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e of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written camelot and camblet.]

Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.

poses, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. [Written also canula.]

Having the form of a tube; tubular. [Written also canular.]

ge through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written also canulated.]

al varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written also cantaleup.]

A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also cantine..]

The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante.]

A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. [Written also cantraip.] [Scot.]

A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. [Written also kantry.]

oasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.]

The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster. [Written also kepellmeister.]

or, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]

caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [Written also caravanserai and caravansera.]

olatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power. [Written also carburetted.] Carbureted hydrogen gas, any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas. -- Light carbureted hydrogen, marsh gas, CH4; fire damp.

rough or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [Written also carburettor.]

A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written carkenet and carcant.] Shak.

son or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay.

us seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]

antly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also caseine.]