| cant1 |
insincere statements made to give one the appearance of goodness, piety, or the like. [6 definitions] |
| cant2 |
a slanting line, edge, or surface, esp. one deviating from the horizontal or vertical; slope; incline. [5 definitions] |
| can't |
contracted form of "cannot." |
| cantabile |
flowing and songlike; lyrical (used as a musical direction). [2 definitions] |
| cantaloupe |
any of several varieties of melon, esp. muskmelons, usu. having a hard, rough, ridged skin and orange flesh. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cantata |
a musical composition for chorus, soloists, and instruments, based on a sacred text, poem, or play, and similar to but shorter than an oratorio. |
| cantatrice |
(Italian and French) a professional female singer. |
| canteen |
a small portable container, usu. for water; flask. [3 definitions] |
| canter |
a horse's gait between a trot and a gallop. [2 definitions] |
| Canterbury bells |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a plant of the bellflower family, cultivated for its blue, pink, or white flowers. |
| cantharides |
see "Spanish fly." |
| cant hook |
a blunt-tipped wooden lever with a movable metal hook near the lower end, used in handling logs; peavey. |
| canthus |
the angle formed at either side of the eye at the juncture of the upper and lower eyelids. |
| canticle |
a song or chant, esp. a nonmetrical hymn of worship with words taken from a Biblical text. |
| Canticle of Canticles |
in the Douay Bible, the Song of Songs; Song of Solomon. |
| cantilena |
a simple lyrical passage in vocal or instrumental music. |
| cantilever |
a rigid structural member, as of a bridge, fastened at or near one of its ends to a vertical support and projecting horizontally, usu. a great length, from it. [4 definitions] |
| cantilever bridge |
a bridge consisting of two beams or cantilevers that project toward each other and are joined to form a span. |
| cantina |
in Mexico and the southwestern United States, a saloon or bar. |
| cantle |
the rear supporting part of a saddle, usu. curved upward. [2 definitions] |