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CARNAL-MINDEDNESS n.
Grossness of mind.
CARNALISM n.
The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [R.]
CARNALIST n.
A sensualist. Burton.
CARNALITY n.
The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson.
CARNALIZE v.
To make carnal; to debase to carnality. A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott.
CARNALLITE n.
A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
CARNALLY adv.
to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom. viii. 6.
CARNARY n.
A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house.
CARNASSIAL a. 2 definitions
A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.
CARNATE a.
Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.
CARNATION n. 3 definitions
The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton.
CARNATIONED a.
Having a flesh color.
CARNAUBA n.
The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
CARNELIAN n.
A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals.
CARNEOUS a.
Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy. "Carneous fibers." Ray.
CARNEY n.
A disease of horses, on which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.
CARNIC a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to flesh; specif. (Physiol. Chem.),
CARNIFEX n.
The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
CARNIFICATION n.
The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.
CARNIFY v.
To form flesh; to become like flesh. Sir M. Hale.
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