7-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 |
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careful | 12 | unhurried and with care and dignity | - |
calling | 10 | the particular occupation for which you are trained | - |
captain | 11 | the leader of a group of people | a captain of industry |
carried | 10 | - | - |
capable | 13 | possibly accepting or permitting | a passage capable of misinterpretation |
cameras | 11 | - | - |
capital | 11 | the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | - |
capture | 11 | the act of taking of a person by force | - |
causing | 10 | the act of causing something to happen | - |
cabinet | 11 | a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | - |
camping | 14 | the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | - |
casting | 10 | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | - |
cartoon | 9 | a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | - |
cabbage | 14 | make off with belongings of others | - |
caution | 9 | the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | a man of caution |
caravan | 12 | a camper equipped with living quarters | - |
carrier | 9 | a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | - |
cavalry | 15 | troops trained to fight on horseback | - |
canteen | 9 | a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | - |
cashier | 12 | an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money | - |
caliber | 11 | a degree or grade of excellence or worth | an executive of low caliber |
cabaret | 11 | a series of acts at a night club | - |
capsule | 11 | a shortened version of a written work | - |
captive | 14 | giving or marked by complete attention to | - |
cardiac | 12 | of or relating to the heart | cardiac arrest |
catcher | 14 | (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher | - |
carmine | 11 | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | - |
carving | 13 | creating figures or designs in three dimensions | - |
capitol | 11 | the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet | - |
calcium | 13 | 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 | - |
caramel | 11 | having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown | - |
catfish | 15 | large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins | - |
cadaver | 13 | the dead body of a human being | the cadaver was intended for dissection |
catalog | 10 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | He is cataloguing his photographic negatives |
carcass | 11 | the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | - |
caveman | 14 | someone who lives in a cave | - |
calming | 12 | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | - |
caterer | 9 | someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
carnage | 10 | the savage and excessive killing of many people | - |
camelot | 11 | (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there | - |
calypso | 14 | rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf | - |
catwalk | 16 | narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) | - |
caribou | 11 | Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | - |
calibre | 11 | a degree or grade of excellence or worth | - |
cadence | 12 | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | - |
caprice | 13 | a sudden desire | - |
carotid | 10 | of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck | - |
cascade | 12 | rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | - |
callous | 9 | having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear | calloused skin |
calorie | 9 | unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | - |
cahoots | 12 | - | - |
canvass | 12 | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | - |
caption | 11 | brief description accompanying an illustration | - |
cayenne | 12 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | - |
camphor | 16 | a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment | - |
carsick | 15 | experiencing motion sickness | - |
carbide | 12 | a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element | - |
carrion | 9 | the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
caboose | 11 | the area for food preparation on a ship | - |
canning | 10 | - | - |
cantina | 9 | - | - |
caloric | 11 | relating to or associated with heat | the caloric effect of sunlight |
calvary | 15 | a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified | - |
campana | 13 | the shape of a bell | - |
candler | 10 | - | - |
cacique | 20 | black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | - |
cannery | 12 | a factory where food is canned | - |
caramba | 13 | - | - |
candied | 11 | encrusted with sugar or syrup | candied grapefruit peel |
capsize | 20 | overturn accidentally | Don't rock the boat or it will capsize! |
