7-letter words starting with ca
- casemix — the varied types of patients treated by a hospital or medical unit
- caseose — a peptide produced by the peptic digestion of casein
- caseous — of or like cheese
- caserns — Plural form of casern.
- caserta — a town in S Italy, in Campania: centre of Garibaldi's campaigns for the unification of Italy (1860); Allied headquarters in World War II. Pop: 75 208 (2001)
- casette — Dated form of cassette.
- casevac — to evacuate (a casualty) from a combat zone, usually by air
- cash in — If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
- cash up — (of cashiers, shopkeepers, etc) to add up the money taken, esp at the end of a working day
- cash-in — redemption, as of mutual-fund shares.
- cashbox — a strongbox for holding cash, esp in a business or financial institution
- cashers — Plural form of casher.
- cashews — Plural form of cashew.
- cashier — A cashier is a person who customers pay money to or get money from in places such as shops or banks.
- cashing — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- casings — Plural form of casing.
- casinos — Plural form of casino.
- casitas — a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- caskets — Plural form of casket.
- casking — a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
- caspase — a type of enzyme that is involved in apoptosis and necrosis
- caspian — of or relating to the Caspian Sea
- casques — Plural form of casque.
- cassaba — casaba
- cassada — Alternative form of cassava.
- cassata — an ice cream, originating in Italy, usually containing nuts and candied fruit
- cassate — (obsolete) To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.
- cassatt — Mary. 1845–1926, US impressionist painter, who lived in France
- cassava — Cassava is a South American plant with thick roots. It is grown for food.
- cassena — dahoon.
- cassias — Plural form of cassia.
- cassina — an evergreen shrub from the Southern US with dark leaves
- cassini — Giovanni Domenico. 1625–1712, French astronomer, born in Italy. He discovered (1675) Cassini's division, the gap that divides Saturn's rings into two parts, and four of Saturn's moons
- cassino — a card game for two to four players in which players pair cards from their hands with others exposed on the table
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- cassius — a male given name.
- cassock — A cassock is a long piece of clothing, often black, that is worn by members of the clergy in some churches.
- cassone — a highly-decorated, Italian dowry chest
- casspir — an armoured military vehicle
- cast on — to form (the first row of stitches) in knitting and weaving
- cast up — (of the sea) to cast ashore
- castell — A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
- 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