English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 150 of 872

caulohymeniumnoun

A fruiting layer in some fungi

cauloidadj

Resembling a stem

caulomenoun

A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole.

caulomernoun

A secondary axis in a sympodium.

caulomicadj

Relating to a caulome.

caulonemanoun

A filamentous, pigmented growth in a bryophyte

caulospherenoun

A phyllosphere of stems

caulotaxisnoun

The order of branches upon a stem.

caumverb

To whiten with camstone.

caumanoun

Great heat, as of the body in fever.

caunsenoun

A paved road or causeway.

caupnoun

Cup.

caurinoun

A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to one hundredth of a Guinean syli.

caus-prefix

Heat; fever.

causa suinoun

Something that is generated within itself, or assigns itself a purpose.

causableadj

That may be caused

causaladj

Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.

causal ontologynoun

Language or other descriptive system which restricts that which can be described to that which can be.

causal-finaladj

Pertaining to any case that indicates the intention of achieving a specific final result.

causalgianoun

A disorder with intense burning pain, type 2 of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.

causalgicadj

Relating to causalgia.

causalgiformadj

Of or relating to pain disorders or behaviors that are similar in nature or appearance to causalgia.

causalismnoun

The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time.

causalistnoun

A proponent of causalism

causalitynoun

The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

causallyadv

In a causal manner.

causatenoun

The effect of a cause.

causationnoun

The act of causing.

causationaladj

pertaining to causation

causationismnoun

Belief in a first cause.

causationistnoun

One who believes in a first cause.

causativeadj

Acting as a cause.

causativelyadv

In a causative manner

causativenessnoun

The quality of being causative.

causativitynoun

The property of being causative.

causativizationnoun

The process of causativizing.

causativizeverb

To make or become causative.

causatornoun

Someone or something that causes something; a causer.

causenoun

The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

cause a stirverb

To cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.

cause and effectnoun

Causation; causality; the process whereby a cause leads to an effect.

cause célèbrenoun

An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.

cause of actionnoun

A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another.

cause of deathnoun

The official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.

causedverb

simple past and past participle of cause

causednessnoun

The state or quality of being caused.

causedstverb

second-person singular simple past indicative of cause

causeenoun

The agent of the caused event in a causative construction.

causefuladj

Having a cause

causelessadj

Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable.

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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 150. 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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