| carabineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabinier, carbineer |
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| carabiner | (noun) an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes | Synonyms: karabiner, snap ring |
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| carabinier | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabineer, carbineer |
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| caracal | (noun) of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia | Synonyms: desert lynx, Lynx caracal |
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| caracara | (noun) any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America | - |
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| carack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carrack |
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| caracolito | (noun) large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families | Synonyms: Ruptiliocarpon caracolito |
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| caracul | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: broadtail, karakul |
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| carafe | (noun) a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | Synonyms: decanter |
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| caragana | (noun) any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod | Synonyms: pea tree |
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| carageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carrageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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| carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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| (noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
| caramel | (noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
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| (noun) firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk | - |
| (noun) burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food | Synonyms: caramelized sugar |
| carancha | (noun) South American caracara | Synonyms: Polyborus plancus |
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| caranda | (noun) South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax | Synonyms: caranda palm, caranday, Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, wax palm |
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| caranday | (noun) South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax | Synonyms: caranda, caranda palm, Copernicia alba, Copernicia australis, wax palm |
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| carangid | (noun) a percoid fish of the family Carangidae | Synonyms: carangid fish |
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| carapace | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: cuticle, shell, shield |
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| carat | (noun) a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg | - |
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| (noun) the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold | Synonyms: karat, kt |
| caravan | (noun) a camper equipped with living quarters | Synonyms: van |
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| (noun) a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file | Synonyms: train, wagon train |
| caravanning | (noun) the practice of taking holidays in a caravan | - |
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| caravansary | (noun) an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | Synonyms: caravan inn, caravanserai, khan |
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| caravanserai | (noun) an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | Synonyms: caravan inn, caravansary, khan |
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| caraway | (noun) leaves used sparingly in soups and stews | - |
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| (noun) a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed | Synonyms: Carum carvi |
| carbohydrate | (noun) an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | Synonyms: saccharide, sugar |
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| carbonara | (noun) sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese | - |
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| cardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: ECG, EKG, electrocardiogram |
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| cardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: electrocardiograph |
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| (noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles | Synonyms: ballistocardiograph |
| cardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: electrocardiography |
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| carrack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carack |
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| carrageen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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| carrageenan | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenin |
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| carrageenin | (noun) a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae | Synonyms: carrageenan |
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| carragheen | (noun) dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America | Synonyms: carageen, carrageen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss |
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| cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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| cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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| cascara | (noun) dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative | Synonyms: cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark |
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| castrate | (noun) a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction | Synonyms: eunuch |
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| castration | (noun) neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | Synonyms: emasculation |
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| (noun) surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men) | - |
| (noun) the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | Synonyms: expurgation |
| castrato | (noun) a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
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| catamaran | (noun) a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck | - |
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| cataphract | (noun) armor that protects the wearer's whole body | Synonyms: body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour |
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| cataract | (noun) a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice | - |
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| (noun) an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye | - |
| catchphrase | (noun) a phrase that has become a catchword | Synonyms: catch phrase |
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| cathedra | (noun) a throne that is the official chair of a bishop | Synonyms: bishop's throne |
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| cathedral | (noun) any large and important church | - |
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| (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: duomo |
| cauterant | (noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | Synonyms: cautery |
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| cefoperazone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections | Synonyms: Cefobid |
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| celebrant | (noun) an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist | - |
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| (noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrater, celebrator |
| celebrater | (noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrant, celebrator |
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| celebration | (noun) any joyous diversion | Synonyms: festivity |
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| (noun) the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | Synonyms: solemnisation, solemnization |
| (noun) a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event | Synonyms: jubilation |
| celebrator | (noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrant, celebrater |
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| cellarage | (noun) a storage area in a cellar | - |
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| (noun) a charge for storing goods in a cellar | - |
| central | (noun) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | Synonyms: exchange, telephone exchange |
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| centralisation | (noun) the act of consolidating power under a central control | Synonyms: centralization |
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| (noun) gathering to a center | Synonyms: centralization |
| centralism | (noun) the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization | - |
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| centrality | (noun) the property of being central | - |
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| centralization | (noun) the act of consolidating power under a central control | Synonyms: centralisation |
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| (noun) gathering to a center | Synonyms: centralisation |
| centrarchid | (noun) small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed | Synonyms: sunfish |
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| ceramic | (noun) an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures | - |
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| ceramicist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramist, potter, thrower |
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| ceramics | (noun) the art of making and decorating pottery | - |
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| ceramist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, potter, thrower |
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| ceras | (noun) one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills | - |
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| cerastes | (noun) highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye | Synonyms: Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper |
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| cerate | (noun) a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin | - |
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| ceratin | (noun) a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves | Synonyms: keratin |
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| ceratodus | (noun) extinct lungfish | - |
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| ceratopsian | (noun) any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia | Synonyms: horned dinosaur |
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| ceratosaur | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaurus |
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| ceratosaurus | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaur |
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| ceratozamia | (noun) a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico | - |
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| cerebration | (noun) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully | Synonyms: intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process |
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| cerography | (noun) the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping. | - |
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| certiorari | (noun) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case | Synonyms: writ of certiorari |
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| chambray | (noun) a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp | - |
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| chaparral | (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, scrub |
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| charabanc | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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| characid | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characin, characin fish |
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| characin | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characid, characin fish |
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| character | (noun) (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes | - |
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| (noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: fiber, fibre |
| (noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: lineament, quality |
| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: part, persona, role, theatrical role |
| (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: graph, grapheme, graphic symbol |
| (noun) a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | Synonyms: character reference, reference |
| (noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: case, eccentric, type |
| (noun) an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) | Synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character |
| (noun) good repute | - |
| characterisation | (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
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| (noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterization |
| characteristic | (noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
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| (noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
| (noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
| characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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| characterization | (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: enactment, personation, portrayal |
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| (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
| (noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterisation |
| charade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: masquerade |
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| (noun) a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades | - |
| charades | (noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
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| chaulmoogra | (noun) East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy | Synonyms: chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii |
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| chaulmugra | (noun) East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy | Synonyms: chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii |
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| cheatgrass | (noun) annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean | Synonyms: Bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome |
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| chelicera | (noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing | - |
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| chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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| chemotherapy | (noun) the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) | - |
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| chimaera | (noun) a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail | - |
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| (noun) a grotesque product of the imagination | Synonyms: chimera |
| chimera | (noun) a grotesque product of the imagination | Synonyms: chimaera |
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| chiralgia | (noun) a pain in the hand that is not traumatic | - |
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| chirography | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: calligraphy, penmanship |
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| chiropractic | (noun) a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure | - |
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| chiropractor | (noun) a therapist who practices chiropractic | - |
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| chiropteran | (noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate | Synonyms: bat |
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