English words: capsizal to caract

300 English words, part 20 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words capsizal to caract

capsizal noun: A capsizing or overturning.
capsize noun, verb /ˈkæpsaɪz/: To overturn.
capsizee noun: One whose vessel capsizes.
capsizer noun: One who, or that which, causes a vessel to capsize.
capsizing noun, verb: An overturning of a boat etc.
capslock noun: Alternative form of Caps Lock.
capsomer noun: capsomere
capsomere noun: Any of the individual protein subunits of a viral capsid
capsomeric adjective: Relating to capsomeres.
capsorubin noun: A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
capsquare noun: A metal plate that covers the trunnions of a cannon and holds it in place.
capstan noun /ˈkæp.stən/: A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to...
capstan effect noun: The friction between a rope (or other flexible material) around a curved surface (the capstan) exponentially amplifies the holding force, allowing a small...
capstan screw noun: A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano.
capstanman noun: Someone who helps turn a capstan, or operates a powered capstan.
Capstick proper noun: A surname originating as an occupation.
capstone noun, verb /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/: Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
capstone project noun: A project that is the culmination of an academic course or major, usually at the end.
capstring noun: A string that fastens a cap on the wearer's head.
capsular adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a capsule.
capsular ligament noun: A ligamentous bag or capsule a synovial joint.
capsularly adverb: By means of a capsule
capsulate adjective, verb: encased, closed in by a capsule
capsulated adjective: Enclosed in a capsule
capsulating adjective, verb: That forms a capsule
capsulation noun: The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule
capsule noun, verb /ˈkæps(ə)l/: A membranous envelope.
capsule hotel noun: A type of hotel with a number of very small "rooms" (capsules).
capsule of lens noun: The transparent membrane that surrounds the entire lens of the eye.
capsule review noun: A short critique, ranging anywhere from a single sentence to a few hundred words in length, of an artistic work.
capsulectomy noun: The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant.
capsuled adjective, verb: Enclosed within a capsule.
capsuler noun: A machine for applying the capsule to the cork of a wine bottle.
capsuliferous adjective: Bearing capsules
capsuliform adjective: Having the form of a capsule
capsuligenous adjective: That gives rise to capsules
capsulise verb: Alternative form of capsulize.
capsulitis noun: Inflammation of a capsule, such as the shoulder capsule or that of the crystalline lens.
capsulization noun: The act or process of capsulizing
capsulize verb: To enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule.
capsulo- prefix: Related to a capsule.
capsulogenesis noun: The generation and development of a capsule
capsulogenic adjective: Relating to capsulogenesis
capsulolabral adjective: Relating to a capsule and a labrum
capsulolenticular adjective: relating to the lens (of the eye) and its capsule
capsuloligamentous adjective: Relating to a capsule and a ligament.
capsulopalpebral adjective: Relating to the capsule (surrounding the eyeball) and the eyelid
capsuloparietal adjective: capsular and parietal
capsuloplasty noun: repair of a capsule, particularly a joint capsule
capsulorhexis noun: The removal of the lens capsule during cataract surgery.
capsulorrhaphy noun: repair of a torn capsule, especially in a joint
capsulorrhexis noun: Alternative form of capsulorhexis.
capsulotendinous adjective: Relating to a tendon and associated capsule
capsulotome noun: An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye.
capsulotomy noun: An incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
capt noun: Abbreviation of captain.
captaculum noun /kæpˈtækjələm/: One of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).
captafol noun: A particular fungicide.
captagon noun: A synthetic stimulant primarily manufactured and used in the Middle East.
captain noun, verb /ˈkæp.tɪn/: A chief or leader.
Captain Ahab noun: A monomaniacal person; one who is consumed by a desire beyond all reason to achieve a particular goal (a white whale).
Captain Armstrong noun: A form of cheating in which the jockey deliberately pulls his horse back so that it does not win.
captain ball noun: A team captain.
