CEIN
First name CEIN's origin is Irish. CEIN means "archaic". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CEIN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of cein.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with CEIN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming CEIN
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CEŻN AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH CEŻN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ein) - Names That Ends with ein:
madailein ailein hussein kein sein twein sextein steinRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (in) - Names That Ends with in:
fatin yasmin brengwain camarin maolmin delbin kristin adin gin ixcatzin tepin tlazohtzin xochicotzin yoltzin zeltzin ihrin adwin akin alafin din kayin yerodin abbudin abdul-muhaimin aladdin amin husain mazin muhsin yasin agravain alain custennin erbin mabonagrain pheredin taliesin tortain txomin zadornin fiamain rivalin ashlin garvin quentin guerin bain banain bealantin cerin coinleain giollanaebhin guin nevin slevin constantin nopaltzin ollin tepiltzin zolin alin calin catalin codrin cosmin costin dorin florentin sorin armin pirmin quirin pin tin airrin aislin aubrin bevin brin cailin caitlin catlin charmain cristin dubhain dylin eadlin eathelin edlin eibhlhin eibhlin etainNAMES RHYMING WITH CEŻN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (cei) - Names That Begins with cei:
ceileachan ceire ceitRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ce) - Names That Begins with ce:
ceallach ceallachan ceannfhionn ceapmann ceara cearbhall ceard ceardach cearnach cearo ceasario ceaster ceastun ceawlin cebriones cecelia cecile cecilia cecilio cecilius cecille cecrops cedd cedra cedric cedrica cedrina cedro celaeno celandina celandine celdtun celena celene celesse celesta celeste celestia celestiel celestina celestine celestyna celeus celidon celidone celie celina celine celosia celsus celyddon cendrillon cenehard ceneward cenewig cenewyg cenobia cenon centehua cenwalh ceolbeorht ceolfrith ceolwulf cephalus cepheus cera cerberus cercyon cerdic cerelia cerella ceres ceri ceria cerise cermak cermaka cerny cesar cesara cesare cesario cesaro cestmir cestus cetewin cetewind ceto cetus cevanah ceyx cezarNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CEŻN:
First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 'n':
cadan caden cadman cadmon cadwallon caedmon caedon caelan caerleon caerlion cailean cailen caillen cailyn cain caitilin caitlan caitlinn caitlyn caitlynn caitrin calan calhoun caliburn calidan callaghan callahan camaron camdan camden camdin camdyn camelon cameron cameryn camlann camren camron camryn camshron caoilfhinnn caoilfhionn caoimhghin caolabhuinn caolan caomhan caralyn carelton carilyn carlatun carleen carleton carlin carlson carlton carman carmen carmon carnation carolan carolann carolin carolyn carolynn carrington carson carsten caryn carynn casen cassian caswallan catelyn catheryn cathleen cathlin cathryn catlyn cavalon cavan cayden caylan chadburn chan chanan chann channon chapin chapman charion charleen charleson charleston charleton charlton charlyn charlynn charon chasen chaseynEnglish Words Rhyming CEIN
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CEŻN AS A WHOLE:
ceint | noun (n.) A girdle. |
crocein | noun (n.) A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol. |
ceinture | noun (n.) A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term. |
enceinte | noun (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place. |
noun (n.) The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. | |
adjective (a.) Pregnant; with child. |
fluorescein | noun (n.) A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence of its alkaline solutions. It has acid properties, and its salts of the alkalies are known to the trade under the name of uranin. |
lardacein | noun (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc. |
narceine | noun (n.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia. |
orcein | noun (n.) A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, /, obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related to litmus. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CEŻN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ein) - English Words That Ends with ein:
acrolein | noun (n.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. |
ambrein | noun (n.) A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris. |
beltein | noun (n.) Alt. of Beltin |
bildstein | noun (n.) Same as Agalmatolite. |
casein | noun (n.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. |
checkrein | noun (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein. |
noun (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse. |
cheventein | noun (n.) A variant of Chieftain. |
cholophaein | noun (n.) See Bilirubin. |
curtein | noun (n.) Same as Curtana. |
cerulein | noun (n.) A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green. |
darrein | adjective (a.) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance. |
erythrolein | noun (n.) A red substance obtained from litmus. |
forein | adjective (a.) Foreign. |
fraulein | noun (n.sing. & pl.) In Germany, a young lady; an unmarried woman; -- as a title, equivalent to Miss. |
gallein | noun (n.) A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids. |
gein | noun (n.) See Humin. |
gravenstein | noun (n.) A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality. |
haemaphaein | noun (n.) A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice. |
haemolutein | noun (n.) See Hematoidin. |
hautein | adjective (a.) Haughty; proud. |
adjective (a.) High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds. |
helleborein | noun (n.) A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin. |
hemaphaein | noun (n.) Same as Haemaphaein. |
hematein | noun (n.) A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins. |
hemiprotein | noun (n.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone. |
hordein | noun (n.) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture. |
holstein | noun (n.) One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches. |
lactoprotein | noun (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk. |
lutein | noun (n.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum. |
metacrolein | noun (n.) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromatic odor. |
mullein | noun (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. |
mycoprotein | noun (n.) The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed. |
nuclein | noun (n.) A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur. |
olein | noun (n.) A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0” C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40” C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain. |
ossein | noun (n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen. |
ostein | noun (n.) Ossein. |
pein | noun (n.) See Peen. |
phthalein | noun (n.) One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthalein. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent. |
plein | adjective (a.) Plan. |
adjective (a.) Full; complete. | |
verb (v. i. & t.) To complain. See Plain. |
prochein | adjective (a.) Next; nearest. |
protein | noun (n.) A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name. |
noun (n.) In chemical analysis, the total nitrogenous material in vegetable or animal substances, obtained by multiplying the total nitrogen found by a factor, usually 6.25, assuming most proteids to contain approximately 16 per cent of nitrogen. |
rein | noun (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse. |
noun (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. | |
verb (v. t.) To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. | |
verb (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check. | |
verb (v. i.) To be guided by reins. |
rhein | noun (n.) Chrysophanic acid. |
ricinolein | noun (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin. |
serein | noun (n.) A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset. |
skein | noun (n.) A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot. |
noun (n.) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. | |
noun (n.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). |
sollein | adjective (a.) Sullen; sad. |
stein | noun (n. & v.) See Steen. |
