(uncommon) A group of people working together (usually for an illicit purpose)
(uncommon) An accomplice; a partner.
verb
(intransitive) To act in partnership.
caitif
cajeta
calite
callat
callat
noun
Obsolete form of callet.
callet
callet
noun
(obsolete) A scold or gossip.
(obsolete) A trull or prostitute.
A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a chocolate chip, designed for melting when cooking.
verb
(obsolete) To rail or scold.
callot
callot
noun
Obsolete spelling of calotte (“skullcap”)
caltha
caltha
noun
(botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
camata
camlet
camlet
adj
Made of camlet.
noun
A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
camote
camote
noun
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
campit
campti
canaut
cannat
cannet
cannet
abbrev
(Tyneside) cannot, can't
cannot
cannot
noun
A person who cannot do (something).
Something that cannot be done.
verb
Be forbidden or not permitted to
Can not (be unable to).
cantab
cantab
Noun
A graduate of Cambridge University.
cantal
cantal
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Cantal
cantar
cantar
noun
Alternative spelling of kantar
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
cantel
cantel
noun
Alternative form of cantle
canter
canter
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
verb
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cantic
cantic
adj
angled
canting
oblique, slanting
cantil
cantil
noun
Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
cantle
cantle
noun
(Scotland) On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
(Scotland) The top of the head.
(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
The raised back of a saddle.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
canton
canton
noun
(heraldry) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(obsolete) A song or canto.
(obsolete) A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
A division of a political unit.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
verb
(transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
(transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
(transitive) To divide into cantons.
cantor
cantor
noun
A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
cantos
cantos
noun
plural of canto
cantus
cantus
Noun
A melody or song, particularly ecclesiastical.
The principal voice.
cantut
canute
capita
capita
noun
person
plural of caput
capite
capite
noun
(historical) An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.
capito
caplet
caplet
noun
(finance) A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
capote
capote
noun
(historical) A close-fitting woman's bonnet.
(historical) A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
A long coat or cloak with a hood.
captan
captan
noun
(chemistry) Ethyl mercaptan.
A particular phthalimide fungicide.
captor
captor
noun
One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
One who is holding a captive or captives.
caputa
caputo
caquet
caract
caract
noun
(obsolete) A magical symbol.
(obsolete) A mark or sign.
carate
carate
noun
The skin disease pinta.
carats
carats
noun
plural of carat
carest
carest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of care
carets
carets
noun
plural of caret
carita
carity
carlet
carlot
carlot
noun
(US) car park
(obsolete) A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman.
carmot
carmot
noun
A mythical element of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.
carnet
carnet
noun
(law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
An admission pass.
carnot
carpet
carpet
noun
(figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
(obsolete) A wrought cover for tables.
(slang, vulgar) A woman's pubic hair.
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
verb
(UK) To reprimand.
(transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
carrat
carrat
noun
Obsolete form of carat.
carrot
carrot
noun
(UK, slang) A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
(UK, slang, derogatory) Someone from a rural background.
(figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
(slang) A redhead; a ginger-haired person
A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
verb
(transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.
cartan
carted
carted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cart
cartel
cartel
noun
(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
(historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
(historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
(historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.
(historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
carter
carter
noun
A fish, the whiff or Marysole.
A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.
cartes
cartes
noun
(Polari) A penis.
(Polari) Male genitalia.
plural of carte
carthy
cartie
carton
carton
noun
(Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
(archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
(archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.
(archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
verb
To put in a carton.
cartop
cartop
verb
(transitive) To attach (a boat) to the roof of an automobile for transportation.
casate
casita
casita
noun
A small, attached but self-contained house or apartment
casket
casket
noun
(Britain) An urn.
(Canada, US) A coffin.
(nautical) A gasket.
A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
verb
(poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
casted
casted
adj
(medicine) Set in a cast.
Having membership in a caste.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cast
casten
casten
verb
(archaic, poetic) past participle of cast
caster
caster
noun
(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
Someone or something that casts.
verb
To act as a caster
castes
castes
noun
plural of caste
castle
castle
noun
(chess) An instance of castling.
(chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
(cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
(dated) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
(dated) Any strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion.
(obsolete) A close helmet.
(shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
verb
(cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
(obsolete) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.
(transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
(transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
(usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
(usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
castor
castor
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.
A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, etc.
A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.
Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
castra
castra
noun
plural of castrum
castro
catalo
catalo
noun
(dated) Alternative form of cattelo
catano
catavi
catchy
catchy
adj
(dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.
(dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.
Contagious; catching.
Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
catdom
catdom
noun
The state or essence of being a cat.
catena
catena
noun
(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.
A series of related items.
caters
caters
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on nine bells
plural of cater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cater
catery
catery
noun
(obsolete) The place where provisions are deposited.
cateye
catgut
catgut
noun
(countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
(uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
(uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.
cathar
cathar
Noun
A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics.
cathay
cathay
Proper noun
China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.
A settlement in North Dakota.
cathee
cather
cathey
cathie
cathie
Proper noun
A spelling variant of Cathy, diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
cathin
cathop
cathro
cathud
catima
catina
cating
cation
cation
noun
(physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
cativo
cativo
noun
Prioria copaifera, a flowering tree of Central and South America.
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
catlap
catlap
noun
(slang, derogatory) A watery or thin drink (especially tea or milk); a non-alcoholic drink.
catlas
catlee
catlin
catlin
noun
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
catnap
catnap
noun
A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
verb
(intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap).
(transitive) To kidnap a cat.
catnep
catnip
catnip
noun
(figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
catron
catsos
catsup
catsup
noun
Alternative form of ketchup
cattan
catted
catted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cat
catter
cattie
cattie
noun
Archaic form of catty (“Chinese unit of weight”).
cattle
cattle
noun
(derogatory, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
(obsolete, English law, sometimes countable) chattel
(uncountable, rare) Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catch
cautel
cautel
noun
(Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.
(obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness
(obsolete) deceit
cauter
cauter
noun
A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
cautio
cavate
cavate
noun
(archaeology) Cliff-side dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
caveat
caveat
noun
(law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(law) A formal objection.
(law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
A qualification or exemption.
A warning.
verb
(transitive, law) To formally object to something.
(transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
(transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.
(transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
cavite
cavity
cavity
noun
(anatomy) A hollow area within the body.
(dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
cavort
cavort
verb
(informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.
(intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
(originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.
caxton
caxton
Noun
Any book printed by the first English printer.
cayuta
cecity
cecity
noun
(uncommon, literary) blindness
cedent
cedent
noun
The person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
cedrat
cedrat
noun
(archaic) The citron fruit.
(archaic) The citron tree.
ceinte
celite
celtic
celtic
Proper noun
A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over western and central Europe in the pre-Christian era.
Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.
Adjective
Of the Celts; Of the style of the Celts
celtis
cement
cement
noun
(anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
(countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
(figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
verb
(figuratively) To make permanent.
(transitive) To affix with cement.
(transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.
(transitive, figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
cenote
cenote
noun
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
centai
cental
cental
adj
Relating to a hundred.
noun
(historical) A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
centas
center
center
adj
Of, at, or related to a center.
noun
(American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
(Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
(Taixuanjing tetragram) 𝌆
(architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
(basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
(engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
(engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
(geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
(group theory, ring theory) The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
(ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
(netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
(obsolete) The innermost point of the Earth, or the Earth itself, as the center or foundation of the Universe; the center or foundation of the Universe abstractly.
(rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
(soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
A place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.
A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
verb
(engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
(intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
(transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
(transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
(transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
centon
centos
centra
centra
noun
plural of centrum
centre
centre
noun
(British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
verb
(British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center
centro
centry
centry
noun
Alternative form of century
centum
centum
adj
(Indo-European studies) Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
noun
(India) Perfect score on a board exam.
(Sanskrit and other Indian philology) Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
cepter
ceptor
ceptor
noun
A receptor.
cerata
cerata
noun
plural of ceras
cerate
cerate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO₃²⁻ of cerium.
(medicine, archaic or historical) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.