| cagoule | (noun) lightweight parka; waterproof | - |
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| cake | (noun) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | Synonyms: bar |
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| (noun) baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat | - |
| (noun) small flat mass of chopped or ground food | Synonyms: patty |
| cakehole | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: gob, hole, maw, trap, yap |
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| calamine | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: hemimorphite |
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| calanthe | (noun) any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise | - |
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| calcimine | (noun) a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings | - |
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| calcite | (noun) a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone | - |
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| caleche | (noun) the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage | Synonyms: calash, calash top |
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| (noun) a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century | Synonyms: calash |
| calibre | (noun) a degree or grade of excellence or worth | Synonyms: caliber, quality |
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| (noun) diameter of a tube or gun barrel | Synonyms: bore, caliber, gauge |
| caliche | (noun) nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru | - |
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| (noun) crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions | Synonyms: hardpan |
| caliphate | (noun) the office of a caliph | - |
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| (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph | - |
| calliope | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard | Synonyms: steam organ |
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| calorie | (noun) unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | Synonyms: gram calorie, small calorie |
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| calque | (noun) an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language | Synonyms: calque formation, loan translation |
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| calycle | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calyculus |
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| (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calyculus, epicalyx, false calyx |
| camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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| camaraderie | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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| camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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| camisole | (noun) a short negligee | - |
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| (noun) a short sleeveless undergarment for women | Synonyms: underbodice |
| camomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, chamomile |
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| camouflage | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: disguise |
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| (noun) device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | - |
| (noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camo |
| (noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: disguise |
| campanile | (noun) a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building | Synonyms: belfry |
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| campfire | (noun) a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | - |
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| campmate | (noun) someone who lives in the same camp you do | - |
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| campsite | (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, encampment |
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| canape | (noun) an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food | - |
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| canavanine | (noun) an amino acid found in the jack bean | - |
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| candidate | (noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | Synonyms: prospect |
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| (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, nominee |
| candidature | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign |
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| candle | (noun) stick of wax with a wick in the middle | Synonyms: taper, wax light |
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| (noun) the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | Synonyms: candela, cd, standard candle |
| cane | (noun) a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment | - |
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| (noun) a stick that people can lean on to help them walk | - |
| (noun) a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane | - |
| canebrake | (noun) a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane) | - |
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| cangue | (noun) an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms | - |
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| canicule | (noun) the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity | Synonyms: canicular days, dog days |
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| canine | (noun) any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles | Synonyms: canid |
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| (noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | Synonyms: canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth |
| cannonade | (noun) intense and continuous artillery fire | Synonyms: drumfire |
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| canoe | (noun) small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle | - |
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| cantaloupe | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| canticle | (noun) a hymn derived from the Bible | - |
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| cantle | (noun) the back of a saddle seat | - |
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| canyonside | (noun) the steeply sloping side of a canyon | - |
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| capacitance | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser |
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| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacity, electrical capacity |
| cape | (noun) a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter | Synonyms: mantle |
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| (noun) a strip of land projecting into a body of water | Synonyms: ness |
| capercaillie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| capercailzie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercaillie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| 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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| capote | (noun) a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded cloak |
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| (noun) a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded coat |
| caprice | (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: impulse, whim |
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| capriole | (noun) (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump | - |
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| (noun) a playful leap or hop | Synonyms: caper |
| capstone | (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: copestone, coping stone, stretcher |
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| (noun) a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination | Synonyms: copestone, finishing touch |
| capsule | (noun) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside | - |
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| (noun) a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space | Synonyms: space capsule |
| (noun) a small container | - |
| (noun) a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute | Synonyms: ejection seat, ejector seat |
| (noun) a structure that encloses a body part | - |
| (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, condensation |
| (noun) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses | - |
| captive | (noun) an animal that is confined | - |
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| (noun) a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war | Synonyms: prisoner |
| (noun) a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion | - |
| capture | (noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: gaining control, seizure |
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| (noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: seizure |
| (noun) the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board | - |
| (noun) any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle | - |
| (noun) a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field | - |
| carafe | (noun) a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | Synonyms: decanter |
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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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| carbamate | (noun) a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid | - |
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| carbamide | (noun) the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics | Synonyms: urea |
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| carbide | (noun) a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element | - |
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| carbine | (noun) light automatic rifle | - |
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| 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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| carbonate | (noun) a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) | - |
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| carbuncle | (noun) an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus | - |
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| (noun) deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets | - |
| carcase | (noun) the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | Synonyms: carcass |
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| cardcase | (noun) a small case for carrying business cards | - |
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| cardcastle | (noun) an unstable construction with playing cards | Synonyms: card-house, cardhouse, house of cards |
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| cardhouse | (noun) an unstable construction with playing cards | Synonyms: card-house, cardcastle, house of cards |
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| cardinalate | (noun) the office of cardinal | Synonyms: cardinalship |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope | Synonyms: College of Cardinals, Sacred College, Sacred College of Cardinals |
| care | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: maintenance, upkeep |
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| (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: aid, attention, tending |
| (noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: charge, guardianship, tutelage |
| (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: caution, forethought, precaution |
| (noun) a cause for feeling concern | - |
| (noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: concern, fear |
| carfare | (noun) the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar | Synonyms: bus fare |
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| caribe | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: pirana, piranha |
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| caricature | (noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: imitation, impersonation |
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| carinate | (noun) birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles | Synonyms: carinate bird, flying bird |
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| carminative | (noun) medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing | - |
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| carmine | (noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: cardinal |
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| carnage | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter |
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| carnallite | (noun) a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium | - |
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| carnivore | (noun) a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal | - |
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| (noun) any animal that feeds on flesh | - |
| carnotite | (noun) a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium | - |
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| caroche | (noun) a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century | - |
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| carotene | (noun) an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver | Synonyms: carotin, provitamin A |
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| (noun) yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants | - |
| carouse | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: bender, booze-up, carousal, toot |
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| carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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| carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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| carriage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: equipage, rig |
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| (noun) a railcar where passengers ride | Synonyms: coach, passenger car |
| (noun) a machine part that carries something else | - |
| (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller |
| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, posture |
| cartage | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: carting |
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| carte | (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | Synonyms: bill of fare, card, carte du jour, menu |
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| carthorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, drayhorse |
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| cartilage | (noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | Synonyms: gristle |
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| cartouche | (noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | Synonyms: cartouch |
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| cartridge | (noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun | - |
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| (noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | Synonyms: pickup |
| (noun) a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment | - |
| (noun) a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required | Synonyms: magazine |
| caruncle | (noun) an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds | Synonyms: caruncula |
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| cascade | (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: shower |
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| (noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | - |
| (noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | - |
| case | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: causa, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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| (noun) a portable container for carrying several objects | - |
| (noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine |
| (noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: pillow slip, pillowcase, slip |
| (noun) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | Synonyms: compositor's case, typesetter's case |
| (noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: casing, shell |
| (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: casing |
| (noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | Synonyms: sheath |
| (noun) the actual state of things | - |
| (noun) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | Synonyms: grammatical case |
| (noun) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | - |
| (noun) a problem requiring investigation | - |
| (noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: face, font, fount, typeface |
| (noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: example, instance |
| (noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | Synonyms: guinea pig, subject |
| (noun) a person requiring professional services | - |
| (noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: character, eccentric, type |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: caseful |
| (noun) a special set of circumstances | Synonyms: event |
| (noun) a specific state of mind that is temporary | - |
| cashmere | (noun) a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat | - |
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| (noun) the wool of the Kashmir goat | - |
| caspase | (noun) any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis | - |
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| casque | (noun) (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor | - |
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| casserole | (noun) large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served | - |
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| (noun) food cooked and served in a casserole | - |
| cassette | (noun) a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video | - |
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| cassie | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, flame tree, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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| cassiterite | (noun) a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin | - |
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