| cavernous | (adjective) filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | Synonyms: erectile |
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| (adjective) being or suggesting a cavern | - |
| cenobite | (noun) a member of a religious order living in common | Synonyms: coenobite |
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| cenobitic | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical |
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| cenobitical | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitic, coenobitic, coenobitical |
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| cenogenesis | (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, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| cenogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to cenogenesis | - |
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| cenotaph | (noun) a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | Synonyms: empty tomb |
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| ceruminous | (adjective) relating to or secreting cerumen | - |
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| chanoyu | (noun) an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea | Synonyms: tea ceremony |
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| chemoimmunology | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: immunochemistry |
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| chignon | (noun) a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck | - |
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| chino | (noun) a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms | - |
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| chinoiserie | (noun) a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned | - |
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| chinook | (noun) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon |
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| (noun) pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon |
| (noun) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies | Synonyms: chinook wind, snow eater |
| chinos | (noun) (plural) trousers made with chino cloth | - |
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| chitinous | (adjective) of or resembling chitin | - |
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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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| chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile | (noun) a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema | Synonyms: CS gas |
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| choanocyte | (noun) any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body | Synonyms: collar cell |
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| chronograph | (noun) an accurate timer for recording time | - |
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| chronological | (adjective) relating to or arranged according to temporal order | - |
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| chronologically | (adverb) with respect to chronology | - |
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| chronologise | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologize |
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| chronologize | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologise |
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| chronology | (noun) the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events | - |
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| (noun) a record of events in the order of their occurrence | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of events in time | - |
| chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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| chronoscope | (noun) an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time | - |
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| clinocephalism | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephaly |
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| clinocephaly | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephalism |
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| clinodactyly | (noun) a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned | - |
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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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| coenobite | (noun) a member of a religious order living in common | Synonyms: cenobite |
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| coenobitic | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitical |
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| coenobitical | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitic |
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| cognomen | (noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) | Synonyms: family name, last name, surname |
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| (noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: byname, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet |
| cognoscente | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: connoisseur |
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| cognoscible | (adjective) capable of being known | Synonyms: cognisable, cognizable, knowable |
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| collagenous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of collagen | Synonyms: collagenic |
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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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| conenose | (noun) large bloodsucking bug | Synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug |
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| connoisseur | (noun) an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts | Synonyms: cognoscente |
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| connoisseurship | (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: vertu, virtu |
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| connotation | (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested | - |
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| (noun) what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression | Synonyms: intension |
| connotational | (adjective) of or relating to a connotation | Synonyms: connotative of |
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| connotative | (adjective) having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit | - |
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| connote | (verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | Synonyms: predicate |
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| (verb) express or state indirectly | Synonyms: imply |
| conodont | (noun) small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes | - |
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| (noun) the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta | - |
| conoid | (noun) a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point | Synonyms: cone, cone shape |
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| consignor | (noun) the person who delivers over or commits merchandise | Synonyms: consigner |
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| contadino | (noun) an Italian farmer | - |
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| conterminous | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: coextensive, coterminous |
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| (adjective) connecting without a break; within a common boundary | Synonyms: contiguous |
| (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, contiguous, neighboring, neighbouring |
| coterminous | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: coextensive, conterminous |
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| coterminously | (adverb) in a coterminous manner | - |
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| countertenor | (adjective) of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor | Synonyms: alto |
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| (noun) the highest adult male singing voice | Synonyms: alto |
| (noun) a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor | - |
| cretinous | (adjective) afflicted with cretinism | - |
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| criminological | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in criminology | - |
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| criminologist | (noun) a specialist in criminology | - |
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| criminology | (noun) the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement | - |
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| crinoid | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea | - |
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| (noun) primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk | - |
| crinoline | (noun) a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing | - |
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| (noun) a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric | - |
| (noun) a skirt stiffened with hoops | Synonyms: hoopskirt |
| ctenoid | (adjective) resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb | Synonyms: comb-like |
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| ctenophore | (noun) biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb | Synonyms: comb jelly |
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| cyanobacteria | (noun) predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton | Synonyms: blue-green algae |
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| cyanobacterial | (adjective) relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria | Synonyms: cyanophyte |
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| cyanocobalamin | (noun) a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia | Synonyms: antipernicious anemia factor, cobalamin, vitamin B12 |
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| cyanogen | (noun) a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare | - |
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| cyanogenetic | (adjective) capable of producing cyanide | Synonyms: cyanogenic |
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| cyanogenic | (adjective) capable of producing cyanide | Synonyms: cyanogenetic |
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| cyanohydrin | (noun) any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom | - |
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| cyanophyte | (adjective) relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria | Synonyms: cyanobacterial |
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| cyanosis | (noun) a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes | - |
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| cyclohexanol | (noun) a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor | - |
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| cynodont | (noun) small carnivorous reptiles | - |
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| cynophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of dogs | - |
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| cynosure | (noun) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration | - |
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| (noun) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners) | - |
| cyprinodont | (noun) any member of the family Cyprinodontidae | - |
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| cyprinoid | (adjective) of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae | Synonyms: cyprinid |
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| daminozide | (noun) a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time | Synonyms: Alar |
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| declinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring magnetic declination | Synonyms: transit declinometer |
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| dehydroretinol | (noun) a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1 | Synonyms: vitamin A2 |
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| deinocheirus | (noun) lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck | - |
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| deinonychus | (noun) swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous | - |
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| deipnosophist | (noun) someone skilled at informal chitchat | - |
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| demeanor | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanour, deportment |
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| demeanour | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, deportment |
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| demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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| denominate | (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: designate |
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| denomination | (noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, designation |
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| (noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | - |
| (noun) a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money | - |
| denominational | (adjective) adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination | - |
| (adjective) relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp | - |
| denominationalism | (noun) a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination | Synonyms: sectarianism |
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| (noun) the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations | - |
| denominationally | (adverb) with respect to denomination | - |
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| denominator | (noun) the divisor of a fraction | - |
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| denotation | (noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | Synonyms: extension, reference |
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| (noun) the act of indicating or pointing out by name | Synonyms: indication |
| denotative | (adjective) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming | Synonyms: denotive |
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| (adjective) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term | Synonyms: explicit |
| denotatum | (noun) an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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| denote | (verb) have as a meaning | Synonyms: refer |
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| (verb) be a sign or indication of | - |
| (verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: announce |
| denotive | (adjective) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming | Synonyms: denotative |
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| denouement | (noun) the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work | - |
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| (noun) the outcome of a complex sequence of events | - |
| denounce | (verb) speak out against | - |
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| (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
| (verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties | - |
| (verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |