English words: cavalierishness to Cayubaba
300 English words, part 39 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.
English words cavalierishness to Cayubaba
- cavalierishness noun: The quality of being cavalierish.
- cavalierism noun: The practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour
- cavalierly adverb /kævəˈliːɚli/: In a cavalier manner.
- cavalierness noun: The state or condition of being cavalier.
- cavaliero noun: A cavalier, gallant, or libertine.
- cavaliership noun: The role or status of a cavalier.
- cavalla noun: Any of several fishes in the families Carangidae and Scombridae.
- cavallard noun: A group of horses or mules.
- Cavallaro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Cavallero proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- cavalletto noun: A specialized gantry crane for loading and unloading cargo ships that attaches to and moves along guides on the ship's hatchway.
- Cavalli proper noun: A surname.
- cavallo noun: Alternative form of caballo.
- cavally noun: a carangoid fish of species Caranx hippos, of the Atlantic coast.
- cavalry noun /ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi/: The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- cavalry bone noun: Synonym of rider's bone.
- cavalry moustache noun: A fairly long, full moustache, often either drooping or waxed to a point at either end.
- cavalry mustache noun: Alternative form of cavalry moustache.
- cavalryman noun /ˈkævəlɹi.mən/: A soldier in the cavalry.
- cavalrywoman noun: A female soldier in the cavalry.
- cavan noun: A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
- Cavanagh proper noun: A surname.
- Cavanaugh proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- Cavandoli noun: A style of macramé used to form geometric and freeform patterns like weaving, and mainly using the double half-hitch knot.
- cavansite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and vanadium.
- Cavapoo noun: Synonym of Cavoodle (“type of dog”).
- cavaquinho noun /kavaˈkiːnjuː/: A small guitar-string instrument of Portuguese origin, with four wire or gut strings, played with a plectrum.
- cavass noun: Alternative form of kavass.
- cavatappi noun: A type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni.
- cavate noun /ˈkeɪ.veɪt/: A cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
- cavatelli noun: A type of pasta, with rolled edges.
- cavatina noun: An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
- cavatine noun: Alternative form of cavatina.
- cavayard noun: Alternative form of cavallard.
- Cavazos proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- cave interjection, noun, verb /keɪv/: A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- cave art noun: Cave paintings.
- cave bat noun: Synonym of cave myotis.
- cave bear noun: A large extinct species of bear, †Ursus spelaeus.
- cave cricket noun: Any cricket of the family Rhaphidophoridae.
- cave disease noun: histoplasmosis
- cave diver noun: Someone who takes part in cave diving
- cave diving noun, verb: The extreme sport of exploring underwater caves.
- cave dweller noun: A prehistoric human who lived in caves; a caveman or cavewoman.
- cave flier noun: Alternative form of cave flyer.
- cave flyer noun: A style of video game involving the maneuvering of a spaceship or other entity within an enclosed two-dimensional space such as a cavern, often under...
- cave formation noun: Synonym of speleothem.
- cave guest noun: A trogloxene.
- cave hyena noun: An extinct subspecies of spotted hyena (†Crocuta crocuta spelaea), which lived in Eurasia during the Pleistocene.
- cave in noun, verb: To collapse inward or downward.
- cave line noun: distance line
- cave lion noun: An extinct subspecies of lion, Panthera leo spelaea, known from fossils and multiple examples of prehistoric art.
- cave myotis noun: A vesper bat of species Myotis velifer.
- Cave of Adullam noun: A place or group in which people who have met failure or defeat in some way are said to congregate.
- cave out verb: To form a cave or cave-like shape.
- cave painting noun /ˈkeɪv ˈpeɪntɪŋ/: The activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.
- cave pearl noun: A kind of speleothem, formed as calcite crystallizes on a nucleus such as a grain of sand, in much the same way that a biological pearl forms within a mollusc.
- cave physa noun: Physella spelunca (or Physa spelunca), a freshwater snail endemic to Lower Cane Cave in Wyoming, United States.
- cave popcorn noun: Coralloids.
