English Words: C

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candymannoun

A male confectioner.

candysticknoun

A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata)

candytuftnoun

Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.

candywrappernoun

Alternative form of candy wrapper

canenoun

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:

cane brakenoun

A dense thicket of sugar-canes or bamboos.

Cane Corsonoun

A dog of an Italian breed valued as a companion, guardian and hunter.

cane cutternoun

A worker who harvests sugar cane on a sugar plantation.

cane funoun

A modern martial art, originally designed for elderly people, involving the use of a cane.

cane itverb

To go very fast.

cane juicenoun

A sweet liquid or drink extracted by squeezing stalks of sugar cane.

cane knifenoun

A large hand-wielded cutting tool similar to a machete, used for cutting sugar cane.

cane piecenoun

A field of sugarcane.

cane toadnoun

A large toad, Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), of Central and South America, introduced to Australia and various Pacific islands where it is now an invasive pest species.

cane-likeadj

Alternative form of canelike.

Caneaname

Synonym of Chania: a city, the capital of Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece.

caneballnoun

The game of chinlone.

caneboardnoun

Synonym of canite.

canebrakenoun

A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.

canecutternoun

A person employed to harvest sugar cane.

canedverb

simple past and past participle of cane

Canedoname

A surname.

canefieldnoun

A field where sugar cane is grown.

canefruitnoun

Fruit grown on canes, such as raspberries and blackberries.

canegrassnoun

Synonym of love grass.

canegrubnoun

A grub that eats the roots of sugar cane.

canelandnoun

Land used for the growing of sugar cane.

canelessadj

Without a cane or walking stick.

canelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of (a) cane.

canellanoun

The aromatic inner bark of Canella winterana, used as a spice with properties similar to cinnamon.

canellaceousadj

Of or relating to the Canellaceae.

canellininoun

Alternative form of cannellini (“kind of bean”).

canelénoun

A small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds.

caneologynoun

The disciplinary practice of caning.

Canepaname

A surname from Italian.

canephoranoun

A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.

canernoun

One who canes.

canerownoun

One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.

canesnoun

plural of cane

canescencenoun

The quality of being canescent.

canescentadj

Turning white or gray.

canescentlyadv

In a canescent manner.

Canetname

A surname.

Canet-Plagename

A neighbourhood and seaside resort in Canet-en-Roussillon commune, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France.

Canetename

A surname from Spanish.

canettenoun

A kind of stoneware vessel.

canewarenoun

A form of traditional unglazed light-brown stoneware.

Canewdonname

A village and civil parish on the River Crouch in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9094).

caneworknoun

Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).

caneworkingnoun

A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.

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