| capsize |
to overturn or cause to overturn. |
| capsule |
a gelatinous case for medicine, or such a case together with its contents, that dissolves when swallowed. [7 definitions] |
| captain |
a leader. [8 definitions] |
| caption |
a heading, title, or legend for printed matter such as a magazine article, newspaper photo, or graph. [4 definitions] |
| captive |
one who is confined or subjugated, such as a prisoner. [6 definitions] |
| captor |
one who takes or holds someone or something captive. |
| capture |
to seize by overpowering or plotting. [6 definitions] |
| capybara |
a large tailless South American rodent that lives near water. |
| car |
an automobile. [3 definitions] |
| Caracas |
the capital of Venezuela. |
| caramel |
sugar that is heated until it liquefies and turns brown, used to color and flavor foods. [2 definitions] |
| carat |
a unit of weight for gems, equal to two hundred milligrams. [2 definitions] |
| caravan |
a band of people traveling together for safety, esp. across a desert. [4 definitions] |
| carbohydrate |
any of a class of organic compounds including sugars, starches, and celluloses that are formed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that are important in plants and necessary to animal and human nutrition. [2 definitions] |
| carbon |
a chemical element that has six protons in each nucleus and that occurs in pure forms as diamond and graphite, or in a large variety of compounds such as carbon dioxide, carbohydrates, and petroleum hydrocarbons. (symbol: C) [7 definitions] |
| carbon dioxide |
a colorless, odorless, incombustible gas that is produced naturally in breathing, combustion, and decomposition, and commercially for use in dry ice, fire extinguishers, and carbonated beverages. |
| carbon monoxide |
a colorless, odorless, combustible, and very poisonous gas, produced by the incomplete combustion of material containing carbon, such as gasoline, because of insufficient air. |
| carburetor |
a device in an internal-combustion engine that produces a combustible mixture of vaporized fuel and air. |
| carcass |
a dead body, esp. of an animal. [3 definitions] |
| card1 |
a small piece of thick paper, cardboard, or plastic printed with personal data such as name and address and used as identification. [4 definitions] |
| cardboard |
a rigid material made of layers of paper and used in packaging, signs, and the like. |