| brainish | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
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| brainless | (adjective) not using intelligence | Synonyms: headless |
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| brainpan | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: braincase, cranium |
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| brainpower | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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| brainsick | (adjective) affected with madness or insanity | Synonyms: crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged |
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| brainstem | (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus | Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem |
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| brainstorm | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainwave, insight |
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| (verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
| brainstorming | (noun) a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions | - |
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| brainwash | (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly | - |
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| (verb) persuade completely, often through coercion | - |
| brainwashed | (adjective) subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones | - |
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| brainwashing | (noun) forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
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| brainwave | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainstorm, insight |
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| (noun) (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: brain wave, cortical potential |
| brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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| brainy | (adjective) having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence | Synonyms: brilliant, smart as a whip |
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| braise | (verb) cook in liquid | - |
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| braised | (adjective) cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container | - |
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| braising | (noun) cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture | - |
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| bridesmaid | (noun) an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding | Synonyms: maid of honor |
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| bristletail | (noun) small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail | - |
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| broadtail | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: caracul, karakul |
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| (noun) the fur of a very young karakul lamb | - |
| browntail | (noun) small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees | Synonyms: brown-tail moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea |
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| butacaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: butacaine sulfate |
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| caiman | (noun) a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly | Synonyms: cayman |
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| caimitillo | (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf |
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| caimito | (noun) evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum cainito, star apple |
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| cainogenesis | (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, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| caipiblack | (noun) a variation of the Caipirinha made with black vodka instead of cachaça. | - |
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| cairn | (noun) small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland | Synonyms: cairn terrier |
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| (noun) a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path | - |
| cairned | (adjective) marked by cairns | - |
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| cairngorm | (noun) a smoky yellow or brown quartz | Synonyms: smoky quartz |
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| caisson | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: cofferdam, pneumatic caisson |
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| (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: coffer, lacunar |
| (noun) a chest to hold ammunition | Synonyms: ammunition chest |
| (noun) a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition | - |
| caitiff | (adjective) despicably mean and cowardly | - |
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| (noun) a cowardly and despicable person | - |
| camail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: aventail, ventail |
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| camelhair | (noun) a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel | Synonyms: camel's hair |
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| campaign | (noun) several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) | Synonyms: military campaign |
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| (noun) an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) | Synonyms: hunting expedition, safari |
| (noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement |
| (noun) a race between candidates for elective office | Synonyms: political campaign, run |
| (verb) go on a campaign; go off to war | Synonyms: take the field |
| (verb) run, stand, or compete for an office or a position | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, crusade, fight, press, push |
| campaigner | (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: candidate, nominee |
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| campaigning | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign |
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| capercaillie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| capercailzie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercaillie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| capsaicin | (noun) colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno | - |
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| captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| (noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
| (noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
| (noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
| (noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
| (noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
| (verb) be the captain of a sports team | - |
| captaincy | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captainship |
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| captainship | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captaincy |
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| caravanserai | (noun) an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans | Synonyms: caravan inn, caravansary, khan |
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| catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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| cattail | (noun) tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes | - |
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| certain | (adjective) established beyond doubt or question; definitely known | - |
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| (adjective) having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | Synonyms: sure |
| (adjective) certain to occur; destined or inevitable | Synonyms: sure |
| (adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: sealed |
| (adjective) exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance | Synonyms: sure |
| (adjective) definite but not specified or identified | - |
| (adjective) reliable in operation or effect | Synonyms: sure |
| certainly | (adverb) definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') | Synonyms: for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely |
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| certainty | (noun) something that is certain | Synonyms: foregone conclusion, sure thing |
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| (noun) the state of being certain | - |
| chain | (noun) a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | - |
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| (noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together | Synonyms: strand, string |
