Words starting with C

CastorenaA surname.
castoretteThe fur of a beaver.
castoreumThe bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.
castoridAny member of the Castoridae; a beaver.
castorimorphAny rodent of the suborder Castorimorpha
castorinA white crystalline substance supposedly obtained from castoreum. Perhaps synonymous with castoramine.
castoringable to be turned in different directions; pivoting.
castoritecastor
CastorlandA village in the town of Denmark, Lewis County, New York, United States.
castoryAn extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.
castraA locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
castralRelating to a castrum.
castrametationPlanning and construction of a military camp.
castratableCapable of being castrated.
castrateA castrated man; a eunuch.
castratedHaving had the reproductive organs removed (testicles in males, ovaries in females).
castrateeOne who has undergone castration.
castrationThe act of removing the testicles.
castratismPrepubescent castration.
castrativeCausing (the effects of) castration.
castrativelyIn a castrative manner.
castrativenessThe quality of being castrative.
castratoA male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
castratorOne who castrates (gelds or neuters).
castratoryCausing or relating to castration.
castratrixA female who castrates (either literally or metaphorically).
CastrejonA surname.
CastrellonA surname.
castrensialBelonging to a (military) camp.
castrensiancastrensial
CastresA commune in Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France.
CastricumA village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
CastriesThe capital city of Saint Lucia.
CastrilloA surname from Spanish.
CastrillonA surname.
CastrismCastrist beliefs and policies generally.
CastristA supporter of Fidel Castro (1926-2016), Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the self-appointed dictator of Cuba from 1959 to 2008.
CastroA surname from Spanish.
CastroesqueReminiscent of Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Cuban politician and revolutionary.
CastroistA supporter of Fidel Castro.
CastroiteSupporting or subscribing to the ideology of Fidel Castro.
CastroneA surname from Italian.
CastronevesA surname.
CastronovaA surname from Italian.
CastronovoA surname from Italian.
CastrophileA supporter or admirer, especially a foreign one, of Fidel Castro or the Castro regime.
castrophonyThe overwhelming sounds of catastrophe.
CastroverdeA village in Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
CastrovianOf or relating to Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Cuban politician and revolutionary.
CastrovilleA census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States.
CastruitaA surname.
castrumAmong the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
castwareCeramic products formed by casting clay-water mix into moulds.
castworthyWorthy or fit for being part of a cast or of being cast.
casualHappening by chance.
casualisationThe process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
casualismThe doctrine that all things exist, or are based on, randomness.
casualistPertaining to casualism.
casualitySynonym of casualness.
casualizeTo become, or cause to become, casual; to become regarded casually
casualizedHaving become or been made casual.
casuallyIn a casual manner.
casualnessThe state of being casual.
casualtySomething that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
casualwearClothing for non-formal occasions.
casuarictinAn ellagitannin found in Casuarina and Stachyurus species, formed from two hexahydroxydiphenic acid units and one gallic acid unit linked to a glucose molecule.
casuariidAny bird in the family Casuariidae, the cassowaries and emus.
casuariinA particular ellagitannin.
casuarinaAny of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
casuarinaceousOf or relating to the Casuarinaceae.
casuarininAn ellagitannin found in the pericarp of pomegranates and in some other plants.
CasuguranA barangay of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.
casuistA person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
casuisticOf or related to casuistry, attempting to solve moral dilemmas by application of general rules.
casuisticalSynonym of casuistic.
casuisticallyUsing casuistry or casuistics.
casuisticsSynonym of casuistry, particularly in its neutral sense.
casuistryThe process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
casulaA chasuble.
CasuntinganA barangay of Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines.
casusA possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.
CasvinA surname.
CaswellA surname.
caswelliteA resinous form of biotite
caswellsilveriteA trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral yellow gray mineral containing chromium, sodium, and sulfur.
catA mammal of the family Felidae.
CatabanA barangay of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
CatabaptismOpposition to baptism; the religious position of a Catabaptist.
CatabaptistOne who opposes baptism.
catabasionA vault under the altar of a Greek church.
catabiosisThe physiological process by which cells physically degrade due to age
catabioticOf or pertaining to catabiosis.
catabolicOf, or relating to catabolism.
catabolicallyIn terms of catabolism.
catabolinSynonym of interleukin.
catabolismDestructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.
cataboliteAny substance produced during catabolism
catabolizableAble to be catabolized
catabolizationcatabolism
catabolizeTo undergo catabolism.
catabolizedmodified by catabolism
catabolomeThe complete set of catabolites found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease
catabolomicsThe study of the range of catabolites present in a person's body
catabolysisSynonym of catabolism.
catabolyticRelating to catabolysis
catacaustica caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface
CatacecaumeneAn ancient region of Turkey, West Asia
catachomaA small tubercle or ridgelet located on the peripheral, inner surface of the left valve of a bivalve.
catachresisA misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
catachresizedOf a word, that has been misused.
catachresticConstituting or related to catachresis.
catachresticalcatachrestic
catachresticallyIn a catachrestic way.
catachronismThe recharacterization of the present in terms of inexorable outcomes in the future.
CatachryseaDahab (a town in South Sinai governorate, Egypt)
catachthonianof or relating to the underworld
cataclasiscataclastic rock (a type of metamorphic rock that has been wholly or partly formed by the progressive fracturing and comminution of existing rock)
cataclasiteA type of cataclastic rock that is formed by fracturing and comminution during faulting.
cataclasmA breaking apart; disruption.
cataclasticdescribing a type of metamorphic rock that has undergone shearing and granulation by high mechanical stress
cataclineThe part of a shell in which the interarea is at an angle of greater than 180° to the plane of commissure
cataclysmA sudden, violent event.
cataclysmalAs noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
cataclysmicOf or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
cataclysmicalSynonym of cataclysmic.
cataclysmicallyIn a cataclysmic way.
cataclysmistSomeone who believes that the major geological phenomena were produced by cataclysms (sudden violent events).
catacombAn underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
catacombicResembling or characteristic of a catacomb.
catacorollaA second corolla formed exterior to the true one, resembling a hose-in-hose flower.
catacosmesisA descending order from best, greatest, etc. to worst, lowest, etc.
catacousticOf or relating to catacoustics.
catacousticsThe science which studies reflected sound.
catacroticRelating to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat.
catacrotismQuality of being catacrotic.
catacumbalOf or relating to a catacomb.
catadicrotismThe quality of being catadicrotic.
catadioptricOf or pertaining to optical systems that employ both reflective (catoptric) and refractive (dioptric) elements.
catadioptricalcatadioptric
catadioptricsThe construction and use of catadioptric lenses and systems
CatadmanA barangay of Basey, Samar, Philippines.
catadromeA racecourse.
catadromousLiving in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea.
catadromyThe condition of being catadromous
CatadupaA community in Saint James parish, Jamaica.
catadupeWaterfall; cataract.
catafalcoSynonym of catafalque.
catafalqueA platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
CatagbacanA barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.
catagelophobiaFear of being ridiculed

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