9-letter words starting with c
- call-over — a preliminary hearing
- callaghan — (Leonard) James, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff. 1912–2005, British Labour statesman; prime minister (1976–79)
- callaloos — Plural form of callaloo.
- callbacks — Plural form of callback.
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
- callidity — cunning or slyness
- calligram — a poem in which words are positioned so as to create a visual image of the subject on the page
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- callosity — hardheartedness
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- callouses — made hard; hardened.
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- callusing — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calmingly — in a calming manner
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvarial — relating to or belonging to the calvaria
- calvarian — calvarial
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- calvities — baldness
- calyculus — a small, cuplike part, as a taste bud, or a cuplike depression, as in a coral skeleton
- cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- cam wheel — a wheel, with an off-center axis or irregular shape, that functions as a cam.
- camanachd — the game of shinty
- camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
- camarillo — a city in SW California.
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- cambodian — of or relating to Cambodia or its inhabitants
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camcorder — A camcorder is a portable video camera which records both pictures and sound.
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camelback — a locomotive having its cab situated astride the boiler, halfway along it, rather than at the rear of the boiler
- camelcase — the convention of writing compound words or phrases with no spaces and an initial lowercase or uppercase letter, with each remaining word element beginning with an uppercase letter: iPod and WikiAnswers are both spelled in camel case.
- cameleers — Plural form of cameleer.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc