CACOCHYMICAL
CACOCHYMICAL, a. [See Cacochymy.] Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CACOCHYMY
CACOCHYMY, noun A vicious state of the vital humors, especially of the blood, arising from a disorder of the secretions or excretions, or from contagion.
CACODEMON
CACODEMON, noun An evil spirit.
CACOETHES
CACOETHES, noun1. A bad custom or habit; a bad disposition.2. In medicine, an incurable ulcer.
CACOPHONY
CACOPHONY, noun1. In rhetoric, an uncouth or disagreeable sound of words, proceeding from the meeting of harsh letters or syllables.2. In medicine, a depraved voice; an altered ...
CADAVER
CADAVER, noun A corpse.
CADAVEROUS
CADAVEROUS, adjective1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; wan; ghastly; as a cadaverous look.2. Having the qualities of a dead body.
CADDIS
CADDIS, noun1. A kind of tape or ribin.2. A kind of worm or grub found in a case of straw.
CADDOW
CADDOW, noun A chough; a jack daw.
CADDY
CADDY, noun A small box for keeping tea.
CADE
CADE, adjective Tame; bred by hand; domesticated; as a cade lamb.CADE, verb transitive To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to tame.CADE, noun A barrel or cask. A...
CADE-OIL
CADE-OIL, noun In the materia medica, an oil used in Germany and France, made of the fruit of the oxycedrus, called in those countries, cada.
CADE-WORM
CADE-WORM, noun The same as caddis.
CADENCE
CADENCE,CADENCED, participle passive or adjective Having a particular cadence; as well cadenced music.
CADENCY
CADENCY, noun1. A fall, a decline; a state of sinking.2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, as at the end of a sentence; also, the falling of the voice in the general m...
CADENE
CADENE, noun A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.
CADENT
CADENT, noun Falling down; sinking.
CADENZA
CADENZA, noun The fall or modulation of the voice in singing.
CADET
CADET, noun1. The younger or youngest son.2. A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a private mane, with a view to acquire military skill, and obtain a commission. His s...
CADEW
CADEW, noun A straw worm. [See Caddis.]
CADGE
CADGE, verb transitive To carry a burden.
CADGER
CADGER, noun One who brings butter, eggs and poultry to the market, from the country; a huckster.
CADI
CADI, noun In the Turkish dominions, a judge in civil affairs; usually the judge of a town or village, for the judge of a city or province is called Moula.
CADILLAC
CADILLAC, noun A sort of pear.
CADMEAN
CADMEAN,CADMIA, noun An oxyd of zink which collects on the sides of furnaces where zink is sublimed, as in brass founderies. This substance is readily volatilized on charcoal, b...
CADMIAN
CADMIAN, adjective Relating to Cadmus, a reputed prince of Thebes, who introduced into Greece, sixteen simple letters of the alphabet. These are called Cadmean letters.This pers...
CADMIUM
CADMIUM, noun A metal discovered by M. Stromeyer, in 1817, in carbonate of zink, at Hanover. Its color is a fine white, with a shade of bluish gray, resembling that of tin. Its ...