| cadet | (noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy) | Synonyms: plebe |
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| cadetship | (noun) the position of cadet | - |
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| cafeteria | (noun) a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
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| calorimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat | - |
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| calorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to the measurement of heat | - |
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| calorimetry | (noun) measurement of quantities of heat | - |
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| calumet | (noun) a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) | Synonyms: peace pipe, pipe of peace |
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| camlet | (noun) a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair | - |
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| (noun) a garment made of camlet fabric | - |
| capelet | (noun) a small cape that covers the shoulders and is worn predominantly by women. | - |
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| cappelletti | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: ravioli |
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| carburet | (verb) combine with carbon | - |
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| carburetor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburettor |
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| carburettor | (noun) mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | Synonyms: carburetor |
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| caret | (noun) a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text | - |
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| caretaker | (noun) a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
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| (noun) an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily | - |
| carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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| (noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover with a carpet | - |
| (verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
| (verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
| carpetbag | (adjective) following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers | - |
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| (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbagging |
| (noun) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century | - |
| carpetbagger | (noun) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously | - |
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| carpetbagging | (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbag |
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| carpeted | (adjective) covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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| carpetweed | (noun) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America | Synonyms: Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
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| casket | (noun) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables | Synonyms: jewel casket |
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| (noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: coffin |
| (verb) enclose in a casket | - |
| casquet | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquetel |
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| casquetel | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquet |
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| cassette | (noun) a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video | - |
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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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| cataphoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: electrophoretic |
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| catechetic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism | Synonyms: catechistic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or involving catechesis | Synonyms: catechetical |
| catechetical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving catechesis | Synonyms: catechetic |
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| catheter | (noun) a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open | - |
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| catheterisation | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterization |
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| catheterise | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterize |
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| catheterization | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterisation |
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| catheterize | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterise |
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| cavetto | (noun) a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section | - |
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| cellaret | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: minibar |
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| cemetery | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis |
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| cenogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to cenogenesis | - |
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| centimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimetre, cm |
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| centimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimeter, cm |
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| centripetal | (adjective) tending to move toward a center | - |
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| (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system | Synonyms: receptive, sensory |
| (adjective) tending to unify | Synonyms: unifying |
| centrosymmetric | (adjective) having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point | Synonyms: radially symmetrical |
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| cephalometry | (noun) measurement of human heads | - |
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| cetacean | (adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | Synonyms: cetaceous |
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| (noun) large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals | Synonyms: blower, cetacean mammal |
| cetaceous | (adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | Synonyms: cetacean |
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| cetchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, ketchup, tomato ketchup |
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| cetrimide | (noun) a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant | - |
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| chaeta | (noun) a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm | - |
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| chaetal | (adjective) of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles) | - |
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| chaetodon | (noun) any fish of the genus Chaetodon | - |
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| chaetognath | (noun) any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth | Synonyms: arrowworm |
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| chaetognathan | (adjective) of or relating to arrowworms | Synonyms: chaetognathous |
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| chaetognathous | (adjective) of or relating to arrowworms | Synonyms: chaetognathan |
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| chalet | (noun) a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style | - |
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| chaplet | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
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| chapleted | (adjective) provided with a chaplet | - |
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| cheetah | (noun) long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | Synonyms: Acinonyx jubatus, chetah |
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| chetah | (noun) long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | Synonyms: Acinonyx jubatus, cheetah |
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| chetrum | (noun) 100 chetrums equal 1 ngultrum in Bhutan | - |
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| chigetai | (noun) Mongolian wild ass | Synonyms: dziggetai, Equus hemionus hemionus |
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| chloroacetophenone | (noun) a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer | Synonyms: CN gas |
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| chlortetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases | Synonyms: Aureomycin |
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| chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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| chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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| cigaret | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigarette, coffin nail, fag |
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| cigarette | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigaret, coffin nail, fag |
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| cimetidine | (noun) a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid | Synonyms: Tagamet |
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| circlet | (noun) decorated metal band worn around the head | - |
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| (noun) a small circle | - |
| civet | (noun) cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes | Synonyms: civet cat |
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| claret | (noun) a dark purplish-red color | - |
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| (noun) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine | Synonyms: red Bordeaux |
| (verb) drink claret | - |
| clarinet | (noun) a single-reed instrument with a straight tube | - |
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| clarinetist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinettist |
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| clarinettist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinetist |
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| clinometer | (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: inclinometer |
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| closet | (noun) a small private room for study or prayer | - |
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| (noun) a toilet in Britain | Synonyms: loo, W.C., water closet |
| (noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: press, wardrobe |
| (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: cupboard |
| (verb) confine to a small space, as for intensive work | - |
| codetalker | (noun) a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II | Synonyms: windtalker |
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| coetaneous | (adjective) of the same period | Synonyms: coeval, contemporaneous |
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| collet | (noun) a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting | - |
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| (noun) a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting | Synonyms: ferrule |
| (noun) a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe | Synonyms: collet chuck |
| colorimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents | Synonyms: tintometer |
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| colorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to colorimetry | Synonyms: colorimetrical |
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| colorimetrical | (adjective) of or relating to colorimetry | Synonyms: colorimetric |
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| colorimetry | (noun) quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter | Synonyms: colorimetric analysis |
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| combretum | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers | - |
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| comet | (noun) (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit | - |
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| cometary | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a comet | Synonyms: cometic |
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| cometic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a comet | Synonyms: cometary |
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| compete | (verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | Synonyms: contend, vie |
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| competence | (noun) the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually | Synonyms: competency |
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| competency | (noun) the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually | Synonyms: competence |
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| competent | (adjective) properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient | - |
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| (adjective) legally qualified or sufficient | - |
| (adjective) adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional | - |
| competently | (adverb) with competence; in a competent capable manner | Synonyms: ably, aptly, capably |
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| competition | (noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | Synonyms: contention, rivalry |
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| (noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | Synonyms: contest |
| (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competitor, contender, rival |
| (noun) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers | - |
| competitive | (adjective) involving competition or competitiveness | Synonyms: competitory |
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| (adjective) showing a fighting disposition | Synonyms: militant |
| (adjective) subscribing to capitalistic competition | Synonyms: free-enterprise, private-enterprise |
| competitively | (adverb) in competition | - |
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| competitiveness | (noun) an aggressive willingness to compete | Synonyms: fight |
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| competitor | (noun) the contestant you hope to defeat | Synonyms: challenger, competition, contender, rival |
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| competitory | (adjective) involving competition or competitiveness | Synonyms: competitive |
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| complete | (adjective) having every necessary or normal part or component or step | - |
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| (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, concluded, ended, over, terminated |
| (adjective) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities | Synonyms: consummate |
| (adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: accomplished |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (verb) bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements | - |
| (verb) come or bring to a finish or an end | Synonyms: finish |
| (verb) write all the required information onto a form | Synonyms: fill in, fill out, make out |
| (verb) complete a pass | Synonyms: nail |
| (verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: discharge, dispatch |
| completed | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: accomplished, realised, realized |
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| (adjective) (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony | - |
| (adjective) caught | - |