8-letter words containing ca
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- caldwell — Erskine (ˈɜːskɪn). 1903–87, US novelist whose works include Tobacco Road (1933)
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- calendal — relating to the calends
- calendar — A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months, weeks, and days.
- calender — a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- calexico — a town in S California.
- calfless — (of a cow) having no calves
- calflike — resembling a calf
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- caliceal — (botany) Relating to a calyx.
- caliches — Plural form of caliche.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- calidity — warmth
- caliduct — a pipe or duct for conveying a heating medium, as hot air or steam.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- califont — a gas water heater
- caligula — original name Gaius Caesar, son of Germanicus. 12–41 ad, Roman emperor (37–41), noted for his cruelty and tyranny; assassinated
- calipash — the greenish glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the upper shell, considered a delicacy
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- caliphal — relating to a caliph
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calisaya — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- call box — A call box is the same as a telephone box.
- call for — If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- call-out — an act or instance of calling out.
- callable — (of a security) subject to redemption before maturity
- callaloo — the leaves of the taro, or, sometimes, other plants, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- callback — A callback is an occasion when you are asked to return for a second interview for a job, or a second audition for a part in a show.
- callboys — Plural form of callboy.
- callgirl — Alternative spelling of call girl.
- callings — Plural form of calling.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calliper — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- callosal — of or relating to the corpus callosum.
- callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
- calloway — Cab(ell) 1907–1994, U.S. jazz bandleader and singer.
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calluses — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- callware — (company) The developers of Phonetastic.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.