| cabalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline |
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| cachectic | (adjective) relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia | - |
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| cackly | (adjective) like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg | Synonyms: squawky |
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| cacodaemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodemonic |
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| cacodemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodaemonic |
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| cacodylic | (adjective) of or relating to cacodyl | - |
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| cacogenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: dysgenic |
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| cacophonic | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonous |
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| cacophonous | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonic |
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| cacuminal | (adjective) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate | Synonyms: retroflex |
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| cadastral | (adjective) of or relating to the records of a cadastre | - |
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| cadaveric | (adjective) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | Synonyms: cadaverous |
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| cadaverous | (adjective) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | Synonyms: cadaveric |
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| (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Synonyms: emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted |
| caddish | (adjective) offensively discourteous | Synonyms: unchivalrous, ungallant |
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| cadenced | (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence | Synonyms: cadent |
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| cadent | (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence | Synonyms: cadenced |
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| caducean | (adjective) of or relating to a caduceus | - |
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| caducous | (adjective) shed at an early stage of development | Synonyms: shed |
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| caecal | (adjective) of or like a cecum | Synonyms: cecal |
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| caecilian | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae | - |
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| caesarean | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarian, cesarean, cesarian |
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| caesarian | (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery | Synonyms: caesarean, cesarean, cesarian |
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| caespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: cespitose, tufted |
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| caesural | (adjective) of or relating to a caesura | - |
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| caffeinic | (adjective) of or containing caffein | - |
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| cagey | (adjective) characterized by great caution and wariness | Synonyms: cagy, chary |
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| (adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagy, canny, clever |
| cagy | (adjective) characterized by great caution and wariness | Synonyms: cagey, chary |
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| (adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagey, canny, clever |
| cairned | (adjective) marked by cairns | - |
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| caitiff | (adjective) despicably mean and cowardly | - |
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| calamitous | (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | Synonyms: black, disastrous, fatal, fateful |
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| calando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume | - |
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| calcaneal | (adjective) relating to the heel bone or heel | - |
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| calcareous | (adjective) composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | Synonyms: chalky |
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| calced | (adjective) used of certain religious orders who wear shoes | Synonyms: shod |
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| calceiform | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceolate |
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| calceolate | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceiform |
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| calcic | (adjective) derived from or containing calcium or lime | - |
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| calcicolous | (adjective) growing or living in soil rich in lime | - |
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| calciferous | (adjective) bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite | - |
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| calcific | (adjective) involving or resulting from calcification | - |
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| calcifugous | (adjective) growing or living in acid soil | - |
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| calcitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing calcite | - |
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| calculable | (adjective) able to be calculated or estimated | - |
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| calculated | (adjective) carefully thought out in advance | Synonyms: deliberate, measured |
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| calculating | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd |
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| calculative | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, conniving, scheming, shrewd |
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| calculous | (adjective) relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi | - |
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| calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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| calefactive | (adjective) serving to heat | Synonyms: calefactory |
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| calefactory | (adjective) serving to heat | Synonyms: calefactive |
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| calendered | (adjective) (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers | Synonyms: glossy |
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| calendric | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement | Synonyms: calendrical |
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| calendrical | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement | Synonyms: calendric |
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| calibrated | (adjective) marked with or divided into degrees | Synonyms: graduated |
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| calico | (adjective) made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned | - |
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| (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
| calicular | (adjective) relating to or resembling a calyculus | Synonyms: calycular |
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| caliginous | (adjective) dark and misty and gloomy | - |
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| calisthenic | (adjective) of or relating to calisthenics | - |
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| callable | (adjective) subject to a demand for payment before due date | - |
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| caller | (adjective) providing coolness | - |
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| (adjective) fresh | - |
| calligraphic | (adjective) of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy | Synonyms: calligraphical |
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| calligraphical | (adjective) of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy | Synonyms: calligraphic |
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| callipygian | (adjective) pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks | Synonyms: callipygous |
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| callipygous | (adjective) pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks | Synonyms: callipygian |
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| callithumpian | (adjective) of or relating to a callithump | - |
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| callous | (adjective) emotionally hardened | Synonyms: indurate, pachydermatous |
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| (adjective) having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear | Synonyms: calloused, thickened |
| calloused | (adjective) having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear | Synonyms: callous, thickened |
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| callow | (adjective) young and inexperienced | Synonyms: fledgling, unfledged |
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| calm | (adjective) (of weather) free from storm or wind | - |
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| (adjective) not agitated; without losing self-possession | Synonyms: serene, tranquil, unagitated |
| caloric | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: thermal, thermic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to calories in food | - |
| calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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| calorific | (adjective) heat-generating | - |
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| calorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to the measurement of heat | - |
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| calumniatory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| calumnious | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| calyceal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calycinal, calycine |
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| calycinal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycine |
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| calycine | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycinal |
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| calycled | (adjective) having a calyculus | Synonyms: calyculate |
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| calycular | (adjective) relating to or resembling a calyculus | Synonyms: calicular |
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| calyculate | (adjective) having a calyculus | Synonyms: calycled |
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| calyptrate | (adjective) having a calyptra | - |
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| (adjective) having calypters | - |
| cambial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a cambium | - |
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| camouflaged | (adjective) made invisible by means of protective coloring | - |
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| camp | (adjective) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities | Synonyms: campy |
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| campanular | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanulate, campanulated |
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| campanulate | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanular, campanulated |
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| campanulated | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanular, campanulate |
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| campestral | (adjective) of fields or open country | - |
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| camphoraceous | (adjective) being or having the properties of camphor | - |
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| camphorated | (adjective) impregnated with camphor | - |
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| camphoric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or containing camphor | - |
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| campy | (adjective) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities | Synonyms: camp |
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| campylotropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk | - |
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| canalicular | (adjective) relating to or like or having a canaliculus | - |
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| canaliculate | (adjective) having thin parallel channels | - |
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| canary | (adjective) having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow | Synonyms: canary-yellow |
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| cancellate | (adjective) having an open or latticed or porous structure | Synonyms: cancellated, cancellous |
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| (adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | Synonyms: cancellated, clathrate |
| cancellated | (adjective) having an open or latticed or porous structure | Synonyms: cancellate, cancellous |
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| (adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | Synonyms: cancellate, clathrate |
| cancelled | (adjective) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled | Synonyms: off |
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