6 Letter Words That Start With CA

candid

Adjective : Impartial and free from prejudice.

Adjective : Straightforward, open and sincere.

Adjective : Not posed or rehearsed.

candor

Noun : The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.

Noun : Impartiality.

Noun : (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity.

cackle

Noun : The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

Noun : A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.

Noun : Futile or excessively noisy talk.

callow

Adjective : Bald, hairless, bare.

Adjective : Unfledged (of a young bird), featherless.

Adjective : (by extension, life-cycle developmental stage) Newly emerged or hatched, juvenile.

caress

Noun : An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

Noun : A gentle stroking or rubbing.

Verb : (transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

carnal

Adjective : Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

Adjective : Worldly or earthly; temporal.

Adjective : Of or relating to the body or flesh.

careen

Verb : (nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

Verb : (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.

Verb : (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

canopy

Noun : A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

Noun : Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.

Noun : The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

casual

Adjective : Happening by chance.

Adjective : Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

Adjective : Employed irregularly.

cajole

Verb : (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

Noun : The act of cajoling

canted

Adjective : Having angles; angled.

Adjective : Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.

cavity

Noun : A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.

Noun : (anatomy) A hollow area within the body.

Noun : (engineering, manufacturing) The female part of a mold: the depression itself or (metonymically) the half of the mold that contains it.

caucus

Noun : A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.

Noun : A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

Noun : A political interest group by members of a legislative body.

caveat

Noun : A warning.

Noun : A qualification or exemption.

Noun : (law) A formal objection.

caring

Adjective : (of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.

Noun : The act of one who cares.

cachet

Noun : (archaic) A seal, as of a letter.

Noun : (figurative) A special characteristic or quality; prestige, especially via association.

Noun : (philately) A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.

canary

Noun : A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

Noun : Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.

Noun : (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.

cavern

Noun : A large cave.

Noun : An underground chamber.

Noun : A large, dark place or space.

canker

Noun : (phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.

Noun : A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.

Noun : A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.

cavort

Verb : (originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.

Verb : (intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

Verb : (informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.

cautel

Noun : (obsolete) deceit

Noun : (obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness

Noun : (Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.

castle

Noun : A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

Noun : (chess) An instance of castling.

Noun : (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.

catgut

Noun : (countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.

Noun : (uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.

Noun : (uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.

carrot

Noun : A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.

Noun : A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

Noun : (figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.

callid

Adjective : (archaic) cunning or shrewd; crafty.

cantor

Noun : singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

Noun : A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan

Noun : A surname.

capade

Noun : (usually in combination, in proper nouns) An exhibition or event, usually for entertainment.

Noun : (usually in combination) An adventure.

canter

Noun : A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.

Noun : A ride on a horse at such speed.

Verb : (intransitive) To move at such pace.

cavate

Noun : (archaeology) A cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans.

caract

Noun : (obsolete) A mark or sign.

Noun : (obsolete) A magical symbol.

caelus

Noun : (Roman mythology) The personification of the sky and heavens. Either the brother-husband or son-&-husband of Terra, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops. He is the Roman counterpart of Uranus.

Noun : (astronomy) A suggested alternate name for the seventh planet Uranus.

canvas

Noun : A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

Noun : (painting)

Noun : A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.

cation

Noun : (physical chemistry) A positively charged ion: one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.

cagily

Verb : In a cagy manner.

cancer

Noun : (medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

Noun : (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

Adjective : (slang) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

cartel

Noun : (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

Noun : (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.

Noun : (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.

camber

Noun : A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.

Noun : The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.

Noun : (architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.

canine

Adjective : Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

Adjective : Dog-like.

Adjective : (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.

canyon

Noun : A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

Verb : (intransitive) Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Algoma district, in north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

carven

Adjective : Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.

canard

Noun : A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

Noun : (aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

Noun : (aviation, by extension) A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.

caster

Noun : Someone or something that casts.

Noun : A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).

Noun : A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

carafe

Noun : A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.

Noun : A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.

cannon

Noun : A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.

Noun : Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.

Noun : (military, chiefly aviation) An autocannon.

castor

Noun : A hat made from the fur of the beaver.

Noun : A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

Noun : Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).

casket

Noun : A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

Noun : (British) An urn.

Noun : (Canada, US) A coffin.

career

Noun : One’s calling in life; a person’s occupation; one’s profession.

Noun : General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.

Noun : (archaic) Speed.

cave in

Verb : To collapse inward or downward.

Verb : (figurative) To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will.

