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- cabala noun
A Jewish tradition of mystical teaching about God, the world, and the hidden meaning of the Torah. - cabinet noun (a cabinet, cabinets; the Cabinet)
A cabinet is a cupboard with shelves or drawers and usually doors, used to store or show things: a kitchen cabinet, a bathroom cabinet. - cage noun (cage, cages); verb (cage, cages, caged, caging)
A cage is a box or room made of bars or wire that keeps animals or birds inside. - cake noun (cake, cakes); verb (cake, caked — covered thickly)
A cake is a sweet baked food made of flour, eggs, sugar and butter, often for birthdays and parties. - calamity noun (a calamity, calamities)
A terrible event that causes great damage, loss or suffering, like an earthquake or a flood. - calamus noun (calamus, calamuses)
1) A sweet-smelling water plant with a long root that was once used as medicine. - calculated adjective (calculated); verb form (calculate, calculates, calculated, calculating)
Past form of «calculate»: worked out using numbers: «We calculated the area.». - calculation noun (a calculation, calculations)
A calculation is working out an answer using numbers, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing. - caldron noun (caldron, caldrons)
1) A large, heavy pot for cooking over a fire; a spelling variant of cauldron. - calf noun (a calf, calves)
1) A calf is a young cow or bull. 2) A calf is the young of some other large animals, like elephants, whales, giraffes and deer. 3) Your… - call verb (call, calls, called, calling); noun (a call, calls)
1) To call is to phone someone. 2) To call is to shout or say loudly so someone hears. 3) To call is to give a name: «We call him Max». 4)… - calm adjective (calm, calmer, calmest); verb (calm, calms, calmed, calming); noun (calm)
Not worried, angry or excited; peaceful: "Stay calm.". - caloric noun
An old word for heat thought of as a kind of invisible fluid. - calque noun
A word or phrase made by translating each part of a word from another language. - calve verb (calve, calves, calved, calving)
1) (of a cow, whale, elephant and some other animals) To give birth to a calf. 2) (of a glacier or iceberg) To have a big piece of ice… - camel noun (camel, camels)
1) A camel is a large animal with a long neck and one or two humps on its back, which lives in deserts. 2) Camel is a light brown colour. - camp noun (camp, camps); verb (camp, camps, camped, camping)
A camp is a place where people stay in tents or cabins, often outdoors. - can modal verb (can, cannot, can't, could); noun (can, cans); verb (can, cans, canned — to put in cans)
1) Can means is able to: I can swim. 2) Can means is allowed to: You can go out now. 3) Can is used to ask politely: Can I have some… - canaanite noun
A person of the land of Canaan, the people who lived there before the Israelites. - canal noun (a canal, canals)
A long, narrow waterway dug by people so boats can travel or water can flow, for example across a country. - cancer noun (cancer, cancers); proper noun (Cancer — a star sign and constellation)
Cancer is a serious illness in which some cells in the body grow out of control and can spread. - candid adjective (candid)
Honest and open, saying what you really think even if it is hard to hear: a candid answer. - candle noun (a candle, candles)
A candle is a stick of wax with a string (a wick) in the middle that you light to give a small flame and light. - candlestick noun (a candlestick, candlesticks)
A holder for a candle, with a hole or spike on top. - cane noun (a cane, canes); verb (cane, canes, caned, caning)
A cane is a stick that people use to help them walk; a white cane helps blind people. - canker noun
A grub or caterpillar-like insect that eats plants. The word is used in the name "canker-worm". - canopy noun (a canopy, canopies)
In a forest the canopy is the top layer of leaves and branches that covers the forest like a roof. - cantor noun
A cantor is a person who leads the singing of prayers in a synagogue. Here the word is just the surname of a mathematician, Cantor. - capable adjective (capable, more capable, most capable)
1) Capable means able to do something: capable of swimming a length. 2) Capable means good at things, skilled and sensible. - capital noun (a capital, capitals); adjective (capital)
A capital (city) is the city where a country's or state's government is. - capricorn proper noun (Capricorn; a Capricorn, Capricorns)
A constellation (group of stars) whose name means «goat-horned», pictured as a sea-goat. - captain noun (a captain, captains); verb (captain, captains, captained, captaining)
The person in charge of a ship or an aeroplane. - captivate verb
