English Words: C

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carpetmakingnoun

The manufacture of carpets.

carpetmongernoun

One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

carpetsharknoun

Alternative form of carpet shark.

carpetsweepernoun

besom

carpetwardadv

Toward the (carpeted) ground.

carpetwardsadv

Alternative form of carpetward.

carpetwaynoun

A carpeted way or route.

carpetweednoun

A low-growing North American weed (Mollugo verticillata).

carpetworknoun

carpeting generally

carpholitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

carphologianoun

picking at bedding and clothing, or at the lips, or of perceived invisible objects

carphonenoun

Alternative form of car phone.

carpingadj

complaining excessively.

carpinglyadv

in a carping manner; with complaints.

Carpinoname

A surname from Italian.

carpinteronoun

The acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.

carpipraminenoun

An atypical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and anxiety.

carpitisnoun

inflammation of the carpal joint

carplanenoun

A vehicle that can drive on land like a car or fly like an aeroplane.

carplikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a carp (the fish).

carpo-prefix

carpus (wrist) or hand.

carpodiumnoun

An abortive carpel, as in Typha.

carpogenicadj

Producing fruit, or causing fruit to develop.

carpogenicallyadv

In a carpogenic manner

carpogoniumnoun

The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes

carpolitenoun

A fossilised fruit, nut, or seed.

carpologicaladj

Of or pertaining to carpology.

carpologicallyadv

In terms of carpology.

carpologistnoun

Someone who studies carpology.

carpologynoun

the study of the structure of seeds and fruit

carpomanianoun

The excessive production of fruit by a plant.

carpometacarpusnoun

The fusion of digits (carpals and metacarpals) that forms the wing in birds.

carpometatarsaladj

Relating to the carpal and metatarsal bones

carpoolnoun

An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.

carpoolernoun

Alternative spelling of car-pooler.

carpopedaladj

Pertaining to the hands and feet.

carpophagousadj

fruit-eating.

carpophagynoun

The condition of being carpophagous

carpophorenoun

A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.

carpophyllnoun

Synonym of carpel.

carpophytenoun

A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.

carpopoditenoun

The fifth joint of the endopodite of a crustacean (between the meropodite and the propodite)

carpopodiumnoun

A receptacular elongation of the base of the gynoecium

carportnoun

A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.

carpospherenoun

A phyllosphere of fruits

carposporenoun

A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.

carposporicadj

Relating to carpospores.

carpostomenoun

The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged

carpotarsaladj

Relating to the carpals and tarsus.

carpoxenianoun

The effect of pollen on the tissue of the carpel

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