| brominate | (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
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| (verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
| bromine | (noun) a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water | Synonyms: atomic number 35, Br |
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| buckminsterfullerene | (noun) a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene | Synonyms: buckyball |
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| bulimia | (noun) pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) | - |
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| (noun) a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation | Synonyms: binge-eating syndrome |
| bulimic | (adjective) suffering from bulimia | - |
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| (noun) a person suffering from bulimia | - |
| buttermilk | (noun) residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture | - |
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| cacomistle | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| cacomixle | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| cacuminal | (adjective) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate | Synonyms: retroflex |
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| cadmium | (noun) a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores | Synonyms: atomic number 48, Cd |
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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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| calamine | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: hemimorphite |
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| calamint | (noun) perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America | - |
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| calamitous | (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | Synonyms: black, disastrous, fatal, fateful |
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| calamity | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy |
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| calcimine | (noun) a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings | - |
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| (verb) cover with calcimine | - |
| calming | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: appeasement |
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| camion | (noun) a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage | Synonyms: dray |
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| (noun) a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides | Synonyms: lorry |
| camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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| camisole | (noun) a short negligee | - |
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| (noun) a short sleeveless undergarment for women | Synonyms: underbodice |
| camomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, chamomile |
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| carbamide | (noun) the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics | Synonyms: urea |
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| carminative | (adjective) relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping) | Synonyms: flatus-relieving |
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| (noun) medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing | - |
| carmine | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet |
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| (noun) a variable color averaging a vivid red | Synonyms: cardinal |
| (verb) color carmine | - |
| carotenemia | (noun) excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color | Synonyms: xanthemia |
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| cataclysmic | (adjective) severely destructive | Synonyms: cataclysmal |
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| catamite | (noun) a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man | - |
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| catathymia | (noun) A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions. | - |
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| catecholamine | (noun) any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland | - |
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| catmint | (noun) hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats | Synonyms: catnip, Nepeta cataria |
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| catostomid | (noun) a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae | - |
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| centrosomic | (adjective) of or relating to a centrosome | - |
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| ceramic | (adjective) of or relating to or made from a ceramic | - |
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| (noun) an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures | - |
| ceramicist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramist, potter, thrower |
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| ceramics | (noun) the art of making and decorating pottery | - |
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| ceramist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, potter, thrower |
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| ceratozamia | (noun) a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico | - |
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| ceruminous | (adjective) relating to or secreting cerumen | - |
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| cetrimide | (noun) a cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant | - |
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| chamomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, camomile, Chamaemelum nobilis |
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| charming | (adjective) pleasing or delighting | - |
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| (adjective) possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | Synonyms: magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly |
| charmingly | (adverb) in a charming manner | - |
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| chemic | (adjective) relating to or used in chemistry | Synonyms: chemical |
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| chemical | (adjective) relating to or used in chemistry | Synonyms: chemic |
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| (adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes | - |
| (noun) material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules | Synonyms: chemical substance |
| chemically | (adverb) with respect to chemistry | - |
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| (adverb) with chemicals | - |
| chemiluminescence | (noun) luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies | - |
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| chemiluminescent | (adjective) relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence | - |
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| chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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| (noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| chemisorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorption |
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| chemisorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorptive |
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| chemist | (noun) a scientist who specializes in chemistry | - |
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| (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller |
| chemistry | (noun) the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | Synonyms: chemical science |
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| (noun) the way two individuals relate to each other | Synonyms: alchemy, interpersonal chemistry |
| (noun) the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object | - |
| chiasmic | (adjective) of or relating to a chiasm | Synonyms: chiasmal, chiasmatic |
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| chloramine | (noun) any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds | Synonyms: chloramine-T |
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| chromite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium | - |
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| chromium | (noun) a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | Synonyms: atomic number 24, Cr |
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| chumminess | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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| chylomicron | (noun) a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood | - |
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| clammily | (adverb) in a clammy manner | - |
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| clamminess | (noun) unpleasant wetness | Synonyms: dankness |
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| cleistogamic | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamous |
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| clocksmith | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches | Synonyms: clockmaker |
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| clomiphene | (noun) a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births | Synonyms: Clomid, clomiphene citrate |
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| clomipramine | (noun) a tricyclic antidepressant drug | - |
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| coaming | (noun) a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out | - |
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| cobalamin | (noun) a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia | Synonyms: antipernicious anemia factor, cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12 |
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| cockamamie | (adjective) informal term for ridiculous and implausible | Synonyms: cockamamy |
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| comic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of comedy | - |
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| (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible |
| (noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | Synonyms: comedian |
| comical | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: amusing, comic, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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| comicality | (noun) the quality of being comical | - |
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| comically | (adverb) in a comical manner | - |
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| coming | (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: approaching, forthcoming, upcoming |
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| (noun) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: climax, orgasm, sexual climax |
| (noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | Synonyms: advent |
| (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, approaching |
| (noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, approaching |
| comity | (noun) a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect | - |
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| commie | (noun) a socialist who advocates communism | Synonyms: communist |
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| comminate | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, execrate |
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| commination | (noun) a threat of divine punishment or vengeance | - |
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| (noun) prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday | - |
| comminatory | (adjective) containing warning of punishment | Synonyms: denunciative, denunciatory |
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| commingle | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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| (verb) mix or blend | - |
| comminute | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, crunch, grind, mash |
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| commiserate | (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: sympathise, sympathize |
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| commiseration | (noun) an expression of sympathy with another's grief | Synonyms: condolence |
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| (noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth |
| commiserative | (adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy | - |
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| commissar | (noun) an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | Synonyms: political commissar |
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| commissariat | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: provender, provisions, viands, victuals |
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| commissary | (noun) a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) | - |
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| (noun) a snack bar in a film studio | - |
| commission | (noun) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | Synonyms: charge, mission |
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| (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: committal, perpetration |
| (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commissioning |
| (noun) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces | Synonyms: military commission |
| (noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | Synonyms: charge, direction |
| (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: committee |
| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission |
| (noun) a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary) | - |
| (noun) the state of being in good working order and ready for operation | - |
| (verb) charge with a task | - |
| (verb) put into commission; equip for service; of ships | - |
| (verb) place an order for | - |
| commissionaire | (noun) a uniformed doorman | - |
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| commissioned | (adjective) (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above | - |
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| (adjective) given official approval to act | Synonyms: accredited, licenced, licensed |
| commissioner | (noun) a government administrator | - |
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| (noun) a member of a commission | - |
| commissioning | (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commission |
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| commissure | (noun) a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord | - |
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| commit | (verb) make a set of changes permanent | - |
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| (verb) transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved | - |
| (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: consecrate, dedicate, devote, give |
| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: confide, entrust, intrust, trust |
| (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, institutionalise, institutionalize, send |
| (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: invest, place, put |
| (verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | Synonyms: perpetrate, pull |
| (verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: practice |
| commitment | (noun) the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action | Synonyms: allegiance, dedication, loyalty |
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| (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: committal, consignment |
| (noun) an engagement by contract involving financial obligation | - |
| (noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose | Synonyms: committedness |
| (noun) a message that makes a pledge | Synonyms: dedication |
| committal | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, consignment |
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| (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: commission, perpetration |
| committed | (adjective) bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude | - |
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| (adjective) associated in an exclusive sexual relationship | Synonyms: attached |
| committedness | (noun) the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose | Synonyms: commitment |
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| committee | (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: commission |
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| (noun) a self-constituted organization to promote something | Synonyms: citizens committee |
| committeeman | (noun) a man who is a member of committee | - |
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