casaba | (noun) melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh | Synonyms: casaba melon |
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casava | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | Synonyms: cassava |
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casbah | (noun) an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located | Synonyms: kasbah |
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cascabel | (noun) a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh | Synonyms: sleigh bell |
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cascade | (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: shower |
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(noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | - |
(noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | - |
cascara | (noun) dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative | Synonyms: cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark |
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cascarilla | (noun) West Indian shrub with aromatic bark | Synonyms: Croton eluteria |
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case | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: causa, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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(noun) a portable container for carrying several objects | - |
(noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine |
(noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: pillow slip, pillowcase, slip |
(noun) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | Synonyms: compositor's case, typesetter's case |
(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: casing, shell |
(noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: casing |
(noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | Synonyms: sheath |
(noun) the actual state of things | - |
(noun) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | Synonyms: grammatical case |
(noun) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | - |
(noun) a problem requiring investigation | - |
(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: face, font, fount, typeface |
(noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: example, instance |
(noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | Synonyms: guinea pig, subject |
(noun) a person requiring professional services | - |
(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: character, eccentric, type |
(noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: caseful |
(noun) a special set of circumstances | Synonyms: event |
(noun) a specific state of mind that is temporary | - |
casebook | (noun) a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work | - |
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caseful | (noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: case |
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casein | (noun) a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk | Synonyms: casein paint |
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(noun) a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives | - |
casement | (noun) a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) | - |
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casern | (noun) military barracks in a garrison town | - |
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casework | (noun) close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
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caseworker | (noun) someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) | Synonyms: social worker, welfare worker |
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caseworm | (noun) insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body | - |
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cash | (noun) money in the form of bills or coins | Synonyms: hard cash, hard currency |
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(noun) prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check | Synonyms: immediate payment |
cashbox | (noun) a strongbox for holding cash | Synonyms: money box, till |
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cashcard | (noun) a payment card that entitles the holder to receive cash | Synonyms: cash card |
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cashew | (noun) kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted | Synonyms: cashew nut |
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(noun) tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted | Synonyms: Anacardium occidentale, cashew tree |
cashier | (noun) an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money | Synonyms: bank clerk, teller |
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(noun) a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant) | - |
cashmere | (noun) a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat | - |
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(noun) the wool of the Kashmir goat | - |
casing | (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: case |
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(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, shell |
(noun) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire | - |
casino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: cassino |
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(noun) a public building for gambling and entertainment | Synonyms: gambling casino |
cask | (noun) a cylindrical container that holds liquids | Synonyms: barrel |
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(noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: caskful |
casket | (noun) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables | Synonyms: jewel casket |
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(noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: coffin |
caskful | (noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: cask |
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caspase | (noun) any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis | - |
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casque | (noun) (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor | - |
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casquet | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquetel |
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casquetel | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquet |
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cassareep | (noun) a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking | - |
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cassava | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | Synonyms: casava |
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(noun) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | Synonyms: manioc |
(noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | Synonyms: cassava starch, manioc, manioca |
casserole | (noun) large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served | - |
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(noun) food cooked and served in a casserole | - |
cassette | (noun) a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video | - |
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cassia | (noun) any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods | - |
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(noun) Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon | Synonyms: cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia |
cassie | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, flame tree, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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cassino | (noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | Synonyms: casino |
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cassiri | (noun) a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice | - |
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cassiterite | (noun) a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin | - |
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cassock | (noun) a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers | - |
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cassowary | (noun) large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest | - |
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cast | (noun) the act of throwing dice | Synonyms: roll |
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(noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: casting |
(noun) a violent throw | Synonyms: hurl |
(noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: casting |
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal | Synonyms: plaster bandage, plaster cast |
(noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | Synonyms: mold, mould |
(noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: form, shape |
(noun) the actors in a play | Synonyms: cast of characters, dramatis personae |
(noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: mold, mould, stamp |
castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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castaway | (noun) a shipwrecked person | Synonyms: shipwreck survivor |
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(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah |
caste | (noun) in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony | - |
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(noun) a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth | - |
(noun) (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity | - |
(noun) social status or position conferred by a system based on class | - |
caster | (noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable | Synonyms: castor |
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(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar | Synonyms: castor |
(noun) a worker who casts molten metal into finished products | - |
castigation | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: chastisement |
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(noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over, upbraiding |
casting | (noun) the act of creating something by casting it in a mold | Synonyms: molding |
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(noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: cast |
(noun) the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie | - |
(noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: cast |
castle | (noun) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | Synonyms: castling |
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(noun) a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack | - |
(noun) (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard | Synonyms: rook |
(noun) a large and stately mansion | Synonyms: palace |
castling | (noun) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | Synonyms: castle |
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castor | (noun) a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) | Synonyms: beaver |
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(noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable | Synonyms: caster |
(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar | Synonyms: caster |
castrate | (noun) a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | Synonyms: eunuch |
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castration | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: emasculation |
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(noun) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) | - |
(noun) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | Synonyms: expurgation |
castrato | (noun) a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
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casualness | (noun) a casual manner | Synonyms: familiarity |
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(noun) The state of coming without regularity; of being occasional or incidental. | - |
casualty | (noun) a decrease of military personnel or equipment | - |
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(noun) an accident that causes someone to die | Synonyms: fatal accident |
(noun) someone injured or killed in an accident | Synonyms: injured party |
(noun) someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement | - |
casuarina | (noun) any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood | - |
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casuist | (noun) someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious | Synonyms: sophist |
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casuistry | (noun) moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas | - |
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(noun) argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading | - |