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A song or air for one or more voices, of Provençal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.

Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:

The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.

Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.

A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. Capricorn beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shurbs and are often destructive. See…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacæ.

A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.

A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidæ. -- n.

A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substance…

Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; --opposed to alloy steel.

An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.

A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.

- Visiting card, a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it.

Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.