6-letter words containing ca
- glocal — of or relating to the interconnection of global and local issues, factors, etc.: a glocal conference on community development.
- glucan — (carbohydrate) Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose.
- gocart — Alternative form of go-cart (framework for children learning to walk).
- hecate — a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- hepcat — a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hubcap — a removable cover for the center area of the exposed side of an automobile wheel, covering the axle.
- huesca — a city in NE Spain: Roman town, site of Quintus Sertorius' school (76 bc); 15th-century cathedral and ancient palace of Aragonese kings. Pop: 47 609 (2003 est)
- i-case — Integrated CASE. Another term for an IPSE.
- icaria — Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- icarus — Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- icecap — a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- in-car — In-car devices are ones that are designed to be used in a car.
- incage — encage.
- incall — A visit by a client to a prostitute.
- incant — Chant or intone.
- incase — encase.
- incave — to hide or enclose in a cave or as if in a cave
- incavo — the incised or hollowed out part of an intaglio carving
- ipecac — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- itasca — Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- ithaca — one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km). Greek Itháki.
- jacals — Plural form of jacal.
- jacana — any of several tropical, ploverlike, aquatic birds of the family Jacanidae, most of them having extremely long toes and claws for walking on floating water plants.
- jicama — the large, edible, tuberous root of a tropical American plant, Pachyrhizus erosus, of the legume family, eaten as a vegetable either raw or boiled.
- keycap — The part of a key (on a keyboard) that is pressed by the user, as opposed to any electromechanical unit underneath.
- laical — (archaic) Of or pertaining to a layman or laity.
- lascar — an East Indian sailor.
- le cap — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
- leucas — Levkas.
- lexica — a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
- lo-cal — low-cal.
- locale — a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it: to move to a warmer locale.
- locals — Plural form of local.
- locant — (organic chemistry) That part of the name of a compound (often a letter or number) that describes the position of an atom, residue or functional group e.g. the 2 in hexan-2-one.
- locate — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- lolcat — (on the Internet) an image of a cat accompanied by misspelled or grammatically incorrect text that humorously represents the cat's imagined thoughts or comments on what the image is depicting.
- lorica — Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- lurcat — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- lycaon — a king of Arcadia said to have offered Zeus a plate of human flesh to learn whether the god was omniscient
- macaco — any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
- macapa — a federal territory in N Brazil. 51,177 sq. mi. (132,550 sq. km). Capital: Macapá.
- macaws — Plural form of macaw.
- madcap — wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
- maloca — An ancestral longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.
- maraca — a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- marcan — of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- mcadoo — William Gibbs, 1863–1941, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1913–18.
- mecate — Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- meccas — Plural form of mecca.
- mencap — a charity that helps people with learning difficulties and promotes their interests in society