6-letter words starting with c
- calcar — a spur or spurlike process, as on the leg of a bird or the corolla of a flower
- calced — wearing shoes
- calces — calx
- calci- — indicating lime or calcium
- calcic — of, containing, or concerned with lime or calcium
- calder — Alexander. 1898–1976, US sculptor, who originated mobiles and stabiles (moving or static abstract sculptures, generally suspended from wire)
- calefy — to make or become warm
- calesa — a horse drawn buggy, once common in the Philippines but now mainly used as a tourist attraction
- calgon — a chemical compound, sodium hexametaphosphate, with water-softening properties, used in detergents
- calice — Obsolete form of chalice.
- calico — Calico is plain white fabric made from cotton.
- caligo — a speck on the cornea causing poor vision
- calima — a dust storm in the Canary Islands region, originating from the Sahara desert
- caliph — A Caliph was a Muslim ruler.
- calked — Simple past tense and past participle of calk.
- calker — a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- calkin — calk2 (def 1).
- callan — a lad; boy.
- callao — a port in W Peru, near Lima, on Callao Bay: chief import centre of Peru. Pop: 813 264 (2005 est)
- callas — Maria, real name Maria Anna Cecilia Kalageropoulos. 1923–77, Greek operatic soprano, born in the US
- called — having the name
- callee — a routine that is called by another routine
- caller — A caller is a person who is making a telephone call.
- calles — Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- callet — a scold
- calli- — beautiful
- callid — cunning or sly
- callop — an edible freshwater fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, of Australia, often golden or pale yellow in colour
- callot — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1592?–1635, French engraver and etcher.
- callow — A callow young person has very little experience or knowledge of the way they should behave as an adult.
- callup — Alternative spelling of call up.
- callus — A callus is an unwanted area of thick skin, usually on the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet, which has been caused by something rubbing against it.
- calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.
- calmer — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calmly — You can use calmly to emphasize that someone is behaving in a very controlled or ordinary way in a frightening or unusual situation.
- calory — calorie
- calpac — a large black brimless hat made of sheepskin or felt, worn by men in parts of the Near East
- calque — a borrowing by which a specialized meaning of a word or phrase in one language is transferred to another language by a literal translation of each of the individual elements (Ex.: masterpiece, from German meisterstück)
- caltha — a yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plant, Caltha palustris, that grows in swampy places
- calved — Simple past tense and past participle of calve.
- calver — to prepare (a fish) while it is still fresh
- calves — calf1
- calvin — John, original name Jean Cauvin, Caulvin, or Chauvin. 1509–64, French theologian: a leader of the Protestant Reformation in France and Switzerland, establishing the first presbyterian government in Geneva. His theological system is described in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)
- calvus — (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having its upper portion changing from a rounded, cumuliform shape to a diffuse, whitish, cirriform mass with vertical striations.
- cam-pc — (hardware) A cellular automata circuit board which is a hardware implementation from Automatrix of the MIT CAM-6 machine. It comes with dozens of experiments and applications.
- camaca — a heavy fabric of silk or mixed fibers, much used in the Middle Ages.
- camail — a neck and shoulders covering of mail worn with and laced to the basinet
- camass — any of several North American plants of the liliaceous genus Camassia, esp C. quamash, which has a cluster of blue or white flowers and a sweet edible bulb
- cambay — Gulf of, a gulf of the Arabian Sea, on the NW coast of India.
- camber — A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.