7-letter words starting with c
- calluna — a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris
- calmant — a calmative
- calmers — Plural form of calmer.
- calmest — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calmeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calm.
- calming — soothing; tranquillizing
- calomel — a colourless tasteless powder consisting chiefly of mercurous chloride, used medicinally, esp as a cathartic. Formula: Hg2Cl2
- caloric — Caloric means relating to calories.
- calorie — Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories.
- calotte — a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
- caloyer — a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order
- calpack — A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.
- calpacs — Plural form of calpac.
- calpain — any of various enzymes in mammals and other organisms that are involved in the proteolysis of endogenous proteins and are regulated by the concentration of calcium ions
- caltech — the California Institute of Technology
- caltrap — Archaic form of caltrop.
- caltrop — any tropical or subtropical plant of the zygophyllaceous genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia that have spiny burs or bracts
- calumba — the root of the Mozambiquan plant Jateorhiza columba, used as an aid to digestion and as a mild tonic
- calumet — a long-stemmed ceremonial pipe, smoked by North American Indians as a token of peace, at sacrifices, etc.
- calumny — Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
- calvary — a representation of Christ's crucifixion, usually sculptured and in the open air
- calvert — Sir George, 1st Baron Baltimore. ?1580–1632, English statesman; founder of the colony of Maryland
- calving — to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
- calvino — Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)
- calvous — lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
- calyces — calyx
- calycle — a cup-shaped structure, as in the coral skeleton
- calydon — ancient city in S Aetolia, central Greece
- calypso — A calypso is a song about a current subject, sung in a style which originally comes from the West Indies.
- calyxes — Botany. the outermost group of floral parts; the sepals.
- calzone — a dish of Italian origin consisting of pizza dough folded over a filling of cheese and tomatoes, herbs, ham, etc
- camacho — Manuel Ávila [mah-nwel ah-vee-lah] /mɑˈnwɛl ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA). Manuel Avila Camacho.
- camaieu — a cameo
- camaron — a freshwater crustacean resembling the crayfish
- camauro — a crimson velvet cap trimmed with ermine, worn by the pope on nonliturgical occasions.
- cambelt — Part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft(s) so that the engine's valves open and close at the proper times during each cylinder's intake and exhaust strokes.
- cambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camber.
- cambial — a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.
- cambion — Lb mythology The offspring of an incubus and a human.
- cambism — cambistry
- cambist — a dealer or expert in foreign exchange
- cambium — a meristem that increases the girth of stems and roots by producing additional xylem and phloem
- cambrai — a town in NE France: textile industry: scene of a battle in which massed tanks were first used and broke through the German line (November, 1917). Pop: 33 738 (1999)
- cambrel — gambrel.
- cambria — Wales
- cambric — a fine white linen or cotton fabric
- camcord — (rare, transitive) To record using a camcorder.
- camelid — of or relating to camels
- camelot — (in Arthurian legend) the English town where King Arthur's palace and court were situated
- camelry — the part of an army composed of troops mounted on camels