English words: cack-handedness to cadmiuria

300 English words, part 3 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words cack-handedness to cadmiuria

cack-handedness noun: Left-handedness.
cack on verb: To shit on; to disparage or harshly criticize.
cack up verb: To vomit or hack up.
cacked up adjective, verb: Of a pipe, plug or filter, clogged or plugged up.
cackerel noun: The mendole, Spicara maena; a small Mediterranean fish considered poisonous in ancient times.
cackhanded adjective: Alternative spelling of cack-handed.
cackhandedly adverb: Alternative form of cack-handedly.
cackhandedness noun: Alternative form of cack-handedness.
cackle noun, verb /ˈkækəl/: The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
cackle bladder noun /ˈkækəlˌblædə(ɹ)/: A bladder containing (real or fake) blood, used to fake someone's death or injury, as in espionage or confidence tricks where a person is made to think that...
cackle-fart noun: A chicken's egg.
cackle fruit noun: A chicken's egg.
cackleberry noun /ˈkakl̩bɛɹi/: An egg.
cackler noun: A person or creature that cackles.
cackling noun, verb: A sound that cackles.
cackling goose noun: Branta hutchinsii, a North American bird of the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the...
cacklingly adverb: While cackling; with a cackling sound.
cackly adjective: Resembling or characterised by cackling.
cackrey noun: The burr gherkin.
cacks noun, verb /kæks/: Trousers.
cacky adjective: Characterized by or pertaining to excrement.
caco- prefix /ˌkækəʊ- ~ ˌkækə-/: bad, defective
cacochylia noun: Defective formation or absorption of chyle.
cacochymia noun: A vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.
cacochymic adjective: Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
cacochymical adjective: cacochymic
cacochymy noun: Alternative form of cacochymia.
cacocracy noun: Alternative form of kakocracy.
cacodæmon noun: Alternative spelling of cacodaemon.
cacodaemon noun /kækəˈdiːmən/: A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
cacodaemoniacal adjective: Demonic; evil.
cacodaemonic adjective: daemonic
cacodemon noun /kækəˈdiːmən/: An evil or malevolent spirit.
cacodemonia noun: Synonym of cacodemonomania.
cacodemoniac adjective: Demonic, evil.
cacodemonic adjective: Demonic.
cacodemonomania noun: The pathological belief that one is inhabited, or possessed, by an evil spirit or entity.
cacodorous adjective: Having a bad smell.
cacodoxical adjective: heretical
cacodoxy noun: Incorrect doctrine or opinions.
cacodyl noun: The dimethylarsine radical (CH₃)₂As-
cacodyl oxide noun: A strong-smelling liquid, ((CH₃)₂As)₂O
cacodylate noun, verb: Any salt or ester of cacodylic acid
cacodylic adjective: Of or pertaining to cacodylic acid or its derivatives
cacodylic acid noun: dimethylarsenic acid, (CH₃)₂AsO-OH, whose derivatives, the cacodylates, were once used as herbicides
cacoepist noun: One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
cacoepistic adjective: Of or relating to mispronounced words.
cacoepy noun [kəˈkəʊɪpɪ]: The mispronunciation of words.
cacoethes noun /ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz/: Compulsion; mania.
cacoethic adjective /ˌkakəʊˈiːθik/: Ill-conditioned, malignant; cacoethical.
cacoethical adjective /ˌkakəʊˈiːθɪk(ə)l/: Ill-conditioned, malignant; cacoethic.
cacoethically adverb /ˌkakəʊˈiːθɪk(ə)li/: In a cacoethic (or cacoethical) manner.
cacoethics noun /ˌkakəʊˈɛθɪks/: Bad ethics or morals; bad habits.
cacogamy noun /kəˈkɒɡəmi/: any kind of socially unacceptable marriage
cacogastric adjective: Troubled with bad digestion.
cacogenesis noun: A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
cacogenic adjective /ˌkæk.əˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/: Of or relating to cacogenesis.
cacogenics noun: The aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote inferior genetic characteristics in humans.
cacogeusia noun: An experience of a bad taste not due to ingested material
cacographer noun: A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
cacographic adjective: Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
cacographical adjective: Synonym of cacographic.
cacography noun /kaˈkɒɡɹəfi/: Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
cacolet noun /kakolɛ/: An open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.
cacology noun /kəˈkɒləd͡ʒi/: Poor diction or choice of words.
cacomagic noun: Magic used for unethical, wicked ends.
cacomagical adjective: Relating to cacomagic.
cacomagician noun: A practitioner of wicked magic; an evil sorcerer.
cacomelia noun: A congenital deformity of a limb
cacomistle noun: Any member of the species Bassariscus sumichrasti, an arboreal relative of the racoon (and other procyonids).
cacomixl noun: Alternative spelling of cacomistle (Bassariscus spp.)
cacomixle noun: Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
cacomixtle noun: Alternative spelling of cacomistle.
caconym noun: An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
caconymous adjective: Of, or pertaining to a caconym.
caconymy noun: The use of a caconym.
cacoon noun: A beanlike seed of a tropical vine (Entada rheedei), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.
cacoon vine noun: A tropical vine of species Entada rheedei, which bears the cacoon.
cacophemism noun: dysphemism
cacophobia noun: The fear of ugliness or ugly people.
cacophonic adjective /kəˈkɒfənɪk/: discordant
cacophonical adjective: cacophonous; harsh-sounding; unmusical
cacophonically adverb: In a cacophonous manner; in a manner that produces harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
cacophonious adjective: cacophonous; harsh-sounding; unmusical
cacophonist noun: One who produces a cacophony.
cacophonize verb: To make cacophonous.
cacophonous adjective /kəˈkɑfənəs/: Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
cacophonously adverb: In a cacophonous manner.
cacophonousness noun: The property of being cacophonous.
cacophony noun /kəˈkɒfəni/: A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
cacophrenic adjective: Of inferior mind or intellect.
cacoplastic adjective: Pertaining to, or causing, abnormal growth or formation.
cacosmia noun: A condition of perceiving odours generally as bad, or sensing imagined vile odours.
cacospongionolide noun: a sesterterpene found in the sponge Fasciospongia cavernosa.
cacosyntheton noun: The poor placement of words.
cacothymia noun /kakəʊˈθʌɪmɪə/: An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland.
cacotopia noun: A dystopia; the worst possible world.
cacotopian adjective: Of or pertaining to a cacotopia.
cacotrophia noun: Alternative form of cacotrophy.
cacotrophic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to cacotrophy.
cacotrophy noun: Disordered or defective nutrition.
cacoxene noun: cacoxenite
cacoxenite noun: A soft phosphate of iron occurring in yellowish clumps: hydrated iron aluminum phosphate oxide: (Fe,Al)₂₅(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17H₂O.
cacozealous adjective: imitating badly; poorly affected
cacozelia noun: A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned.
cacqueteuse noun: An antique French armchair with a narrow back and splayed arms.
cactaceous adjective: Belonging to, or like, the family of cacti Cactaceae.
cactiform adjective: Resembling a cactus.
cactinomycin noun: A particular actinomycin or a mixture of such materials.
cacto- prefix: Relating to cactus/cacti.
cactoid noun: A member of the cactus subfamily Cactoideae.
cactomania noun: An enthusiastic interest in cacti.
cactophile noun: An animal which lives in or feeds on cacti.
cactophilic adjective: Adapted to live on cacti
cactophily noun: A love of cacti
cactus adjective, noun /ˈkæktəs/: Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
cactus cat noun /ˈkæk.təs kæt/: A bobcat-like creature in North American folklore, said to be covered in spines like a porcupine and to slash cacti at night to release their juices.
cactus deermouse noun: Synonym of cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)
cactus fig noun: Synonym of prickly pear (“fruit, plant”) (Opuntia spp.)
cactus longhorn beetle noun: Any beetle of the genus Moneilema, which are commonly found on cacti.
cactus mistletoe noun: Tristerix aphyllus, a parasitic plant that lives inside cacti.
cactus moth noun: Any member of the species Cactoblastis cactorum of South American moths.
cactus mouse noun: A rodent of species Peromyscus eremicus, native to desert areas of western North America.
cactus pear noun: prickly pear (Opuntia spp.)
cactus silk noun: Synonym of rayon
cactus stack noun: An in-tree data structure when used to implement a set of stacks.
cactus wren noun: a wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus), native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico.
cactused adjective: Featuring a cactus or cacti.
cactuslike adjective: Having characteristics of a cactus
cactussed adjective: Alternative spelling of cactused.
cactussy adjective: Alternative form of cactusy.
cactusy adjective: Cactuslike, prickly.
cacumen noun: The smallest possible piece of matter, making up part of an atom.
cacuminal adjective, noun /kəˈkjuːmənəl/: Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
cacuminalization noun: A sound change whereby a sound becomes cacuminal, or pronounced with a retroflexed tongue.
cacuminate verb: To make sharp or pointed.
cacuminous adjective /kəˈkjuːmɪnəs/: Having a pyramidal top.
cad noun, verb /kæd/: Acronym of computer-aided design.
CAD/CAM noun: The combination of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing.
Cada proper noun: A surname.
Cadalan adjective: Relating to Peter Cadalus (c. 1010 – 1072), antipope as Honorius II from 1061 to 1072.
cadalane noun: The sesquiterpene 4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethyldecahydronaphthalene
cadalene noun: The sesquiterpene 4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethylnaphthalene
cadalin noun: Alternative form of cadalene.
CADAM noun: Acronym of computer-augmented design and manufacturing.
cadamba noun: Alternative form of kadam (“tropical tree”).
cadambine noun: An alkaloid derived from the tree Neolamarckia cadamba.
cadamine noun: An alkaloid derived from the tree Neolamarckia cadamba.
cadang-cadang noun: A disease of various palm trees, caused by a viroid.
CADASIL noun: cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy: a form of hereditary stroke disorder
cadaster noun: Alternative spelling of cadastre.
cadasteral adjective: Alternative spelling of cadastral.
cadastral adjective, noun: of or relating to a cadastre
cadastrally adverb: In terms of cadastres.
cadastration noun: The carrying out of a cadastre (public survey of land for the purpose of taxation).
cadastre noun /kəˈdæstəɹ/: A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
cadaver noun /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/: A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
cadaver dog noun: A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate remains, usually human ones.
cadaverate verb: To make lifeless; to reduce to dead matter.
cadaveric adjective /kadəˈvɛɹɪk/: Pertaining to a corpse.
cadaveric alkaloid noun: A ptomaine.
cadaveric spasm noun: A rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis.
cadaverically adverb: In a cadaveric manner.
cadaverin noun: Alternative form of cadaverine.
cadaverine noun /kəˈdævəɹɪn/: A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
cadaverise verb: Alternative form of cadaverize.
cadaverize verb: To remove the life from or to make cadaverous.
cadaverous adjective: Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
cadaverously adverb: In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
cadaverousness noun: The state or quality of being cadaverous.
cadazolid noun: An experimental antibiotic of the oxazolidinone class.
cadbait noun: A caddis; the larva of a caddis fly.
Cadbury proper noun: A surname.
CADCAM noun: Alternative spelling of CAD/CAM.
CADD noun: Initialism of computer-aided design and drafting.
Caddell proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
Cadden proper noun: A surname.