Captain Cook noun /ˌkæptən ˈkʊk/: A look
Captain Cooker noun: A wild pig in New Zealand.
Captain Ersatz noun: A fictional character created as a knock-off of another character whose copyright is owned by a separate entity.
captain general noun: A commander-in-chief; the head of an armed force.
Captain Hook noun: A villain, especially a pirate and especially one with a missing hand that may be replaced with a hook.
Captain Kirk noun: A heroic person, particularly one with exaggerated bravery and leadership characteristics.
captain-lieutenant noun: A rank sitting below captain, the subordinate captain, secondary captain to a captain
captain of industry noun: A prominent business person who owns, or is the highest-ranking executive of, one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
captain of sea and war noun: The most senior naval officer rank used in Lusophone countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone naval rank of captain.
Captain Queeg noun: An irrationally oppressive and bad-tempered person.
captain regent noun: Either of the two heads of state of San Marino, elected every six months.
captain's call noun: A decision made by a political or business leader without consulting colleagues.
captain's daughter noun: A cat-o'-nine-tails.
captain's goal noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see captain, -'s, goal.
captain's pick noun: a person selected for a team by the team's captain
captain's run noun: a team training session led by the captain rather than the coach, typically held shortly before a match, often at the match venue, sometimes incorporating a...
captain's servant noun: Before 1796, the rating of a boy entering the Royal Navy at about the age of twelve before becoming a midshipman.
captain's table noun: A dining table on a cruise ship reserved for the captain and his selected guests.
captain's try noun: A try scored by a captain when their team is in need of inspiration.
captain's walk noun: Synonym of widow's walk.
captain save a hoe noun: A man who spends an excessive amount of effort and money in seeking the approval or affection of a woman, usually a promiscuous one, despite receiving...
captaincy noun: The rank or status of a captain.
captained adjective, verb: Having a captain.
captainess noun: female captain
captainish adjective: Typical or characteristic of a captain
captainless adjective: Without a captain.
captainlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a captain.
captainly adjective: Befitting a captain.
captainry noun: Power or command over a district; chieftainship.
captainship noun: captaincy
captan noun /ˈkæpˌtæn/: A particular phthalimide fungicide.
captation noun /kæpˈteɪʃən/: A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction
captative adjective, noun: Describing a verb (in some languages) that has a specific ending or other marker to indicate a hunting or catching function
captcha noun /ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/: A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automate, such as entering a displayed series of distorted...
captee noun: One who has been captured; one who is held in captivity.
capting noun: Pronunciation spelling of captain.
caption noun, verb /ˈkæp.ʃən/: The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
captionable adjective: Capable of being captioned.
captioned adjective, verb: Containing captions.
captioner noun: One who, or that which, adds captions.
captioning noun, verb: The act of assigning a caption.
captionless adjective: Without a caption.
captionlessness noun: Absence of a caption.
captious adjective /ˈkæpʃəs/: That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
captiously adverb: In a captious manner.
captiousness noun: The state of being captious.
captivance noun: Captivity.
captivate adjective, verb /ˈkæptɪveɪt/: To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.
captivated adjective, verb: rapt; mesmerized
captivatedly adverb: In a captivated manner.
captivating adjective, verb /ˈkæptɪveɪtɪŋ/: That captivates; fascinating.
captivatingly adverb: In a captivating manner.
captivatingness noun: The state or quality of being captivating.
captivation noun: The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
captivative adjective: captivating
captivator noun: A person who captivates, or holds one captive.
captivatress noun: A female captivator.
captivatrix noun: A female captivator.
captive adjective, noun, verb /ˈkæptɪv/: One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
captive audience noun: A person or people who are unable to leave a place or situation and are thus forced to listen to or watch something.
captive audience meeting noun: A mandatory meeting during working hours, organized by an employer with the purpose of discouraging employees from organizing or joining a labor union.
