English words: cargo cult science to carmine

300 English words, part 26 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.

English words cargo cult science to carmine

cargo cult science noun: Practices which have the appearance of being scientific, but do not actually follow the scientific method.
cargo culting noun: An approach that copies an existing successful approach without properly analysing and understanding it.
cargo hold noun: A hold on a ship (including the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.
cargo jack noun: A large screw jack used to stow a cargo (such as hides or cotton) by compressing them into a smaller volume.
cargo liner noun: A cargo ship in liner service which carries a small number of passengers, typically limited to 12 to avoid the requirement for the ship to carry a doctor.
cargo net noun: a large square net, made of rope, used to sling cargo into and out of a ship's hold
cargo pallet noun: A flat wooden tray used for hoisting cargo into and out of a ship's hold.
cargo pants noun: Pants (trousers) designed for outdoor activities, having many pockets.
cargo plane noun: Synonym of cargo aircraft.
cargo ship noun: A ship that carries cargo.
cargo shorts noun: Casual short trousers with pockets, originally designed for outdoor activities.
cargo trousers noun: Synonym of cargo pants
cargo vessel noun: Any vessel designed to carry cargo.
cargoid noun: A member of the cargo crew.
cargoism noun: The beliefs associated with cargo cults (unorthodox religious movements among the people of Melanesia based upon Western manufactured goods).
cargoless adjective: Without cargo.
cargoman noun: Synonym of cargo ship.
cargon noun: A type of wheeled pallet used for movement of goods without the need of a forklift.
cargoose noun: A species of grebe (Podiceps cristatus); the great crested grebe.
cargoplane noun: A fixed-wing aircraft designed or converted for the carriage of goods, rather than passengers.
cargos noun: plural of cargo
cargoship noun: Alternative form of cargo ship.
carhanded adjective: Alternative form of car-handed.
Carhart proper noun: A surname.
carhop noun, verb /ˈkɑːˌhɒp/: A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
carhouse noun: A garage attached to a house.
Caria proper noun /ˈkɛəɹi.ə/: A historical region in the southwest corner of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey.
cariacou noun: carjacou; whitetail
cariad noun /ˈkæɹiæd/: Darling.
cariama noun: Alternative form of seriema.
cariamid noun: Any bird in the family Cariamidae; a seriema.
Carian adjective, noun /ˈkɛː.ɹɪ.ən/: A native or inhabitant of ancient Caria.
carib noun /ˈkæɹɪb/: A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles.
Carib physa noun: Physella cubiensis (or Physa cubiensis), a freshwater snail endemic to South America.
Cariban adjective: Of or relating to languages of the Cariban family, a family of Amerindian languages spoken in northeastern South America, characterized by small phonemic...
Caribbean adjective, noun /ˌkæɹɪˈbiːən/: Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and...
Caribbean box jellyfish noun: A box jellyfish, living in the Caribbean Sea, of species Tripedalia cystophora
Caribbean coot noun: A bird of species Fulica americana (syn. Fulica caribaea)
Caribbean dance music noun: A hybrid music genre that fuses electronic dance music with Caribbean music such as dancehall, reggae and soca.
Caribbean English noun: The dialects of the English language spoken in the Caribbean islands, and most countries on the Caribbean coasts of Central America, and South America,...
Caribbean flamingo noun: Synonym of American flamingo.
Caribbean monk seal noun: Monachus tropicalis, an extinct seal once native to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Caribbean pine noun: Pinus caribaea, a hard pine native to Central America and the northern West Indies.
Caribbeanist noun: A scholar who specializes in the study of the Caribbean.
Caribbeanization noun: The act or process of making something Caribbean.
Caribbeanize verb: To make Caribbean.
Caribbeanness noun: The quality or characteristic of being Caribbean.
Caribbeany adjective: Similar to or resembling the Caribbean.
Caribbee adjective, noun: Caribbean.
caribe noun: piranha fish
caribfly noun: The Caribbean fruit fly Anastrepha suspensa
caribou noun /ˈkæɹəbu/: Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
Caribou Eskimo noun: A member of the Kivallirmiut people.
Caribou Inuit noun: A member of the Kivallirmiut people.
caribouskin noun: The skin of a caribou, or leather made therefrom.
caricæ noun: figs, especially those from Caria
caricaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Caricaceae.
caricaturable adjective: Suitable for being caricatured.
caricatural adjective: Having the character of a caricature.
caricaturally adverb: In the manner of, or as if, a caricature.
caricature adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/: A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
caricature plant noun: A shrub of species Graptophyllum pictum, native to New Guinea and widely used as an ornamental
caricaturesque adjective: cartoon-like
caricaturisation noun: The action of making a caricature; the representation of someone or something as a caricature.
caricaturise verb: To caricature; to make a caricature of.
caricaturish adjective: Resembling a caricature
caricaturist noun /ˈkæɹɪkəˌt͡ʃʊəɹɪst/: A person who draws caricatures.
caricaturistic adjective: Grossly and comically exaggerated, like a caricature.
caricaturization noun: Oxford British English and US standard spelling of caricaturisation.
caricaturize verb: Oxford British English and US standard spelling of caricaturise.
Carice proper noun: A commune in northern Haiti.
Carico proper noun: A surname.
caricological adjective: Relating to caricology.
caricologist noun: One who studies caricology.
caricology noun: The scientific study of carexes.
CARICOM proper noun /ˈkæɹɪˌkɒm/: Syllabic abbreviation of Caribbean Community.
caricotamide noun: A particular synthetic cosubstrate used with the prodrug tretazicar.
caricous adjective: Shaped like a fig.
carid noun: Any member of the family Caridae of weevils.
Caridad proper noun: A barangay of Culasi, Antique, Philippines.
caridean noun: Any shrimp of the infraorder Caridea.
carideer noun: An animal that is a hybrid of caribou and reindeer.
caridoid adjective, noun: Any of various crustaceans related to shrimp.
caried adjective, verb: Of a tooth: affected by caries; decayed.
cariensisode noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
caries noun, verb /ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/: The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.
carignan noun: A grape variety, originally from the Cariñena district of Spain but widely grown in France
Carijona noun: A South American indigenous group.
Carillo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
carillon noun, verb /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/: A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
carilloneur noun: Alternative form of carillonneur.
carillonic adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of a carillon
carillonist noun: One who plays the carillon.
carillonistic adjective: Relating to a carillonist or a carillon
carillonneur noun: Synonym of carillonist.
carimanola noun: A fried South American meat pie with cheese in a torpedo-shaped yuca fritter.
CARIN noun: Initialism of competition among relations in nominals.
carina noun /kəˈɹiːnə/: A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
carinal adjective: Relating to a carina
carinaria noun /ˌkæɹɪˈnɛəɹi.ə/: Any of the genus Carinaria of oceanic heteropod molluscs.
carinariid noun: Any gastropod in the family Carinariidae.
carinate adjective, noun /ˈkæɹɪnət/: Shaped like a boat's keel.
carinate abdomen noun /ˈkæ.ɹɪ.neɪt ˈæb.də.mən/: Synonym of scaphoid abdomen.
carinated adjective: carinate; shaped like a keel
carination noun: A ridge, or similar formation, in the form of a keel.
carindacillin noun /kəˌɹɪn.dəˈsɪl.ɪn/: A penicillin antibiotic, a prodrug of carbenicillin.
carinderia noun: A small eatery or canteen or cafeteria that serves local (usually Filipino) food
carine noun: A keel.
caring adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/: Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
caring profession noun: Synonym of helping profession.
Caringbah proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
caringly adverb: In a caring manner.
caringness noun: The quality of being caring.
Carini proper noun: A surname.
cariniform adjective: Shaped like a carina
Carino proper noun: A surname.
carinolateral noun: A compartment plate of cirripeds located on either side of the carina
carinomid noun: Any nemertean of the family Carinomidae
Carinthia proper noun /kəˈɹɪnθiə/: A former duchy and historical region of Central Europe, now split politically between Austria and Slovenia.
Carinthian adjective, noun /kəˈɹɪnθi.ən/: Of, from or relating to Carinthia.
carinula noun: A small carina
carinulate adjective: Having the form of a carinula
carinule noun: Alternative form of carinula.
cario- prefix: dental caries
carioca noun: A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.
cariogen noun: Any cariogenic material
cariogenesis noun: The formation of dental caries
cariogenic adjective: Of, or relating to cariogenesis
cariogenicity noun: The quality of being cariogenic.
cariole noun /ˈkæɹiˌoʊl/: A small, light, open one-horse carriage.
carioling noun: Travelling over the ice on a sleigh.
cariologic adjective: Of or pertaining to cariology.
cariological adjective: Of or related to cariology, the scientific study of dental caries.
cariologist noun: A dentist who specialises in the treatment of caries
cariology noun: The study of dental caries and its development.
carioprotective adjective: That provides protection against caries
cariopsis noun: Dated form of caryopsis.
cariosis noun: The formation of a caries (decay inside a bone or tooth).
cariosity noun: caries
cariosome noun: Alternative form of karyosome.
cariostasis noun: The halting of the development of dental caries.
cariostat noun: A machine for detecting dental caries, especially in children.
cariostatic adjective: That halts the development of dental caries.
carious adjective /ˈkɛəɹi.əs/: Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.
cariousness noun: the state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion.
cariporide noun: A selective Na+/H+ exchange inhibitor, known to suppress the cell death caused by oxidative stress.
cariprazine noun: An antipsychotic drug.
Cariri noun: Alternative form of Kiriri.
