English words: canter to capacitous

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English words canter to capacitous

canter noun, verb /ˈkæn.tə/: A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing...
Cantera proper noun: A surname.
Canterburian noun: Synonym of Laudian.
Canterburianism noun: Synonym of Laudianism.
canterbury noun: A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
Canterbury bells noun: Campanula medium, an annual or biennial flowering plant with bell-shaped flowers.
Canterbury gallop noun: canter (horse gait)
Canterbury sound noun: A genre of progressive rock associated with the city of Canterbury.
canterer noun: One who canters.
cantering noun, verb: Movement at a canter.
Cantero proper noun: A surname.
canth- prefix: Alternative form of cantho- (“corner of the eye where the upper and lower lids meet”).
canthal adjective, noun /ˈkæn.θəl/: Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the...
canthal tilt noun: The tilt of a line drawn from the outer corner (the lateral canthus) to the inner corner (the medial canthus) of one's eyes; a lower inner corner is...
cantharellaceous adjective: Belonging to the Cantharellaceae.
cantharelloid adjective: Similar to those of species in the genus Cantharellus.
cantharid noun: Any beetle in the family Cantharidae.
cantharidal adjective: Of, made of, or pertaining to cantharides.
cantharidate noun, verb: Any salt or ester of cantharidic acid
cantharide noun: A substance obtained from soldier beetles (Cantharidae), formerly used as an aphrodisiac.
cantharidean adjective: Alternative form of cantharidian.
cantharides noun /kænˈθæɹɪdiːz/: Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).
cantharidian adjective: Composed of cantharides.
cantharidiasis noun: Poisoning by cantharidin
cantharidic adjective: Related to, composed of, or derived from cantharides.
cantharidin noun: A volatile organic compound secreted by blister beetles.
cantharidine noun: Alternative form of cantharidin.
cantharidism noun: poisoning due to the excess use of cantharides
cantharidized adjective: Treated with cantharides.
cantharoid noun: Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.
cantharophilic adjective: Of or relating to cantharophily.
cantharophilous adjective: Synonym of cantharophilic.
cantharophily noun: Pollination by beetles.
cantharus noun: A large drinking cup with two handles.
canthaxanthin noun: A xanthophyll pigment found in many plants and animals.
canthectomy noun: The surgical removal of tissue at the junction of the upper and lower eyelids.
cantheism noun: An emergent religion that uses cannabis as a sacrament.
cantheist adjective, noun: A supporter of cantheism.
canthellus noun: A raised ridge of cuticle around the inner border of the trulleum in certain ants.
canthic adjective: Synonym of canthal.
canthitis noun: inflammation of the canthus
cantho- prefix: Canthus, corner of the eye where the upper and lower lids meet.
canthocamptid noun: Any member of the family Canthocamptidae of crustaceans.
cantholoreal adjective: Of or relating to the posterior canthal when fused with the posterior loreal.
cantholysis noun: The surgical division of the canthus.
canthomeatal adjective: Relating to, or joining the lateral canthus of the eye and the external auditory meatus
canthook noun: Alternative form of cant hook.
canthopexy noun: The surgical repositioning of the corners of the eyes.
canthoplasty noun: The operation of reshaping or reforming a canthus.
canthorrhaphy noun: The suturing of the outer canthus to shorten the palpebral fissure.
canthotomy noun: The surgical division of the canthus, usually the outer canthus.
canthus noun /ˈkænθəs/: Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
cantic adjective: angled
canticle noun /ˈkæntɪkəl/: A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.
cantico noun: A sacred ceremony of the Algonquin tribe that involved dancing in a circle, at which colonists were not welcome.
canticoy noun: A social gathering, usually for dancing.
canticular adjective: Relating to canticles.
canticum noun: A canticle.
cantiga noun: A medieval monophonic song, sometimes religious, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric.
Cantigny proper noun: A commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
cantil noun: Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
cantile verb: Alternative form of cantle.
cantilena noun /kæntɪˈleɪnə/: A vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style.
cantilever noun, verb /ˈkantɪliːvə/: A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
cantilever bra noun: A bra that is not supported by straps over the shoulders but, typically, by being underwired
cantilever chair noun: A type of chair missing posterior legs and having instead two legs or a fusion of two legs attached at the edges on the front or sides of the seat.
cantileverable adjective: Able to be operated by means of a cantilever.
cantileverage noun: The use of cantilevers.
cantilevered adjective, verb /ˈkæntɪˌlivə(ɹ)d/: Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports.
cantilevering noun, verb: The motion or use of a cantilever.
cantillate verb: To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue).
cantillation noun /ˌkæntɪˈleɪʃən/: The intonation of a sentence, especially in Hebrew script, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.
cantillational adjective: Associated with cantillation.
cantillatory adjective: Relating to cantillation or chanting.
Cantillo proper noun: A surname.
Cantillon effect noun: Relative inflation; a disproportionate rise in prices among different goods in an economy.
cantily adverb: In a canty manner.
Cantin proper noun: A surname.
cantina noun /kænˈtiː.nə/: A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
cantina trailer noun: a cantina wagon in the form of a truck trailer
cantina truck noun: A cantina wagon in the form of a box van.
cantina wagon noun: A restaurant on wheels; a wagon for selling and serving hot food to customers.
cantine truck noun: Synonym of food truck
cantine wagon noun: Synonym of food truck
cantiness noun: The state or quality of being canty.
canting adjective, noun, verb: That cants or preaches in a false manner.
canting arms noun: A heraldic bearing in the form of a visual pun.
cantingly adverb: In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
cantingness noun: The quality of being canting.
cantinière noun /kæn.tinˈjɛɹ/: A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.
cantion noun: A song, poem or incantation.
cantish adjective: canting; preaching falsely
cantitruncated adjective: Generated or modified by a cantitruncation.
cantitruncation noun: The simultaneous state of cantellation and truncation.
cantle noun, verb /ˈkantəl/: A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
cantlet noun: A piece; a fragment; a corner.
Cantley proper noun: A surname.
Cantlie proper noun: A surname.
Cantlie line noun: An imaginary line, extending from the left side of the inferior vena cava to the middle of the gallbladder, which divides the liver into two planes and is...
cantline noun: Alternative form of contline.
cantling noun, verb: The lower course of bricks enclosing a brick-clamp.
cantly adverb: With the use of cant (slang, jargon).
cantman noun: A male auctioneer
canto noun /ˈkæntəʊ/: One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
canto fermo noun: Alternative form of cantus firmus.
canton noun, verb /ˈkæntən/: A division of a political unit.
Canton crape noun: A soft silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarves, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.
Canton flannel noun: A type of soft cotton fabric.
Canton lemon noun: The rangpur.
Canton matting noun: Synonym of India matting.
Canton's phosphorus noun: A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by calcining oyster-shells and sulfur.
cantonal adjective: Of, pertaining to, or divided into cantons.
cantonalism noun: A Spanish insurrectionary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, aiming to divide the nation state into almost independent cantons.
cantonalist noun: A supporter of cantonalism.
Cantone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
cantoned adjective, verb: Having a charge in each of the four corners; said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.
cantoner noun: An inhabitant of a canton.
Cantonese adjective, noun /ˌkæn.təˈniːz/: Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.
Cantonese opera noun: A major category of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture, and involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
cantonisation noun: Alternative spelling of cantonization
cantonise verb: Alternative form of cantonize.
cantonist noun: A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service.
cantonization noun: subdivision of a land into small districts.
cantonize verb: To divide into cantons or small districts.
cantonment noun /kanˈtɒnmənt/: Temporary military living quarters.
cantoon noun: A cotton material with a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Cantophone adjective, noun: Cantonese-speaking.
Cantopop noun /ˈkæn.təʊˌpɒp/: Cantonese pop music, originating from Guangdong and Hong Kong.
cantor noun /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/: A singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony.
Cantor dust noun: A multidimensional version of the Cantor set, formed by taking a finite Cartesian product of the Cantor set with itself.
Cantor's diagonal argument noun: Synonym of diagonal argument.
Cantor set noun: A subset of an interval formed by recursively removing an interval in the middle of every connected component of the set.
cantoral adjective: Of or pertaining to a cantor.
cantoral staff noun: The official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, used to mark time for the singers.
cantorate noun: The office of a cantor
cantore noun /kænˈtɔː(ɹ)/: a Dutch trading post, a branch office of the Dutch merchants
cantoress noun: A female cantor.
cantoria noun: A gallery, in an Italian church, occupied by the choir
cantorial adjective: Of, pertaining to, or in the fashion of a cantor
Cantorian adjective: Of or pertaining to Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician and creator of set theory.
Cantorianly adverb: In a Cantorian manner; according to Cantor's theories or writings.
cantoris adjective, noun /kænˈtɔːɹɪs/: Of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar);
cantorship noun: The state or business of a cantor.
cantrail noun /kæntˈɹeɪl/: A length of metal (earlier timber) supporting the outer edge of the roof of a railway carriage; also found on locomotives, buses and coaches.
cantraip noun: Alternative form of cantrip.
cantrap noun: Alternative form of cantrip.
cantred noun: Alternative form of cantref.
cantref noun: A mediaeval land division in Wales.
Cantrell proper noun: A surname.
cantress noun: A female cantor.
cantrev noun: Alternative form of cantref.
Cantril proper noun: A surname.
Cantril ladder noun: A poll inquiring a respondent to express their level of happiness in their lives in terms of their perceived position on a ladder, where their worst...
Cantrill proper noun: A surname.
cantrip noun /ˈkæntɹɪp/: A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
cantrix noun: A female singer.
cantt. noun: Short for cantonment
Cantu proper noun: A surname.
cantu a tenore noun: A style of a capella vocal music native to Sardinia featuring a quartet of men singing a four-part harmony, and is characteristic for its use of throat singing.
Cantú syndrome noun: A rare condition characterized by hypertrichosis, osteochondrodysplasia, and cardiomegaly.
Cantuarian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Canterbury, England.
cantus noun: Synonym of superius.
cantus firmus noun /ˈkæntəs ˈfɝməs/: A preexisting melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition.
cantuta noun: The ornamental shrub Cantua buxifolia.
cantuzumab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody used to treat colorectal cancer.
Cantwell proper noun /ˈkæntwəl/: A surname.
cantwoman noun: A female auctioneer
canty adjective: lively; cheerful; merry; brisk
Canuck adjective, noun /kəˈnʌk/: A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.
Canuckiana noun: Canadiana
Canucks noun: plural of Canuck
canuding noun: Nude canoeing.
canula noun: Alternative form of cannula (tube)
canular adjective: Alternative form of cannular.
canulate verb: Alternative form of cannulate.
canulation noun: Alternative form of cannulation.
canun noun: Alternative form of qanun.
Canute proper noun /kəˈn(j)uːt/: A male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
Canutian adjective: Synonym of Canutish.
Canutish adjective: Futilely attempting to stop the unstoppable.
Canutism noun: Futile efforts to stop the unstoppable.
Canuto proper noun: A surname.
Canuxploitation noun: A genre of low-budget films produced in Canada, chiefly during the 1970s and 1980s.
canvas noun, verb /ˈkæn.vəs/: A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface for...
canvasback noun: A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
canvasboard noun: A material consisting of canvas laminated onto a board, used for artworks.
canvaser noun: Alternative form of canvasser.
canvasful noun: The contents of a canvas; the content of a painting on a canvas.
canvasing noun, verb: The act of one who canvases or solicits.
canvasless adjective: Without canvas.
canvaslike adjective: Resembling canvas (the fabric).
canvasman noun: One of the workers who erect a circus tent.
canvass noun, verb /ˈkænvəs/: To thoroughly examine or investigate (something) physically or by discussion; to debate, to gather opinion, to scrutinize.
canvassable adjective: Suitable to be canvassed.
canvasser noun /ˈkæn.vəs.ə(ɹ)/: Someone who goes through a region soliciting votes in an election, or conducting a public opinion poll.
canvassing noun, verb: The act of one who canvasses or solicits.
canvassy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of canvas (the fabric).
canvaswork noun: Embroidery upon cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches.
canvasy adjective: Alternative form of canvassy.
cany adjective /ˈkeɪni/: Of or relating to cane (the plant) or canes.
canyon noun, verb /ˈkænjən/: A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
canyon oak noun: Quercus chrysolepis, an oak of Mexico and the western US.
canyon wren noun: Catherpes mexicanus, a small North American songbird of the wren family.
canyoned adjective, verb: Containing canyons.
canyoneer noun, verb: A person who explores canyons.
canyoneering noun: Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
canyoner noun: One who takes part in the sport of canyoning.
canyoning noun, verb: A hybrid sport in which participants travel along a canyon using a variety of techniques that may include walking, climbing, jumping, abseiling, or swimming.
canyonland noun: A land full of canyons.
canyonless adjective: Without a canyon.
canyonlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a canyon.
canyonside noun: The side of a canyon, typically a residential one
canzon noun: A song.
canzona noun: A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of canzoni, produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries
canzone noun: An Italian or Provençal song or ballad.
canzonet noun /kanzə(ʊ)ˈnɛt/: A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
canzonetta noun: A style of popular Italian secular vocal composition which originated around 1560, or a piece composed in this style
canzonette noun: Alternative form of canzonet.
CAO adjective: Initialism of conscious, alert and oriented.
Cão da Serra de Aires noun: Synonym of Portuguese Sheepdog.
caoba noun: Synonym of mahogany (“wood”).
Caodaiist noun: Somebody who adheres to Caodaism.
Caodaist noun: A believer in the religion of Caodaism.
Caolan proper noun /ˈkweɪlɒn/: A male given name from Irish.
caolinite noun: Alternative form of kaolinite.
caoshu noun /tsaʊˈʃuː/: grass script (a style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy).
