| cashier's check |
a check drawn by a bank on its own funds and signed by its cashier. |
| cash in |
(informal) to die. |
| cashless |
combined form of cash. |
| cash machine |
a bank machine used for dispensing cash and other transactions. |
| cashmere |
the very fine soft wool growing at the roots of the hair of Kashmir goats. [2 definitions] |
| cash register |
a business machine, equipped with one or more drawers for storing bills and coins, that records, displays, and keeps a running total of sales and tax receipts, used esp. in retail stores. |
| casing |
a covering or wrapping. [4 definitions] |
| casino |
a room or building for public assembly or entertainment, esp. gambling games. [3 definitions] |
| cask |
a large, strong barrel used esp. for storing wine, sherry, and similar alcoholic beverages. [3 definitions] |
| casket |
a box in which a dead person is buried; coffin. [3 definitions] |
| Caspar Milquetoast |
a timid, easily dominated character in the early twentieth-century comic strip The Timid Soul by H. T. Webster. [2 definitions] |
| Caspian Sea |
a large inland sea surrounded by Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. |
| casque |
armor for the head, esp. a conical, medieval helmet with a nose guard. [2 definitions] |
| cassaba |
variant of casaba. |
| Cassandra |
in The Iliad, an ancient Greek epic poem, a woman who saw the future accurately, but who was fated never to be believed. [2 definitions] |
| cassava |
any of several tropical American plants with a tuberous root that yields a nutritive starch. [2 definitions] |
| casserole |
a dish, often deep and covered, in which food can be baked and served. [3 definitions] |
| cassette |
a compact case for film, or audio or video tape, used to facilitate leading a camera or recorder. |
| cassia |
a tropical Asian tree or its bark which yields a variety of cinnamon. [2 definitions] |
| cassimere |
a twilled or plain wool worsted, used for men's suits. |
| cassino |
a game of cards in which cards that are face up on the table can be claimed by players with matching cards in their hands. |