canker
A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
A crab.

cankered
Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
Ulcerated.
Corrupted; morally corrupt.
Bad-tempered.

cankering
present participle and gerund of canker

cankerroot
Alternative form of canker root

cankers
plural of canker

canterburies
plural of canterbury

cantharidate
Any salt or ester of cantharidic acid

cantharidated
simple past and past participle of cantharidate

cantharidates
plural of cantharidate

cantharidating
present participle and gerund of cantharidate

canton
A division of a political unit.
A division of a political unit.
A division of a political unit.
A division of a political unit.
A division of a political unit.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

cantoned
simple past and past participle of canton

cantoning
present participle and gerund of canton

cantons
plural of canton

capernoitie
noddle (head)

capernoities
plural of capernoitie

caramelise
Alternative spelling of caramelize.

caramelize
To convert (sugar) into caramel.
To brown (sugar, or a foodstuff containing sugar) by means of heat.
To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.

caramelized
simple past and past participle of caramelize

caramelizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of caramelize

caramelizing
present participle and gerund of caramelize

carbolize
To wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.

carbolized
simple past and past participle of carbolize

carbolizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of carbolize

carbolizing
present participle and gerund of carbolize

carbonize
To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.
To react something with carbon.

carbonized
Having undergone carbonization.

carbonizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of carbonize

carbonizing
present participle and gerund of carbonize

carburize
To treat or react with carbon
To carbonize

carburized
simple past and past participle of carburize

carburizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of carburize

carburizing
present participle and gerund of carburize

carcoon
Alternative form of karkun.

carcooned
simple past and past participle of carcoon

carcooning
present participle and gerund of carcoon

carcoons
plural of carcoon

carmelize
Alternative form of caramelize.

carrot
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
Someone from a rural background.
A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
A redhead; a ginger-haired person

carrotage
Synonym of carroting (“method of processing animal pelts”).

carroted
simple past and past participle of carrot

carroting
A process in the manufacture of felt in which the animal pelt is treated with a solution of mercury salts, such as mercuric nitrate.

carrots
plural of carrot

carrottop
Alternative form of carrot top.

carrottops
plural of carrottop

cartwheel
The wheel of a cart.
A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.

cartwheeled
simple past and past participle of cartwheel

cartwheeling
present participle and gerund of cartwheel

cartwheels
plural of cartwheel

caseate
Synonym of caseinate.
A salt or ester of caseic acid.

caseated
simple past and past participle of caseate

caseates
plural of caseate

caseating
present participle and gerund of caseate

cataglottism
Synonym of French kiss: kissing involving the tongue.

catchbasin
Alternative form of catch-basin.

catchbasins
plural of catchbasin

catchbreath
Alternative form of catch-breath.

caterwaul
To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
To have a noisy argument, like cats.

caterwauled
simple past and past participle of caterwaul

caterwauling
gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls.

caterwaulings
plural of caterwauling

caterwauls
third-person singular simple present indicative of caterwaul

catfish
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.

catfished
simple past and past participle of catfish

catfishes
plural of catfish

catfishing
present participle and gerund of catfish (“to fish for catfish”)

catfishings
plural of catfishing

cationize
To treat with cations.

cationized
Treated with cations.

cationizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of cationize

cationizing
present participle and gerund of cationize

caucus
A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.
A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.
A political interest group by members of a legislative body.

caucused
simple past and past participle of caucus

caucuses
plural of caucus

caucusing
The process of meeting as a caucus.

caucusings
plural of caucusing

caucussed
simple past and past participle of caucus

caucusses
plural of caucus

caucussing
present participle and gerund of caucus

caucussings
plural of caucussing

causticate
To treat with a caustic substance.

causticated
simple past and past participle of causticate

causticates
third-person singular simple present indicative of causticate

causticating
present participle and gerund of causticate

caveatted
simple past and past participle of caveat (alternative spelling of caveated).

centuplicate
To make a hundredfold; to repeat or multiply a hundred times.

centuplicated
simple past and past participle of centuplicate

centuplicates
third-person singular simple present indicative of centuplicate

centuplicating
present participle and gerund of centuplicate

chaff
The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

chaffed
Finely chopped into chaff.

chafferies
plural of chaffery

chaffery
trade; bargaining; buying and selling

chaffing
Pertaining to rubbing and abrasion.
Characterized by teasing and joking.
Of or for chaffing (cutting hay or straw into small lengths)

chaffings
plural of chaffing

chaffs
third-person singular simple present indicative of chaff

cham
Archaic spelling of khan.
An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.