All English words - page 804

Meanings of Cambers:

noun

The slightly convex or arched shape of a road or other horizontal surface.

Usage examples:

A bend where the camber of the road sloped to a ditch

Meanings of Cambia:

noun

A cellular plant tissue from which phloem, xylem, or cork grows by division, resulting (in woody plants) in secondary thickening.

Usage examples:

The outer ring of the stem contains all the functional tissue, including xylem, cambium, phloem, su…

Plural of cambium specialized

Meanings of Cambium:

noun

A cellular plant tissue from which phloem, xylem, or cork grows by division, resulting (in woody plants) in secondary thickening.

Usage examples:

The outer ring of the stem contains all the functional tissue, including xylem, cambium, phloem, su…

Meanings of Cambiums:

noun

A cellular plant tissue from which phloem, xylem, or cork grows by division, resulting (in woody plants) in secondary thickening.

Usage examples:

The outer ring of the stem contains all the functional tissue, including xylem, cambium, phloem, su…

Meanings of Cambodia:

proper noun

A country in se asia between thailand and southern vietnam; population 15,600,000 (estimated 2015); official language, khmer; capital, phnom penh.

noun

A country in southeast asia

Meanings of Cambodian:

noun

A native or inhabitant of cambodia, or a person of cambodian descent.

Usage examples:

In addition, cambodians have borrowed words from thai, french, chinese, and vietnamese.

adjective

Another term for khmer (the language).

Meanings of Cambodians:

noun

A native or inhabitant of cambodia, or a person of cambodian descent.

Usage examples:

In addition, cambodians have borrowed words from thai, french, chinese, and vietnamese.

adjective

Relating to cambodia, its people, or their language.

Usage examples:

The more contact a village has with cambodians from the central plains, the more likely their expos…

Meanings of Cambrian:

adjective

(chiefly in names or geographical terms) welsh.

Usage examples:

The cambrian railway

noun

The first period in the palaeozoic era, or the system of rocks deposited during it.

Usage examples:

They evolved during the cambrian

Meanings of Cambric:

noun

A lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric.

Usage examples:

The coif, we know from the accounts, was of cambric lace; there were gloves of white linen and fine…

Meanings of Cambrics:

noun

A lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric.

Usage examples:

The coif, we know from the accounts, was of cambric lace; there were gloves of white linen and fine…

Meanings of Cambridge:

proper noun

A city in eastern england, the county town of cambridgeshire; population 116,900 (est. 2009). cambridge university is located there.

Meanings of Came:

verb

Past of come.

noun

Each of a number of strips forming a framework for enclosing a pane of glass, especially in a leaded window.

Usage examples:

Lead was used to make window cames for holding stained glass in windows, and can be found particula…

Past simple of come

Meanings of Camel:

noun

A large, long-necked ungulate mammal of arid country, with long slender legs, broad cushioned feet, and either one or two humps on the back. camels can survive for long periods without food or drink, chiefly by using up the fat reserves in their humps.

Usage examples:

Long-necked giraffes and camels have the same seven neck bones as do short-necked mice and men.

Meanings of Camelback:

noun

A back with a hump-shaped curve on a sofa or other piece of furniture.

Usage examples:

A camelback sofa

Meanings of Cameleer:

noun

A person who controls or rides a camel.

Usage examples:

All of the cameleers were attending to their animals.

Meanings of Cameleers:

noun

A person who controls or rides a camel.

Usage examples:

All of the cameleers were attending to their animals.

Meanings of Camelhair:

noun

A fabric made from the hair of a camel.

Usage examples:

A camel-hair coat

Meanings of Camelid:

noun

A mammal of the camel family ( camelidae ).

Meanings of Camellia:

noun

An evergreen east asian shrub related to the tea plant, grown for its showy flowers and shiny leaves.

Usage examples:

Rhododendrons, most heathers, camellias and many others must have acid soil.

Meanings of Camellias:

noun

An evergreen east asian shrub related to the tea plant, grown for its showy flowers and shiny leaves.

Usage examples:

Rhododendrons, most heathers, camellias and many others must have acid soil.

Meanings of Camelopard:

noun

A giraffe.

Usage examples:

The greeks called the giraffe a camelopard, describing the animal as possessing a camel's body but …

Meanings of Camelopardalis:

proper noun

A large but inconspicuous northern constellation (the giraffe), between the pole star and perseus.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation camelopardalis.

Usage examples:

The star alpha camelopardalis

Meanings of Camelopards:

noun

A giraffe.

Usage examples:

The greeks called the giraffe a camelopard, describing the animal as possessing a camel's body but …

Meanings of Camelot:

proper noun

(in arthurian legend) the place where king arthur held his court.

noun

A place associated with glittering romance and optimism.

Usage examples:

His death in 1631 marked the end of this glittering italian camelot.

Meanings of Camels:

noun

A large, long-necked ungulate mammal of arid country, with long slender legs, broad cushioned feet, and either one or two humps on the back. camels can survive for long periods without food or drink, chiefly by using up the fat reserves in their humps.

Usage examples:

Long-necked giraffes and camels have the same seven neck bones as do short-necked mice and men.