Can·dle·mas noun : February 2 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the presentation of Christ in the temple
can·dle·stick noun : a holder with a socket for a candle
can·dle·wick noun : a soft cotton yarn; also : embroidery made with this yarn usu. in tufts
can·dor noun : unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : FRANKNESS
Synonyms
directness, forthrightness, frankness, openness, plainness; also earnestness, sincerity, sobriety; artlessness, genuineness, naïveté, simplicity; bluntness; freedom, license, unrestraint
Antonyms
dissembling, pretense
C and W abbreviation country and western
1candy noun, plural candies [ORIGIN: ME sugre candy, fr. MF sucre candi, fr. OF sucre sugar + Ar qandī candied, fr. qand crystallized sugar]
1 : a confection made from sugar often with flavoring and filling
2 : something that appeals in a light or frivolous way
2candy verb can·died; can·dy·ing : to encrust in sugar often by cooking in a syrup
candy strip·er noun : a teenage volunteer worker at a hospital
1cane noun 1 : a slender hollow or pithy stem (as of a reed or bramble)
2 : a tall woody grass or reed (as sugarcane)
3 a : a walking stick
b : a rod for flogging
2cane verb caned; can·ing 1 : to beat with a cane
2 : to weave or make with cane
— can·er noun
cane·brake noun : a thicket of cane
1canine noun 1 : a pointed tooth between the outer incisor and the first premolar
2 : a canine mammal (as a domestic dog)
Synonyms
dog, hound—more at DOG
2canine adjective [ORIGIN: L caninus, fr. canis dog]
: of or relating to dogs or to the family to which they belong
can·is·ter noun : an often cylindrical container
can·ker noun : a spreading sore that eats into tissue
— can·ker·ous adjective
can·ker·worm noun : either of two moths and esp. their larvae that are pests of fruit and shade trees
can·na noun : any of a genus of tropical herbs with large leaves and racemes of bright-colored flowers
can·na·bis noun : any of the psychoactive preparations (as marijuana) or chemicals (as THC) derived from hemp; also : HEMP
canned adjective : prepared in standardized form for general use or wide distribution
can·nery noun, plural -ner·ies : a factory for the canning of foods
can·ni·bal noun [ORIGIN: NL Canibalis a member of a Caribbean Indian people, fr. Sp Caníbal]
: one that eats the flesh of its own kind
— can·ni·bal·ism noun
— can·ni·bal·is·tic adjective
can·ni·bal·ise British variant of CANNIBALIZE
can·ni·bal·ize verb -ized; -iz·ing 1 : to take usable parts from (as an inoperative machine) to construct or repair another machine
2 : to practice cannibalism
can·ni·ness noun : skill in devising or using indirect or subtle methods
Synonyms
artfulness, artifice, caginess, craft, craftiness, cunning, guile, slyness, wiliness—more at CUNNING
can·non noun, plural cannons or cannon [ORIGIN: ME canon, fr. AF, fr. It cannone, lit., large tube, fr.