English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 6 of 872

cabotagesnoun

plural of cabotage

cabotegravirnoun

An integrase inhibitor used to treat HIV infection.

cabotinagenoun

overacting; hamming

cabovernoun

A style of truck, bus, or van that has a vertical front or "flat face", with the cab of the truck sitting above (or forward of) the front axle.

cabownernoun

The owner of a cab.

Cabraname

Cabramatta, a suburb in New South Wales.

cabralesnoun

A moderately hard blue cheese, from Spain, made from goat or sheep milk

cabreadj

Alternative spelling of cabré.

Cabrejaname

A surname from Spanish.

Cabreraname

A surname from Spanish.

cabrestonoun

A halter (headpiece for animal).

cabrettanoun

A kind of leather made from sheep hair (not wool).

cabrewingnoun

The practice of consuming alcohol while canoeing.

Cabrialesname

A surname from Spanish.

cabrienoun

Obsolete form of cabri (“pronghorn”).

cabriitenoun

A grey-white mineral with the chemical formula Pd₂SnCu.

cabrillanoun

Epinephelus analogus (spotted grouper), of the eastern Pacific.

cabriolenoun

A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.

Cabriole legnoun

In furniture design, a curved leg with outcurved knee and incurved ankle. A signature design element of the Queen Anne style of furniture, the cabriole predates both 18th century England and Italy. The style originated in Italy and is a conventionalized representation of the rear leg of a leaping goat.

cabrioletnoun

An automobile with a retractable top.

cabritonoun

Meat from a young goat; kid.

cabronnoun

A term of abuse for a man; bastard, prick, asshole.

cabréenoun

The pronghorn antelope.

cabsnoun

plural of cab

cabsidenoun

The side of a railway engine cab.

cabstandnoun

A place where taxis wait for passengers; a taxi rank.

cabulancenoun

A taxicab used as an ambulance.

Cabuyaoname

A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.

cabwomannoun

A female driver of a hackney cab or taxi.

cabécounoun

A soft goat cheese from the Midi-Pyrénées in France.

cacnoun

A white (Caucasian) person.

cacanoun

Excrement; feces.

Cacacename

A surname from Italian.

cacafuegonoun

A spitfire.

cacahuananchenoun

A tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.

Cacahuatepecname

A city in Oaxaca, Mexico.

cacainenoun

The essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.

cacaonoun

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

Cacaoperanoun

A group of people indigenous to El Salvador and Nicaragua

cacatoryadj

Accompanied by diarrhea

Caccamoname

A surname from Italian.

Caccavalename

A surname from Italian.

cacciatoranoun

A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs.

cacciatoreadj

Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes.

Caccinianadj

Of or relating to Giulio Caccini (1551–1618), Florentine composer and significant innovator of the early Baroque era.

Caccioppoli setnoun

A set whose boundary is measurable and has (at least locally) finite measure.

cacenoun

Obsolete spelling of case.

cachableadj

Alternative spelling of cacheable.

cachaemianoun

A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

cachaemicadj

Of or relating to cachaemia.

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 6. 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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