Index of English words, starting with "ca"

(1) - Caldron (n.) A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.]

(1) - Calefacient (n.) A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.
(2) - Calefacient (a.) Making warm; heating.

(1) - Calefaction (n.) The state of being heated.
(2) - Calefaction (n.) The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.

(1) - Calefactive (a.) See Calefactory.

(1) - Calefactory (n.) A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with.
(2) - Calefactory (n.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.
(3) - Calefactory (a.) Making hot; producing or communicating heat.