Words starting with c

Words and definitions

Cacographic means: Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.

Cacography means: Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.

Cacolet means: A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

Cacology means: Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.

Cacomixle means: Alt. of Cacomixl

Cacomixtle means: Alt. of Cacomixl

Cacomixl means: A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.

Cacoon means: One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

Cacophonic means: Alt. of Cacophonious

Cacophonical means: Alt. of Cacophonious

Words and definitions

Zooecium means: One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.

Zooecia means: of Zooecium

Zoodendrium means: The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.

Zoodendria means: of Zoodendrium

Zoocytium means: The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria.

Zoocytia means: of Zoocytium

Zoocyst means: A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.

Zoochlorella means: One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.

Zoochemy means: Animal chemistry; zoochemistry.

Zoochemistry means: Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.