| carapace |
a horny covering or shield on the back of certain animals such as turtles and crustaceans. |
| carat |
a unit of weight for gems, equal to two hundred milligrams. [2 definitions] |
| caravan |
a band of people traveling together for safety, esp. across a desert. [4 definitions] |
| caravansary |
an inn, esp. in the Middle East, with a large courtyard for the animals used as transportation in a caravan. [2 definitions] |
| caravel |
a small, light, fast sailing ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with two or three masts and triangular sails. |
| caraway |
an herb bearing clusters of white flowers and aromatic, spicy seeds used as flavoring. [2 definitions] |
| carbamazepine |
an anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy. |
| carbide |
a binary compound of carbon and another element, such as calcium or various metals. |
| carbine |
a light rifle with a short barrel, formerly carried by cavalry soldiers. |
| carbineer |
a soldier armed with a carbine. |
| carbo- |
carbon. |
| carbohydrate |
any of a class of organic compounds including sugars, starches, and celluloses that are formed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that are important in plants and necessary to animal and human nutrition. [2 definitions] |
| carbolated |
containing or treated with carbolic acid. |
| carbolic acid |
phenol. |
| carbolize |
to treat or sterilize with carbolic acid. |
| carbon |
a chemical element that has six protons in each nucleus and that occurs in pure forms as diamond and graphite, or in a large variety of compounds such as carbon dioxide, carbohydrates, and petroleum hydrocarbons. (symbol: C) [7 definitions] |
| carbon 14 |
a radioactive isotope of carbon that has a half-life of about 5,700 years and whose presence in rock, fossils, and other archaeological specimens enables them to be dated. |
| carbonaceous |
of, like, containing, or yielding carbon. |
| carbonara |
designating pasta that is covered with a mild cheese sauce made up of eggs, bacon, onion, and parmesan cheese. |
| carbonate |
in chemistry, a salt or ester of carbonic acid. [3 definitions] |
| carbonated |
of or pertaining to water infused with carbon dioxide gas (used esp. in reference to carbonated beverages). |