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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Carelessadjectivemarked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughnesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Carewornadjectiveshowing the wearing effects of overwork or care or sufferingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carinaladjectiverelating to or resembling a carinacandidateMay 18, 2026
CarinateadjectivecandidateMay 16, 2026
Carinatedadjectivehaving a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a shipcandidateMay 18, 2026
Caringadjectivefeeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for otherscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cariousadjectiveaffected with cavities or decay, usually referring to teethcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carmeliteadjectiveof or relating to the Carmelite friarscandidateMay 18, 2026
Carminativeadjectiverelieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)candidateMay 18, 2026
Carmineadjectiveof a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)candidateMay 18, 2026
Carnaladjectivemarked by the appetites and passions of the bodycandidateMay 18, 2026
Carnassialadjective(of a tooth) adapted for shearing fleshcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carnationadjectivepink or pinkishcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carnivorousadjective(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animalscandidateMay 18, 2026
Caroleanadjectiveof or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of EnglandcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carolineadjectiveof or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of EnglandcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carolingianadjectiveof or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's fathercandidateMay 18, 2026
Carotidadjectiveof or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neckcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carousingadjectiveused of riotously drunken merrymakingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carpaladjectiveof or relating to the wristcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carpellaryadjectivebelonging to or forming or containing carpelscandidateMay 18, 2026
Carpellateadjectivebearing or consisting of carpelscandidateMay 18, 2026
Carpetbagadjectivepresumptuously seeking success or a position in a new localitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Carpetbaggingadjectivepresumptuously seeking success or a position in a new localitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Carpetedadjectivecovered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specifiedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carpophagousadjectivefeeding on fruitcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carposporicadjectiverelating to or resembling a carposporecandidateMay 18, 2026
Carposporousadjectivehaving carposporescandidateMay 18, 2026
Carrotyadjectiveresembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plantcandidateMay 18, 2026
Carsickadjectiveexperiencing motion sicknesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cartesianadjectiveof or relating to Rene Descartes or his workscandidateMay 18, 2026
Carthaginianadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their languagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Carthusianadjectiveof or relating to the Carthusian ordercandidateMay 18, 2026
Cartilaginousadjectiveof or relating to cartilagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cartographicadjectiveof or relating to the making of maps or chartscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cartographicaladjectiveof or relating to the making of maps or chartscandidateMay 18, 2026
Caruncularadjectiveresembling a carunclecandidateMay 18, 2026
Carunculateadjectivehaving a carunclecandidateMay 18, 2026
Carunculatedadjectivehaving a carunclecandidateMay 18, 2026
Carunculousadjectiveresembling a carunclecandidateMay 18, 2026
Carvedadjectivemade for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)candidateMay 18, 2026
Carved in StoneadjectiveMWEno longer changeablecandidateMay 18, 2026
Carvel-Builtadjective(of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull plankscandidateMay 18, 2026
Carvenadjectivemade for or formed by carvingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Caryophyllaceousadjectiveof or pertaining to plants of the family CaryophyllaceaecandidateMay 18, 2026
Case-By-Caseadjectiveseparate and distinct from others of the same kindcandidateMay 18, 2026
Case-Hardenedadjectiveused of personscandidateMay 18, 2026
Casebookadjectiveaccording to or characteristic of a casebook or textbookcandidateMay 18, 2026
Casedadjectivecovered or protected with or as if with a casecandidateMay 18, 2026
Caseousadjectiveof damaged or necrotic tissuecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cash-And-Carryadjectivesold for cash and the customer carries it away (no delivery service)candidateMay 18, 2026
Cashableadjectiveable to be converted into ready money or the equivalentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cashedadjectivefor which money has been paidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cassockedadjectivedressed in a cassockcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cast-Ironadjectiveextremely robustcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cast-Offadjectivethrown awaycandidateMay 18, 2026
Castelessadjectivenot belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in societycandidateMay 18, 2026
Castellatedadjectivehaving or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlementcandidateMay 18, 2026
Castledadjectivehaving or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlementcandidateMay 18, 2026
Castratedadjectivedeprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributescandidateMay 18, 2026
Casualadjectiveoccurring or appearing or singled out by chancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Casuisticadjectiveof or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problemscandidateMay 18, 2026
Casuisticaladjectiveof or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problemscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cata-Corneredadjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal linecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catabaticadjectiveof an air current or windcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catabolicadjectiverelating to or characterized by catabolismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catachresticadjectiveconstituting or characterized by or given to catachresiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catachresticaladjectiveconstituting or characterized by or given to catachresiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cataclinaladjectiveof valleys and riverscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cataclysmaladjectiveseverely destructivecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cataclysmicadjectiveseverely destructivecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catacorneradjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal linecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catadromousadjectivemigrating from fresh water to the sea to spawncandidateMay 18, 2026
Catalanadjectiverelating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitantscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catalaticadjectiveof or relating to the enzyme catalasecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catalecticadjective(verse) metrically incompletecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catalepticadjectiveof or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsycandidateMay 18, 2026
Catalyticadjectiverelating to or causing or involving catalysiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catamenialadjectiveof or relating to menstruation or the mensescandidateMay 18, 2026
Cataphaticadjectiveof or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmativelycandidateMay 18, 2026
Cataphoreticadjectiveof or relating to electrophoresiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cataplasticadjectiveof or relating to cataplasiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Catapultianadjectiveof or like a catapultcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catapulticadjectiveof or like a catapultcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catarrhaladjectiveof or relating to a catarrhcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catarrhineadjectiveof or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downwardcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catarrhinianadjectiveof or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downwardcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catastrophicadjectiveextremely harmfulcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catatonicadjectivecharacterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catchingadjective(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Catchpennyadjectivedesigned to sell quickly without concern for qualitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Catchyadjectivelikely to attract attentioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Catecheticadjectiveof or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Catecheticaladjectiveof or relating to or involving catechesiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catechismaladjectiveof or relating to a catechism summarizing the principles of ChristianitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Catechisticadjectiveof or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Categorematicadjectiveof a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a propositioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Categorialadjectiveof or relating to the concept of categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Categoricadjectiverelating to or included in a category or categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Categoricaladjectiverelating to or included in a category or categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026