Index of English words, starting with "ca"

(1) - Cassiterite (n.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.

(1) - Cassock (n.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.
(2) - Cassock (n.) A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

(1) - Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.

(1) - Cast (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
(2) - Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
(3) - Cast (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
(4) - Cast (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
(5) - Cast (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.
(6) - Cast (v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
(7) - Cast (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
(8) - Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
(9) - Cast (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.
(10) - Cast (imp. & p. p.) of Cast
(11) - Cast (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
(12) - Cast (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.
(13) - Cast (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
(14) - Cast (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
(15) - Cast (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
(16) - Cast (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
(17) - Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
(18) - Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.
(19) - Cast (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
(20) - Cast (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.
(21) - Cast (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
(22) - Cast (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
(23) - Cast (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
(24) - Cast (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
(25) - Cast (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
(26) - Cast (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
(27) - Cast (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.
(28) - Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
(29) - Cast (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
(30) - Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
(31) - Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
(32) - Cast (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
(33) - Cast (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
(34) - Cast (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
(35) - Cast (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
(36) - Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
(37) - Cast (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
(38) - Cast (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
(39) - Cast (n.) The thing thrown.
(40) - Cast (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
(41) - Cast () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
(42) - Cast (v. i.) To vomit.
(43) - Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
(44) - Cast (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.
(45) - Cast (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.