| carcass | (noun) the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | Synonyms: carcase |
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| carditis | (noun) inflammation of the heart | - |
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| cards | (noun) a game played with playing cards | Synonyms: card game |
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| carefreeness | (noun) the trait of being without worry or responsibility | - |
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| (noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness |
| carefulness | (noun) the quality of being careful and painstaking | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: caution, cautiousness |
| carelessness | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: neglect, negligence, nonperformance |
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| (noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: sloppiness |
| caress | (noun) a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) | - |
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| caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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| carnivorousness | (noun) The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet. | Synonyms: zoophagy |
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| carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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| caryopsis | (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: grain |
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| castanets | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: bones, clappers, finger cymbals |
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| casualness | (noun) a casual manner | Synonyms: familiarity |
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| (noun) The state of coming without regularity; of being occasional or incidental. | - |
| catabiosis | (noun) normal aging of cells | - |
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| catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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| catalexis | (noun) the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | - |
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| catalysis | (noun) acceleration of a chemical reaction induced by the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction | Synonyms: contact action |
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| cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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| catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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| catharsis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: abreaction, katharsis |
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| (noun) purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: katharsis, purgation |
| cathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | Synonyms: charge |
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| catoptrics | (noun) branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors | - |
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| cattiness | (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: bitchiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness |
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| caucus | (noun) a closed political meeting | - |
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| cautious | (noun) people who are fearful and cautious | Synonyms: timid |
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| cautiousness | (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: carefulness, caution |
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| ceaselessness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: continuousness, incessancy, incessantness |
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| celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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| cellulitis | (noun) an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain | - |
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| cenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| census | (noun) a periodic count of the population | Synonyms: nose count, nosecount |
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| centas | (noun) 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania | - |
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| centesis | (noun) (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid | - |
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| cephalitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) | Synonyms: encephalitis, phrenitis |
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| ceramics | (noun) the art of making and decorating pottery | - |
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| ceras | (noun) one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills | - |
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| cerastes | (noun) highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye | Synonyms: Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper |
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| ceratodus | (noun) extinct lungfish | - |
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| ceratosaurus | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaur |
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| cerebromeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges | Synonyms: encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis |
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| ceremoniousness | (noun) a ceremonial manner | - |
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| ceroplastics | (noun) the art of modeling in wax. | - |
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| cervicitis | (noun) inflammation of the uterine cervix | - |
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| cgs | (noun) system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds | Synonyms: cgs system |
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| chaenactis | (noun) any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers | - |
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| chains | (noun) metal shackles; for hands or legs | Synonyms: irons |
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| challis | (noun) a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed) | - |
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| chamois | (noun) hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips | Synonyms: Rupicapra rupicapra |
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| (noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin | Synonyms: chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather |
| changeableness | (noun) the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeability |
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| changefulness | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: inconstancy |
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| changelessness | (noun) the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged | Synonyms: unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness |
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| (noun) the property of remaining unchanged | - |
| channels | (noun) official routes of communication | - |
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| chaos | (noun) (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions | - |
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| (noun) the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos | - |
| (noun) a state of extreme confusion and disorder | Synonyms: bedlam, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness |
| characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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| charades | (noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
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| chariness | (noun) the trait of being cautious and watchful | Synonyms: wariness |
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| charitableness | (noun) generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate) | - |
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| chassis | (noun) the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor | - |
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| (noun) a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device | - |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| chasteness | (noun) lack of ornamentation | Synonyms: restraint, simpleness, simplicity |
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| cheapness | (noun) a price below the standard price | Synonyms: bargain rate, cut price, cut rate |
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| (noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | Synonyms: sleaze, tackiness, tat |
| cheatgrass | (noun) annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean | Synonyms: Bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome |
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| checkers | (noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | Synonyms: draughts |
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| cheekiness | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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| cheerfulness | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheer, sunniness, sunshine |
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| (noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: blitheness |
| cheerlessness | (noun) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | Synonyms: uncheerfulness |
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| cheilitis | (noun) inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips | - |
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| cheiloschisis | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cleft lip, harelip |
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| cheilosis | (noun) a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin | Synonyms: perleche |
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| chemosis | (noun) edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining | - |
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| chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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| chemotaxis | (noun) movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus | - |
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| chess | (noun) a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | Synonyms: chess game |
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| (noun) weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, cheat |
| chiasmus | (noun) inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | - |
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| chicness | (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable | Synonyms: chic, chichi, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank |
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| chilblains | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblain, pernio |
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| childishness | (noun) a property characteristic of a child | Synonyms: puerility |
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| childlessness | (noun) the condition of being without offspring | - |
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| chilliness | (noun) the property of being moderately cold | Synonyms: coolness, nip |
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| (noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
| chinos | (noun) (plural) trousers made with chino cloth | - |
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| chips | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: french-fried potatoes, french fries, fries |
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| chirpiness | (noun) cheerful and lively | - |
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| chitlings | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlins, chitterlings |
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| chitlins | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlings, chitterlings |
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| chitterlings | (noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food | Synonyms: chitlings, chitlins |
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| chives | (noun) cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning | - |
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| (noun) perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning | Synonyms: Allium schoenoprasum, chive, cive, schnittlaugh |
| chlamys | (noun) a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece | - |
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| (noun) collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | Synonyms: floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium |
| chlorosis | (noun) iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin | Synonyms: greensickness |
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| chlorpyrifos | (noun) a common organophosphate insecticide | - |
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| choiceness | (noun) the quality of being very good indeed | Synonyms: fineness |
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| cholangitis | (noun) inflammation of the bile ducts | - |
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| cholecystitis | (noun) inflammation of the gall bladder | - |
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| cholelithiasis | (noun) the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder | - |
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| cholestasis | (noun) a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed | Synonyms: acholia |
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| choppiness | (noun) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | Synonyms: rough water, roughness |
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| choragus | (noun) (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
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| chorditis | (noun) inflammation of the vocal cords | - |
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| (noun) inflammation of the spermatic cord or vocal cords or vocal folds | - |
| chorioallantois | (noun) the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois | Synonyms: chorioallantoic membrane |
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| choriomeningitis | (noun) a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges | - |
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| chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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| chorus | (noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | Synonyms: refrain |
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| (noun) any utterance produced simultaneously by a group | - |
| (noun) a group of people assembled to sing together | - |
| (noun) a body of dancers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: chorus line |
| (noun) a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play | Synonyms: Greek chorus |