| capitalism | (noun) an economic system based on private ownership of capital | Synonyms: capitalist economy |
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| capitalist | (noun) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | - |
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| (noun) a conservative advocate of capitalism | - |
| capitalization | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalisation |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| capitate | (noun) the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | Synonyms: capitate bone, os capitatum |
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| capitation | (noun) a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person | - |
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| capstan | (noun) a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails | - |
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| captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| (noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
| (noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
| (noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
| (noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
| (noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
| captaincy | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captainship |
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| captainship | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captaincy |
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| caretaker | (noun) a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
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| (noun) an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily | - |
| cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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| castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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| castaway | (noun) a shipwrecked person | Synonyms: shipwreck survivor |
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| (noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah |
| catabiosis | (noun) normal aging of cells | - |
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| catabolism | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism |
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| catacaustic | (noun) a caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface. | - |
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| catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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| cataclysm | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy |
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| (noun) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | Synonyms: catastrophe |
| catacomb | (noun) an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) | - |
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| catafalque | (noun) a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral | - |
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| catalase | (noun) enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water | - |
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| catalectic | (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | - |
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| catalepsy | (noun) a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli | - |
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| cataleptic | (noun) a person suffering from catalepsy | - |
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| catalexis | (noun) the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | - |
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| catalog | (noun) a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things | Synonyms: catalogue |
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| (noun) a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically | Synonyms: catalogue |
| cataloger | (noun) a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system | Synonyms: cataloguer |
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| catalogue | (noun) a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things | Synonyms: catalog |
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| (noun) a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically | Synonyms: catalog |
| cataloguer | (noun) a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system | Synonyms: cataloger |
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| catalpa | (noun) tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods | Synonyms: Indian bean |
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| catalufa | (noun) brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters | Synonyms: Priacanthus arenatus |
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| catalysis | (noun) acceleration of a chemical reaction induced by the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction | Synonyms: contact action |
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| catalyst | (noun) something that causes an important event to happen | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | Synonyms: accelerator |
| catamaran | (noun) a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck | - |
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| catamenia | (noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period |
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| catamite | (noun) a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man | - |
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| catamount | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma |
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| (noun) short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur | Synonyms: lynx |
| catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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| catananche | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers | - |
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| cataphasia | (noun) a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession | - |
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| cataphatism | (noun) the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image') | - |
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| cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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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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| cataphyll | (noun) a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development | - |
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| cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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| cataplasm | (noun) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. | Synonyms: plaster, poultice |
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| catapult | (noun) an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles | - |
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| (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: sling, slingshot |
| (noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: launcher |
| 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 | - |
| catarrh | (noun) inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus | - |
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| catarrhine | (noun) of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together | Synonyms: Old World monkey |
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| catastrophe | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy |
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| (noun) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | Synonyms: cataclysm |
| (noun) a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | Synonyms: disaster |
| catathymia | (noun) A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions. | - |
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| catatonia | (noun) a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement | Synonyms: catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia |
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| (noun) extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia | - |
| cattail | (noun) tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes | - |
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| cattalo | (noun) hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds | Synonyms: beefalo |
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| cefotaxime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Claforan |
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| ceftazidime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections | Synonyms: Fortaz, Tazicef |
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| celesta | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
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| cenotaph | (noun) a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | Synonyms: empty tomb |
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| cental | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight |
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| centare | (noun) a unit of measurement for area, defined as the area of a square with sides of exactly 1 metre; a centiare is 1/100th of an are | Synonyms: square meter, square metre |
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| centas | (noun) 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania | - |
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| centaur | (noun) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse | - |
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| centaury | (noun) any plant of the genus Centaurea | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Centaurium | - |
| centavo | (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal | - |
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| cerivastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels | Synonyms: Baycol |
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| certainty | (noun) something that is certain | Synonyms: foregone conclusion, sure thing |
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| (noun) the state of being certain | - |
| cetacean | (noun) large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals | Synonyms: blower, cetacean mammal |
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| chaeta | (noun) a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm | - |
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| chantarelle | (noun) widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | Synonyms: Cantharellus cibarius, chanterelle |
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| charitableness | (noun) generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate) | - |
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| charlatan | (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | Synonyms: mountebank |
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| charlatanism | (noun) the dishonesty of a charlatan | Synonyms: quackery |
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| cheetah | (noun) long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | Synonyms: Acinonyx jubatus, chetah |
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| chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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| chemotaxis | (noun) movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus | - |
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| chetah | (noun) long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | Synonyms: Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah |
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| chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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| chieftain | (noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chief, headman, tribal chief |
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| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: captain |
| chieftaincy | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftainship |
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| chieftainship | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftaincy |
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| chigetai | (noun) Mongolian wild ass | Synonyms: dziggetai, Equus hemionus hemionus |
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| chimneystack | (noun) the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues | - |
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| chipolata | (noun) a small thin sausage | - |
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| chittamwood | (noun) deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood |
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| (noun) shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada | Synonyms: bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus |
| (noun) shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke | Synonyms: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus |
| cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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| circumstance | (noun) information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | Synonyms: condition, consideration |
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| (noun) formal ceremony about important occasions | - |
| (noun) a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity | - |
| (noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: context, setting |
| circumstances | (noun) a person's financial situation (good or bad) | - |
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| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
| citadel | (noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | Synonyms: bastion |
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| citation | (noun) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement | Synonyms: commendation |
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| (noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference |
| (noun) a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding | - |
| (noun) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited | Synonyms: quotation, quote |
| (noun) (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) | - |
| clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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| coarctation | (noun) (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta | - |
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| (noun) tight or narrow compression | Synonyms: constriction |
| coattail | (noun) the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist | - |
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| cocktail | (noun) a short mixed drink | - |
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| (noun) an appetizer served as a first course at a meal | - |
| codetalker | (noun) a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II | Synonyms: windtalker |
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| coelostat | (noun) optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; has a movable and a fixed mirror | - |
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| cogitation | (noun) attentive consideration and meditation | Synonyms: study |
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| (noun) a carefully considered thought about something | - |
| cohabitation | (noun) the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married) | - |
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| collectable | (noun) things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) | Synonyms: collectible |
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| coltan | (noun) a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips | Synonyms: columbite-tantalite |
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