English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
CAR'TILAGE, _s._ a smooth and solid body, softer than a bone, but harder
than a ligament
CARTILA'GINOUS, _a._ consisting of cartilages
CA'RTRIDGE, _s._ a case of paper or parchment filled with gunpowder,
used for greater expedition in loading
CASCA'DE, _s._ a cataract; a waterfall
CA'STELLATED, _a._ that which is turretted or built in the form of a
castle
CATAMARA'N, _s._ a rude species of boat
CA'TARACT, _s._ a waterfall
CATA'STROPHE, _s._ a final event
CATHE'DRAL, _s._ the head church of a diocese
CA'VALRY, _s._ horse soldiery
CA'VERN, _s._ a hollow place in the ground
CA'VIL, _s._ a false or frivolous objection
CA'VITY, _s._ a hole; a hollow place
CE'DAR, _s._ a kind of tree; it is evergreen, and produces flowers
CE'LEBRATE, _v.a._ praise; commend; mention in a set or solemn manner
CELE'BRITY, _s._ transaction publicly splendid
CELE'RITY, _s._ quickness
CELE'STIAL, _a._ heavenly
CE'METERY, _s._ a place where the dead are deposited
CE'NTRE, _s._ the middle
CE'NTURY, _s._ a hundred years
CEREMO'NIOUS, _a._ full of ceremony
CE'REMONY, _s._ form in religion; form of civility
CE'RTAIN, _a._ sure; unquestionable; regular; particular kind
CHAO'TIC, _a._ confused
CHA'PTER, _s._ a division of a book; the place in which assemblies of
the clergy are held
CHARACTERI'SE, _v.a._ to give a character of the particular quality of
any man
CHARACTERI'STIC, _s._ that which constitutes the character
CHARACTERI'STICALLY, _ad._ constituting the character
CHA'RITY, _s._ kindness; love; good-will; relief given to the poor
CHA'TEAU, _s._ (pronounced _shat-oh_) a castle
CHA'TTER, _v.a._ make a noise by collision of the teeth; talk idly or
carelessly
CHE'RUB, _s._ a celestial spirit, next in order to the seraphim
CHRI'STENDOM, _s._ the collective body of Christianity
CHRI'STIAN, _s._ a professor of the religion of Christ
CHRO'NICLE, _s._ a register of events in order of time; a history
CHRO'NICLER, _s._ a writer of chronicles; a historian
CHRONO'METER, _s._ an instrument for the exact measuring of time
CI'PHER, _s._ a figure, as 1, 2
CI'RCUIT, _s._ a circular band
CI'RCUIT, _s._ ring; round; stated journey repeated at intervals
CIRCU'MFERENCE, _s._ the space enclosed in a circle
CIRCUMSCRI'BE, _v.a._ enclose in certain lines or boundaries; bound;
Limit
CI'RCUMSTANCE, _s._ something relative to a fact; incident; event
CI'STERN, _s._ a receptacle of water for domestic uses; reservoir
CI'STUS, _s._ rock-rose
CI'TADEL, _s._ a fortress; a place of defence
CI'TIZEN, _s._ a freeman of a city; townsman
CI'TY, _s._ a corporate town that hath a bishop
CI'VIL, _a._ political; not foreign; gentle; well bred; polite
CIVI'LITY, _s._ politeness; complaisance
CI'VILIZA'TION, _s._ civilising manners
CI'VILIZE, _v.a._ reclaim from savageness and brutality
CLA'MOUR, _s._ noise; tumult; disturbance
CLA'RION, _s._ a trumpet
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