carpetbagging
- s presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
carcinogenic
- a causing or tending to cause cancer
the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals
captious
- s tending to find and call attention to faults
a captious pedant
carcinomatous
- a being or relating to carcinoma
a carcinomatous lesion
cappadocian
- a of or pertaining to Cappadocia or its people or culture
capped
- v lie at the top of
Snow capped the mountains - v restrict the number or amount of
- s used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns
capped teeth gave her a beautiful smile - s covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind
cloud-capped mountains
brown-capped mushrooms
snow-capped peaks
capricious
- s changeable
a capricious summer breeze - s determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
a capricious refusal
authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
caprine
- a being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats
caprine creatures
a caprine strain of virus
a caprine voice
capsular
- a resembling a capsule
the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones - a of or relating to a capsule
capsulate
- v enclose in a capsule
- s used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule