| charlatanism | (noun) the dishonesty of a charlatan | Synonyms: quackery |
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| charm | (noun) something believed to bring good luck | Synonyms: good luck charm |
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| (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appeal, appealingness |
| (noun) (physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third most massive of all quarks | - |
| (noun) a verbal formula believed to have magical force | Synonyms: magic spell, magical spell, spell |
| chasm | (noun) a deep opening in the earth's surface | - |
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| chatroom | (noun) a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic) | Synonyms: chat room |
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| chauvinism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: antifeminism, male chauvinism |
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| (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism |
| checkerbloom | (noun) perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated | Synonyms: Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock |
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| checkroom | (noun) a room where baggage or parcels are checked | Synonyms: left-luggage office |
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| checksum | (noun) a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage | - |
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| chetrum | (noun) 100 chetrums equal 1 ngultrum in Bhutan | - |
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| chiasm | (noun) an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X | Synonyms: chiasma, decussation |
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| chiliasm | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism |
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| chloroform | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: trichloromethane |
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| chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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| chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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| chrism | (noun) a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam | Synonyms: chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oil |
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| chrisom | (noun) a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam | Synonyms: chrism, holy oil, sacramental oil |
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| chromatism | (noun) abnormal pigmentation | - |
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| (noun) hallucinatory perception of colored lights | - |
| chromatogram | (noun) the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography | - |
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| chromium | (noun) a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | Synonyms: atomic number 24, Cr |
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| chrysanthemum | (noun) any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated | - |
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| (noun) the flower of a chrysanthemum plant | - |
| chum | (noun) a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish | Synonyms: chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta |
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| (noun) bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish | - |
| (noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: brother, buddy, crony, pal, sidekick |
| cilium | (noun) a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms | - |
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| (noun) any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids | Synonyms: eyelash, lash |
| cinerarium | (noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: columbarium |
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| cingulum | (noun) (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth) | - |
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| cladogram | (noun) a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships | - |
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| claim | (noun) demand for something as rightful or due | - |
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| (noun) an established or recognized right | Synonyms: title |
| (noun) an informal right to something | Synonyms: title |
| (noun) an assertion of a right (as to money or property) | - |
| (noun) a demand | Synonyms: call |
| (noun) an assertion that something is true or factual | - |
| clam | (noun) burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | - |
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| (noun) flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams | - |
| (noun) a piece of paper money worth one dollar | Synonyms: buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill |
| classicalism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicism |
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| classicism | (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms | Synonyms: classicalism |
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| classroom | (noun) a room in a school where lessons take place | Synonyms: schoolroom |
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| claustrum | (noun) a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus | - |
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| cleistothecium | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistocarp |
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| clericalism | (noun) a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters | - |
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| clingfilm | (noun) a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food | Synonyms: cling film, Saran Wrap |
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| clinocephalism | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephaly |
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| cloakroom | (noun) a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily | Synonyms: coatroom |
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| (noun) a private lounge off of a legislative chamber | - |
| clostridium | (noun) spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore | Synonyms: clostridia |
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| clubroom | (noun) a room used for the activities of a club | - |
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| cm | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimeter, centimetre |
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| coagulum | (noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | Synonyms: clot |
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| coatroom | (noun) a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily | Synonyms: cloakroom |
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| coccidium | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: eimeria |
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| cocoyam | (noun) tropical starchy tuberous root | Synonyms: dasheen, edda, taro, taro root |
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| (noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: dasheen, eddo, taro |
| coelom | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celom, celoma |
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| cofferdam | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: caisson, pneumatic caisson |
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| coldcream | (noun) a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin | Synonyms: cold cream, face cream, vanishing cream |
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| coliseum | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, amphitheatre |
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| collaborationism | (noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaboration, quislingism |
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| collectivism | (noun) a political theory that the people should own the means of production | - |
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| (noun) Soviet communism | Synonyms: Bolshevism, sovietism |
| colloquialism | (noun) a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | - |
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| colloquium | (noun) an address to an academic meeting or seminar | - |
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| (noun) an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting | - |
| collyrium | (noun) lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes | Synonyms: eye-lotion, eyewash |
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| colonialism | (noun) exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country | - |
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| colostrum | (noun) milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition | Synonyms: foremilk |
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| columbarium | (noun) a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns | - |
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| (noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead | Synonyms: cinerarium |
| (noun) a birdhouse for pigeons | Synonyms: columbary, dovecote |
| columbium | (noun) a former name for niobium | - |
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| combretum | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers | - |
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| commensalism | (noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it | - |
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| commercialism | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commerce, mercantilism |
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| communalism | (noun) the practice of communal living and common ownership | - |
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| (noun) loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole | - |
| communism | (noun) a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society | - |
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| (noun) a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | - |
| compendium | (noun) a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | - |
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| (noun) a publication containing a variety of works | Synonyms: collection |
| conceptualism | (noun) the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application | - |
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| concretism | (noun) a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms | Synonyms: concrete representation |
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| condom | (noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | Synonyms: prophylactic, rubber, safe, safety |
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| condominium | (noun) housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned | - |
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| (noun) one of the dwelling units in a condominium | Synonyms: condo |
| configurationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties | Synonyms: Gestalt psychology |
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| conformism | (noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief | Synonyms: conformity |
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| conidium | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidiospore |
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| conservatism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservativism |
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| conservativism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservatism |
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| consortium | (noun) an association of companies for some definite purpose | Synonyms: pool, syndicate |
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| constitutionalism | (noun) advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles | - |
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| (noun) a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution) | - |
| constructivism | (noun) an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects | - |
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| consumerism | (noun) a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers | - |
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| (noun) the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial | - |
| contextualism | (noun) any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms | - |
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| continuum | (noun) a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts | - |
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| conundrum | (noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, enigma, riddle |
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| conventionalism | (noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | Synonyms: convention, conventionality |
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| corium | (noun) the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | Synonyms: derma, dermis |
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| corm | (noun) solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure | - |
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| corneum | (noun) the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off | Synonyms: horny layer, stratum corneum |
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| corporatism | (noun) control of a state or organization by large interest groups | - |
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| corrigendum | (noun) a printer's error; to be corrected | - |
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| corundom | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundum |
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| corundum | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundom |
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| corynebacterium | (noun) any species of the genus Corynebacterium | - |
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| counterclaim | (noun) a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action | - |
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| counterterrorism | (noun) a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism | - |
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| courtroom | (noun) a room in which a law court sits | Synonyms: court |
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| cranium | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: braincase, brainpan |
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| cream | (noun) toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | Synonyms: emollient, ointment |
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| (noun) the part of milk containing the butterfat | - |
| (noun) the best people or things in a group | Synonyms: pick |
| creationism | (noun) the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis | - |
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| credendum | (noun) (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided | Synonyms: article of faith |
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| crematorium | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematory |
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| (noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematory |
| cretinism | (noun) severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting | - |
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| criminalism | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminality, criminalness |
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| criterium | (noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) | Synonyms: crit |
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| criticism | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: critique |
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| (noun) disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | Synonyms: unfavorable judgment |
| (noun) a written evaluation of a work of literature | Synonyms: literary criticism |
| cronyism | (noun) favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications) | - |
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