<B>carload, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>as much as a car can hold or carry. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) the minimum weight, as defined by law, of a shipment entitled, on a basis of quantity, to a reduced freight rate. (Abbr:) c.l. </DL>
<A NAME="carloadings">
<B>carloadings, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the number of freight cars loaded during a particular period, often used as a measure of manufacturing and commercial activity. </DL>
<A NAME="carloadlot">
<B>carload lot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a shipment which meets the minimum weight (carload) as defined by law. </DL>
<B>Carlylean, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher. <BR> <I>Ex. First there is the hero of Wagnerian dimensions, capable of great public service, as Plutarch would have him, but a Carlylean hero forced to breast the wave of ignorance around him (Atlantic).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an admirer or imitator of Thomas Carlyle. </DL>
<A NAME="carlylese">
<B>Carlylese, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the literary style of Carlyle. </DL>
<A NAME="carlylism">
<B>Carlylism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the style of Thomas Carlyle, characterized by conversational and irregular sentences and many metaphors and allusions. <DD><B> 2. </B>the ideas or teachings of Thomas Carlyle, especially his emphasis on men's need of rulers and strong leaders. </DL>
<A NAME="carmagnole">
<B>carmagnole</B> or <B>Carmagnole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a dance and song popular during the French Revolution. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the costume worn by the French revolutionists after 1792, consisting of black trousers, a short jacket with wide lapels and metal buttons, a scarlet waistcoat, and a red cap. <DD><B> b. </B>the jacket itself. <DD><B> 3. </B>a soldier of the French Revolution. </DL>
<A NAME="carmaker">
<B>carmaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a manufacturer of cars. </DL>
<A NAME="carman">
<B>carman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who checks and repairs railroad cars in a yard or station. <DD><B> 2. </B>the motorman or conductor of a streetcar. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who drives a cart. </DL>
<A NAME="carmelite">
<B>Carmelite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mendicant friar of a Roman Catholic religious order founded probably in the 1100's on Mount Carmel in Syria; white friar. <DD><B> 2. </B>a nun of a similar order founded in 1562. <DD><B> 3. </B>a fine woolen material, usually gray or light brown. </DL>
<A NAME="carminative">
<B>carminative, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> expelling gas from the stomach and intestines. <DD><I>noun </I> a medicine that does this. <BR> <I>Ex. Peppermint is often used as a carminative.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="carmine">
<B>carmine, </B>noun, adjective, verb, <B>-mined,</B> <B>-mining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a deep red with a tinge of purple. <DD><B> b. </B>a light crimson. <DD><B> 2. </B>a crimson coloring matter found in cochineal, used to stain microscopic sections and formerly used as a dye. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>deep-red with a tinge of purple. <DD><B> 2. </B>light-crimson. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make carmine. <BR> <I>Ex. She outlined her eyes with black grease pencil and carmined her lips (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="carminic">
<B>carminic, </B>adjective. <B>=carmine.</B></DL>
<A NAME="carminicacid">
<B>carminic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a purplish-brown acid found in the buds of some plants, but most abundantly in the cochineal insect, used in dyeing and photography. </DL>
<A NAME="carminite">
<B>carminite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an arsenate of iron and lead, occurring in clusters of needles having a carmine color. </DL>
<A NAME="carmot">
<B>carmot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> according to the alchemists, the substance of which the philosophers' stone was supposed to consist. </DL>
<A NAME="carnabystreet">
<B>Carnaby Street,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a street in London, England, noted as a center of new fashions in clothing. <BR> <I>Ex. The English Mod or Carnaby Street look ... received great publicity and had a devoted following among the young (Anne Fogarty).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="carnage">
<B>carnage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the slaughter of a great number of people; wholesale killing; butchery. <BR> <I>Ex. The battle resulted in frightful carnage. War and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost (Walt Whitman).</I> (SYN) massacre. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) a collection of dead bodies, especially of the slain in a battle; heap of carcasses. <BR> <I>Ex. Where those who scorned to fly or yield In one promiscuous carnage lie (Richard Harris Barham).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="carnal">
<B>carnal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>of or connected with the appetites and passions of the body; sensual. <BR> <I>Ex. Gluttony and drunkenness have been called carnal vices.</I> (SYN) fleshly, gross. <DD><B> b. </B>sexual; libidinous. <BR> <I>Ex. But that false fruit For other operation first displayed, carnal desire inflaming (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>worldly; not spiritual. <BR> <I>Ex. Mirth and pleasantry ... were looked upon as the marks of a carnal mind (Joseph Addison).</I> (SYN) unsanctified, materialistic. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) temporal, as opposed to spiritual; secular. adv. <B>carnally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="carnalism">
<B>carnalism, </B>noun. <B>=carnality.</B></DL>
<A NAME="carnalist">
<B>carnalist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person given to the indulgence of sensual appetites; an unspiritual person. </DL>
<A NAME="carnality">
<B>carnality, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fleshliness; sensuality. <DD><B> 2. </B>worldliness. <DD><B> 3. </B>a carnal thing, act, or desire. </DL>
<A NAME="carnalize">
<B>carnalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make carnal. </DL>
<B>carnallite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, an important source of potassium. </DL>
<A NAME="carnalminded">
<B>carnal-minded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a carnal mind; unspiritual. noun <B>carnalmindedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="carnapper">
<B>carnapper</B> or <B>carnaper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who steals a car or cars. </DL>
<A NAME="carnassial">
<B>carnassial, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with certain teeth of carnivorous animals, adapted for tearing flesh (the last upper premolars and the first lower molars of living mammals). <BR> <I>Ex. The cats also use the two bladelike carnassial teeth at the back of the jaws like the blades of a pair of scissors for slicing through the meat of the prey once it is killed (New Biology).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a carnassial tooth. <BR> <I>Ex. Lastly, having cut off the flesh, those of the bones that are not too large are cracked by the more conical, less bladelike, teeth immediately in front of the carnassials (R. F. Ewer).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="carnation">
<B>carnation, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a red, white, or pink flower with a spicy fragrance, grown in gardens and greenhouses. The state flower of Ohio is a scarlet carnation. <DD><B> b. </B>the plant of the pink family that it grows on. <DD><B> 2a. </B>Also, <B>carnation red.</B> a rosy pink. <DD><B> b. </B>(Obsolete.) the color of human flesh or skin; flesh. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Rare.) flesh tints in a painting. <DD><I>adj. </I> rosy-pink. </DL>
<A NAME="carnationgrass">
<B>carnation grass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of certain sedges whose leaves resemble those of the carnation. </DL>
<A NAME="carnauba">
<B>carnauba, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Brazilian wax palm. </DL>
<A NAME="carnaubawax">
<B>carnauba wax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wax obtained from the leaves of the carnauba, used as a polish and in plastics and lubricants. </DL>
<A NAME="carneau">
<B>carneau, </B>noun, pl. <B>-neaux.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of large domestic pigeons raised chiefly for food. Its big squabs are considered a delicacy. </DL>
<A NAME="carnegieunit">
<B>Carnegie unit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Education.) a unit representing a year's study in any high-school subject (120 hours or their equivalent), used as a standard for measuring college entrance requirements. </DL>
<A NAME="carnelian">
<B>carnelian, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a red or reddish-brown variety of chalcedony, used in jewelry. <BR> <I>Ex. a carnelian ring.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>cornelian.</B> </DL>
<B>carnet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French) <DD><B> 1. </B>an official paper or certificate, such as a passport or a license to camp. <BR> <I>Ex. Every motorist must have a carnet or triptyque and insurance certificate in duplicate. (Observer).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a notebook. <DD><B> 3. </B>a small book of tickets, checks, or the like. </DL>
<B>carnify, </B>verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to change or convert into flesh. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to lose the normal structure and become fleshy, as in the development of a fibrous condition of the lung. noun <B>carnification.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="carnitine">
<B>carnitine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance chemically identical to vitamin B-T, present in animal muscle, and essential in the nutrition of certain insects. </DL>
