8-letter words containing ca
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- caginess — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- cagliari — a port in Italy, the capital of Sardinia, on the S coast. Pop: 164 249 (2001)
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- cahuilla — a member of a North American Indian people of southern California.
- caiaphas — the high priest at the beginning of John the Baptist's preaching and during the trial of Jesus (Luke 3:2; Matthew 26)
- caimacam — a Turkish governor of a sanjak
- caingang — a member of an Indian people of southern Brazil.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- caissons — Plural form of caisson.
- caitiffs — Plural form of caitiff.
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- cajoling — Present participle of cajole.
- cake mix — Cake mix is a powder that you mix with eggs and water or milk to make a cake. You bake the mixture in the oven.
- cake pan — A cake pan is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- cakewalk — If you say that something is a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calabash — a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae
- calabaza — any of several species of gourd of the genus Cucurbita
- calabria — a region of SW Italy: mostly mountainous and subject to earthquakes. Chief town: Reggio di Calabria. Pop: 2 007 392 (2003 est). Area: 15 080 sq km (5822 sq miles)
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- calakmul — a ruined Mayan city in SE Mexico.
- calamari — Calamari is squid that has been prepared for eating, usually by cutting it into rings, dipping it in a mixture of flour, milk and eggs, and frying it.
- calamary — a squid: so called from its pen-shaped skeleton
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calamint — any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- calandra — A large Eurasian lark with a stout bill and a black patch on each side of the neck.
- calanthe — any of various orchids of the genus Calanthe of the family Orchidaceae, found in tropical areas and having long-lasting yellow, white, or pink flowers
- calathea — any plant of the S. American perennial genus Calathea, many species of which are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative variegated leaves, esp the zebra plant (C. zebrina), the leaves of which are purplish below and dark green with lighter stripes above: family Marantaceae
- calathus — a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- calcanei — Plural form of calcaneus.
- calceate — to shoe
- calcific — forming or causing to form lime or chalk
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calciner — a person or thing that calcines.
- calcitic — Pertaining to, resembling, or composed of calcite.
- calcrete — A sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate, capable of cementing together with other materials.
- calcspar — calcite
- calcular — relating to calculus
- calculus — Calculus is a branch of advanced mathematics which deals with variable quantities.
- calcutta — Kolkata
- caldaria — Plural form of caldarium.
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.