(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₅H₉N₃O₂, obtained from caffeine by successively removing one methylamine and two carbonic anhydride groups.
cafila
cafila
noun
A caravan of travellers or supplies.
calamiferious
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
calamiform
calathiform
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
calcariferous
calcariferous
adj
calciferous
calcariform
calcariform
adj
Having the shape of a spur
calceiform
calceiform
adj
Having the shape of a slipper or shoe
calciferol
calciferol
noun
Vitamin D₃ (C₂₇H₄₄O)
calciferols
calciferols
noun
plural of calciferol
calciferous
calciferous
adj
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
calcific
calcific
adj
Of or pertaining to calcification
Of or pertaining to the formation of eggshells in birds and reptiles
calcification
calcification
noun
The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.
calcifications
calcifications
noun
plural of calcification
calcified
calcified
adj
Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts.
Made unchanging or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calcify
calcifies
calcifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify
calciform
calciform
adj
Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
calcifugal
calcifugal
adj
Of or relating to a calcifuge.
calcifuge
calcifuge
noun
Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk
calcifugous
calcifugous
adj
Synonym of calcifugal
calcify
calcify
verb
(intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.
(transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calcifying
calcifying
verb
present participle of calcify
calcioferrite
calcioferrite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
calculiform
calculiform
adj
Having the shape of a pebble
calculifrage
calculifrage
noun
(surgery) An instrument inserted into the bladder in order to break up calculi.
calefacient
calefacient
adj
(obsolete) having heating or warming effects
noun
(obsolete) A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body.
calefaction
calefaction
noun
The act of warming or heating.
The state or condition of being heated.
calefactive
calefactive
adj
calefactory
calefactories
calefactories
noun
plural of calefactory
calfish
calfish
adj
(dated) Silly and awkward through immaturity.
calfkill
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
calfling
calfling
noun
A small, young, or miniature calf.
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
caliciform
caliciform
adj
Having the shape of a cup or calyx.
calif
califate
califate
noun
Alternative form of caliphate
califates
califates
noun
plural of califate
califon
california
californian
californian
Adjective
Of or relating to California.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.
californiana
californians
californicus
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
californiums
califs
califs
noun
plural of calif
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
calorific
calorific
adj
(US, of food) High in calories and thus likely fattening.
(physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy.
calorifical
calorifical
adj
Archaic form of calorific.
calorifically
calorifically
adv
In a calorific manner
calorification
calorification
noun
The production of heat, especially animal heat.
calorifics
calorifier
calorifier
noun
An apparatus that generates hot water
calorify
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calycifloral
calycifloral
adj
(botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
calyciflorate
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
cambricleaf
camouflagic
camouflagic
adj
Providing or relating to camouflage.
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
campaniliform
campaniliform
adj
Alternative form of campaniform
canafistola
canafistolo
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
canaliform
canaliform
adj
Having the form of a canal
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlefishes
candlefishes
noun
plural of candlefish
candleshrift
canfield
canfield
Noun
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
canfieldite
canfieldite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silver tin sulfide mineral.
canfields
capilliform
capilliform
adj
Having the form of a hair
capitelliform
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
caprifoil
caprifoil
noun
(obsolete) A plant of the family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle.
caprifole
caprifole
noun
(obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
caprifoliaceae
caprifoliaceous
caprifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles.
caprifolium
caprimulgiformes
capsuliferous
capsuliferous
adj
(botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboncliff
cardinalfish
cardinalfish
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of mostly marine ray-finned fishes.
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
carfuffling
carnificial
carnificial
adj
Relating to a carnifex or executioner.
carriageful
carriageful
noun
The amount that can fit in a carriage.
cartilaginification
cartilaginification
noun
The formation of cartilage.
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
catchflies
catchflies
noun
plural of catchfly
cauldrife
cauldrifeness
caulfield
cauliferous
cauliferous
adj
(botany) Giving rise to a stalk or stem
cauliflorous
cauliflorous
adj
(botany) Having flowers on the stem.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
cauliflowers
cauliflowers
noun
plural of cauliflower
cauliform
cauliform
adj
Having the form of a caulis.
celestify
celestify
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make like heaven.
cellfalcicula
celliferous
celliferous
adj
Bearing or producing cells.
celliform
celliform
adj
Having the form of a cell; cellular
cellifugal
cellifugal
adj
cellulifugal
celluliferous
celluliferous
adj
Bearing or producing little cells.
cellulifugal
cellulifugal
adj
That carries nerve impulses away from a neuron
cellulifugally
cellulofibrous
celtiform
cenospecifically
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugalize
centrifugalize
verb
Synonym of centrifugate
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
centrifugaller
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
cephalofacial
cephalofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and face.
cerebellifugal
cerebellifugal
adj
(anatomy) Directed towards the cerebellum.
cerebriformly
cerebriformly
adv
In a cerebriform manner.
cerebrifugal
cerebrifugal
adj
(physiology) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
cerfoil
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
certifiable
certifiable
adj
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
(of a document) That can, or that must be certified.
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
cerulific
cervicofacial
cervicofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the neck and face.
chaffingly
chaffingly
adv
in a chaffing manner; teasingly
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chairlift
chairlift
noun
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.