7-letter words containing c, a, u
- capuche — a large hood or cowl, esp that worn by Capuchin friars
- capulet — the family name of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- caquetà — the Japurá River from its source in Colombia to the border with Brazil
- car rug — a floor covering for automobiles
- caracul — the black loosely curled fur obtained from the skins of newly born lambs of the karakul sheep
- cardbus — (hardware) The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA (PC Card) bus.
- cardecu — an old French coin worth a quarter of an écu
- carduus — a thistle, esp the species Carduus benedictus
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- caribou — A caribou is a large north American deer.
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- carnous — carnose.
- carolus — any of several coins struck in the reign of a king called Charles, esp an English gold coin from the reign of Charles I
- carouse — If you say that people are carousing, you mean that they are behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol as they enjoy themselves.
- cartful — the amount a cart can hold
- caruaru — a city in E Brazil, W of Recife.
- casaque — a loose-fitting blouse for women.
- caseous — of or like cheese
- cash up — (of cashiers, shopkeepers, etc) to add up the money taken, esp at the end of a working day
- casques — Plural form of casque.
- cassius — a male given name.
- cast up — (of the sea) to cast ashore
- castrum — (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
- casuals — informal articles of clothing or footwear
- casuist — a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
- cat flu — an upper respiratory-tract infection in cats, resulting in sneezing, ocular and nasal discharges, and coughs
- catchup — ketchup
- catechu — a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from any of certain tropical plants, esp the leguminous tree Acacia catechu of S Asia, and used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing
- catguts — Plural form of catgut.
- catouse — New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- catsuit — A catsuit is a piece of women's clothing that is made in one piece and fits tightly over the body and legs.
- cattabu — a cross between common cattle and a zebu
- caudate — having a tail or a tail-like appendage
- cauline — relating to or growing from a plant stem
- caulked — Simple past tense and past participle of caulk.
- caulker — a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- caulome — the stem structure of a plant considered as a whole
- causals — Plural form of causal.
- causate — (philosophy) The effect of a cause.
- causers — Plural form of causer.
- causeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cause.
- causing — 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?
- causist — a person who supports or defends a cause, especially a social cause.
- caustic — Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances.
- cautery — the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
- caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- cauvery — a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- cayuses — Plural form of cayuse.
- cenaeum — (in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.