First Names Rhyming CARLETON
English Words Rhyming CARLETON
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CARLETON AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CARLETON (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (arleton) - English Words That Ends with arleton:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (rleton) - English Words That Ends with rleton:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (leton) - English Words That Ends with leton:
| dermoskeleton | noun (n.) See Exoskeleton. |
| endoskeleton | noun (n.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton. |
| exoskeleton | noun (n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton. |
| feuilleton | noun (n.) A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed. |
| neuroskeleton | noun (n.) The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation. |
| pneumoskeleton | noun (n.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates. |
| scleroskeleton | noun (n.) That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses. |
| simpleton | noun (n.) A person of weak intellect; a silly person. |
| singleton | noun (n.) In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton. |
| skeleton | noun (n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal. |
| | noun (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal. |
| | noun (n.) A very thin or lean person. |
| | noun (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages. |
| | noun (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon. |
| | adjective (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (eton) - English Words That Ends with eton:
| aketon | noun (n.) See Acton. |
| asyndeton | noun (n.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton. |
| beton | noun (n.) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion. |
| breton | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France. |
| hacqueton | noun (n.) Same as Acton. |
| haketon | noun (n.) Same as Acton. |
| phaeton | noun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses. |
| | noun (n.) See Phaethon. |
| | noun (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore. |
| polysyndeton | noun (n.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton. |
| poupeton | noun (n.) A puppet, or little baby. |
| seton | noun (n.) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed. |
| vireton | noun (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ton) - English Words That Ends with ton:
| acton | noun (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. |
| astrophyton | noun (n.) A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched. |
| badminton | noun (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. |
| | noun (n.) A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened. |
| barbiton | noun (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre. |
| barton | noun (n.) The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. |
| | noun (n.) A farmyard. |
| baston | noun (n.) A staff or cudgel. |
| | noun (n.) See Baton. |
| | noun (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. |
| baton | noun (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances. |
| | noun (n.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister. |
| batton | noun (n.) See Batten, and Baton. |
| boston | noun (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war. |
| briton | noun (n.) A native of Great Britain. |
| | adjective (a.) British. |
| burton | noun (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part. |
| button | noun (n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass. |
| | noun (n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament. |
| | noun (n.) A bud; a germ of a plant. |
| | noun (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door. |
| | noun (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. |
| | noun (n.) To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up. |
| | noun (n.) To dress or clothe. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button. |
| | () Alt. of evil |
| canton | noun (n.) A song or canto |
| | noun (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment. |
| | noun (n.) A small community or clan. |
| | noun (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement. |
| | noun (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side. |
| | verb (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. |
| | verb (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. |
| carton | noun (n.) Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. |
| caxton | noun (n.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. |
| checklaton | noun (n.) Ciclatoun. |
| | noun (n.) Gilded leather. |
| chiton | noun (n.) An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt. |
| | noun (n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora. |
| cotton | noun (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half. |
| | noun (n.) The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below. |
| | noun (n.) Cloth made of cotton. |
| | verb (v. i.) To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. |
| | verb (v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed. |
| | verb (v. i.) To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with. |
| | verb (v. i.) To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to. |
| croton | noun (n.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries. |
| crouton | noun (n.) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc. |
| emplecton | noun (n.) A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. |
| fronton | noun (n.) Same as Frontal, 2. |
| glutton | noun (n.) One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. |
| | noun (n.) Fig.: One who gluts himself. |
| | noun (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. |
| | adjective (a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously. |
| homoioptoton | noun (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally. |
| hyperbaton | noun (n.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed." |
| indobriton | noun (n.) A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste. |
| jetton | noun (n.) A metal counter used in playing cards. |
| karyomiton | noun (n.) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or the network in the body of the cell. |
| kingston | noun (n.) Alt. of Kingstone |
| kytomiton | noun (n.) See Karyomiton. |
| krypton | noun (n.) An inert gaseous element of the argon group, occurring in air to the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. Liquefying point, -- 152¡ C.; symbol, Kr; atomic weight, 83.0. |
| laton | noun (n.) Alt. of Latoun |
| megaphyton | noun (n.) An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds. |
| melocoton | noun (n.) Alt. of Melocotoon |
| melton | noun (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp. |
| monton | noun (n.) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation. |
| moton | noun (n.) A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later. |
| mutton | noun (n.) A sheep. |
| | noun (n.) The flesh of a sheep. |
| | noun (n.) A loose woman; a prostitute. |
| mirliton | noun (n.) A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound. |
| panton | noun (n.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel. |
| phlogiston | noun (n.) The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element. |
| phyton | noun (n.) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer. |
| piston | noun (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes. |
| polyptoton | noun (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell." |
| ponton | noun (n.) See Pontoon. |
