Candle
Candlen.light made of tallow, wax, &c.
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A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1806.
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Candlelight
Candlelightn.the ilght that is given by a candle
Candlemas
Candlemasn.the feast of hte purif. of B.V.M.
Candlestick
Candlestickn.an instsrument that holds candles
Candor
Candorn.openness, honesty, sincerity
Candy
Candyv.t.to conserve with sugar, to congeal
Cane
Canen.a reed, a walking-stick
Cane (2)
Canev.t.to cudgel
Canescent
Canescenta.growing white or old, white, hoary
Canicular
Caniculara.of or belonging to the dogstar
Canine
Caninea.belonging to or like a dog, snnappish
Caning
Caningn.a beating with a cane
Canister
Canistern.a box for holding tea, a small baskest
Canker
Cankern.a disease in plants, an eating sore
Canker (2)
Cankerv.to grow corrupt, rust, corrode, pollute
Cankerworm
Cankerwormn.a worm very destructive to fruit
Cannelcoal
Cannelcoaln.a fine kind of coal
Cannibal
Cannibaln.a man-eater, a most cruel wretch
Cannibalism
Cannibalismn.practice of eating human flesh
Cannon
Cannonn.a great gun, the largest fort of types
Cannonade
Cannonadev.t.to discharge or fire cannon at
Cannonade (2)
Cannonaden.discharge of or attack with cannon
Cannonball
Cannonball, or Cannonbulletn.a ball for a cannon
Cannonier
Cannoniern.one who manages cannon in war
Cannonshot
Cannonshotn.a cannonball or the range it makes
Cannot
Cannotcontr.of can and not
Canoanical
Canoanicala.regular, scriptural, ecclesiastical