| chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
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| chrysalis | (noun) pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon | - |
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| chubbiness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness |
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| chumminess | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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| churidars | (noun) tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta) | - |
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| ciderpress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from apples | - |
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| circuitousness | (noun) The state of being roundabout, indirect or not to the point. | - |
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| circumstances | (noun) a person's financial situation (good or bad) | - |
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| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
| circus | (noun) a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals | - |
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| (noun) a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment | Synonyms: carnival |
| (noun) an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent | - |
| (noun) (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games | - |
| (noun) a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals | - |
| cirrhosis | (noun) a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism | Synonyms: cirrhosis of the liver |
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| cirrhus | (noun) usually coiled | Synonyms: cirrus |
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| cirrocumulus | (noun) a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples | Synonyms: cirrocumulus cloud |
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| cirrostratus | (noun) a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude | Synonyms: cirrostratus cloud |
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| cirrus | (noun) a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile | - |
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| (noun) a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) | Synonyms: cirrus cloud |
| (noun) usually coiled | Synonyms: cirrhus |
| citrus | (noun) any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions | Synonyms: citrous fruit, citrus fruit |
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| (noun) any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds | Synonyms: citrus tree |
| civics | (noun) the social science of civic affairs | - |
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| civies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civvies |
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| civvies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civies |
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| cladistics | (noun) a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | Synonyms: cladistic analysis |
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| clamminess | (noun) unpleasant wetness | Synonyms: dankness |
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| clams | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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| clannishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: cliquishness, exclusiveness |
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| clappers | (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, castanets, finger cymbals |
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| class | (noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: course, course of instruction, course of study |
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| (noun) elegance in dress or behavior | - |
| (noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: category, family |
| (noun) people having the same social, economic, or educational status | Synonyms: social class, socio-economic class, stratum |
| (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders | - |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: course, form, grade |
| (noun) a body of students who graduate together | Synonyms: year |
| (noun) a league ranked by quality | Synonyms: division |
| classics | (noun) study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome | - |
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| clavus | (noun) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | Synonyms: corn |
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| clayeyness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayiness, clayishness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayiness, clayishness |
| clayiness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
| clayishness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
| cleaners | (noun) shop where dry cleaning is done | Synonyms: dry cleaners |
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| cleanliness | (noun) diligence in keeping clean | - |
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| (noun) the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections | - |
| cleanness | (noun) the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities | - |
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| (noun) without moral defects | - |
| clearcutness | (noun) clarity as a consequence of precision | Synonyms: preciseness |
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| clearness | (noun) free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | Synonyms: clarity, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity |
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| (noun) the quality of clear water | Synonyms: clarity, uncloudedness |
| cleats | (noun) shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles | - |
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| cleavers | (noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | Synonyms: catchweed, clivers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers |
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| clematis | (noun) any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers | - |
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| cleverness | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity |
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| (noun) intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty | Synonyms: brightness, smartness |
| (noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness |
| clevis | (noun) a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc. | - |
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| clews | (noun) the cords used to suspend a hammock | - |
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| clianthus | (noun) any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes | Synonyms: glory pea |
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| cliquishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: clannishness, exclusiveness |
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| clitoris | (noun) a female sexual organ homologous to the penis | Synonyms: button, clit |
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| clivers | (noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | Synonyms: catchweed, cleavers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers |
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| clocks | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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| clonus | (noun) convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations | - |
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| closeness | (noun) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance | Synonyms: nearness |
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| (noun) characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) | Synonyms: secretiveness |
| (noun) the quality of being close and poorly ventilated | Synonyms: stuffiness |
| (noun) close or warm friendship | Synonyms: familiarity, intimacy |
| (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
| (noun) a feeling of being intimate and belonging together | Synonyms: intimacy |
| clothes | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, dress, wearing apparel |
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| clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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| cloudiness | (noun) the quality of being cloudy | Synonyms: muddiness, murkiness |
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| (noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, overcast |
| (noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: overcast |
| cloudlessness | (noun) the lightness of a sunny day when there are no clouds in the sky | - |
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| clumsiness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | Synonyms: awkwardness |
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| (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, gracelessness, stiffness |
| (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
| clutches | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold |
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| clypeus | (noun) a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head | - |
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| coarseness | (noun) looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) | Synonyms: nubbiness, tweediness |
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| (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: graininess, granularity |
| (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| (noun) language or humor that is down-to-earth | Synonyms: saltiness |
| coatdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front | - |
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| cobblers | (noun) a man's testicles | - |
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| (noun) nonsense | - |
| coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiosis | (noun) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia | - |
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| coccobacillus | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus | - |
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| coccus | (noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | Synonyms: cocci |
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| cockiness | (noun) offensive boldness and assertiveness | Synonyms: bumptiousness, forwardness, pushiness |
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| cocksureness | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, overconfidence |
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| coelophysis | (noun) one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic | - |
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| coevals | (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: contemporaries, generation |
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| cohesiveness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| (noun) the state of cohering or sticking together | Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesion |
| coitus | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| coldheartedness | (noun) an absence of concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: hardheartedness, heartlessness |
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| coldness | (noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: cold, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature |
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| (noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: chilliness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness |
| (noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures | Synonyms: cold |
| coleus | (noun) any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers | Synonyms: flame nettle |
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| colitis | (noun) inflammation of the colon | Synonyms: inflammatory bowel disease |
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| collards | (noun) kale that has smooth leaves | Synonyms: collard greens |
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| collins | (noun) tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice | Synonyms: Tom Collins |
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| collywobbles | (noun) severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea | Synonyms: cholera morbus |
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| colobus | (noun) arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs | Synonyms: colobus monkey |
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| colorlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colourlessness |
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| colors | (noun) a flag that shows its nationality | Synonyms: colours |
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| (noun) a distinguishing emblem | Synonyms: colours |
| colossus | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, giant, goliath, monster |
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| (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan |
| colourlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness |
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| colours | (noun) a flag that shows its nationality | Synonyms: colors |
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| (noun) a distinguishing emblem | Synonyms: colors |
| colpitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina | - |
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| colpocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina and bladder | - |
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| colpoxerosis | (noun) a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry | - |
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| comatoseness | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: coma |
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| combativeness | (noun) a militant aggressiveness | Synonyms: militance, militancy |
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| combustibleness | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibility |
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| comeliness | (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, fairness, loveliness |
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| comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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| (noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
| comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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| commensurateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: correspondence, proportionateness |
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| committedness | (noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose | Synonyms: commitment |
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| commodiousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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| commonness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonplaceness, everydayness |
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| (noun) sharing of common attributes | Synonyms: commonality |
| (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| (noun) the state of being that is commonly observed | Synonyms: expectedness |
| commonplaceness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonness, everydayness |
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| commons | (noun) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | Synonyms: commonality, commonalty |
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| (noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: common, green, park |
| (noun) a pasture subject to common use | Synonyms: common land |
| communications | (noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmitting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.) | Synonyms: communication theory |
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| communicativeness | (noun) the trait of being communicative | - |
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| compactness | (noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: concentration, denseness, density, tightness |
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| (noun) the consistency of a compact solid | - |
| companionableness | (noun) suitability to be a companion | Synonyms: companionability |
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