| protiston | noun (n.) One of the Protista. |
| plankton | noun (n.) All the animals and plants, taken collectively, which live at or near the surface of salt or fresh waters. |
| raton | noun (n.) A small rat. |
| sabbaton | noun (n.) A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress. |
| santon | noun (n.) A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CARLETON (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (carleto) - Words That Begins with carleto:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (carlet) - Words That Begins with carlet:
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (carle) - Words That Begins with carle:
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (carl) - Words That Begins with carl:
| carl | noun (n.) A rude, rustic man; a churl. |
| | noun (n.) Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of food. See citation, below. |
| carlin | noun (n.) An old woman. |
| carline | noun (n.) Alt. of Caroline |
| | noun (n.) Alt. of Carling |
| carling | noun (n.) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl. |
| carlings | noun (n. pl.) Same as Carl, 3. |
| carlist | noun (n.) A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain. |
| carlock | noun (n.) A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. |
| carlot | noun (n.) A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. |
| carlovingian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (car) - Words That Begins with car:
| cariccio | noun (n.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice. |
| | noun (n.) A caprice; a freak; a fancy. |
| car | noun (n.) A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. |
| | noun (n.) A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. |
| | noun (n.) A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. |
| | noun (n.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. |
| | noun (n.) The cage of a lift or elevator. |
| | noun (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc. |
| | noun (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish. |
| carabid | noun (n.) One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles. |
| | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae. |
| carabine | noun (n.) A carbine. |
| carabineer | noun (n.) A carbineer. |
| caraboid | adjective (a.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus. |
| carabus | noun (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects. |
| carac | noun (n.) See Carack. |
| caracal | noun (n.) 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. |
| caracara | noun (n.) 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. |
| carack | noun (n.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. |
| caracole | noun (n.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left. |
| | noun (n.) A staircase in a spiral form. |
| | verb (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel. |
| caracoly | noun (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made. |
| caracore | noun (n.) Alt. of Caracora |
| caracora | noun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies. |
| carafe | noun (n.) A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft. |
| carageen | noun (n.) Alt. of Caragheen |
| caragheen | noun (n.) See Carrageen. |
| carambola | noun (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry. |
| caramel | noun (n.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor. |
| carangoid | adjective (a.) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish. |
| caranx | noun (n.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel. |
| carapace | noun (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals. |
| carapato | noun (n.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast. |
| carapax | noun (n.) See Carapace. |
| carat | noun (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed. |
| | noun (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold. |
| caravan | noun (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa. |
| | noun (n.) A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts. |
| | noun (n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van. |
| caravaneer | noun (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan. |
| caravansary | noun (n.) A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. |
| caravel | noun (n.) A name given to several kinds of vessels. |
| | noun (n.) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage. |
| | noun (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden. |
| | noun (n.) A small fishing boat used on the French coast. |
| | noun (n.) A Turkish man-of-war. |
| caraway | noun (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative. |
| | noun (n.) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. |
| carbamic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to an acid so called. |
| carbamide | noun (n.) The technical name for urea. |
| carbamine | noun (n.) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor. |
| carbanil | noun (n.) A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid. |
| carbazol | noun (n.) A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines. |
| carbazotate | noun (n.) A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate. |
| carbazotic | adjective (a.) Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen. |
| carbide | noun (n.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet. |
| carbimide | noun (n.) The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic. |
| carbine | noun (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry. |
| carbineer | noun (n.) A soldier armed with a carbine. |
| carbinol | noun (n.) Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type. |
| carbohydrate | noun (n.) One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6. |
| carbohydride | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon. |
| carbolic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol. |
| carbon | noun (n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite. |
| | noun (n.) A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery. |
| carbonaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon. |
| carbonade | noun (n.) Alt. of Carbonado |
| | verb (v. t.) To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cut or hack, as in fighting. |
| carbonado | noun (n.) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. |
| | noun (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous. |
| | verb (v. t.) Alt. of Carbonade |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CARLETON:
English Words which starts with 'car' and ends with 'ton':
English Words which starts with 'ca' and ends with 'on':
| cabezon | noun (n.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin. |
| cachinnation | noun (n.) Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections. |
| cacodemon | noun (n.) An evil spirit; a devil or demon. |
| | noun (n.) The nightmare. |
| cacoon | noun (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc. |
| caisson | noun (n.) A chest to hold ammunition. |
| | noun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. |
| | noun (n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach. |
| | noun (n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. |
| | noun (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins. |
| | noun (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it. |
| | noun (n.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. |
| calamistration | noun (n.) The act or process of curling the hair. |
| calcedon | noun (n.) A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones. |
