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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Weiter #96472 02/20/2003 6:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 canaille: riffraff; proletarian; the mob; rabble cancerophobia: fear of cancer candescent: glowing hotly cannel: bevel on the edge of a chisel canonicate: the rank or office of a cannon cantatrice: female singer cantle: corner, edge or slice of anything capeline: surgical bandage for the stump of amputated limb; small iron skullcap caple: a horse capriform: goatlike captious: peevish; ready to take offence or find fault carboy: large green bottle encased in wicker cardialgia: heartburn cardophagus: donkey; something that eats thistles carinated: shaped like the prow or keel of a ship caritative: generous; charitable carneous: fleshy; flesh-coloured; like or relating to flesh carnificine: place of execution; office of the executioner carpology: study of fruit cartomancy: telling fortunes using playing cards caryatid: column shaped like female figure casern: barrack or billet for soldiers cassock: close-fitting ankle-length clergyman's garment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cantatrice #96473 02/20/2003 6:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 If a cantatrice is a female singer is a cockatrice a male singer? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cantatrice #96474 02/20/2003 8:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 cockatrice n. 5cocatrice < OFr cocatris, crocodile < LL calcatrix, she who treads < calcare, to tread < calx, heel: see CALCAR6 1 a fabulous serpent supposedly hatched from a cock‘s egg and having power to kill by a look 2 Bible (KJV) an unidentified deadly serpent Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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