||Caa*tin"ga (?), n. [Tupi caa- tinga white forest.] (Phytogeography) A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.
||Ca`bal*le*ri"a (?), n. [Sp. See Caballero.] An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.
||Ca`bal*le"ro (?), n. [Sp. Cf. Cavalier.] A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
||Ca*bal"lo (k*väl"y; 220), n. [Written also cavallo.] [Sp., fr. L. caballus a nag. See Cavalcade.] A horse. [Sp. Amer.]
Cab"a*ret (?), n. In the United States, a café or restaurant where the guests are entertained by performers who dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns; hence, an entertainment of this nature.
Ca"ber (?), n. [Gael. cabar.] A pole or beam, esp. one used in Gaelic games for tossing as a trial of strength.
||Ca`bo`chon" (k`b`shôN"), n. [F.] (Jewelry) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon.
||Ca*chæ"mi*a, ||Ca*che"mi*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; bad + &?; blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.
||Cac`o*chym"i*a (?), n. [NL., Gr. &?;; &?; bad + &?; juice.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. -- Cac`o*chym"ic (#), Cac`o*chym"ic*al (#), a.
||Cac`o*sto"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; bad + &?; mouth.] (Med.) Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth.
{ Ca*dav"er*ine (?), n. Also - in }. [From Cadaver.] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, C5H14N2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
Cad"die (?), n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.] [See Cadet.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]