9-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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carefully | 17 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | - |
cancelled | 14 | (of events) no longer planned or scheduled | - |
candidate | 13 | someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | - |
carpenter | 13 | a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
calculate | 13 | predict in advance | - |
cafeteria | 14 | a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
cameraman | 15 | a photographer who operates a movie camera | - |
cathedral | 15 | the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | - |
caretaker | 15 | a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
catalogue | 12 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | - |
cardboard | 15 | a stiff moderately thick paper | - |
capturing | 14 | - | - |
captivity | 19 | the state of being imprisoned | he was held in captivity until he died |
cartridge | 13 | an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | - |
caressing | 12 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
canceling | 14 | - | - |
casserole | 11 | food cooked and served in a casserole | - |
castrated | 12 | deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes | - |
cataclysm | 18 | a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | - |
camcorder | 16 | a portable television camera and videocassette recorder | - |
candidacy | 18 | the campaign of a candidate to be elected | - |
cartilage | 12 | tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | - |
cavendish | 18 | British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810) | - |
catechism | 18 | an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers | - |
carpentry | 16 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
carnivore | 14 | any animal that feeds on flesh | Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore |
caballero | 13 | - | - |
catatonic | 13 | characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs | - |
calabrese | 13 | - | - |
cancerous | 13 | like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads | remorse was cancerous within him |
carnation | 11 | Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | - |
caesarean | 11 | of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar | - |
caregiver | 15 | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability | - |
carpeting | 14 | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | - |
carpaccio | 17 | - | - |
carbonate | 13 | a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) | - |
cathartic | 16 | strongly laxative | - |
cartwheel | 17 | a dollar made of silver | - |
capacitor | 15 | an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | - |
cartouche | 16 | a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | - |
cascading | 15 | - | - |
carcinoma | 15 | any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
cacophony | 21 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
catamaran | 13 | a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck | - |
causality | 14 | the relation between causes and effects | - |
cabdriver | 17 | someone who drives a taxi for a living | - |
captivate | 16 | attract; cause to be enamored | - |
cataplexy | 23 | - | - |
capillary | 16 | a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action | - |
cassoulet | 11 | - | - |
castanets | 11 | (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | - |
catharsis | 14 | purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | - |
carbuncle | 15 | an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus | - |
cabriolet | 13 | small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood | - |
carbonara | 13 | sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese | - |
cauterize | 20 | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | The surgeon cauterized the wart |
caesarian | 11 | of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar | - |
callously | 14 | in a callous way | he callously exploited their feelings |
carmelite | 13 | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers | - |
catalepsy | 16 | a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli | - |
causation | 11 | the act of causing something to happen | - |
cavernous | 14 | filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | - |
carousing | 12 | used of riotously drunken merrymaking | carousing bands of drunken soldiers |
cavalcade | 17 | a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
calcified | 17 | - | - |
calibrate | 13 | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | calibrate an instrument |
caliphate | 16 | the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community | - |
calloused | 12 | having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear | calloused skin |
