Name Report For First Name CUS:
CUS
First name CUS's origin is Arthurian Legend. CUS means "name of a king". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CUS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of cus.(Brown names are of the same origin (Arthurian Legend) with CUS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with CUS - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming CUS
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CUS AS A WHOLE:
vicuska maccus custennin marcus aeacus amycus autolycus demodocus glaucus ibycus rhoecus americus demarcus jamarcus meccus baccusNAMES RHYMING WITH CUS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (us) - Names That Ends with us:
el-nefous enygeus caeneus cestus iasius lotus negus dabbous dassous fanous abdul-quddus boulus butrus yunus dryhus thaddeus bagdemagus brademagus isdernus peredurus britomartus luxovious nemausus ondrus argus ambrosius batholomeus basilius bonifacius cecilius clementius egidius eugenius eustatius theodorus darius horus aldous brutus cassibellaunus guiderius lorineus ferragus marsilius senapus brus seorus alemannus klaus abderus absyrtus acastus achelous aconteus acrisius admetus adrastus aegeus aegisthus aegyptus aeolus aesculapius alcinous alcyoneus aloeus alpheus amphiaraus anastasius ancaeus androgeus antaeus antilochus antinous archemorus aristaeus ascalaphus asopus atreus avernus boethius briareus cadmus capaneus celeus cephalus cepheus cerberus cetus claus cletus cocytus coeus corineus cottus cronus ctesippus cycnus cyrus daedalus danausNAMES RHYMING WITH CUS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (cu) - Names That Begins with cu:
cualli cuanaic cuartio cuarto cuauhtemoc cuchulain cuetlachtli cuetzpalli cuicatl cuilean cuimean cuini cuinn cuixtli culain culann culbart culbert culhwch cullan cullen culley cullin cullo culloden cullodena cullodina cully culum culver culzean cumania cumhea cumin cumina cumming cundrie cundry cunningham cuong cupere cur curcio curney curr curran currito curro curt curtice curtis curtiss cuthbeorht cuthbert cutler cuuladh cuylerNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CUS:
First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 's':
cacanisius cadis caius calais calchas calibumus calles candiss caress carlos carolos carolus carys cass cassivellaunus cebriones cecrops celsus ceres chalmers chansomps charis charles charybdis chas cheops chess chimalis chloris chris christos chryseis chryses cinyras claas claennis clamedeus claris claudas claudios claudius clematis cleobis cloris clovis cocidius colis collins collis columbanus colys condwiramurs corliss cornelius coronis corybantes cosmas countess cris cristos cynegils cypris cyrisEnglish Words Rhyming CUS
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CUS AS A WHOLE:
| abaciscus | noun (n.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus. |
| abacus | noun (n.) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. |
| noun (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China. | |
| noun (n.) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column. | |
| noun (n.) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work. | |
| noun (n.) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. |
| accusable | adjective (a.) Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of. |
| accusal | noun (n.) Accusation. |
| accusant | noun (n.) An accuser. |
| accusation | noun (n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. |
| noun (n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge. |
| accusatival | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the accusative case. |
| accusative | noun (n.) The accusative case. |
| adjective (a.) Producing accusations; accusatory. | |
| adjective (a.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English. |
| accusatorial | adjective (a.) Accusatory. |
| accusatory | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. |
| accuse | noun (n.) Accusation. |
| verb (v. t.) To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense | |
| verb (v. t.) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor. | |
| verb (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. | |
| verb (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L.] |
| accusing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accuse |
| accused | adjective (a.) Charged with offense; as, an accused person. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Accuse |
| accusement | noun (n.) Accusation. |
| accuser | noun (n.) One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault. |
| accustoming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accustom |
| accustom | noun (n.) Custom. |
| verb (v. t.) To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be wont. | |
| verb (v. i.) To cohabit. |
| accustomable | adjective (a.) Habitual; customary; wonted. |
| accustomance | noun (n.) Custom; habitual use. |
| accustomary | adjective (a.) Usual; customary. |
| accustomed | adjective (a.) Familiar through use; usual; customary. |
| adjective (a.) Frequented by customers. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Accustom |
| accustomedness | noun (n.) Habituation. |
| acustumaunce | noun (n.) See Accustomance. |
| amaracus | noun (n.) A fragrant flower. |
| ascococcus | noun (n.) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci. |
| ascus | noun (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi. |
| astacus | noun (n.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish. |
| asteriscus | noun (n.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes. |
| bancus | noun (n.) Alt. of Bank |
| bicuspid | noun (n.) One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n. |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of Bicuspidate |
| bicuspidate | adjective (a.) Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; -- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc. |
| caucus | noun (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. |
| verb (v. i.) To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. |
| caucusing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caucus |
| cercus | noun (n.) See Cercopod. |
| circus | noun (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows. |
| noun (n.) A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage. | |
| noun (n.) Circuit; space; inclosure. |
| cocculus indicus | noun (n.) The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant. |
| coccus | noun (n.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. |
| noun (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti). | |
| noun (n.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule. |
| concussation | noun (n.) A violent shock or agitation. |
| concussion | noun (n.) A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies. |
