5-letter words starting with C

Any of a family (Cactaceae, the cactus family) of plants that have succulent stems and branches with scales or spines instead of leaves and are found especially in dry areas (such as deserts)

One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.

Can not

Can not

To move while supporting : transport

To move while supporting : transport

Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.

The act of seizing or capturing.

A reason for an action or condition : motive

A reason for an action or condition : motive

A reason for an action or condition : motive

A reason for an action or condition : motive

To cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue

A transparent sheet of celluloid on which objects are drawn or painted in the making of animated cartoons

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

To inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively

Accorded highest rank or office

A female given name of Greek origin meaning "young green shoot" or "blooming."

Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.

Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

To ask for especially as a right

To ask for especially as a right

A body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject

A body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject

Free from dirt or pollution

Bright, luminous

An act of climbing.

A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

To move so as to bar passage through something

A visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (such as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (such as the earth) or moon

A visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (such as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (such as the earth) or moon

The land near a shore : seashore

A phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects

A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.

—used in auxiliary function in the past, in the past conditional, and as an alternative to can suggesting less force or certainty or as a polite form in the present

—used in auxiliary function in the past, in the past conditional, and as an alternative to can suggesting less force or certainty or as a polite form in the present

To indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number

To indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number

To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

To utter loudly : shout

A structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution

To press on : hurry

Any substance in its natural state.

Bent or formed into a curve

An interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is completed