| (noun) anything that acts as a restraint | - |
| (noun) a linked or connected series of objects | - |
| (noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: concatenation |
| (noun) (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) | Synonyms: chemical chain |
| (noun) a series of hills or mountains | Synonyms: chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains |
| (noun) a unit of length | - |
| (verb) fasten or secure with chains | - |
| (verb) connect or arrange into a chain by linking | - |
| chained | (adjective) bound with chains | Synonyms: enchained, in chains |
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| chainlike | (adjective) having a chainlike form | Synonyms: catenulate |
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| chains | (noun) metal shackles; for hands or legs | Synonyms: irons |
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| chainsaw | (noun) portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain | Synonyms: chain saw |
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| chair | (noun) the position of professor | Synonyms: professorship |
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| (noun) a seat for one person, with a support for the back | - |
| (noun) an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person | Synonyms: death chair, electric chair, hot seat |
| (noun) a particular seat in an orchestra | - |
| (noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | Synonyms: chairperson, president |
| (verb) preside over | Synonyms: lead, moderate |
| (verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | Synonyms: chairman |
| chairlift | (noun) a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | Synonyms: chair lift |
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| chairman | (noun) the male officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | - |
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| (verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | Synonyms: chair |
| chairmanship | (noun) the position of chairman | - |
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| chairperson | (noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | Synonyms: chair, president |
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| chairwoman | (noun) the female officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | - |
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| chaise | (noun) a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse | Synonyms: shay |
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| (noun) a long chair; for reclining | Synonyms: chaise longue, daybed |
| chamberlain | (noun) the treasurer of a municipal corporation | - |
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| (noun) an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman | - |
| chambermaid | (noun) a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) | Synonyms: fille de chambre |
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| champaign | (noun) extensive tract of level open land | Synonyms: field, plain |
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| chaplain | (noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
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| chaplaincy | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplainship |
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| chaplainship | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplaincy |
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| chatelaine | (noun) a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc. | - |
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| (noun) the mistress of a chateau or large country house | - |
| chevrotain | (noun) very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa | Synonyms: mouse deer |
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| chieftain | (noun) the head of a tribe or clan | Synonyms: chief, headman, tribal chief |
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| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: captain |
| chieftaincy | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftainship |
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| chieftainship | (noun) the position of chieftain | Synonyms: chieftaincy |
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| chigetai | (noun) Mongolian wild ass | Synonyms: dziggetai, Equus hemionus hemionus |
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| chilblain | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblains, pernio |
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| chilblained | (adjective) having chilblains | - |
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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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| choleraic | (adjective) relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera | - |
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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 | - |
| (verb) assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing | - |
| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: exact, take |
| (verb) ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example | - |
| (verb) lay claim to; as of an idea | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to | Synonyms: arrogate, lay claim |
| claimant | (noun) someone who claims a benefit or right or title | - |
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| clairvoyance | (noun) apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses | Synonyms: E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception, second sight |
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| clairvoyant | (adjective) perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses | - |
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| (adjective) foreseeing the future | Synonyms: precognitive, second-sighted |
| (noun) someone who has the power of clairvoyance | - |
| coattail | (noun) the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist | - |
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| cocain | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocaine |
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| cocaine | (noun) a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | Synonyms: cocain |
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| cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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| cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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| cocktail | (noun) a short mixed drink | - |
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| (noun) an appetizer served as a first course at a meal | - |
| commissionaire | (noun) a uniformed doorman | - |
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| complain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off |
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| (verb) make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge | - |
| complainant | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: plaintiff |
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| complainer | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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| complaining | (adjective) expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment | Synonyms: complaintive |
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| complainingly | (adverb) with complaints | - |
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| complaint | (noun) an expression of grievance or resentment | - |
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| (noun) (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow | - |
| (noun) (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based | - |
| (noun) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | Synonyms: charge |
| (noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | Synonyms: ailment, ill |
| complaintive | (adjective) expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment | Synonyms: complaining |
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| complaisance | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: compliance, compliancy, deference, obligingness |
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| complaisant | (adjective) showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others | Synonyms: obliging |
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| concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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| constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
| constrained | (adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: forced, strained |
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