6-letter words containing c, a, u
- causes — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- causey — a cobbled street
- cautel — craftiness; skilful deceit
- cauter — an ironlike instrument used for cauterizing and searing organic tissue
- cauzee — (India, historical) A judge.
- cavour — Conte Camillo Benso di (kaˈmillo ˈbɛnzo di).1810–61, Italian statesman and premier of Piedmont-Sardinia (1852–59; 1860–61): a leader of the movement for the unification of Italy
- cayuga — a member of a Native American people (one of the Iroquois peoples) formerly living around Cayuga Lake
- cayuse — a small Native American pony used by cowboys
- cedula — a form of identification, usually a card, in Spanish-speaking countries
- cesura — caesura
- cetura — Keturah.
- chabuk — (in Asia, especially the East) a horsewhip, formerly often used for inflicting corporal punishment.
- chagul — a bag made of goatskin: used in India for carrying water.
- chaulk — (obsolete, now only nonstandard, rare) alternative spelling of chalk.
- chaunk — (cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.
- chaunt — chant
- chiaus — a Turkish messenger, emissary, sergeant, etc.
- chukar — a common Indian partridge, Alectoris chukar (or graeca), having red legs and bill and a black-barred sandy plumage
- chukka — a period of continuous play, generally lasting 71⁄2 minutes
- chulpa — a type of prehistoric stone tower, found in Brazil and Peru, having living quarters over a burial chamber.
- cicuta — a genus of poisonous plants, including hemlock and cowbane
- ciluba — Luba (def 2).
- claque — a group of people hired to applaud
- claude — Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria
- clause — A clause is a section of a legal document.
- clavus — a corn on the toe
- clusia — a tropical tree of the genus Clusia
- clutha — a river in New Zealand, the longest river in South Island; rising in the Southern Alps it flows southeast to the Pacific. Length: 338 km (210 miles)
- copula — A copula is the same as a linking verb.
- cornua — a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- cosatu — Congress of South Africa Trade Unions
- coteau — a hillside
- cotula — (in prescriptions) a measure.
- coucal — any ground-living bird of the genus Centropus, of Africa, S Asia, and Australia, having long strong legs: family Cuculidae (cuckoos)
- cougan — a rowdy person, esp one who drinks large quantities of alcohol
- cougar — A cougar is a wild member of the cat family. Cougars have brownish-grey fur and live in mountain regions of North and South America.
- coulda — (chiefly, slang) Could have.
- cratur — a person
- creusa — the bride of Jason, killed by the sorcery of the jealous Medea
- crural — of or relating to the leg or thigh
- crusta — a hard outer layer, esp in anatomy or pathology
- cruzan — a native or inhabitant of St. Croix.
- cuando — a river in central Angola, flowing SE to the Zambezi River. 457 miles (731 km) long.
- cuanza — a river in central Angola, flowing NW and W to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- cuatro — a small guitar with four strings
- cubage — cubic content or volume
- cubane — a rare octahedral hydrocarbon formed by eight CH groups, each of which is situated at the corner of a cube. Formula: C8H8
- cubica — a fine unglazed shalloon-like fabric
- cucina — style of cooking; cuisine