Bee English Dictionary

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

carpetbagging
  • s  presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
Usages, News, Articles and More
capetian
  • n  a member of the Capetian dynasty
  • a  of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet
Usages, News, Articles and More
carcinogenic
  • a  causing or tending to cause cancer
    the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals
Usages, News, Articles and More
captious
  • s  tending to find and call attention to faults
    a captious pedant
Usages, News, Articles and More
canescent
  • s  of greyish white
    the canescent moon
  • s  covered with fine whitish hairs or down
Usages, News, Articles and More
canicular
  • a  of or relating to the dog days of summer
    the canicular heat of the Deep South
  • a  relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star)
    canicular days
Usages, News, Articles and More
canine
  • n  one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
  • n  any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
  • a  of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
Usages, News, Articles and More
canned
  • v  preserve in a can or tin
  • v  terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • s  recorded for broadcast
    canned laughter
  • s  sealed in a can or jar
Usages, News, Articles and More
cannibalic
  • s  marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage
Usages, News, Articles and More
Next

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.