captive bead ring noun: A form of jewellery for piercings, with a small bead that fits into an opening in the circle of a ring.
captive bolt pistol noun: a device that renders animals unconscious prior to slaughter by impelling a metal bolt into its head
captive nation noun: A country under the control of a Communist regime (especially the Soviet Union).
captive portal noun: A web page shown to new users of an access point before they can access the greater Internet.
captived adjective, verb: Captured; captive.
captively adverb: In a captive manner
captivity noun /kæpˈtɪvɪti/: The state of being captive.
captodative adjective: Affected by both a captor (electron-withdrawing) and a dative (electron-releasing) substituent
captodiame noun: An antihistamine, derived from diphenhydramine, used as a sedative and anxiolytic.
captological adjective: Relating to captology.
captology noun: The study of computers as persuasive technologies.
captopril noun /ˈkæp.təˌpɹɪl/: An ACE inhibitor used to treat hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure.
captor noun /ˈkæptɚ/: One who is holding a captive or captives.
captorhinid noun: Any primitive extinct reptile of the family Captorhinidae.
captorhinomorph noun: Any reptile of the order Captorhinida
captress noun: a female captor.
capturability noun: The quality of being capturable.
capturable adjective: That can be captured.
capture noun, verb /ˈkæp.(t)ʃəː/: An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
capture card noun: A form filled in by a prisoner of war (pursuant to Article 70 of the Third Geneva Convention) so that their families etc. can be notified of their capture.
capture effect noun: A phenomenon where two FM signals of unequal strength at or near the same frequency are received simultaneously within the FM reception, in which the...
capture myopathy noun: An often fatal stress-induced myopathy affecting captured wild animals.
capture the flag noun: A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns...
captured adjective, verb /ˈkæp.ʃɚd/: That has been captured.
captureless adjective: That captures or captured nothing.
capturer noun: One who, or that which, captures.
capturing group noun: A grouping in a regular expression that stores the value it matches.
Capua proper noun: A town and municipality in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.
Capuan adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of Capua.
Capuano proper noun: A surname.
capuccio noun: Alternative form of cappuccio.
capuche noun /kəˈpuːtʃ/: A long, pointed hood, as that worn by the Augustinians, Capuchins or Franciscans.
capuched adjective: hooded; or covered with something resembling a hood
capuchin noun /ˈkæp.ə.t͡ʃɪn/: A monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; (generally) a Franciscan.
capuchin monkey noun: Any New World monkey of the subfamily Cebinae.
capuchinbird noun: A bird of the species Perissocephalus tricolor, native to northeastern South America.
Capuchiness noun: A member of the Capuchin Poor Clares, a Catholic religious order for women.
capucine noun: A capuchin monkey.
capuera noun: In Latin America, cleared land that has developed a secondary forest.
capulana noun: A type of sarong worn primarily in Mozambique.
capulet noun: A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified...
capuliato noun: A traditional Sicilian condiment based on dried tomatoes.
capulid noun: Any gastropod the family Capulidae.
capulin noun: The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible...
capuramycin noun: Any of a group of antibiotics that have a uracil nucleoside structure with a caprolactam substituent
capuride noun: A sedative and hypnotic drug.
caput noun /kəˈpʊt/: The head.
caput mortuum noun /ˈkæpət ˈmɔː(ɹ)tjʊəm/: Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation.
caput succedaneum noun: A neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the...
caputegulum noun: Any of a series of flat bones that cover the skull bones of ankylosaurs
Caputo proper noun: A surname.
Caputoan adjective: Of or relating to John D. Caputo (born 1940), philosopher and theologian.
Capwell proper noun: A surname.
capy noun /ˈkæpi/: A capybara.
capybara noun /kapɪˈbɑːɹə/: A large semi-aquatic South American rodent of the genus Hydrochoerus.
CapZ noun: A protein that caps the barbed (plus) end of actin filaments in muscle cells. It is located in the Z band of the muscle sarcomere.
caquelon noun: A Swiss cooking vessel used to serve fondue.
