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| CARNAGE | | n. Great slaughter, esp. In battle. [latin: related to *carnal] | |
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| CAROTID | | —n. Each of the two main arteries carrying blood to the head and neck. —adj. Of these arteries. [latin from greek] | |
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| CAROUSE | | —v. (-sing) have a lively drinking-party. —n. Such a party. carousal n. Carouser n. [german gar aus (drink) right out] | |
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| CARPORT | | n. Roofed open-sided shelter for a car. | |
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| CARRIER | | bag n. Plastic or paper bag with handles.
- n. - person or thing that carries.
- transport or freight company.
- = *carrier bag.
- framework on a bicycle for luggage or a passenger.
- person or animal that may transmit disease etc. Without suffering from it.
- = *aircraft-carrier.
- pigeon n. Pigeon trained to carry messages.
- wave n. High-frequency electromagnetic wave modulated in amplitude or frequency to convey a signal. | |
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| CARRION | | crow n. Crow feeding on carrion.
- n. - dead putrefying flesh.
- something vile or filthy. [latin caro flesh] | |
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| CARSICK | | adj. Nauseous from car travel. carsickness n. | |
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| CARTOON | | n. - humorous, esp. Topical, drawing in a newspaper etc.
- sequence of drawings telling a story.
- animated sequence of these on film.
- full-size preliminary design for a tapestry etc. cartoonist n. [italian: related to *card1] | |
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| CARVERY | | n. (pl. -ies) buffet or restaurant with joints displayed for carving. | |
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| CARVEUP | | n. Slang sharing-out, esp. Of spoils. | |
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