Words That Start With CA

capricious

Adjective : Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

candid

Adjective : Impartial and free from prejudice.

Adjective : Straightforward, open and sincere.

Adjective : Not posed or rehearsed.

callous

Adjective : (figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

Adjective : (literal) Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

Noun : Alternative form of callus [A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.]

cardinal

Adjective : Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.

Adjective : (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).

Adjective : Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.

calamity

Noun : An event resulting in great loss.

Noun : The distress that results from some disaster.

candor

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

Noun : Impartiality.

Noun : (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity.

caustic

Adjective : Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.

Adjective : (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.

Noun : Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

caliginous

Adjective : (archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.

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.

cacophony

Noun : A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

carmine

Noun : A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

Noun : A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

Adjective : Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

carnage

Noun : Death and destruction.

Noun : The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.

Noun : (figurative, sports) Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.

cant

Noun : (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

Noun : A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

cavalier

Adjective : Lacking the proper care or concern for something important.

Adjective : High-spirited.

Adjective : Supercilious.

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.

captivating

Adjective : That captivates; fascinating.

Adjective : Very beautiful or attractive.

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.

capability

Noun : The power or ability to generate an outcome.

Noun : (computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.

calm

Adjective : (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

Adjective : (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.

Adjective : (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.

cacoethes

Noun : Compulsion; mania.

Noun : (medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

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.

call

Verb : (heading) To reach out with one's voice.

Verb : (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.

Verb : (intransitive) To cry or shout.

caprice

Noun : An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

Noun : A brief romance.

Noun : An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.

carry

Verb : (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

Verb : (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

Verb : (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

care

Noun : (obsolete) Grief, sorrow. [13th–19th c.]

Noun : Close attention; concern; responsibility.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Worry.

caper

Noun : A playful leap or jump.

Noun : A jump while dancing.

Noun : A prank or practical joke.

captious

Adjective : (obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.

Adjective : Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.

captivated

Adjective : rapt; mesmerized

canted

Adjective : Having angles; angled.

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

carry out

Verb : (transitive) To hold while moving it out.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To fulfill.

Verb : (transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.

can

Verb : (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.

Verb : (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.

Verb : (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

cache

Noun : A store, protected or hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

Noun : (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

Noun : (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

cause

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.

caricature

Noun : A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.

Noun : A grotesque misrepresentation.

Noun : (computing) In facial recognition systems, a face that has been modified to look less like the average face, and thus more distinctive.

candent

Adjective : (now rare) Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.

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.

capitulation

Noun : A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

Noun : The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.

Noun : The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.

capitulate

Verb : (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.

Verb : (ambitransitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.

cantankerous

Adjective : Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

cautious

Adjective : Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative

carom

Noun : (countable, cue sports, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.

Noun : (uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).

candidly

Verb : in a candid manner; frankly.

capital

Noun : (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

Noun : (uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

Noun : (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.

careless

Adjective : Not concerned or worried (about).

Adjective : Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes.

Adjective : (archaic) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety.

caring

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

Noun : The act of one who cares.

callousness

Noun : The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.

Noun : The quality of having calluses.

cape

Noun : (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Noun : A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.

Noun : (slang) A superhero.

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.

calamitous

Adjective : Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.

Adjective : (obsolete) Of a person: involved in a calamity; hence, distressed, miserable.

capacity

Noun : The ability to hold, receive, or absorb

Noun : A measure of such ability; volume

Noun : The maximum amount that can be held

capable

Adjective : Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.

Adjective : (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

careful

Adjective : Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.

Adjective : Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.

Adjective : (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.

candescent

Adjective : glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.

capture

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

Noun : The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

Noun : Something that has been captured; a captive.

captivate

Verb : (obsolete)

Verb : To make (a person, an animal, etc.) a captive; to take prisoner; to capture, to subdue.

Verb : (figuratively) To capture or control (the mind, etc.); to subdue, to subjugate.

caretaker

Noun : Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.

Noun : (occasionally) A caregiver (person who provides care to another).

Adjective : (chiefly UK) Temporary, on a short term basis.

capacious

Adjective : Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

Adjective : Capable, able.

cacophonous

Adjective : Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

capriciousness

Noun : The quality of being capricious.

cacophonic

Adjective : discordant

Adjective : unmusical

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.

cark

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.

Verb : (archaic, intransitive) To labor anxiously.

carriage

Noun : The act of conveying; carrying.

Noun : A means of conveyance.

Noun : A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.

caul

Noun : (historical) A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.

Noun : (British, historical, often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water).

Noun : (anatomy, obsolete except in specific senses) A membrane.

caliber

Noun : Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.

Noun : The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.

Noun : A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.

captive

Noun : One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.

Noun : One held prisoner.

Noun : (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

causative

Adjective : Acting as a cause.

Adjective : Involving, or affected by, causality.

Adjective : (linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.

canorous

Adjective : melodious

Adjective : resonant

cautelous

Adjective : (obsolete) Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.

Adjective : (obsolete) Cautious, careful.

canon

Noun : A generally accepted principle; a rule.

Noun : a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.

Noun : A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

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.

calumny

Noun : (countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.

Noun : (uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

Verb : (transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.

calibre

Noun : (UK, Canada, etc.) Alternative form of caliber. [Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.]

canny

Adjective : Careful, prudent, cautious.

Adjective : Knowing, shrewd, astute.

Adjective : Frugal, thrifty.

carefree

Adjective : Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.

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.

carpet muncher

Noun : (vulgar, slang) A person who performs cunnilingus.

Noun : (vulgar, offensive, slang) A lesbian.

caressing

Noun : A caress.

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.

callosity

Noun : (countable) A callus.

Noun : (uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.

carefully

Verb : (obsolete) Sorrowfully.

Verb : With care; attentively, circumspectly.

Verb : Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously

cachinnate

Verb : (intransitive) To laugh loudly, immoderately, or too often.

cantabile

Noun : (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner

Noun : (music) A passage having this mark

Verb : (music) Played in this style; singingly, lyrically

carnality

Noun : The state of being carnal.

Noun : A preoccupation with sexual desire.

callously

Verb : In a callous manner; done without regard to others' sensitivities.

canty

Adjective : lively; cheerful; merry; brisk

Noun : A surname from Irish.

cantrip

Noun : A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.

Noun : A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.

Noun : (roleplaying games) A minor spell, typically one that can be cast without preparation.

carnifex

Noun : (now rare, historical) An executioner.

cackled

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.

caliginosity

Noun : darkness; obscurity.

callid

Adjective : (archaic) cunning or shrewd; crafty.

cap

Noun : A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

Noun : A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.

Noun : An academic mortarboard.

carrier

Noun : (science fiction, by extension) A starship designed to carry starfighters

Noun : A carrier pigeon.

Noun : A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

calypso

Noun : A style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.

Verb : (intransitive) To perform calypso.

Noun : A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa

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.

canonical

Adjective : Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.

Adjective : According to recognised or orthodox rules.

Adjective : Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.

cantata

Noun : (music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.

caregiver

Noun : (Canada, US, Philippines) A carer; a person who looks after another person.

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