canonical | 13 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
carrefour | 14 | a junction where one street or road crosses another | - |
catatonia | 11 | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement | - |
canonized | 21 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
catalytic | 16 | relating to or causing or involving catalysis | catalytic reactions |
catalyzer | 23 | - | - |
cadaveric | 17 | of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | - |
captaincy | 18 | the post of captain | - |
carnality | 14 | feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness | - |
carolling | 12 | - | - |
carrousel | 11 | a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement | - |
causative | 14 | producing an effect | poverty as a causative factor in crime |
calendula | 12 | any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
campesino | 15 | - | - |
cantabile | 13 | smooth and flowing | - |
careerist | 11 | a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity | - |
carthorse | 14 | draft horse kept for pulling carts | - |
castellan | 11 | - | - |
castigate | 12 | censure severely | - |
catchment | 18 | a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
cadastral | 12 | of or relating to the records of a cadastre | - |
calmative | 16 | - | - |
campanile | 15 | a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building | - |
canonised | 12 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
canticles | 13 | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later | - |
cassowary | 17 | large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest | - |
catabolic | 15 | relating to or characterized by catabolism | - |
catalyzed | 24 | - | - |
catchable | 18 | - | - |
catchword | 20 | a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | - |
catfishes | 17 | - | - |
caatingas | 12 | - | - |
cabaletta | 13 | - | - |
cabalette | 13 | - | - |
cabalisms | 15 | - | - |
cabalists | 13 | - | - |
caballers | 13 | - | - |
caballine | 13 | - | - |
caballing | 14 | - | - |
cabbagier | 16 | - | - |
cabbaging | 17 | - | - |
cabbalahs | 18 | - | - |
cabbalism | 17 | - | - |
cabbalist | 15 | - | - |
cabernets | 13 | - | - |
cabestros | 13 | - | - |
cabezones | 22 | - | - |
cabinetry | 16 | the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) | - |
cabinmate | 15 | - | - |
cablecast | 15 | - | - |
cablegram | 16 | a telegram sent abroad | - |
cableways | 19 | - | - |
cabobbing | 18 | - | - |
caboceers | 15 | - | - |
cabochons | 18 | - | - |
caboodles | 14 | - | - |
cabotages | 14 | - | - |
cabrestas | 13 | - | - |
cabrestos | 13 | - | - |
cabrettas | 13 | - | - |
cabrillas | 13 | - | - |
cabrioles | 13 | - | - |
cabstands | 14 | - | - |
cacafogos | 17 | - | - |
cacafuego | 17 | - | - |
cachaemia | 18 | - | - |
cachaemic | 20 | - | - |
cachalots | 16 | - | - |
cachectic | 20 | relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia | - |
cachepots | 18 | - | - |
cacheting | 17 | - | - |
cachexias | 23 | - | - |
cachexies | 23 | - | - |
cacholong | 17 | - | - |
cacholots | 16 | - | - |
cachuchas | 21 | - | - |
caciquism | 24 | - | - |
cacodemon | 16 | an evil spirit | - |
cacodylic | 19 | of or relating to cacodyl | - |
cacoepies | 15 | - | - |
cacoethes | 16 | an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | - |
cacoethic | 18 | - | - |
cacogenic | 16 | pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | - |
cacomixle | 22 | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | - |
cacomixls | 22 | - | - |
cacotopia | 15 | - | - |
cactiform | 18 | - | - |
cacuminal | 15 | pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate | - |
cadasters | 12 | - | - |
cadastres | 12 | - | - |
caddisfly | 19 | - | - |
caddishly | 19 | - | - |
caddysses | 16 | - | - |
cadencies | 14 | - | - |
cadencing | 15 | - | - |
cadential | 12 | - | - |
cadetship | 17 | the position of cadet | - |
cadranses | 12 | - | - |
caecilian | 13 | any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions | - |
caerulean | 11 | - | - |
caesarism | 13 | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | - |
caestuses | 11 | - | - |
cafetiere | 14 | - | - |
cafetoria | 14 | - | - |
caffeines | 17 | - | - |
caffeinic | 19 | of or containing caffein | - |
caffeisms | 19 | - | - |
cagebirds | 15 | - | - |
cagelings | 13 | - | - |
cageworks | 19 | - | - |
cageyness | 15 | - | - |
cagmagged | 17 | - | - |
caillachs | 16 | - | - |
cailleach | 16 | - | - |
cailliach | 16 | - | - |
caimacams | 17 | - | - |
cairngorm | 14 | a smoky yellow or brown quartz | - |
cairniest | 11 | - | - |
cakeboxes | 24 | - | - |
cakeholes | 18 | - | - |
cakewalks | 22 | - | - |
calabazas | 22 | - | - |
calabogus | 14 | - | - |
calaboose | 13 | - | - |
caladiums | 14 | - | - |
calamanco | 15 | - | - |
calamansi | 13 | - | - |
calamaris | 13 | - | - |
calamatas | 13 | - | - |
calamined | 14 | - | - |
calamines | 13 | - | - |
calamints | 13 | - | - |
calamites | 13 | - | - |
calamuses | 13 | - | - |
calandria | 12 | - | - |
calanthes | 14 | - | - |
calatheas | 14 | - | - |
calavance | 16 | - | - |
calcaneal | 13 | relating to the heel bone or heel | - |
calcanean | 13 | - | - |
calcaneum | 15 | - | - |
calcaneus | 13 | the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel | - |
calcarate | 13 | - | - |
calcarine | 13 | - | - |
calceated | 14 | - | - |
calceates | 13 | - | - |
calcedony | 17 | a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | - |
calcicole | 15 | - | - |
calcifies | 16 | - | - |
calcifuge | 17 | - | - |
calcimine | 15 | a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings | - |
calcining | 14 | - | - |
calcretes | 13 | - | - |
calcspars | 15 | - | - |
calctufas | 16 | - | - |
calctuffs | 19 | - | - |
calculary | 16 | - | - |
calculose | 13 | - | - |
calculous | 13 | relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi | - |
caldarium | 14 | - | - |
calefying | 18 | - | - |
calembour | 15 | - | - |
calendars | 12 | - | - |
calenders | 12 | - | - |
calendrer | 12 | - | - |
calendric | 14 | relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement | calendric systems |
calenture | 11 | - | - |
calescent | 13 | - | - |
calfdozer | 24 | - | - |
calfhoods | 18 | - | - |
calflicks | 20 | - | - |
calfskins | 18 | - | - |
caliatour | 11 | - | - |
calibered | 14 | - | - |
calicular | 13 | relating to or resembling a calyculus | - |
califates | 14 | - | - |
califonts | 14 | - | - |
calimocho | 18 | - | - |
caliology | 15 | - | - |
calipered | 14 | - | - |
calisayas | 14 | - | - |
callaides | 12 | - | - |
callaloos | 11 | - | - |
callalous | 11 | - | - |
callbacks | 19 | - | - |
callboard | 14 | - | - |
callidity | 15 | - | - |
calligram | 14 | - | - |
calliopes | 13 | - | - |
callipash | 16 | - | - |
callipees | 13 | - | - |
callipers | 13 | - | - |
callosity | 14 | devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness | - |
callouses | 11 | - | - |
callowest | 14 | - | - |
calltimes | 13 | - | - |
callusing | 12 | - | - |
calmingly | 17 | - | - |
calmstane | 13 | - | - |
calmstone | 13 | - | - |
calorific | 16 | heat-generating | the calorific properties of fuels |
calorised | 12 | - | - |
calorises | 11 | - | - |
calorists | 11 | - | - |
calorized | 21 | - | - |
calorizes | 20 | - | - |
calotypes | 16 | - | - |
calthrops | 16 | - | - |
calumnied | 14 | - | - |
calumnies | 13 | - | - |
calutrons | 11 | - | - |
calvariae | 14 | - | - |
calvarial | 14 | - | - |
calvarian | 14 | - | - |
calvarias | 14 | - | - |
calvaries | 14 | - | - |
calvarium | 16 | - | - |
calvering | 15 | - | - |
calvities | 14 | - | - |
calycinal | 16 | of or relating to or resembling a calyx | - |
calycular | 16 | relating to or resembling a calyculus | - |
calycules | 16 | - | - |
calyculus | 16 | a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | - |
calypsoes | 16 | - | - |
calyptera | 16 | - | - |
calypters | 16 | - | - |
calyptras | 16 | - | - |
camanachd | 19 | - | - |
camarilla | 13 | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | - |
cambering | 16 | - | - |
cambiform | 20 | - | - |
cambistry | 18 | - | - |
cambogias | 16 | - | - |
cambooses | 15 | - | - |
camcorded | 17 | - | - |
camelback | 21 | - | - |
cameleers | 13 | - | - |
cameleons | 13 | - | - |
camelhair | 16 | a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel | - |
camelines | 13 | - | - |
camellias | 13 | - | - |
camellike | 17 | - | - |
cameloids | 14 | - | - |
camelries | 13 | - | - |
cameramen | 15 | - | - |
camerated | 14 | - | - |
camisades | 14 | - | - |
camisados | 14 | - | - |
camisoles | 13 | - | - |
camomiles | 15 | - | - |
camorrist | 13 | - | - |
camouflet | 16 | - | - |
campagnas | 16 | - | - |
campaigns | 16 | - | - |
campanero | 15 | - | - |
campanili | 15 | - | - |
campanist | 15 | - | - |
campanula | 15 | any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | - |
campcraft | 20 | - | - |
campeachy | 23 | spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye | - |
campeador | 16 | - | - |
camperies | 15 | - | - |
campfires | 18 | - | - |
camphanes | 18 | - | - |
camphenes | 18 | - | - |
camphines | 18 | - | - |
camphires | 18 | - | - |
camphones | 18 | - | - |
camphoric | 20 | relating to or derived from or containing camphor | camphoric liniments |
campiness | 15 | - | - |
campodeid | 17 | - | - |
camporees | 15 | - | - |
campshirt | 18 | - | - |
campsites | 15 | - | - |
campstool | 15 | a folding stool | - |
campusing | 16 | - | - |
camshafts | 19 | - | - |
camstairy | 16 | - | - |
camstanes | 13 | - | - |
camsteary | 16 | - | - |
camstones | 13 | - | - |
camwhored | 20 | - | - |
camwhores | 19 | - | - |
