| candela | (noun) the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | Synonyms: candle, cd, standard candle |
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| candelabra | (noun) branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights | Synonyms: candelabrum |
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| candelabrum | (noun) branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights | Synonyms: candelabra |
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| candelilla | (noun) wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States | Synonyms: Euphorbia antisyphilitica |
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| (noun) wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Synonyms: Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis |
| candent | (adjective) emitting light as a result of being heated | Synonyms: incandescent |
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| candescent | (adjective) glowing from great heat | - |
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| candid | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| (adjective) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness | Synonyms: heart-to-heart, open |
| (adjective) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared | - |
| candida | (noun) any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida | - |
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| candidacy | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidature, electioneering, political campaign |
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| candidate | (noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | Synonyms: prospect |
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| (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, nominee |
| candidature | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign |
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| candidiasis | (noun) an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans) | Synonyms: monilia disease, moniliasis |
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| candidly | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | Synonyms: frankly, honestly |
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| candidness | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candor, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness |
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| candied | (adjective) (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar | Synonyms: crystalised, crystalized, glace |
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| (adjective) encrusted with sugar or syrup | Synonyms: sugar-coated |
| candle | (noun) stick of wax with a wick in the middle | Synonyms: taper, wax light |
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| (noun) the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | Synonyms: candela, cd, standard candle |
| (verb) examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light | - |
| candleberry | (noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: bayberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry |
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| candlelight | (noun) the light provided by a burning candle | Synonyms: candle flame |
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| candlemaker | (noun) a person who makes or sells candles | - |
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| candlenut | (noun) large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles | Synonyms: Aleurites moluccana, varnish tree |
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| (noun) seed of candlenut tree; source of oil used in varnishes | - |
| candlepin | (noun) a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin | - |
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| candlepins | (noun) a bowling game using slender bowling pins | Synonyms: candlepin bowling |
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| candlepower | (noun) luminous intensity measured in candelas | Synonyms: light intensity |
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| candlesnuffer | (noun) an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle | - |
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| candlestick | (noun) a holder with sockets for candles | Synonyms: candle holder |
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| candlewick | (noun) the wick of a candle | - |
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| (noun) loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern | - |
| candlewood | (noun) any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light | - |
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| candor | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness |
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| (noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candour, fair-mindedness, fairness |
| candour | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness |
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| (noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, fair-mindedness, fairness |
| candy | (noun) a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | Synonyms: confect |
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| (verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | Synonyms: glaze, sugarcoat |
| candyfloss | (noun) a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature | Synonyms: cotton candy, spun sugar |
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| candymaker | (noun) someone who makes candies and other sweets | Synonyms: confectioner |
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| candytuft | (noun) any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region | - |
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| candyweed | (noun) bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers | Synonyms: orange milkwort, Polygala lutea, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort |
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| explicandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explanandum |
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| footcandle | (noun) a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle | - |
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| fricandeau | (noun) larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices | - |
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| incandesce | (verb) become incandescent or glow with heat | - |
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| (verb) cause to become incandescent or glow | - |
| incandescence | (noun) light from heat | - |
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| (noun) the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised | Synonyms: glow |
| incandescent | (adjective) characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance | - |
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| (adjective) emitting light as a result of being heated | Synonyms: candent |
| multiplicand | (noun) the number that is multiplied by the multiplier | - |
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| noncandidate | (noun) someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office | - |
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| scandal | (noun) disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people | Synonyms: dirt, malicious gossip |
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| (noun) a disgraceful event | Synonyms: outrage |
| scandalisation | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: outrage, scandalization |
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| (noun) the condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior) | Synonyms: scandalization |
| scandalise | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalize, shock |
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| scandalization | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: outrage, scandalisation |
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| (noun) the condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior) | Synonyms: scandalisation |
| scandalize | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, shock |
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| scandalmonger | (noun) a person who spreads malicious gossip | - |
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| scandalmongering | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: sensationalistic, yellow |
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| (noun) spreading malicious gossip | - |
| scandalous | (adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | Synonyms: disgraceful, shameful, shocking |
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| scandalously | (adverb) in a scandalous manner | - |
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| scandalousness | (noun) disgracefulness that offends public morality | - |
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| scandent | (adjective) used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb | - |
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| scandium | (noun) a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite | Synonyms: atomic number 21, Sc |
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