8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| carrying | 14 | - | - |
| campaign | 15 | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) | - |
| catholic | 15 | a member of a Catholic church | - |
| captured | 13 | - | - |
| catching | 16 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| capacity | 17 | the amount that can be contained | the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons |
| calendar | 11 | a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc) | I have you on my calendar for next Monday |
| cannabis | 12 | any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs | - |
| carnival | 13 | a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere |
| carriage | 11 | characteristic way of bearing one's body | - |
| canceled | 13 | - | - |
| careless | 10 | (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration | careless of the consequences |
| cardinal | 11 | crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | - |
| cautious | 10 | people who are fearful and cautious | - |
| category | 14 | a collection of things sharing a common attribute | - |
| cassette | 10 | a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video | - |
| catering | 11 | providing food and services | - |
| carefree | 13 | cheerfully irresponsible | carefree with his money |
| cannibal | 12 | a person who eats human flesh | - |
| casualty | 13 | someone injured or killed in an accident | - |
| caffeine | 16 | a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | - |
| calamari | 12 | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | - |
| casually | 13 | in an unconcerned manner | glanced casually at the headlines |
| calamity | 15 | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity |
| campfire | 17 | a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | - |
| campsite | 14 | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | - |
| canister | 10 | metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | - |
| castrate | 10 | deprive of strength or vigor | - |
| calculus | 12 | a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | - |
| castrato | 10 | a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
| carousel | 10 | a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement | - |
| cashmere | 15 | an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India | - |
| catalyst | 13 | (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | - |
| catapult | 12 | hurl as if with a sling | - |
| cauldron | 11 | a very large pot that is used for boiling | - |
| catheter | 13 | a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open | - |
| calmness | 12 | steadiness of mind under stress | - |
| cabernet | 12 | superior Bordeaux type of red wine | - |
| canaries | 10 | a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces | - |
| callback | 18 | a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | - |
| cardigan | 12 | slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail | - |
| cavalier | 13 | a gallant or courtly gentleman | - |
| capsized | 22 | - | - |
| causeway | 16 | a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
| cataract | 12 | a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice | - |
| calluses | 10 | - | - |
| camomile | 14 | Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | - |
| castaway | 16 | a shipwrecked person | - |
| caboodle | 13 | any collection in its entirety | she bought the whole caboodle |
| cakewalk | 21 | an easy accomplishment | winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him |
| camellia | 12 | any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | - |
| candidly | 15 | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience |
| campuses | 14 | - | - |
| cardamom | 15 | aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces | - |
| canoeing | 11 | - | - |
| caroling | 11 | singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | - |
| cascades | 13 | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range | - |
| catacomb | 16 | an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) | - |
| calvados | 14 | dry apple brandy made in Normandy | - |
| catfight | 17 | - | - |
| calender | 11 | a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers | - |
| carotene | 10 | an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | - |
| catamite | 12 | a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man | - |
| calliope | 12 | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard | - |
| carbolic | 14 | - | - |
| cabstand | 13 | a place where taxis park while awaiting customers | - |
| capuchin | 17 | monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | - |
| carpeted | 13 | covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination | the carpeted hallway |
| caseload | 11 | - | - |
| cathouse | 13 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| cartload | 11 | the quantity that a cart holds | - |
| caudillo | 11 | - | - |
| calamine | 12 | a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | - |
| calfskin | 17 | fine leather from the skin of a calf | - |
| camshaft | 18 | an engine shaft with cams attached to it | - |
| capstone | 12 | a stone that forms the top of wall or building | - |
| capybara | 17 | pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | - |
| cascaded | 14 | - | - |
| casework | 17 | close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
| cactuses | 12 | - | - |
| caddying | 16 | - | - |
| cajoling | 18 | - | - |
| carbonic | 14 | relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | - |
| carillon | 10 | playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | - |
| camisole | 12 | a short sleeveless undergarment for women | - |
| canonize | 19 | declare (a dead person) to be a saint | After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized |
| capsicum | 16 | chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers | - |
| casemate | 12 | - | - |
| callused | 11 | - | - |
| campagne | 15 | - | - |
| canoodle | 11 | fondle or pet affectionately | - |
| cantonal | 10 | of or relating to a canton | - |
| carapace | 14 | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | - |
| carbonyl | 15 | relating to or containing the carbonyl group | - |
| casement | 12 | a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side) | - |
| castling | 11 | interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | - |
| catchier | 15 | - | - |
| cakehole | 17 | informal terms for the mouth | - |
| calabash | 15 | tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds | - |
| calcined | 13 | - | - |
| calderas | 11 | - | - |
| carmaker | 16 | a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles | - |
| caucuses | 12 | - | - |
| caulking | 15 | a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | - |
| caatinga | 11 | - | - |
| cabalism | 14 | adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation | - |
| cabalist | 12 | a student of the Jewish Kabbalah | - |
| caballed | 13 | - | - |
| caballer | 12 | - | - |
| cabarets | 12 | - | - |
| cabbaged | 16 | - | - |
| cabbages | 15 | - | - |
| cabbagey | 18 | - | - |
| cabbalah | 17 | an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | - |
| cabbalas | 14 | - | - |
| cabestro | 12 | - | - |
| cabezone | 21 | - | - |
| cabezons | 21 | - | - |
| cabildos | 13 | - | - |
| cabinets | 12 | - | - |
| cabining | 13 | - | - |
| cableway | 18 | - | - |
| cablings | 13 | - | - |
| cabobbed | 17 | - | - |
| caboceer | 14 | - | - |
| caboched | 18 | - | - |
| cabochon | 17 | a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets | - |
| cabombas | 16 | - | - |
| cabooses | 12 | - | - |
| caboshed | 16 | - | - |