- cave salamander noun: Any of several species of salamander that inhabit caves, chiefly of the family Plethodontidae, but also including the olm, Proteus anguinus, often showing...
- cave swallow noun: A medium-sized, squarish-tailed swallow (Petrochelidon fulva).
- cave swiftlet noun: The swiftlet Collocalia linchi.
- cavea noun: The seating section of a Greek or Roman theatre or amphitheatre.
- caveach noun, verb /kəˈviːtʃ/: A fillet of fish, typically mackerel, pickled in vinegar.
- caveat noun, verb /ˈkævɪæt/: A warning.
- caveat emptor phrase /ˈkeɪ.viˌæt ˈɛmp.tɔ(ɹ)/: Used as a warning to anyone purchasing something that there may be unforeseen problems or faults with the item that is purchased.
- caveat lector proverb: Reader beware.
- caveat loan noun: Synonym of bridge loan.
- caveating noun, verb: Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
- caveator noun: Someone who enters a caveat.
- caveboy noun: A young caveman.
- cavefish noun: Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
- caveful noun: The amount that fits in a cave.
- cavegirl noun: A young cavewoman.
- cavel noun: A gag.
- caveless adjective: Without caves.
- cavelet noun: A little cave.
- cavelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cave
- Cavell proper noun: A surname.
- Cavellian adjective: Of or relating to Stanley Cavell (1926–2018), American philosopher.
- caveman noun /ˈkeɪvˌmæn/: An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
- caveman diet noun: Synonym of Paleo diet.
- caveman drums noun: A percussion style suggestive of the imagined drumming of cavemen, characterised by heavy, straightforward rhythms.
- caveman's club noun: A variety of bottle gourd
- caveman stage noun: The early or primitive developmental stage.
- cavemanish adjective: Alternative form of cavemannish.
- cavemanlike adjective: Resembling or relating to cavemen.
- cavemanly adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a caveman.
- cavemannish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a caveman.
- cavemanny adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a caveman.
- cavemate noun: One who shares the same cave.
- cavemouth noun: The mouth or entrance of a cave.
- cavemovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Cavemovirus
- Caven proper noun: A surname.
- Cavender proper noun: A surname.
- cavendish noun /ˈkævəndɪʃ/: The most commonly sold banana; one of the triploid (AAA) cultivars of Musa acuminata.
- Cavendish banana noun: A banana of the triploid (AAA) cultivars of Musa acuminata.
- cavendishia noun: Any of the genus Cavendishia of woody perennial plants.
- cavendishioid adjective: Resembling the woody perennial plants of the genus Cavendishia.
- caveogenesis noun: The formation and development of caveolas
- caveola noun: A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types.
- caveolar adjective: Of or pertaining to the caveolae.
- caveolated adjective: Having caveolae
- caveoli noun: Alternative form of caveolae.
- caveolin noun: Any of a family of proteins associated with caveolae membranes
- caveolinopathy noun: Any disease associated with mutated forms of caveolin
- caveosomal adjective: Relating to caveosomes
- caveosome noun: A proposed membrane-bound organelle associated with caveolae
- caveperson noun: A caveman or cavewoman.
- caver noun /ˈkeɪvɚ/: A person who explores caves.
- Caverly proper noun: A surname.
- cavern noun, verb /ˈkav.ən/: A large cave.
- cavernal adjective: Synonym of cavernous.
- caverned adjective: Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
- cavernful noun: Enough to fill a cavern.
- cavernicole noun: A cavernicolous organism
- cavernicolous adjective: That inhabits caverns or caves.
- cavernitis noun: Inflammation of the corpus cavernosum.
- cavernlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cavern.
- cavernolide noun: A sesquiterpenoid lactone present in the sponge Fasciospongia cavernosa
- cavernoma noun: cavernous hemangioma: a vascular tumor with large blood-filled spaces
- cavernomatosis noun: The presence of cavernomata
- cavernomatous adjective: Relating to a cavernoma
- cavernosal adjective: Of or pertaining to the corpus cavernosum
- cavernositis noun: Alternative form of cavernitis.
