| commixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| commodore | (noun) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral | - |
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| compare | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: comparability, comparison, equivalence |
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| compere | (noun) British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc | - |
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| composure | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity |
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| concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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| confiture | (noun) preserved or candied fruit | - |
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| confrere | (noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: colleague, fellow |
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| conidiophore | (noun) a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia | - |
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| conidiospore | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidium |
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| conjecture | (noun) a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) | Synonyms: speculation |
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| (noun) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence | - |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
| conjuncture | (noun) a critical combination of events or circumstances | - |
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| conservatoire | (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatory |
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| contracture | (noun) an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | - |
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| cookfire | (noun) a fire for cooking | - |
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| cookware | (noun) a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking | Synonyms: cooking utensil |
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| copperware | (noun) utensils made with copper | - |
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| core | (noun) a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil | - |
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| (noun) the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories | Synonyms: magnetic core |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, effect, essence, gist |
| (noun) a small group of indispensable persons or things | Synonyms: core group, nucleus |
| (noun) the center of an object | - |
| (noun) the central part of the Earth | - |
| (noun) a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill | - |
| counterbore | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: countersink, countersink bit |
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| counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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| counterfire | (noun) fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons | - |
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| countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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| countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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| couture | (noun) high fashion designing and dressmaking | - |
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| couverture | (noun) chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter | - |
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| crackleware | (noun) glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface | Synonyms: crackle, crackle china |
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| creature | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna |
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| (noun) a living being | Synonyms: wight |
| (noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: puppet, tool |
| crenature | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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| crore | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million | - |
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| crossfire | (noun) fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross | - |
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| (noun) a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
| ctenophore | (noun) biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb | Synonyms: comb jelly |
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| cubitiere | (noun) body armor that protects the elbow | - |
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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 |
| curare | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: tubocurarine |
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| cure | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, remedy, therapeutic |
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| curvature | (noun) the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve | - |
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| (noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | Synonyms: curve |
| (noun) (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal | - |
| cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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| cynosure | (noun) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration | - |
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| (noun) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners) | - |
| cypre | (noun) large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood | Synonyms: Cordia alliodora, Equador laurel, princewood, salmwood, Spanish elm |
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| cytoarchitecture | (noun) the cellular composition of a bodily structure | Synonyms: cytoarchitectonics |
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| dare | (noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | Synonyms: daring |
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| dasyure | (noun) any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens | - |
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| daycare | (noun) childcare during the day while parents work | Synonyms: day care |
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| debenture | (noun) a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt | - |
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| (noun) the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future | Synonyms: debenture bond, unsecured bond |
| decalitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl |
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| decametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: dam, decameter, dekameter, dekametre, dkm |
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| decilitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | Synonyms: deciliter, dl |
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| decimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter | Synonyms: decimeter, dm |
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| dekalitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dkl |
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| dekametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dkm |
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| denture | (noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | Synonyms: dental plate, plate |
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| departure | (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: going, going away, leaving |
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| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: deviation, difference, divergence |
| derriere | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| desire | (noun) an inclination to want things | - |
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| (noun) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state | - |
| (noun) something that is desired | - |
| dinnerware | (noun) the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal | - |
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| dioptre | (noun) a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists | Synonyms: diopter |
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| disclosure | (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: revealing, revelation |
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| discomfiture | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment |
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| discomposure | (noun) a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure | - |
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| (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, disconcertion, disconcertment |
