carpet beetle |
any of several small beetles whose larvae feed on and damage furs and woolens. |
carpeting |
a fabric of which carpets are made. [2 definitions] |
carpet sweeper |
a long-handled, hand-operated household implement containing a rotating brush that sweeps dirt, lint, and the like from rugs and carpets. |
-carpic |
having (such) a number or type of fruit. |
carping |
inclined to find fault or complain. |
carpool |
an arrangement among a group of automobile drivers, such as employees at the same workplace, to take turns driving each other to and from a common destination. [3 definitions] |
carport |
a roofed, wall-less shelter for an automobile, usu. attached to a house or other building. |
-carpous |
having (such) a number or type of fruit. |
carpus |
the wrist, or the wrist bones collectively. |
carrack |
a large merchant ship used esp. in the Mediterranean in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries; galleon. |
carrageen |
a purplish-brown seaweed found along the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America; Irish moss. |
carrel |
a cubicle large enough for one reader, often in or near the stacks of a library. |
carriage |
a wheeled passenger vehicle that is covered or enclosed, especially one that is drawn by a horse or horses or by a train engine, or one that is pushed along by a person. [5 definitions] |
carrier |
one who carries or delivers. [6 definitions] |
carrier pigeon |
a pigeon trained to return to its home base, esp. one used to carry messages from outposts; homing pigeon. [2 definitions] |
carriole |
variant of cariole. |
carrion |
dead and rotting flesh. [3 definitions] |
carrion crow |
a common European crow. |
carrom |
variant of carom. |
carrot |
a plant cultivated for its edible orange root. [3 definitions] |
carrousel |
variant of carousel. |