casern
A lodging for soldiers in a garrison town (formerly usually near the rampart); a barracks.

caserne
Alternative form of casern.

casernes
plural of caserne

caserns
plural of casern

castelet
Alternative spelling of castlet.

castelets
plural of castelet

castellanship
The position or status of castellan.

castizo
The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.

castizos
plural of castizo

castleful
Enough to fill a castle.

castlefuls
plural of castleful

castleries
plural of castlery

castlery
The government of a castle.
Land that is controlled by a castlery.

castlesful
plural of castleful

castleship
Synonym of castlery.

castlet
A small castle.

castlets
plural of castlet

castlette
A small castle.

castlettes
plural of castlette

castramentation
Alternative form of castrametation

castramentations
plural of castramentation

castrametation
Planning and construction of a military camp.

castrametations
plural of castrametation

catabasia
plural of catabasion

catabasion
A vault under the altar of a Greek church.

catalinite
A type of opaque quartz found in Santa Catalina Island, California, USA.

catapan
Alternative form of catepan.

catapanate
Alternative form of catepanate.

catapanates
plural of catapanate.

catapans
plural of catapan

catchdrain
A ditch or drain along the side of a hill or canal, to catch the surface water as it runs off.

catchdrains
plural of catchdrain

catchpit
A chamber in a drainage system designed to catch sediment and debris.

catchpits
plural of catchpit

catepan
The governor of a catepanate such as the Catepanate of Italy, a Byzantine province.

catepanate
The territory governed by a catepan.

catepanates
plural of catepanate

catepans
plural of catepan

cateries
plural of catery

catery
The place where provisions are deposited, i.e. a pantry or the like.

cathedralism
The cathedral system.

catio
An outdoor enclosure for cats.

catios
plural of catio

catochus
The trance-like mental state of a cataleptic patient.

catteries
plural of cattery

cattery
A place where cats board when their owners are on holiday.
A place where cats are bred.

cattlepost
An outpost where cattle are looked after by herders in parts of Africa.

cattleposts
plural of cattlepost

cattleshed
A small barn in which cattle are kept; a byre, a cowshed.

cattlesheds
plural of cattleshed

caudinid
Any sea cucumber in the family Caudinidae.

caudinids
plural of caudinid

caunse
A paved road or causeway.

caunses
plural of caunse

causalism
The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time.

causalisms
plural of causalism

cavates
plural of cavate

cavelet
A little cave.

cavelets
plural of cavelet

cavemouth
The mouth or entrance of a cave.

cavemouths
plural of cavemouth

cavescape
A cave landscape.

cavi
plural of cavus

caviaries
plural of caviary

caviary
A place where guinea pigs are raised by humans.

cavie
A chicken coop.

cavies
plural of cavy
plural of cavie

cavum
A recess or hollow.
A recess or hollow.
A fallstreak hole.

cavvies
plural of cavvy

cavvy
Synonym of cavyard (“herd or group of horses on a ranch”).

cavvyard
Alternative form of cavyard.

cavvyards
plural of cavvyard

cavyard
A herd or group of horses on a ranch.

cavyards
plural of cavyard

caymanostellid
Any sea star of the family Caymanostellidae

caymanostellids
plural of caymanostellid

cazern
Alternative form of casern.

cazerne
Alternative form of casern.

cazernes
plural of cazerne

cazerns
plural of cazern

celeripede
An early form of the bicycle, consisting of two wheels of equal diameter attached by a wooden bar and lacking either pedals or a means of steering.

celeripedes
plural of celeripede

celibacies
plural of celibacy

celibacy
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
Abstinence from sexual relations.

cell
A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
A section or compartment of a larger structure.
Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.
A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
A cella.
An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.

cellarage
The space or storerooms of a cellar.
A fee charged for storing goods in a cellar.

cellarages
plural of cellarage

cellarway
A passage leading to a cellar.

cellarways
plural of cellarway

celled
Containing cells; cellular.
Containing a specific form or number of cells.

cells
plural of cell

celltype
Alternative form of cell type.

celltypes
plural of celltype

cellula
A small compartment or chamber.

cellulae
plural of cellula

cem
cemetery

cemeterian
A cemetery superintendent.

cemeterians
plural of cemeterian

cemeteryful
As much as a cemetery would hold.

cemeteryfuls
plural of cemeteryful

cems
plural of cem

cenacle
A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
A small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc).

cenacles
plural of cenacle

cenobia
plural of cenobium

cenobium
Alternative spelling of coenobium.

cenobiums
plural of cenobium

centerground
The area between foreground and background; middle distance.

centreground
Alternative form of centerground.

centrifugalism
The advocacy of a centrifugal state.

centrifugalisms
plural of centrifugalism

centripetalism
The advocacy of a centripetal state.

centripetalisms
plural of centripetalism

centromer
Alternative form of centromere.

centromere
The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

centromeres
plural of centromere

centromers
plural of centromer

centumisation
Alternative spelling of centumization.

centumization
The sound change by which palatovelars became plain velars in centum languages.

centumvir
One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

centumviri
plural of centumvir

centumvirs
plural of centumvir

cephalaspidean
Any sea slug of the order Cephalaspidea.

cephalaspideans
plural of cephalaspidean

cephalosome
The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods; the anterior of the cephalothorax.

cephalosomes
plural of cephalosome

cerame
A usually fortified gatehouse with a room above the gate, found in some temples and private houses in Malabar.

cerames
plural of cerame

ceritellid
Any of the family †Ceritellidae of extinct sea snails.

ceritellids
plural of ceritellid

ceroferaries
plural of ceroferary

ceroferary
A candleholder, especially for a large church candle.