chartreuse | (noun) a shade of green tinged with yellow | Synonyms: Paris green, pea green, yellow green, yellowish green |
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chase | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: following, pursual, pursuit |
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(noun) a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time | - |
chased | (noun) a person who is being chased | Synonyms: pursued |
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chaser | (noun) a drink to follow immediately after another drink | - |
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(noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | Synonyms: pursuer |
chasse | (noun) (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading | Synonyms: sashay |
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chastisement | (noun) verbal punishment | Synonyms: castigation |
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(noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastening, correction |
chauffeuse | (noun) a woman chauffeur | - |
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cheese | (noun) a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk | - |
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(noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
cheeseboard | (noun) tray on which cheeses are served | Synonyms: cheese tray |
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cheeseburger | (noun) a hamburger with melted cheese on it | - |
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cheesecake | (noun) a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire | - |
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(noun) made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust | - |
cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
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cheeseflower | (noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheese, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
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cheesemonger | (noun) someone who sells cheese | - |
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chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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(noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
chinoiserie | (noun) a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned | - |
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chisel | (noun) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge | - |
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chiseler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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chiseller | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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chooser | (noun) a person who chooses or selects out | Synonyms: picker, selector |
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chophouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: steakhouse |
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chosen | (noun) an exclusive group of people | Synonyms: elect |
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(noun) one who is the object of choice; who is given preference | - |
chrysoprase | (noun) a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone | - |
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clause | (noun) (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence | - |
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(noun) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) | Synonyms: article |
cleanser | (noun) a preparation used in cleaning something | Synonyms: cleaner, cleansing agent |
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close | (noun) the concluding part of any performance | Synonyms: closing curtain, finale, finis |
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(noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: closing, conclusion, end, ending |
(noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
closedown | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closing, closure, shutdown |
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closeness | (noun) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | Synonyms: nearness |
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(noun) characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) | Synonyms: secretiveness |
(noun) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | Synonyms: stuffiness |
(noun) close or warm friendship | Synonyms: familiarity, intimacy |
(noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
(noun) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | Synonyms: intimacy |
closeout | (noun) a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock | - |
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closer | (noun) (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game | Synonyms: finisher |
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(noun) a person who closes something | - |
closet | (noun) a small private room for study or prayer | - |
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(noun) a toilet in Britain | Synonyms: loo, W.C., water closet |
(noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: press, wardrobe |
(noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: cupboard |
closeup | (noun) a photograph taken at close range | - |
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clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
clubhouse | (noun) a building that is occupied by a social club | Synonyms: club |
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coagulase | (noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation | - |
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coarseness | (noun) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) | Synonyms: nubbiness, tweediness |
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(noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: graininess, granularity |
(noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity |
(noun) language or humor that is down-to-earth | Synonyms: saltiness |
cocarboxylase | (noun) a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle | Synonyms: thiamine pyrophosphate |
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cockhorse | (noun) anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult) | - |
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coffeehouse | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop |
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coiffeuse | (noun) a woman hairdresser | - |
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coliseum | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, amphitheatre |
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collagenase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin | - |
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collapse | (noun) the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink | Synonyms: flop |
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(noun) a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in | - |
(noun) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | Synonyms: crash |
(noun) an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion | Synonyms: prostration |
coloniser | (noun) someone who helps to found a colony | Synonyms: colonizer |
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comatoseness | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: coma |
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commiseration | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: condolence |
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(noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth |
composedness | (noun) The state or quality of showing composure. | - |
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composer | (noun) someone who composes music, usually as a profession | - |
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compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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(noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
compromiser | (noun) a negotiator willing to compromise | - |
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conciseness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: concision, pithiness, succinctness |
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concourse | (noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: confluence |
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(noun) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk | - |
(noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: multitude, throng |
condenser | (noun) lens used to concentrate light on an object | Synonyms: optical condenser |
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(noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitance, capacitor, electrical condenser |
(noun) a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat | - |
(noun) an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid | - |
conenose | (noun) large bloodsucking bug | Synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug |
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confusedness | (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
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connoisseur | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: cognoscente |
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connoisseurship | (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: vertu, virtu |
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consecration | (noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God | - |
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(noun) a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) | - |
consensus | (noun) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | - |
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consent | (noun) permission for something to happen | - |
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consequence | (noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: import, moment |
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(noun) the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual | Synonyms: aftermath |
(noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
conservancy | (noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. | - |
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(noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river | - |
conservation | (noun) the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources | - |
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(noun) (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations | - |
(noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: preservation |
conservationist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: environmentalist |
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conservatism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservativism |
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conservative | (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservativist |
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conservativism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservatism |
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conservativist | (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservative |
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conservatoire | (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatory |
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conservator | (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | Synonyms: curator |
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(noun) someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person | - |
conservatory | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | Synonyms: hothouse, indoor garden |
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(noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatoire |
(noun) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts | - |
conserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserves, preserve, preserves |
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conserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, preserve, preserves |
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contredanse | (noun) a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance, country dancing |
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converse | (noun) a proposition obtained by conversion | - |
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convertase | (noun) any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds. | - |
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cookhouse | (noun) the area for food preparation on a ship | Synonyms: caboose, galley, ship's galley |
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(noun) a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking | - |
copse | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket |
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corpse | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, remains, stiff |
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corselet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corslet |
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corset | (noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | Synonyms: girdle, stays |
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cosec | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cosecant |
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cosecant | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: cosec |
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cottonseed | (noun) seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil | - |
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coulisse | (noun) a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel | - |
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(noun) a flat situated in the wings | Synonyms: wing flat |
counsel | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counseling, counselling, direction, guidance |
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(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
counseling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counselling, direction, guidance |
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counselling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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counsellor | (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
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(noun) someone who gives advice about problems | Synonyms: counselor |
(noun) someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp | Synonyms: counselor |
counsellorship | (noun) the position of counselor | Synonyms: counselorship |
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counselor | (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader |
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(noun) someone who gives advice about problems | Synonyms: counsellor |
(noun) someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp | Synonyms: counsellor |
counselorship | (noun) the position of counselor | Synonyms: counsellorship |
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counterpoise | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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countinghouse | (noun) office used by the accountants of a business | - |
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countryseat | (noun) an estate in the country | - |
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course | (noun) a mode of action | Synonyms: course of action |
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(noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
(noun) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | - |
(noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: row |
(noun) part of a meal served at one time | - |
(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: line |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, form, grade |
(noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: trend |
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: path, track |
courser | (noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | - |
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(noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: charger |
(noun) a dog trained for coursing | - |
(noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey | - |
coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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(noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |