, _n._ [L.] CASEINE.

~Caseworm~, _n._ Caddice, caddis, cadeworm.

~Cash~, _n._ ~1.~ Coin, specie.

~2.~ Money, ready money.

~Cash~, _v. a._ Turn into money.

~Cashier~, _v. a._ Break, discharge, discard, dismiss from office, cast off, turn away, send away.

~Casino~, _n._ [It.] ~1.~ Cottage, small house.

~2.~ Club-house.

~Cask~, _n._ ~1.~ Hooped wooden vessel (_as a hogshead_, &c.).

~2.~ Helmet, CASQUE.

~Casket~, _n._ Little box.

~Casque~, _n._ [Fr.] Helmet, cask.

~Cassava~, _n._ Tapioca (_crude_), manioc.

~Cast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, fling, hurl, send, toss, pitch, sling, SHY.

~2.~ Drive, impel, force, thrust.

~3.~ Shed, put off, lay aside.

~4.~ Compute, reckon, calculate.

~5.~ Found, form in a mould.

~6.~ Assign, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate.

~7.~ Direct, turn.

~Cast~, _v. n._ Contrive, CAST ABOUT.

~Cast~, _n._ ~1.~ Throw, fling, toss.

~2.~ Tinge, tint, shade, touch.

~3.~ Manner, style, air, mien, look, turn, tone, character.

~4.~ Mould, form.

~5.~ Assignment of parts.

~Cast about~, Contrive, plan, scheme, consider, revolve in the mind.

~Cast anchor~, Let go the anchor.

~Cast away~, ~1.~ Reject, discard, CAST OFF.

~2.~ Wreck, strand, founder, shipwreck.

~Cast-a-way~, _n._ Outcast, reprobate, vagabond, abandoned wretch.

~Cast-a-way~, _a._ Rejected, discarded, abandoned.

~Cast by~, Reject, discard, throw away, cast off.

~Cast down~, Dejected, depressed, discouraged, melancholy, sad, downcast, disheartened, chapfallen, downhearted, desponding, despondent, blue, dispirited, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~Caste~, _n._ Class, order, race.

~Caster~, _n._ ~1.~ Thrower.

~2.~ Calculator.

~3.~ Cruet, cruse.

~4.~ Castor, small wheel or swivel (_on which furniture is rolled_).

~Cast forth~, Eject, emit, throw out.

~Castigate~, _v. a._ Chastise, correct, punish, chasten, discipline.

~Castigation~, _n._ Punishment, chastisement, correction, discipline.

~Castigatory~, _n._ (_Law._) Trebuchet, tumbrel, ducking-stool, cucking-stool.

~Castle~, _n._ ~1.~ FORTRESS, citadel, stronghold, fortified residence.

~2.~ Rook (_in chess_).

~Castle-builder~, _n._ Visionary dreamer, enthusiast, fanciful projector.

~Cast in the teeth~, Reproach with, twit with.

~Cast off~, ~1.~ Reject, discard, abandon, forsake, renounce, lay aside, cast by, cast away, throw away, throw by, get rid of.

~2.~ (_Naut._) Loose, untie, let go, let slip.

~Castor~, _n._ ~1.~ Caster, small wheel or swivel (_on which furniture is rolled_).

~2.~ (_Med._) Castoreum.

~Castoreum~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Castor.

~Cast out~, ~1.~ Eject, expel, oust, turn out of doors.

~2.~ Send forth.

~Castrate~, _v. a._ Geld, emasculate, glib, deprive of virility.

~Castration~, _n._ ORCHOTOMY.

~Castrel~, _n._ Windhover, kestrel, stannel (_Falco tinnunculus_).

~Cast up~, ~1.~ Compute, calculate, reckon, cast.

~2.~ Eject, vomit, spew, puke.

~Casual~, _a._ Accidental, fortuitous, incidental, contingent, that happens by chance.

~Casualty~, _n._ ~1.~ Chance, fortuity, contingency, hap, unforeseen event.

~2.~ Accident, disaster, misfortune, calamity, mischance, catastrophy.

~Catachrestic~, _a._ Forced, strained, far-fetched, recondite, studiously sought.

~Catachrestical~, _a._ Forced, strained, far-fetched, recondite, studiously sought.

~Cataclysm~, _n._ Inundation, deluge, overflow, flood.

~Catacomb~, _n._ Crypt, vault, tomb.

~Catalepsy~, _n._ (_Med._) Trance.

~Catalogue~, _n._ List (_arranged in a certain order_), REGISTER, roll, record, INVENTORY, schedule, INVOICE.

~Catamenia~, _n. pl._ [Gr.] Menses, monthly courses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux.

~Catamenial~, _a._ Menstrual.

~Catamount~, _n._ Cougar, puma, North American tiger (_Felis concolor_).

~Cataplasm~, _n._ Poultice.

~Cataract~, _n._ ~1.~ Waterfall, fall, cascade.

~2.~ (_Med._) Obstructed sight, loss of sight (_from opacity of the crystalline lens_).

~Catarrh~, _n._ Cold in the head.

~Catastrophe~, _n._ ~1.~ Upshot, issue, consummation, conclusion, termination, denouement, FINALE, winding up, finishing stroke, final event.

~2.~ CALAMITY, disaster, misfortune, mishap, mischance.

~Catch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Grasp, seize, snatch, clutch, gripe, grasp, lay hold of, fasten upon.

~2.~ Arrest, apprehend, capture.

~3.~ Overtake, come up with.

~4.~ Insnare, entrap, entangle.

~5.~ Captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, bewitch, win.

~6.~ Take (_as a disease_).

~Catch~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lay hold, take hold.

~2.~ Be contagious, be communicated, spread by infection.

~Catch~, _n._ ~1.~ Seizure, CAPTURE.

~2.~ Snatch, short effort.

~3.~ Clasp, hook, HASP.

~4.~ (_Mus._) Humorous round.

~5.~ Quantity of fish caught.

~Catch at~, Grasp at, try to seize.

~Catchfly~, _n._ Flybane.

~Catching~, _n._ Seizure, capture, arrest, apprehension.

~Catching~, _a._ Infectious, contagious, pestilential, pestiferous.

~Catch tripping~, Find at fault, find in error.

~Catch-weed~, _n._ Goose-grass, CLEAVERS.

~Catchword~, _n._ Cue.

~Catechise~, _v. a._ Question, interrogate, examine, put questions to.

~Catechu~, _n._ Cutch, gambier, Japan earth, Terra Japonica.

~Catechumen~, _n._ Pupil (_in Christianity_), neophyte, convert, proselyte.

~Categorical~, _a._ Positive, absolute, express, explicit, direct, emphatic.

~Category~, _n._ ~1.~ Class, head, division, order, rank.

~2.~ Predicament, plight, condition, case, state, situation.

~Cater~, _v. n._ Purvey, provide food, procure provisions.

~Caterer~, _n._ Provider, purveyor.

~Catfish~, _n._ ~1.~ Horn-pout, mud-pout, bull-head (_Pimalodus cattus_).

~2.~ Wolf-fish (_Anarrhicas lupus_).

~Cathartic~, _a._ Purgative, evacuant, abstergent, cleansing.

~Cathartic~, _n._ Purge, purgative, physic, purgative medicine.

~Catheretic~, _n._ (_Med._) Caustic.

~Catheretic~, _a._ (_Med._) Caustic.

~Catholic~, _a._ ~1.~ Universal, general.

~2.~ Liberal, tolerant, not bigoted, not exclusive, not sectarian.

~3.~ Roman catholic.

~Catholic~, _n._ Papist, Roman Catholic.

~Catholicism~, _n._ ~1.~ Universality, catholicity.

~2.~ Liberality, tolerance, largeness of mind.

~3.~ Roman Catholic religion.

~Catholicity~, _n._ CATHOLICISM.

~Catholicon~, _n._ Panacea, universal remedy, universal medicine.

~Catkin~, _n._ Ament, amentum, cat's-tail.

~Cat's-paw~, _n._ Dupe (_in serving another's purpose_), gull, cully.

~Cat's-tail~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) CATKIN.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Timothy, timothy-grass, herds'-grass (_Phleum pretense_).

~3.~ Cirrus, mare's-tail.

~Cattle~, _n. pl._ Bovine quadrupeds.

~Cattle-plague~, _n._ Murrain.

~Caul~, _n._ Omentum, epiploön.

~Causal~, _a._ Causative.

~Causative~, _a._ Causal.

~Cause~, _n._ ~1.~ Origin, original, source, spring, mainspring.

~2.~ Ground, reason, motive, consideration, account, inducement, incentive, incitement, efficient cause.

~3.~ Purpose, object, aim, final cause.

~4.~ Effort, undertaking, enterprise.

~5.~ (_Law._) Suit, action, case, trial.

~Cause~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Produce, create, originate, occasion, give rise to, bring into existence.

~2.~ Effect, bring about.

~Caustic~, _n._ CATHERETIC.

~Caustic~, _a._ ~1.~ Corrosive, corroding, CATHERETIC, consuming, acrid, virulent, eating away.

~2.~ Severe, sarcastic, satirical, bitter, stinging, sharp, cutting.

~Cauterize~, _v. a._ Sear, burn with a hot iron, burn with cautery.

~Cautery~, _n._ Application of hot iron or of caustics.

~Caution~, _n._ ~1.~ Wariness, heed, heedfulness, circumspection, care, watchfulness, vigilance, forethought, providence prudence, discretion.

~2.~ Warning, admonition, injunction, advice, counsel.

~3.~ Security, guaranty, surety, pledge.

~Caution~, _v. a._ Warn, admonish, forewarn.

~Cautious~, _a._ Prudent, wary, careful, heedful, chary, circumspect, discreet, watchful, vigilant.

~Cavalcade~, _n._ Procession (_of mounted men_).

~Cavalier~, _n._ ~1.~ Knight, equestrian, horseman, chevalier, horse- soldier.

~2.~ Partisan of Charles I.

~Cavalier~, _a._ Disdainful, haughty, arrogant, supercilious, scornful, insolent, pert, impertinent, saucy.

~Cavalry~, _n._ Horse-soldiers, troops on horseback, mounted soldiers.

~Cave~, _n._ Cavern, den, grotto.

~Cavern~, _n._ Grotto, cave, den.

~Cavernous~, _a._ Hollow.

~Cavil at~, Censure (_without good reason_), carp at, find fault with, raise objection to.

~Cavil~, _n._ Frivolous objection, captious criticism, unwarranted censure, fallacious reason, sophistical argument.

~Caviller~, _n._ Carper, censurer, captious disputant, frivolous censor.

~Cavilling~, _a._ Captious, censorious, carping, critical, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault-finding.

~Cavity~, _n._ Hollow, aperture, opening.

~Cayenne~, _n._ Capsicum, red pepper, Cayenne pepper.

~Cease~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Desist, stop, stay, break off, leave off, give over.

~2.~ Fail, be extinct, be wanting.

~3.~ Terminate, end, be at an end, blow over.

~Ceaseless~, _a._ Incessant, unceasing, perpetual, eternal, endless, everlasting, interminable, continual, unremitting.

~Cedar-bird~, _n._ American wax-wing (_Bombycilla Carolinensis_ or _Ampelis Carolinensis_).

~Cede~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surrender, relinquish, yield, abandon, resign, deliver up, give up.

~2.~ Grant, convey.

~Celebrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Praise, extol, laud, magnify, glorify, bless, commend, give praise to, make famous.

~2.~ Commemorate, solemnize, honor, keep, observe, do honor to.

~Celebrated~, _a._ Famous, renowned, distinguished, illustrious, eminent, famed, far-famed.

