| burdock | (noun) any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs | Synonyms: clotbur |
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| bushbuck | (noun) antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns | Synonyms: guib, Tragelaphus scriptus |
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| busywork | (noun) active work of little value | Synonyms: make-work |
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| buttermilk | (noun) residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture | - |
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| buttock | (noun) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | Synonyms: cheek |
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| buttonhook | (noun) a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole | - |
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| buyback | (noun) the act of purchasing back something previously sold | Synonyms: redemption, repurchase |
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| cabinetwork | (noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) | Synonyms: cabinetry |
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| (noun) woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker | - |
| caipiblack | (noun) a variation of the Caipirinha made with black vodka instead of cachaça. | - |
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| cakewalk | (noun) a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake | - |
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| (noun) an easy accomplishment | - |
| calk | (noun) a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping | Synonyms: calkin |
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| callback | (noun) a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | Synonyms: recall |
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| calpack | (noun) a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus | Synonyms: calpac, kalpac |
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| candlestick | (noun) a holder with sockets for candles | Synonyms: candle holder |
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| candlewick | (noun) the wick of a candle | - |
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| (noun) loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern | - |
| canvasback | (noun) North American wild duck valued for sport and food | Synonyms: Aythya valisineria, canvasback duck |
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| carack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carrack |
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| carrack | (noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman | Synonyms: carack |
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| casebook | (noun) a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work | - |
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| casework | (noun) close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
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| cask | (noun) a cylindrical container that holds liquids | Synonyms: barrel |
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| (noun) the quantity a cask will hold | Synonyms: caskful |
| cassock | (noun) a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers | - |
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| catwalk | (noun) narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) | - |
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| (noun) narrow platform extending out into an auditorium | - |
| caulk | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulking |
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| cellblock | (noun) a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | Synonyms: ward |
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| chadlock | (noun) weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | Synonyms: Brassica kaber, charlock, field mustard, Sinapis arvensis, wild mustard |
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| chalk | (noun) a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces | - |
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| (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
| (noun) a pure flat white with little reflectance | - |
| (noun) a soft whitish calcite | - |
| charlock | (noun) weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | Synonyms: Brassica kaber, chadlock, field mustard, Sinapis arvensis, wild mustard |
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| cheapjack | (noun) a peddler of inferior goods | - |
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| check | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, curb |
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| (noun) obstructing an opponent in ice hockey | - |
| (noun) (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king | - |
| (noun) the act of inspecting or verifying | Synonyms: check-out procedure, checkout |
| (noun) a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard) | - |
| (noun) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something | Synonyms: chip |
| (noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs | Synonyms: assay |
| (noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | Synonyms: confirmation, substantiation, verification |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| (noun) the bill in a restaurant | Synonyms: chit, tab |
| (noun) a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. | Synonyms: check mark, tick |
| (noun) a written order directing a bank to pay money | Synonyms: bank check, cheque |
| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
| checkbook | (noun) a book issued to holders of checking accounts | Synonyms: chequebook |
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| cheek | (noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, face, nerve |
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| (noun) either side of the face below the eyes | - |
| (noun) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | Synonyms: buttock |
| (noun) an impudent statement | Synonyms: impertinence, impudence |
| cheewink | (noun) common towhee of eastern North America | Synonyms: chewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
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| chequebook | (noun) a book issued to holders of checking accounts | Synonyms: checkbook |
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| chewink | (noun) common towhee of eastern North America | Synonyms: cheewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
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| chick | (noun) young bird especially of domestic fowl | Synonyms: biddy |
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| (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | Synonyms: bird, dame, doll, skirt, wench |
| chimneystack | (noun) the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues | - |
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| chink | (noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: click, clink |
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| (noun) a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | - |
| (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent | Synonyms: Chinaman |
| chinook | (noun) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon |
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| (noun) pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon |
| (noun) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies | Synonyms: chinook wind, snow eater |
| chipmunk | (noun) a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body | - |
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| chock | (noun) a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | Synonyms: wedge |
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| chopsteak | (noun) a patty of ground cooked beef | Synonyms: beef patty, chop steak, chopped steak, hamburger steak |
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| chopstick | (noun) one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with | - |
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| chuck | (noun) a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill | - |
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| (noun) the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade | - |
| (noun) informal terms for a meal | Synonyms: chow, eats, grub |
| chunk | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, clod, clump, glob, lump |
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| (noun) a substantial amount | - |
| chutzpanik | (noun) (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa | - |
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| clack | (noun) a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction | Synonyms: clack valve, clapper valve |
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| (noun) a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated | Synonyms: clap |
| clank | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clash, crash |
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| classwork | (noun) the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom | - |
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| clawback | (noun) finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way | - |
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| clerk | (noun) an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) | - |
