English words: Canara to candlewicked

300 English words, part 14 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words Canara to candlewicked

Canara proper noun /ˈkænəɹə/: A historical region in British India composed of the modern districts of Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi.
canard noun /kəˈnɑɹd/: A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
canarded adjective: Fitted with a canard or winglike structure.
canarding noun: Playing a wind instrument in a way to produce a sound imitating a duck.
canaree noun: A metal or earthenware pot or jar used for storing and cooking food.
Canarese adjective /kænəˈɹiːz/: Of or relating to Canara, a region in coastal Karnataka, India.
Canarian adjective, noun /kəˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/: Of, from or relating to the Canary Islands, Spain.
canariboivinoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
canaridigitoxoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
canarigenin noun: A particular cardenolide.
canarism noun: Unique elements of the Spanish language spoken in the Canary Islands.
canarium noun /kəˈnɛəɹi.əm/: Any of the genus Canarium of about 100 species of tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, many yielding edible nuts, native or naturalized from Eastern...
canaropyranoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Canarse noun: Alternative form of Canarsee.
Canarsee noun: A member of a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and...
Canarsie noun: Alternative form of Canarsee.
canary adjective, noun, verb /kəˈnɛəɹi/: A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
canary bird noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see canary, bird.
Canary broom noun: A flowering plant of species Genista canariensis, native to the Canary Islands.
canary creeper noun: Tropaeolum peregrinum, a climbing plant native to western South America.
canary fit noun: A highly emotional state of distress, anger, etc.
canary-flycatcher noun: Any member of the genus Culicicapa.
canary girl noun: A female worker making TNT shells during World War I.
canary grass noun: Grass of species Phalaris canariensis, whose seeds are used as birdseed, believed to be native to Morocco and the Canary Islands, now widespread in most...
canary in a coal mine noun: Something whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the coming of a greater...
canary in a coalmine noun: Alternative form of canary in a coal mine.
canary in the coal mine noun: Alternative form of canary in a coal mine.
canary in the coalmine noun: Alternative form of canary in a coal mine.
Canary Island noun: An island of the Canary Islands.
Canary Islander noun: A native or inhabitant of the Canary Islands, Spain.
canary release noun: A deployment strategy performed in order to reduce the risk of introducing a new software version in production by slowly rolling out the change to a small...
canary seed noun: The seed of canary grass, used to feed birds.
canary trap noun: The practice of giving slightly different versions of a document to each recipient, so that if the document is leaked then the person who leaked it can be...
canarygrass noun: Alternative form of canary grass.
canarylike adjective: Resembling a canary or having some aspect of one, such as its song or yellow colour.
canarypox noun: A viral disease of birds.
canarypoxvirus noun: Any avipoxvirus, of the species Canarypox virus, that causes canarypox
canarywood noun: The dark timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira, Persea indica and Apollonias barbujana (formerly known as Persea canariensis).
canasite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
canasta noun /kəˈnæstə/: A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank.
canaster noun: Coarse, dried tobacco leaves.
canastero noun: Any of a number of species of small passerine birds of South America, in the genera Asthenes and Pseudasthenes. The genus Asthenes also comprises...
Canastota proper noun: A village in the town of Lenox, Madison County, New York, United States.
canatoxin noun: A toxic protein present in the jack bean Canavalia ensiformis
canaut noun: The side wall of a tent or canvas enclosure.
canavalin noun: A storage protein present in beans of the genus Canavalia.
Canavan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Canavan disease noun: A degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain.
Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease noun: Canavan disease
canavanase noun: arginase
canavanine noun: A toxic, non-proteinogenic amino acid found in certain leguminous plants.
canavesite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing boron, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
canawler noun: Alternative form of canaller (“a person living or working along a canal”).
Canberra proper noun /ˈkænbɹə/: The capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory.
Canberran adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to Canberra.
canbisol noun: A synthetic cannabinoid derivative used mainly in scientific research.
canbottle noun: A small bird of Europe and Asia, the long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus.
Canby proper noun: A surname.
Canby paxistima noun: Synonym of Canby's mountain lover.
