English words: camposanto to Canaque

300 English words, part 13 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.

English words camposanto to Canaque

camposanto noun: A burial place or cemetery, in Italian- or Spanish-speaking regions.
campout noun /ˈkæmp(ˌ)aʊt/: A gathering or event at which people sleep outdoors or camp.
campoy noun: A kind of Chinese black tea.
campshed noun, verb: A supporting structure for a river bank, built from planks and piles.
campshedding noun, verb: piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
campsheeted adjective: Supported by a campshed or campsheeting.
campsheeting noun: Alternative form of campshedding.
campshot noun /ˈkæmpˌʃɑt/: A lining of planks and piles set along a riverbank in order to prevent erosion.
Campsie proper noun: A parish in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, historically in Stirlingshire.
-campsis suffix: Forming nouns relating to a bending or curvature.
campsite noun /ˈkæmpˌsaɪt/: A place where one or more tents may be pitched for an overnight stay in an outdoor area.
campstool noun: A portable folding stool.
campstove noun: Alternative form of camp stove.
camptastic adjective: Very campy.
camptocormia noun: An abnormal posture characterized by forward flexion of the spine
camptocormic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, camptocormia.
camptodactylous adjective: Exhibiting or relating to camptodactyly.
camptodactyly noun: A medical condition involving fixed flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joints.
camptodromous adjective: in which the secondary veins curve toward the margins, in some cases becoming nearly parallel with them, and not reconnecting with other veins to form loops
camptodromously adverb: In a camptodromous manner.
camptomelia noun: A congenital bending in the long bones of the limbs
camptomelic adjective: Relating to camptomelia
Campton proper noun: An unincorporated community in Walton County, Georgia, United States.
camptonite noun: A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
camptonitic adjective: Of or relating to camptonite
camptosaur noun: Synonym of camptosaurid.
camptosaurid noun: Any dinosaur of the family Camptosauridae.
camptothecin noun: An alkaloid, derived from the tree Camptotheca acuminata, that inhibits DNA topomerase and is used as an anticancer drug
camptothecine noun: Alternative form of camptothecin.
camptown noun: A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
Campuchean adjective: Alternative spelling of Kampuchean.
campursari noun: A crossover of several contemporary Indonesian music genres.
campus noun, verb /ˈkæmpəs/: The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
campus board noun: A piece of training equipment consisting of thin horizontal slats affixed to a larger, inclined vertical board. The climber uses only their hands to ascend.
campus carry noun: The practice of carrying a firearm on a college or university campus.
campuslike adjective: Resembling a campus, especially a college or university campus
campuswide adjective: Throughout a campus.
campward adverb: Toward a camp, campwards
campwards adverb: Toward a camp.
campwood noun: Alternative form of camp wood
campy adjective /ˈkæmpi/: Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
campylidial adjective: Relating to the campylidium.
campylidium noun: A helmet-shaped conidioma.
campylite noun: A variety of mimetite.
campylobacter noun /kæmˈpaɪləʊˌbæktə(ɹ)/: Any bacteria of the genus Campylobacter; a principal cause of food poisoning.
campylobacterial adjective: Of or relating to campylobacteria.
campylobacteriosis noun: An infection by the bacteria campylobacter.
campylobacterium noun: Any of several gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Campylobacter, that cause food poisoning
campylobacterosis noun: A gastrointestinal condition characterized by diarrhea etc., caused by eating raw or unpasteurised food contaminated with campylobacteria.
campylomorph noun: Any beetle of the genus Campylomorphus
campylon noun: A localized metric perturbation in an intrinsicly curved medium.
campylophage noun: A virus that is parasitic on bacteria of the genus Campylobacter.
campylospermous adjective: Having longitudinally curved grooves on its seeds
campylotropal adjective: Synonym of campylotropous.
campylotropous adjective: Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together; curved in such a way.
camrelizumab noun: A particular anticancer drug.
Camren proper noun: A male given name transferred from the surname.
camrip noun, verb /ˈkæmˌɹɪp/: A pirated video created by illicitly recording a movie with a camcorder.
Camron proper noun: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Camrose proper noun: A city in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.