caustic | 11 | of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | - |
carting | 10 | the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | - |
cassava | 12 | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | - |
cassock | 15 | a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers | - |
canasta | 9 | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | - |
caraway | 15 | a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed | - |
carjack | 22 | take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it | My car was carjacked last night! |
caldera | 10 | a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression | - |
capping | 14 | - | - |
candida | 11 | any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida | - |
carling | 10 | - | - |
cassino | 9 | a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | - |
cadmium | 14 | a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores | - |
caldron | 10 | a very large pot that is used for boiling | - |
campion | 13 | any plant of the genus Silene | - |
candela | 10 | the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | - |
carbine | 11 | light automatic rifle | - |
carping | 12 | persistent petty and unjustified criticism | - |
castoff | 15 | - | - |
capstan | 11 | a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails | - |
carioca | 11 | a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
cathode | 13 | a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | - |
cabling | 12 | - | - |
calumny | 14 | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | - |
calving | 13 | giving birth to a calf | - |
cashbox | 21 | a strongbox for holding cash | - |
catchup | 16 | - | - |
cabbing | 14 | - | - |
cajoled | 17 | - | - |
camorra | 11 | a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail | - |
candour | 10 | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | - |
canopic | 13 | - | - |
cantata | 9 | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | - |
carvery | 15 | - | - |
camelia | 11 | any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | - |
campout | 13 | - | - |
carload | 10 | the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | - |
caviare | 12 | salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre | - |
caddied | 12 | - | - |
canonic | 11 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
carfare | 12 | the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar | - |
carless | 9 | - | - |
carport | 11 | garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | - |
catarrh | 12 | inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus | - |
cadenza | 19 | a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music | - |
caitiff | 15 | a cowardly and despicable person | - |
caliche | 14 | crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions | - |
callout | 9 | - | - |
calumet | 11 | a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) | - |
cameral | 11 | - | - |
carding | 11 | - | - |
carious | 9 | (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay | - |
caritas | 9 | - | - |
carouse | 9 | engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | - |
catbird | 12 | any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females | - |
catlike | 13 | - | - |
catling | 10 | a long double-edged knife used for amputations | - |
catting | 10 | - | - |
cautery | 12 | an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | - |
cabalas | 11 | - | - |
cabanas | 11 | - | - |
cabbagy | 17 | - | - |
cabbala | 13 | an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | - |
cabbies | 13 | - | - |
cabezon | 20 | - | - |
cabildo | 12 | - | - |
cabined | 12 | - | - |
cablers | 11 | - | - |
cablets | 11 | - | - |
cabomba | 15 | alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants | - |
cabover | 14 | - | - |
cabries | 11 | - | - |
cabrios | 11 | - | - |
cabrits | 11 | - | - |
cachaca | 16 | - | - |
cachets | 14 | - | - |
cachexy | 24 | any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | - |
caching | 15 | - | - |
cachous | 14 | - | - |
cackier | 15 | - | - |
cacking | 16 | - | - |
cackled | 16 | - | - |
cackler | 15 | any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae | - |
cackles | 15 | - | - |
cacodyl | 15 | the univalent group derived from arsine | - |
cacoepy | 16 | - | - |
cacolet | 11 | - | - |
caconym | 16 | - | - |
cacoons | 11 | - | - |
cactoid | 12 | - | - |
cacumen | 13 | - | - |
cadagas | 11 | - | - |
cadagis | 11 | - | - |
caddice | 13 | - | - |
caddies | 11 | - | - |
caddish | 14 | offensively discourteous | - |
caddyss | 14 | - | - |
cadeaux | 17 | - | - |
cadelle | 10 | - | - |
cadency | 15 | a recurrent rhythmical series | - |
cadgers | 11 | - | - |
cadgier | 11 | - | - |
cadging | 12 | - | - |
cadrans | 10 | - | - |
caduacs | 12 | - | - |
caducei | 12 | - | - |
caeomas | 11 | - | - |
caerule | 9 | - | - |
caesars | 9 | - | - |
caesium | 11 | a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | - |
caestus | 9 | - | - |
caesura | 9 | a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | - |
cafards | 13 | - | - |
caffein | 15 | a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | - |
caffila | 15 | - | - |
cafilas | 12 | - | - |
caftans | 12 | - | - |
caganer | 10 | - | - |
cageful | 13 | - | - |
cagiest | 10 | - | - |
cagmags | 13 | - | - |
cagoule | 10 | lightweight parka; waterproof | - |
cagouls | 10 | - | - |
cahiers | 12 | - | - |
cahouns | 12 | - | - |
cailles | 9 | - | - |
caimacs | 13 | - | - |
caimans | 11 | - | - |
caiques | 18 | - | - |
cairned | 10 | marked by cairns | - |
caisson | 9 | large watertight chamber used for construction under water | - |
caitive | 12 | - | - |
cajaput | 18 | - | - |
cajeput | 18 | - | - |
cajoler | 16 | - | - |
cajoles | 16 | - | - |
cajones | 16 | - | - |
cajuput | 18 | - | - |
cakeage | 14 | - | - |
cakebox | 22 | - | - |
cakiest | 13 | - | - |
cakings | 14 | - | - |
calaloo | 9 | - | - |
calalus | 9 | - | - |
calamar | 11 | - | - |
calamus | 11 | the hollow spine of a feather | - |
calando | 10 | (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume | - |
calathi | 12 | - | - |
calcars | 11 | - | - |
calcify | 17 | become impregnated with calcium salts | - |
calcine | 11 | heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces | - |
calcite | 11 | a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone | - |
calculi | 11 | - | - |
caleche | 14 | the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage | - |
calends | 10 | - | - |
calesas | 9 | - | - |
calices | 11 | - | - |
calicle | 11 | - | - |
calicos | 11 | - | - |
caligos | 10 | - | - |
calimas | 11 | - | - |
calipee | 11 | - | - |
caliper | 11 | measure the diameter of something with calipers | - |
caliphs | 14 | - | - |
caliver | 12 | - | - |
calixes | 16 | - | - |
calkers | 13 | - | - |
calking | 14 | - | - |
calkins | 13 | - | - |
callais | 9 | - | - |
callans | 9 | - | - |
callant | 9 | - | - |
callboy | 14 | - | - |
callees | 9 | - | - |
callers | 9 | - | - |
callets | 9 | - | - |
callops | 11 | - | - |
callose | 9 | - | - |
callows | 12 | - | - |
calluna | 9 | one species | - |
calmant | 11 | - | - |
calmest | 11 | - | - |
calmier | 11 | - | - |
calomel | 11 | a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic | - |
calotte | 9 | - | - |
caloyer | 12 | - | - |
calpack | 17 | a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus | - |
calpacs | 13 | - | - |
calpain | 11 | - | - |
calqued | 19 | - | - |
calques | 18 | - | - |
calthas | 12 | - | - |
caltrap | 11 | - | - |
caltrop | 11 | a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits | - |
calumba | 13 | - | - |
calvers | 12 | - | - |
calyces | 14 | - | - |
calycle | 14 | a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | - |
calyxes | 19 | - | - |
calzone | 18 | - | - |
calzoni | 18 | - | - |
camaieu | 11 | - | - |
camails | 11 | - | - |
camaron | 11 | - | - |
camases | 11 | - | - |
cambers | 13 | - | - |
cambial | 13 | of or relating to or functioning as a cambium | - |
cambism | 15 | - | - |
cambist | 13 | - | - |
cambium | 15 | a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth | - |
camboge | 14 | - | - |
cambrel | 13 | - | - |
cambric | 15 | a finely woven white linen | - |
camcord | 14 | - | - |
camelid | 12 | - | - |
camelry | 14 | - | - |
cameoed | 12 | - | - |
camerae | 11 | - | - |
cameses | 11 | - | - |
camions | 11 | - | - |
camisas | 11 | - | - |
camises | 11 | - | - |
camisia | 11 | - | - |
camlets | 11 | - | - |
cammies | 13 | - | - |
camming | 14 | - | - |
camogie | 12 | - | - |
camoodi | 12 | - | - |
camotes | 11 | - | - |
campers | 13 | - | - |
campery | 16 | - | - |
campest | 13 | - | - |
camphol | 16 | - | - |
campier | 13 | - | - |
campily | 16 | - | - |
campled | 14 | - | - |
camples | 13 | - | - |
campong | 14 | a native village in Malaysia | - |
camuses | 11 | - | - |
camwood | 15 | small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye | - |
canadas | 10 | - | - |
canakin | 13 | - | - |
canaled | 10 | - | - |
canapes | 11 | - | - |
canards | 10 | - | - |
canbank | 15 | - | - |
cancans | 11 | - | - |
cancels | 11 | - | - |
cancers | 11 | - | - |
canchas | 14 | - | - |
candent | 10 | emitting light as a result of being heated | - |
candids | 11 | - | - |
candies | 10 | - | - |
candiru | 10 | - | - |
candled | 11 | - | - |
candles | 10 | - | - |
candock | 16 | - | - |
candors | 10 | - | - |
canella | 9 | highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic | - |
canfuls | 12 | - | - |
cangled | 11 | - | - |
cangles | 10 | - | - |
cangues | 10 | - | - |
caniest | 9 | - | - |
canikin | 13 | - | - |
canines | 9 | - | - |
canings | 10 | - | - |
cankers | 13 | - | - |
cankery | 16 | - | - |
cankles | 13 | - | - |
cannach | 14 | - | - |
cannels | 9 | - | - |
canners | 9 | - | - |
cannier | 9 | - | - |
cannily | 12 | with foresight | - |
cannoli | 9 | - | - |
cannons | 9 | - | - |
cannula | 9 | a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication | - |
canoers | 9 | - | - |
canolas | 9 | - | - |
canonry | 12 | - | - |
cansful | 12 | - | - |
cantala | 9 | hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants | - |
cantals | 9 | - | - |
cantars | 9 | - | - |
cantate | 9 | - | - |
cantdog | 11 | - | - |
canters | 9 | - | - |
cantest | 9 | - | - |
canthal | 12 | - | - |
canthic | 14 | - | - |
canthus | 12 | either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet | - |
cantico | 11 | - | - |
cantier | 9 | - | - |
cantily | 12 | - | - |
canting | 10 | - | - |
cantion | 9 | - | - |
cantled | 10 | - | - |
cantles | 9 | - | - |
cantlet | 9 | - | - |
cantons | 9 | - | - |
cantors | 9 | - | - |
cantrap | 11 | - | - |
cantred | 10 | - | - |
cantref | 12 | - | - |
cantrip | 11 | - | - |
canulae | 9 | - | - |
canular | 9 | - | - |
canulas | 9 | - | - |
canyons | 12 | - | - |
canzona | 18 | - | - |
canzone | 18 | - | - |
canzoni | 18 | - | - |
capably | 16 | with competence; in a competent capable manner | - |
capcoms | 15 | - | - |
capeesh | 14 | - | - |
capelan | 11 | very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes | - |
capelet | 11 | - | - |
capelin | 11 | very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes | - |
capered | 12 | - | - |
caperer | 11 | - | - |
capexes | 18 | - | - |
capfuls | 14 | - | - |
capiche | 16 | - | - |
capisce | 13 | - | - |
capitan | 11 | - | - |
capizes | 20 | - | - |
capless | 11 | - | - |
caplets | 11 | - | - |
caplike | 15 | - | - |
caplins | 11 | - | - |
caporal | 11 | - | - |
capotes | 11 | - | - |
capouch | 16 | - | - |
cappers | 13 | - | - |
caprate | 11 | - | - |
caprese | 11 | - | - |
caprids | 12 | - | - |
caprify | 17 | - | - |
caprine | 11 | being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats | caprine creatures |
caprock | 17 | - | - |
caproic | 13 | - | - |
capsids | 12 | - | - |
captans | 11 | - | - |
captcha | 16 | - | - |
captors | 11 | - | - |
capuche | 16 | - | - |
capuera | 11 | - | - |
carabao | 11 | water buffalo of the Philippines | - |
carabid | 12 | - | - |
carabin | 11 | - | - |
caracal | 11 | of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia | - |
caracks | 15 | - | - |
caracol | 11 | - | - |
caracts | 11 | - | - |
caracul | 11 | hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | - |
carafes | 12 | - | - |
caranna | 9 | - | - |
carapax | 18 | - | - |
carates | 9 | - | - |
carauna | 9 | - | - |
caravel | 12 | - | - |
carbarn | 11 | - | - |
carbeen | 11 | - | - |
carbene | 11 | - | - |
carbies | 11 | - | - |
carbons | 11 | - | - |
carbora | 11 | - | - |
carboys | 14 | - | - |
carcake | 15 | - | - |
carcase | 11 | the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | - |
carcels | 11 | - | - |
cardecu | 12 | - | - |
carders | 10 | - | - |
cardiae | 10 | - | - |
cardias | 10 | - | - |
cardies | 10 | - | - |
cardios | 10 | - | - |
cardons | 10 | - | - |
cardoon | 10 | southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots | - |
carduus | 10 | genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles | - |
careens | 9 | - | - |
careers | 9 | - | - |
caremes | 11 | - | - |
carfuls | 12 | - | - |
cargoed | 11 | - | - |
cargoes | 10 | - | - |
carhops | 14 | - | - |
cariama | 11 | the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama | - |
caribes | 11 | - | - |
cariboo | 11 | - | - |
carices | 11 | - | - |
cariere | 9 | - | - |
carinae | 9 | - | - |
carinal | 9 | relating to or resembling a carina | - |
carinas | 9 | - | - |
carings | 10 | - | - |
cariole | 9 | - | - |
cariose | 9 | - | - |
carking | 14 | - | - |
carline | 9 | - | - |
carlins | 9 | - | - |
carlish | 12 | - | - |
carlock | 15 | - | - |
carlots | 9 | - | - |
carnals | 9 | - | - |
carnets | 9 | - | - |
carneys | 12 | - | - |
carnied | 10 | - | - |
carnier | 9 | - | - |
carnies | 9 | - | - |
carnify | 15 | become muscular or fleshy | - |
carnose | 9 | - | - |
caroach | 14 | - | - |
caroche | 14 | a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century | - |
caroled | 10 | - | - |
caroler | 9 | a singer of carols | - |
carolus | 9 | king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814) | - |
caromed | 12 | - | - |
caromel | 11 | - | - |
carotin | 9 | an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | - |
carpale | 11 | - | - |
carpals | 11 | - | - |
carpark | 15 | - | - |
carpels | 11 | - | - |
carpers | 11 | - | - |
carpets | 11 | - | - |
carpool | 11 | - | - |
carrack | 15 | a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | - |
carract | 11 | - | - |