Index of English words, starting with "ca"

(1) - Carriageable (a.) Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.

(1) - Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
(2) - Carrier (n.) One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
(3) - Carrier (n.) One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

(1) - Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
(2) - Carrion (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
(3) - Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.