| caskful | (noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: cask |
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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 |
| caterwaul | (noun) the yowling sound made by a cat in heat | - |
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| caul | (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: embryonic membrane, veil |
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| (noun) part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines | Synonyms: gastrocolic omentum, greater omentum |
| cauldron | (noun) a very large pot that is used for boiling | Synonyms: caldron |
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| cauliflower | (noun) compact head of white undeveloped flowers | - |
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| (noun) a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea botrytis |
| caulk | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulking |
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| caulking | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulk |
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| cellularity | (noun) the state of having cells | - |
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| cellulite | (noun) lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | - |
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| cellulitis | (noun) an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain | - |
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| celluloid | (noun) a medium that disseminates moving pictures | Synonyms: cinema, film |
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| (noun) highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics | - |
| cellulose | (noun) a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers | - |
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| cellulosic | (noun) a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose) | - |
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| cerulean | (noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: azure, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue |
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| changefulness | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: inconstancy |
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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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| cheerfulness | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheer, sunniness, sunshine |
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| (noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: blitheness |
| chondrule | (noun) small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks | - |
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| cingulum | (noun) (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth) | - |
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| circular | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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| circularisation | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularization |
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| circularity | (noun) the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure | Synonyms: disk shape |
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| circularization | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularisation |
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| circulation | (noun) the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area | - |
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| (noun) the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) | - |
| (noun) free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant) | - |
| (noun) movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels | - |
| (noun) number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold | - |
| (noun) (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period | - |
| cirrocumulus | (noun) a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples | Synonyms: cirrocumulus cloud |
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| citrulline | (noun) an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine | - |
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| coagulant | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulator |
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| coagulase | (noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation | - |
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| coagulation | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, curdling |
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| coagulator | (noun) an agent that produces coagulation | Synonyms: coagulant |
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| coagulum | (noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | Synonyms: clot |
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| comatulid | (noun) free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms | Synonyms: feather star |
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| compulsion | (noun) using force to cause something to occur | Synonyms: coercion |
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| (noun) an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid | Synonyms: irresistible impulse |
| compulsive | (noun) a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things | - |
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| compulsiveness | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsivity |
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| compulsivity | (noun) the trait of acting compulsively | Synonyms: compulsiveness |
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| confabulation | (noun) (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered | - |
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| (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze |
| congratulation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: felicitation |
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| (noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: felicitation |
| congratulations | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: extolment, kudos, praise |
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| constabulary | (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: law, police, police force |
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| consul | (noun) a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country | - |
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| consulate | (noun) diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
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| consulship | (noun) the post of consul | - |
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| consultancy | (noun) the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field | - |
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| consultant | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: adviser, advisor |
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| consultation | (noun) the act of referring or consulting | Synonyms: reference |
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| (noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, interview |
| (noun) a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question | - |
| containerful | (noun) the quantity that a container will hold | - |
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| convolvulus | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus | - |
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| convulsion | (noun) a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval | - |
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| (noun) violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles | - |
| (noun) a sudden uncontrollable attack | Synonyms: fit, paroxysm |
| (noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: turmoil, upheaval |
| copula | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copulative, linking verb |
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| copulation | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| copulative | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copula, linking verb |
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| corpulence | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, overweight, stoutness |
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| corpulency | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: fleshiness, obesity |
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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 |
| coulomb | (noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second | Synonyms: ampere-second, C |
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| coulter | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | Synonyms: colter |
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| counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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| crapulence | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, drink, drinking, drunkenness |
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| crateful | (noun) the quantity contained in a crate | Synonyms: crate |
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| credulity | (noun) tendency to believe readily | - |
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| credulousness | (noun) tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived | Synonyms: gullibility |
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| crepuscule | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| cruller | (noun) small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts | Synonyms: twister |
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| cul | (noun) a passage with access only at one end | Synonyms: cul de sac, dead end |
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| culdoscope | (noun) a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs | - |
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| culdoscopy | (noun) endoscopic examination of a woman's pelvic organs by the insertion of a culdoscope through the vagina | - |
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| cull | (noun) the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality | Synonyms: reject |
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| cullender | (noun) bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods | Synonyms: colander |
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| cullis | (noun) a gutter in a roof | - |
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| culm | (noun) stem of plants of the Gramineae | - |
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| culmination | (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, mop up, windup |
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| (noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play | Synonyms: climax |
| (noun) (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon | - |
| (noun) a final climactic stage | Synonyms: apogee |
| culotte | (noun) a divided skirt | - |
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| culpability | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpableness |
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| culpableness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: blameworthiness, culpability |
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| culprit | (noun) someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | Synonyms: perpetrator |
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| cult | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cultus, religious cult |
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| (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, fad, furor, furore, rage |
| (noun) a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false | - |
| (noun) followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices | - |
| (noun) followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
| culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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| cultism | (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: devotion, veneration |
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| (noun) devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult | - |
| cultist | (noun) a member of a religious cult | - |
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| (noun) a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
| cultivar | (noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation | - |
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| cultivation | (noun) (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) | - |
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| (noun) socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners | - |
| (noun) the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale) | - |
| (noun) the process of fostering the growth of something | - |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: culture, finish, polish, refinement |
| cultivator | (noun) a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | Synonyms: tiller |
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| (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, grower, raiser |
| culturati | (noun) people interested in culture and cultural activities | - |
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| culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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| (noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
| (noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
| (noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
| (noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
| (noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
| cultus | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cult, religious cult |
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| culverin | (noun) a medieval musket | - |
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| (noun) a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
| culvert | (noun) a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | - |
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| cumulation | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
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| cumulonimbus | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus cloud, thundercloud |
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| cumulus | (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, heap, mound, pile |
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| (noun) a globular cloud | Synonyms: cumulus cloud |
| cupful | (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cup |
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| cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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| (noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |
| curriculum | (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, program, programme, syllabus |
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| cuticula | (noun) the outer body wall of an insect | - |
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| cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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| cymule | (noun) a small cyme, generally with few flowers | - |
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| deceitfulness | (noun) the quality of being deceitful | - |
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