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- CARETA mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
- CAREXAny member of the genus Carex of sedges.
- CARFAXA junction of four roads.
- CARGOFreight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
- CARIESThe progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. Ellipsis of dental caries (“tooth decay”).
- CARINAA longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
- CARINATEShaped like a boat's keel.
- CARMINATIVERelieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action]
- CARNAGEDeath and destruction.
- CARNALRelating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
- CARNALITYThe state of being carnal.
- CARNALSRelating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
- CARNATIONA type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers. originally, Dianthus caryophyllus other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
- CARNEOUSA pale pink or beige color; peach or flesh-tone.
- CARNIFEXAn executioner.
- CARNIFYTo form flesh; to become like flesh.
- CARNITINEA betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.
- CARNIVALAny of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
- CAROUSELA pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequen
- CARPALAny of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).
- CARTEA bill of fare; a menu.
- CARTELA group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
- CASEAn actual event, situation, or fact.
- CASEATIONA necrotic degeneration of tissue to a cheese-like condition.
- CASEINA protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants.
- CASEOUSResembling cheese.
- CASINOA public building or room for gambling.
- CASTLEA large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of
- CASTORYAn extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.
- CASUALHappening by chance.
- CASUALTYSomething that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- CASUISTA person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
- CATCHThe act of seizing or capturing.
- CATENAA series of related items.
- CATENARYRelating to a chain; like a chain.
- CATENOIDA three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary
- CATNIPAny of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
- CAUCUSA usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CAUDATETapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
- CAUDATIONThe property of having a caudate extension or tail.
- CAUDEXAn enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
- CAUDLEA drink given to the sick, consisting of ale or wine, bread, and eggs.
- CAULA style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
- CAULDRONA large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
- CAULIFLOWERBrassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
- CAULISEach of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
- CAULKCaulking.
- CAUSALOf, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
- CAUSALITYThe agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
- CAUSATIVEActing as a cause.
- CAUSEWAYA road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were
- CAUSEYAn embankment holding in water; a dam.
- CAUTELdeceit
- CAUTERYThe use of either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
- CAUTIONPrudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
- CAUTIONARYServing to caution or warn; admonitory
- CAVEA large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- CAVEATA warning.
- CAVERNA large cave.
- CAVERNOUSResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
- CAVERNULOUSFull of small cavities.
- CAVITARYOf or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
- CAVITYA hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
- CAVUSIn planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not seem to be an impact crater.
- CEASETo stop.
- CECITYblindness
- CEILceiling function
- CELEBRANTA person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
- CELEBRATETo extol or honour in a solemn manner.
- CELEBRATIONThe formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- CELEBRITYA rite or ceremony.
- CELERITYSpeed, swiftness.
- CELESTEAlternative form of celesta (“musical instrument”).
- CELESTINESynonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
- CELIBATENot married.
- CELLARAn enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
- CELTA prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.
- CEMBALOA harpsichord.
- CEMENTA powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of co
- CEMENTITIOUSResembling or having some properties of cement; containing cement.
- CENSOROne of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of
- CENSORIALRelating to a censor.
- CENSORIOUSAddicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
- CENSUALRelating to, or containing, a census.
- CENSUREThe act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- CENTAUREAAny of the plants in the genus Centaurea.
- CENTENARIANOne who or that which is at least 100 years old.
- CENTESIMALDivided into a hundred parts.
- CENTIPEDEAny arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
- CENTOA hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
- CENTRIFUGALTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- CENTRIFUGEA device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
- CENTRIOLEA barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).
- CENTRIPETALDirected or moving towards a centre.
- CENTRUMA centre.
- CENTRUMSA centre.
- CENTUMReferring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
- CENTUMVIROne of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
- CENTURYA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly)