10-letter words starting with CA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CA. This section showcases how CA at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with CA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| capitalism | 16 | an economic system based on private ownership of capital | - |
| calculated | 15 | carefully thought out in advance | a calculated insult |
| cappuccino | 20 | equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | - |
| capitalist | 14 | favoring or practicing capitalism | - |
| camouflage | 18 | the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | - |
| calculator | 14 | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic | - |
| capability | 19 | the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | he worked to the limits of his capability |
| cannonball | 14 | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon | - |
| cartwright | 19 | English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823) | - |
| captivated | 18 | strongly attracted | - |
| capricious | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | a capricious refusal |
| carburetor | 14 | mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | - |
| campground | 18 | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | - |
| castration | 12 | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | - |
| cartoonist | 12 | a person who draws cartoons | - |
| carelessly | 15 | without caution or prudence | one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands |
| canterbury | 17 | a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church | - |
| caricature | 14 | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | - |
| cautiously | 15 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | she ventured cautiously downstairs |
| calibrated | 15 | marked with or divided into degrees | a calibrated thermometer |
| carjacking | 26 | the violent theft of an occupied car | - |
| canvassing | 16 | persuasion of voters in a political campaign | - |
| capitalize | 23 | supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | - |
| cancelling | 15 | - | - |
| cannelloni | 12 | tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese | - |
| categorize | 22 | place into or assign to a category | Children learn early on to categorize |
| cautionary | 15 | warding off | - |
| capitulate | 14 | surrender under agreed conditions | - |
| cardiology | 17 | the branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases | - |
| cantaloupe | 14 | the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | - |
| cantonment | 14 | temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | - |
| carbonated | 15 | having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated) | - |
| caseworker | 19 | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) | - |
| castrating | 13 | - | - |
| candelabra | 15 | branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights | - |
| cacciatore | 16 | - | - |
| cardholder | 17 | a person who holds a credit card or debit card | - |
| calamitous | 14 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | a calamitous defeat |
| cardiogram | 16 | a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | - |
| cataleptic | 16 | a person suffering from catalepsy | - |
| campaigner | 17 | a politician who is running for public office | - |
| cauterized | 22 | - | - |
| cavalryman | 20 | a soldier in a motorized army unit | - |
| candyfloss | 19 | a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature | - |
| carabinero | 14 | - | - |
| cardplayer | 18 | - | - |
| carbonized | 24 | - | - |
| catalyzing | 25 | - | - |
| caballeros | 14 | - | - |
| cadaverous | 16 | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | - |
| categorise | 13 | place into or assign to a category | - |
| cabalistic | 16 | having a secret or hidden meaning | cabalistic symbols engraved in stone |
