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71can|o|py — «KAN uh pee», noun, plural pies, verb, pied, py|ing. –n. 1. a covering fixed over a bed, throne, or entrance, or carried on poles over a person: »There is a striped canopy over the entrance to the hotel. 2. a rooflike covering; shelter or shade:… …
72can|ta|bi|le — «kahn TAH bee lay», adjective, noun. Music. –adj. in a smooth and flowing style; songlike: »After the interval he turned to virtuosity and romance in various smaller pieces, pouring rich, ripe cantabile tone and eloquent phrasing into Bloch s… …
73can|ta|la — «kan TAH luh», noun. a strong fiber made from the leaves of an agave grown in the Philippines. ╂[< New Latin (Agave) cantala the name of the plant; origin unknown] …
74can|ta|ta — «kuhn TAH tuh», noun. 1. a musical composition consisting of a story or play which is sung by a chorus and soloists, but not acted. 2. (originally) a narrative in verse set to recitative or alternate recitative and air, for a single voice… …
75can|ta|te — «kan TAY tee», noun. Psalm 98. ╂[< Latin cantāte sing ye, imperative of cantāre sing] …
76can|ti|ga — «kan TEE guh», noun, plural gas. a short lyric poem composed in the 1200 s and 1300 s in Spanish or Portuguese and influenced by the Provençal troubadours. ╂[< Spanish and Portuguese cantiga] …
77can|ti|le|na — «KAN teh LEE nuh», noun. 1. a melodic composition, or a melodious section in a composition, for instruments: »He allowed his melodic invention to run freely in a soaring, long drawn cantilena (London Times). 2. such a composition or section for… …
78can|ti|na — «kan TEE nuh», noun. Southwestern U.S. a saloon. ╂[American English < Spanish cantina < Italian, probably (diminutive) < canto corner < Vulgar Latin cantus; see etym. under cant2 (Cf. ↑cant)] …
79can|ti|no — «kan TEE noh», noun, plural nos. the treble string of a lute, violin, or some other stringed instruments. ╂[< Italian cantino < cantare to sing < Latin cantāre] …
80can|to|ri|al — «kan TR ee uhl, TOHR », adjective. of or having to do with a cantor: »cantorial chants …
