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- CAIQUEA small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
- CAIQUESplural of caique
- CAIR
- CAIRDA travelling tinker or a tramp.
- CAIRDSplural of caird
- CAIRNA rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- CAIRNEDPossessed of a cairn.
- CAIRNIESTOf a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.
- CAIRNSplural of cairn
- CAIRNYOf a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.
- CAIRO
- CAIS
- CAISSONA (permanent) enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
- CAITRIONA
- CAJA
- CAJEPUTAlternative form of cajuput.
- CAJEPUTSAlternative form of cajuput.
- CAJOLETo persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
- CAJOLEDsimple past and past participle of cajole
- CAJOLEMENTThe act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- CAJOLEMENTSplural of cajolement
- CAJOLERA person who cajoles; a flatterer.
- CAJOLERIESplural of cajolery
- CAJOLERSplural of cajoler
- CAJOLERYThe act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
- CAJOLESthird-person singular simple present indicative of cajole
- CAJOLINGpresent participle and gerund of cajole
- CAJOLINGSplural of cajoling
- CAJONA large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height (especially in Latin America), through which a river runs.
- CAJONESplural of cajón
- CAJUNAlternative letter-case form of Cajun.
- CAJUPUTcajuput oil
- CAJUPUTScajuput oil
- CAKEA rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- CAKEDsimple past and past participle of cake
- CAKESplural of cake
- CAKEYAlternative spelling of caky.
- CAKIERcomparative form of caky: more caky
- CAKIESTsuperlative form of caky: most caky
- CAKINGpresent participle and gerund of cake
- CAKINGSplural of caking
- CAKYResembling cake in texture.
- CALABASHA tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make container
- CALABOGUS
- CALABOOSEA prison or jail/gaol.
- CALABRESI
- CALADIUMAny of the genus Caladium of flowering plants, especially an ornamental cultivar of Caladium bicolor.
- CALADIUMSplural of caladium
- CALAIS
- CALAMARISplural of calamari
- CALAMINESynonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
- CALAMINEDsimple past and past participle of calamine
- CALAMINESthird-person singular simple present indicative of calamine
- CALAMINTAny species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.
- CALAMITEA member of the extinct genus of treelike horsetails (†Calamites).
- CALAMITESplural of calamite
- CALAMITIESplural of calamity
- CALAMITOUSCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.
- CALAMITOUSLYIn a calamitous manner.
- CALAMITYAn event resulting in great loss.
- CALAMUSSweet flag (Acorus calamus).
- CALANDO
- CALANDRIASplural of calandria
- CALASHAlternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”).
- CALAVERITEA mineral form of gold telluride, (AuTe2).
- CALAVERITESplural of calaverite
- CALD
- CALDARIAplural of caldarium
- CALDARIUMIn Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
- CALDER
- CALDERAA large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
- CALDERASplural of caldera
- CALDRONArchaic spelling of cauldron.
- CALDRONSplural of caldron (alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- CALE
- CALEDON
- CALEFIEDsimple past and past participle of calefy
- CALEFIESthird-person singular simple present indicative of calefy
- CALEFYTo become warm or hot.
- CALEFYINGpresent participle and gerund of calefy
- CALEMBOURA pun.
- CALENDARAny system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
- CALENDARISEAlternative form of calendarize.
- CALENDARISTA person who uses a particular form of calendar
- CALENDARSplural of calendar
- CALENDERA machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appe
- CALENDERSplural of calender
- CALENDRYThe calculation and development of calendars, especially the determination of the timing of astronomical movements.
- CALENDSOften with initial capital: the first day of a month.
- CALENTUREA heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
- CALENTURESplural of calenture
- CALFA young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
- CALFDOZERSplural of calfdozer
- CALFLIKEResembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow), as figurative in being young, naive, etc.
- CALFSplural of calf
- CALFSKINA fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
- CALGARY
- CALHOUN
- CALI
- CALIBERDiameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.