- cavernosography noun: radiography of the corpus cavernosum
- cavernosometry noun: The measurement of blood pressure in the penis
- cavernostomy noun: incision and subsequent drainage of a cavity
- cavernous adjective /ˈkav.ən.əs/: Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
- cavernous body noun: The corpus cavernosum.
- cavernous nerve noun: Any of a group of nerves, in the penis and clitoris, that facilitate erection.
- cavernous sinus noun: Either of a pair of large venous sinuses situated in a groove at the side of the body of the sphenoid bone in the cranial cavity and opening behind into the...
- cavernously adverb: In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cavernula noun: A small hollow or cavity.
- cavernulous adjective: Full of small cavities.
- Caversham proper noun: A suburb of Reading, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7175).
- cavescape noun: A cave landscape.
- caveson noun: Alternative form of cavesson.
- cavesson noun /ˈkæv.ə.sən/: A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.
- Cavett proper noun: A surname.
- cavetto noun /kəˈvɛtəʊ/: A concave moulding with a regular curved profile that is part of a circle.
- cavewoman noun: A female cave dweller
- cavex rake noun: Synonym of thatch rake.
- cavey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cave.
- cavezon noun: Alternative form of cavesson.
- caviar noun /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/: Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
- caviar lime noun: A thorny understorey shrub or small tree, Citrus australasica, of lowland subtropical forest and rainforest of eastern Australia.
- caviar spoon noun: A small shallow spoon made from inert materials (such as gold, horn, or wood) rather than typical metals, intended for eating caviar.
- caviar to the general noun: Something of quality unbefitting to those who possess it.
- caviare noun: Alternative spelling of caviar.
- caviarlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of caviar.
- caviary noun: A place where guinea pigs are raised by humans.
- cavibelonian adjective, noun /ˌkævɪbəˈləʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to the Cavibelonia, a taxonomic order of solenogasters.
- cavicapture noun: The temporary capture of a small molecule in a cavity of a biological macromolecule.
- caviconchal adjective: Relating to a cavity in the concha
- cavicorn adjective, noun: Having hollow horns
- cavie noun: A chicken coop.
- caviid noun: Any member of the family Caviidae of guinea pigs and similar rodents.
- caviine noun: Any guinea pig or similar animal of the subfamily Caviinae
- cavil noun, verb /ˈkæv.əl/: To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- cavilation noun: Alternative spelling of cavillation.
- caviler noun: A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
- caviling noun, verb: cavilation
- cavilingly adverb: With petty criticism.
- Cavill proper noun: A surname.
- cavillation noun: The act of cavilling.
- caviller noun: Alternative spelling of caviler.
- cavilling noun, verb: cavillation
- cavillous adjective: prone to caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling, bickering.
- cavimorph noun: Alternative form of caviomorph.
- cavin noun: A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
- caving noun, verb /ˈkeɪvɪŋ/: The recreational sport of exploring caves.
- cavioid noun: Any rodent of the superfamily Cavioidea
- caviomorph noun: Any rodent of the infraorder (sometimes parvorder) Caviomorpha, that unites all South American hystricognaths.
- -cavir suffix /kə.vɪə/: Used to form names of carbocyclic nucleosides used as antivirals.
- Cavit proper noun: A barangay of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
- cavital adjective: Pertaining to a pit or cavity.
- cavitand noun: Any of several classes of macrocycle that have a shape containing a cavity in which a guest molecule or ion may fit.
- cavitary adjective: Of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
- cavitate verb /ˈkæ.vɪ.teɪt/: To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.
- cavitation noun /ˌkævɪˈteɪʃən/: The formation of pits on a surface.
- cavitational adjective: That produces cavitation
- cavitationally adverb: By means of or in terms of cavitation.
- cavitatory adjective: Relating to cavitation
- Cavite proper noun /kɐˈvi.tɛ/: A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas.
- Caviteño adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to Cavite.
- cavitied adjective: Having cavities.
