10-letter words starting with c
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- c.i.f.c.i. — cost, insurance, freight, commission, and interest (included in the price quoted)
- cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
- cabanatuan — city in SC Luzon, in the Philippines: pop. 173,000
- cabin crew — The cabin crew on an aircraft are the people whose job is to look after the passengers.
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- cabineteer — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of a governmental cabinet.
- cable bend — a knot or clinch for attaching a cable to an anchor or mooring post.
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cable-laid — (of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction
- cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cabo verde — a republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa, consisting of a group of ten islands and five islets: an overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, when the islands became independent. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic) majority; animist minority. Currency: Cape Verdean escudo. Capital: Praia. Pop: 531 046 (2013 est). Area: 4033 sq km (1557 sq miles)
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacao bean — a seed of the cacao tree.
- cacciatora — A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs; chasseur.
- cacciatore — prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings
- cache line — (storage) (Or cache block) The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache. Rather than reading a single word or byte from main memory at a time, each cache entry is usually holds a certain number of words, known as a "cache line" or "cache block" and a whole line is read and cached at once. This takes advantage of the principle of locality of reference: if one location is read then nearby locations (particularly following locations) are likely to be read soon afterward. It can also take advantage of page-mode DRAM which allows faster access to consecutive locations.
- cache miss — (storage) A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted. Opposite: cache hit.
- cache-sexe — a small cloth or band worn, as by an otherwise nude dancer, to conceal the genitals
- cachinnate — to laugh loudly
- cackhanded — left-handed
- cacodaemon — Wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
- cacodemons — Plural form of cacodemon.
- cacodylate — a salt of cacodylic acid.
- cacogenics — dysgenics.
- cacography — bad handwriting
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- cacophobia — The fear of ugliness.
- cacophonic — Discordant.
- cacotopian — relating to cacotopia
- cacotrophy — malnutrition
- cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caddie car — a small light two-wheeled trolley for carrying clubs
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
- cadwalader — 7th century ad, legendary king of the Britons, probably a confusion of several historical figures
- caecilians — Plural form of caecilian.
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
- caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- caernarfon — a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)
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