7-letter words containing c, a, u
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- chabouk — a long horse-whip, also used for inflicting punishment
- chalupa — a small narrow boat similar to a gondola, steered using either oars or a pole, used in the south of Mexico
- chalutz — a member of an organization of immigrants to Israeli agricultural settlements
- chanoyu — a Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual.
- chanute — a town in SE Kansas.
- chapeau — a hat
- charqui — meat, esp beef, cut into strips and dried
- chat up — If you chat someone up, usually someone you do not know very well, you talk to them in a friendly way because you are sexually attracted to them.
- chateau — A château is a large country house or castle in France.
- chaucer — Geoffrey. ?1340–1400, English poet, noted for his narrative skill, humour, and insight, particularly in his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales. He was influenced by the continental tradition of rhyming verse. His other works include Troilus and Criseyde, The Legende of Good Women, and The Parlement of Foules
- chaumer — the living quarters used by farm workers
- chaunce — Archaic spelling of chance.
- chaunge — Obsolete form of change.
- chausse — (historical) Armor for the legs, usually made of mail.
- chauvin — a chauvinist
- cheneau — an ornamented cresting on a cornice or coping.
- chiluba — Frederick, 1943–2011, president of Zambia 1991–2002.
- cholula — a town in S Mexico, in Puebla state: ancient ruins, notably a pyramid, 53 m (177 ft) high. Pop: 82 964 (2005)
- chuddar — a large shawl or veil worn by Muslim or Hindu women that covers them from head to foot
- chukars — Plural form of chukar.
- chuleta — a cutlet or chop.
- chumash — a printed book containing one of the Five Books of Moses
- chuppah — the canopy under which a marriage is performed
- churban — the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
- chutzpa — unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
- chuvash — a Turkic ethnic people living chiefly in the middle Volga region of Russia
- cimabue — Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). ?1240–?1302, Italian painter of the Florentine school, who anticipated the movement, led by Giotto, away from the Byzantine tradition in art towards a greater naturalism
- ciseaux — a jump in which the dancer's legs are opened wide in the air and closed on landing.
- clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
- clamour — If people are clamouring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
- claques — Plural form of claque.
- claucht — to seize by force
- claudel — Paul (Louis Charles Marie) (pɔl). 1868–1955, French dramatist, poet, and diplomat, whose works testify to his commitment to the Roman Catholic faith. His plays include L'Annonce faite à Marie (1912) and Le Soulier de satin (1919–24)
- claudia — a feminine name
- claught — a simple past tense of cleek.
- clausal — of or constituting a clause
- clauses — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- clavius — one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant
- cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- clubman — a man who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- cluebat — (computing slang) A bat (club) with which someone clueless is (figuratively or in one's imagination) struck.
- cluniac — of or relating to a reformed Benedictine order founded at the French town of Cluny in 910
- clurman — Harold (Edgar) 1901–80, U.S. theatrical director, author, and critic.
- coagula — any coagulated mass; precipitate; clump; clot.
- cocteau — Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1889–1963, French dramatist, novelist, poet, critic, designer, and film director. His works include the novel Les Enfants terribles (1929) and the play La Machine infernale (1934)
- coequal — of the same size, rank, etc
- columba — as in Alpha Columbae. a small constellation in the S hemisphere south of Orion
- conatus — an effort or striving of natural impulse