burgoo
A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.
A spicy stew, typically made with a combination of meats and vegetables, and often served with cornbread or corn muffins.

burgoos
plural of burgoo

burgout
Alternative form of burgoo.

burroti
A fusion dish based on the popular Mission burrito, but prepared using Indian ingredients.

burrotis
plural of burroti

burstworts
plural of burstwort

bushfood
Traditional Aboriginal food gathered from the bush.

bushfoods
plural of bushfood

bushmeat
Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.

bushmeats
plural of bushmeat

butadon
A Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with braised or grilled pork; pork donburi.

butifarra
Alternative form of botifarra.

butifarras
plural of butifarra

butter
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
Any specific soft substance.
Something that is smooth, impressive, or appealing. (Compare smooth as butter.)
Something that is smooth, impressive, or appealing. (Compare smooth as butter.)

butterbar
Alternative form of butter bar.

butterbars
plural of butterbar

butterbean
Alternative spelling of butter bean.

butterbeans
plural of butterbean

butteries
plural of buttery

butterine
An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.

butterines
plural of butterine

butterleaf
A kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour.

butterscotch
A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients.
A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.

butterscotches
plural of butterscotch

buttery
Made with or tasting of butter.
Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
Ellipsis of buttery smooth.

buttillary
A buttery.

butyroin
The compound 5-hydroxy-4-octanone, having a buttery, nutty aroma, that is used in perfumery and flavouring

caatinga
A sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.

cabeliau
Alternative form of kabbelow (“kind of salted cod”).

cabilliau
Alternative form of kabbelow (“kind of salted cod”).

cacciatora
A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs.

cacciatore
Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes.

cacciatores
plural of cacciatore

cachou
A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.
A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc.

cachous
plural of cachou

cachumber
Alternative form of kachumber.

cachumbers
plural of cachumber

cachupa
A slow-cooked stew of hominy, beans, cassava, sweet potato, and fish or meat, a traditional dish of Cape Verde.

cacik
A Turkish dish made from yoghurt, salt, olive oil, crushed garlic, chopped cucumber, and mint.

caciks
plural of cacik

caciocavallo
An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.

caciocavallos
plural of caciocavallo

caecotrope
Alternative spelling of caecotroph.

caecotropes
plural of caecotrope

caecotroph
In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.

caecotrophs
plural of caecotroph

caecotrophy
In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.

caement
Archaic spelling of cement.

caf
A café.
A cafeteria.
A caffeinated coffee.

cafe
Alternative form of café.
A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.

cafes
plural of cafe

cafeteria
A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.

cafeterias
plural of cafeteria

cafeterie
Cafeteria.
Pantry, stillroom.

cafeteries
plural of cafeterie

caff
café, cafeteria.

caffe
Alternative spelling of caffè (“Italian café”).

caffs
plural of caff

cafs
plural of caf

cageworks
plural of cagework

cagmag
A tough old goose.
Coarse, bad food of any kind.

cagmags
plural of cagmag

caipirinha
A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.

caipirinhas
plural of caipirinha

cakepan
A dish or mould for baking a cake.

cakepans
plural of cakepan

calamari
Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
Squid, the mollusk.

calamaris
plural of calamari

calapash
Alternative form of calipash.

calapashes
plural of calapash

calapee
Alternative form of calipee.

calapees
plural of calapee

calas
Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.

calavance
Any bean, but especially the hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus).
Food made from beans.

calavances
plural of calavance

calibogus
A drink made of rum mixed with spruce beer.

calipash
The edible greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell).

calipashes
plural of calipash

calipee
A food of the yellowish material found inside the lower half of a turtle's carapace (shell).

calipees
plural of calipee

callipash
Alternative form of calipash.

callipashes
plural of callipash

callipee
Alternative form of calipee.

callipees
plural of callipee

callivance
Alternative form of calavance.

callivances
plural of callivance

calorie
A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling.
A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 joules, that can raise the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius. This unit was formerly widely used in chemistry and physics.

calories
plural of calorie
plural of calory

calory
Dated spelling of calorie.

cambro
An insulated container for keeping food or drink hot.

cambros
plural of cambro

campylobacter
Any bacteria of the genus Campylobacter; a principal cause of food poisoning.

campylobacteria
plural of campylobacterium

campylobacterium
Any of several gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Campylobacter, that cause food poisoning

campylobacterosis
A gastrointestinal condition characterized by diarrhea etc., caused by eating raw or unpasteurised food contaminated with campylobacteria.

campylobacters
plural of campylobacter

canadiano
Alternative letter-case form of Canadiano.

canadianos
plural of canadiano

canaree
A metal or earthenware pot or jar used for storing and cooking food.

canarees
plural of canaree

cannabev
A drink infused with tetrahydrocannabinol.

cannabevs
plural of cannabev

cannabutter
A product of cooking cannabis with butter, used to make edibles.

cannelon
A fluted mold.
A dish prepared in such a mold.

cannelons
plural of cannelon

capillaire
A syrup prepared from the maidenhair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.
Any simple syrup flavoured with orange flowers.

capillaires
plural of capillaire

caprifig
A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.

caprifigs
plural of caprifig

captacula
plural of captaculum

captaculum
One of the thin, prehensile food-gathering and sensory tentacles of the Scaphopoda (tusk shells).