To charm someone so that they cannot look away, or to take them captive by beauty. - captive noun (a captive, captives); adjective (captive)
A captive is a person or animal that has been caught and is kept somewhere and not allowed to leave. - captivity noun (captivity — uncountable)
Captivity is the state of being kept in a place and not being free, like an animal in a zoo or a prisoner. - capture verb (capture, captures, captured, capturing); noun (capture)
To catch a person or animal and keep it so it cannot escape. - car noun (car, cars)
A car is a machine with four wheels and an engine that people drive on roads. - caravan noun (a caravan, caravans); verb (caravan, caravanning — UK)
A vehicle with beds and a kitchen pulled by a car, for holidays; in the US a trailer or RV. - carbuncle noun (carbuncles)
1) A carbuncle is a dark red precious stone, a round-cut garnet. 2) A carbuncle is an old word for a painful boil under the skin. - carcase noun (carcases)
1) A carcase is the dead body of an animal, especially one left after the good meat has been cut away. It is also spelt carcass. - carcass noun (a carcass, carcasses; also spelt carcase in the UK)
A carcass is the dead body of an animal, especially a large one, or one cut up for meat. - card noun (card, cards)
A card is a small flat piece of stiff paper, often with a picture: a trading card. - cardinal noun (a cardinal, cardinals); adjective (cardinal)
A senior leader in the Roman Catholic Church who wears red and helps choose the Pope. - care verb (care, cares, cared, caring); noun (care, cares)
To care is to feel that someone or something matters to you: «I care about my friends». - careful adjective (careful, more careful, most careful); adverb (carefully)
Careful means paying close attention so you do not make mistakes, break things or get hurt. - carefully adverb (carefully; adjective careful)
Carefully means with care, slowly and paying attention so you do not make mistakes. - careless adjective (careless, more careless, most careless)
Careless means not paying enough attention, so you make mistakes or cause harm: a careless mistake. - carmelite noun
A person from Carmel, a town in the hill country of Judah. - carnally adverb
In a bodily way, as in sexual relations. - carnelian noun
A reddish-orange precious stone. - carouse noun
A noisy drinking party; to drink and make merry. - carpenter noun (a carpenter, carpenters)
1) A carpenter is a person whose job is making and fixing wooden things such as doors, floors, roofs, shelves and furniture. - carrion noun (carrion, uncountable)
1) Carrion is the dead and rotting flesh of animals. 2) (adjective use) Carrion animals, such as a carrion crow, eat dead animals. - carry verb (carry, carries, carried, carrying)
To carry is to hold something and take it with you. - cart noun (a cart, carts); verb (cart, carts, carted, carting)
A cart is a vehicle with two or four wheels, pulled by a horse or other animal or pushed by hand, used to carry things. - carve verb (carve, carves, carved, carving)
To carve is to cut wood, stone, ice or another hard material carefully to make a shape or pattern. - carving noun (a carving, carvings; carving — the activity); verb form (carve, carves, carved, carving)
A carving is an object or pattern made by cutting wood, stone or another material. - case noun (a case, cases)
A case is a container or box for keeping or carrying things: a pencil case, a suitcase, a phone case. - cassia noun (cassia, uncountable as a spice; a cassia, cassias as a plant)
A spice made from the bark of a tree; it tastes and smells like cinnamon and is often sold as cinnamon. - cast verb (cast, casts, cast, casting — the past is also cast); noun (a cast, casts)
To throw something, such as a fishing line or a net. - castle noun (a castle, castles); verb (castle, castles, castled, castling — in chess)
A large, strong building with thick walls and towers, built long ago to protect a king, queen or lord from enemies. - cat noun (cat, cats)
A cat is a small furry animal that people keep as a pet; it has whiskers, claws and a long tail. - cataract noun (a cataract, cataracts)
1) A cataract is a cloudy patch in the lens of the eye that makes things look blurry; it is common in older people and can be fixed by an… - catch verb (catch, catches, caught, catching); noun (a catch, catches)
To catch is to take and hold something that moves, like a ball or a fish. - category noun (a category, categories)
A category is a group of things or people that are alike in some way: «Put the animals into categories». - caterpillar noun (a caterpillar, caterpillars)
A caterpillar is the long, soft, worm-like larva of a butterfly or moth, with many legs. - cattle noun, plural only (cattle — no singular form; one animal is «a cow», «a bull» or «a head of cattle»)
