Helen Fenton

Cacophony: Definition and part of speech

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Cacophony

  1. n. An unhealthy state of the voice.
  2. n. An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
  3. n. A combination of discordant sounds.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cacoxenite: Definition and part of speech

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Cacoxenite

  1. n. A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cactaceous: Definition and part of speech

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Cactaceous

  1. a. Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.