| casserole |
a dish, often deep and covered, in which food can be baked and served. [3 definitions] |
| cassette |
a compact case for film, or audio or video tape, used to facilitate leading a camera or recorder. |
| cassia |
a tropical Asian tree or its bark which yields a variety of cinnamon. [2 definitions] |
| cassimere |
a twilled or plain wool worsted, used for men's suits. |
| cassino |
a game of cards in which cards that are face up on the table can be claimed by players with matching cards in their hands. |
| Cassiopeia |
a circumpolar constellation in the northern sky, located between Perseus and Cepheus. [2 definitions] |
| cassiterite |
a mineral ore, tin dioxide, that is the principal source of tin. |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. |
birth name of Muhammad Ali, U.S. boxer and international political activist who won the world heavyweight championship three times. |
| cassock |
an ankle-length gown worn by clergymen and other participants in Christian church services. |
| cassowary |
any of several very large flightless birds of Australia and New Guinea that have a bony projection on the top of the head and face. |
| cast |
to throw or fling. [18 definitions] |
| castable |
combined form of cast. |
| castanet |
one of a pair of slightly concave wooden or ivory instruments, held in the hand and clicked together to provide rhythmic accompaniment, esp. to certain Spanish dances. |
| castaway |
one who has been shipwrecked. [2 definitions] |
| caste |
one of the four hereditary classes into which Hindu society is divided. [4 definitions] |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. [2 definitions] |
| caster |
someone or something that casts. [3 definitions] |
| caste system |
a social structure in which one's class in society is determined by heredity. |
| castigate |
to punish or rebuke, as with severe public criticism; chastise. |
| castigation |
the act of rebuking, severely criticizing, or punishing, especially in a public forum. |
| Castile |
a former kingdom that in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries occupied most of modern Spain. [2 definitions] |