Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CANCEL

CANCEL, verb transitive1. To cross the lines of a writing, and deface them; to blot out or obliterate.2. To annul, or destroy; as, to cancel an obligation or a debt.

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CANCELATED

CANCELATED, adjective Cross-barred; marked with cross lines.

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CANCELATION

CANCELATION, noun The act of defacing by cross lines; a canceling.

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CANCELED

CANCELED, participle passive Crossed; obliterated; annulled.

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CANCELING

CANCELING, participle present tense Crossing; obliterating; annulling.

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CANCER

CANCER, noun1. The crab or crab-fish. This genus of animals have generally eight legs, and two claws which serve as hands; two distant eyes, supported by a kind of peduncles, an...

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CANCERATE

CANCERATE, verb intransitive To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

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CANCERATION

CANCERATION, noun A growing cancerous, or into a cancer.

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CANCEROUS

CANCEROUS, adjective Like a cancer; having the qualities of a cancer.

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CANCEROUSNESS

CANCEROUSNESS, noun The state of being cancerous.

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CANCRIFORM

CANCRIFORM, adjective1. Cancerous.2. Having the form of a cancer or crab.

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CANCRINE

CANCRINE, adjective Having the qualities of a crab.

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CANCRITE

CANCRITE, noun A fossil or petrified crab.

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CANDENT

CANDENT, adjective Very hot; heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.

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CANDICANT

CANDICANT, adjective Growing white.

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CANDID

CANDID, adjective1. White.2. Fair; open; frank; ingenuous; free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; ...

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CANDIDATE

CANDIDATE, noun1. A man who seeks or aspires to an office; one who offers himself, or is proposed fro preferment, by election or appointment; usually followed by for; as a candi...

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CANDIDLY

CANDIDLY, adverb Openly; frankly; without trick or disguise; ingenuously.

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CANDIDNESS

CANDIDNESS, noun Openness of mind; frankness; fairness; ingenuousness.

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CANDIED

CANDIED, participle passive or adjective Preserved with sugar, or incrusted with it; covered with crystals of sugar or ice, or with matter resembling them; as candied raisins.

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CANDLE

CANDLE, noun1. A long, but small cylindrical body of tallow, wax or spermaceti, formed on a wick composed of linen or cotton threads, twisted loosely; used for a portable light ...

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CANDLE-BOMB

CANDLE-BOMB, noun A small glass bubble, filled with water, place in the wick of a candle, where it bursts with a report.

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CANDLE-COAL

CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COALnoun A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, sufficiently solid to be cut and polished. On fire it decrepitates and breaks into angula...

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CANDLE-HOLDER

CANDLE-HOLDER, noun A person that holds a candle. Hence, one that remotely assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.

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CANDLE-LIGHT

CANDLE-LIGHT, noun The light of a candle; the necessary candles for use.

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CANDLE-STICK

CANDLE-STICK, noun An instrument or utensil to hold a candle, made in different forms and of different materials; originally a stick or piece of wood.

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CANDLE-STUFF

CANDLE-STUFF, noun A material of which candles are made, as tallow, wax, etc.