Carphology
Car‐phol″o‐gy (kär‐fŏl″ō̍‐jy̆), n. [Gr. κάρφοσ any small dry body + -logy: cf. F. carphologie.] (Med.) See Floccillation.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Carping
Carp″ing (kärp″ĭng), a. Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.— Carp″ing‐ly, adv.
Carpintero
‖Car′pin‐te″ro (kär′pē̍n‐tā̍″rō̍), n. A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns be...
Carpogenic
Car′po‐gen″ic (kär′pō̍‐jĕn″ĭk), a. [Gr. καρπόσ fruit + -gen.] (Bot.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
Carpolite
Car″po‐lite (kär″pō̍‐līt), n. [Gr. καρπόσ fruit + -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.] A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
Carpological
Car′po‐log″i‐cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to carpology.
Carpologist
Car‐pol″o‐gist (?), n. One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
Carpology
Car‐pol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. καρπόσ fruit + -logy.] That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
Carpophagous
Car‐poph″a‐gous (?), a. [Gr. καρπόσ fruit + � to eat.] Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
Carpophore
Car″po‐phore (?), n. [Gr. καρπόσ fruit + � to bear.] (Bot.) A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
Carpophyll
Car″po‐phyll (?), n. [Gr. καρπόσ fruit + � leaf.] (Bot.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]
Carpophyte
Car″po‐phyte (kär″pō̍‐līt), n. [Gr. καρπόσ fruit + φυτόν plant.] (Bot.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Asco...
Carpospore
Car″po‐spore (?), n. [Gr. καρπόσ + -spore.] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algæ. — Car′po‐spor″ic (�), a.
Carpus
‖Car″pus (kär″pŭs), n.; pl.Carpi (–pī). [NL., fr. Gr. καρπόσ wrist.] (Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; i...
Carrack
Car″rack (?), n. See Carack.
Carrageen
{ Car″ra‐geen′ (?), Car″ri‐geen′ (?) }, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also wri...
Carrancha
‖Car‐ran″cha (?), n.(Zoöl.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); — so called in imitation of its notes.
Carraway
Car″ra‐way (?), n. See Caraway.
Carrel
Car″rel (?), n. See Quarrel, an arrow.
Carrel (2)
Car″rel, n.(Arch.) Same as 4th Carol.
Carriable
Car″ri‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being carried.
Carriage
Car″riage (?), n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry.] 1...
Carriageable
Car″riage‐a‐ble (?), a. Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. Ruskin.
Carriboo
Car″ri‐boo (?), n. See Caribou.
Carrick
Car″rick (?), n.(Naut.) A carack. See Carack.Carrick bend(Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. — Carrick bitts(Naut.), the bitts which suppo...
Carrier
Car″ri‐er (?), n. [From Carry.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.The air which is but... a carrier of the sounds.Bacon.2. One who is employed, or makes...
Carrion
Car″ri‐on (?), n. [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony.] 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corr...