| calcification | noun (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue. |
| calcination | noun (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime. |
| | noun (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation. |
| calcitration | noun (n.) Act of kicking. |
| calculation | noun (n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. |
| | noun (n.) An expectation based on circumstances. |
| caldron | noun (n.) A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] |
| calefaction | noun (n.) The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies. |
| | noun (n.) The state of being heated. |
| calibration | noun (n.) The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument. |
| caligation | noun (n.) Dimness; cloudiness. |
| callisection | noun (n.) Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection. |
| calorification | noun (n.) Production of heat, esp. animal heat. |
| calumniation | noun (n.) False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name. |
| calyon | noun (n.) Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc. |
| cameleon | noun (n.) See Chaceleon. |
| cameration | noun (n.) A vaulting or arching over. |
| campion | noun (n.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. |
| canalization | noun (n.) Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. |
| cancellation | noun (n.) The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. |
| | noun (n.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor. |
| canceration | noun (n.) The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. |
| cannon | noun (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. |
| | noun (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of type. See Canon. |
| | noun (n. & v.) See Carom. |
| | verb (v. i.) To discharge cannon. |
| | verb (v. i.) To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound. |
| | (pl. ) of Cannon |
| canon | noun (n.) A law or rule. |
| | noun (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. |
| | noun (n.) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a. |
| | noun (n.) In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. |
| | noun (n.) A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| | noun (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. |
| | noun (n.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation. |
| | noun (n.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church. |
| | noun (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank. |
| | noun (n.) See Carom. |
| ca–on | noun (n.) A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. |
| canonization | noun (n.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation. |
| | noun (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted. |
| cantation | noun (n.) A singing. |
| cantillation | noun (n.) A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations. |
| cantion | noun (n.) A song or verses. |
| cantoon | noun (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other. |
| canyon | noun (n.) The English form of the Spanish word Ca–on. |
| caparison | noun (n.) An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. |
| | noun (n.) Gay or rich clothing. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. |
| | verb (v. t.) To aborn with rich dress; to dress. |
| capillation | noun (n.) A capillary blood vessel. |
| capitalization | noun (n.) The act or process of capitalizing. |
| capitation | noun (n.) A numbering of heads or individuals. |
| | noun (n.) A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax. |
| capitulation | noun (n.) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. |
| | noun (n.) The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms. |
| | noun (n.) The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. |
| capon | noun (n.) A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. |
| | verb (v. t.) To castrate; to make a capon of. |
| caprification | noun (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects. |
| captation | noun (n.) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. |
| caption | noun (n.) A caviling; a sophism. |
| | noun (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. |
| | noun (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed. |
| | noun (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page. |
| captivation | noun (n.) The act of captivating. |
| carbonatation | noun (n.) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. |
| carbonization | noun (n.) The act or process of carbonizing. |
| carbunculation | noun (n.) The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold. |
| carburization | noun (n.) The act, process, or result of carburizing. |
| cardoon | noun (n.) A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad. |
| cargason | noun (n.) A cargo. |
| carillon | noun (n.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys. |
| | noun (n.) A tune adapted to be played by musical bells. |
| carnation | noun (n.) The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. |
| | noun (n.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. |
| | noun (n.) A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. |
| carnification | noun (n.) The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh. |
| carrion | noun (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. |
| | noun (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. |
| cartilaginification | noun (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage. |
| cartoon | noun (n.) A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael. |
| | noun (n.) A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck." |
| caseation | noun (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass. |
| cassation | noun (n.) The act of annulling. |
| castellation | noun (n.) The act of making into a castle. |
| castigation | noun (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. |
| | noun (n.) Emendation; correction. |
| castrametation | noun (n.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp. |
| castration | noun (n.) The act of castrating. |
| catabasion | noun (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church. |
| catechisation | noun (n.) The act of catechising. |
| catenation | noun (n.) Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. |
| catheterization | noun (n.) The operation of introducing a catheter. |
| catholicon | noun (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea. |
| cation | noun (n.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion. |
| catoptron | noun (n.) A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror. |
| catopron | noun (n.) See Catopter. |
| causation | noun (n.) The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. |
| cauterization | noun (n.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application. |
| caution | noun (n.) A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness. |
| | noun (n.) Security; guaranty; bail. |
| | noun (n.) Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction. |
| | noun (n.) A pledge, bond, or other security for the performance of an obligation either in or out of judicial proceedings; the promise or contract of one not for himself but another; security. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed. |
| cavesson | noun (n.) Alt. of Cavezon |
| cavezon | noun (n.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. |
| cavillation | noun (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection. |
| caxon | noun (n.) A kind of wig. |
| cabochon | noun (n.) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon. |
| cascaron | noun (n.) Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. |
