<B>candyfloss, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a spun sugar candy; cotton candy. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) anything flimsy or insubstantial. <BR> <I>Ex. There has been a great improvement in the general welfare ... and be hanged to the pundits who write off that improvement as capitalist candyfloss (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="candypull">
<B>candy-pull, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a social gathering where candy is pulled, or drawn out of its semisolid state after boiling, in order to work it into the desired consistency. <DD><B> 2. </B>a turn at pulling and twisting taffy to make it tough and light-colored. </DL>
<A NAME="candystore">
<B>candy store,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a store where candy and other items, such as soft drinks, newspapers, cigarettes, and stationery, are sold. </DL>
<A NAME="candystripe">
<B>candy stripe,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an alternating narrow stripe of two colors, generally red and white, like that on a stick of peppermint or other hard candy. <BR> <I>Ex. In bold flag stripes of blue, red, or brass on white--as well as solid shades and candy stripes ... (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="candystriped">
<B>candy-striped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or decorated with candy stripes. </DL>
<A NAME="candystriper">
<B>candy striper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a young girl who works as a volunteer nurse's aide in a hospital. </DL>
<A NAME="candytuft">
<B>candytuft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an herb or shrub with pink, white, lavender, or red flowers. The candytuft belongs to the mustard family. <DD><B> 2. </B>its flower. </DL>
<A NAME="cane">
<B>cane, </B>noun, verb, <B>caned,</B> <B>caning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a slender stick used as an aid in walking; walking stick. <BR> <I>Ex. On long walks the old man took along a cane.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a stick used to beat with. <BR> <I>Ex. A blow with a cane was an old form of punishment.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a long, jointed stem, such as that of the bamboo. <DD><B> 4. </B>a plant having such stems. Sugar cane, bamboo, and rattan are canes. <DD><B> 5. </B>material made of such stems, used for furniture and chair seats; rattan. <BR> <I>Ex. Our porch chairs have cane seats.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>any one of various grasses resembling the bamboo, such as the giant cane of the southern United States. <DD><B> 7. </B>the reedlike stem of one of these plants. <DD><B> 8. </B>the main stem of any one of various small fruits, such as the raspberry or blackberry. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to beat with a cane. <BR> <I>Ex. Some schoolmasters used to cane boys when they did not obey.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make or repair with material made of long, jointed stems. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother is having our porch furniture caned.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="caneblight">
<B>cane blight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disease which attacks the canes or branches of small fruits, such as currants or raspberries, caused by various parasitic fungi. </DL>
<A NAME="caneborer">
<B>cane borer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various American beetles whose larvae bore in the canes of the raspberry, blackberry, and other plants. </DL>
<A NAME="canebrake">
<B>canebrake, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thicket of cane plants. </DL>
<A NAME="canebrakerattlesnake">
<B>canebrake rattlesnake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rattlesnake of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains and in the lower Mississippi Valley. </DL>
<A NAME="canechair">
<B>cane chair,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chair with the seat made of cane strips. </DL>
<A NAME="canefield">
<B>cane field,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a field in which sugar cane is grown. </DL>
<A NAME="canefruit">
<B>cane fruit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> fruit borne by certain plants on canes, chiefly blackberries and raspberries. </DL>
<A NAME="caneknife">
<B>cane knife,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large knife, with a wide blade and a sharp barb or hook at the back of the blade, used in cutting sugar cane. </DL>
<A NAME="canella">
<B>canella, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the orange-colored inner bark of a West Indian tree, having a cinnamonlike odor and a bitter, pungent taste, used as a tonic and as a condiment. </DL>
<A NAME="canephor">
<B>canephor</B> or <B>canephore, </B>noun. <B>=canephora.</B></DL>
<A NAME="canephora">
<B>canephora, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in ancient Greece) one of the maidens who carried upon their heads baskets containing the sacred objects used at feasts. <DD><B> 2. </B>a representation of one of these, especially in classical architectural sculpture. <DD><B> 3. </B>a caryatid with a basket upon the head. </DL>
<A NAME="canephoros">
<B>canephoros</B> or <B>canephorus, </B>noun. <B>=canephora.</B></DL>
<A NAME="caner">
<B>caner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who canes. </DL>
<A NAME="canescence">
<B>canescence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> hoariness; dull whiteness. <BR> <I>Ex. All colour melts away with the canescence from above. The sky is of a dead milkwhite (R. Burton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="canescent">
<B>canescent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>becoming grayish or dull white; whitish. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) having a grayish or hoary pubescence (soft down). </DL>
<A NAME="canesugar">
