English Words: C

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carcadenoun

A form of celebration where a number of car owners drive slowly and sound their horns in a public place, for example after sporting events and weddings.

carcajounoun

Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)

carcajousnoun

plural of carcajou

carcakenoun

A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.

carcanetnoun

A richly decorative collar.

carcasenoun

Alternative form of carcass.

carcassnoun

The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.

carcass weightnoun

The weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.

carcasslessadj

That lacks a carcass

carcasslikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a carcass.

Carcassonnename

An old walled city, the prefecture of Aude department, Occitania, France.

carcelnoun

A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.

Carcel lampnoun

A mechanical lamp from the 19th century, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

carceraladj

Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison.

carcerallyadv

In terms of or by means of imprisonment.

carcharhinidnoun

Any member of the family Carcharhinidae of sharks.

carcharhiniformnoun

Any ground shark of the order Carcharhiniformes.

carcharodontadj

Characteristic of (especially having teeth like that of) the great white shark (Carcharodon).

Carchemishname

An ancient city on the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia, on the border between modern Turkey and Syria.

Carchianame

A surname from Italian.

carcin-prefix

Alternative form of carcino-.

carcinisationnoun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carcinization.

carcinizationnoun

The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.

carcinizeverb

Of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.

carcino-prefix

Cancer.

carcinocytenoun

A single tumor cell.

carcinoembryonicadj

Describing any material (but especially a glycoprotein) that is present in patients with some cancers and also in healthy fetuses

carcinogennoun

A substance or agent that can cause cancer.

carcinogenesisnoun

The creation of cancer cells.

carcinogeneticadj

Of or pertaining to carcinogenesis; forming cancer cells.

carcinogenicadj

Causing or tending to cause cancer.

carcinogenicallyadv

In a carcinogenic manner.

carcinogenicitynoun

The state or degree of being carcinogenic.

carcinogenousadj

Carcinogenic.

carcinoidnoun

A form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system.

carcinologicadj

carcinological

carcinologicaladj

Of or pertaining to carcinology.

carcinologistnoun

A person involved in carcinology.

carcinologynoun

The study of crustaceans.

carcinolysisnoun

The breakup of cancer cells

carcinolyticadj

destructive to cancer cells

carcinomanoun

An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

carcinomagenesisnoun

The development of carcinomas from normal tissue.

carcinomaladj

Of or pertaining to carcinomas

carcinomatanoun

plural of carcinoma

carcinomato-prefix

Carcinoma.

carcinomatoidadj

Having an appearance resembling that of carcinomata, often histopathologically.

carcinomatophobianoun

A morbid fear of carcinoma.

carcinomatosisnoun

The widespread presence of carcinomas that have metastasized throughout the body.

carcinomatousadj

Of or pertaining to a carcinoma.

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