caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. [4 definitions] |
caries |
bone decay, esp. tooth decay. |
carillon |
a musical instrument composed of a stationary set of bells hung in a tower, usu. played from a keyboard that activates hammers. [2 definitions] |
carillonneur |
one who plays the carillon. |
carina |
in biology, a thin ridgelike structure, such as the projecting part of a bird's breastbone. |
cariole |
a small open two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse. [2 definitions] |
carious |
having caries; decayed, as teeth. |
caritas |
(Latin) love; charity. |
Carl Jung |
a Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist (b.1875--d.1961). |
carload |
the amount of anything that a car, esp. a railroad car, can or does hold. [2 definitions] |
carloadings |
the number of carloads shipped by rail to or from a place in a specified period. |
carmagnole |
a popular song and street dance of the French Revolution. [2 definitions] |
carmaker |
an automobile manufacturing company. |
carman |
one who works on a streetcar; motorman or conductor. |
Carmelite |
a monk or friar of the religious order founded at Mt. Carmel in the twelfth century. [2 definitions] |
carminative |
a substance that induces expulsion of gas from the stomach and intestines. [2 definitions] |
carmine |
a reddish purple pigment made from cochineal. [2 definitions] |
carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, esp. sexual appetites and activities. [2 definitions] |
carnation |
any of various flowers related to the pink, with fragrant, fringed flowers of various colors, esp. red, white, and pink. |
carnauba |
see "wax palm." [2 definitions] |