Oh, say can you C?
CA - abbreviation for California.
CAN - a metal storage Thing-a-ma-jig.
Or - a place to go Potty!
Or - a verb, meaning Able.
Or - an abbreviation for Canada.
CANAAN - an area of Ancient Palestine.
CANAANITES - the Israelites, a Semitic People.
CANAILLE - lowest class of People (Literary Disapproving).
CANAL - artificial Waterway.
CANALICULATE - lengthwise grooves or Hollows.
CANALICULUS - tear duct to Lacrimal Sac.
CANAPE’ - bite-sized Pastry.
CANARD - deliberately false report, or Rumor.
CANARY - small yellow Finch.
CANASTA - a card game, form of Rummy.
CANCAN - chorus line Dance - kicks showing Bloomers!
CANCEL - to stop or invalidate Something.
CANCELBOT - a computer program that finds and cancels
Unwanted Articles sent to Internet News Group.
CANCER - Constellation in Northern Hemisphere.
Lower Case = Malignant Tumor!
CANCROID - like a Crab in shape or Movement.
CANDELA - basic unit of Luminous Intensity.
CANDELABRUM - decorative Candleholder.
CANDESCENCE - Brightness or Dazzle of White Light.
CANE - a Walking Stick, or Beating stick, or Sugar Cane.
CANEBRAKE - area of land planted with Cane.
CANEPHORA - an ancient Greek Sculpture.
CANES VENATICI - a constellation of stars near Ursa Major.
CANESCENT - whitish-gray covering on Plant Parts.
CANFIELD - a gambling game like Solitaire.
Also- JACK - a Prominent “Chicken Soup” Author!
CANGUE - a heavy wooden Yoke - form of Punishment.
CANICULA - the Star, Sirius.
CANID - carnivore in dog Family.
CANINE - relating to dogs, or cuspid Tooth.
CANIS MAJOR - constellation containing Sirius.
CANIS MINOR - constellation containing Procyon.
CANNA - perennial tropical plant in West Indies.
CANNABIS - drug Matlack Smokes!
CANNEL - a bituminous Coal.
CANNELLONI - tubes of stuffed Pasta.
CANNELURE - groove around a Bullet.
CANNIBAL - human flesh Eater - Yuk!
CANNIKIN - small drinking Can.
CANNOLI - deep-fried Italian sweet Pastry.
CANNON - large barreled Weapon.
Or - Loop from which a Bell Hangs.
CANNULA - flexible tube for draining Fluids.
CANOE - lightweight boat, pointed on both Ends.
CANOLA - oil from rapeseed Plant.
CANON - general rule, principle, or Standard.
CANONIZATION - idolizing or glorifying - like St. Matlack!
CANOODLE - kiss and cuddle - Making Out!
CANOPIC - jar Egyptians put embalmed entrails of mummy Into.
CANOPUS - second brightest star in Argo constellation.
CANOPY - covering for shelter or Decoration.
CANST - archaic form of ‘can’ used with ‘Thou.’
CANT - boring talk filled with cliché’s and Platitudes.
OR - slope, or degree of Slope,
OR - a jolt that knocks something out of Position,
OR - the bevel on the blade of a cutting Tool.
CAN’T - contraction for cannot.
CANT DOG or CANT HOOK - wooden Pole,
With pivoting metal hook at one end,
Used in Forestry for handling Logs.
CANTABILE - smooth, flowing melodious style in Music.
CANTABRIGIAN - student or Grad of Cambridge, England.
CANTALA - coarse strong fiber - a species of Agave,
Used to make nets, rope, and Twine.
CANTALOUPE - any orange-fleshed Melon.
CANTANKEROUS - see MATLACK!
CANTATA - musical composition for voices and instruments.
CANTATRICE - female Singer, especially of Opera.
CANTEEN - a place where food is Served,
OR - small container for holding Liquids.
CANTER - smooth easy Gait of a horse or Donkey.
CANTHARIS - Aphrodisiac - Spanish Fly!
CANTHUS - angle at either side of the Eye.
CANTICLE - a song or chant, especially a Hymn.
CANTILENA - smooth-flowing melodious musical Line.
CANTILEVER - a bracket or Support.
CANTILLATE - to chant, or Intone, especially Hebrew Scriptures.
CANTINA - a Spanish bar or wine Shop.
CANTLE - raised back part of a Saddle.
CANTO - main division of a long Poem.
CANTON - a division of a country, like in Switzerland, or China.
CANTONMENT - temporary accommodations for Troops.
CANTOR - chief singer in a synagogue - see EDDIE!
CANTUS FIRMUS - a melody, derived from Chant.
CANTY - cheerful, lively, sprightly - England - Scotland.
FINITO!
Although there’s about ten more CAN… Words,
I CAN’T DO NO MO!
Truly amazing how both Cannabis and Cantankerous are associated with Matlack!
Reviewed by Flying Fox Ted L Glines (Reader)
Reviewed on January 4, 2009
I can dig it - I can dig it - I can dig it - I can dig it - Remind ya of a very old rock song? Ha! My first experience with a canape was at a banquet where a plate of them was brought out ... and I ate them! I weathered the frowns with a pleased stomach :-)
This programmed, self-paced lesson focuses exclusively on the use of postpostions (ga and (w)o) with grammatical objects in the Japanese language without wavering or getting off track in the labyrinth of Japanese syntax and other grammatical issues.
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Great stuff as ever.
Brice.
Love Tinka
Ted
Edwin