Words starting with C

Casparone of the Magi.
CasparianOf or pertaining to Robert Caspary.
CasparyA surname.
caspaseAny of several intracellular proteolytic enzymes that mediate apoptosis and pyroptosis.
CasperA white person.
CaspersA surname.
CaspersonA surname.
CaspiaThe region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran.
CaspianOf or pertaining to the Caspian Sea or the region around it.
CaspianeThe land at the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea populated by the ancient tribe of Caspians.
caspofunginAn antifungal drug of the echinocandin class, administered intravenously.
casposonA bacterial transposon that employs casposase as a recombinase
casqueA helmet.
casquedHaving a casque
casqueheadAny casquehead lizard (family Corytophanidae).
casquelessNot wearing a casque.
casquetelA simple casque (helmet) that had no visor
cassTo render moot or void; to annul; to reject
cassabaa Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.
cassabananaThe banana passionfruit or any of several similar plants of the family Cucurbitaceae
cassabullywintercress
cassadaA surname from Irish.
CassadayA surname from Irish.
CassadyA surname.
cassamideAny natural compound found in the seeds of a plant from the Cassia genus that contains an amide functional group.
CassanderA king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and de facto ruler of Southern Greece.
cassandraA person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but which turn out to be true.
Cassandraicprophesying doom
Cassandranof or as if of Cassandra; Cassandraic
CassanoA surname.
cassapancaA cassone with a high panelled back and sometimes a footrest; a kind of Italian settle.
CassarA surname.
CassaraA surname.
cassareepA thick black liquid made from cassava root and spices, used medicinally and as a flavouring and preservative.
CassaroA surname from Italian.
cassataA type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream with nuts and candied fruits.
cassateTo render void; to undo or annul.
cassationThe abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.
CassaundraA female given name.
cassavaManioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
CassavetianOf or relating to John Cassavetes (1929–1989), Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter, who pioneered the use of improvisation and a realistic cinéma vérité style.
CassaySynonym of Meitei (“member of ethnic group”).
casseA fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.
cassedanneiteA monoclinic-prismatic red orange mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and vanadium.
CassedyA surname
CassegrainianOf or relating to Laurent Cassegrain (ca. 1629—1693), Catholic priest remembered as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope.
casseiverA device that combines a stereo receiver with a cassette deck in a single unit.
CasselA surname.
CasselberryA surname.
CassellA surname.
CassellaA surname from Italian.
CassellsA surname.
CasselmanA surname.
CasselsA surname.
cassenaSynonym of dahoon (the holly Ilex cassine)
CasserleyA surname.
CasserlyA surname from Irish.
casseroladeA form of protest in which people create noise with pots and pans.
casseroleA dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.
casseroledCooked in a casserole.
CasseseA surname from Italian.
cassetDated spelling of cassette.
CassettA surname
CassettaA surname from Italian.
cassetteA small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
cassettedEnclosed within a cassette
cassettelessWithout the use of cassettes.
cassettelikeResembling or characteristic of a cassette.
CassetyA surname.
CassiA tribe of Iron Age Britain in the first century BCE, known only from a brief mention in the writings of Julius Caesar.
cassiaThe spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
CassianA male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.
CassianiA surname.
CassiarA ghost town in the Cassiar Mountains, Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.
cassiatanninAny of a group of polyphenols present in Cinnamomum cassia
cassicanAn American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
cassidAny gastropod in the family Cassidae.
CassidayA surname.
cassideousShaped like a helmet; applied to a corolla with a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.
cassidineAny beetle of the Cassidinae, also called tortoise beetles and leaf-mining beetles.
cassidoidA beetle which is a member of the family Cassidinae
cassidonyFrench lavender (Lavandula stoechas).
cassiduloidAny sea urchin of the order Cassiduloida.
CassidyA surname from Irish anglicized from Ó Casaide (“descendant of Caiside”). Caiside is a byname from Irish cas (“curly”) meaning “curly-haired”.
cassidyiteA triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and phosphorus.
cassieA thorny shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, Vachellia farnesiana; the needle bush.
CassielAn angel appearing in extracanonical Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystical and magical works, often as one of the Seven Archangels, the angel of Saturn, and in other roles.
cassiicolinA toxic protein produced by Corynespora cassiicola
CassilisA locality in the Upper Hunter council area and the Warrumbungle council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
cassimereA thin, lightweight twilled woolen fabric; kerseymere.
CassinA surname from French.
cassinetteA relatively cheaply made cloth, with cotton warp and a weft of silk or fine wool.
cassingleA small cassette containing a single track of popular music on each side
CassiniA surname from Italian.
CassinianOf or relating to the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
cassiniteA type of orthoclase that contains barium.
cassinoDated spelling of casino (all senses).
cassinoidSynonym of Cassini oval.
cassioberryAn American shrub (Viburnum obovatum) or its fruit
CassiodorianOf or relating to Cassiodorus (c.485–c.585), a statesman and writer in Ancient Rome, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
cassiollinThe xanthone 1,7-dihydroxy-8-methoxycarbonyl-3-methylxanthone present in Cassia occidentalis
CassiopeiaProud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
CassiopeianOf or relating to the constellation Cassiopeia.
cassiopeidAny jellyfish in the family Cassiopeidae.
cassiopeiumThe original name of the element lutetium.
cassiopidAny gastropod in the family Cassiopidae.
cassiosomeA stinging-cell structure, composed of a layer of mainly nematocytes surrounding a core of dinoflagellates, amoebocytes and mesoglea, expelled within mucus by Rhizostomeae jellyfish to sting (and in some cases kill) prey in the surrounding water.
cassisA blackcurrant plant (Ribes nigrum); the flavor of its berries.
cassiteriteA generally black mineral, composed of tin oxide, SnO₂, which is an important ore of tin.
CassityA surname.
CassiusA male given name from Latin.
CassiviA surname
CassmanceThe Cassandra romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
CassmancerA player who romances Cassandra Pentaghast during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
CassoA surname.
cassockAn item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.
cassockedDressed in a cassock.
cassocklessWithout a cassock.
CassodayA minor city in Butler County, Kansas, United States, named after John B. Cassoday.
cassoleA roughly conical earthenware vessel, glazed inside, used in cooking.
cassoletteA box or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.
CassonA surname.
cassonaderaw unrefined cane sugar
cassoneA highly-decorated traditional Italian dowry chest.
cassoonA coffer (sunken panel), typically in a ceiling or soffit.
CassopA village in Cassop-cum-Quarrington parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3438).
CassopolisA village, the county seat of Cass County, Michigan, United States, located mostly in LaGrange Township.
cassottoA cassotto is a 'sound chamber' within some more expensive accordions that contains one or more reed blocks of the treble side of the instrument. The sound of a cassotto register is warmer, less sharp than that of a register with unenclosed reeds.
cassouletA rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.
cassowaryAny of the large, flightless, cursorial birds of the genus Casuarius, family Casuariidae, native to Australia and New Guinea, having a characteristic bony casque on the head.
CasstevensA surname.
cassumunarA type of pungent, bitter, aromatic ginger, Zingiber montanum, now considered a synonym of Zingiber cassumunar, native to Southeast Asia and the Malayan peninsula.
CassvilleAn unincorporated community in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.
cassythineAn aporphine derivative isolated from Cassytha filiformis, with antiparasitic activity.
castTo move, or be moved, away.
castaThe institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th-century Mexico.
castabilityThe quality or degree of being castable.
castableCapable of or suitable for being assigned a role in a play, film, etc.
CastagnaA surname from Italian.
CastagnoliA surname from Italian.
CastaicA census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
castalaginAn ellagitannin found in oak and chestnut wood.
CastaldiA surname.
CastaldoA surname from Italian.
castalginA particular ellagitannin.
CastalianOf or relating to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses.
castalinA particular ellagitannin.
CastanaA city and town in Iowa, United States.
castaneanRelating to chestnuts (of the genus Castanea)
CastanedaA surname from Spanish.

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