| capitation | 14 | a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person | - |
| carbonizer | 23 | - | - |
| carcinogen | 15 | any substance that produces cancer | - |
| castigated | 14 | - | - |
| calculable | 16 | able to be calculated or estimated | a calculable risk |
| capitalise | 14 | supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | - |
| carbonised | 15 | - | - |
| carcinomas | 16 | - | - |
| catafalque | 24 | a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral | - |
| catechized | 27 | - | - |
| cauterised | 13 | - | - |
| cavalierly | 18 | in a proud and domineering manner | he treated his staff cavalierly |
| cabalettas | 14 | - | - |
| cabbagiest | 17 | - | - |
| cabbalisms | 18 | - | - |
| cabbalists | 16 | - | - |
| cabdrivers | 18 | - | - |
| cabinmates | 16 | - | - |
| cablecasts | 16 | - | - |
| cablegrams | 17 | - | - |
| cabriolets | 14 | - | - |
| cacafuegos | 18 | - | - |
| cacciatora | 16 | - | - |
| cachaemias | 19 | - | - |
| cachinnate | 17 | laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way | - |
| cacholongs | 18 | - | - |
| caciquisms | 25 | - | - |
| cacodaemon | 17 | an evil spirit | - |
| cacodemons | 17 | - | - |
| cacodoxies | 22 | - | - |
| cacogenics | 17 | the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced | - |
| cacography | 23 | poor handwriting | - |
| cacologies | 15 | - | - |
| cacomistle | 16 | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | - |
| cacomixles | 23 | - | - |
| caconymies | 19 | - | - |
| cacophonic | 21 | having an unpleasant sound | - |
| cacotopian | 16 | - | - |
| cacotopias | 16 | - | - |
| cacotrophy | 22 | - | - |
| cactaceous | 16 | - | - |
| cacuminals | 16 | - | - |
| cacuminous | 16 | - | - |
| cadaverine | 16 | a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue | - |
| caddisworm | 19 | larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris | - |
| cadetships | 18 | - | - |
| caducities | 15 | - | - |
| caecilians | 14 | - | - |
| caecitises | 14 | - | - |
| caesareans | 12 | - | - |
| caesarians | 12 | - | - |
| caesarisms | 14 | - | - |
| caespitose | 14 | (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | - |
| cafeterias | 15 | - | - |
| cafetieres | 15 | - | - |
| cafetorium | 17 | - | - |
| caffeinate | 18 | - | - |
| caffeinism | 20 | poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products | - |
| caginesses | 13 | - | - |
| cagmagging | 18 | - | - |
| cagynesses | 16 | - | - |
| cailleachs | 17 | - | - |
| cailliachs | 17 | - | - |
| caipirinha | 17 | - | - |
| cairngorms | 15 | - | - |
| cajolement | 21 | - | - |
| cajoleries | 19 | - | - |
| cajolingly | 23 | in a cajoling manner | - |
| cakewalked | 24 | - | - |
| cakewalker | 23 | - | - |
| cakinesses | 16 | - | - |
| calabashes | 17 | - | - |
| calabooses | 14 | - | - |
| calabreses | 14 | - | - |
| calamancos | 16 | - | - |
| calamander | 15 | - | - |
| calamaries | 14 | - | - |
| calamining | 15 | - | - |
| calamities | 14 | - | - |
| calamondin | 15 | - | - |
| calandrias | 13 | - | - |
| calavances | 17 | - | - |
| calaverite | 15 | - | - |
| calcareous | 14 | composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | - |
| calceating | 15 | - | - |
| calcedonio | 15 | - | - |
| calceiform | 19 | of slipper-shaped blossoms | the calceiform lip of certain orchids |
| calceolate | 14 | of slipper-shaped blossoms | - |
| calcicoles | 16 | - | - |
| calciferol | 17 | a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | - |
| calcifugal | 18 | - | - |
| calcifuges | 18 | - | - |
| calcifying | 21 | - | - |
| calcimined | 17 | - | - |
| calcimines | 16 | - | - |
| calcinable | 16 | - | - |
| calcinoses | 14 | - | - |
| calcinosis | 14 | - | - |
| calcitonin | 14 | thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone | - |
| calcsinter | 14 | - | - |
| calculably | 19 | - | - |
| calculates | 14 | - | - |
| calculuses | 14 | - | - |
| calefactor | 17 | - | - |