| cabotage | 13 | navigation in coastal waters | - |
| cabovers | 15 | - | - |
| cabresta | 12 | - | - |
| cabresto | 12 | - | - |
| cabretta | 12 | - | - |
| cabrilla | 12 | - | - |
| cabriole | 12 | - | - |
| cacafogo | 16 | - | - |
| cachacas | 17 | - | - |
| cachalot | 15 | large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris | - |
| cachepot | 17 | - | - |
| cacheted | 16 | - | - |
| cachexia | 22 | any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | - |
| cachexic | 24 | - | - |
| cacholot | 15 | - | - |
| cachucha | 20 | - | - |
| caciques | 21 | - | - |
| cackiest | 16 | - | - |
| cacklers | 16 | - | - |
| cackling | 17 | - | - |
| cacodoxy | 23 | - | - |
| cacodyls | 16 | - | - |
| cacolets | 12 | - | - |
| cacology | 16 | - | - |
| cacomixl | 21 | - | - |
| caconyms | 17 | - | - |
| caconymy | 20 | - | - |
| cacumens | 14 | - | - |
| cacumina | 14 | - | - |
| cadaster | 11 | a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation | - |
| cadastre | 11 | a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation | - |
| cadavers | 14 | - | - |
| caddices | 14 | - | - |
| caddised | 13 | - | - |
| caddises | 12 | - | - |
| cadelles | 11 | - | - |
| cadenced | 14 | marked by a rhythmical cadence | the cadenced crunch of marching feet |
| cadences | 13 | - | - |
| cadenzas | 20 | - | - |
| cadgiest | 12 | - | - |
| cadmiums | 15 | - | - |
| caducean | 13 | of or relating to a caduceus | - |
| caduceus | 13 | an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes | - |
| caducity | 16 | - | - |
| caducous | 13 | shed at an early stage of development | most amphibians have caducous gills |
| caecally | 15 | - | - |
| caecitis | 12 | - | - |
| caesious | 10 | - | - |
| caesiums | 12 | - | - |
| caesurae | 10 | - | - |
| caesural | 10 | of or relating to a caesura | - |
| caesuras | 10 | - | - |
| caesuric | 12 | - | - |
| caffeins | 16 | - | - |
| caffeism | 18 | - | - |
| caffilas | 16 | - | - |
| caftaned | 14 | - | - |
| caganers | 11 | - | - |
| cagebird | 14 | - | - |
| cagefuls | 14 | - | - |
| cagelike | 15 | - | - |
| cageling | 12 | - | - |
| cagework | 18 | - | - |
| caginess | 11 | - | - |
| cagoules | 11 | - | - |
| cagyness | 14 | - | - |
| caillach | 15 | - | - |
| caimacam | 16 | - | - |
| cairnier | 10 | - | - |
| caissons | 10 | - | - |
| caitiffs | 16 | - | - |
| caitives | 13 | - | - |
| cajaputs | 19 | - | - |
| cajeputs | 19 | - | - |
| cajolers | 17 | - | - |
| cajolery | 20 | flattery intended to persuade | - |
| cajuputs | 19 | - | - |
| cakeages | 15 | - | - |
| cakiness | 14 | - | - |
| calabaza | 21 | - | - |
| caladium | 13 | any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red | - |
| calaloos | 10 | - | - |
| calamars | 12 | - | - |
| calamary | 15 | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | - |
| calamata | 12 | - | - |
| calamint | 12 | perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America | - |
| calamite | 12 | - | - |
| calanthe | 13 | any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise | - |
| calashes | 13 | - | - |
| calathea | 13 | - | - |
| calathos | 13 | - | - |
| calathus | 13 | - | - |
| calcanea | 12 | - | - |
| calcanei | 12 | - | - |
| calcaria | 12 | - | - |
| calceate | 12 | - | - |
| calcific | 17 | involving or resulting from calcification | - |
| calcines | 12 | - | - |
| calcites | 12 | - | - |
| calcitic | 14 | of or relating to or containing calcite | - |
| calciums | 14 | - | - |
| calcrete | 12 | - | - |
| calcspar | 14 | - | - |
| calctufa | 15 | - | - |
| calctuff | 18 | - | - |
| calcular | 12 | - | - |
| caldaria | 11 | - | - |
| caldrons | 11 | - | - |
| caleches | 15 | - | - |
| calefied | 14 | - | - |
| calefies | 13 | - | - |
| calendal | 11 | - | - |
| calendry | 14 | - | - |
| calfhood | 17 | - | - |
| calfless | 13 | - | - |