Caouette proper noun: A surname.
caouk noun: a high stiff Turkish hat around which a turban is typically wound or folded
caoutchin noun: An inflammable, volatile, oily liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
caoutchouc noun /ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk/: Latex; natural rubber.
caoutchoucin noun: Alternative form of caoutchin.
caoxite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
cap adjective, noun, verb /kæp/: A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
cap-a-pie adverb: From head to toe, especially of armor or other military accoutrements.
cap and ball noun: An early loading system for handguns where the percussion cap, powder, and bullet were separate components loaded individually into the gun. Typically used...
cap and bells noun: A type of fool's cap with attached bells, worn by a court fool or jester.
cap and gown noun: An academic robe and cap with mortarboard.
cap and trade noun: A market-based approach to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in emissions, participating companies being assigned...
cap-apée adjective: Armoured; in full armour, from head to toe.
cap badge noun: A badge appearing on a hat, as part of a uniform
cap carbonate noun: A carbonate unit immediately overlaying a glacial diamictite, found only in sediments deposited immediately after a Snowball Earth episode.
cap cloud noun: An accessory cloud in the form of a cap which occurs above, or attached to, cumulus, cumulonimbus, and sometimes stratocumulus clouds.
Cap-enese noun: Dishonesty.
cap-flap noun: One of the earflaps of a cap.
cap flashing noun: Flashing, usually composed of metal, used to cover or shield the upper edges of the membrane base flashing; wall flashing can also be used to cover the top...
cap gun noun: Alternative spelling of cap gun.
cap'in noun: Pronunciation spelling of captain.
cap in hand adverb: In a humble and respectful manner.
cap it all verb: Alternative form of cap it all off.
cap it all off verb: To finish or complete something; to add a finishing touch.
cap it off verb: Alternative form of cap it all off.
cap-like adjective: Alternative form of caplike.
cap money noun: Money traditionally collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox.
cap'n noun /ˈkæpn̩/: Contraction of captain used as a title.
cap nut noun: Synonym of acorn nut.
cap of liberty noun: Synonym of liberty cap (“symbolic headwear”).
cap of maintenance noun: A ceremonial cap of crimson velvet lined with ermine, worn or carried as a sign of nobility or special honour.
cap off verb: To finish by making one last addition.
cap on verb: To spread caps (lies) or false rumors (about someone); to slander (someone); to insult (someone's) family.
cap over the windmill adverb: In a bizarre or eccentric manner.
cap pistol noun: A toy pistol that uses small charges of shock-sensitive explosive compounds to simulate the sound and puff of smoke of a gunshot.
cap product noun: A method of adjoining a chain of degree p with a cochain of degree q, such that q ≤ p, to form a composite chain of degree p − q.
cap refill noun: Clipping of capillary refill.
cap rock noun: Alternative form of caprock.
cap screw noun: A screw that has a cap which is intended to rest against the side of the outermost material being screwed together when the screw has been screwed in to its...
cap sheet noun: A sheet, often granule-surfaced, used as the top ply of some roof membranes and/or flashings.
cap sleeve noun: A very short sleeve that barely extends past the shoulder.
cap snatching noun: Removal of the start of a strand of host cell RNA to serve as the 5' cap of viral mRNA.
cap stealing noun: Synonym of cap snatching.
CAP syndrome noun: An autosomal-recessive cutaneous condition involving craniosynostosis, anal anomalies, and porokeratosis.
cap table noun: A document which details the distribution of equity in a company.
cap up verb: To divide (a drug) into capsules.
capa noun: A Spanish cloak.
capability noun /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/: The power or ability to generate an outcome.
capability overhang noun: Capabilities and potential applications of existing artificial intelligence systems that have not yet been discovered.
capable adjective /ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/: Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
capableness noun: The state or quality of being capable.
capably adverb: In a capable manner.
Capac proper noun: A village in Michigan.
capacetabine noun: Alternative form of capecitabine.
capacify verb /kəˈpæsɪfaɪ/: To qualify, to allow.
capacious adjective /kəˈpeɪʃəs/: Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
capaciously adverb: In a capacious manner.
capaciousness noun: The quality of being capacious.
capacitance noun: The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or...
capacitary adjective: Relating to capacity.
capacitate verb /kəˈpæsɪteɪt/: To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
capacitated adjective, verb: Constrained by maximum throughput, often applied to physical networks transporting flows.
capacitation noun: Enablement; giving the capacity to do something.
capacitative adjective: Alternative form of capacitive.
capacitatively adverb: In a capacitive manner
capacitator noun: capacitor
capacitive adjective: Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance.
capacitive coupling noun: The transfer of energy from one circuit to another by means of the mutual capacitance between the circuits.
capacitively adverb: In relation to or in terms of capacitance
capacitivity noun: Synonym of dielectric constant.
capacitor noun /kəˈpæ.sɪ.tə/: An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
capacitor plague noun: Premature failure of an electrolytic capacitor, especially when several are beginning to fail at the same time in a piece of equipment (due, for example, to...
capacitorless adjective: Without capacitors.
capacitous adjective: Having the legal capacity to do something.

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.