terreplein | noun (n.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate. |
noun (n.) An embankment of earth with a broad level top, which is sometimes excavated to form a continuation of an elevated canal across a valley. |
triolein | noun (n.) See Olein. |
turnverein | noun (n.) A company or association of gymnasts and athletes. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CEŻN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (cei) - Words That Begins with cei:
ceiling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ceil |
verb (v. t.) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. | |
verb (v. t.) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. | |
verb (v. t.) The inner planking of a vessel. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CEŻN:
English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 'n':
cabezon | noun (n.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin. |
cabin | noun (n.) A cottage or small house; a hut. |
noun (n.) A small room; an inclosed place. | |
noun (n.) A room in ship for officers or passengers. | |
verb (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. | |
verb (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cabin. |
cabirean | noun (n.) One of the Cabiri. |
cabirian | adjective (a.) Same as Cabiric. |
cabman | noun (n.) The driver of a cab. |
caburn | noun (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc. |
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. |
cadmean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters. |
cadmian | adjective (a.) See Cadmean. |
caducean | adjective (a.) Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand. |
caecilian | noun (n.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. |
caesarean | adjective (a.) Alt. of Caesarian |
caesarian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars; imperial. |
caftan | noun (n.) A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash. |
verb (v. t.) To clothe with a caftan. |
caiman | noun (n.) See Cayman. |
cairn | noun (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. |
noun (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, 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. |
calcedonian | adjective (a.) See Chalcedonic. |
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.] |
caledonian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. |
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. |
calendulin | noun (n.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin. |
calfskin | noun (n.) The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. |
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. |
californian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of California. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to California. |
caligation | noun (n.) Dimness; cloudiness. |
calin | noun (n.) An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters. |
calkin | noun (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1. |
callisection | noun (n.) Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection. |
callithumpian | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. |
callosan | adjective (a.) Of the callosum. |
calorification | noun (n.) Production of heat, esp. animal heat. |
calumbin | noun (n.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. |
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. |
cambrian | noun (n.) A native of Cambria or Wales. |
noun (n.) The Cambrian formation. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology. |
cameleon | noun (n.) See Chaceleon. |
cameration | noun (n.) A vaulting or arching over. |
cameronian | noun (n.) A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II. |
campaign | noun (n.) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. |
noun (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. | |
noun (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. | |
noun (n.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation. | |
verb (v. i.) To serve in a campaign. |
campanularian | noun (n.) A hydroid of the family ampanularidae, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecae. |
campestrian | adjective (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground. |
camphogen | noun (n.) See Cymene. |
campion | noun (n.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. |
can | noun (n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. |
noun (n.) A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can. | |
verb (v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed cans | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence. | |
verb (v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to. | |
() an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.] |
canadian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Canada. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Canada. |
canakin | noun (n.) A little can or cup. |
canalization | noun (n.) Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. |
cancan | noun (n.) A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures. |
cancellarean | adjective (a.) Cancellarean. |
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. |
cannabin | noun (n.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin. |
cannikin | noun (n.) A small can or drinking vessel. |
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 |
canoeman | noun (n.) One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe. |
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. |
caon | 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. |
cantabrian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain. |
cantabrigian | noun (n.) A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England. |
cantation | noun (n.) A singing. |
canteen | noun (n.) A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. |
noun (n.) The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers. |
cantharidin | noun (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms. |
cantillation | noun (n.) A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations. |
cantion | noun (n.) A song or verses. |
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. |
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 Caon. |
caoutchin | noun (n.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc. |
caoutchoucin | noun (n.) See Caoutchin. |
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. |
capelan | noun (n.) See Capelin. |
capelin | noun (n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. |
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. |
capitolian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Capitoline |
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. |
caplin | noun (n.) See Capelin. |
noun (n.) Alt. of Capling |
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. |
capricorn | noun (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic. |
noun (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. |
caprification | noun (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects. |
capsaicin | noun (n.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. |
capsicin | noun (n.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum. |
capstan | noun (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. |
captain | noun (n.) A head, or chief officer |
noun (n.) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service. | |
noun (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army. | |
noun (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain. | |
noun (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel. | |
noun (n.) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc. | |
noun (n.) The foreman of a body of workmen. | |
noun (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team. | |
noun (n.) A military leader; a warrior. | |
adjective (a.) Chief; superior. | |
verb (v. t.) To act as captain of; to lead. |
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. |
capuchin | noun (n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. |
noun (n.) A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. | |
noun (n.) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai. | |
noun (n.) Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella. | |
noun (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. |
capulin | noun (n.) The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin). |