Words that start with C

lan The cabbage is a vegetable. People eat the leaves of the cabbage, not the flowers or roots.

Traditionally a cable is a very strong, heavy kind of rope. In more modern times, a cable has come to mean a long cord made of strands of metal and coated with an insulator, which is used to carry electricity or electrical signals.

Cacti is the plural of cactus.

A cafe is a small restaurant that typically serves coffee, pastries, sandwiches and food that is able to be served quickly.

A caique is a small, colorful parrot that lives in forests in South America. It has a dark head and bands of color on its body. Like most parrots, caiques are active and playful, and eat fruit and seeds.

A calculator is a small device that does math for you. Calculators have built-in functions from simple addition and subtraction right through to complex angle manipulation functions.

A baby dolphin is called a calf.

California, abbreviated to CA, is a state on the west coast of the United States of America. The capital of California is Sacramento. The largest city in California is Los Angeles.

Called is the past tense of call.

A caltrop is common name given to some (unrelated) plants that have seed heads with 4 or more sharp spikes, arranged so that one of them is always pointing upwards. The seed heads are very painful to step on.
Metal devices of the same name and design can be thrown onto roads in front of cars to burst their tires.