| advocate | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent |
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| (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
| affricate | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative |
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| aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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| borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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| catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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| catechin | (noun) a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance | - |
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| catechism | (noun) an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers | - |
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| (noun) a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views | - |
| catechist | (noun) one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism) | - |
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| catecholamine | (noun) any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland | - |
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| catechu | (noun) East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu | Synonyms: Acacia catechu, Jerusalem thorn |
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| (noun) extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: black catechu |
| catechumen | (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | Synonyms: neophyte |
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| categorem | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categoreme |
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| categoreme | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categorem |
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| categorisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorization, classification, sorting |
| (noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorization, classification |
| categorization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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| (noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, classification, sorting |
| (noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorisation, classification |
| category | (noun) a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme | - |
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| (noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: class, family |
| catena | (noun) a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) | - |
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| catenary | (noun) the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points | - |
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| caterer | (noun) someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
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| catering | (noun) providing food and services | - |
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| caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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| caterwaul | (noun) the yowling sound made by a cat in heat | - |
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| certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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| (noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
| complicatedness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complication, knottiness, tortuousness |
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| concatenation | (noun) the act of linking together as in a series or chain | - |
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| (noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: chain |
| (noun) the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc | - |
| (noun) the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series | - |
| delicatessen | (noun) a shop selling ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: deli, food shop |
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| (noun) ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: delicatessen food |
| duplicate | (noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplication |
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| (noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: extra |
| educatee | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: pupil, student |
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| fluosilicate | (noun) salt of fluosilicic acid | - |
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| lemniscate | (noun) any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figure eight | - |
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| locater | (noun) a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | Synonyms: locator |
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| muscatel | (noun) sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine | Synonyms: muscat, muscat grape |
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| (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscadelle, muscat |
| pontificate | (noun) the government of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: papacy |
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| predicate | (noun) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements | Synonyms: verb phrase |
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| (noun) (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula | - |
| provocateur | (noun) a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts | Synonyms: agent provocateur |
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| quadruplicate | (noun) any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly | - |
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| secateurs | (noun) small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface | - |
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| silicate | (noun) a salt or ester derived from silicic acid | - |
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| sophisticate | (noun) a worldly-wise person | Synonyms: man of the world |
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| summercater | (noun) (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine | Synonyms: sport |
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| summercaters | (noun) (Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine | - |
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| suricate | (noun) burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet | Synonyms: Suricata tetradactyla |
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| syncategorem | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategoreme |
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| syncategoreme | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategorem |
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| syndicate | (noun) an association of companies for some definite purpose | Synonyms: consortium, pool |
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| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, family, mob |
| (noun) a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication | - |
| triplicate | (noun) one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly | - |
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| tunicate | (noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: urochord, urochordate |
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