Caquetio noun: A native of northwestern Venezuela, living along the shores of Lake Maracaibo at the time of the Spanish conquest and later moving inland.
car noun /kɑː/: A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but...
car alarm noun: An audible and often visible alarm that is activated when a motor car/automobile is tampered with.
car attendant noun: An employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.
car barn noun: A garage for streetcars, buses or railway cars.
car battery noun: A 12-volt battery used to run the electric starter motor in order to ignite the internal combustion engine of an automobile, and power accessories when the...
car body noun: Synonym of auto body.
car-body van noun: A small van, built on a chassis designed for a car.
car bomb noun, verb: An automobile laden with a large amount of explosives, and used as a bomb primarily in order to cause external damage.
car boot noun: a wheel clamp or Denver boot
car boot sale noun: Synonym of boot fair.
car-booter noun: A customer or vendor at a car boot sale.
car bra noun: A stretchy vinyl attachment to a vehicle's front bumper to protect it from minor damage.
car brain noun: A supposed condition suffered by someone who believes in the superiority of cars as a means of transport, at the expense of bicycles and public transit.
car brained adjective: Inflicted with car brain.
car breaker noun: One who works in car breaking.
car breaking noun: The breaking up of cars and other light vehicles for scrap recycling.
car carrier noun: A special ship that transports cars in a garage with ambient control and ventilation.
car cemetery noun: Synonym of automobile graveyard.
car-centric adjective: With cars as the most feasible mode of transport.
car chase noun: A chase, usually high-speed, between people in two or more cars or other vehicles, normally between the police or other law enforcement and an offender.
car clout noun: The crime of breaking into an automobile.
car clouting noun: The theft of stealing valuables from parked motor vehicles.
car coat noun: An overcoat that extends to midthigh
car crash noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see car, crash.
car crash song noun: A genre of music, popular in the mid-20th century and typically in pop rock style, about the tragic death of a teenage lover in a car crash.
car door noun: A door designed for use on a car (whether a railway carriage or an automobile).
car equivalent unit noun: A unit of cargo capacity, equivalent to the space taken by one standard automobile, used in the context of roll-on roll-off vessels.
car ferry noun: A ferry that transports cars (motor vehicles).
car-free adjective: Alternative form of carfree.
car fridge noun: A box used to keep provisions cool (low in temperature).
car gate noun: bus stop
car glass noun: A windscreen, a side or rear window or glass panel roof on a vehicle.
car guard noun: A person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally.
car-handed adjective: Left-handed.
car hire noun: A car rental.
car hop noun: A waiter who serves customers sitting in parked cars.
car-house noun: A garage or a building for a car, typically separate from a house.
car insurance noun: Insurance against damages to, or theft of, a car.
car jack noun, verb: Alternative spelling of carjack.
car jacking noun, verb: Alternative spelling of carjacking.
car jockey noun: A person paid to ride in a car so the driver can bypass high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) traffic restrictions.
car key noun: A key used to unlock or start a car.
car-lifting noun: grand theft auto; stealing a car
car lot noun: The land occupied by a car dealership
car mile noun: A mile travelled by a single railway car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.
car mileage noun: Car miles collectively.
car note noun: A periodic payment for a loan on an automobile.
car park noun /ˈkɑːpɑːk/: An outdoor area or a building where cars may be parked.
car part noun: A part that can be fitted to a car, often as a replacement for a worn-out or damaged part.
car phone noun: A mobile phone device specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile.
car phones noun: Alternative form of carphones plural of car phone
car platform noun: The shared structural and mechanical foundation on which multiple different car models are built.
car polish noun: A mild abrasive liquid preparation used to restore a vehicle’s paintwork.
car pooler noun: A member of a carpool.
car racing noun: auto racing
car radio noun: A radio receiver fitted in a car, typically on or just below the dashboard, sometimes with specific features for use while driving, such as traffic alert...
