5-letter words containing c
- carus — (medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.
- carve — If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
- carvy — a caraway seed, esp one that is covered in sugar
- caryl — a male or female given name.
- caryn — a female given name.
- casal — (grammar) Of or relating to case.
- casas — Bartolomé de [bahr-taw-law-me th e] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1566, Spanish Dominican missionary and historian in the Americas.
- casco — an Argentinian homestead
- cased — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- cases — Plural form of case.
- casey — Charles Dillon ("Casey") 1891–1975, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- cashe — (spelling) It's spelled "cache".
- casks — Plural form of cask.
- casky — (of wine) having a musty smell due to resting too long in the cask
- caste — A caste is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society.
- casts — Assign a part in a play, movie, or other production to (an actor).
- casus — an event, situation or occurrence
- cat 3 — Category 3
- cat 5 — Category 5
- cata- — down; downwards; lower in position
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- catel — (obsolete) property, as distinguished from rent or income.
- cater — In British English, to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people.
- cates — choice dainty food; delicacies
- cath- — cata-
- catho — a member of the Catholic Church
- cathy — a feminine name
- catia — (tool, product) A CAD/CAM system produced by Dassault Systemes and sold by IBM. CATIA is used heavily in the car and aerospace industries. It runs on various Unix platforms and Windows NT.
- catio — An outdoor enclosure for cats.
- catty — If someone, especially a woman or girl, is being catty, they are being unpleasant and unkind.
- cauca — a river in W Colombia, rising in the northwest and flowing north to the Magdalena River. Length: about 1350 km (840 miles)
- cauda — the area behind the anus of an animal; tail
- caulk — If you caulk something such as a boat, you fill small cracks in its surface in order to prevent it from leaking.
- cauls — a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.
- cauri — a monetary unit of Guinea, the 100th part of a syli.
- causa — a reason or cause
- cause — 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?
- cavan — a county of N Republic of Ireland: hilly, with many small lakes and bogs. County town: Cavan. Pop: 56 546 (2002). Area: 1890 sq km (730 sq miles)
- caved — Past participle of cave.
- cavel — a drawing of lots among miners for an easy and profitable place at the coalface
- caver — A caver is someone who goes into underground caves as a sport.
- caves — Plural form of cave.
- cavie — a hen coop
- cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- cavin — (military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
- cavum — (anatomy) A cavity.
- cavus — (geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.
- cawed — Simple past tense and past participle of caw.
- caxon — a wig
- cayce — a town in central South Carolina.