English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 79 of 872

captive nationnoun

A country under the control of a Communist regime (especially the Soviet Union).

captivedverb

simple past and past participle of captive

captivelyadv

In a captive manner

captivitynoun

The state of being captive.

captologynoun

The study of computers as persuasive technologies.

captoprilnoun

An ACE inhibitor used to treat hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure.

captornoun

One who is holding a captive or captives.

captressnoun

a female captor.

capturabilitynoun

The quality of being capturable.

capturableadj

That can be captured.

capturenoun

An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

capturedadj

That has been captured.

capturelessadj

That captures or captured nothing.

capturernoun

One who, or that which, captures.

capturestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of capture

capturethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of capture

Capuanadj

Relating to, or characteristic of Capua.

capuchenoun

A long, pointed hood, as that worn by the Augustinians, Capuchins or Franciscans.

capuchedadj

hooded; or covered with something resembling a hood

capuchinnoun

A monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; (generally) a Franciscan.

capuchin monkeynoun

Any New World monkey of the subfamily Cebinae.

capuchinbirdnoun

A bird of the species Perissocephalus tricolor, native to northeastern South America.

Capuchinessnoun

A member of the Capuchin Poor Clares, a Catholic religious order for women.

Capuchinoname

A surname from Spanish.

capuchinsnoun

plural of capuchin

capulananoun

A type of sarong worn primarily in Mozambique.

Capuletnoun

A member or citizen of the family, party, or country of the wife in a Romeo and Juliet couple and/or one of a pair of feuding groups, the other identified as Montague.

capulinnoun

The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.

Capulongname

A surname from Tagalog.

caputnoun

The head.

caput mortuumnoun

Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation.

Caputoanadj

Of or relating to John D. Caputo (born 1940), philosopher and theologian.

Capwellname

A surname.

capynoun

A capybara.

capybaranoun

A large semi-aquatic South American rodent of the genus Hydrochoerus.

caquelonnoun

A Swiss cooking vessel used to serve fondue.

carnoun

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.

car attendantnoun

An employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.

car bodynoun

Synonym of auto body.

car brainnoun

A supposed condition suffered by someone who believes in the superiority of cars as a means of transport, at the expense of bicycles and public transit.

car brainedadj

Inflicted with car brain.

car breakernoun

One who works in car breaking.

car breakingnoun

The breaking up of cars and other light vehicles for scrap recycling.

car chasenoun

A chase, usually high-speed, between people in two or more cars or other vehicles, normally between the police or other law enforcement and an offender.

car cloutnoun

The crime of breaking into an automobile.

car coatnoun

An overcoat that extends to midthigh

car crashnoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see car, crash.

car crash songnoun

A genre of music, popular in the mid-20th century and typically in pop rock style, about the tragic death of a teenage lover in a car crash.

car doornoun

A door designed for use on a car (whether a railway carriage or an automobile).

car ferrynoun

A ferry that transports cars (motor vehicles).

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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 79. 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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