car rental noun: The hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.
car replacer noun: A device on American railways for replacing derailed wheels on the track.
car safety seat noun: Synonym of child safety seat.
car seat noun: A seat in a motor car.
car-sharing noun: Alternative form of carsharing.
car shed noun: A large building provided for the housing and maintenance of passenger cars or carriages (or coupled trains thereof).
car show noun: A typically annual or semiannual public event for exhibition of privately owned automobiles, especially classic cars.
car-sick adjective: Alternative form of carsick.
car sickness noun: Alternative form of carsickness.
car-sleeper noun: A sleeping car train which also includes vehicles for carrying passengers' motor cars.
car-sticker noun: Synonym of bumper sticker (“a large sticker intended for use on the rear end of a car”)
car supermarket noun: A large car dealership offering various makes and models of vehicle.
car-surf verb: To engage in car surfing.
car surfing noun, verb: The act of riding or standing on the exterior of a moving motor vehicle, sometimes as a form of an illegal extreme sport.
car transporter noun: a car carrier
car wash noun /ˈkɑɹ ˌwɑʃ/: An event at which people (often students) wash cars, often for a small fee or donation
car wreck noun: Synonym of car crash.
Cara proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Cara Cara noun: A kind of red-fleshed early-to-mid-season navel orange.
Caraballo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
carabao noun /kæɹəˈbeɪəʊ/: A domesticated subspecies of water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis.
carabaw noun: Alternative form of carabao.
carabeef noun: Meat of the water buffalo or carabao
carabeen noun: Any of several Australian trees of the genus Sloanea
carabersat noun: An anticonvulsant drug.
carabid noun /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/: Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
carabidan noun: Any beetle of the family Carabidae
carabideous adjective: Relating to the carabidans
carabidologist noun: One who studies carabidology.
carabidology noun: The scientific study of carabid or ground beetles (Carabidae).
carabine noun, verb /ˈkæɹəbɪn/: To attach via carabiner.
carabineer noun /ˌkæɹ.ə.bəˈnɪə̯/: A cavalry soldier.
carabiner noun /ˌkæ.ɹəˈbiː.nə/: A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects or for slinging gear (equipment) on one's...
carabinero noun: A member of the uniformed Chilean national police force and gendarmerie, the "Carabineros de Chile".
carabinier noun: Alternative spelling of carabineer.
carabiniere noun: A member of the carabinieri.
carabinieri noun: The national gendarmerie of Italy.
Carabobo proper noun: A state of Venezuela.
caraboid adjective: Resembling or belonging to the family Carabidae the ground beetles.
carabus noun: An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
carac noun: Alternative form of carrack.
caracal noun /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/: A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
Caracalla proper noun /ˌkærəˈkælə/: A Roman emperor who ruled from 211 to 217 C.E.
caracanthid noun: Any fish in the family Caracanthidae.
caracara noun /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/: Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae.
Caracas proper noun /kəˈɹɑːkəs/: The capital city of Venezuela.
Caracasian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Caracas.
caracca noun: A 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship.
Caracciolo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
carack noun: Alternative form of carrack.
caraco noun: A kind of short coat or jacket worn by women.
caracoa noun: Any of various similar light vessels or proas used by the Malays, and the Indonesians and Filipinos, particularly for raiding.
caracol noun, verb: Alternative spelling of caracole.
caracole noun, verb /ˈkæɹəkəʊl/: A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage.
caracoler noun: One who performs the caracole combat maneuver on horseback.
caracoling noun, verb: A caracole, or half-turn.
caracolite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral with the chemical formula Na₃Pb₂(SO₄)₃Cl.
caracolle noun: Alternative form of caracoa.
caracoly noun: An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, formerly used to make cheap jewellery.
caracora noun: Alternative form of caracoa.
caracore noun: Alternative form of caracoa.
caract noun: A mark or sign.

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.