- Doctor, doctor! I"ve had a sore stomach ever since I ate three crabs last week.
- Did they smell bad when you took them out of their shells?
- What do you mean "took them out of their shells"?
v. (-ling) colloq. Kiss and cuddle. [origin unknown]
CANTICLE
n. Song or chant with a biblical text. [latin canticum *chant]
CAPACITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a power to contain, receive, experience, or produce (capacity for heat, pain, etc.). B maximum amount that can be contained or produced etc. C (attrib.) Fully occupying the available space etc. (capacity crowd).
- mental power.
- position or function.
- legal competence. to capacity fully. [latin: related to *capacious]
CAPRIOLE
—n. Leap, caper, esp. Of a trained horse. —v. (-ling) perform this. [italian: related to *capricorn]
CAPSICUM
n. - plant with edible fruits, esp. Any of several varieties of pepper.
- red, green, or yellow fruit of these. [latin capsa case]
CAPTIOUS
adj. Fault-finding. [latin: related to *caption]
CAPUCHIN
n. - franciscan friar.
- (capuchin) a monkey with cowl-like head hair. B pigeon with a cowl-like head and neck. [italian cappuccio cowl]
CAPYBARA
n. Large semi-aquatic s. American rodent. [tupi]
CARAPACE
n. Upper shell of a tortoise or crustacean. [french from spanish]
