castle
A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
An instance of castling.
A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
A close helmet.
Any strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion.
A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
The wicket.

castles
plural of castle

castleward
Synonym of castle-guard.

castlewards
Towards the castle.

castor
A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.

castors
plural of castor

catamaran
A twin-hulled ship or boat.
A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
A raft of three pieces of wood lashed together, the middle piece being longer than the others, and serving as a keel on which the rower squats while paddling.
An old kind of fireship.

catamarans
plural of catamaran

catamite
A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man.

catamites
plural of catamite

catataxis
A confusion between hierarchical levels; a two-way dependency relation, such as that between a subject and a finite verb.

catback
The totality of components which exhaust gases flow through after exiting a vehicle's catalytic converter.
The back of a cat (for riding upon).

catboat
A sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern.

catboaters
plural of catboater

catboats
plural of catboat

catcher
Someone or something that catches.
The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
A wrestler.
The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
Short for mailcatcher (“device for a moving train to pick up mail”)

catchers
plural of catcher

catchpoints
Alternative form of catch points.

catenaries
plural of catenary

catenary
Relating to a chain; like a chain.
Relating to a catena.

catererships
plural of caterership

catline
A strong line for hoisting during the drilling of oil wells.
A fireline constructed with the front blade of a bulldozer or similar tracked vehicle.

catlines
plural of catline

cattamaran
Obsolete spelling of catamaran.

cattamarans
plural of cattamaran

causalities
plural of causality

causality
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.

cautionries
plural of cautionry

cautionry
suretyship

cauzies
plural of cauzy

cauzy
Obsolete form of qadi.

cavaletti
plural of cavaletto

cavaletto
Alternative form of cavalletto.

cavalettos
plural of cavaletto

cavalierships
plural of cavaliership

cavalletti
plural of cavalletto

cavalletto
A specialized gantry crane for loading and unloading cargo ships that attaches to and moves along guides on the ship's hatchway.
A long pole placed horizontally at a height of 4 to 20 inches from the ground, used in training horses.
The punishment of being placed in a pillory and whipped.

cavallettos
plural of cavalletto

cavallies
plural of cavally

cavally
a carangoid fish of species Caranx hippos, of the Atlantic coast.

cazee
Obsolete form of qadi.

cazees
plural of cazee

cazies
plural of cazy

caziqueship
Alternative form of caciqueship.

caziqueships
plural of caziqueship

cazy
Obsolete form of qadi.

cc
Initialism of carbon copy.
Initialism of courtesy copy.
Initialism of closed caption or closed captioning.
Initialism of cubic centimeter.

ccs
plural of cc

celebretard
A celebrity regarded as foolish or stupid, especially one noted for episodes of unrestrained, self-destructive behavior.

celebretards
plural of celebretard

cemevi
An Alevi place of worship or cultural center.

cemevis
plural of cemevi

cemi
Alternative form of zemi.

cemis
plural of cemi

cenomics
The collection of entities (cenomes) whose organization and relationships make up a complex system.

cenosis
The relationships between cenomes in a cenology.

censorings
plural of censoring

censorships
plural of censorship

censureships
plural of censureship

centanamycin
The carboxamide N-[4-amino-1-(2-chloroethyl)-2-naphthyl]-5,6,7-trimethoxy-1H-indole-2-carboxamide that is used as an antineoplastic agent.

centerboarder
A boat equipped with a centerboard.

centerboarders
plural of centerboarder

centercab
A diesel or electric locomotive designed with its driving cab in the middle, between its two ends.

centercabs
plural of centercab

centerlock
A type of mounting where the wheel of an automobile is fastened to the axle using a single central nut.
A type of mounting where the rotor of a disc brake is attached to the wheel hub using a single lockring.

centrale
The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus in most vertebrates. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.

cerebrotonia
In the somatotype theories of William Herbert Sheldon, an intellectual personality type characterised by emotional restraint and alertness correlated with the ectomorph body type.

cerebrotonias
plural of cerebrotonia

cerein
Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by various strains of the bacterium Bacillus cereus.

cereins
plural of cerein

cerstificate
A mispronunciation of certificate.

certificate
A document containing a certified statement.
A document evidencing ownership or debt.
A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
Ellipsis of public key certificate.
A motion picture age rating.

certificates
plural of certificate

cess
An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
Bound; measure.

cesses
plural of cess

chainbolt
A large bolt used to secure the chainplates to the ship's side.

chainbolts
plural of chainbolt

chainette
catenary

chainettes
plural of chainette

chainlinks
plural of chainlink

chainplate
A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.

chainplates
plural of chainplate

chairlift
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.

chairlifts
plural of chairlift

chairmanships
plural of chairmanship

chairoplane
A fairground ride, a variation on the carousel in which the chairs are suspended from the rotating top of the carousel.

chairoplanes
plural of chairoplane

chairpersonships
plural of chairpersonship

chairship
chairpersonship

chairships
plural of chairship

chairway
Synonym of chairlift.

chairways
plural of chairway

chairwomanships
plural of chairwomanship

chalicist
A layperson authorized to assist the clergy, particularly within the Episcopal or Anglican Church, in administering the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion during worship services. Specifically, chalicists offer the consecrated wine to communicants following its consecration by the celebrant.

chalicists
plural of chalicist

challenger
One who challenges.
One who challenges.
One who challenges.
One who challenges.
Often in the form Challenger: a match, tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

challengers
plural of challenger

chaloupe
A launch (type of boat).

chaloupes
plural of chaloupe