Caris proper noun: A surname.
carisack noun: A bag for carrying things.
carisbamate noun: An experimental anticonvulsant drug.
Carisbrook proper noun: A town in the Shire of Mount Alexander and the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
Carisbrooke proper noun: A suburban village in Newport parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4888).
cariso noun: A genre of folk music from Trinidad and Tobago, an ancestor to modern calypso, performed by mainly female singers called chantwells.
carisoprodol noun: A particular skeletal muscle relaxant.
carissa noun: Any plant of the genus Carissa.
carissa plum noun: Synonym of Natal plum
carissin noun: A toxic cardioactive glucoside obtained from a shrub in the genus Carissa.
caristiid noun: Any fish in the family Caristiidae.
caritative adjective /ˈkæɹ.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/: charitable
carite noun: Cero (a type of fish).
Carithers proper noun: A surname.
caritive adjective: Of or relating to the caritive case.
caritive case noun: A case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without." The caritive case is found in some...
caritoxin noun: Either of two amino acid toxins produced by the sea anemone species, Actinia cari.
Carius proper noun: A surname.
Carius tube noun: A hard glass tube used to heat the sample in the Carius halogen method.
cariye noun: Alternative form of jariya (“slave-girl, concubine”).
carjack verb /ˈkɑː(ɹ).dʒæk/: To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).
carjacker noun: One who engages in carjacking; one who steals an occupied automobile.
carjacking noun, verb: The violent hijacking of a vehicle and sometimes its driver.
carjacou noun: The whitetail.
cark noun, verb /kɑː(ɹ)k/: To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
cark it verb: To die.
carking adjective, noun, verb: Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).
carkingly adverb: In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carkoi noun: a hikoi but with cars.
carl noun, verb /kɑːl/: A rude, rustic man; a churl.
Carl Sunday noun: Synonym of Carling Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
Carla proper noun /ˈkɑːlə/: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
carlactone noun: The lactone 3-methyl-5-{[(1Z,3E)-2-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)buta-1,3-dien-1-yl]oxy}furan-2(5H)-one that is a plant hormone
carlacue noun: A trick or caper.
carlaviral adjective: Relating to carlaviruses
carlavirus noun: Any virus of the genus Carlavirus
Carlberg proper noun: A surname.
carle noun: peasant; fellow
Carle Sunday noun: Synonym of Carl Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
Carlebachian adjective: Of or relating to the rabbi Shlomo Carlebach or the Orthodox Jewish movement he inspired.
Carlee proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Carleigh proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Carlen proper noun: A surname.
Carlene proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
carless adjective: Without a car.
carlessness noun: Lack of a car.
Carleton proper noun /ˈkɑɹ(ə)ltən/: An English surname, alternative spelling of Carlton.
carletonite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
Carley proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Carly.
Carley float noun: an early life raft consisting of a large oval ring of copper tubing covered with kapok and painted waterproof canvas.
carlfriesite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic yellow mineral containing calcium, oxygen, and tellurium.
carlhintzeite noun: A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Carli proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Carlie proper noun: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Carly.
carlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a car (road vehicle).
Carlile proper noun: A surname.
carlin noun /ˈkɑː(ɹ)lɪn/: Alternative form of carline (“old woman”).
Carlin pea noun: pigeon pea
carline noun /ˈkɑɹlɪn/: A woman; also, a hag or witch.
carline thistle noun: Any of about 30 species of thistles in the genus Carlina and certain other closely related genera.
Carlinesque adjective: Reminiscent of George Carlin (1937–2008), American countercultural comedian and social critic.
carling noun /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/: Alternative form of carline (“old woman”).
Carling Sunday noun: Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
Carlingford proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in The Hills council area and the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Carlingian adjective: Alternative form of Carolingian
Carlini proper noun: A surname.
Carlinism noun: The ideas and beliefs of George Carlin.
carlinite noun: A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing sulfur and thallium.
Carlinville proper noun: A city, the county seat of Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
carlish adjective: Synonym of churlish.
Carlisle proper noun /kɑːɹˈlaɪl/: A city in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of the county of Cumberland, and in Cumberland unitary authority since 2023, northwestern England (OS...
Carlism noun: A political movement in Spain that seeks the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne.
Carlist adjective, noun: Pertaining to Carlism
carlito noun: A Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta).
Carll proper noun: A surname.
Carlo proper noun /ˈkɑɹloʊ/: A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Charles.
carload noun /ˈkɑːləʊd/: The contents of an automobile (passengers, supplies, etc.) for one trip.
carloading noun: The loading of a freight car.
carlock noun /ˈkɑːlɒk/: A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon. Among its uses is clarifying wine, restoration, and making gelatin.