Camryn proper noun: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron.
camsal noun: A mixture of camphor and salol.
camsellite noun: Synonym of szaibelyite.
camshaft noun /ˈkæmʃæft/: A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
camsite noun: A website for webcam livestreaming, often for adult entertainment.
camstairy adjective: unruly; unmanageable
camstatin noun: Any of a family of oligopeptides that are calmodulin antagonists
camstone noun: A kind of clay used to whiten doorsteps, etc.
camsylate noun: Synonym of camphorsulfonate.
camucamu noun: Myrciaria dubia, a small bushy riverside tree of the Amazon rainforest.
Camulodunum proper noun: An ancient city in Britannia, Roman Empire; modern Colchester.
Camun adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of Val Camonica.
Camunian adjective, noun: Camun.
Camurati-Engelmann disease noun: Progressive diaphyseal dysplasia: a very rare autosomal-dominant genetic disorder that causes characteristic skeletal anomalies
Camurati-Engelmann syndrome noun: Synonym of Camurati-Engelmann disease.
camuropiscid noun: Any placoderm in the family Camuropiscidae.
Camusian adjective: Of or pertaining to Albert Camus (1913–1960), French philosopher and writer.
camwheel noun: A wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face, one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its...
camwhoring noun, verb: The activities of a camwhore: shamelessly exhibitionistic webcam use.
camwood noun: An African hardwood tree, Baphia nitida, that is a form of sandalwood.
camylofin noun: An antimuscarinic drug.
can interjection, noun, particle, verb /kæn/: To know how to.
can a duck phrase: An emphatic "yes"; shortening of Can a duck swim?
can a duck swim phrase: A rhetorical question in response to a question whose answer is an emphatic yes.
Can-Am adjective, noun: Abbreviation of Canadian-American Challenge Cup.
can belto noun: A vocal performance that is impressively powerful, but lacking in subtlety, nuance, and technical skill.
can buoy noun: a truncated conical buoy, normally painted red and white, and numbered with even numbers, used to show the port side of a channel; the starboard side is...
can but hope verb: To be unable to do anything (about something) other than hope [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]; especially...
can-can noun: Alternative spelling of cancan.
can deposit noun: A monetary deposit made on beverage cans as part of a container deposit scheme or system.
can do adjective, interjection: Confident and willing to get a job done.
can-do-ness noun: Confidence or willingness to get something done.
can do this all day verb: Has the ability or the desire to continue an aforementioned task for great amounts of time.
can do with verb: To need; to want; to be in a position to benefit from.
can-doer noun: One who confidently and willingly gets things done.
can haz verb /kæn hæz/: To be able to have.
can hook noun: A hoisting device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
can house noun: A brothel, bordello.
can I buy you a drink phrase: Indicates the speaker wishes to buy the interlocutor a drink, in a bar.
can I come in phrase /kən ˌaɪ kʌm ˈɪn/: Asks for permission to enter a room.
can I help you phrase: An offering of assistance.
can I smoke phrase: Asks for permission to smoke (e.g. a cigarette).
can I use your phone phrase: Indicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.
can'idate noun: Pronunciation spelling of candidate.
can is can phrase /ˈkæn ɪz ˈkæn/: While something is possible or makes sense in theory, it may not be as straightforward or sensible as initially thought, or may prove to be less successful...
can it verb: To shut up, to be quiet; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.
can kicker noun: Someone or something who is can kicking or who kicks the can down the road. I.e. someone or something who is adept at delaying things, putting off a...
can-kicking noun: The act of kicking a can down the road.
can light noun: downlight
can man noun: A firefighter whose task is to haul a fire extinguisher.
can not verb: Alternative form of cannot.
can of corn noun: An easily caught fly ball.
can of worms noun: A complex, troublesome situation, which produces (or whose resolution will produce) many problems.
can opener noun: Alternative form of can opener.
can't verb: Cannot (negative modal auxiliary); be unable to; not have the ability to (whether due to lacking relevant strength or skill or knowledge or supplies, or due...
can't be bothered verb: An expression indicating a lack of enthusiasm or willingness (in something or to do something).
can't be fagged verb: Synonym of can't be bothered.
can't but verb: Alternative form of cannot but.
can't carry a tune in a bucket verb: Sings very badly.
can't complain phrase: I have nothing to complain about; everything is okay with me
can't do right for doing wrong phrase: Be in a situation where any course of action leads to a negative outcome.