Canby's mountain lover noun: Paxistima canbyi, a small broadleaf evergreen shrub.
cancan noun, verb /ˈkænˌkæn/: A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
cancaneuse noun: A female cancan dancer.
cancel noun, verb /ˈkæn.sl̩/: To cross out something with lines etc.
cancel out verb: To neutralize the effect of.
cancel someone's Christmas verb: To kill or destroy someone.
cancel-worthy adjective: Fit, deserving, or deemed worthy of cancellation.
cancelability noun: Alternative spelling of cancellability.
cancelable adjective: Alternative spelling of cancellable.
cancelated adjective: Alternative form of cancellated.
cancelation noun: Alternative spelling of cancellation.
cancelbomb noun: An act of cancelbombing.
cancelbomber noun: A person who engages in cancelbombing.
cancelbombing noun: A malicious technique whereby a large number of cancel messages are sent out to one or more Usenet newsgroups.
cancelbot noun /ˈkæn.səlˌbɒt/: A bot that sends messages to newsgroups to remove certain postings, especially spam.
canceled adjective, verb: US standard spelling of cancelled.
canceleer noun: A hawk's turning motion in midair, often to make a second stoop toward missed prey.
cancelier verb /kænsəˈlɪɚ/: To turn in flight.
cancellability noun: The quality of being cancellable.
cancellable adjective: Which can be cancelled.
cancellarean adjective: Of or relating to a chancellor.
cancellarial adjective /ˌkæn.səˈlɛəɹi.əl/: Pertaining to a chancellor.
cancellarian adjective /ˌkæn.səˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/: Synonym of cancellarial.
cancellariate noun /ˌkænsəˈlɛərɪət/: The office of chancellor.
cancellariid noun: Any member of the Cancellariidae, or nutmeg snails.
cancellate adjective: Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like.
cancellated adjective: Marked with cross lines; crossbarred.
cancellation noun /kænsəˈleɪʃən/: The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
cancellative adjective: Said of a magma that has the cancellation property.
cancelled adjective, verb: No longer planned or scheduled.
cancelled to order adjective: Cancelled by the postal service prior to sale to collectors, with no postal use intended.
canceller noun: Alternative form of canceler.
cancellous adjective: Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.
cancellus noun: A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
cancelment noun: cancellation
cancelous adjective: Alternative form of cancellous.
Cancemini noun: A person born around the cusp of Gemini and Cancer.
Canceo noun: A person born around the cusp of Cancer and Leo.
cancer adjective, noun /ˈkænsə/: A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.
cancer bush noun: A legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia...
cancer cell noun: A cell that divides continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells.
cancer root noun: Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)
cancer stick noun: A cigarette.
cancerate verb: To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.
canceration noun: The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.
cancercell noun: Alternative form of cancer cell
cancered adjective: Afflicted with cancer.
cancerfic noun: Fan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.
Cancerian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the astrological sign of Cancer.
cancericidal adjective: that is destructive to cancer cells; carcinolytic, oncolytic
cancerigenic adjective: Synonym of carcinogenic.
cancerisation noun: Alternative form of cancerization.
cancerism noun: A hypothetical diathesis or tendency toward the formation of cancer.
cancerization noun: transformation into a cancerous form
cancerize verb: To make cancerous; to affect with cancer.
cancerized adjective: Modified by a cancer
cancerless adjective: Free of cancer.
cancerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of cancer.
cancerocidal adjective: Alternative form of cancericidal.
cancerogen noun: Synonym of carcinogen.
cancerogenesis noun: The formation of a cancer (by the uncontrolled multiplication of cells).
cancerogenic adjective: carcinogenic
cancerogenous adjective: Alternative form of cancerogenic.
cancerological adjective: Of or relating to cancerology.
cancerologist noun: Someone who studies or specializes in cancerology.
cancerology noun: The scientific study of cancer.
cancerome noun: All the cancers present in a population
cancerophobe noun: Alternative form of cancerphobe.
cancerophobia noun: Alternative form of cancerphobia.
cancerophobic adjective: Alternative form of cancerphobic.
canceroprotective adjective: Synonym of oncoprotective.
cancerostatic adjective: That halts the spread or development of a cancer.
cancerotoxic adjective: toxic to cancers
cancerous adjective /ˈkænsəɹəs/: Relating to or affected with cancer.
cancerously adverb: In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
cancerousness noun: The state or quality of being cancerous.
cancerphobe noun: A person who has cancerphobia.
cancerphobia noun: An inordinate dread of developing cancer.
cancerphobic adjective: Having or relating to cancerphobia.
cancerweed noun: Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
cancerwort noun: A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).
canch noun: An upper or lower portion of stone that is removed to form a gradient between workings.
cancha noun: A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru.
canchalagua noun: Centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua
canche noun: Alternative form of canch.
Cancio proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
cancion noun: A song.
cancionero noun: A collection of songs.
