Nouns

causerie

noun

light informal conversation for social occasions

causalgia

noun

a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral ne...

cauterant

noun

an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medica...

cauterization

noun

the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a ho...

cavell

noun

English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occu...

caviler

noun

a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty...

caviller

noun

a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty...

caber

noun

a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that...

cablegram

noun

a telegram sent abroad

cabomba

noun

alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small...

cachexy

noun

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and m...

cachou

noun

a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to concea...

cacography

noun

poor handwriting

cachexia

noun

any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and m...

cadastre

noun

a public register showing the details of ownership and value...

cadaster

noun

a public register showing the details of ownership and value...

cadaverine

noun

a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed du...

cadetship

noun

the position of cadet

caduceus

noun

an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after th...

cadency

noun

a recurrent rhythmical series

cagoule

noun

lightweight parka; waterproof

cahoot

noun

collusion

cajolery

noun

flattery intended to persuade

caladium

noun

any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamen...

calash

noun

the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage

caliculus

noun

a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or...

calumniation

noun

a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresent...

calyculus

noun

a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hi...

calyptra

noun

the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g.,...

camelopard

noun

tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small ho...

camail

noun

a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect...

camise

noun

a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages

canaanitic

noun

a group of Semitic languages

canafistula

noun

deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yel...

canara

noun

a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast

canafistola

noun

deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yel...

canella

noun

highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as...

canarese

noun

a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefl...

canicula

noun

the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major

canoeist

noun

someone paddling a canoe

canuck

noun

informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians...

canopus

noun

supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest...

canute

noun

king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide En...

capableness

noun

the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually...

caparison

noun

stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,...

capaciousness

noun

intellectual breadth

capek

noun

Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the Englis...

capetian

noun

a member of the Capetian dynasty

capitulum

noun

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

capriccio

noun

an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for...