Alcaic :: Alcaic (a.) Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c..

Alcaic :: Alcaic (n.) A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls..

Alcaid :: Alcaid (n.) Alt. of Alcayd.

Cacaine :: Cacaine (n.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.

Caimacam :: Caimacam (n.) The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

Caiman :: Caiman (n.) See Cayman.

Cainozoic :: Cainozoic (a.) See Cenozic.

Caique :: Caique (n.) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size..

Caird :: Caird (n.) A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.

Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument..

Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc..

Cairngormstone :: Cairngormstone () A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A chest to hold ammunition.

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (a.) Captive; wretched; unfortunate.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (a.) Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A captive; a prisoner.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A wretched or unfortunate man.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet..

Capercailzie :: Capercailzie (n.) Alt. of Capercall.

Cocaine :: Cocaine (n.) A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain..

Eucairite :: Eucairite (n.) A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium..

Sadducaic :: Sadducaic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings..

Sapucaia :: Sapucaia (n.) A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot..

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