Italian to English Dictionary (Dizionario Italiano-Inglese)

Alb

A white, long-sleeved liturgical vestment reaching to the feet, worn by clergy during Christian Eucharistic services.

Blackguard

A person, especially a man, who behaves in a dishonest, despicable, or abusive way.

Cacotopia

A state or society in which conditions are the worst possible, serving as the antithesis of a utopia.

Calidity

The quality or state of being warm; heat or warmth.

Catharize

To purge, cleanse, or purify, particularly in a spiritual, psychological, or ritualistic sense.

Cause célèbre

A controversial issue, trial, or incident that becomes the subject of widespread public attention, debate, and dispute.

Cenozoic

Relating to the current geological era, which began about 66 million years ago and is characterized by the dominance of mammals, birds, and flowering plants.

Cerebration

The action or process of thinking; thought or mental activity.

Charlatan

A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud, impostor, or quack.

Charter-colony

A colony established and governed under a charter granted by the monarch or parliament, granting the inhabitants considerable self-governing privileges.

Chela

The pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid, such as a crab, lobster, or scorpion.

Chemotaxis

The movement of a motile cell or organism in a direction corresponding to a gradient of increasing or decreasing concentration of a particular chemical substance.