| CAUSALGIA | • causalgia n. (Medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, one of two types of complex regional pain syndrome. • CAUSALGIA n. a constant burning pain resulting from injury to a peripheral nerve. |
| CAUSALGIC | • causalgic adj. Relating to causalgia. • CAUSALGIC adj. relating to causalgia, a constant burning pain resulting from injury to a peripheral nerve. |
| CAUSALITY | • causality n. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. • causality n. The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and… • CAUSALITY n. the relationship between cause and effect. |
| CAUSATION | • causation n. The act of causing. • causation n. The act or agency by which an effect is produced. • causation n. Cause and effect, considered as a system. |
| CAUSATIVE | • causative adj. Acting as a cause#Noun. • causative adj. Involving, or affected by, causality#Noun. • causative adj. (Linguistics) Expressing a cause#Noun or causation#Noun. |
| CAUSELESS | • causeless adj. Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable. • causeless adj. Groundless or unreasonable. • CAUSELESS adj. without a cause. |
| CAUSERIES | • causeries n. Plural of causerie. • CAUSERIE n. (French) a light and informal conversation; a brief, conversational essay. |
| CAUSEWAYS | • causeways n. Plural of causeway. • CAUSEWAY v. to build a raised roadway over. |
| CAUSTICAL | • caustical adj. Archaic form of caustic. • CAUSTICAL adj. burning, also CAUSTIC. |
| CONCAUSES | • concauses n. Plural of concause. • CONCAUSE n. a cooperating cause. |
| ENCAUSTIC | • encaustic adj. (Art) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. • encaustic n. A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating. • encaustic n. A painting produced using this paint. |
| HOLOCAUST | • holocaust n. (Religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. • holocaust n. (By extension). • holocaust v. (Religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned. |
| HYPOCAUST | • hypocaust n. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath. • hypocaust n. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing. • HYPOCAUST n. an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. |
| NONCAUSAL | • noncausal adj. Not causal. • NONCAUSAL adj. not causal. |
| SUBCAUSES | • subcauses n. Plural of subcause. • SUBCAUSE n. a subordinate cause. |