<B>cancellation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a canceling or being canceled; crossing out; striking out. <BR> <I>Ex. cancellation of a baseball game because of rain.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>marks made when something is canceled or crossed out. <BR> <I>Ex. In spite of cancellations and interlineations, the original words can easily be distinguished (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>something that is canceled. </DL>
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<B>cancellous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) having an open, latticed, or porous, structure; cancellate. <BR> <I>Ex. cancellous bone. In flat (cancellous) bones as of the skull and in the ends of long bones, the interior lacks regular systems and is of more spongy texture (Tracy I. Storer).</I> </DL>
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<B>cancer, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a very harmful growth in the body; malignant tumor. Cancer tends to spread and destroy the healthy tissues and organs of the body. Cancer is a change in the normal growth of cells, but the causes have not yet been fully determined. <BR> <I>Ex. A great many cancers can be cured, but only if properly treated before they have begun to spread or "colonize" in other parts of the body (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any of several diseases characterized by such abnormal growth of cells, such as carcinoma, sarcoma, and leukemia. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) an evil or harmful thing that tends to spread. <BR> <I>Ex. The increasing use of narcotics is a cancer in modern society. The existence of slums is a cancer in many large cities.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to corrode or eat (its way) in the manner and with the steadily destructive persistency of a cancer. <BR> <I>Ex. The Struldbrug of [Jonathan] Swift ... was a wreck, a shell, that had been burned hollow and cancered by the fierce furnace of life (Thomas De Quincey).</I> </DL>
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<B>Cancer, </B>noun, genitive (def. 2) <B>Cancri.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the tropic of Cancer. <DD><B> 2. </B>a northern constellation shaped somewhat like a crab. <DD><B> 3. </B>the fourth sign of the zodiac; Crab. The sun enters Cancer about June 21. <DD><B> 4. </B>a person born under the sign of Cancer. </DL>
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<B>cancerate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to become cancerous. </DL>
<A NAME="canceration">
<B>canceration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a growing cancerous or into a cancer. </DL>
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<B>cancered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having cancer. </DL>
<B>cancer-root, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of several herbs without green foliage and parasitic upon the roots of trees, such as the beechdrops. </DL>
<A NAME="cancerstick">
<B>cancer stick,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a cigarette. <BR> <I>Ex. Nor for that matter do we stone Florrie Lindley for trafficking in cancer sticks at the corner shop (London Guardian).</I> </DL>
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<B>cancha, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (American Spanish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an enclosure for cattle or other herded animals. <DD><B> 2. </B>a court for playing jai alai or handball. <BR> <I>Ex. The game is played on a ... cancha, with high walls on three sides (Edwin Pope).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a yard used for cockfights. </DL>
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<B>cancionero, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a medieval anthology of Spanish and Portuguese lyric poetry. </DL>
<A NAME="cancri">
<B>Cancri, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Cancer</B> (the constellation). </DL>
<B>cancrine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> havingthe appearance or qualities of a crab; crablike. <BR> <I>Ex. cancrine verse, which reads the same way backwards and forwards.</I> </DL>
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<B>cancrinite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a silicate and carbonate mineral containing sodium, calcium, and aluminum, occurring in various volcanic rocks and often bright yellow in color. </DL>
<B>cancrizans, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>going or moving backward, like a crab. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Music.) designating a canon in which the theme or subject is repeated backward instead of forward. </DL>
<A NAME="cancroid">
<B>cancroid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>resembling cancer. <BR> <I>Ex. a cancroid tumor.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling a crab. <DD><I>noun </I> a type of skin cancer of comparatively low malignancy. </DL>
<A NAME="candela">
<B>candela, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit for measuring the strength or intensity of light, equal to 1/60 of the radiating power of one square centimeter of a black body at the temperature at which platinum solidifies (1772 degrees C.); new candle. It replaced the international candle in 1948, but was not officially adopted in the United States until 1963. </DL>
<B>candelabrum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bra</B> or <B>-brums.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an ornamental candlestick with several branches for candles. </DL>
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<B>candelilla, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shrub of Mexico and southwestern United States which is the source of candelilla wax. </DL>
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<B>candelilla wax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wax obtained from the candelilla, used industrially for such things as polishes, varnishes, insulation, and phonograph records. </DL>
<A NAME="candent">
<B>candent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>softly gleaming. <BR> <I>Ex. Memories arise and the old garret is suffused with a candent glow (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>glowing with heat; at a white heat. </DL>
<A NAME="candescence">
<B>candescence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> candescent state; dazzling whiteness or brightness. <BR> <I>Ex. the clear candescence of country snow (Rhoda Broughton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="candescent">
<B>candescent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> glowing with heat; incandescent. adv. <B>candescently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="candf">
<B>c. & f.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> cost and freight. </DL>
<A NAME="candid">
<B>candid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>saying openly what one really thinks; frank and sincere; outspoken. <BR> <I>Ex. a candid reply. Please be candid with me. Save me from the candid friend (George Canning).</I> (SYN) truthful, straightforward, open. <DD><B> 2. </B>fair; impartial. <BR> <I>Ex. a candid decision.</I> (SYN) unbiased, just. <DD><B> 3. </B>not posed. <BR> <I>Ex. a candid photograph of children playing. Including ... pictures of noted musicians and of audiences, taken mostly in the candid manner, the show is an interesting demonstration of photographic opportunities in the musical world (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) pure; stainless; innocent. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) white. <DD><I>noun </I> an unposed photograph. <BR> <I>Ex. The [camera] will ... give you so much photographic fun, so many opportunities for those once-in-a-lifetime candids (New Yorker).</I> adv. <B>candidly.</B> noun <B>candidness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="candidacy">
<B>candidacy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or condition of being a candidate. <BR> <I>Ex. Please support my candidacy for class president.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="candidate">
<B>candidate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who seeks, or is proposed for, some office or honor. <BR> <I>Ex. There are three candidates for president of the club.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who is studying for a degree. <BR> <I>Ex. a doctoral candidate.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an applicant for a position. <BR> <I>Ex. There were twenty candidates for the job.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="candidateship">
<B>candidateship, </B>noun. =candidacy.</DL>
<A NAME="candidature">
<B>candidature, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) candidacy. <BR> <I>Ex. At one time his candidature seemed likely to lead to further divisions in the party (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="candidcamera">
<B>candid camera,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small camera with a fast lens for photographing persons unposed, and often unaware that their picture is being taken. <DD><B> 2. </B>any very small camera. </DL>
<B>candied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>cooked in sugar; glazed with sugar. <BR> <I>Ex. candied sweet potatoes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) made sweet or agreeable. <BR> <I>Ex. candied words of praise.</I> (SYN) honeyed. <DD><B> 3. </B>preserved or encrusted with sugar. <BR> <I>Ex. candied ginger. I roamed about in a daze, smelling the popcorn and candied apples (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>turned into sugar. <BR> <I>Ex. candied honey.</I> (SYN) crystallized. </DL>