| dishware | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: crockery |
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| disjuncture | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction |
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| displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
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| divestiture | (noun) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division | - |
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| (noun) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior | - |
| doctrinaire | (noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions | Synonyms: dogmatist |
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| drugstore | (noun) a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold | Synonyms: apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy |
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| drumfire | (noun) intense and continuous artillery fire | Synonyms: cannonade |
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| eagre | (noun) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | Synonyms: aegir, bore, eager, tidal bore |
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| earthenware | (noun) ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat | - |
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| elaphure | (noun) large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds | Synonyms: Elaphurus davidianus, pere david's deer |
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| embouchure | (noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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| embrasure | (noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: port, porthole |
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| emigre | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigree, outgoer |
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| empire | (noun) a monarchy with an emperor as head of state | - |
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| (noun) a group of countries under a single authority | - |
| (noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | Synonyms: conglomerate |
| (noun) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised | Synonyms: imperium |
| enamelware | (noun) cooking utensil of enameled iron | - |
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| enclosure | (noun) the act of enclosing something inside something else | Synonyms: enclosing, envelopment, inclosure |
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| (noun) a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose | - |
| (noun) something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter | Synonyms: inclosure |
| (noun) a naturally enclosed space | Synonyms: natural enclosure |
| encolure | (noun) the mane of a horse | - |
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| encore | (noun) an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand | - |
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| endospore | (noun) a small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae | - |
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| entablature | (noun) (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof | - |
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| entire | (noun) uncastrated adult male horse | Synonyms: stallion |
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| epauliere | (noun) armor plate that protects the shoulder | - |
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| epicentre | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicenter |
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| epicure | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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| erasure | (noun) deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | Synonyms: expunction, expunging |
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| (noun) a correction made by erasing | - |
| (noun) a surface area where something has been erased | - |
| escritoire | (noun) a desk used for writing | Synonyms: secretaire, secretary, writing table |
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| esquire | (noun) (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood | - |
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| etagere | (noun) a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments | - |
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| euchre | (noun) a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand | Synonyms: five hundred |
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| exosphere | (noun) the outermost atmospheric layer | - |
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| expenditure | (noun) the act of spending money for goods or services | Synonyms: expending |
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| (noun) the act of consuming something | Synonyms: consumption, using up |
| (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: outgo, outlay, spending |
| exposure | (noun) abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) | - |
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| (noun) the act of exposing film to light | - |
| (noun) presentation to view in an open or public manner | - |
| (noun) the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience | - |
| (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: photo, photograph, pic, picture |
| (noun) vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain | - |
| (noun) aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces | - |
| (noun) the disclosure of something secret | - |
| (noun) the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate | - |
| (noun) the state of being vulnerable or exposed | Synonyms: vulnerability |
| eyesore | (noun) something very ugly and offensive | - |
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| failure | (noun) an act that fails | - |
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| (noun) an unexpected omission | - |
| (noun) an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | - |
| (noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
| (noun) lack of success | - |
| (noun) loss of ability to function normally | - |
| (noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: bankruptcy |
| fanfare | (noun) a gaudy outward display | Synonyms: flash, ostentation |
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| (noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: flourish, tucket |
| fare | (noun) an agenda of things to do | Synonyms: menu |
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| (noun) the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed | - |
| (noun) a paying (taxi) passenger | - |
| (noun) the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance | Synonyms: transportation |
| feature | (noun) an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: lineament |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: characteristic |
| (noun) (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind | Synonyms: feature of speech |
| (noun) the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater | Synonyms: feature film |
| (noun) a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: feature article |
| femtometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, fermi |
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| fibre | (noun) a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | Synonyms: fiber, vulcanized fiber |
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| (noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: character, fiber |
| (noun) any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) | Synonyms: fiber |
| (noun) coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis | Synonyms: fiber, roughage |
| (noun) a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn | Synonyms: fiber |
| fieldfare | (noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: snowbird, Turdus pilaris |
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| figure | (noun) a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating | - |
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| (noun) a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) | - |
| (noun) a decorative or artistic work | Synonyms: design, pattern |
| (noun) the impression produced by a person | - |
| (noun) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals | Synonyms: number |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| (noun) a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground | - |
| (noun) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material | Synonyms: fig |
| (noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Synonyms: figure of speech, image, trope |
| (noun) a well-known or notable person | Synonyms: name, public figure |
| (noun) an amount of money expressed numerically | - |
| (noun) one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration | Synonyms: digit |
| (noun) a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape | - |