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league, confederacy, CAMARILLA.
2. Intrigue, plot, COMPLOT, conspiracy, machination.
Cabal, v. n. Intrigue, plot, conspire.
Cabalistic, a. Occult, secret, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark.
Cabaret, n. [Fr.] Tavern, inn, hotel, public house, house of entertainment.
Cabbage, v. a. [Colloquial.] Steal, purloin, filch, pilfer, make off with.
Cabbage, n.
1. Plant of the genus Brassica.
2. [Cant term.] Shreds of cloth, tailors' remnants.
Cabin, n. Hut, hovel, cot, shed, poor cottage, mean dwelling.
Cabinet, n.
1. Closet, boudoir, by-room, small room, private room, retired apartment.
2. Ministry, council, body of advisers.
Caboose, n. [Written also Camboose.] Cook-room (of a ship), galley.
Cachalot, n. Sperm-whale, spermaceti-whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
Cachinnation, n. Laughter (loud or immoderate), laugh, guffaw, horse-laugh.
Cackle, v. n.
1. Laugh (with a sound like the cackling of a goose), GIGGLE, TITTER, SNICKER.
2. Prate, prattle, babble, chatter, palaver, talk idly, talk nonsense.
Cackle, n. Prattle, prate, twaddle, idle talk, small talk.
Cacoethes, n. [L.]
1. Bad habit, bad custom.
2. (Med.) Incurable ulcer.
Cacophonous, a. Harsh, grating, discordant.
Cacophony, n. Discord, jarring, jar, harsh sound.
Cadaverous, a. Pale, pallid, wan, ghastly, death-like.
Caddice, n. Case-worm, cade-worm.
Caddis, n. Case-worm, cade-worm.
Cadence, n.
1. Fall of the voice.
2. Tone, intonation, modulation of the voice.
Cade-worm, n. Caddice, case-worm.
Caduceus, n. [L.] Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff.
Cæsura, n. Pause (in a verse), break.
Cæteris paribus, [L.] Other things being equal, in like circumstances.
Café, n. [Fr.] Restaurant, coffee-house.
Caitiff, n. Villain, wretch, miscreant, knave, rascal, scoundrel, mean fellow.
Cajole, v. a.
1. Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon.
2. Deceive (by flattery), delude, inveigle, entrap, impose upon.
Cajolery, n.
1. Flattery, wheedling, fawning, coaxing, adulation, blandishment, blarney, SOFT SAWDER, SOFT SOAP.
2. Deceit, deception, imposition.
Cake, v. n. Harden, solidify, concrete, become firm or solid.
Calamine, n. Silicate of zinc (in a mineral state).
Calamitous, a. Disastrous, unlucky, unfortunate, adverse, untoward, unhappy, unprosperous, hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, deplorable, ruinous, miserable, wretched, dreadful, distressful, afflictive, sad, grievous.
Calamity, n. Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, mischance, reverse, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, affliction, adversity, distress, hardship, casualty, ill luck, ill fortune.
Calcareous, a. Limy.
Calcareous spar, Iceland spar, Iceland crystal, crystallized carbonate of lime.
Calcine, v. a.
1. Burn, reduce to ashes.
2. Oxidize, oxidate.
Calculable, a. Computable.
Calculate, v. a.
1. Compute, reckon, estimate, count, rate, cast.
2. Adjust, adapt, fit.
Calculate, v. n. Tell, estimate, make a calculation, make a computation, cast accounts.
Calculate upon, Anticipate, contemplate, foresee, expect, look forward to, look out for, reckon upon, count upon, rely upon, depend upon, prepare one's self for.
Calculation, n.
1. Computation, reckoning.
2. Investigation, examination, inquisition, inquiry, scrutiny, exploration, sifting.
3. Expectation, expectance, anticipation, contemplation, prospect.
4. Forethought, foresight, circumspection, wariness, caution, cautiousness, discretion, deliberation, prudence.
Calculous, a. Stony, gritty.
Calculus, n.
1. (Med.) [L. pl. Calculi.] Morbid concretion.
2. [Eng. pl. Calculuses.] Fluxions, differential and Integral calculus.
Caledonian, a. Scottish, Scotch.
Caledonian, n. Scotchman.
Calefaction, n. Heating, incalescence.
Calembour, n. [Fr.] Pun, quibble, play upon words.
Calendar, n.
1. Almanac, ephemeris, register of the year.
2. List.
Calender, n. Hot press.
Calender, v. a. Smooth or glaze (by a calender).
Calendering, n. Glazing (by a calender).
