5-letter words containing c, a, t
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- catel — (obsolete) property, as distinguished from rent or income.
- cater — In British English, to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people.
- cates — choice dainty food; delicacies
- cath- — cata-
- catho — a member of the Catholic Church
- cathy — a feminine name
- catia — (tool, product) A CAD/CAM system produced by Dassault Systemes and sold by IBM. CATIA is used heavily in the car and aerospace industries. It runs on various Unix platforms and Windows NT.
- catio — An outdoor enclosure for cats.
- catty — If someone, especially a woman or girl, is being catty, they are being unpleasant and unkind.
- cesta — (in jai alai) the long basket used to throw and catch the ball
- ceuta — an enclave in Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar, consisting of a port and military station: held by Spain since 1580. Pop: 74 931 (2003 est)
- chaat — Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant.
- chaft — the jaw
- chant — A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
- chart — A chart is a diagram, picture, or graph which is intended to make information easier to understand.
- chast — (obsolete) to chasten.
- chate — (Scotland) To cheat.
- chats — Plural form of chat.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- chita — an industrial city in SE Russia, on the Trans-Siberian railway. Pop: 309 000 (2005 est)
- chota — small, lesser, or minor
- cital — a court summons
- citta — the intellect or cognitive facility.
- clapt — clap1
- clart — mud; dirt
- clast — a fragment of (sedimentary) rock broken off from a larger rock
- cleat — A cleat is a kind of hook with two ends which is used to hold ropes, especially on sailing boats.
- coact — to act together
- coapt — to secure; fit together
- coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
- coate — Obsolete form of coat.
- coati — any omnivorous mammal of the genera Nasua and Nasuella, of Central and South America: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). They are related to but larger than the raccoons, having a long flexible snout and a brindled coat
- coats — Plural form of coat.
- costa — a riblike part, such as the midrib of a plant leaf
- cotan — cotangent
- cotta — a short form of surplice
- couta — a type of traditional wooden sailing boat, originally used for fishing
- craft — You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- crate — A crate is a large box used for transporting or storing things.
- creat — An usher to a riding master.
- croat — a native or inhabitant of Croatia
- cutan — (biochemistry) A hydrocarbon polymer, of uncertain structure but thought to be similar to kerogen, found in some plants.
- dactl — Declarative Alvey Compiler Target Language. An intermediate language from the University of East Anglia, used in the Flagship project. DACTL is based on a form of graph rewriting which can be used to implement functional languages, logic languages and imperative languages. The current version is Dactl0.
- diact — an abbreviation of diactine
- dicta — dictum
- ducat — any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284. Compare sequin (def 2).
- eclat — brilliance of success, reputation, etc.: the éclat of a great achievement.
- ectad — outward.
- ectal — external; outer; on the surface of.