English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 103 of 872

carmakernoun

A manufacturer of automobiles.

carmakingnoun

The manufacture of automobiles.

carmalumnoun

A solution of carmine and alum used as a histological stain.

carmannoun

A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.

Carmaniannoun

A native or inhabitant of Carmania.

Carmanovaname

A village and commune of Transnistria, Moldova.

Carmanvillename

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Carmarthenname

A town and community (with a town council) in and the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4120).

Carmarthenshirename

A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire.

carmatenoun

Someone with whom one rides in a car.

Carmauxname

A town and commune of Tarn department, Occitania, France.

Carmeanadj

Of or relating to the consort of Zeus Carme in Greek mythology.

carmegliptinnoun

A particular antidiabetic drug.

Carmelname

A mountain range in Israel.

Carmelitenoun

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.

Carmelitessnoun

A woman form Mount Carmel in Judah.

Carmeliticadj

Relating to the Carmelites.

carmelizeverb

Alternative form of caramelize.

carmeltazitenoun

A rare oxide mineral discovered in 2019, with the chemical formula ZrAl₂Ti₄O₁₁.

Carmenname

A female given name from Spanish

Carmen de Patagonesname

A city in Patagones partido, the southernmost in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

carmen figuratumnoun

A visual poem in the shape of an object.

Carmenatename

A surname from Spanish.

Carmername

A surname.

Carmicalname

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Carmichaelname

A placename:

Carmichael numbernoun

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.

carmichaelitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and titanium.

Carmichealname

A surname.

carminatenoun

A salt or ester of carminic acid.

carminatedadj

Of, relating to, or mixed with carmine.

carminativeadj

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 belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).

carminenoun

A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

carminedadj

Coloured with carmine.

carminicadj

Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.

carminitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, cobalt, copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, and oxygen.

Carmodyname

A surname from Irish.

carmofurnoun

A pyrimidine analogue derived from fluorouracil and used as an antineoplastic agent.

Carmonaname

A surname from Spanish.

carmovirusnoun

Any virus of the genus Carmovirus

carnnoun

Archaic form of cairn.

Carnabyname

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1465).

Carnacname

A seaside resort town and commune of Morbihan department, in South Brittany, France.

carnagenoun

Death and destruction.

carnagedadj

Bearing the marks of carnage or slaughter.

Carnahanname

A surname from Irish.

carnaladj

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

carnal knowledgenoun

Sexual intercourse.

carnalismnoun

The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism.

carnalistnoun

A sensualist, a hedonist.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter C contains 43,570 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 872 pages, and you are currently viewing page 103. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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