Calibre, n. [Written also Caliber.]
1. Diameter of the bore.
2. Bore.
3. Talent, ability, faculty, endowment, parts, genius, compass or mind.
Calico, n.
1. [Eng.] Cotton cloth.
2. [U.S.] Print, printed cotton cloth.
Caliper-compasses, n. pl. [Written also Caliber-compasses.] Calipers.
Calipers, n. pl. Caliper-compasses.
Call, v. a.
1. Name, term, denominate, entitle, style, phrase, designate, dub, christen.
2. Bid, invite, summon, ask to come, send for.
3. Convoke, assemble, convene, muster, call together.
4. Appoint, designate, elect, ordain, set apart.
5. Invoke, appeal to.
Call, v. n.
1. Exclaim, cry, cry out, speak aloud, make appeal.
2. Make a short visit.
Call, n.
1. Invitation, summons.
2. Demand, claim, requisition.
3. Short visit.
Calling, n. Occupation, business, profession, pursuit, trade, craft, employment, vocation, AVOCATION, walk of life.
Call on,
1. Invoke, appeal to, pray to, call upon.
2. Solicit, apply to.
3. Make a visit to, pay a visit to.
Callous, a.
1. Indurated, hardened, hard.
2. Insensible, unfeeling, apathetic, obtuse, unsusceptible, unimpressible, sluggish, dull, torpid, indifferent, dead.
Callow, a. Unfledged, unfeathered, naked.
Call upon, Call on.
Calm, a.
1. Tranquil, serene, placid, quiet, still, smooth, halcyon, peaceful.
2. Undisturbed, composed, collected, unruffled, sedate, mild, cool.
Calm, n. Serenity, CALMNESS.
Calm, v. a.
1. Still, compose, hush, smooth, allay, lull.
2. Tranquillize, becalm, pacify, appease, assuage, quiet, soothe, soften, mollify, moderate, alleviate.
Calmness, n.
1. Quietness, tranquillity, serenity, repose, peace, stillness, calm, placidity, lull.
2. Mildness, coolness, sedateness, composure.
Calomel, n. Chloride of mercury, protochloride of mercury, subchloride of mercury.
Calorific, a. Heating, heat-producing.
Calumet, n. Pipe of peace.
Calumniate, v. a. Slander, asperse, malign, traduce, defame, scandalize, vilify, revile, abuse, lampoon, libel, blacken, blemish, accuse falsely.
Calumniator, n. Slanderer, traducer, defamer, backbiter, libeller, lampooner, detractor.
Calumnious, a. Slanderous, abusive, defamatory, contumelious, opprobrious, vituperative, scurrilous, insulting.
Calumny, n. Slander (known to be false), defamation, aspersion, backbiting, detraction, abuses, scandal, obloquy, false accusation.
Calyx, n. Flower-cup.
Camarilla, n. [Sp.] Clique, cabal, secret cabinet, power behind the throne.
Camboose, n. Caboose.
Cambrian, a. Welsh.
Cambrian, n. Welshman, Cambro-Briton.
Cambro-Briton, n. Cambrian.
Camelopard, n. Giraffe.
Camerated, a. Arched, vaulted, bowed.
Camons, a. Flat, depressed (said only of the nose).
Camp, n. Encampment.
Camp, v. n. Encamp, pitch one's tent, pitch a camp.
Campanile, n. Belfry.
Campeachy wood, Logwood.
Can, v. n.
1. Be able to, have power to.
2. Be possible to.
Canada balsam, Balsam of fir, Canada turpentine.
Canada snakeroot, Wild ginger.
Canaille, n. [Fr.] Populace, rabble, mob, riffraff, the vulgar, the people, the crowd, vulgar herd, the ignoble vulgar, low people, lowest class of people, the multitude, the million, scum of society, dregs of society, RAG-TAG-AND-BOB-TAIL.
Canard, n. [Fr.] Hoax, absurd or ridiculous fabrication.
Cancel, v. a.
1. Obliterate, efface, erase, expunge, blot, blot out, rub out, scratch out, wipe out.
2. Abrogate, annul, repeal, rescind, revoke, abolish, nullify, quash, set aside, make void.
Cancellated, a. Cross-barred.
Candelabrum, n. [L. pl. Candelabra; Eng. pl. Candelabrums.] Chandelier, lustre, branched candlestick.
Candid, a.
1. Impartial, fair, just, unprejudiced, unbiassed, upright, honest, sincere.
2. Open, free, ingenuous, artless, frank, plain, honorable,
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