can't even verb /ˈkænt ˌiːvən/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can't, even.
can't get enough verb: Greatly enjoys; likes a lot.
can't help verb: To be unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.
can't help but verb: Alternative form of cannot but.
can't lie phrase: Ellipsis of I can't lie.
can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em proverb: Alternative form of can't live with them, can't live without them.
can't live with them and can't live without them proverb: Alternative form of can't live with them, can't live without them.
can't live with them, can't live without them proverb: There is a hopeless, ongoing conflict between annoyance with someone or something and need for that same person or thing.
can't park there, mate phrase: A banterous phrase often uttered when coming across a crashed, broken-down, or otherwise immobilised vehicle, especially when said vehicle is in an unusual...
can't seem verb: Seem to be unable; seem not to be able.
can't stand verb: cannot put up with
can't stand the sight of verb: To hate vehemently; to really despise.
can't've contraction /ˈkɑːn.təv/: Cannot have.
can't wait verb: To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.
can'tcha contraction: Alternative form of cantcha (“can't you”).
can too interjection: Retorts a previous negative sentence containing can't.
can've contraction: Contraction of can + have (with have as auxiliary verb).
can wait verb: A response to can't wait that negates the phrase.
can we say phrase: Used sarcastically to draw attention to a motive or agenda.
can you help me phrase: A request for help.
can you not phrase: Used to politely or indirectly ask someone to stop doing something, conveying a hint of frustration or annoyance depending on the context.
can you tell us phrase: Begins a polite request; used on behalf of more than one speaker.
Cana proper noun /ˈkeɪnə/: The site where Jesus miraculously turned water into wine.
Canaan proper noun /ˈkeɪnən/: A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel.
Canaan Dog noun: A herding dog native to Israel.
Canaanean noun: Synonym of Canaanite.
Canaanite adjective, noun /ˈkeɪnənaɪt/: A member of the ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites.
Canaanitess noun: A woman of Canaan; a female Canaanite.
Canaanitic adjective: Of or pertaining to the Canaanites.
Canaanitish adjective: Of or pertaining to the Canaanites.
canaceid noun: Alternative spelling of canacid.
canachromine noun: A cannabinoid of unknown constitution
canacid noun: Any fly of the family Canacidae.
Canad. adjective: Abbreviation of Canadian.
canada noun /ˈkænədə/: A country bordering a larger country that shares many similarities with it, but is overshadowed by the more prominent larger.
Canada balsam noun: A turpentine made from the resin of the balsam fir tree.
Canada goose noun: A large goose, Branta canadensis.
Canada jay noun: Any member of the species Perisoreus canadensis of jays of northern North America.
Canada lily noun: The plant Lilium canadense.
Canada lynx noun: Any member of the species Lynx canadensis of lynxes.
Canada mayflower noun: A low, white-flowered plant (Maianthemum canadense) native to Canada and the Eastern US.
Canada onion noun: A perennial plant, (Allium canadense), native to eastern North America.
Canada pitch noun: The resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Tsuga canadensis)
Canada plum noun: A North American tree of the species Prunus nigra.
Canada root noun: Synonym of butterfly weed
Canada thistle noun: A perennial herb (Cirsium arvense).
Canada turpentine noun: Canada balsam
Canada violet noun: Viola canadensis, native to most of temperate and cool North America.
Canada yew noun: Any member of the species Taxus canadensis of conifers native to central and eastern North America.
Canadaphile noun: Someone who loves Canada or Canadian culture.
Canadaphobia noun: Fear or hatred of Canada, its citizens, and/or its culture.
Canadarian adjective, noun /ˌkænəˈdɛ(ə).ɹi.ən/: Canadian: of, from, or pertaining to Canada.
Canaday proper noun: A surname.
Canader noun /ˈkænədə(ɹ)/: A Canadian (inhabitant of Canada).
canadew noun: A melon that is a cross between a honeydew and a cantaloupe.
Canadia proper noun /kəˈneɪ.di.ə/: Canada.
Canadian adjective, noun /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/: Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.
Canadian as maple syrup adjective: Completely or quintessentially Canadian.
Canadian bacon noun: Cured pork made only from the loin, with no belly meat, and sold in lean medallions.
Canadian Ballet noun: A strip club, especially one in Canada near the American border.
