| challenger | (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: competition, competitor, contender, rival |
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| change | (noun) the action of changing something | - |
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| (noun) a different or fresh set of clothes | - |
| (noun) a thing that is different | - |
| (noun) a difference that is usually pleasant | Synonyms: variety |
| (noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | Synonyms: alteration, modification |
| (noun) the result of alteration or modification | - |
| (noun) coins of small denomination regarded collectively | - |
| (noun) the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due | - |
| (noun) money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency | - |
| (noun) a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event | - |
| changeability | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeableness |
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| changeableness | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeability |
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| changefulness | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: inconstancy |
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| changelessness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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| (noun) the property of remaining unchanged | - |
| changeling | (noun) a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy | - |
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| (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
| changeover | (noun) an event that results in a transformation | Synonyms: conversion, transition |
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| changer | (noun) an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention | Synonyms: auto-changer, record changer |
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| (noun) a person who changes something | Synonyms: modifier |
| charge | (noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: care, guardianship, tutelage |
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| (noun) an impetuous rush toward someone or something | - |
| (noun) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | Synonyms: commission, mission |
| (noun) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time | Synonyms: burster, bursting charge, explosive charge |
| (noun) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield | Synonyms: armorial bearing, bearing, heraldic bearing |
| (noun) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | Synonyms: complaint |
| (noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | Synonyms: commission, direction |
| (noun) request for payment of a debt | Synonyms: billing |
| (noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | Synonyms: accusation |
| (noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: bang, boot, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
| (noun) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | Synonyms: cathexis |
| (noun) a person committed to your care | - |
| (noun) the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons | Synonyms: electric charge |
| (noun) financial liabilities (such as a tax) | - |
| (noun) the price charged for some article or service | - |
| chargeman | (noun) a workman employed to blast with explosives | Synonyms: blaster |
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| charger | (noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: courser |
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| (noun) a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable | Synonyms: battery charger |
| cheeseburger | (noun) a hamburger with melted cheese on it | - |
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| cheesemonger | (noun) someone who sells cheese | - |
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| chemosurgery | (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | - |
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| chigetai | (noun) Mongolian wild ass | Synonyms: dziggetai, Equus hemionus hemionus |
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| chigger | (noun) larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation | Synonyms: harvest mite, jigger, redbug |
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| (noun) small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans | Synonyms: chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans |
| chiggerflower | (noun) erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers | Synonyms: Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root |
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| chromogen | (noun) a compound that can be converted to a pigment | - |
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| citrange | (noun) more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade | - |
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| (noun) more aromatic and acidic than oranges | Synonyms: citrange tree, Citroncirus webberi |
| clanger | (noun) a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate | - |
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| cleavage | (noun) the act of cleaving or splitting | - |
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| (noun) the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) | - |
| (noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | Synonyms: segmentation |
| (noun) the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules | - |
| (noun) the state of being split or cleft | - |
| clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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| cliffhanger | (noun) an episode that ends in suspense | - |
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| (noun) a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end | - |
| codger | (noun) used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man | Synonyms: old codger |
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| cogency | (noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous | Synonyms: rigor, rigour, validity |
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| (noun) persuasive relevance | - |
| coinage | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
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| (noun) a newly invented word or phrase | Synonyms: neologism, neology |
| (noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: metal money, mintage, specie |
| coliphage | (noun) a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli | - |
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| collage | (noun) a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | Synonyms: montage |
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| (noun) any collection of diverse things | - |
| collagen | (noun) a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling | - |
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| collagenase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin | - |
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| college | (noun) a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed | - |
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| (noun) the body of faculty and students of a college | - |
| (noun) an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university | - |
| comedogen | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogenic, comedogenic substance |
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| comedogenic | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogen, comedogenic substance |
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| commonage | (noun) property held in common | - |
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| concierge | (noun) a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter | - |
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| concubinage | (noun) cohabitation without being legally married | - |
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| conge | (noun) formal permission to depart | Synonyms: congee |
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| (noun) an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | Synonyms: congee |
| (noun) (architecture) a concave molding | Synonyms: congee |
| congealment | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congelation |
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| congee | (noun) formal permission to depart | Synonyms: conge |
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| (noun) an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | Synonyms: conge |
| (noun) (architecture) a concave molding | Synonyms: conge |
| (noun) a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast | Synonyms: jook |
| congelation | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congealment |
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| congenator | (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congener, congeneric, relative |
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| congener | (noun) a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another | - |
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| (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congenator, congeneric, relative |
| (noun) a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character | - |
| congeneric | (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congenator, congener, relative |
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| congeniality | (noun) a congenial disposition | - |
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| (noun) compatibility between persons | Synonyms: congenialness |
| congenialness | (noun) compatibility between persons | Synonyms: congeniality |
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| conger | (noun) large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food | Synonyms: conger eel |
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| congeries | (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, conglomeration |
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| congestion | (noun) excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part | - |
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| (noun) excessive crowding | Synonyms: over-crowding |
| contingence | (noun) a possible event or occurrence or result | Synonyms: contingency, eventuality |
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| contingency | (noun) a possible event or occurrence or result | Synonyms: contingence, eventuality |
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| (noun) the state of being contingent on something | - |
| contingent | (noun) a temporary military unit | Synonyms: detail |
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| (noun) a gathering of persons representative of some larger group | - |
| convergence | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergency, converging |
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| (noun) the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit | Synonyms: convergency |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: intersection, overlap |
| (noun) the occurrence of two or more things coming together | - |
| convergency | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergence, converging |
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| (noun) the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit | Synonyms: convergence |
| cordage | (noun) the ropes in the rigging of a ship | - |
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| (noun) the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords | - |
| corkage | (noun) a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises | - |
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| corrigenda | (noun) a list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections | - |
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| corrigendum | (noun) a printer's error; to be corrected | - |
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| corsage | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: bouquet, nosegay, posy |
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| cortege | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: entourage, retinue, suite |
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| (noun) a funeral procession | - |
| cosmogeny | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogony, cosmology |
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| costermonger | (noun) a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow | Synonyms: barrow-boy, barrow-man |
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| cotangent | (noun) ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cotan |
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| cottage | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: bungalow |
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| cottager | (noun) someone who lives in a cottage | Synonyms: cottage dweller |
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| countercharge | (noun) a retaliatory charge | - |
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| (noun) a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser | - |
| counterespionage | (noun) spying on the spies | - |
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| counterinsurgency | (noun) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | Synonyms: pacification |
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| counterintelligence | (noun) intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism | - |
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| courage | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courageousness |
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| courageousness | (noun) a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | Synonyms: braveness, bravery, courage |
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| courgette | (noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | Synonyms: zucchini |
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| (noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | Synonyms: zucchini |
| coverage | (noun) the extent to which something is covered | - |
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| (noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: reportage, reporting |
| (noun) the total amount and type of insurance carried | Synonyms: insurance coverage |
| cowage | (noun) the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing | Synonyms: Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean |
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| (noun) pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey | - |
| cozenage | (noun) a fraudulent business scheme | Synonyms: scam |
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| cribbage | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: crib |
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| cringe | (noun) A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. | - |
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| (noun) some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame | - |
| cryogen | (noun) a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant | - |
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| cryogenics | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogeny |
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| cryogeny | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogenics |
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| cryosurgery | (noun) the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) | - |
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| crystallogen | (noun) any chemical element that belongs to the carbon group. | Synonyms: carbon group element, Group 14 element, tetragen, tetrel |
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| cudgel | (noun) a club that is used as a weapon | - |
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| curettage | (noun) surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | Synonyms: curettement |
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| curmudgeon | (noun) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas | - |
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| curtilage | (noun) the enclosed land around a house or other building | Synonyms: grounds, yard |
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| cyanogen | (noun) a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare | - |
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| cyclooxygenase | (noun) either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin | Synonyms: Cox |
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| cytogenesis | (noun) the origin and development and variation of cells | Synonyms: cytogeny |
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| cytogeneticist | (noun) a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity | - |
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| cytogenetics | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) | - |
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| cytogeny | (noun) the origin and development and variation of cells | Synonyms: cytogenesis |
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| dagger | (noun) a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing | Synonyms: sticker |
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| (noun) a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used | Synonyms: obelisk |
| daggerboard | (noun) a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel | - |
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| damage | (noun) the act of damaging something or someone | Synonyms: harm, hurt, scathe |
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| (noun) any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | Synonyms: legal injury, wrong |
| (noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: harm, impairment |
| (noun) loss of military equipment | Synonyms: equipment casualty |
| (noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | Synonyms: price, terms |
| damages | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
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| danger | (noun) a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury | Synonyms: peril, risk |
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| (noun) a dangerous place | - |
| (noun) the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury | - |
| (noun) a cause of pain or injury or loss | - |
| dangerousness | (noun) the quality of not being safe | - |
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| debugger | (noun) a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors | - |
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| decolletage | (noun) a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress | - |
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