7-letter words containing ca
- caliche — a bed of sand or clay in arid regions cemented by calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and other soluble minerals
- calicle — calyculus
- calicut — seaport in SW India, on the Arabian Sea: pop. 420,000
- calipee — the yellow glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the lower shell, considered a delicacy
- caliper — Calipers are an instrument consisting of two long, thin pieces of metal joined together at one end, and are used to measure the size of things.
- caliphs — Plural form of caliph.
- caliver — a light musket introduced in the early 16th century
- calking — Present participle of calk.
- call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- call up — If you call someone up, you telephone them.
- call-in — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- call-up — an order to report for active military service.
- callais — a green stone found as beads and ornaments in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age of W Europe
- callant — a youth; lad
- callboy — a person who notifies actors when it is time to go on stage
- callers — Plural form of caller.
- callest — Archaic second-person singular form of call.
- calling — A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people.
- callins — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- callose — a carbohydrate, a polymer of glucose, found in plants, esp in the sieve tubes
- callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
- callout — (communication) Outward bound telephone calls.
- callows — Plural form of callow.
- calluna — a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris
- calmant — a calmative
- calmers — Plural form of calmer.
- calmest — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calmeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calm.
- calming — soothing; tranquillizing
- calomel — a colourless tasteless powder consisting chiefly of mercurous chloride, used medicinally, esp as a cathartic. Formula: Hg2Cl2
- caloric — Caloric means relating to calories.
- calorie — Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories.
- calotte — a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
- caloyer — a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order
- calpack — A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.
- calpacs — Plural form of calpac.
- calpain — any of various enzymes in mammals and other organisms that are involved in the proteolysis of endogenous proteins and are regulated by the concentration of calcium ions
- caltech — the California Institute of Technology
- caltrap — Archaic form of caltrop.
- caltrop — any tropical or subtropical plant of the zygophyllaceous genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia that have spiny burs or bracts
- calumba — the root of the Mozambiquan plant Jateorhiza columba, used as an aid to digestion and as a mild tonic
- calumet — a long-stemmed ceremonial pipe, smoked by North American Indians as a token of peace, at sacrifices, etc.
- calumny — Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
- calvary — a representation of Christ's crucifixion, usually sculptured and in the open air
- calvert — Sir George, 1st Baron Baltimore. ?1580–1632, English statesman; founder of the colony of Maryland
- calving — to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
- calvino — Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)
- calvous — lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
- calyces — calyx