English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 46 of 872

Campbellianadj

Relating to or reminiscent of American mythologist Joseph Campbell or his ideas, particularly the Hero's Journey.

Campbellismname

The Restoration Movement.

Campbellitenoun

A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.

Campbells Creekname

A town in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia.

Campbells Forestname

A locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia.

Campbellsburgname

A town in Brown Township, Washington County, Indiana, United States, named after Robert Campbell.

Campbellsvillename

A city, the county seat of Taylor County, Kentucky, United States, founded by Andrew Campbell.

Campbelltonname

A city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Campbelltownname

A town in the larger city of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales.

campchairnoun

A foldable chair designed for camping.

campcraftnoun

Any of the outdoor skills associated with camping expeditions, such as map-reading.

Campename

A female monster, the guard in Tartarus of the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers, whom Cronus, ruler of the Titans, had imprisoned there.

Campeaname

A surname from Italian.

campeachy woodnoun

logwood, bloodwood (Haematoxylum campechianum)

campeadornoun

A warrior, in Spanish contexts.

Campechename

A state of Mexico.

campedverb

simple past and past participle of camp

Campenname

A surname.

campernoun

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

camper vannoun

Alternative spelling of campervan.

Camperdownname

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2772).

campershipnoun

Money paid to admit a child to summer camp.

campervannoun

A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.

campervannernoun

One who holidays in a campervan.

camperynoun

Ostentatiously effeminate behaviour from a man.

campesinonoun

An agricultural worker in Latin America.

campesterolnoun

A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol

campestraladj

Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.

campestrianadj

Relating to, or abounding in, open fields

campfightnoun

A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.

campfirenoun

A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.

campfire cookienoun

A type of cookie that contains the ingredients of a s'more: graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate.

Campfire Girlnoun

A female member of Camp Fire, a national youth development organization for young people.

campfulnoun

A quantity that fills a camp.

campgroundnoun

An area where tents are pitched.

camphenenoun

Bicyclic monoterpene, a minor constituent of many essential oils.

camphinenoun

Rectified oil of turpentine, once used for burning in oil lamps and as a solvent in varnishes.

camphirenoun

Camphor.

camphogennoun

cymene, or (possibly) similar compounds

campholnoun

borneol

camphonenoun

A cameraphone.

camphornoun

A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.

camphor laurelnoun

A species of large, evergreen tree, Cinnamomum camphora, family Lauraceae, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere where it can become invasive; the primary natural source of camphor.

camphoraceousadj

Of, relating to, similar to, or containing camphor.

camphoratenoun

Any salt of camphoric acid.

camphoricadj

Containing, or derived from camphor

camphorizeverb

To treat with camphor.

camphorsulfonic acidnoun

Any sulfonic acid derived from camphor, but especially d-camphorsulfonic acid (known as Reychler's acid) classically used to resolve stereoisomers

camphorsulphonicadj

Of or pertaining to camphorsulphonic acid or its derivatives

camphorsultamnoun

A cagelike sultam, (1R,5S)-10,10-dimethyl-3-thia-4-azatricyclo[5.2.1.01,5]decane 3,3-dioxide, derived from camphor

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