canaigres | 12 | - | - |
canailles | 11 | - | - |
canalboat | 13 | - | - |
canalised | 12 | - | - |
canalises | 11 | - | - |
canalized | 21 | - | - |
canalizes | 20 | - | - |
canallers | 11 | - | - |
canalling | 12 | - | - |
canarying | 15 | - | - |
canasters | 11 | - | - |
cancelbot | 15 | - | - |
canceleer | 13 | - | - |
cancelers | 13 | - | - |
cancelier | 13 | - | - |
canceller | 13 | - | - |
cancerate | 13 | - | - |
cancroids | 14 | - | - |
candidest | 13 | - | - |
candlelit | 12 | - | - |
candlenut | 12 | large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles | - |
candlepin | 14 | a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin | - |
candygram | 18 | - | - |
candytuft | 18 | any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region | - |
canebrake | 17 | a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane) | - |
canefruit | 14 | - | - |
canegrubs | 14 | - | - |
canellini | 11 | - | - |
canephora | 16 | - | - |
canephore | 16 | - | - |
canephors | 16 | - | - |
canescent | 13 | covered with fine whitish hairs or down | - |
canewares | 14 | - | - |
canfields | 15 | - | - |
canicular | 13 | of or relating to the dog days of summer | the canicular heat of the Deep South |
canistels | 11 | - | - |
canisters | 11 | - | - |
cankerier | 15 | - | - |
cankering | 16 | - | - |
cankerous | 15 | having an ulcer or canker | - |
cannabins | 13 | - | - |
canneloni | 11 | - | - |
cannelons | 11 | - | - |
cannelure | 11 | - | - |
canneries | 11 | - | - |
cannibals | 13 | - | - |
cannikins | 15 | - | - |
canniness | 11 | - | - |
cannister | 11 | metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | - |
cannonade | 12 | intense and continuous artillery fire | - |
cannoneer | 11 | a serviceman in the artillery | - |
cannonier | 11 | - | - |
cannoning | 12 | - | - |
cannulate | 11 | introduce a cannula or tube into | - |
canoeable | 13 | - | - |
canoeings | 12 | - | - |
canoeists | 11 | - | - |
canoewood | 15 | - | - |
canoniser | 11 | - | - |
canonises | 11 | - | - |
canonists | 11 | - | - |
canonizer | 20 | - | - |
canonizes | 20 | - | - |
canonries | 11 | - | - |
canoodled | 13 | - | - |
canoodler | 12 | - | - |
canoodles | 12 | - | - |
canopying | 17 | - | - |
cansticks | 17 | - | - |
cantabank | 17 | - | - |
cantaloup | 13 | the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | - |
cantering | 12 | riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop | the cantering soldiers |
cantharid | 15 | - | - |
cantharis | 14 | - | - |
cantharus | 14 | - | - |
canthitis | 14 | - | - |
canthooks | 18 | - | - |
canticoed | 14 | - | - |
canticoys | 16 | - | - |
canticums | 15 | - | - |
cantilena | 11 | - | - |
cantiness | 11 | - | - |
cantingly | 15 | - | - |
cantoning | 12 | - | - |
cantonise | 11 | - | - |
cantonize | 20 | - | - |
cantorial | 11 | - | - |
cantraips | 13 | - | - |
canulated | 12 | - | - |
canulates | 11 | - | - |
canvasers | 14 | - | - |
canvasing | 15 | - | - |
canvassed | 15 | - | - |
canvasser | 14 | someone who examines votes at an election | - |
canvasses | 14 | - | - |
canyoneer | 14 | - | - |
canyoning | 15 | - | - |
canzonets | 20 | - | - |
capablest | 15 | - | - |
capacious | 15 | large in capacity | she carried a capacious bag |
caparison | 13 | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | - |
capelines | 13 | - | - |
capellets | 13 | - | - |
capelline | 13 | - | - |
capellini | 13 | - | - |
capeskins | 17 | - | - |
capeworks | 20 | - | - |
capicolla | 15 | - | - |
capicollo | 15 | - | - |
capitally | 16 | - | - |
capitanos | 13 | - | - |
capitated | 14 | - | - |
capitates | 13 | - | - |
capitayns | 16 | - | - |
capitella | 13 | - | - |
capitular | 13 | of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | capitular estates |
capitulum | 15 | a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | - |
capmakers | 19 | - | - |
capocchia | 20 | - | - |
capoeiras | 13 | - | - |
caponatas | 13 | - | - |
caponiere | 13 | - | - |
caponiers | 13 | - | - |
caponised | 14 | - | - |
caponises | 13 | - | - |
caponized | 23 | - | - |
caponizes | 22 | - | - |
capotasto | 13 | - | - |
capotting | 14 | - | - |
capouches | 18 | - | - |
capriccio | 17 | an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation | - |
caprified | 17 | - | - |
caprifies | 16 | - | - |
caprifigs | 17 | - | - |
caprifoil | 16 | - | - |
caprifole | 16 | - | - |
capriform | 18 | - | - |
caprioled | 14 | - | - |
caprioles | 13 | - | - |
caproates | 13 | - | - |
caprylate | 16 | - | - |
capsaicin | 15 | colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno | - |
capsicins | 15 | - | - |
capsicums | 17 | - | - |
capsizals | 22 | - | - |
capsizing | 23 | (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water | - |
capsomere | 15 | - | - |
capsomers | 15 | - | - |
capstones | 13 | - | - |