CanCon noun: Canadian content, in the context of Canadian regulations setting minimum quotas of Canadian content for Canadian radio and television broadcasters.
cancrid noun: Any crab in the family Cancridae.
cancriform adjective: Having the form of a crab.
cancrine adjective /ˈkæŋkɹaɪn/: Of or pertaining to crabs.
cancrinite noun: Any of a family of feldspathoid minerals that are mixed carbonates and aluminosilicates of sodium and calcium.
cancrisilite noun: A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
cancrivorous adjective: That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
cancrizans noun: A type of canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order
cancroid adjective, noun: Resembling a crab
cancroine noun: A substance extracted from cancer juice, possibly neurine citrate.
cancrum oris noun: noma, a gangrenous disease of the face
Cancún proper noun /kænˈkuːn/: A resort city in Quintana Roo, in southeastern Mexico, on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
cand noun: Alternative form of kand.
candaca noun: candy (unit)
candace noun /ˈkæn.dɪs/: Alternative letter-case form of candace (a Nubian queen).
candareen noun: A traditional unit of weight in East Asia, approximately 378 milligrams and equivalent to ten cash. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams.
candarin noun: Alternative form of candareen.
Candaules proper noun /ˌkænˈdɑl.iz/: A king of Lydia.
candaulism noun /ˌkænˈdɑl.ɪ.zəm/: A paraphilia, sexual practice, or fantasy in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their voyeuristic pleasure.
candaulist noun: A person who exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their voyeuristic pleasure.
candee noun: Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”).
candela noun /kænˈdɛlə/: In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits...
candelabra noun: A single candelabrum.
candelabra lily noun: Synonym of Josephine's lily.
candelabra tree noun: Several species of Euphorbia, including Euphorbia ingens, Euphorbia candelabrum, Euphorbia ammak, Euphorbia cooperi, Euphorbia lacti, and Euphorbia antiquorum.
candelabraform adjective: Having a branched form, similar to that of a candelabrum
candelabralike adjective: Alternative form of candelabrumlike.
candelabrin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
candelabrum noun /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/: A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.
candelabrumlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a candelabrum.
Candelaria proper noun: A ranchería in Tasquillo municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Candelario proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
candelilla noun: A type of flowering succulent plant, native to Texas and northern Mexico, of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica.
candelilla wax noun: a yellow-brown wax obtained from leaves of several plants of the Euphorbia genus
candent adjective: Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.
candesartan noun: An angiotensin receptor antagonist used for the treatment of hypertension
candescence noun: incandescence
candescent adjective: Glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
candescently adverb: in a candescent fashion
Candi proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Candace.
candi sugar noun: A Belgian sugar commonly used in brewing, especially for strong Belgian beers such as dubbel and tripel.
Candia proper noun /ˈkæn.di.ə/: The Mediterranean island of Crete.
Candian adjective, noun /ˈkændɪən/: Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.
candicanoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
candicant adjective: Somewhat white, or turning white.
Candice proper noun: A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Candace.
candicidal adjective: That kills fungi of the genus Candida.
candicidin noun: A macrocyclic antibiotic active against some Candida fungi
candid adjective, noun /ˈkæn.dɪd/: Impartial and free from prejudice.
candid camera noun: A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.
candida noun: A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans
candida-like adjective: Resembling a yeast infection by Candida albicans.
candidacidal adjective: destructive to Candida species
candidacy noun /ˈkændɪdəsi/: The state of being a candidate; candidateship.
candidaemia noun: Alternative form of candidemia.
candidal adjective: Of or pertaining to the genus Candida of yeasts.
candidalike adjective: Alternative spelling of candida-like.
candidalysin noun: A cytolytic peptide toxin present in the pathogen Candida albicans
candidapepsin noun: A pepsin present in Candida albicans
candidastatic adjective: That stops the spread of a candida infection
candidate noun, verb /ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/: A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
candidate key noun: In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table, having a unique value or set of...
candidateship noun: Candidacy.
candidating noun, verb: The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.
candidature noun /ˈkændɪdət͡ʃʊɚ/: The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
Candide proper noun: A novel by Voltaire (in which the protagonist shares his moniker with the title.)
candidemia noun: The presence of Candida fungi in the blood
candidemic adjective: Relating to candidemia
candidiasis noun /ˌkændɪˈdaɪəsɪs/: A fungal infection due to any species of yeasts in the genus Candida or those that were formerly classified in the genus Candida but are now classified in...
candidicidal adjective: Alternative form of candidacidal.
candidid noun: A skin condition, an id reaction similar to dermatophytids.
candidiosis noun: Alternative form of candidiasis.
candidity noun /kænˈdɪdɪtɪ/: candidness
candidly adverb /ˈkændɪdli/: in a candid manner; frankly.
candidness noun: The quality of being candid.
candidosis noun: candidiasis
candiduria noun: The presence of Candida yeasts in the urine
candiduric adjective: Exhibiting or relating to candiduria.
candie noun: Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”).
candied adjective, verb /ˈkæn.diːd/: coated or encrusted with sugar
candied fruit noun: Any fruit that has been preserved by treatment with a sugar syrup and dried
candied yams noun: A holiday side dish of sweet potatoes baked in a spiced, buttery syrup.
candify verb: To candy.
candil noun: Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”).