- cavitis noun: inflammation of the vena cava
- cavitron noun: An ultrasonic device used for the descaling of teeth
- cavity noun /ˈkæv.ɪt.i/: A hollow area within the body.
- cavity magnetron noun: A high-power vacuum tube used in early radar systems and subsequently in microwave ovens and in linear particle accelerators.
- cavity QED noun: Abbreviation of cavity quantum electrodynamics.
- cavity quantum electrodynamics noun: The coupled interaction between matter and an electromagnetic field within a resonating structure
- cavity resonator noun: A form of waveguide, closed at each end, used to create an intense electromagnetic wave.
- cavity search noun: Synonym of body cavity search.
- cavity wall noun: A double wall of masonry connected by an air space.
- cavityless adjective: Without a cavity or cavities.
- cavitylike adjective: Resembling a cavity.
- cavo- prefix: Related to a cavity.
- cavo-atrial junction noun: Alternative spelling of cavoatrial junction.
- cavo-relievo noun: Alternative form of cavo-rilievo.
- cavo-rilievo noun /ˌkɑːvəʊ ɹɪlˈjeɪvəʊ/: Sculpture in sunken relief, such that no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface. An example is in wood carving.
- cavoatrial adjective: Of or pertaining to both the vena cava and the atrium of the heart
- cavoatrial junction noun: The point at which the superior vena cava meets and melds into the cardiac right atrium.
- cavogram noun: An angiogram of the vena cava
- cavography noun: radiography of the vena cava
- cavoite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and vanadium.
- CAVOK phrase /kævˌoʊˈkeɪ/: Acronym of ceiling (or clouds) and visibility [are] OK, a weather term, specific to an airport, used when conditions at the airport include visibility of at...
- cavoliniid noun: Any sea butterfly in the family Cavoliniidae.
- cavolo nero noun /ˌkavələʊ ˈnɛːɹəʊ/: A cultivar of kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) with dark blue-green leaves, traditionally used in Tuscan cuisine.
- Cavoodle noun: A crossbreed dog, the offspring of a poodle and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
- cavopulmonary adjective: Relating to the vena cava and the pulmonary artery
- cavorite noun: A hypothetical substance with anti-gravity effects.
- cavort verb /kəˈvɔːt/: To prance, frolic, gambol.
- cavorter noun: One who cavorts.
- cavortin noun: A plasma protein found in the Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas).
- cavorting noun, verb: The action of the verb to cavort
- cavortingly adverb: With a cavorting motion or manner.
- cavosteliid noun: Any slime mold of the family Cavosteliidae.
- cavosurface noun: The surface of a cavity
- cavotricuspid adjective: Relating to the vena cava and the tricuspid valve of the heart.
- Cavourian adjective: Of or relating to Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810–1861), Italian statesman and a leading figure in the Italian unification movement.
- cavs noun: Abbreviation of cavaliers.
- CAVU phrase: Acronym of ceiling and visibility unrestricted, indicating a ceiling of at least 10,000 feet and visibility of at least 10 miles: ideal flying conditions.
- cavum noun /ˈkɑv.əm/: The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix.
- cavus noun /ˈkeɪ.vəs/: In planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not seem to be an impact crater.
- cavvy noun: Synonym of cavyard (“herd or group of horses on a ranch”).
- cavvyard noun: Alternative form of cavyard.
- cavy adjective, noun /ˈkeɪ.vi/: Synonym of domestic guinea pig.
- cavyard noun: A herd or group of horses on a ranch.
- cavyyard noun: Alternative form of cavallard.
- caw interjection, noun, verb /kɔː/: The harsh cry of a crow.
- Cawdor proper noun: A village and castle in Highland council area, Scotland, traditionally in Nairnshire (OS grid ref NH8449).
- cawer noun: One who caws, such as or like a bird.
- cawing noun, verb: The act of producing a caw sound.
- cawk noun: Alternative form of cauk.
- cawker noun: Alternative form of calker.
- Cawkwell proper noun: A hamlet in Scamblesby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2879).
- cawky adjective: Resembling or relating to cauk.
- cawl noun /kaʊl/: A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.