Carlos proper noun /ˈkɑː.lɒs/: A male given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin, in turn from the Germanic languages], equivalent to English Charles, Carl, or Karl.
carlosruizite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, iodine, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, selenium, sodium, and sulfur.
carlosturanite noun: A monoclinic-domatic light brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.
carlot noun /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ˌlɒt/: car park
Carlotta proper noun: A female given name from Italian.
Carlovingian adjective, noun /kɑː.ləˈvɪn.dʒɪ.ən/: Dated form of Carolingian
Carlow proper noun /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ləʊ/: A county of Ireland.
Carlsbad proper noun /ˈkɑɹ(ə)lzbæd/: A city and beach resort in San Diego County, California, United States.
Carlsberg proper noun: A surname.
carlsbergite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing chromium and nitrogen.
Carlsen proper noun: A surname from Danish or Norwegian.
Carlson proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic, of Scandinavian origin.
Carlson symmetric form noun: Any of a canonical set of elliptic integrals to which all others may be reduced. They are a modern alternative to the Legendre forms, and unlike the...
Carlsruhe proper noun: Obsolete form of Karlsruhe (“German city”).
Carlsson proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Carlstadt proper noun: A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Carlston proper noun: A surname.
Carlstrom proper noun: A surname.
Carlton proper noun /ˈkɑɹ(ə)ltən/: A village in Carlton and Chellington parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref SP9555).
Carlton House desk noun: A kind of antique bureau à gradin with small drawers forming a U shape around the user.
Carlucci proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Carluke proper noun: A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8450).
carlumab noun: A human monoclonal antibody designed for oncology and immune indications.
Carly proper noun /ˈkɑɹli/: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Carlyle proper noun: An English and Scottish habitational surname, a variant of Carlisle.
Carlyle circle noun: A certain circle in a coordinate plane associated with a quadratic equation, having the property that the solutions of the equation are the horizontal...
Carlylean adjective: Relating to Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
Carlyleian adjective: Alternative form of Carlylean.
Carlylese noun: A style of writing characteristic of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
Carlylesque adjective: Characteristic of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
Carlylian adjective: Alternative form of Carlylean.
Carlylism noun: Writing or opinions characteristic of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and historian.
Carmack proper noun: A surname.
Carmageddon proper noun: The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway.
carmagnole noun /ˌkɑːmənˈjəʊl/: A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
carmaker noun: A manufacturer of automobiles.
carmaking noun: The manufacture of automobiles.
carmalol noun: A derivative of phlorethol containing a dibenzodioxin moiety.
carmalum noun: A solution of carmine and alum used as a histological stain.
carman noun: A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.
Carmania proper noun: An ancient province in modern Iran, along the northern side of the Persian Gulf.
Carmanian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Carmania.
Carmarthen proper noun /kə(ɹ)ˈmɑː(ɹ)ðən/: A town and community (with a town council) in and the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4120).
Carmarthenshire proper noun /kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɑː(ɹ)ðənʃə(ɹ)/: A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire.
carmate noun: Someone with whom one rides in a car.
Carmathian noun: Alternative form of Qarmatian.
Carmatian noun: Alternative form of Qarmatian.
Carme proper noun: One of the moons of Jupiter.
Carmean adjective /kɑːrˈmiːən/: Of or relating to the consort of Zeus Carme in Greek mythology.
carmegliptin noun: A particular antidiabetic drug.
carmel noun /ˈkɑɹ.ml̩/: Alternative form of caramel.
Carmeleno noun: The Rumsen people.
Carmelite adjective, noun: A member of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary.
Carmelitess noun: A woman form Mount Carmel in Judah.
Carmelitic adjective: Relating to the Carmelites.
carmelization noun: Alternative form of caramelization.
carmelize verb: Alternative form of caramelize.
carmellose noun: carboxymethyl cellulose
carmeltazite noun: A rare oxide mineral discovered in 2019, with the chemical formula ZrAl₂Ti₄O₁₁.
carmen figuratum noun: A visual poem in the shape of an object.
Carmencita proper noun: A barangay of President Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.
carménère noun: A wine grape variety originally planted in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, France.
Carmentae noun: The goddesses Antevorta and Postverta.
Carmer proper noun: A surname.
Carmi proper noun: A city, the county seat of White County, Illinois, United States; the name was taken from the Bible.
Carmichael proper noun /ˈkɑɹmaɪkəl/: A village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9238).
Carmichael number noun: A composite number n that satisfies the modular arithmetic congruence relation bⁿ⁻¹≡1(mod n) for all integers 1<b<n that are relatively prime to n.
carmichaelite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and titanium.
Carmilla proper noun: A female given name.
carminate noun: A salt or ester of carminic acid.
carminated adjective: Of, relating to, or mixed with carmine.
carminative adjective, noun /kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪnətɪv/: Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as...
carmine adjective, noun /ˈkɑːmaɪn/: A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

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.