| calflick | 19 | - | - |
| calflike | 17 | - | - |
| calibers | 12 | - | - |
| calibred | 13 | - | - |
| calibres | 12 | - | - |
| caliches | 15 | - | - |
| calicles | 12 | - | - |
| calicoes | 12 | - | - |
| calidity | 14 | - | - |
| califate | 13 | - | - |
| califont | 13 | - | - |
| caligoes | 11 | - | - |
| calipash | 15 | - | - |
| calipees | 12 | - | - |
| calipers | 12 | - | - |
| caliphal | 15 | - | - |
| calisaya | 13 | Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark | - |
| calivers | 13 | - | - |
| calkings | 15 | - | - |
| callable | 12 | subject to a demand for payment before due date | callable bonds |
| callaloo | 10 | - | - |
| callalou | 10 | - | - |
| callants | 10 | - | - |
| callboys | 15 | - | - |
| callings | 11 | - | - |
| callipee | 12 | - | - |
| calliper | 12 | measure the diameter of something with calipers | - |
| calloses | 10 | - | - |
| callouts | 10 | - | - |
| callower | 13 | - | - |
| callowly | 16 | - | - |
| calltime | 12 | - | - |
| callunas | 10 | - | - |
| calmants | 12 | - | - |
| calmiest | 12 | - | - |
| calmings | 13 | - | - |
| calomels | 12 | - | - |
| calorics | 12 | - | - |
| calories | 10 | - | - |
| calorise | 10 | - | - |
| calorist | 10 | - | - |
| calorize | 19 | - | - |
| calottes | 10 | - | - |
| calotype | 15 | - | - |
| caloyers | 13 | - | - |
| calpacks | 18 | - | - |
| calpains | 12 | - | - |
| calquing | 20 | - | - |
| calthrop | 15 | - | - |
| caltraps | 12 | - | - |
| caltrops | 12 | - | - |
| calumbas | 14 | - | - |
| calumets | 12 | - | - |
| calutron | 10 | - | - |
| calvaria | 13 | the dome of the skull | - |
| calvered | 14 | - | - |
| calycate | 15 | - | - |
| calyceal | 15 | of or relating to or resembling a calyx | - |
| calycine | 15 | of or relating to or resembling a calyx | - |
| calycled | 16 | having a calyculus | - |
| calycles | 15 | - | - |
| calycoid | 16 | - | - |
| calycule | 15 | - | - |
| calyculi | 15 | - | - |
| calypsos | 15 | - | - |
| calypter | 15 | scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | - |
| calyptra | 15 | the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy | - |
| calzones | 19 | - | - |
| camaieux | 19 | - | - |
| camailed | 13 | - | - |
| camarons | 12 | - | - |
| camashes | 15 | - | - |
| camasses | 12 | - | - |
| cambered | 15 | - | - |
| cambisms | 16 | - | - |
| cambists | 14 | - | - |
| cambiums | 16 | - | - |
| camboges | 15 | - | - |
| cambogia | 15 | - | - |
| camboose | 14 | - | - |
| cambrels | 14 | - | - |
| cambrics | 16 | - | - |
| camcords | 15 | - | - |
| cameleer | 12 | - | - |
| cameleon | 12 | - | - |
| camelias | 12 | - | - |
| camelids | 13 | - | - |
| cameline | 12 | - | - |
| camelish | 15 | - | - |
| cameloid | 13 | - | - |
| camelots | 12 | - | - |
| cameoing | 13 | - | - |
| camisade | 13 | - | - |
| camisado | 13 | - | - |
| camisias | 12 | - | - |
| camogies | 13 | - | - |
| camoodis | 13 | - | - |
| camorras | 12 | - | - |
| campagna | 15 | - | - |
| campanas | 14 | - | - |
| camphane | 17 | - | - |
| camphene | 17 | - | - |
| camphine | 17 | - | - |
| camphire | 17 | - | - |
| camphols | 17 | - | - |
| camphone | 17 | - | - |
| camphors | 17 | - | - |
| campiest | 14 | - | - |
| campings | 15 | - | - |
| campions | 14 | - | - |
| campling | 15 | - | - |
| campness | 14 | - | - |
| campongs | 15 | - | - |
| camporee | 14 | - | - |
| campouts | 14 | - | - |
| campused | 15 | - | - |
| camshoch | 20 | - | - |
| camstane | 12 | - | - |
| camstone | 12 | - | - |
| camwhore | 18 | - | - |
| camwoods | 16 | - | - |
| canaigre | 11 | - | - |
| canaille | 10 | - | - |
| canakins | 14 | - | - |
| canaling | 11 | - | - |
| canalise | 10 | provide (a city) with a canal | - |
| canalize | 19 | provide (a city) with a canal | - |
| canalled | 11 | - | - |
| canaller | 10 | - | - |
| canaried | 11 | - | - |
| canastas | 10 | - | - |
| canaster | 10 | - | - |