<B>cane sugar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> sugar made from sugar cane; sucrose. </DL>
<A NAME="canesvenatici">
<B>Canes Venatici, </B>genitive <B>Canum Venaticorum.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a northern constellation near the Big Dipper; Hunting Dogs. </DL>
<A NAME="canework">
<B>canework, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>interwoven or braided strips of cane used to form or fill in the seats or backs of chairs, panels in carriage bodies, and the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>an imitation of braided cane painted upon a carriage panel. </DL>
<A NAME="canfield">
<B>canfield, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of solitaire used in gambling games. </DL>
<A NAME="canful">
<B>canful, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fuls.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the amount a can will hold. </DL>
<A NAME="cangue">
<B>cangue, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy board formerly worn about the neck as a portable pillory by criminals in China. </DL>
<A NAME="canicolafever">
<B>canicola fever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of dogs that can be transmitted to man, livestock, and other animals. It is caused by a spirochete and takes the form of a fever and jaundice. </DL>
<A NAME="canicula">
<B>Canicula, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Dog Star; Sirius. </DL>
<A NAME="canicular">
<B>canicular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with either the Dog Star or its rising. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the dog days in July and August. </DL>
<A NAME="canicule">
<B>canicule, </B>noun. <B>=dog days.</B></DL>
<A NAME="canikin">
<B>canikin, </B>noun. <B>=cannikin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="canine">
<B>canine, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of a dog; like a dog. <BR> <I>Ex. canine faithfulness.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like that of a dog. <BR> <I>Ex. The glutton had a canine appetite.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of or belonging to a group of meat-eating animals including dogs, foxes, and wolves. The coyote is a canine animal. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a dog. <DD><B> 2. </B>any animal belonging to a group of meat-eating animals including dogs, foxes, and wolves. <DD><B> 3. </B>a canine tooth; cuspid. <BR> <I>Ex. There are incisors for cutting; canines, for tearing; premolars and molars for grinding (A. M. Winchester).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="caninetooth">
<B>canine tooth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of the four pointed teeth next to the incisors; cuspid. </DL>
<A NAME="caniniform">
<B>caniniform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like a canine tooth. <BR> <I>Ex. The canine and caniniform incisor teeth of this seal function as an extremely efficient saw for cutting through thick and flintly ice (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="canions">
<B>canions, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> ornamental rolls formerly worn around the lower ends of the legs of breeches. </DL>
<A NAME="canismajor">
<B>Canis Major, </B>genitive <B>Canis Majoris.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a constellation southeast of Orion that contains Sirius, the brightest of the fixed stars. </DL>
<A NAME="canismajoris">
<B>Canis Majoris,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Canis Major.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="canisminor">
<B>Canis Minor,</B> genitive <B>Canis Minoris.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a constellation east of Orion, separated from Canis Major by the Milky Way. </DL>
<A NAME="canisminoris">
<B>Canis Minoris,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Canis Minor.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="canister">
<B>canister, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small box or can, especially for tea, coffee, flour, or sugar. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a cylinder or shell filled with metal fragments that is shot from a cannon. <DD><B> b. </B>the metal fragments; case shot. <DD><B> 3. </B>the boxlike part of a gas mask that contains the filtering or chemical substance through which the air is breathed. </DL>
<B>canker, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a spreading sore, especially a canker sore. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fungous disease of plants, especially of fruit trees, that causes slow decay of the bark and tissues. <BR> <I>Ex. ... as killing as the canker to the rose (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything that causes rot or decay, or destroys by a gradual eating away. <BR> <I>Ex. Unemployment is a canker that destroys man's self-respect.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=cankerworm.</B> <DD><B> 5. </B>a disease affecting horses' feet. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Dialect.) the dog rose. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to infect or be infected with canker; decay; rot. </DL>
<A NAME="cankerous">
<B>cankerous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like a canker or cankers. <DD><B> 2. </B>causing a canker or cankers; infectious; corroding. </DL>
<A NAME="cankerrash">
<B>canker rash,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of scarlet fever complicated with ulcerations in the throat. </DL>
<A NAME="cankerroot">
<B>canker root,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various plants with astringent or bitter roots, as the goldthread. </DL>
<A NAME="cankersore">
<B>canker sore,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small canker of the mouth, especially one inside the lips or cheeks, usually of short duration. Its exact cause is unknown. </DL>
<A NAME="cankerworm">
<B>cankerworm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a caterpillar that eats away the leaves of trees and plants. </DL>