- Cawley proper noun: A surname.
- CAWN noun: Abbreviation of child abduction warning notice.
- cawney noun: Alternative form of cawnie.
- cawnie noun: A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
- Cawnpore proper noun /ˈkɔːnpɔː/: Former name of Kanpur: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- cawny noun: Alternative form of cawnie.
- Cawood proper noun: A surname.
- cawquaw noun: A Canadian porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).
- Cawston proper noun: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG136312).
- Cawthon proper noun: A surname.
- Cawthorn proper noun: A surname.
- Cawthorne proper noun: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2807).
- CAX noun: Abbreviation of central axis.
- caxiri noun: An intoxicating alcoholic drink prepared from manioc (cassava), consumed in some South American Indian cultures, especially in Suriname and Guyana.
- caxirola noun: A Brazilian percussion instrument consisting of a closed plastic basket with a flat bottom filled with small synthetic particles. It is based on the caxixi.
- caxixi noun /kaˈʃiʃi/: A small, indirectly struck idiophone filled with seeds, commonly used in Brazil.
- caxon noun: A kind of wig.
- Caxton noun /ˈkæk.stən/: Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
- Caxtonian adjective /kækˈstəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491), who introduced the printing press into England.
- cay noun /kiː/: A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.
- Caya proper noun: A surname from French.
- Cayapa noun: A member of the Chachi ethnic group of Ecuador.
- Cayapo noun: Alternative form of Kayapo.
- caycay noun: A layered biscuit rolled in toasted peanuts and honey or sugar syrup.
- Cayce proper noun: A surname.
- Caycean adjective: Of or pertaining to Edgar Cayce (1877–1945), American spiritualist and claimed psychic.
- Cayden proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage.
- cayenne noun /kaɪˈɛn/: Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
- Cayenne cherry noun: The pitanga (Eugenia uniflora).
- cayenne pepper noun: Any of several very hot chilli peppers.
- Cayenne porterweed noun: Synonym of blue snakeweed.
- Cayenne snakeweed noun: Synonym of blue snakeweed.
- Cayenne vervain noun: Synonym of blue snakeweed.
- cayenned adjective: Spiced with cayenne.
- Cayey proper noun: A mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico.
- caygotte noun: a coyote
- Caylee proper noun: A female given name.
- Cayler cardiofacial syndrome noun: Synonym of asymmetric crying facies.
- Cayler syndrome noun: Synonym of asymmetric crying facies.
- Cayley proper noun: A surname from Old French of Norman origin from a place name Cailly in France.
- Cayley complex noun: A 2-dimensional CW complex encoding information about a group and its presentation.
- Cayley graph noun: A graph (collection of vertices and edges) encoding information about a group and its generators.
- Cayley's formula noun: A formula for the number of spanning trees of a complete graph of n vertices: nⁿ⁻².
- Cayley table noun: The analogue for a group of a multiplication table.
- Cayley tree noun: A type of tree graph in which every nonleaf vertex (node) has the same constant number of branches.
- Cayleyan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Arthur Cayley (1821–1895), British mathematician.
- Caylor proper noun: A surname.
- cayman adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of caiman.
- Cayman ataxia noun: A form of cerebellar ataxia characterised by psychomotor retardation, hypotonia and cerebellar dysfunctions
- Cayman Islander noun: A native or inhabitant of the Cayman Islands.
- Caymanian adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to the Cayman Islands, or the Caymanian people.
- caymanite noun: An uncommon variety of dolomite.
- caymanostellid noun: Any sea star of the family Caymanostellidae
- cayo noun: A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.
- cayolaque noun: Synonym of lakawood.
- caytaxin noun: A protein, mutations of which cause a variety of cerebellar diseases such as Cayman ataxia
- Cayton proper noun: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).
- caytoniaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Caytoniaceae.
- caytonialean noun: Any seed-bearing, fernlike plant of the order Caytoniales
- Cayubaba noun: A member of an ethnic group in the Beni Department of Bolivia.
Part 38 · Part 40 · English words: C
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.