Chapter Cabal to Camarilla of C by Soule's Synonymes

Cæsura, n. Pause (in a verse), break.

Cæteris paribus, [L.] Other things being equal, in like circumstances.

Café, n. [Fr.] Restaurant, coffee-house.

Caitiff, n. Villain, wretch, miscreant, coward, sneak, traitor, knave, rascal, scoundrel, mean fellow, vagabond, bezonian.

Cajole, v. a.

1. Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon, blandish.

2. Deceive (by flattery), delude, beguile, inveigle, entrap, impose upon.

Cajolery, n.

1. Flattery, wheedling, fawning, coaxing, adulation, blandishment, blarney.

2. Deceit, deception, imposture, imposition.

Cake, v. n. Harden, solidify, concrete, become firm or solid.

Calamar, Calamary, n. Decapod, cuttle-fish, squid, sea-sleeve, preke, pen-fish.

Calambour, n. Mottled aloes-wood.

Calamine, n. Silicate of zinc (in a mineral state).

Calamitous, a. Disastrous, unlucky, unfortunate, adverse, untoward, unhappy, unprosperous, hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, deplorable, ruinous, miserable, wretched, dreadful, distressful, distressing, baleful, severe, afflictive, sad, grievous.

Calamity, n. Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, mischance, reverse, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, affliction, adversity, distress, misery, evil, ill, hardship, casualty, ill-luck, ill fortune.

Calcareous, a. Limy.

Calcareous spar. Iceland spar, Iceland crystal, crystallized carbonate of lime.

Calcine, v. a. Burn, reduce to ashes, powder.

Calculable, a. Computable.

Calculate, v. a.

1. Compute, reckon, estimate, count, rate, cast.

2. Adjust, adapt, fit, suit.