| acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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| acroscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the apex | - |
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| angioscope | (noun) a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels | - |
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| aplacophoran | (noun) deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle | Synonyms: solenogaster |
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| apocope | (noun) abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds | - |
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| archepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archiepiscopal |
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| archiepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archepiscopal |
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| arthroscope | (noun) a type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination | - |
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| arthroscopy | (noun) a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision | - |
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| auriscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) | Synonyms: auroscope, otoscope |
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| auroscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) | Synonyms: auriscope, otoscope |
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| basiscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the base | - |
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| bioscope | (noun) a kind of early movie projector | - |
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| (noun) a South African movie theater | - |
| bronchoscope | (noun) a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes | - |
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| bronchoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi | - |
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| cacophonic | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonous |
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| cacophonous | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonic |
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| cacophony | (noun) loud confusing disagreeable sounds | - |
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| (noun) a loud harsh or strident noise | Synonyms: blare, blaring, clamor, din |
| celioscopy | (noun) endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall | - |
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| chalcopyrite | (noun) a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide | Synonyms: copper pyrites |
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| cheiloscopy | (noun) a forensic investigation technique that deals with identification of humans based on lip traces. | - |
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| chronoscope | (noun) an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time | - |
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| colonoscope | (noun) an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum | - |
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| colonoscopy | (noun) visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation | - |
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| colposcope | (noun) An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues. | Synonyms: vaginoscope |
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| cop | (noun) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | Synonyms: bull, copper, fuzz, pig |
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| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve |
| copacetic | (adjective) completely satisfactory | Synonyms: copasetic, copesetic, copesettic |
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| copaiba | (noun) an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments | Synonyms: balsam capivi, copaiba balsam |
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| copal | (noun) a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes | - |
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| copaline | (noun) partly mineralized copal dug from the ground | Synonyms: copalite, fossil copal |
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| copalite | (noun) partly mineralized copal dug from the ground | Synonyms: copaline, fossil copal |
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| copartner | (noun) a joint partner (as in a business enterprise) | - |
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| copartnership | (noun) a partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages | - |
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| copasetic | (adjective) completely satisfactory | Synonyms: copacetic, copesetic, copesettic |
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| cope | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: coping, header |
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| (noun) a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions | - |
| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
| copeck | (noun) 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | Synonyms: kopeck, kopek |
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| copepod | (noun) minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish | Synonyms: copepod crustacean |
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| copesetic | (adjective) completely satisfactory | Synonyms: copacetic, copasetic, copesettic |
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| copesettic | (adjective) completely satisfactory | Synonyms: copacetic, copasetic, copesetic |
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| copestone | (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: capstone, coping stone, stretcher |
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| (noun) a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination | Synonyms: capstone, finishing touch |
| copier | (noun) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | Synonyms: duplicator |
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| copilot | (noun) a relief pilot on an airplane | Synonyms: co-pilot |
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| coping | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: cope, header |
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| copious | (adjective) affording an abundant supply | Synonyms: ample, plenteous, plentiful, rich |
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| (adjective) large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) | Synonyms: voluminous |
| copiously | (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: abundantly, extravagantly, profusely |
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| copiousness | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: abundance, teemingness |
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| coplanar | (adjective) lying in the same plane | - |
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| copolymer | (noun) a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers | - |
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| copolymerise | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerize |
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| copolymerize | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerise |
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| copout | (noun) a failure to face some difficulty squarely | - |
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| copper | (noun) any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings | - |
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| (noun) a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper | Synonyms: copper color |
| (noun) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | Synonyms: bull, cop, fuzz, pig |
| (noun) a copper penny | - |
| (noun) a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor | Synonyms: atomic number 29, Cu |
| (verb) coat with a layer of copper | - |
| copperhead | (noun) common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States | Synonyms: Agkistrodon contortrix |
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| (noun) venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia | Synonyms: Denisonia superba |
| copperplate | (noun) an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved | Synonyms: copperplate engraving |
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| (noun) a print made from an engraved copperplate | - |
| (noun) a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings | - |
| coppersmith | (noun) someone who makes articles from copper | - |
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| copperware | (noun) utensils made with copper | - |
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| coppery | (adjective) of something having the color of copper | Synonyms: copper colored |
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| coppice | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket |
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| copra | (noun) the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted | - |
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| coprolalia | (noun) an uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders | - |
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| coprolite | (noun) fossil excrement; petrified dung | - |
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| coprolith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: faecalith, fecalith, stercolith |
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| coprophagia | (noun) eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity | Synonyms: coprophagy |
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| coprophagy | (noun) eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity | Synonyms: coprophagia |
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| copse | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket |
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| copula | (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copulative, linking verb |
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| copular | (adjective) of or relating to a copula | - |
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| copulate | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair |
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| copulation | (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, coitus, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| copulative | (adjective) syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence | - |
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| (noun) an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | Synonyms: copula, linking verb |
| copulatory | (adjective) of or relating to coitus or copulation | Synonyms: coital |
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| copy | (noun) a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing | - |
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| (noun) a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) | Synonyms: transcript |
| (noun) matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials | Synonyms: written matter |
| (noun) material suitable for a journalistic account | - |
| (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: imitate, simulate |
| (verb) make a replica of | Synonyms: re-create, recreate |
| (verb) reproduce or make an exact copy of | Synonyms: replicate |
| (verb) copy down as is | - |
| copybook | (noun) a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship | - |
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| copycat | (noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: ape, aper, emulator, imitator |
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| copyedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyread, subedit |
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| copyhold | (noun) a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services | - |
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| copyholder | (noun) mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor | - |
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| copying | (noun) an act of copying | - |
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| copyist | (noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | Synonyms: scribe, scrivener |
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| copyread | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, subedit |
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| copyreader | (noun) an editor who prepares text for publication | Synonyms: copy editor, text editor |
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| copyright | (noun) a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work | Synonyms: right of first publication |
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| (verb) secure a copyright on a written work | - |
| copyrighted | (adjective) (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright | - |
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| copywriter | (noun) a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy | - |
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| cornucopia | (noun) the property of being extremely abundant | Synonyms: profuseness, profusion, richness |
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| (noun) a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity | Synonyms: horn of plenty |
| cryoscope | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points | - |
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| culdoscope | (noun) a specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs | - |
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| culdoscopy | (noun) endoscopic examination of a woman's pelvic organs by the insertion of a culdoscope through the vagina | - |
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| diaphanoscope | (noun) An instrument for illuminating the interior of a cavity to determine the translucency of its walls. | - |
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| electroscope | (noun) measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign | - |
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| encopresis | (noun) involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness | - |
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| endoscope | (noun) a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery | - |
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| endoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to endoscopy | - |
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| endoscopy | (noun) visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope | - |
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| enteroscope | (noun) an instrument for inspecting the inside of the intestine. | - |
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| epidiascope | (noun) an optical projector that gives images of both transparent and opaque objects | - |
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| episcopacy | (noun) the collective body of bishops | Synonyms: episcopate |
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| episcopal | (adjective) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops | Synonyms: pontifical |
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| episcopate | (noun) the office and dignity of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopry |
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| (noun) the collective body of bishops | Synonyms: episcopacy |
| (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopric, diocese |
| (noun) the term of office of a bishop | - |
| esophagoscope | (noun) an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus | Synonyms: oesophagoscope |
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