A Canadian statutory holiday celebrating the country's creation in 1867, celebrated each year on July 1st.

plural of canker sore

An ulcer in the mouth, called an aphthous ulcer, caused by a break in the mucous membrane.

plural of canine tooth

One of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolar teeth.

A thermometer designed to measure the temperature of a cooking mixture of sugar and water.

Any material, such as stearin or tallow, used to make the body of candles

(countable, collective) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. / (uncountable, Canada) Shorts or inferior flour.

Sugar obtained from the sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum).

A type of firework with a long, thick paper tube that contains layers of "stars" and lifting charges. When ignited, pyrotechnic stars shoot from the tube one at a time.