11-letter words containing c, a, u
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- cabbage bug — harlequin bug
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
- cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
- cacqueteuse — a narrow, upright armchair of 16th-century France, having widely splayed arms and a very narrow back.
- cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
- cactus pear — tuna2 .
- cactus wren — any American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of arid regions, especially C. brunneicapillus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- cake makeup — face makeup in the form of a cake, usually applied with a damp sponge.
- calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- calculative — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calculators — Plural form of calculator.
- calculatory — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- calixtus ii — died 1124, French ecclesiastic: pope 1119–24.
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- callistus i — Calixtus I.
- callousness — made hard; hardened.
- calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- camouflaged — concealed or disguised
- camouflages — Plural form of camouflage.
- camouflagic — relating to camouflage
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- canalicular — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a canaliculus.
- canaliculus — a small channel, furrow, or groove, as in some bones and parts of plants
- canandaigua — a town in central New York.
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- cane-cutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.