Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.
cantharidin
cantharidin
noun
(organic chemistry) A volatile organic compound in cantharis, or Spanish fly.
capernoited
carcanetted
cardinalate
cardinalate
noun
Collective term for the cardinals
The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
cardinalist
cardinalist
noun
A partisan of cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin in 17th century France (as opposed to a royalist).
cardinality
cardinality
noun
(data modeling, databases) The property of a relationship between a database table and another one, specifying whether it is one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many.
(religion) The status of being cardinalitial
(set theory, of a set) The number of elements a given set contains.
(type theory) The number of terms that can inhabit a type; the possible values of a type.
cardiotonic
cardiotonic
adj
That has a favourable (tonic) effect on the action of the heart.
noun
Any drug or substance having a tonic effect on the heart.
carnationed
carnationed
adj
(poetic) Of a rosy pink colour.
Adorned with a carnation.
carotenoids
carotenoids
noun
plural of carotenoid
carotinoids
carotinoids
noun
plural of carotinoid
carpentered
carpentered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpenter
caryatidean
centerboard
centerboard
noun
(American spelling, nautical) Alternative spelling of centreboard
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centralised
centralised
adj
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centralise
centralized
centralized
adj
Having power concentrated in a single, central authority
Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centralize