| caesura |
a break or hesitation in a line of verse, usu. necessitated by the sense of the words. |
| café |
an informal restaurant, coffee shop, or barroom that usually specializes in simple meals, coffees, and desserts. |
| café au lait |
hot coffee mixed with an equal amount of hot or scalded milk. [2 definitions] |
| café curtains |
short unpleated curtains, esp. for covering the lower half of a window. |
| café noir |
black coffee (French); coffee without milk or cream. |
| cafeteria |
a dining hall or restaurant in which customers select or are served their food at a counter and carry it on trays to their tables. |
| cafetorium |
a room or building that is used both as a cafeteria and an auditorium to save space, money, or both. |
| caffeine |
a bitter substance that occurs naturally in coffee, tea, chocolate, and certain other substances and has stimulant and diuretic effects. |
| caftan |
a loose, full-length garment with long sleeves and a sash tied at the waist, worn esp. in countries of the Middle East. |
| cage |
a boxlike enclosure having some sections covered by wire or bars and used to confine and often to display animals or birds. [4 definitions] |
| cagey |
careful not to be trapped or taken advantage of; wary; shrewd. |
| cahoots |
(informal) partnership or collusion of a disreputable sort (prec. by "in"). |
| caiman |
any of several tropical American reptiles similar to crocodiles or alligators. |
| Cain |
according to the Old Testament, the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel out of jealousy. |
| caïque |
a small single-masted sailing vessel used in the eastern Mediterranean. [2 definitions] |
| cairn |
a pile of stones put up as a landmark or monument. |
| Cairo |
the capital of Egypt. |
| caisson |
a watertight chamber used in constructing or repairing underwater structures. [2 definitions] |
| caisson disease |
see "aeroembolism." |
| cajole |
to coax or persuade insistently, as by flattery or false promises. |
| Cajun |
a person of French Acadian descent, now usu. native to Louisiana. [2 definitions] |