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<strong>2004</strong> <strong>Scripps</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Spelling</strong> <strong>Bee</strong> <strong>Consolidated</strong> Word List: Words Appearing Infrequently<br />

canvasback<br />

carhop<br />

casement<br />

n<br />

caoutchouc<br />

cariostatic<br />

/ SkCsmEnt /<br />

F? > E<br />

capacitance<br />

carious<br />

a window sash that opens on<br />

hinges.<br />

capillaceous<br />

carnation<br />

The imprisoned princess chipped<br />

away at the mortar surrounding the<br />

capriciously<br />

carnelian<br />

iron bars set in the casement.<br />

capsicum<br />

capsized<br />

captive<br />

captivity<br />

car<br />

n<br />

/ SkBr /<br />

L > G or D > E<br />

[Note: The definition provided is<br />

not the one most commonly<br />

associated with this word.] a large<br />

live-box for keeping fish or lobsters<br />

alive.<br />

Sherman tossed the lobster into the<br />

car and continued fishing.<br />

carbide<br />

n<br />

/ SkBrTbId /<br />

L + ISVcf<br />

a binary compound of carbon with<br />

a more electropositive element.<br />

Carbon combines with metals to<br />

form several kinds of carbide, some<br />

of which are used in metal-cutting<br />

tools.<br />

carbonnade<br />

carcinolytic<br />

careful<br />

carfare<br />

carga<br />

n<br />

/ SkBrgE /<br />

Sp<br />

a unit of weight usually of a value<br />

about equal to 300 pounds used in<br />

Mexico and certain other Spanish-<br />

American countries.<br />

Juan ordered a carga of rice from<br />

his vendor.<br />

caroche<br />

carousal<br />

carouse<br />

carphology<br />

carport<br />

carrefour<br />

carrier<br />

carroccio<br />

carry<br />

carsick<br />

carstone<br />

n<br />

/ SkBrTstPn /<br />

E<br />

a firmly cemented ferruginous<br />

sandstone found in the British isles.<br />

Carstone, once a traditional<br />

English building material, is now<br />

used largely for constructional fill.<br />

cartload<br />

n<br />

/ SkBrtTlPd /<br />

ON > E + E<br />

one third of a cubic yard (as of<br />

dirt).<br />

Every spring, Glennis goes to the<br />

tree nursery and buys a cartload of<br />

dirt for her garden.<br />

cartoons<br />

carty<br />

carvel<br />

case<br />

Page 22 of 153<br />

Cassandra<br />

n<br />

/ kESsandrE /<br />

Gk name<br />

one who prophesies misfortune or<br />

disaster.<br />

Mary’s accurate intuition about<br />

impending adversity makes her a<br />

Cassandra whose warnings should<br />

be heeded.<br />

cassioberry<br />

cassis<br />

caste<br />

n<br />

/ Skast /<br />

L > Pg<br />

[has homonym: cast] one of the<br />

hereditary classes into which the<br />

society of India is divided in<br />

accordance with a system<br />

fundamental in Hinduism.<br />

Members of the Brahman caste<br />

have the exclusive right to become<br />

Hindu priests.<br />

casteless<br />

castellatus<br />

casting<br />

casual<br />

cataclysmically<br />

catallactics<br />

catalogic<br />

catalufa<br />

catalyst<br />

catamount<br />

catatonic

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