Noun : Misspelling of cave-in. [The act of something collapsing or caving in.]

carnet

Noun : A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.

Noun : (law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article

Noun : An admission pass.

called

Adjective : Having been called.

cadent

Adjective : Falling.

carped

Noun : Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Verb : (intransitive)

Verb : To criticize or complain about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; to cavil. [(often) with at]

calefy

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm or hot.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To make warm or hot.

calico

Noun : (textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.

Noun : (uncountable, botany) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.

Adjective : Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.

carpet

Noun : A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

Noun : (figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.

Noun : Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae

canton

Noun : A division of a political unit.

Noun : One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.

Noun : A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.

caliph

Noun : The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of caliph. [The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.]

cashew

Noun : A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

Noun : A cashew nut.

caesar

Noun : An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.

Noun : (figuratively) The government; society; earthly powers.

Noun : A title of Roman emperors.

cantle

Noun : (obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.

Noun : The raised back of a saddle.

Noun : (Scotland) The top of the head.

catchy

Adjective : (of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

Adjective : (dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.

Adjective : (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.

capote

Noun : A long coat or cloak with a hood.

Noun : (historical) A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.

Noun : (historical) A close-fitting woman's bonnet.

calque

Noun : (linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

Verb : (linguistics, translation studies, transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

cannot

Verb : Can not (be unable to).

Verb : Be forbidden or not permitted to

Noun : Something that cannot be done.

casern

Noun : A lodging for soldiers in a garrison town (formerly usually near the rampart); a barracks.

calmly

Verb : In a calm manner; coolly.

cadger

Noun : (archaic) A hawker or peddler.

Noun : (sometimes Geordie) A beggar.

carved

Adjective : Of an object, made by carving.

causes

Noun : (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

Noun : (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.

Noun : (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

cahoot

Noun : A company or partnership.

Noun : Chiefly preceded by in: a group of people working together, chiefly for a nefarious reason; hence, a collaboration or collusion.

Noun : An accomplice, a partner.

cawing

Noun : The act of producing a caw sound.

cafard

Noun : Depression; melancholy.

cantic

Adjective : angled

Adjective : oblique, slanting

Adjective : canting

canapé

Noun : An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.

Noun : A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.

canion

Noun : (historical, often in the plural) One of a pair of fitted tubes of cloth worn in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries below short trunk hose and above stockings to cover the leg in between them, sometimes joined to the hose (sometimes reduced to ornamental rolls terminating the legs of the hose), and sometimes joined to each other as breeches worn under the hose.

Noun : Obsolete form of canyon. [A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.]

cattle

Noun : Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc).

Noun : Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.

Noun : (derogatory, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

cactus

Noun : (botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

Noun : Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

Adjective : (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.

catnip

Noun : Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.

Noun : Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

Noun : (figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.

carina

Noun : (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Noun : A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.

Noun : A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

carpus

Noun : (anatomy) The group of bones that make up the wrist.

caught

Adjective : (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

caller

Noun : (telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.

Noun : A visitor.

Noun : (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.

carpel

Noun : (botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil - the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.

casper

Noun : A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States

Noun : A mountain in Wyoming

cabala

Noun : Alternative spelling of Kabbalah [(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.]

Noun : Alternative form of Kabbalah [(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.]

carney

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A unisex given name.

Noun : A male given name.

caused

Noun : (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

Noun : (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.

Noun : (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

cahier

Noun : A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.

Noun : A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.

casita

Noun : (US) A small, attached but self-contained house or apartment.

carden

Noun : A garden grown inside of a car, usually in the dashboard.

Verb : (intransitive) to grow plants in a car.

Noun : A surname.

cambre

Noun : A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Noun : Obsolete form of camber. [A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.]

Noun : Alternative spelling of cambré [(ballet) A bending at the waist in any direction.]

camply

Verb : In a camp manner.

cazimi

Noun : (astrology) The position of the center of the sun in the sky.

carbon

Noun : (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

Noun : (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

Noun : (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.

candle

Noun : A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.

Noun : The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.

Noun : (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.

caudal

Adjective : (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

Adjective : (anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.

Noun : A caudal vertebra.

caviar

Noun : Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

Noun : (figurative) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.

cassia

Noun : (uncountable) The spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.

Noun : (countable) Such trees themselves, particularly the Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia.

Noun : (countable) Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Cassia.

carpal

Noun : (anatomy) Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus).

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the carpus.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the obvious bend in a bird's wing.

catkin

Noun : (botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

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