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| (noun) a salesperson in a store | Synonyms: salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk |
| click | (noun) depression of a button on a computer mouse | Synonyms: mouse click |
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| (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: detent, dog, pawl |
| (noun) a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) | Synonyms: suction stop |
| (noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: chink, clink |
| clink | (noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | Synonyms: gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer |
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| (noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: chink, click |
| cloak | (noun) a loose outer garment | - |
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| (noun) anything that covers or conceals | - |
| clock | (noun) a timepiece that shows the time of day | - |
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| clockwork | (noun) any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock | - |
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| cluck | (noun) the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | Synonyms: clucking |
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| clunk | (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, thud, thump, thumping |
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| clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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| coatrack | (noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | Synonyms: coat rack, hatrack |
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| cock | (noun) adult male bird | - |
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| (noun) adult male chicken | Synonyms: rooster |
| (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: stopcock, turncock |
| (noun) the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled | Synonyms: hammer |
| (noun) obscene terms for penis | Synonyms: dick, pecker, prick, putz, shaft, tool |
| comeback | (noun) return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity | - |
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| (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte |
| conk | (noun) informal term for the nose | - |
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| cook | (noun) someone who cooks food | - |
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| cookbook | (noun) a book of recipes and cooking directions | Synonyms: cookery book |
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| copeck | (noun) 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | Synonyms: kopeck, kopek |
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| copybook | (noun) a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship | - |
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| cork | (noun) the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) | Synonyms: bottle cork |
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| (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bob, bobber, bobfloat |
| (noun) outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. | - |
| (noun) (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells | Synonyms: phellem |
| cornerback | (noun) a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers | - |
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| cornhusk | (noun) the husk of an ear of corn | - |
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| cornsilk | (noun) each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn | Synonyms: corn silk |
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| cornstalk | (noun) the stalk of a corn plant | Synonyms: corn stalk |
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| cottonwick | (noun) of warm Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Haemulon malanurum |
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| counterattack | (noun) an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | Synonyms: countermove |
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| (noun) (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board | Synonyms: counterplay |
| countercheck | (noun) something that checks the correctness of a previous check | Synonyms: double check |
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| (noun) a check that restrains another check | - |
| countersink | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: counterbore, countersink bit |
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| (noun) a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface | - |
| countryfolk | (noun) people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics | Synonyms: country people |
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| (noun) people living in the same country; compatriots | Synonyms: country people |
| 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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| cowlick | (noun) a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat | - |
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| crack | (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: cracking, fracture |
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| (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: fling, go, offer, pass, whirl |
| (noun) a narrow opening | Synonyms: gap |
| (noun) a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive | Synonyms: crack cocaine, tornado |
| (noun) a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts | - |
| (noun) witty remark | Synonyms: quip, sally, wisecrack |
| (noun) a sudden sharp noise | Synonyms: cracking, snap |
| (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure |
| (noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, cranny, crevice, fissure |
| (noun) a chance to do something | Synonyms: shot |
| crackerjack | (noun) something excellent of its kind | Synonyms: jimdandy, jimhickey |
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| (noun) someone excellent of their kind | Synonyms: jimdandy, jimhickey |
| crampbark | (noun) deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries | Synonyms: cranberry tree, European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, guelder rose, Viburnum opulus |
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| crank | (noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: starter |
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| (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
| (noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
| (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball |
| creak | (noun) a squeaking sound | Synonyms: creaking |
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| creashak | (noun) evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn | Synonyms: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry |
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| creek | (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | Synonyms: brook |
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| crewelwork | (noun) embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn | - |
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| crick | (noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | Synonyms: kink, rick, wrick |
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| croak | (noun) a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | Synonyms: croaking |
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| crock | (noun) an earthen jar (made of baked clay) | Synonyms: earthenware jar |
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| (noun) nonsense; foolish talk | - |
| (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, lampblack, smut, soot |
| crook | (noun) a long staff with one end being hook shaped | Synonyms: shepherd's crook |
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| (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
| (noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: bend, turn, twist |
| crookback | (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: humpback, hunchback |
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| crookneck | (noun) yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin | Synonyms: crookneck squash, summer crookneck |
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| crosscheck | (noun) an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick) | - |
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| (noun) an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources | - |
| crossjack | (noun) the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast | Synonyms: mizzen course |
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| crosstalk | (noun) the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling | Synonyms: XT |
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| crosswalk | (noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossing, crossover |
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| crownwork | (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, jacket, jacket crown |
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| (noun) a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress. | - |
| cufflink | (noun) jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt | - |
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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 | - |