| caustic |
capable of burning away, corroding, or destroying tissue by chemical action. [3 definitions] |
| caustic potash |
potassium hydroxide. |
| caustic soda |
sodium hydroxide. |
| cauterize |
to sear with heat or chemicals to stop bleeding or destroy infected tissue. |
| cautery |
something, such as a caustic agent or a very hot or very cold instrument, used to burn or sear and thus to destroy unwanted tissue. [2 definitions] |
| caution |
attentiveness and prudence; wariness. [5 definitions] |
| cautionary |
serving to warn or to caution; warning. |
| cautious |
displaying or inclined to show caution; wary; careful. |
| cavalcade |
a procession, esp. of horses bearing riders or drawing carriages. [2 definitions] |
| cavalier |
an armed horseman; knight. [4 definitions] |
| cavalry |
troops mounted on horseback or in armored carriers or helicopters, or the branch of military service composed of such troops. |
| cave |
a natural hollow or series of hollows in the earth, esp. one with an opening in a hillside or cliff. [4 definitions] |
| caveat |
a warning or caution, esp. with regard to the limits or stipulations of an agreement. [3 definitions] |
| caveat emptor |
the principle that one who buys something does so at his or her own risk. |
| cave dweller |
a human being who lives or lived in a cave. |
| cave in |
to collapse inward. [2 definitions] |
| cave-in |
a collapse inward, as of the walls of an underground mine. |
| cave man |
one who lives in a cave, esp. a prehistoric human being; cave dweller. [2 definitions] |
| cavern |
a large cave. [3 definitions] |
| cavernous |
containing a number of caverns. [2 definitions] |
| caviar |
sturgeon eggs, salted and eaten as a delicacy. |