Cadder proper noun: A suburban area in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6172).
caddess noun: A female cad.
caddice noun: Alternative form of caddis (“larva”).
caddichus noun /ˈkædɪkəs/: In ancient Sparta, a deep basin used in a form of voting or election, particularly for membership in common messes (syssitia).
caddid noun: Any arachnid in the family Caddidae.
caddie noun, verb /ˈkædi/: Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
Caddiegal noun /ˈkædɪɡəl/: Alternative form of Gadigal.
caddieless adjective: Without a caddie.
caddielike adjective: Resembling or acting like a caddie
caddiemaster noun: Alternative spelling of caddymaster.
caddis noun /ˈkædɪs/: The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
caddis fly noun: Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams.
caddis worm noun: Alternative form of caddisworm.
caddised adjective: wearing a caddis
caddisfly noun: Alternative form of caddis fly.
caddish adjective /ˈkædɪʃ/: Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.
caddishly adverb: In a caddish manner.
caddishness noun: The quality of being caddish.
caddism noun: caddish behaviour
caddisworm noun: The larva of the caddis fly.
Caddo noun /ˈkædəʊ/: A member of a confederacy of several southeastern Native American tribes, who inhabited much of what is now East Texas, western Louisiana and portions of...
Caddoan adjective: Pertaining to the Caddo.
Caddoanist noun: A linguist who studies the Caddoan languages.
caddow noun: A jackdaw.
caddr noun /ˈkɑːdədə/: Car of the cdr of the cdr in Lisp. The third element in a list.
caddy noun, verb /ˈkædi/: A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
caddy ole punch noun: A kind of homemade kite (flying toy).
caddy spoon noun: A spoon for measuring out tea leaves.
caddyless adjective: Without a caddy.
caddymaster noun: The manager of caddies and head caddie at a golf course.
caddywompus adjective: Alternative form of cattywampus (“crooked, skewed, slanted, off”).
cade adjective, noun, suffix, verb /keɪd/: procession
caded adjective, verb: Coddled; petted; treated with indulgence and attention.
cadel noun [ˈkʰeɪ.dl̩]: An ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced pen strokes. See :Commons:Cadel letters.
cadelle noun: Tenebroides mauritanicus, a beetle that is a common pest in storehouses and granaries.
cadelle beetle noun: A beetle, known as a common pest in storehouses and granaries throughout the world, Tenebroides mauritanicus.
Caden proper noun /ˈkeɪdn̩/: A male given name originating as a coinage.
Cadena proper noun: A surname.
Cadena's long-tongued bat noun: Hsunycteris cadenai, a kind of bat from Colombia and Ecuador.
cadence noun, verb /ˈkeɪ̯dəns/: The act or state of declining or sinking.
cadence-lypso noun: A genre of popular dance music that combines cadence rampa with calypso.
cadence rampa noun: A genre of modern Haitian music, derived from méringue.
cadenced adjective, verb: Having a regular, rhythmic cadence.
cadency noun: Alternative form of cadence.
cadene noun: A type of low-quality carpet imported from the Levant.
cadenette noun: A lovelock
Cadenhead proper noun: A surname.
cadent adjective: Falling.
cadential adjective: Of or pertaining to cadence or a cadenza.
cadenza noun, verb /kəˈdɛnzə/: A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
cader noun: Alternative form of cadre.
cadet noun /kəˈdɛt/: A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
cadet blue adjective, noun: A blue colour, tinted with grey.
cadet branch noun: A house (dynasty) descended from one of the patriarch's younger sons.
cadet gray noun: Alternative form of cadet grey.
cadet grey noun: A bluish shade of grey, similar to cadet blue.
cadet house noun: Synonym of cadet branch (“house (dynasty) descended from one of the patriarch's younger sons”).
cadetcy noun: The rank, role, or position of a cadet.
cadetship noun: The position, rank, or commission of cadet.
cadette noun /kəˈdɛt/: A female cadet.
cadew noun: A caddis.
cadexomer iodine noun: An iodophor used in treating venous ulcers.
cadge noun, verb /kæd͡ʒ/: To tie, fasten.
cadger noun /ˈkæd͡ʒɚ/: A hawker or peddler.
cadgily adverb: In a cadgy manner.
cadginess noun: The state or quality of being cadgy.
cadgy adjective: cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking
cadherin noun /kædˈhɪəɹɪn/: Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
cadi noun /ˈkɑːdi/: Alternative form of qadi.
Cadia proper noun: A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
cadicone noun: An ammonite that has a flattened barrel shape.
cadiconic adjective: Relating to, characteristic of, or having the shape of, a cadicone.
cadie noun: Alternative spelling of caddie (“a gentleman who joined the military without a commission as a career; a young man; a person engaged to run errands such as...
Cadigal noun /ˈkædɪɡəl/: Alternative form of Gadigal.
Cadigan proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
cadilesker noun: Synonym of kazasker.
Cadillac adjective, noun /ˈkædɪlæk/: Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. (derived from the GM car brand Cadillac)
Cadillac converter noun /ˈkædɪlæk kənˈvɜːtə/: Synonym of catalytic converter (“chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are...
Cadillac plan noun: Any unusually expensive health insurance plan.
Cadillac problem noun: An insignificant problem of a privileged person.
Cadillac tax noun: The excise tax levied on particularly expensive private health insurance plans, so-called Cadillac plans.
cadinane noun: An organic compound found in agarwood oil.
cadinanolide noun: Any of a group of sesquiterpene lactones present in Artemisia.
cadinene noun: Any of a group of isomeric sesquiterpenes found in juniper essential oil.
cadinenyl noun: A univalent radical derived from a cadinene
cadinol noun: Any of several isomeric sesquiterpenoid alcohols present in some essential oils
cadis noun: Alternative form of caddis (rough woolen cloth).
Cadishead proper noun: A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7092).
cadism noun: Alternative form of caddism (“caddish behaviour”).
Cadiz proper noun /kəˈdɪz/: A port city and municipality, the provincial capital of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain.
cadjan noun: A form of parchment made from leaves of the coconut palm, formerly used in Asia.
cadjang noun: Alternative form of cadjan.
cadjuput noun: Alternative form of cajuput.
cadlag noun: A function that is right continuous and has a left limit.
Cadle proper noun: A surname.
cadlina noun: Any dorid nudibranch in the genus Cadlina.
CADM noun: Abbreviation of commodore admiral.
Cadman proper noun: A surname.
cadmate noun: Any oxyanion of cadmium; any salt containing such an ion
Cadmean adjective, noun: Of or relating to Cadmus, a mythical prince of Thebes, said to have introduced the Phoenician alphabet into Greece.
Cadmean victory noun: A victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished.
cadmia noun: Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide.
cadmian adjective: Containing cadmium.
cadmic adjective: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing cadmium.
cadmiferous adjective /kædˈmɪfəɹəs/: Containing or producing cadmium.
cadmium noun /ˈkædmiəm/: A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
cadmium bromide noun: An inorganic bromide salt of cadmium with the chemical formula CdBr₂; it has few applications.
cadmium chloride noun: The cadmium salt of hydrochloric acid, CdCl₂; it is used in photography and dyeing, and in the preparation of other cadmium compounds
cadmium cycle noun: The biogeochemical cycle of deposition and dispersion of cadmium through the atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere.
cadmium fluoride noun: An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdF₂, used in the production of vertan metal alloys.
cadmium green noun: A vivid green pigment which is a mixture of cadmium yellow and viridian
cadmium iodide noun: An inorganic iodide salt of cadmium with the chemical formula CdI₂.
cadmium nitrate noun: An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula Cd(NO₃)₂.
cadmium orange noun: a pigment composed of a solution of cadmium selenide and cadmium sulfide.
cadmium oxide noun: A colorless amorphous powder; a red or brown colored crystal.
cadmium red noun: a pigment composed of a solution of cadmium selenide and cadmium sulfide.
cadmium selenide noun: An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdSe, used as an ingredient in the pigments cadmium orange and cadmium red.
cadmium sulfide noun: An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdS, used to make the pigment cadmium yellow.
cadmium telluride noun: An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdTe used as a semiconductor.
cadmium yellow noun: cadmium sulfide when used as a pigment
cadmium zinc telluride noun: An semiconducting alloy of cadmium and zinc telluride with the chemical formula CdZnTe.
cadmiumized adjective: Coated with cadmium.
cadmiuria noun: The presence of cadmium salts in the urine

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.