English Words: C

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carunculatedadj

Alternative form of carunculate.

carunculationnoun

The condition of being carunculate

carusnoun

deep coma or lethargy

Carusilloname

A surname from Italian.

Carusonename

A surname from Italian.

Caruthersname

A census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States.

carvabilitynoun

The quality of being carvable; workability with regard to carving.

carvableadj

Capable of being carved.

Carvajalname

A surname from Spanish.

Carvalhoname

A surname from Portuguese.

Carvalloname

A surname from Spanish

carveverb

To cut.

carve outverb

To hollow by carving.

carve upverb

To cut into pieces.

carveabilitynoun

Alternative spelling of carvability.

carveableadj

Alternative form of carvable.

carvedverb

simple past and past participle of carve

carved in stoneadj

Unchangeable.

carvedilolnoun

A beta blocker C₂₄H₂₆N₂O₄ that possesses some alpha-adrenergic blocking activity and is used to treat congestive heart failure and hypertension and to manage patients with left ventricular dysfunction following heart attack.

carvelnoun

Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”).

Carvel Rockname

An island of the British Virgin Islands.

carvenadj

Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.

carvenenoun

A variety of limonene, C₁₀H₁₆, extracted from caraway.

carveoutnoun

The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.

carvernoun

Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.

Carver Countyname

One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Chaska.

Carverianadj

Of or relating to Raymond Carver (1938–1988), American writer of short stories and poems.

carverynoun

A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.

carvingnoun

A carved object.

carvomentholnoun

A monoterpenoid alcohol derived from carvomenthone

carvonenoun

A terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.

carvoximenoun

The oxime of carvone

carwashnoun

Alternative spelling of car wash.

carwashernoun

One who washes cars.

carwasheronoun

A carwasher, especially one who has immigrated to the United States from a Latin American country.

carwashingnoun

The washing of cars.

Carwynname

A male given name from Welsh.

Caryname

A surname, a less common spelling of Carey.

caryatidnoun

A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.

caryatidaladj

Of or relating to a caryatid.

caryatidicadj

Of or relating to a caryatid.

caryatidlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a caryatid.

caryinitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Carylname

The ship of characters Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon from the television series The Walking Dead.

Carynname

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

caryocaraceousadj

Belonging to the family Caryocaraceae of trees and shrubs of Central and South America.

caryophyllaceousadj

Of or pertaining to the pinks (of family Caryophyllaceae), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas

caryopilitenoun

A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

caryopsisnoun

A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.

Carysname

A female given name from Welsh.

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