| carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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| (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
| carpenteria | (noun) California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: Carpenteria californica |
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| carpentry | (noun) the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | Synonyms: woodwork, woodworking |
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| carper | (noun) someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way | Synonyms: niggler |
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| carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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| (noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover with a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
| (verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
| carpetbag | (adjective) following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers | - |
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| (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbagging |
| (noun) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century | - |
| carpetbagger | (noun) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously | - |
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| carpetbagging | (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbag |
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| carpeted | (adjective) covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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| carpetweed | (noun) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America | Synonyms: Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| carpophagous | (adjective) feeding on fruit | Synonyms: fruit-eating |
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| carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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| carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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| carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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| carposporic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carpospore | - |
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| carposporous | (adjective) having carpospores | - |
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| carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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| carrack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carack |
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| carrageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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| carrageenan | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenin |
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| carrageenin | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenan |
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| carragheen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carrageen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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| carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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| carrel | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrell, cubicle, stall |
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| carrell | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, cubicle, stall |
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| carriage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: equipage, rig |
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| (noun) a railcar where passengers ride | Synonyms: coach, passenger car |
| (noun) a machine part that carries something else | - |
| (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller |
| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, posture |
| carriageway | (noun) one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes | - |
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| carrier | (noun) (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring | - |
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| (noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop |
| (noun) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like | - |
| (noun) a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something | - |
| (noun) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages | Synonyms: common carrier |
| (noun) (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others | Synonyms: immune carrier |
| (noun) a boy who delivers newspapers | Synonyms: newsboy |
| (noun) a man who delivers the mail | Synonyms: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman |
| (noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: bearer, toter |
| (noun) a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | Synonyms: carrier wave |
| (noun) an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction | - |
| carrion | (noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
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| carrizo | (noun) tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts | Synonyms: common reed, ditch reed, Phragmites communis |
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| carrot | (noun) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" | - |
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| (noun) orange root; important source of carotene | - |
| (noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions | Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa |
| (noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | - |
| carrottop | (noun) someone who has red hair | Synonyms: red-header, redhead, redheader |
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| carroty | (adjective) resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant | - |
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| carrousel | (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig |
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| (noun) a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers | Synonyms: carousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel |
| carry | (noun) the act of carrying something | - |
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| (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
| (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport, do |
| (verb) continue or extend | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) include, as on a list | - |
| (verb) sing or play against other voices or parts | - |
| (verb) serve as a means for expressing something | Synonyms: convey, express |
| (verb) pass on a communication | - |
| (verb) win in an election | - |
| (verb) secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions) | - |
| (verb) cover a certain distance or advance beyond | - |
| (verb) have a certain range | - |
| (verb) be successful in | - |
| (verb) drink alcohol without showing ill effects | Synonyms: hold |
| (verb) be able to feed | - |
| (verb) support or hold in a certain manner | Synonyms: bear, hold |
| (verb) move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body | Synonyms: transport |
| (verb) propel | Synonyms: dribble |
| (verb) bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of | - |
| (verb) propel or give impetus to | - |
| (verb) include as the content; broadcast or publicize | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) bear (a crop) | - |
| (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit |
| (verb) pursue a line of scent or be a bearer | - |
| (verb) transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication | - |
| (verb) have on hand | Synonyms: stock, stockpile |
| (verb) capture after a fight | - |
| (verb) have on the surface or on the skin | - |
| (verb) transfer (entries) from one account book to another | Synonyms: post |
| (verb) extend to a certain degree | - |
| (verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: persuade, sway |
| (verb) compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance | - |
| (verb) take further or advance | - |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: pack, take |
| (verb) be necessarily associated with or result in or involve | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, contain, hold |
| (verb) be equipped with (a mast or sail) | - |
| (verb) have or possess something abstract | - |
| (verb) have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence | - |
| (verb) keep up with financial support | - |
| (verb) be conveyed over a certain distance | - |
| carryall | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: holdall, tote, tote bag |
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| carrycot | (noun) box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried) | - |
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| carsick | (adjective) experiencing motion sickness | Synonyms: air sick, airsick, seasick |
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| cart | (noun) a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal | - |
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| (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: go-cart, handcart, pushcart |
| (verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: drag, hale, haul |
| (verb) transport something in a cart | - |
| cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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| carte | (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, card, carte du jour, menu |
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| cartel | (noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: combine, corporate trust, trust |
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| cartelization | (noun) the process of cartelizing, usually occuring in oligopolistic industry. | - |
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| carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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| carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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| cartilage | (noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | Synonyms: gristle |
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| cartilaginification | (noun) abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians | - |
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| cartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to cartilage | - |
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| (adjective) difficult to chew | Synonyms: gristly, rubbery |
| carting | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: cartage |
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| cartload | (noun) the quantity that a cart holds | - |
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| cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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| cartographic | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographical |
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| cartographical | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographic |
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| cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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| carton | (noun) a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top | - |
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| (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: cartonful |
| cartonful | (noun) the quantity contained in a carton | Synonyms: carton |
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| cartoon | (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: sketch |
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| (noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | Synonyms: animated cartoon, toon |
| (verb) draw cartoons of | - |
| cartoonist | (noun) a person who draws cartoons | - |
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| cartouch | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouche |
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| cartouche | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouch |
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| cartridge | (noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun | - |
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| (noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | Synonyms: pickup |
| (noun) a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment | - |
| (noun) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required | Synonyms: magazine |
| cartroad | (noun) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | Synonyms: cart track, track |
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| cartwheel | (noun) acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel | - |
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| (noun) a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim | - |
| (noun) a dollar made of silver | Synonyms: silver dollar |
| (verb) do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet | - |
| cartwright | (noun) a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons | - |
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| caruncle | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncula |
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| caruncula | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncle |
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| caruncular | (adjective) resembling a caruncle | Synonyms: carunculous |
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| carunculate | (adjective) having a caruncle | Synonyms: carunculated |
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| carunculated | (adjective) having a caruncle | Synonyms: carunculate |
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| carunculous | (adjective) resembling a caruncle | Synonyms: caruncular |
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| carve | (verb) cut to pieces | Synonyms: cut up |
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| (verb) form by carving | - |
| (verb) engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface | Synonyms: chip at |
| carved | (adjective) made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary) | Synonyms: carven |
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| carvedilol | (noun) beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced | - |
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| carven | (adjective) made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary) | Synonyms: carved |
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| carver | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker |
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| (noun) someone who carves the meat | Synonyms: cutter |
| (noun) makes decorative wooden panels | Synonyms: woodcarver |
| carving | (noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions | Synonyms: sculpture |
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| (noun) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Synonyms: cutting |
| (noun) a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape | - |
| caryatid | (noun) a supporting column carved in the shape of a person | - |
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| caryophyllaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae | - |
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| caryopsis | (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: grain |
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