caesura | (noun) a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | - |
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(noun) a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) | - |
caesural | (adjective) of or relating to a caesura | - |
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cafe | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse |
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cafeteria | (noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
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caff | (noun) informal British term for a cafe | - |
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caffein | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffeine |
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caffeine | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffein |
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caffeinic | (adjective) of or containing caffein | - |
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caffeinism | (noun) poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products | Synonyms: caffeine intoxication |
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caffer | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffre, kaffir, kafir |
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caffre | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffer, kaffir, kafir |
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caftan | (noun) a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant | Synonyms: kaftan |
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(noun) a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East | Synonyms: kaftan |
cage | (noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept | Synonyms: coop |
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(noun) the net that is the goal in ice hockey | - |
(noun) a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice | Synonyms: batting cage |
(noun) something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement | - |
(verb) confine in a cage | Synonyms: cage in |
cager | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, basketeer |
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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 |
cagily | (adverb) in a cagey manner | Synonyms: circumspectly |
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cagoule | (noun) lightweight parka; waterproof | - |
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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 |
cahoot | (noun) collusion | - |
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caiman | (noun) a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly | Synonyms: cayman |
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caimitillo | (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf |
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caimito | (noun) evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum cainito, star apple |
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cainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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caipiblack | (noun) a variation of the Caipirinha made with black vodka instead of cachaça. | - |
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cairn | (noun) small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland | Synonyms: cairn terrier |
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(noun) a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path | - |
cairned | (adjective) marked by cairns | - |
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cairngorm | (noun) a smoky yellow or brown quartz | Synonyms: smoky quartz |
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caisson | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: cofferdam, pneumatic caisson |
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(noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: coffer, lacunar |
(noun) a chest to hold ammunition | Synonyms: ammunition chest |
(noun) a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition | - |
caitiff | (adjective) despicably mean and cowardly | - |
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(noun) a cowardly and despicable person | - |
cajole | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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cajolery | (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: blandishment, palaver |
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cajolingly | (adverb) in a cajoling manner | Synonyms: coaxingly |
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cake | (noun) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | Synonyms: bar |
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(noun) baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat | - |
(noun) small flat mass of chopped or ground food | Synonyms: patty |
(verb) form a coat over | Synonyms: coat |
cakehole | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: gob, hole, maw, trap, yap |
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cakewalk | (noun) a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake | - |
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(noun) an easy accomplishment | - |
(verb) perform the cakewalk dance | - |
calaba | (noun) West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice | Synonyms: Calophyllum calaba, Santa Maria tree |
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calabash | (noun) bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd | Synonyms: gourd |
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(noun) a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd | Synonyms: calabash pipe |
(noun) tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds | Synonyms: calabash tree, Crescentia cujete |
(noun) round gourd of the calabash tree | - |
(noun) Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits | Synonyms: bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria |
calabazilla | (noun) perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit | Synonyms: buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin |
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calabura | (noun) a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves | Synonyms: calabur tree, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood |
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caladenia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia | - |
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caladium | (noun) any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red | - |
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calamari | (noun) (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | Synonyms: calamary, squid |
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calamary | (noun) (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | Synonyms: calamari, squid |
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calamine | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: hemimorphite |
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calamint | (noun) perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America | - |
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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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calamity | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy |
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calamondin | (noun) a fruit of the calamondin tree. | - |
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calamus | (noun) the hollow spine of a feather | Synonyms: quill, shaft |
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(noun) any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes | - |
(noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
(noun) the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally | - |
calando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume | - |
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calanthe | (noun) any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise | - |
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calash | (noun) the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage | Synonyms: calash top, caleche |
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(noun) a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century | Synonyms: caleche |
calcaneal | (adjective) relating to the heel bone or heel | - |
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calcaneus | (noun) the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | Synonyms: heelbone, os tarsi fibulare |
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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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calcedony | (noun) a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | Synonyms: chalcedony |
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calceiform | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceolate |
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calceolaria | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | Synonyms: slipperwort |
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calceolate | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceiform |
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calceus | (noun) a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans | - |
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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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calciferol | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | Synonyms: cholecalciferol, D, ergocalciferol, viosterol, vitamin D |
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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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calcification | (noun) a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) | - |
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(noun) tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts | - |
(noun) an inflexible and unchanging state | - |
calcifugous | (adjective) growing or living in acid soil | - |
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calcify | (verb) turn into lime; become calcified | - |
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(verb) convert into lime | - |
(verb) become impregnated with calcium salts | - |
(verb) become inflexible and unchanging | - |
calcimine | (noun) a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings | - |
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(verb) cover with calcimine | - |
calcination | (noun) the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature | - |
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calcine | (verb) heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces | - |
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calcite | (noun) a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone | - |
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calcitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing calcite | - |
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calcitonin | (noun) thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone | Synonyms: thyrocalcitonin |
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calcium | (noun) a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals | Synonyms: atomic number 20, Ca |
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calculability | (noun) The quality of being subject to or ascertainable by calculation. | - |
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calculable | (adjective) able to be calculated or estimated | - |
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calculate | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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(verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, direct |
(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: forecast |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: account |
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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calculatingly | (adverb) in a calculating manner | - |
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calculation | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: computation, computing |
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(noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: computation, figuring, reckoning |
(noun) planning something carefully and intentionally | Synonyms: deliberation |
calculative | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, conniving, scheming, shrewd |
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calculator | (noun) a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic | Synonyms: calculating machine |
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(noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
calculous | (adjective) relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi | - |
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calculus | (noun) the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions | Synonyms: infinitesimal calculus |
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(noun) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | Synonyms: concretion |
(noun) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | Synonyms: tartar, tophus |
caldera | (noun) a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression | - |
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caldron | (noun) a very large pot that is used for boiling | Synonyms: cauldron |
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calean | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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caleche | (noun) the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage | Synonyms: calash, calash top |
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(noun) a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century | Synonyms: calash |
calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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calefaction | (noun) the property of being warming | Synonyms: incalescence |
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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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calendar | (noun) a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc) | - |
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(noun) a tabular array of the days (usually for one year) | - |
(noun) a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year | - |
(verb) enter into a calendar | - |
calender | (noun) a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers | - |
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(verb) press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets | - |
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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