| canbanks | 16 | - | - |
| canceler | 12 | - | - |
| cancelli | 12 | - | - |
| cancered | 13 | - | - |
| cancrine | 12 | - | - |
| cancroid | 13 | the most common form of skin cancer | - |
| candelas | 11 | - | - |
| candidal | 12 | - | - |
| candidas | 12 | - | - |
| candider | 12 | - | - |
| candirus | 11 | - | - |
| candlers | 11 | - | - |
| candling | 12 | - | - |
| candocks | 17 | - | - |
| candours | 11 | - | - |
| candying | 15 | - | - |
| candyman | 16 | - | - |
| candymen | 16 | - | - |
| canegrub | 13 | - | - |
| canellas | 10 | - | - |
| canephor | 15 | - | - |
| caneware | 13 | - | - |
| canfield | 14 | a form of solitaire that involves gambling | - |
| cangling | 12 | - | - |
| canikins | 14 | - | - |
| caninity | 13 | - | - |
| canistel | 10 | ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies | - |
| canities | 10 | - | - |
| cankered | 15 | - | - |
| cannabic | 14 | - | - |
| cannabin | 12 | a resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana | - |
| cannachs | 15 | - | - |
| cannelon | 10 | - | - |
| canniest | 10 | - | - |
| cannikin | 14 | a small can | - |
| cannings | 11 | - | - |
| cannolis | 10 | - | - |
| cannoned | 11 | - | - |
| cannonry | 13 | - | - |
| cannulae | 10 | - | - |
| cannular | 10 | constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | - |
| cannulas | 10 | - | - |
| canoeist | 10 | someone paddling a canoe | - |
| canoeman | 12 | - | - |
| canoemen | 12 | - | - |
| canoness | 10 | - | - |
| canonise | 10 | declare (a dead person) to be a saint | - |
| canonist | 10 | a specialist in canon law | - |
| canopied | 13 | covered with or as with a canopy | a canopied bed |
| canopies | 12 | - | - |
| canorous | 10 | richly melodious | - |
| canstick | 16 | - | - |
| cantalas | 10 | - | - |
| cantatas | 10 | - | - |
| cantates | 10 | - | - |
| cantdogs | 12 | - | - |
| canteens | 10 | - | - |
| cantered | 11 | - | - |
| canthari | 13 | - | - |
| canthook | 17 | - | - |
| canticle | 12 | a hymn derived from the Bible | - |
| canticos | 12 | - | - |
| canticoy | 15 | - | - |
| canticum | 14 | - | - |
| cantiest | 10 | - | - |
| cantinas | 10 | - | - |
| cantings | 11 | - | - |
| cantions | 10 | - | - |
| cantlets | 10 | - | - |
| cantling | 11 | - | - |
| cantoned | 11 | - | - |
| cantoris | 10 | - | - |
| cantraip | 12 | - | - |
| cantraps | 12 | - | - |
| cantreds | 11 | - | - |
| cantrefs | 13 | - | - |
| cantrips | 12 | - | - |
| cantuses | 10 | - | - |
| canulate | 10 | introduce a cannula or tube into | - |
| canvased | 14 | - | - |
| canvaser | 13 | - | - |
| canvases | 13 | - | - |
| canzonas | 19 | - | - |
| canzones | 19 | - | - |
| canzonet | 19 | - | - |
| capabler | 14 | - | - |
| capelans | 12 | - | - |
| capelets | 12 | - | - |
| capelike | 16 | - | - |
| capeline | 12 | - | - |
| capelins | 12 | - | - |
| capellet | 12 | - | - |
| caperers | 12 | - | - |
| capering | 13 | - | - |
| capeskin | 16 | - | - |
| capework | 19 | - | - |
| capiases | 12 | - | - |
| capitals | 12 | - | - |
| capitani | 12 | - | - |
| capitano | 12 | - | - |
| capitans | 12 | - | - |
| capitate | 12 | the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | - |
| capitayn | 15 | - | - |
| capitols | 12 | - | - |
| capitula | 12 | - | - |
| capmaker | 18 | - | - |
| capoeira | 12 | - | - |
| caponata | 12 | - | - |
| caponier | 12 | - | - |
| caponise | 12 | convert a cock into a capon | - |
| caponize | 21 | convert a cock into a capon | - |
| caporals | 12 | - | - |
| capotted | 13 | - | - |
| cappings | 15 | - | - |
| caprates | 12 | - | - |
| capreses | 12 | - | - |
| capricci | 16 | - | - |
| caprices | 14 | - | - |
| caprifig | 16 | wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs | - |
| capriole | 12 | a playful leap or hop | - |
| caproate | 12 | - | - |
| caprocks | 18 | - | - |
| caprylic | 17 | - | - |
