Carbunculation
Car‐bun′cu‐la″tion (?), n. [L. carbunculatio.] The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold. Harris.
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Carburet
Car″bu‐ret (?), n. [From Carbon.] (Chem.) A carbide. See Carbide
Carburet (2)
Car″bu‐ret, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Carbureted or Carburetted (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Carbureting or Carburetting.] To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over...
Carburetant
Car″bu‐ret′ant (?), n. Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
Carbureted
Car″bu‐ret′ed (?), a. 1. (Chem.) Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.2. Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is car...
Carburetor
Car″bu‐ret′or (?), n.(Chem.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power...
Carburetor (2)
{ Car″bu‐ret′or, Car″bu‐ret′tor (?) }, n. One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carbur...
Carburization
Car″bu‐ri‐za′tion (?), n.(Chem.) The act, process, or result of carburizing.
Carburize
Car″bu‐rize (kär″bū̍‐rīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Carburized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Carburizing.] (Chem.) To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; — said esp. of a process for conf...
Carcajou
Car″ca‐jou (kär″kȧ‐jo͞o), n.(Zoöl.) The wolverene; — also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.
Carcanet
Car″ca‐net (kär″kȧ‐nĕt), n. [Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of precious stones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor. kerchen bosom, neck, kelchen collar...
Carcase
Car″case (kär″kas), n. See Carcass.
Carcass
Car″cass (kär″kas), n.; pl.Carcasses (#). [Written also carcase.] [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath.] 1. A de...
Carcavelhos
‖Car′ca‐vel″hos (?), n. A sweet wine. See Calcavella.
Carcel
Car″cel (?), n.(Photom.) A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a...
Carcel lamp
Car″cel lamp′ (?). [Named after Carcel, the inventor.] A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.
Carcelage
Car″ce‐lage (?), n. [LL. carcelladium, carceragium, fr. L. carcer prison.] Prison fees.
Carceral
Car″cer‐al (?), a. [L. carceralis, fr. carcer prison.] Belonging to a prison. Foxe.
Carcinological
Car′ci‐no‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to carcinology.
Carcinology
Car′ci‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � a crab + -logy.] (Zoöl.) The department of zoölogy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); — called also malacostracology and crust...
Carcinoma
‖Car′ci‐no″ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �, fr. � crab, cancer. See -oma.] (Med.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.
Carcinomatous
Car′ci‐nom″a‐tous (?), a. Of or pertaining to carcinoma.
Carcinosys
‖Car′ci‐no″sys (?), n. The affection of the system with cancer.
Card
Card (?), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. � a leaf of paper. Cf. Chart.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card;...
Card (2)
Card, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Carded; p. pr. & vb. n.Carding.] To play at cards; to game. Johnson.
Card (3)
Card, n. [F. carde teasel, the head of a thistle, card, from L. carduus, cardus, thistle, fr. carere to card.]1. An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cott...
Card (4)
Card (?), v. t. 1. To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.These card the short comb the longer flakes.Dyer.2. To clean or c...