Cattle are large farm animals such as cows, bulls and steers, kept for milk, meat or leather. - cause noun (cause, causes); verb (cause, causes, caused, causing)
What makes something happen: "The cause of the fire was a candle.". - causeless adjective (causeless, no comparative)
1) Causeless means having no good reason or cause. - causeway noun (a causeway, causeways)
A raised road or path across wet ground, marshes or shallow water. - caution noun (caution; a caution, cautions); verb (caution, cautions, cautioned, cautioning)
1) Great care to avoid danger or mistakes. 2) A warning, like a sign saying "Caution: wet floor". 3) (law, UK) An official warning from… - cautious adjective (cautious; more cautious, most cautious)
1) Careful to avoid danger, risks or mistakes. 2) Slow to decide or to trust, as in «cautious about strangers». - cave noun (cave, caves); verb (cave in, caves in, caved in, caving in)
A cave is a large hole in the side of a hill or cliff or under the ground. - cc noun
It is a short form of "cubic centimetre", or of "carbon copy". Here it is part of a copyright licence note. - cease verb (cease, ceases, ceased, ceasing)
1) (formal) To stop happening, or to stop doing something. - cedar noun (a cedar, cedars; cedar — the wood, uncountable)
A tall evergreen tree with needle-like leaves and cones, such as the cedar of Lebanon. - ceiling noun (a ceiling, ceilings)
The inside surface at the top of a room, above your head. - celebrate verb (celebrate, celebrates, celebrated, celebrating)
To do something special and enjoyable because of a happy event or a special day, like a birthday, a festival or a win. - celestial adjective (celestial)
To do with the sky or outer space, as in «celestial bodies» like stars, planets and moons. - cell noun (a cell, cells)
A cell is the smallest living part of a plant or animal; all living things are made of cells. - cellar noun (a cellar, cellars)
A cellar is a room under a house or building, below the ground, often used for storage. - censer noun (censers)
A censer is a metal container, often hung on chains, that holds burning incense; it is swung in church to fill the air with sweet smoke. - censor noun
A spelling variant of "censer", a pan for burning incense. Today "censor" means a person who removes things that are thought improper. - cent noun (cent, cents)
A cent is a small coin or amount of money; a hundred cents make a dollar or a euro. - central adjective (central, more central, most central)
Central means in the middle or centre of something: central London, the central square. - centre noun (a centre, centres); verb (centre, centres, centred, centring); American spelling center
The centre is the middle point or part of something. - century noun (a century, centuries)
1) A century is a period of one hundred years. 2) A century also means one of the hundred-year periods counted in history, such as «the… - ceremony noun (a ceremony, ceremonies)
A ceremony is a formal event held to mark something important, such as a wedding, a graduation or a prize-giving. - certain adjective (certain); determiner (a certain, certain)
Certain means sure, with no doubt: «I am certain». - certainly adverb (certainly)
1) Certainly means without any doubt; surely. 2) Certainly is a polite way of saying «yes» or «of course» when someone asks for something.… - certainty noun (certainty — uncountable; a certainty, certainties)
Certainty is the feeling of being completely sure about something. - cf abbreviation (cf. — written only)
Short for the Latin word «confer», meaning «compare»; it tells the reader to look at another thing and compare it with this one. - chaff noun (chaff — uncountable); verb (chaff, chaffs, chaffed, chaffing — old-fashioned)
The dry husks (outer cases) of grain such as wheat, separated from the seeds when farmers thresh it. - chain noun (chain, chains); verb (chain, chains, chained, chaining)
A chain is a row of metal rings, called links, joined together. - chair noun (chair, chairs); verb (chair, chairs, chaired, chairing)
A chair is a seat for one person, with a back and usually four legs. - chaldean noun
A person from Chaldea, the land in southern Babylonia, or a member of the people who ruled Babylon. - chaldee noun
The ancient language of Chaldea, or Babylonia, also called Aramaic; a person from Chaldea. - chalkstone noun
A piece of soft white limestone, chalk, that crumbles easily. - chamber noun (a chamber, chambers)
A room, especially a large one used for a special purpose (council chamber). - chamberlain noun (chamberlains)
A chamberlain was an officer in charge of the rooms and household business of a king, queen or lord in old times.
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