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carat

noun, a measure of the weight of precious stones, esp diamonds. It was formerly defined as 3.17 grains, but the international carat is now standardized as 0.20 grams

card

noun, a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard, usually rectangular, with varied uses, as for filing information in an index, bearing a written notice for display, entering scores in a game, etc verb, to comb out and clean fibres of wool or cotton before spinning

cardie

noun, short for cardigan

cardy

noun, short for cardigan

cardio-

combining form, heart

cardi-

combining form, heart

caret

noun, a symbol (‸) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted

carotid

noun, either one of the two principal arteries that supply blood to the head and neck

carrot

noun, an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers. See also wild carrot

carroty

adjective, of a reddish or yellowish-orange colour

carry out

verb, to perform or cause to be implemented

cart

noun, a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods noun, radio television. short for cartridge

caryatid

noun, a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure. Compare telamon

Caserta

noun, a town in S Italy, in Campania: centre of Garibaldi's campaigns for the unification of Italy (1860); Allied headquarters in World War II. Pop: 75 208 (2001)

cash card

noun, an embossed plastic card bearing the name and account details of a bank or building-society customer, used with a personal identification number to obtain money from a cash dispenser: may also function as a cheque card or debit card or both. Also called: cash-point card