6-letter words starting with c
- cangle — to wrangle
- cangue — (formerly in China) a large wooden collar worn by petty criminals as a punishment
- canids — Plural form of canid.
- canine — Canine means relating to dogs.
- caning — a beating with a cane as a punishment
- canker — A canker is something evil that spreads and affects things or people.
- cankle — a thickened area between the calf and ankle in an overweight person, obscuring where one ends and the other begins
- canlit — Canadian Literature
- cannae — an ancient city in SE Italy: scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans (216 bc)
- cannas — Plural form of canna.
- canned — Canned music, laughter, or applause on a television or radio programme has been recorded beforehand and is added to the programme to make it sound as if there is a live audience.
- cannel — an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly.
- canner — a person or organization whose job is to can foods
- cannes — a port and resort in SE France: developed in the 19th century from a fishing village; annual film festival. Pop: 72 939 (2008)
- cannon — A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
- cannot — Cannot is the negative form of can1.
- canoas — a city in SE Brazil, N of Pôrto Alegre.
- canoed — Simple past tense and past participle of canoe.
- canoer — a person who travels in a canoe
- canoes — Plural form of canoe.
- canola — Canola or canola oil is a type of vegetable oil used in cooking.
- canons — Plural form of canon.
- canopy — A canopy is a decorated cover, often made of cloth, which is placed above something such as a bed or a seat.
- canova — Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo). 1757–1822, Italian neoclassical sculptor
- cantal — a department of S central France, in the Auvergne region. Capital: Aurillac. Pop: 148 359 (2003 est). Area: 5779 sq km (2254 sq miles)
- cantar — a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- canted — a salient angle.
- cantel — Alternative form of cantle.
- canter — When a horse canters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
- canthi — the angle or corner on each side of the eye, formed by the junction of the upper and lower lids.
- cantic — a salient angle.
- cantle — the back part of a saddle that slopes upwards
- canton — A canton is a political or administrative region in some countries, for example Switzerland.
- cantor — a man employed to lead synagogue services, esp to traditional modes and melodies
- cantos — Plural form of canto.
- cantus — a medieval form of church singing; chant
- canuck — a Canadian
- canula — cannula.
- canute — died 1035, Danish king of England (1016–35), Denmark (1018–35), and Norway (1028–35). He defeated Edmund II of England (1016), but divided the kingdom with him until Edmund's death. An able ruler, he invaded Scotland (1027) and drove Olaf II from Norway (1028)
- canvas — Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.
- canyon — A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
- cao yu — (Wan Jiabao) 1910–1996, Chinese playwright.
- capers — the flower buds of the caper plant, which are pickled and used as a condiment
- capful — the amount that a cap can hold
- capias — (formerly) a writ directing a sheriff or other officer to arrest a named person
- caping — a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.
- capita — plural of caput.
- capivi — Alternative form of copaiba.
- caples — Plural form of caple.
- caplet — A caplet is an oval tablet of medicine.