5-letter words containing c
- camal — (tool) CAMbridge ALgebra system. A symbolic mathematics system used in Celestial Mechanics and General Relativity. CAMAL was implemented in BCPL on Titan.
- caman — the wooden stick used to hit the ball
- camas — any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- camb. — Cambridge
- cambs — Cambridgeshire
- camel — A camel is a large animal that lives in deserts and is used for carrying goods and people. Camels have long necks and one or two lumps on their backs called humps.
- cameo — A cameo is a short description or piece of acting which expresses cleverly and neatly the nature of a situation, event, or person's character.
- cames — a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- camil — Computer Assisted/Managed Instructional Language. A language used for CAI at Lowry AFB, CO.
- camis — a light robe
- campi — (nonstandard) Irregular plural form of campus.
- campo — level or undulating savanna country, esp in the uplands of Brazil
- camps — Plural form of camp.
- campy — Campy means the same as camp.
- camra — Campaign for Real Ale
- camus — Albert (albɛr). 1913–60, French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, noted for his pessimistic portrayal of man's condition of isolation in an absurd world: author of the novels L'Étranger (1942) and La Peste (1947), the plays Le Malentendu (1945) and Caligula (1946), and the essays Le Mythe de Sisyphe (1942) and L'Homme révolté (1951): Nobel prize for literature 1957
- can't — Can't is the usual spoken form of 'cannot'.
- canad — Canadian
- canal — A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
- canby — Henry Seidel [sahyd-l] /ˈsaɪd l/ (Show IPA), 1878–1961, U.S. author and critic.
- candy — Candy is sweet foods such as toffees or chocolate.
- canea — the chief port of Crete, on the NW coast. Pop: 55 838 (2001)
- caned — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caneh — a Hebrew unit of length, consisting of 6 cubits
- caner — a person who regularly indulges in excessive drinking or drug-taking
- canes — Plural form of cane.
- canid — any animal of the dog family
- canna — any of various tropical plants constituting the genus Canna, having broad leaves and red or yellow showy flowers for which they are cultivated: family Cannaceae
- canne — Obsolete spelling of can.
- canny — A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
- canoe — A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle.
- canon — A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.
- canso — a cape in Canada, at the NE tip of Nova Scotia
- canst — can1
- canto — a main division of a long poem
- cants — a salient angle.
- canty — lively; brisk; in good spirits
- cap'n — captain.
- caped — wearing a cape
- capek — Karel (ˈkarɛl). 1890–1938, Czech dramatist and novelist; author of R.U.R. (1921), which introduced the word "robot", and (with his brother Josef) The Insect Play (1921)
- capel — A horse.
- caper — Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
- capes — Plural form of cape.
- capet — Hugh or Hugues (yg). ?938–996 ad, king of France (987–96); founder of the Capetian dynasty
- capiz — the bivalve shell of a mollusc (Placuna placenta) found esp in the Philippines and having a smooth translucent shiny interior: used in jewellery, ornaments, lampshades, etc
- caple — a horse
- capon — A capon is a male chicken that has had its sex organs removed and has been specially fattened up to be eaten.
- capos — Plural form of capo.
- capot — the winning of all the tricks by one player
- cappa — (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.