7-letter words starting with c
- casters — Plural form of caster.
- castest — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- casteth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cast.
- castile — a former kingdom comprising most of modern Spain: originally part of León, it became an independent kingdom in the 10th century and united with Aragon (1469), the first step in the formation of the Spanish state
- casting — A casting is an object or piece of machinery which has been made by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a container, so that when it hardens it has the required shape.
- castism — Alt form casteism.
- castizo — (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
- castled — like a castle in construction; castellated
- castles — Plural form of castle.
- castner — Hamilton Young. 1858–98, US chemist, who devised the Castner process for extracting sodium from sodium hydroxide
- castock — a kale or cabbage stalk
- castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- castors — Plural form of castor.
- castory — the dye derived from beaver pelts
- castral — of or relating to a camp, esp a military camp
- castrum — (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
- casuals — informal articles of clothing or footwear
- casuist — a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
- cat flu — an upper respiratory-tract infection in cats, resulting in sneezing, ocular and nasal discharges, and coughs
- cat rig — the rig of a catboat
- catalan — Something that is Catalan belongs or relates to Catalonia, its people, or its language. Catalonia is a region of Spain.
- catalog — A catalog is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
- catalpa — any bignoniaceous tree of the genus Catalpa of North America and Asia, having large leaves, bell-shaped whitish flowers, and long slender pods
- catania — a port in E Sicily, near Mount Etna. Pop: 313 110 (2001)
- catapan — a provincial governor in the Byzantine Empire
- catarrh — Catarrh is a medical condition in which a lot of mucus is produced in your nose and throat. You may get catarrh when you have a cold.
- catasta — the platform on which slaves were formerly presented to be sold at markets
- catawba — a member of a North American Indian people, formerly of South Carolina, now almost extinct
- catbird — any of several North American songbirds of the family Mimidae (mockingbirds), esp Dumetella carolinensis, whose call resembles the mewing of a cat
- catboat — a sailing vessel with a single mast, set well forward and often unstayed, and a large sail, usually rigged with a gaff
- catcall — Catcalls are loud noises that people make to show that they disapprove of something they are watching or listening to.
- catched — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of catch.
- catcher — In baseball, the catcher is the player who stands behind the batter. The catcher has a special glove for catching the ball.
- catches — Plural form of catch.
- catchup — ketchup
- catclaw — a variety of shrub with small spines and white or yellow flowers
- catechu — a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from any of certain tropical plants, esp the leguminous tree Acacia catechu of S Asia, and used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing
- catenae — Plural form of catena.
- cateran — (formerly) a member of a band of brigands and marauders in the Scottish highlands
- catered — Simple past tense and past participle of cater.
- caterer — Caterers are people or companies that provide food and drink for a place such as an office or for special occasions such as weddings and parties.
- catesby — Robert. 1573–1605, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (1605): killed while resisting arrest
- catface — the deformity of the surface of a tree trunk which has been caused by fire or disease
- catfall — the line used in a cat
- catfish — Catfish are a type of fish that have long thin spines around their mouths.
- catflap — flap at the bottom of a door that a cat can push to get in or out
- catfood — Food intended for consumption by a cat.
- catgirl — (chiefly, Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who has a cat's ears, tail or other feline characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.
- catguts — Plural form of catgut.
- cathead — a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing the anchor when raised