Candiot adjective, noun: Of or relating to Candia (now called Heraklion).
candiru noun /ˌkændɪˈɹuː/: Alternative form of candiru.
candite noun: ceylonite (dark variety of spinel).
candle noun, verb /ˈkæn.dəl/: A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
candle auction noun: A variation of the English auction where the end of the auction is signaled by the expiration of a candleflame.
candle bush noun: The plant Senna alata.
candle chart noun: Synonym of candlestick chart.
candle coal noun: Synonym of cannel (“coal”).
candle dance noun: A type of traditional Indonesian dance performed with a lighted candle balanced on the palm of each hand.
candle-end noun: The remnant of a candle which has been mostly burned.
candle holder noun: Alternative form of candleholder
candle in the wind noun: A fragile or vulnerable thing, likely to be put in jeopardy.
candle light noun: Alternative form of candlelight.
candle magick noun: The ceremonial use of candles for specific intentions and involving a complex color correspondence system.
candle power noun: Alternative spelling of candlepower.
candle salad noun: A children's dish, composed of leaves of lettuce, pineapple rings, a banana, a cherry, mayonnaise, assembled to look like a lit candle in a candleholder,...
candle-shade noun: A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.
candle snuffer noun: A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
candle-stub noun: Alternative form of candlestub.
CANDLE syndrome noun: A autosomal-recessive disorder of chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature.
candle tree noun: Parmentiera cereifera, principally of Central America, a tree with long cylindrical fruits that look like candles.
candle wax noun: Any material, such as stearin or tallow, used to make the body of candles
candle-wood noun: Any form of resinous wood, the splinters of which are burned to furnish light.
candlebark noun: The eucalypt tree Eucalyptus rubida.
candlebeam noun: A rood beam.
candleberry noun: Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide...
candlebomb noun: A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
candlebox noun: A box for holding candles, especially one from a candle supplier.
candlebush noun: Alternative form of candle bush.
candled adjective, verb: Having been candled.
candlefish noun: An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candleflame noun: The flame of a candle.
candleglow noun: glow from candlelight
candleholder noun: A device for holding one or more lit candles
candleless adjective: Without candles.
candlelight noun /ˈkæn.dl̩ˌlaɪt/: The light emitted by a candle.
candlelight dinner noun: Synonym of candlelit dinner.
candlelight vigil noun: An event that includes lighting candles, used to remember the victims of a tragedy.
candlelighted adjective: candlelit
candlelighter noun: A person who lights candles.
candlelighting noun: The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony
candlelike adjective: Resembling a candle.
candlelit adjective /ˈkæn.dl̩ˌlɪt/: Lit by a candle or candles.
candlelit dinner noun: A romantic dinner that includes candles, and may also include high-quality china, and similar fancy aspects to the setting.
candlemaker noun: Someone who makes candles; a chandler.
candlemaking noun: The manufacture of candles.
Candlemas noun /ˈkæn.dəl.məs/: The festival in the Christian year celebrated on February 2nd. It commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus...
Candlemass noun: Alternative form of Candlemas.
candlenut noun: A flowering tree (Aleurites moluccana and Aleurites rockinghamensis) of the family Euphorbiaceae, also known as candleberry, Indian walnut, kemiri, varnish...
candlepin noun: A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.
candlepin bowling noun: A type of bowling popular in New England, with tall, narrow pins.
candlepower noun: A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candler noun: A person who makes candles; a chandler.
candleshade noun: Alternative form of candle-shade.
candleshine noun: The light thrown from a lit candle
candlesnuffer noun: Alternative form of candle snuffer.
candlestand noun: A holder for candles; a branched candlestick.
candlestick noun, verb /ˈkændəlˌstɪk/: A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
candlestick bird noun: Synonym of long-billed curlew (“Numenius americanus”).
candlestick chart noun: A style of financial chart used to describe price movements of a security, derivative, or currency.
candlestick fungus noun: A fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon
candlestick pattern noun: A characteristic trend in prices shown graphically on a candlestick chart, sometimes thought to indicate a market movement.
candlestick phone noun: A candlestick telephone.
candlestick telephone noun: An early style of telephone with a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of its stand, and a receiver that was held by the user to the ear during a...
candlesticklike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a candlestick.
candlestub noun: The end of a candle that has mostly burned away.
candlewax noun: The wax of a candle.
candlewick noun: The wick of a candle.
candlewicked adjective: Made by candlewicking (embroidery style).

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.