2009 UIL Spelling Study Manual/C

Word List
For words with a * contestants must also know definitions.

196. caballero
 * A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context

197. cachexia*
 * A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease

198. cacoëthes
 * compulsion, mania

199. cadastre, cadaster
 * a public survey of land for the purpose of taxation

200. cadaverous*
 * Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver [cadaver - dead body (cadō (“I fall”) as a metaphor for "I die", also source (through comb. form -cida) of the -cide in suicide, homicide etc.))]

201. cahoots*
 * collusion or collaboration to nefarious ends.

202. Cahuilla
 * tribe of Native Americans

203. calamari
 * squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings

204. calculator
 * A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations

205. calliope (instrument)
 * A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds

206. callosity
 * A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness

207. callowness
 * he condition of being callow; immaturity.

208. calorimeter
 * An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change

209. camera-ready
 * Art or "hard copy" (a document or graphic art) that requires no additional work to be done to it before copies of it can be reproduced. It is commonly used in situations where separate documents will be compiled into a single compilation, such as compiling technical publications into a conference handout.

210. Camorra, camorra
 * The Neapolitan equivalent of the Mafia

211. campestral
 * Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.

212. camphor*
 * (organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy

213. candor*
 * the state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression [from Latin for "brightness"/"brilliance")

214. canoeing
 * A water sport involving racing in canoes or kayaks.

215. canorous
 * melodious, resonant

216. cantankerous
 * stubborn, cranky, surly

217. caponata
 * a Sicilian dish of baked aubergines with capers, olives, pine nuts etc, normally served cold

218. capstone
 * Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall 2. A crowning achievement

219. carabiniere
 * member of the Italian Carabinieri

220. caracal
 * A type of mountain cat, of genus Caracal, native to Southern Africa, Turkestan and India

221. Caracas*
 * capital of Venezuela

222. carbohydrate
 * A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide.

223. Carboniferous, carboniferous
 * Containing or producing carbon

224. carcinomatosis
 * (medicine) The widespread presence of carcinomas that have metastasized throughout the body

225. cardiothoracic
 * Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest

226. careen*
 * To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

227. caret
 * A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something

is to be inserted in the place marked by the caret. 228. carping
 * Pertaining to excessive complaining.

229. carpophagous 230: Cartesian
 * Pertaining to Descartes or his mathematical methods

231. caryatidean*
 * in likeness of a caryatid (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or pillar)

232. cassation
 * The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.

233. casus belli*
 * an act seen as justifying or causing a war

234. catachresis 235. catacomb 236. catatonia 237. catch phrase 238. catharsis 239. cavalcade 240. cavernicolous* 241. cecropia moth* 242. celerity 243. celestial, Celestial 244. cenotaph 245. Cerberus 246. cerebrovascular 247. chacma 248. chador* 249. chalcid* 250. chamfer 251. chancel 252. chandelier 253. charcuterie 254. chargeable 255. chary* 256. cheekiness 257. chenille* 258. chenopod 259. Chickamauga 260. Chinook, chinook 261. chirography 262. cholera 263. chop suey* 264. chorea 265. churlish 266. ciborium 267. cinephile 268. circularity 269. circumfluent 270. cirriped 271. citrine* 272. claque 273. clarification 274. class-conscious 275. clemency* 276. clerihew 277. cloister 278. clubbable, clubable 279. coadjutor 280. coalescent 281. coaxial 282. coccygeal 283. cognomen 284. coiffeuse* 285. coleoptile 286. collaborationist* 287. collage 288. colloquy 289. Colombia 290. colonelcy 291. commemorate* 292. commissariat 293. commodore 294. compatible 295. complicity* 296. complimentary 297. compote 298. compurgation* 299. conchiferous 300. conchoidal* 301. concoct* 302. concordance* 303. concretize* 304. concussive 305. condemnatory 306. confederacy, Confederacy 307. congelation 308. congregant 309. conjugate 310. conjuration 311. consort* 312. consternation 313. constitutionality 314. constraint 315. contemporaneous 316. contextual 317. contraption* 318. contravene 319. contumacy 320. convenable 321. convergent 322. convulsion 323. coolant 324. coquille 325. cordiform* 326. coriander 327. cornice 328. coronagraph, coronograph 329. corporal* 330. corroboree* 331. coruscation 332. corvine 333. Cossack 334. cosset 335. costumier 336. counterclaim 337. counterterroism 338. coup d' état 339. covenantor 340. covertness* 341. cozenage 342. craniosacral 343. crape myrtle, crepe myrtle 344. crêpe de Chine 345. cribbage* 346. criosphinx 347. critique 348. crop-dusting 349. croustade 350. cryonics* 351. cryptogenic 352. ctenoid 353. cuadrilla* 354. cultrate 355. culturati 356. cupidity* 357. cupriferous 358. cuspidor 359. cyclamate 360. cynicism, Cynicism 361. cystic fibrosis 362. cytotoxin*