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] |
cake |
a sweet, baked food made with flour, sugar, and eggs, often in the form of a loaf or round layers. [4 definitions] |
cakes and ale |
the good things in life; material or worldly pleasures. |
cakewalk |
a high-strutting, marchlike dance done in competition for the prize of a cake, awarded to the most intricate or unusual performance. [5 definitions] |
Cal.1 |
abbreviation of "large calorie," or "large calories," a unit of energy used for measuring energy value of food oxidized in the body, or the amount of food capable of producing such a unit. |