coruscate

coruscate (vi)

1. To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.

2. To exhibit brilliant technique or style.

catafalque

catafalque (n)

1. A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.

concatenation

concatenation (n)

1. A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

cachinnate

cachinnate (vi)

1. To laugh loudly, immoderately, or too often.

circumambulate

circumambulate (vt)

1. To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.

charabanc

charabanc (n)

1. A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.

ceilidh

ceilidh (n)

1. An Irish or Scottish informal social gathering where traditional folk music is played, with dancing and story telling.

caesura

caesura (n)

1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art.

2. In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot.

caprice

caprice (n)

1. An impulsive seemingly unmotivated notion or action.

2. An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.

3. A disposition to be impulsive.

4. An impulsive change of mind.

celerity

celerity (n)

1. (in literary usage) Speed.

2. (oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).

cacophony

cacophony (n)

1. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

corsair

corsair (n)

1. A privateersman or pirate in the Mediterranean, especially along the Barbary coast

2. A pirate ship or privateer.

3. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern US.

4. The F4U Corsair, a fighter aircraft from World War II.

crapulous

crapulous (adj)

1. Surcharged with liquor; alcoholism; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating; drunk; given to excesses.

2. Characterized by excessive eating or drinking; debauched; intemperate.

3. Having a stomach upset by too much drinking.