| calembours | 16 | - | - |
| calendared | 14 | - | - |
| calendarer | 13 | - | - |
| calendered | 14 | (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers | calendered paper |
| calenderer | 13 | - | - |
| calendrers | 13 | - | - |
| calendries | 13 | - | - |
| calendulas | 13 | - | - |
| calentures | 12 | - | - |
| calescence | 16 | - | - |
| calfdozers | 25 | - | - |
| caliatours | 12 | - | - |
| calibrater | 14 | - | - |
| calibrates | 14 | - | - |
| calibrator | 14 | - | - |
| calidities | 13 | - | - |
| caliginous | 13 | dark and misty and gloomy | - |
| calimochos | 19 | - | - |
| calipashes | 17 | - | - |
| calipering | 15 | - | - |
| caliphates | 17 | - | - |
| callboards | 15 | - | - |
| calliature | 12 | - | - |
| callibogus | 15 | - | - |
| calligrams | 15 | - | - |
| calliopsis | 14 | North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis | - |
| callipered | 15 | - | - |
| callithump | 19 | a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | - |
| callousing | 13 | - | - |
| callowness | 15 | lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life | - |
| calmatives | 17 | - | - |
| calmnesses | 14 | - | - |
| calmodulin | 15 | - | - |
| calmstanes | 14 | - | - |
| calmstones | 14 | - | - |
| caloricity | 17 | - | - |
| calorifier | 15 | - | - |
| calorising | 13 | - | - |
| calorizing | 22 | - | - |
| calotypist | 17 | - | - |
| calumniate | 14 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | - |
| calumnious | 14 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| calumnying | 18 | - | - |
| calvadoses | 16 | - | - |
| calvariums | 17 | - | - |
| calyciform | 22 | - | - |
| calyculate | 17 | having a calyculus | - |
| calypteras | 17 | - | - |
| calyptrate | 17 | having calypters | - |
| camanachds | 20 | - | - |
| camarillas | 14 | - | - |
| camberings | 17 | - | - |
| camcorders | 17 | - | - |
| camcording | 18 | - | - |
| camelbacks | 22 | - | - |
| camelhairs | 17 | - | - |
| camelopard | 17 | tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | - |
| cameration | 14 | - | - |
| camerawork | 21 | - | - |
| camerlengo | 15 | - | - |
| camerlingo | 15 | - | - |
| camiknicks | 24 | - | - |
| camisadoes | 15 | - | - |
| camorrista | 14 | - | - |
| camorristi | 14 | - | - |
| camorrists | 14 | - | - |
| camouflets | 17 | - | - |
| camoufleur | 17 | - | - |
| campaigned | 18 | - | - |
| campaneros | 16 | - | - |
| campaniles | 16 | - | - |
| campanists | 16 | - | - |
| campanular | 16 | shaped like a bell or campana | - |
| campanulas | 16 | - | - |
| campcrafts | 21 | - | - |
| campeadors | 17 | - | - |
| campesinos | 16 | - | - |
| campestral | 16 | of fields or open country | living in campestral seclusion |
| camphorate | 19 | treat with camphor | - |
| campimetry | 21 | - | - |
| campnesses | 16 | - | - |
| campodeids | 18 | - | - |
| campshirts | 19 | - | - |
| campstools | 16 | - | - |
| camsteerie | 14 | - | - |
| camwhoring | 21 | - | - |
| canalboats | 14 | - | - |
| canaliculi | 14 | - | - |
| canalising | 13 | - | - |
| canalizing | 22 | - | - |
| cancelable | 16 | - | - |
| cancelbots | 16 | - | - |
| canceleers | 14 | - | - |
| canceliers | 14 | - | - |
| cancellate | 14 | having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | - |
| cancellers | 14 | - | - |
| cancellous | 14 | having an open or latticed or porous structure | - |
| cancerated | 15 | - | - |
| cancerates | 14 | - | - |
| cancionero | 14 | - | - |
| cancriform | 19 | - | - |
| cancrizans | 23 | - | - |
| candelilla | 13 | wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States | - |
| candescent | 15 | glowing from great heat | - |
| candidates | 14 | - | - |
| candidness | 14 | the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | - |
| candlefish | 19 | - | - |
| candlenuts | 13 | - | - |
| candlepins | 15 | a bowling game using slender bowling pins | - |
| candlewick | 22 | loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern | - |
| candlewood | 17 | any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light | - |
| candygrams | 19 | - | - |
| candytufts | 19 | - | - |
| canebrakes | 18 | - | - |
| canefruits | 15 | - | - |
| canephoras | 17 | - | - |
| canephores | 17 | - | - |
| canephorus | 17 | - | - |
| canescence | 16 | - | - |
| caninities | 12 | - | - |
| canistered | 13 | - | - |
| cankeredly | 20 | - | - |
| cankeriest | 16 | - | - |
| cankerworm | 21 | green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees | - |
| cannabinol | 14 | - | - |
| cannabises | 14 | - | - |
| cannellini | 12 | - | - |
| cannelures | 12 | - | - |
| cannibally | 17 | - | - |
| cannisters | 12 | - | - |
| cannonaded | 14 | - | - |
| cannonades | 13 | - | - |
| cannoneers | 12 | - | - |
| cannoniers | 12 | - | - |
| cannonries | 12 | - | - |
| cannulated | 13 | - | - |
| cannulates | 12 | - | - |
| canoewoods | 16 | - | - |
| canonesses | 12 | - | - |
| canonicals | 14 | - | - |
| canonicate | 14 | - | - |
| canonicity | 17 | - | - |
| canonisers | 12 | - | - |
| canonising | 13 | - | - |
| canonistic | 14 | - | - |
| canonizers | 21 | - | - |
| canonizing | 22 | - | - |
| canoodlers | 13 | - | - |
| canoodling | 14 | - | - |
| canophilia | 17 | - | - |
| canophobia | 19 | - | - |
| canorously | 15 | - | - |
| cantabanks | 18 | - | - |
| cantabiles | 14 | - | - |
| cantaloups | 14 | - | - |
| cantatrice | 14 | - | - |
| cantatrici | 14 | - | - |
| cantharids | 16 | - | - |
| canticoing | 15 | - | - |
| canticoyed | 18 | - | - |
| cantilenas | 12 | - | - |
| cantilever | 15 | construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed | Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings |
| cantillate | 12 | recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | - |
| cantonised | 13 | - | - |
| cantonises | 12 | - | - |
| cantonized | 22 | - | - |
| cantonizes | 21 | - | - |
| canulating | 13 | - | - |
| canulation | 12 | the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | - |
| canvasback | 23 | North American wild duck valued for sport and food | - |
| canvaslike | 19 | - | - |
| canvassers | 15 | - | - |
| canyoneers | 15 | - | - |
| canyonings | 16 | - | - |
| canyonland | 16 | - | - |
| canzonetta | 21 | - | - |
| canzonette | 21 | - | - |
| caoutchouc | 19 | an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products | - |
| capacitate | 16 | cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | - |
| capacities | 16 | - | - |
| capacitive | 19 | of or relating to capacitance | - |
| capacitors | 16 | - | - |
| caparisons | 14 | - | - |
| capellines | 14 | - | - |
| capellinis | 14 | - | - |
| caperingly | 18 | - | - |
| capernoity | 17 | - | - |
| capicollas | 16 | - | - |
| capicollos | 16 | - | - |
| capillaire | 14 | - | - |
| capillitia | 14 | - | - |
| capitative | 17 | - | - |
| capitellum | 16 | - | - |
| capitolian | 14 | - | - |
| capitoline | 14 | - | - |
| capitulant | 14 | - | - |
| capitulars | 14 | - | - |
| capitulary | 17 | of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | - |
| capnograph | 20 | - | - |
| capnomancy | 21 | - | - |
| capnometer | 16 | - | - |
| capocchias | 21 | - | - |
| capodastro | 15 | - | - |
| caponieres | 14 | - | - |
| caponising | 15 | - | - |
| caponizing | 24 | - | - |
| capotastos | 14 | - | - |
| cappuccini | 20 | - | - |
| capreolate | 14 | - | - |
| capriccios | 18 | - | - |
| caprifoils | 17 | - | - |
| caprifoles | 17 | - | - |
| caprifying | 21 | - | - |
| caprioling | 15 | - | - |
| caprylates | 17 | - | - |
| capsaicins | 16 | - | - |
| capsizable | 25 | - | - |
| capsomeres | 16 | - | - |
| capsulated | 15 | used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule | - |
| capsulised | 15 | - | - |
| capsulises | 14 | - | - |
| capsulized | 24 | - | - |
| capsulizes | 23 | - | - |
| captaining | 15 | - | - |
| captioning | 15 | - | - |
| captiously | 17 | in a captious, carping manner | he was captiously pedantic |
| captivance | 19 | - | - |
| captivates | 17 | - | - |
| captivator | 17 | - | - |
| captoprils | 16 | - | - |
| capturable | 16 | - | - |
| carabineer | 14 | a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | - |
| carabiners | 14 | - | - |
| carabinier | 14 | a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | - |
| caracolers | 14 | - | - |
| caracoling | 15 | - | - |
| caracolled | 15 | - | - |
| carageenan | 13 | - | - |
| carambolas | 16 | - | - |
| caramboled | 17 | - | - |
| caramboles | 16 | - | - |
| caramelise | 14 | be converted into caramel | - |
| caramelize | 23 | be converted into caramel | The sugar caramelized |
| caramelled | 15 | - | - |
| carangoids | 14 | - | - |
| carapacial | 16 | - | - |
| caravances | 17 | - | - |
| caravaneer | 15 | - | - |
| caravaners | 15 | - | - |
| caravaning | 16 | - | - |
| caravanned | 16 | - | - |
| caravanner | 15 | - | - |
| caravelles | 15 | - | - |
| carbachols | 19 | - | - |
| carbamates | 16 | - | - |
| carbamides | 17 | - | - |
| carbamoyls | 19 | - | - |
| carbanions | 14 | - | - |
| carbapenem | 18 | - | - |
| carbazoles | 23 | - | - |
| carbidopas | 17 | - | - |
| carbineers | 14 | - | - |
| carbiniers | 14 | - | - |
| carbofuran | 17 | - | - |
| carbolated | 15 | containing or treated with carbolic acid | - |
| carbolised | 15 | - | - |
| carbolises | 14 | - | - |
| carbolized | 24 | - | - |
| carbolizes | 23 | - | - |
| carbonades | 15 | - | - |
| carbonados | 15 | - | - |
| carbonaras | 14 | - | - |
| carbonates | 14 | - | - |
| carbonette | 14 | - | - |
| carboniser | 14 | - | - |
| carbonises | 14 | - | - |
| carboniums | 16 | - | - |
| carbonizes | 23 | - | - |
| carbonless | 14 | - | - |
| carbonnade | 15 | - | - |
| carbonylic | 19 | relating to or containing the carbonyl group | - |
| carborexic | 23 | - | - |
| carboxylic | 26 | relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical | - |
| carbuncled | 17 | afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle | - |
| carbuncles | 16 | - | - |
| carburated | 15 | - | - |
| carburates | 14 | - | - |
| carbureted | 15 | - | - |
| carbureter | 14 | - | - |
| carburised | 15 | - | - |
| carburises | 14 | - | - |
| carburized | 24 | - | - |
| carburizes | 23 | - | - |
| carcassing | 15 | - | - |
| carcinoids | 15 | - | - |
| carcinoses | 14 | - | - |
| carcinosis | 14 | - | - |
| cardamines | 15 | - | - |
| cardboards | 16 | - | - |
| cardboardy | 19 | - | - |
| cardcastle | 15 | an unstable construction with playing cards | he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed |
| cardialgia | 14 | - | - |
| cardialgic | 16 | - | - |
| cardiganed | 15 | - | - |
| cardinally | 16 | - | - |
| carditides | 14 | - | - |
| carditises | 13 | - | - |
| cardophagi | 19 | - | - |
| cardphones | 18 | - | - |
| cardsharps | 18 | - | - |
| careenages | 13 | - | - |
| careerisms | 14 | - | - |
| careerists | 12 | - | - |
| carefuller | 15 | - | - |
| caregivers | 16 | - | - |
| caregiving | 17 | - | - |
| caressings | 13 | - | - |
| caretakers | 16 | - | - |
| caretaking | 17 | - | - |
| careworker | 19 | - | - |
| carfuffled | 22 | - | - |
| carfuffles | 21 | - | - |
| carhopping | 20 | - | - |
| caricatura | 14 | - | - |
| carilloned | 13 | - | - |
| cariogenic | 15 | - | - |
| carjackers | 25 | - | - |
| carmagnole | 15 | - | - |
| carmelites | 14 | - | - |
| carnahubas | 17 | - | - |
| carnalised | 13 | - | - |
| carnalises | 12 | - | - |
| carnalisms | 14 | - | - |
| carnalists | 12 | - | - |
| carnalized | 22 | - | - |
| carnalizes | 21 | - | - |
| carnalling | 13 | - | - |
| carnallite | 12 | a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium | - |
| carnarolis | 12 | - | - |
| carnassial | 12 | (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh | the carnassial teeth of carnivores |
| carnations | 12 | - | - |
| carnelians | 12 | - | - |
| carnifexes | 22 | - | - |
| carnifying | 19 | - | - |
