8-letter words starting with ca
- califont — a gas water heater
- caligula — original name Gaius Caesar, son of Germanicus. 12–41 ad, Roman emperor (37–41), noted for his cruelty and tyranny; assassinated
- calipash — the greenish glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the upper shell, considered a delicacy
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- caliphal — relating to a caliph
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calisaya — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- call box — A call box is the same as a telephone box.
- call for — If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- call-out — an act or instance of calling out.
- callable — (of a security) subject to redemption before maturity
- callaloo — the leaves of the taro, or, sometimes, other plants, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- callback — A callback is an occasion when you are asked to return for a second interview for a job, or a second audition for a part in a show.
- callboys — Plural form of callboy.
- callgirl — Alternative spelling of call girl.
- callings — Plural form of calling.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calliper — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- callosal — of or relating to the corpus callosum.
- callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
- calloway — Cab(ell) 1907–1994, U.S. jazz bandleader and singer.
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- callused — 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.
- calluses — 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.
- callware — (company) The developers of Phonetastic.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- caloocan — a city in the Philippines, on SW Luzon.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calpolli — A subdivision of an altepetl; a
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- calvados — a department of N France in the Basse-Normandie region. Capital: Caen. Pop: 659 893 (2003 est). Area: 5693 sq km (2198 sq miles)
- calvaria — the top part of the skull of vertebrates
- calyceal — calycine
- calycine — relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
- calycoid — resembling a calyx
- calycule — an epicalyx
- calyculi — Plural form of calyculus.
- calypsos — Plural form of calypso.
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts