English Words: C

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cagefulnoun

That which can fit into a cage.

cagelessadj

Without a cage.

cagelessnessnoun

Absence of a cage.

cagelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a cage.

cagelingnoun

A bird that is kept confined in a cage.

cagematenoun

An animal that shares the same cage as another.

cagernoun

A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.

cagesternoun

Synonym of cager (“basketball player playing in a wire mesh enclosure”).

cagewashnoun

Equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.

cageworknoun

A cage or cage-like structure.

cageyadj

Wary, careful, shrewd.

cageynessnoun

Alternative form of caginess.

Caggianoname

A surname from Italian.

cagilyadv

In a cagy manner.

caginessnoun

The quality of being cagey.

cagingnoun

The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.

Caglename

A surname from German.

Cagleyname

A surname from German.

Caglianonename

A surname.

Cagliariname

A province of Sardinia, Italy.

Cagliarianadj

Of, from or relating to the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Cagliaritanadj

Of, from or relating to the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

cagmagnoun

A tough old goose.

Cagneyname

A surname from Irish.

Cagotnoun

A member of a persecuted minority in south-western France.

cagoulardnoun

A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.

cagoulenoun

A lightweight waterproof parka.

cagouledadj

Dressed in a cagoule.

CAGRnoun

Acronym of compound annual growth rate.

cagynessnoun

Alternative form of caginess.

cahconj

Because.

Cahalanname

A surname from Irish.

Cahalanename

A surname from Irish.

Cahenslyismnoun

A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of the same race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation.

Cahenslyistnoun

A supporter of Cahenslyism.

Cahenslyitenoun

Synonym of Cahenslyist.

Caherahname

Alternative form of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

cahiernoun

A roll of sheets of paper put loosely together, especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.

Cahillname

A surname from Irish.

cahincatenoun

A salt or ester of cahincic acid.

cahiznoun

A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.

cahizadanoun

Synonym of cahiz as a measure of land.

cahnitenoun

A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Cahokianame

A former (pre-Columbian Native American) city in present-day Illinois, now famous for its earthen mounds.

Cahokia Heightsname

A city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri.

Cahoonname

A surname from Irish.

cahootnoun

A company or partnership.

cahootsnoun

Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason.

Cahorsname

A town, the capital of Lot department, Occitania, France.

cahownoun

An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 16. 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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