carno-, carn-, carne-, carni-

1. A reference to the eating of meat with a lot of noise and greed: After returning from sea, all of the pirates ate the roasted pigs in a very brychocarnivorous manner.
2. Descriptive of tearing and ripping meat into pieces while in the process of eating it: Hyenas which primarily feed on flesh as scavengers are known to devour their prey in a brychocarnivorous way..

1. Widespread and indiscriminate slaughter or massacre: Wars cost a vast amount of savagery, carnage, and suffering, especially of human beings.

Carnage can also relate to the serious injury to a great multitude of people, as in a major accident.

The slaughter of a great number of people, such as in battle, or the butchery or massacre of a huge number of people, causes carnage with resulting corpses, gore, etc.
2. Etymology: from Old French carnage, from Old Italian carnaggio, "slaughter, murder"; from Medieval Latin carnaticum, "flesh, meat", from Latin carnem or carn-, "flesh".

1. A reference to the desires and appetites of the flesh or body; sensual: Rick's tomcat seemed to take off during the night and carry out its carnal urges.
2. Worldly or earthly as opposed to spiritual; temporal; Tom didn't go to church and wasn't religious in any way, and was actually only interested in the carnal world and what it had to offer.

A condition in which a person is involved in the sensual appetites and passions of the body: The carnality shown in the films Alfred watched was not tolerated by his parents at all.

The opposite of carnality is spirituality.

To depict materialistically or physically: The aspects presented in the painting and sculptures in the museum were carnalized by the artists.

Referring to how the flesh or to baser physical instincts are presented, often referring to sexual desires: The paintings in the museum were depicted carnally by the famous artist.

1. A flower with a pink or reddish-pink color similar to the color of the skin of many people: Sally wore a real carnation on her dress to the seniors' prom that evening.
2. Etymology: from old French, "flesh-colored"; from Old Italian carnagione, "skin, complexion"; from carne, "flesh" or from Late Latin carnnati-, carnation-, "flesh"; both of which come from Latin car-, carn-.

Pertaining to or similar to flesh; fleshy: The carneous deterioration of the dead rabbit had advanced to a state of attracting lots of parasites.

1. An executioner; hangman: The carnifex was the public executioner in ancient Rome, who executed people of the lowest social status (not Roman citizens).

Carnifex is also used as a term of reproach;,either as "murderer", tormentor", or "scoundrel".
2. Etymology: from Latin caro, carnis, "flesh" and facere, "to make."

To behead or to mangle: In the story, the angry king had the robber carnificared, or decapitated, in the town square while the townspeople were watching.

In pathology, the process of tissue changing into flesh or a substance like flesh: In the case of pneumonia, lung tissue goes through carnification, turning the tissue into a fibrous kind.

1. In Roman times, the hangman's office: The names of all the people who were decapitated were well-kept in the carnificina, a small room at the end of the road.
2. The place where executions and torturing were done: The main carnificina was at the town square where everybody could stand and watch.

A person who rents out vehicles: The town's carnine, or the carman, had a few autos on his lot,and the prices were very reasonable for a day out. (

1. A festival taking place just before lent: There was lots of feasting, merrymaking, and masguerading at the carnival last year.
2. Etymology: from Middle Latin, carne, vale, "O flesh, farewell!" through Italian, carnevale, and French, carnaval.

A diverse order of terrestrial and aquatic carnivorous mammals consisting of ten families grouped into suborders.

1. Caniformia including Canidae (dogs, foxes)
2. Ursidae (bears)
3. Otariidae (sealions)
4. Ailuropodidae (giant panda)
5. Procyonidae (racoons)
6. Mustelidae (weasels, otters)
7. Phocidae (hair seals)
8. Feliformia including Felidae (cats)
9. Viverridae (civets)
10. Hyaenidae (hyaenas)