carpel
A constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.

carpellum
Synonym of carpel.

carpels
plural of carpel

carpentership
The role or trade of a carpenter.

carpentings
plural of carpenting

carpentries
plural of carpentry

carpentry
The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures.
A carpenter’s workshop.
A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

carpetway
A carpeted way or route.

carpetways
plural of carpetway

carphone
Alternative form of car phone.

carphones
plural of carphone

carpitis
inflammation of the carpal joint

carplane
A vehicle that can drive on land like a car or fly like an aeroplane.

carplanes
plural of carplane

carpometatarsal
Relating to the carpal and metatarsal bones

carpometatarsals
plural of carpometatarsal

carpooler
Alternative spelling of car-pooler.

carpoolers
plural of carpooler

carpophyl
Alternative form of carpophyll.

carpophyll
Synonym of carpel.

carpophylls
plural of carpophyll

carpophyls
plural of carpophyl

carport
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.

carports
plural of carport

carpoxenia
The effect of pollen on the tissue of the carpel

carputer
A form of personal computer or similar device designed to be installed in the dashboard of a car

carputers
plural of carputer

carqual
Abbreviation of carrier qualification: a series of test maneuvers by which a ship demonstrates its fitness for sea duty.

carquals
plural of carqual

carrack
A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.

carracks
plural of carrack

carract
Obsolete form of carrack.

carracts
plural of carract

carrageenase
Any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan.

carrageenases
plural of carrageenase

carreta
An oxcart.

carretas
plural of carreta

carrick
Alternative spelling of carrack.
A greatcoat.

carricks
plural of carrick

carriership
The role or occupation of a carrier.

carrierships
plural of carriership

carrions
plural of carrion

carrozzi
Alternative spelling of karozzin.

carrozzis
plural of carrozzi

carrs
plural of carr

carrucate
Alternative form of carucate.

carrucates
plural of carrucate

carryall
A large bag; a holdall
A light, covered carriage drawn by a single horse
Any of several types of automobile, usually a station wagon or van built on a truck chassis.

carryalls
plural of carryall

carryings
plural of carrying

carseat
Alternative form of car seat.

carseats
plural of carseat

carsful
plural of carful

carsickness
Motion sickness caused by riding in a motor car.
Motion sickness caused by riding in a railway carriage.

carspiel
A competitive tournament in the sport of curling, having the prize of an automobile.

carspiels
plural of carspiel

carspreading
A tendency toward making and buying larger and wider automobiles.

cart
A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
A shopping cart.

cartages
plural of cartage

carte
A bill of fare; a menu.
A visiting card.
A carte de visite (small collectible photograph of a famous person).
A playing card.

cartel
A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
A written letter of defiance or challenge.
An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

cartell
Obsolete form of cartel.

cartells
plural of cartell

cartels
plural of cartel

cartes
A penis.
Male genitalia.

cartful
As much as a cart will hold.

cartfuls
plural of cartful

cartilaginoid
Resembling or having the characteristics of cartilage.

cartilaginoids
plural of cartilaginoid

cartings
plural of carting

cartinine
Misspelling of carnitine.

cartist
An artist who transforms automobiles into art cars using unique decorations, materials, and themes.

cartists
plural of cartist.

cartographist
A cartographer.

cartographists
plural of cartographist

carton
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
A kind of thin pasteboard.
A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
A shot that strikes this disc.

cartonful
As much as a carton will hold.

cartonfuls
plural of cartonful

cartons
plural of carton

cartonsful
plural of cartonful

cartoon
A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
A drawing satirising current public figures.
An artist's preliminary sketch.
A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
A cartoon series.
A diagram in a scientific concept.

cartoons
plural of cartoon

cartopper
A boat designed to be attached to the top of an automobile for transportation.

cartoppers
plural of cartopper

carts
plural of cart

cartsful
plural of cartful

cartwhippings
plural of cartwhipping

cartwrighting
The work of a cartwright, building carts.

carucate
The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres.

carucates
plural of carucate

carvel
Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”).
A jellyfish (e.g. Medusozoa).

carvels
plural of carvel

carvings
plural of carving

carwash
Alternative spelling of car wash.

carwashes
plural of carwash

cashish
Obsolete form of qadi.

cashishes
plural of cashish

castaway
Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
Shipwrecked.
Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

castaways
plural of castaway

castellanies
plural of castellany

castellanships
plural of castellanship

castellany
The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
The jurisdiction of a castellan, the district controled by a castle.

caster
Someone or something that casts.
A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

casters
plural of caster