| noun (n.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain. | |
| noun (n.) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value. |
| concussive | adjective (a.) Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. |
| cussuetudinary | noun (n.) A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises. |
| crocus | noun (n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn. |
| noun (n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder. |
| cushat | noun (n.) The ringdove or wood pigeon. |
| cushewbird | noun (n.) The galeated curassow. See Curassow. |
| cushion | noun (n.) A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. |
| noun (n.) Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use | |
| noun (n.) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf | |
| noun (n.) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston | |
| noun (n.) the elastic edge of a billiard table. | |
| noun (n.) A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. | |
| verb (v. t.) To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. | |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. | |
| verb (v. t.) To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. |
| cushionet | noun (n.) A little cushion. |
| cushionless | adjective (a.) Hot furnished with a cushion. |
| cushiony | adjective (a.) Like a cushion; soft; pliable. |
| cushite | noun (n.) A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CUS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (us) - English Words That Ends with us:
| abaculus | noun (n.) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. |
| abdominous | adjective (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. |
| abiogenous | adjective (a.) Produced by spontaneous generation. |
| ablatitious | adjective (a.) Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. |
| abnormous | adjective (a.) Abnormal; irregular. |
| abomasus | noun (n.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia. |
| absentaneous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to absence. |
| absonous | adjective (a.) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. |
| abstemious | adjective (a.) Abstaining from wine. |
| adjective (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. | |
| adjective (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. | |
| adjective (a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. | |
| adjective (a.) Promotive of abstemiousness. |
| abstentious | adjective (a.) Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. |
| abstractitious | adjective (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation. |
| acalysinous | adjective (a.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. |
| acanthaceous | adjective (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant. |
| adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. |
| acanthocarpous | adjective (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines. |
| acanthocephalous | adjective (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. |
| acanthophorous | adjective (a.) Spine-bearing. |
| acanthopodious | adjective (a.) Having spinous petioles. |
| acanthopterous | adjective (a.) Spiny-winged. |
| adjective (a.) Acanthopterygious. |
| acanthopterygious | adjective (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned. |
| acanthus | noun (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech. |
| noun (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders. |
| acarpellous | adjective (a.) Having no carpels. |
| acarpous | adjective (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful. |
| acarus | noun (n.) A genus including many species of small mites. |
| acaulous | adjective (a.) Same as Acaulescent. |
| accismus | noun (n.) Affected refusal; coyness. |
| acclivitous | adjective (a.) Acclivous. |
| acclivous | adjective (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous. |
| acephalous | adjective (a.) Headless. |
| adjective (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks. | |
| adjective (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. | |
| adjective (a.) Without a leader or chief. | |
| adjective (a.) Wanting the beginning. | |
| adjective (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. |
| acerous | adjective (a.) Same as Acerose. |
| adjective (a.) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks. | |
| adjective (a.) Without antennae, as some insects. |
| acetabuliferous | adjective (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. |
| acetarious | adjective (a.) Used in salads; as, acetarious plants. |
| acetous | adjective (a.) Having a sour taste; sour; acid. |
| adjective (a.) Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation. |
| achilous | adjective (a.) Without a lip. |
| achlamydeous | adjective (a.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. |
| acholous | adjective (a.) Lacking bile. |
| achroous | adjective (a.) Colorless; achromatic. |
| achylous | adjective (a.) Without chyle. |
| achymous | adjective (a.) Without chyme. |
| acidiferous | adjective (a.) Containing or yielding an acid. |
| acidulous | adjective (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. |
| acinaceous | adjective (a.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them. |
| acinous | adjective (a.) Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. |
| acinus | noun (n.) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. |
| noun (n.) A grapestone. | |
| noun (n.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. |
| acondylous | adjective (a.) Being without joints; jointless. |
| acotyledonous | adjective (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. |
| acrimonious | adjective (a.) Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. |
| adjective (a.) Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. |
| acrocarpous | adjective (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. |
| adjective (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. |
| acrogenous | adjective (a.) Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant. |
| acronyctous | adjective (a.) Acronycal. |
| acrosporous | adjective (a.) Having acrospores. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CUS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (cu) - Words That Begins with cu:
| cub | noun (n.) A young animal, esp. the young of the bear. |
| noun (n.) Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. | |
| noun (n.) A stall for cattle. | |
| noun (n.) A cupboard. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. | |
| verb (v. t.) To shut up or confine. |
| cubbing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cub |
| cuban | noun (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Cuba. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants. |
| cubation | noun (n.) The act of lying down; a reclining. |
| cubatory | adjective (a.) Lying down; recumbent. |
| cubature | noun (n.) The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body. |
| cubby | noun (n.) Alt. of Cubbyhole |
| cubbyhole | noun (n.) A snug or confined place. |
| cubdrawn | adjective (a.) Sucked by cubs. |
| cube | noun (n.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. |
| noun (n.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. | |
| verb (v. t.) To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. |
| cubing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cube |
| cubeb | noun (n.) The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative. |
| cubebic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs). |
| cubhood | noun (n.) The state of being a cub. |
| cubic | noun (n.) A curve of the third degree. |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of Cubical |
| cubical | adjective (a.) Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube. |
| adjective (a.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization. |
| cubicalness | noun (n.) The quality of being cubical. |
| cubicle | noun (n.) A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory. |
| cubicular | adjective (a.) Belonging to a chamber or bedroom. |
| cubiform | adjective (a.) Of the form of a cube. |
| cubile | noun (n.) The lowest course of stones in a building. |
| cubilose | noun (n.) A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests. |
| cubit | noun (n.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist. |
| noun (n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger. |
| cubital | noun (n.) A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle. | |
| adjective (a.) Of the length of a cubit. |
| cubited | adjective (a.) Having the measure of a cubit. |
| cubless | adjective (a.) Having no cubs. |
| cuboid | noun (n.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes. |
| adjective (a.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. |
| cuboidal | adjective (a.) Cuboid. |
| cuca | noun (n.) See Coca. |
| cuckold | noun (n.) A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. |
| noun (n.) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). | |
| noun (n.) The cowfish. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. |
| cuckolding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cuckold |
| cuckoldly | adjective (a.) Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking. |
| cuckoldom | noun (n.) The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively. |
| cuckoldry | noun (n.) The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds. |
| cuckoo | noun (n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species. |
| cuckoobud | noun (n.) A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup. |
| cuckooflower | noun (n.) A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi). |
| cuckoopint | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin. |
| cucquean | noun (n.) A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her. |
| cucujo | noun (n.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies. |
| cucullate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Cucullated |
| cucullated | adjective (a.) Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. |
| adjective (a.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet. | |
| adjective (a.) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects. | |
| adjective (a.) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles. |
| cuculoid | adjective (a.) Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculidae). |
| cucumber | noun (n.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. |
| cucumiform | adjective (a.) Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved. |
| cucumis | noun (n.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds. |
| cucurbit | noun (n.) Alt. of Cucurbite |
| cucurbite | noun (n.) A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic. |
| cucurbitaceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples. |
| cucurbitive | adjective (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CUS:
English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 's':
| caas | noun (n. sing. & pl.) Case. |
| cabas | noun (n.) A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. |
| cacoethes | noun (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing". |
| noun (n.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer. |
| cacophonous | adjective (a.) Alt. of Cacophonious |
| cacophonious | adjective (a.) Harsh-sounding. |
| cactaceous | adjective (a.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example. |
| cactus | noun (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America. |
| cadaverous | adjective (a.) Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. |
| caddis | noun (n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm. |
| noun (n.) A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. |
| cadis | noun (n.) A kind of coarse serge. |
| cadrans | noun (n.) An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing. |
| caduceus | noun (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top. |
| caecias | noun (n.) A wind from the northeast. |
| caesious | adjective (a.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. |
| calamiferous | adjective (a.) Producing reeds; reedy. |
| calamitous | adjective (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. |
| adjective (a.) Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. |
| calamus | noun (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood. |
| noun (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors. | |
| noun (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. |
| calcareous | adjective (a.) Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. |
| calcareousness | noun (n.) Quality of being calcareous. |
| calcariferous | adjective (a.) Lime-yielding; calciferous |
| calces | noun (n. pl.) See Calx. |
| (pl. ) of Calx |
| calciferous | adjective (a.) Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. |
| calcigenous | adjective (a.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc. |
| calcigerous | adjective (a.) Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth. |
| calcivorous | adjective (a.) Eroding, or eating into, limestone. |
| calculous | adjective (a.) Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion. |
| adjective (a.) Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person. |
| calculus | noun (n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc. |
| noun (n.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation. |
| calends | noun (n. pl.) The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. |
| caliginous | adjective (a.) Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. |
| calipers | noun (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses. |
| calisthenis | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to calisthenics. |
| calisthenics | noun (n.) The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics. |
| calliopsis | noun (n.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas. |
| callipers | noun (n. pl.) See Calipers. |
| callisthenics | noun (n.) See Calisthenic, Calisthenics. |
| callous | adjective (a.) Hardened; indurated. |
| adjective (a.) Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. |
| callus | noun (n.) Same as Callosity |
| noun (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece. | |
| noun (n.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. |
| calmness | noun (n.) The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose. |
| calmucks | noun (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks. |
| calumnious | adjective (a.) Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. |
| callyciflorous | adjective (a.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle. |
| calzoons | noun (n. pl.) Drawers. |
| camarasaurus | noun (n.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae. |
| camass | noun (n.) A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians. |
| noun (n.) A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. |
| cameralistics | noun (n.) The science of finance or public revenue. |
| camis | noun (n.) A light, loose dress or robe. |
| cammas | noun (n.) See Camass. |
| camous | adjective (a.) Alt. of Camoys |
| camoys | adjective (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose. |
| campanes | noun (n. pl.) Bells. |
| campanulaceous | adjective (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceae) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass. |
| camphoraceous | adjective (a.) Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. |
| campus | noun (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus. |
| campylospermous | adjective (a.) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely. |
| campylotropous | adjective (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together. |
| camus | noun (n.) See Camis. |
| canaliculus | noun (n.) A minute canal. |
| cancellous | adjective (a.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones. |
| canderos | noun (n.) An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made. |
| candidness | noun (n.) The quality of being candid. |
| candlemas | noun (n.) The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day. |
| canis | noun (n.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidae, including the dogs and wolves. |
| cankerous | adjective (a.) Affecting like a canker. |
| cannabis | noun (n.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp. |
| canniness | noun (n.) Caution; crafty management. |
| canoness | noun (n.) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. |
| canonicalness | noun (n.) The quality of being canonical; canonicity. |
| canonicals | noun (n. pl.) The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress. |
| canopus | noun (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo. |
| canorous | adjective (a.) Melodious; musical. |
| canorousness | noun (n.) The quality of being musical. |
| cantankerous | adjective (a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. |
| cantharides | noun (n. pl.) See Cantharis. |
| (pl. ) of Cantharis |
| cantharis | noun (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine. |
| canthus | noun (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye. |
| cantoris | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall. |
| canvas | noun (n.) A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. |
| noun (n.) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. | |
| noun (n.) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. | |
| noun (n.) Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. | |
| noun (n.) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. | |
| adjective (a.) Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent. |
| canvass | noun (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. |
| noun (n.) To examine by discussion; to debate. | |
| noun (n.) To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions. | |
| noun (n.) Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. | |
| noun (n.) Examination in the way of discussion or debate. | |
| noun (n.) Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc. | |
| verb (v. i.) To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for. |
| capableness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency. |
| capacious | adjective (a.) Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. |
| adjective (a.) Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. |
| capaciousness | noun (n.) The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc. |
| capias | noun (n.) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias. |
| capillaceous | adjective (a.) Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary. |
| capillariness | noun (n.) The quality of being capillary. |
| capitalness | noun (n.) The quality of being capital; preeminence. |
| capricious | adjective (a.) Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. |
| caprifoliaceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacae. |
| caprigenous | adjective (a.) Of the goat kind. |
| captious | adjective (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please. |
| adjective (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome. |
| captiousness | noun (n.) Captious disposition or manner. |
| carabus | noun (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects. |
| carbonaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon. |
| carboniferous | adjective (a.) Producing or containing carbon or coal. |
| carcass | noun (n.) A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. |
| noun (n.) The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. | |
| noun (n.) The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. | |
| noun (n.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. |
| carcavelhos | noun (n.) A sweet wine. See Calcavella. |
| carcinomatous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to carcinoma. |
| carcinosys | noun (n.) The affection of the system with cancer. |
| carditis | noun (n.) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis. |
| carefulness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being careful. |
| careless | adjective (a.) Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. |
| adjective (a.) Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless. | |
| adjective (a.) Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression. | |
| adjective (a.) Not receiving care; uncared for. |
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