Canadian beaver noun: Synonym of American beaver (“Castor canadensis”).
Canadian burnet noun: Sanguisorba canadensis, a perennial plant native to North America.
Canadian canoe noun: An open-top canoe, typically propelled by a single-bladed paddle, distinct from a kayak, which is covered and typically propelled by a double-bladed paddle.
Canadian clipper noun: Synonym of Alberta clipper.
Canadian dainty noun: A sociolect of Canadian English retaining some British English features and treated as a marker of upper-class prestige in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Canadian dollar noun: The official currency of Canada.
Canadian doubles noun: A game of tennis with three people, pitching a singles player against a doubles pairing, with some modified rules
Canadian Eskimo Dog noun: A breed of working dog from the Arctic.
Canadian football noun: A game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 12 players...
Canadian French adjective, noun: French Canadians, collectively.
Canadian garlic noun: Synonym of Canada onion (Allium canadense)
Canadian healthcare noun: Suicide.
Canadian hemlock noun: Tsuga canadensis
Canadian hemp noun: Synonym of Indian hemp (“Apocynum cannabinum”).
Canadian Inuit Dog noun: Synonym of Canadian Eskimo Dog.
Canadian lynx noun: Alternative form of Canada lynx.
Canadian plum noun: Synonym of Canada plum
Canadian poplar noun: Synonym of hybrid black poplar.
Canadian porcupine noun: A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
Canadian raising noun: The phenomenon in some dialects of English, especially Canadian English, in which /aɪ/ is realized as [ʌɪ] and/or /aʊ/ is realized as [ʌʊ] or [ɛʊ] before...
Canadian red pine noun: Pinus resinosa, a pine tree found in eastern North America having long needles and reddish bark.
Canadian soldier noun: A mayfly.
Canadian studies noun: The academic field that examines topics concerning Canada, including Canadiana, culture, politics, history.
Canadian traveller problem noun: A generalization of the shortest path problem to graphs that are only partially observable (i.e. the graph is revealed while it is being explored).
Canadian turpentine noun: Alternative form of Canada turpentine.
Canadian violet noun: Synonym of Canada violet.
Canadian waterweed noun: The pondweed Elodea canadensis.
Canadian yew noun: Synonym of Canada yew.
Canadiana noun: Things, ideas, or activities distinctive of Canada or Canadians, especially works of literature and other cultural products.
Canadianess noun: Alternative spelling of Canadianness.
Canadianise verb /kəˈneɪ.di.ə.naɪz/: Alternative form of Canadianize.
Canadianism noun: Allegiance or loyalty to Canada.
Canadianist noun: One knowledgeable about Canada or Canadiana, or a specialist in Canadian studies.
Canadianization noun: The process of making or becoming Canadian or more Canadian.
Canadianize verb /kəˈneɪ.di.ə.naɪz/: To become naturalized as a citizen of Canada.
Canadianly adverb: In a Canadian way; in a manner characteristic of Canada or Canadians.
Canadianness noun: The state or quality of being Canadian.
canadiano noun: Alternative letter-case form of Canadiano.
Canadien adjective, noun /ˌkanaˈdjæ̃/: A French Canadian (male or of unspecified sex).
Canadienne noun /ˌkanaˈdjɛn/: female French-Canadian
canadiens noun /kəˈneɪ.di.ənz/: Alternative spelling of Canadiens.
canadine noun: A protoberberine alkaloid that can act as a calcium channel blocker.
Canado-American adjective: Pertaining to the United States of America and Canada
canadol noun: petroleum ether
Canadophile noun: Alternative form of Canadaphile.
Canady proper noun: A surname.
canafistula noun: The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canagliflozin noun /ˌkæn.əɡ.ləˈfloʊ.zɪn/: A drug C₂₄H₂₅FO₅S·½H₂O that lowers blood sugar by reducing the reabsorption of glucose from the kidneys and is taken orally to treat type 2 diabetes. It is...
canagong noun: pigface (mesembryanthemum plant)
canaigre noun /kəˈnaɪɡɹi/: Rumex hymenosepalus, a species of dock native to southwestern North America with edible red stems and taproots containing tannin.
canail noun: Alternative form of canaille (people of the lowest classes)
canaille noun /kəˈnaɪ/: The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
Canaiolo noun: A red Italian wine grape, best known from Tuscany.
Canajan adjective, noun /kəˈneɪ.d͡ʒən/: Pronunciation spelling of Canadian.
Canajoharie proper noun /ˌkænəd͡ʒəˈhɛəri/: An ancient village of the Mohawk people in what is now in upstate New York.
canajong noun: Alternative form of canagong.
Canajun adjective, noun: Pronunciation spelling of Canadian.
canakin noun /ˈkænəkɪn/: A little can or cup.
canakinumab noun: A human monoclonal antibody targeted at interleukin-1 beta, intended to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Çanakkale proper noun: A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles.
canal noun, verb /kəˈnæl/: An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
canal basin noun: A broad pool of water on a canal system where barges / canal boats can moor and load or unload cargo.
canal boat noun: A long, narrow boat designed to travel on canals.
canal bridge noun: Any type of structure that allows either people to cross over a canal or one that carries a canal over a road, valley, or other obstacle.
canal coal noun: Alternative form of cannel coal.
canal of Hering noun: Any of the intrahepatic bile ductules, part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver.
canal of Nuck noun: An abnormal patent (open) pouch of peritoneum extending into the labia majora.
canal of Schlemm noun: Alternative form of Schlemm's canal.
canalage noun: The construction of canals.
canalboat noun: Alternative form of canal boat.
Canale proper noun: A surname.
canaled adjective, verb: Having one or more canals.
canaler noun: A person living or working along a canal.
Canales proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
canalicular adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a canaliculus
canaliculate adjective: Channeled lengthwise; grooved.
canaliculated adjective: canaliculate
canaliculately adverb: In a canaliculate manner.
canaliculation noun: A canaliculate form.
canalicule noun: A small canal, channel or duct
canaliculitis noun: inflammation of the canaliculus
canaliculo- prefix: canaliculus.
canaliculodacryocystorhinostomy noun: A surgical procedure that treats severe tear drainage blockage by creating a new passage from the inner corner of the eye to the nose, usually using a small...
canaliculodacryocystostomy noun: The surgical correction of a congenitally blocked tear duct, in which the closed segment is excised and the open end is joined to the lacrimal sac.
canaliculotomy noun: The slitting of the lacrimal punctum and canaliculus for the relief of epiphora.
canaliculus noun /ˌkænəˈlɪkjələs/: Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants.
canalidine noun: An isoquinoline alkaloid found in goldenseal.
canaliferous adjective: Having a canal.
canaliform adjective: Having the form of a canal
canalisation noun /ˌkænələˈzeɪʃən/: The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
canalise verb /ˈkæn.ə.laɪz/: To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.
canalith noun: An otolith that has migrated to a semicircular canal.
canalithiasis noun: An ear condition in which otoliths are dislodged from their usual position within the utricle and migrate over time into one of the semicircular canals....
canalizable adjective: Suitable for being canalized.
canalization noun /ˌkænəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: Alternative spelling of canalisation.
canalize verb: US and Oxford British English spelling of canalise.
canalled adjective, verb: Having one or more canals.
canaller noun: A person living or working along a canal.
canalman noun: A boatman who works on a canal.
canalogram noun: A visual record of canalography
canalography noun: Visualization of the flow of biological fluids through channels.
canalolith noun: Synonym of canalith.
canalolithiasis noun: Synonym of canalithiasis.
canaloplasty noun: The surgical reconstruction of a canal or passage in the body.
canalostomy noun: Injection through the semicircular canals.
canalotomy noun: Incision into a bodily canal
canalside adjective, noun: The bank of a canal.
canamycin noun: Alternative form of kanamycin.
Canan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Cananæan adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Chananæan
Cananaean adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Chananaean
Canandaigua proper noun: A city and town, the county seat of Ontario County, New York, United States.
Canandaiguan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Canandaigua, New York, United States.
Cananean adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Chananaean
cananga tree noun: The tree Cananga odorata.
cañao noun /kanˈjaw/: A name for the various dance rituals and celebrations of the Igorot people.
canapé noun /ˈkænəpeɪ/: An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
canaphite noun: A monoclinic-domatic colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
Canaque noun /kəˈnæk/: Alternative spelling of Kanak.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.