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English Word Dictionary

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by the day

adverb · one every day

Example: we'll save 100 man-hours per diem

by the piece

adverb · one piece at a time

Example: she sold the plates by the piece

by the way

adverb · introducing a different topic; in point of fact

Example: incidentally, I won't go to the party

by word of mouth

adverb · by spoken rather than written means

Example: these stories were transmitted by word of mouth

cacatua

noun · a genus of Psittacidae

cadaverous

adjective · very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Example: emaciated bony hands

cadge

verb · obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

Example: he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends

cage

noun · a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice

cagily

adverb · in a cagey manner

Example: `I don't know yet,' he answered cagily

cajole

verb · influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Example: He palavered her into going along

cajolingly

adverb · in a cajoling manner

Example: `Come here,' she said coaxingly

calamine

noun · a white mineral; a common ore of zinc

calculatingly

adverb · in a calculating manner

Example: he looked at her calculatingly

calibrate

verb · make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

Example: calibrate an instrument

calicular

adjective · relating to or resembling a calyculus

call at

verb · enter a harbor

Example: the ship called in Athens

call in

verb · make a phone call

Example: call in to a radio station

call into question

verb · challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

Example: We must question your judgment in this matter

call off

verb · give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

call out

verb · challenge to a duel

Example: Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton

callimorpha jacobeae

noun · large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort

calling

noun · the particular occupation for which you are trained

callipygian

adjective · pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks

Example: the quest for the callipygian ideal

callously

adverb · in a callous way

Example: he callously exploited their feelings

calmly

adverb · with self-possession (especially in times of stress)

Example: he spoke calmly to the rioting students

caloosahatchee river

noun · a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway

calorie-free

adjective · having relatively few calories

Example: diet cola

calumniously

adverb · in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny

camarilla

noun · a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

camp

adjective · providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

Example: they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect

canada

noun · a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada

Example: the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world

canandaigua lake

noun · a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes

canary grass

noun · Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds

canis aureus

noun · Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair

cannibal

noun · a person who eats human flesh

cannibalize

verb · use parts of something to repair something else

canoe cedar

noun · large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States

canonical

adjective · conforming to orthodox or recognized rules- Sinclair Lewis

Example: the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing

cantankerously

adverb · in a bad mood

Example: he answered her cantankerously

capital of chad

noun · the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river

capitalize

verb · convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital

capitulary

adjective · of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter

Example: capitular estates

caponise

verb · convert a cock into a capon

capsicum frutescens baccatum

noun · plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers

capsize

verb · overturn accidentally

Example: Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!

capsulise

verb · put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

Example: capsulize the news

captiously

adverb · in a captious, carping manner

Example: he was captiously pedantic

captivate

verb · attract; cause to be enamored

Example: She captured all the men's hearts

captivatingly

adverb · in a bewitching manner

Example: she was bewitchingly beautiful

caranda palm

noun · South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax

carbonyl

adjective · relating to or containing the carbonyl group

carboxylic

adjective · relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

carburize

verb · unite with carbon

Example: carburize metal

cardiologic

adjective · of or relating to or used in or practicing cardiology

Example: cardiologic evidence