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croze [croze 词源字典]: "A groove at the end of a cask or barrel to receive the edge of the head", Early 17th century: perhaps from French creux, creuse 'hollow'.[croze etymology, croze origin, 英语词源]
cyanic: "Of cyanogen", Early 19th century: from cyan + -ic.
caproic acid: "A liquid fatty acid present in milk fat and coconut and palm oils", Mid 19th century: caproic from Latin caper, capr- 'goat' (because of its smell) + -ic.
calefacient: "A drug or other substance that gives a sensation of warmth", Mid 17th century: from Latin calefacient- 'making warm', from the verb calefacere, from calere 'be warm' + facere 'make'.
collectanea: "Passages, remarks, and other pieces of text collected from various sources", Mid 17th century: Latin, neuter plural of collectaneus 'gathered together'.
cryptogam: "A plant that has no true flowers or seeds, including ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, algae, and fungi", Mid 19th century: from French cryptogame, from modern Latin cryptogamae (plantae), denoting non-flowering plants, from Greek kruptos 'hidden' + gamos 'marriage' (because the means of reproduction was not apparent).
coronoid: "Relating to or denoting a hooked projection of bone", Mid 18th century: from Greek korōnē, denoting something hooked, + -oid.
chef-d'œuvre: "A masterpiece", French, 'chief work'.
concha: "A part resembling a spiral shell, in particular", Late 16th century: from Latin (see conch).
cribriform: "Denoting an anatomical structure that is pierced by numerous small holes, in particular the plate of the ethmoid bone through which the olfactory nerves pass", Mid 18th century: from Latin cribrum 'sieve' + -iform.
cis: "Denoting or relating to a molecular structure in which two particular atoms or groups lie on the same side of a given plane in the molecule, in particular denoting an isomer in which substituents at opposite ends of a carbon-carbon double bond are on the same side of the bond", Independent usage of cis-.
chaperone: "A person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people", Late Middle English (denoting a hood or cap, regarded as giving protection): from French, feminine of chaperon 'hood', diminutive of chape (see chape). The current sense dates from the early 18th century. More cap from Old English:We get our word cap from Latin cappa ‘hood’, which may be related to Latin caput ‘head’. Cape (late 16th century), ‘a cloak’, also come from cappa, while the geographical cape (Late Middle English) goes back to caput. The same source gives us chaperone (Late Middle English) first recorded as a hood. A person providing protection or cover by accompanying another, dates from the early 18th century. The saying if the cap fits, wear it goes back to a dunce's cap, of the kind that poor performers at school had to wear as a mark of disgrace. Americans use the version if the shoe fits, wear it. See also chapel
cornstalk: "A person born or resident in New South Wales", Early 19th century: with allusion to the alleged tallness and leanness of native-born Australians.
ching: "An abrupt high-pitched ringing sound, typically one made by a cash register", Imitative.
commons: "short for House of Commons", Middle English: plural of common.
connatural: "Belonging naturally; innate", Late 16th century: from late Latin connaturalis, from con- 'together'+ Latin naturalis 'natural'.
crus: "An elongated part of an anatomical structure, especially one which occurs in the body as a pair", Early 18th century: from Latin, 'leg'.
cultrate: "Formed like the blade of a knife or ploughshare; especially curved with a pointed end, often with one flattened and one sharp edge, like a pruning knife", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Turton (1762–1835), conchologist. From classical Latin cultrātus shaped like a knife (Pliny) from cultr-, culter knife, share + -ātus.
cancerism: "Predisposition (of an individual, cell, etc.) to cancer", Mid 19th cent. From cancer + -ism, after French cancérisme.
ceil: "Line or plaster the roof of (a building)", Late Middle English (in the sense 'line the interior of a room with plaster or panelling'): perhaps related to Latin celare, French céler 'conceal'.