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- CATHOODThe state or time of being a cat.
- CATHOODSThe state or time of being a cat.
- CATHOUSEA brothel.
- CATIONA positively charged ion: one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- CATJANGA cowpea native to Africa, Vigna unguiculata, sometimes Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica, a densely-branched shrubby perennial grown for animal fodder or food.
- CATKINA type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
- CATLIKEResembling a cat; feline.
- CATLINGA little cat; a kitten.
- CATMINTSynonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)
- CATNAPA brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
- CATNIPAny of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
- CATSKINthe skin of a cat, or leather made therefrom
- CATSUITA tight-fitting one-piece women's garment, covering the legs, arms and torso.
- CATTERYA place where cats board when their owners are on holiday.
- CATTILYIn a catty manner.
- CATTINESSThe quality of being catty; cattishness
- CATTISHLYIn a cattish manner.
- CATTLEDomesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
- CATTYResembling or characteristic of a cat.
- CATWALKAn elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
- 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.
- CAUFA chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.
- CAUKAn opaque, earthy variety of barite, or heavy spar.
- 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.
- CAULIFORMHaving the form of a caulis.
- CAULIGENOUSOriginating from the stem of a plant.
- CAULINEGrowing immediately on a caulis, the main stem of a plant; of or pertaining to a caulis.
- CAULISEach of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
- CAULKCaulking.
- CAULKERA person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
- CAULOMEA stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole.
- CAUSABLEThat may be caused
- 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.
- CAUSATIONThe act of causing.
- CAUSATIVEActing as a cause.
- CAUSATIVELYIn a causative manner
- CAUSERsomeone or something that causes or produces an effect.
- CAUSERIEAn informal conversation, or casual short written article, especially on a serious topic.
- 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
- CAUSEWAYEDHaving a causeway
- CAUSEYAn embankment holding in water; a dam.
- CAUSTICCapable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
- CAUSTICITYThe quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.
- CAUTELdeceit
- CAUTELOUSSkillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
- CAUTERA hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
- CAUTERISMThe use or application of a caustic; cautery.
- CAUTERIZETo burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
- 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
- CAUTIONERA person who cautions.
- CAUTIOUSUsing or exercising caution; careful; tentative
- CAUTIOUSLYIn a cautious manner.
- CAVAAlternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
- CAVALIERLacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
- CAVALIERISHSomewhat like a cavalier.
- CAVALIERISMThe practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour
- CAVALRYThe military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- CAVEA large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- CAVEATA warning.
- CAVEATORSomeone who enters a caveat.
- CAVEFISHAny of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters. Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae.
- CAVELA gag.
- CAVELIKEResembling or characteristic of a cave
- CAVEMANAn early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
- CAVENDISHLeaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
- CAVERA person who explores caves.
- CAVERNA large cave.
- CAVERNEDPitted or hollowed out with caverns.
- CAVERNOUSResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
- CAVERNOUSLYIn a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- CAVERNULOUSFull of small cavities.
- CAVIARRoe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy. A food preparation made through the spherification of a flavorful liquid, resulting in small roe-like bal
- CAVIEA chicken coop.
- CAVIERSynonym of domestic guinea pig.
- CAVILTo criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- CAVILERA person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
- CAVITARYOf or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
- CAVITIEDHaving cavities.
- CAVITYA hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
- CAVORTTo prance, frolic, gambol.
- CAVUSIn planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not seem to be an impact crater.
- CAVYSynonym of domestic guinea pig.
- CAYUSEA small Indian horse or pony.
- CEANOTHUSAny of the genus Ceanothus of North American buckthorns.
- CEASETo stop.
- CECITISAlternative form of caecitis.
- CECITYblindness
- CEDARA coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
- CEDARNConstituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood.
- CEDARYResembling or characteristic of cedar.