| conspectus | (noun) an overall summary | - |
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| conspicuousness | (noun) high visibility | - |
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| (noun) the state of being conspicuous | - |
| contagiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being contagious, easily transmitted to others. | - |
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| contemporaneousness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, modernism, modernity, modernness |
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| (noun) the quality of belonging to the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneity |
| contemptuousness | (noun) the manifestation of scorn and contempt | - |
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| contentiousness | (noun) an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious | Synonyms: quarrelsomeness |
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| contiguousness | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: adjacency, contiguity |
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| continuousness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: ceaselessness, incessancy, incessantness |
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| contusion | (noun) the action of bruising | - |
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| (noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | Synonyms: bruise |
| convolvulus | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus | - |
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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 | - |
| copiousness | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: abundance, teemingness |
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| corchorus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute | - |
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| cornhusk | (noun) the husk of an ear of corn | - |
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| cornhusker | (noun) a worker who husks corn | - |
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| cornhusking | (noun) the act of removing the husks from ears of corn | - |
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| (noun) a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn | Synonyms: husking bee |
| coronavirus | (noun) a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020 | Synonyms: 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, corona, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, novel coronavirus pneumonia, Wuhan coronavirus, Wuhan flu, Wuhan pneumonia, Wuhan virus |
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| corpus | (noun) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure | - |
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| (noun) a collection of writings | - |
| (noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: principal, principal sum |
| corpuscle | (noun) either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets | Synonyms: blood cell, blood corpuscle |
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| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck |
| coruscation | (noun) a sudden or striking display of brilliance | - |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: glitter, sparkle |
| corythosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaur |
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| costusroot | (noun) annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs | Synonyms: Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa |
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| countinghouse | (noun) office used by the accountants of a business | - |
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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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| courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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| (noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
| couscous | (noun) a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina | - |
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| (noun) a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew | - |
| cousin | (noun) the child of your aunt or uncle | Synonyms: cousin-german, first cousin, full cousin |
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| covetousness | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity |
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| (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity |
| (noun) an envious eagerness to possess something | - |
| cowhouse | (noun) a barn for cows | Synonyms: byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowshed |
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| coxsackievirus | (noun) enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis | Synonyms: Coxsackie virus |
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| credulousness | (noun) tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived | Synonyms: gullibility |
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| crepuscle | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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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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| crocus | (noun) any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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| crus | (noun) the leg from the knee to foot | - |
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| crusade | (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement |
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| crusader | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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| cruse | (noun) small jar; holds liquid (oil or water) | - |
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| crush | (noun) the act of crushing | Synonyms: compaction, crunch |
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| (noun) temporary love of an adolescent | Synonyms: calf love, infatuation, puppy love |
| (noun) a dense crowd of people | Synonyms: jam, press |
| (noun) leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated | Synonyms: crushed leather |
| crusher | (noun) a device that crushes something | - |
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| crushing | (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: quelling, stifling, suppression |
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| crust | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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| (noun) the outer layer of the Earth | Synonyms: Earth's crust |
| (noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: encrustation, incrustation |
| crustacean | (noun) any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton | - |
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| cubitus | (noun) hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | Synonyms: articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, elbow, elbow joint, human elbow |
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| (noun) the arm from the elbow to the fingertips | - |
| cultus | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals | Synonyms: cult, religious cult |
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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 |
| cuneus | (noun) any shape that is triangular in cross section | Synonyms: wedge, wedge shape |
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| cunnilinctus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilingus |
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| cunnilingus | (noun) oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | Synonyms: cunnilinctus |
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| curiousness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: foreignness, strangeness |
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| (noun) a state of active curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitiveness |
| curvaceousness | (noun) the quality of having a well-rounded body | Synonyms: shapeliness, voluptuousness |
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| cuscus | (noun) woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia | - |
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| cushat | (noun) Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | Synonyms: Columba palumbus, ringdove, wood pigeon |
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| cushaw | (noun) globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind | - |
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| (noun) plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds | Synonyms: Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta |
| cushion | (noun) a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. | - |
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| (noun) a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses | Synonyms: shock, shock absorber |
| (noun) the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle | - |
| cushioning | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: padding |
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| cusk | (noun) large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod | Synonyms: Brosme brosme, torsk |
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| (noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: burbot, eelpout, ling, Lota lota |
| (noun) the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters | - |
| cusp | (noun) point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch) | - |
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| (noun) small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth | - |
| (noun) a thin triangular flap of a heart valve | Synonyms: leaflet |
| cuspid | (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth |
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| cuspidation | (noun) a decoration using cusps | - |
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| cuspidor | (noun) a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) | Synonyms: spittoon |
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| cuss | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword |
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| (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer |
| (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
| cussedness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: orneriness |
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| custard | (noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
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| custodian | (noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: keeper, steward |
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| custodianship | (noun) the position of custodian | - |
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| custody | (noun) holding by the police | - |
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| (noun) (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child | Synonyms: hands |
| (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: detainment, detention, hold |
| custom | (noun) accepted or habitual practice | Synonyms: usage, usance |
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| (noun) habitual patronage | - |
| (noun) a specific practice of long standing | Synonyms: tradition |
| (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: customs, customs duty, impost |
| customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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| customer | (noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: client |
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| customhouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customshouse |
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| customs | (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: custom, customs duty, impost |
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| customshouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customhouse |
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| cytomegalovirus | (noun) any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems | Synonyms: CMV |
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| daisybush | (noun) any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays | Synonyms: daisy-bush, daisy bush |
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| dangerousness | (noun) the quality of not being safe | - |
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| danseuse | (noun) a female ballet dancer | Synonyms: ballerina |
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| decorousness | (noun) propriety in manners and conduct | Synonyms: decorum |
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| decubitus | (noun) a reclining position (as in a bed) | - |
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| decussation | (noun) an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X | Synonyms: chiasm, chiasma |
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| defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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| degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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| degustation | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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| deinocheirus | (noun) lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck | - |
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| deinonychus | (noun) swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous | - |
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| deliciousness | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: delectability, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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| delusion | (noun) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | Synonyms: head game, illusion |
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| (noun) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea | Synonyms: hallucination |
| (noun) (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary | Synonyms: psychotic belief |
| descensus | (noun) the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | Synonyms: prolapse, prolapsus |
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| detritus | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, dust, junk, rubble |
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| (noun) loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks | - |
| deviousness | (noun) the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | Synonyms: crookedness |
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| (noun) the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly | Synonyms: obliqueness |
| diestrus | (noun) (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity | Synonyms: diestrum |
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| diffuseness | (noun) the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | - |
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| diffuser | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
| diffusion | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: dispersal, dispersion, dissemination |
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| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: dissemination |
| (noun) the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | - |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration | - |
| diffusor | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
| diplococcus | (noun) Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs | - |
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| diplodocus | (noun) a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America | - |
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| discus | (noun) a disk used in throwing competitions | Synonyms: saucer |
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| (noun) an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible | - |
| discussant | (noun) a participant in a formal discussion | - |
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