7-letter words starting with ca
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- capuana — Luigi. 1839–1915, Italian realist novelist, dramatist, and critic. His works include the novel Giacinta (1879) and the play Malia (1895)
- capuche — a large hood or cowl, esp that worn by Capuchin friars
- capulet — the family name of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- caquetà — the Japurá River from its source in Colombia to the border with Brazil
- car bed — a small, legless, basketlike portable bed for an infant, especially for use in a car.
- car rug — a floor covering for automobiles
- carabao — water buffalo
- carabid — any typically dark-coloured beetle of the family Carabidae, including the bombardier and other ground beetles
- caracal — a lynxlike feline mammal, Lynx caracal, inhabiting deserts of N Africa and S Asia, having long legs, a smooth coat of reddish fur, and black-tufted ears
- caracas — the capital of Venezuela, in the north: founded in 1567; major industrial and commercial centre, notably for oil companies. Pop: 3 276 000 (2005 est)
- caracol — caracole.
- caracul — the black loosely curled fur obtained from the skins of newly born lambs of the karakul sheep
- carafes — Plural form of carafe.
- caramba — an exclamation of surprise or amazement
- caramel — A caramel is a chewy sweet food made from sugar, butter, and milk.
- caranna — a substance, resembling gum, that is obtained from various South American trees of the genus Bursera
- carapax — a carapace
- caraval — Obsolete spelling of caravel.
- caravan — A caravan is a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it.
- caravel — a two- or three-masted sailing ship, esp one with a broad beam, high poop deck, and lateen rig that was used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries
- caraway — Caraway is a plant with strong-tasting seeds that are used in cooking. Caraway seeds are often used to flavour bread and cakes.
- carbage — snack food that is of limited nutritional value but low in carbohydrates
- carbarn — a streetcar depot
- carbeen — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- carbene — a neutral divalent free radical, such as methylene: CH2
- carbide — a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- carbine — A carbine is a light automatic rifle.
- carbone — Obsolete form of carbon.
- carbons — Short for carbon copies.
- carbora — a koala
- carboys — Plural form of carboy.
- carcake — a small cake, made with eggs and sometimes blood, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday
- carcase — to erect the framework for (a building, ship, etc.).
- carcass — A carcass is the body of a dead animal.
- cardbus — (hardware) The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA (PC Card) bus.
- cardecu — an old French coin worth a quarter of an écu
- carders — Plural form of carder.
- cardiac — Cardiac means relating to the heart.
- cardiae — Plural form of cardia.
- cardial — (rare) Relating to the heart.
- cardies — Plural form of cardie.
- cardiff — the capital of Wales, situated in the southeast, in Cardiff county borough: formerly an important port; seat of the Welsh assembly (1999); university (1883). Pop: 346 100 (2011)
- carding — the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinning
- cardio- — heart
- cardoon — a thistle-like S European plant, Cynara cardunculus, closely related to the artichoke, with spiny leaves, purple flowers, and a leafstalk that may be blanched and eaten: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cardoso — Fernando Henrique. born 1931, Brazilian statesman; president (1995–2002)
- cardozo — Benjamin Nathan1870-1938; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1932-38)
- carduus — a thistle, esp the species Carduus benedictus
- care of — at the address of: written on envelopes