Helen Fenton

Cam: Definition and part of speech

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Cam

  1. a. Crooked.
  2. n. A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
  3. n. A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
  4. n. A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
  5. n. A ridge or mound of earth.

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.

Camail: Definition and part of speech

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Camail

  1. n. a hood worn in church services, — the amice, or the like.
  2. n. A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.
  3. n. A hood of other material than mail;

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.

Camarasaurus: Definition and part of speech

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Camarasaurus

  1. n. A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae.

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.

Camarilla: Definition and part of speech

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Camarilla

  1. n. A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.
  2. n. The private audience chamber of a king.

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.

Camass: Definition and part of speech

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Camass

  1. n. A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians.

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.

Camber: Definition and part of speech

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Camber

  1. n. An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.
  2. n. An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

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.