~Celebration~, _n._ ~1.~ Honor, praise, commendation, laudation.

~2.~ Commemoration, solemnization, observation.

~Celebrity~, _n._ Fame, renown, glory, honor, credit, reputation, eminence, distinction, repute.

~Celerity~, _n._ Speed, quickness, swiftness, velocity, rapidity.

~Celestial~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the firmament, of the visible heavens.

~2.~ Heavenly, supernal, angelic, seraphic, godlike.

~Celibacy~, _n._ Single life, unmarried state.

~Celibate~, _n._ Bachelor, unmarried man.

~Celibate~, _a._ Unmarried, single.

~Cell~, _n._ ~1.~ Small room.

~2.~ Enclosed space, small cavity.

~Cellular~, _a._ Alveolate, favose, honey-combed.

~Cement~, _n._ ~1.~ Mortar.

~2.~ Bond of union.

~Cement~, _v. a._ Unite, connect, attach, join.

~Cement~, _v. n._ Unite, cohere, slick together.

~Cemetery~, _n._ Graveyard, burying-ground, burial-ground, church- yard, necropolis.

~Cenotaph~, _n._ Monument (_to one whose body is not buried under it or near it_).

~Censor~, _n._ ~1.~ Inspector, critic.

~2.~ Censurer, caviller.

~Censorious~, _a._ Captious, carping, canting, hypercritical, severe, condemnatory, fault-finding, hard to please, prone to find fault, apt to blame or censure.

~Censurable~, _a._ Blamable, reprehensible, culpable, blameworthy, faulty, worthy of censure.

~Censure~, _n._ Blame, disapprobation, disapproval, condemnation, reproof, reproach, reprobation, reprehension, rebuke, reprimand, animadversion, stricture.

~Censure~, _v. a._ Blame, reproach, reprove, chide, reprehend, OVERHAUL, reprimand, rate, berate, scold, find fault with, pass censure on, take to task, bring to book, call over the coals, haul over the coals, call to account, come down upon, snap up, BLOW UP.

~Censurer~, _n._ ~1.~ Censor, critic.

~2.~ Caviller, carper.

~Cent~, _n._ ~1.~ Hundred.

~2.~ Copper, ten mills, the one hundredth part of a dollar.

~Centenary~, _n._ Century, a hundred years.

~Centesimal~, _a._ Hundredth, by the hundred.

~Centre~, _n._ [Written also _Center_.] Middle, midst, middle point.

~Centrifugal~, _a._ Tending from the centre.

~Centripetal~, _a._ Tending to the centre.

~Centuple~, _a._ Hundred-fold.

~Century~, _n._ ~1.~ Hundred.

~2.~ Centenary, a hundred years.

~Cephalalgy~, _n._ (_Med._) Headache.

~Cere~, _v. a._ Wax, smear with wax.

~Cereals~, _n. pl._ Edible grains.

~Cerecloth~, _n._ Cerement.

~Cerement~, _n._ Cerecloth.

~Ceremonial~, _a._ Ritual, formal.

~Ceremonial~, _n._ Rite, form, formality, CEREMONY.

~Ceremonious~, _a._ ~1.~ Civil, respectful, courteous, courtly.

~2.~ Formal, punctilious, stiff, precise, exact, starched, prim.

~Ceremony~, _n._ ~1.~ Rite, form, formality, ceremonial, solemnity, observance.

~2.~ Parade, pomp, show, stateliness.

~Certain~, _a._ ~1.~ Indubitable, unquestionable, indisputable, undeniable, incontestable, uncontrovertible, unquestioned, undisputed, undoubted, absolute, positive, plain, past dispute, beyond all question, sure as fate, sure as a gun, clear as day, not doubtful.

~2.~ Sure, assured, confident, undoubting, fully convinced.

~3.~ Unfailing, infallible, never-failing.

~4.~ Actual, real, existing.

~5.~ Settled, determinate, fixed, stated, constant.

~6.~ One, some, particular.