4-letter words containing c, a
- chai — tea, esp as made in India with added spices
- chal — a person; fellow
- cham — a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam
- chan — Zen (def 1).
- chao — a Vietnamese rice congee
- chap — A chap is a man or boy.
- char — If food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking.
- chat — When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
- chav — If you call someone a chav, you think that the way they look shows a lack of taste and education, although they may wear expensive clothes.
- chaw — to chew (tobacco), esp without swallowing it
- chay — a plant of the madder family native to India
- chia — a plant of the genus Salvia, indigenous to Mexico, with purple or blue flowers and edible seeds
- ciao — Some people say 'Ciao' as an informal way of saying goodbye to someone who they expect to see again soon.
- cica — Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
- cima — Obsolete spelling of cyma (18th century).
- clad — If you are clad in particular clothes, you are wearing them.
- clag — sticky mud
- clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
- clan — A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
- clap — When you clap, you hit your hands together to show appreciation or attract attention.
- clas — A Celtic monastery.
- clat — an irksome or troublesome task
- claw — The claws of a bird or animal are the thin, hard, curved nails at the end of its feet.
- clay — Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
- clea — a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- cmay — (operating system) A microkernel.
- cmea — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- cmga — 1. (body) Computer Management Group of Australia 2. (body) Community of Massive Gaming Agency.
- cnaa — the Council for National Academic Awards: a former degree-awarding body separate from the universities
- cnar — compound net annual rate
- coag — (nautical) Alternative form of coak.
- coak — (in a scarf joint) a tenon in one member fitting into a corresponding recess of the other.
- coal — Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
- coat — A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- coax — If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- coca — Coca is a plant which contains cocaine. The dried leaves of the plant are sometimes chewed for their stimulating effect.
- coda — A coda is a separate passage at the end of something such as a book or a speech that finishes it off.
- cola — Cola is a sweet brown non-alcoholic fizzy drink.
- coma — Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
- cora — a feminine name
- coxa — a technical name for the hipbone or hip joint
- cpag — Child Poverty Action Group
- cpan — Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
- cpga — Ceramic Pin Grid Array
- cpsa — Civil and Public Services Association
- crab — A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.
- crac — Careers Research and Advisory Centre
- crag — A crag is a steep rocky cliff or part of a mountain.
- cram — If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- cran — a unit of capacity used for measuring fresh herring, equal to 37.5 gallons