| burping | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, eructation |
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| buspirone | (noun) a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety | Synonyms: BuSpar |
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| caespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: cespitose, tufted |
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| caipiblack | (noun) a variation of the Caipirinha made with black vodka instead of cachaça. | - |
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| callithumpian | (adjective) of or relating to a callithump | - |
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| camping | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, encampment, tenting |
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| campion | (noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: catchfly, silene |
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| 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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| canopied | (adjective) covered with or as with a canopy | - |
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| capibara | (noun) pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | Synonyms: capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |
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| capillarity | (noun) a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries | Synonyms: capillary action |
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| capillary | (adjective) of or relating to hair | - |
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| (adjective) long and slender with a very small internal diameter | Synonyms: hairlike |
| (noun) a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action | Synonyms: capillary tube, capillary tubing |
| (noun) any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules | Synonyms: capillary vessel |
| capital | (adjective) of principal importance | - |
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| (adjective) first-rate | - |
| (adjective) uppercase | Synonyms: great, majuscule |
| (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, chapiter |
| (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase |
| (noun) a seat of government | - |
| (noun) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product | - |
| (noun) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | - |
| (noun) assets available for use in the production of further assets | Synonyms: working capital |
| capitalisation | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalization |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalization |
| capitalise | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalize |
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| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalize, take advantage |
| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalize |
| capitalism | (noun) an economic system based on private ownership of capital | Synonyms: capitalist economy |
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| capitalist | (adjective) favoring or practicing capitalism | Synonyms: capitalistic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists | Synonyms: capitalistic |
| (noun) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | - |
| (noun) a conservative advocate of capitalism | - |
| capitalistic | (adjective) favoring or practicing capitalism | Synonyms: capitalist |
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| (adjective) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists | Synonyms: capitalist |
| capitalization | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalisation |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| capitalize | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalise |
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| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalise, take advantage |
| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalise |
| capitate | (adjective) being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip | - |
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| (noun) the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | Synonyms: capitate bone, os capitatum |
| capitation | (noun) a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person | - |
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| capitol | (noun) a building occupied by a state legislature | - |
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| capitula | (noun) a short scripture reading; done after a psalmody. | - |
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| capitular | (adjective) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | Synonyms: capitulary |
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| capitulary | (adjective) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | Synonyms: capitular |
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| capitulate | (verb) surrender under agreed conditions | - |
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| capitulation | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: fall, surrender |
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| (noun) a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic | - |
| (noun) a document containing the terms of surrender | - |
| capitulum | (noun) a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: ear, spike |
| (noun) an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree | - |
| capiz | (noun) marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell | Synonyms: Placuna placenta, window oyster, windowpane oyster |
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| cardiorespiratory | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions | Synonyms: cardiopulmonary |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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| cecropia | (noun) North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees | Synonyms: cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia |
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| centerpiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centrepiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centrepiece |
| centrepiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centerpiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centerpiece |
| cephalaspid | (noun) extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head | Synonyms: osteostracan |
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| cerebrospinal | (adjective) of or relating to the brain and spinal cord | - |
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| cespitose | (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | Synonyms: caespitose, tufted |
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| cesspit | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspool, sink, sump |
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| chalkpit | (noun) a quarry for chalk | Synonyms: chalk pit |
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| champion | (adjective) holding first place in a contest | Synonyms: prizewinning |
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| (noun) someone who fights for a cause | Synonyms: fighter, hero, paladin |
| (noun) someone who has won first place in a competition | Synonyms: champ, title-holder |
| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, friend, protagonist, supporter |
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| (verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: defend |
| championship | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, patronage |
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| (noun) a competition at which a champion is chosen | - |
| (noun) the status of being a champion | Synonyms: title |
| chapiter | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, capital |
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| cheekpiece | (noun) either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece | - |
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| chimneypiece | (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece |
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| chincapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chinkapin, chinquapin |
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| chinkapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinquapin |
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| chinquapin | (noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | Synonyms: chincapin, chinkapin |
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| (noun) shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts | Synonyms: Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin |
| (noun) shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States | Synonyms: Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin |
| chipping | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chip, splintering |
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| chirpily | (adverb) in a cheerfully buoyant manner | Synonyms: buoyantly |
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| chirpiness | (noun) cheerful and lively | - |
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| chloropicrin | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: nitrochloroform |
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| chomping | (noun) the act of chewing noisily | - |
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| chopine | (noun) a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | Synonyms: platform |
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| choppiness | (noun) used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather | Synonyms: rough water, roughness |
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| chrysopid | (noun) pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae | Synonyms: green lacewing, stink fly |
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| cisalpine | (adjective) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps | Synonyms: ultramontane |
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| clapping | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: applause, hand clapping |
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| clipping | (noun) the act of clipping or snipping | Synonyms: clip, snip |
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| (noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape | Synonyms: trim, trimming |
| (noun) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting |
| clopping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clumping, clunking |
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| clothespin | (noun) wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | Synonyms: clothes peg, clothes pin |
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| clozapine | (noun) an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; known to have few side effects | Synonyms: Clozaril |
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| clumping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking |
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| coalpit | (noun) a mine where coal is dug from the ground | Synonyms: coal mine |
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| cockpit | (noun) compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft | - |
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| (noun) seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car | - |
| (noun) a pit for cockfights | - |
| coconspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: conspirator, machinator, plotter |
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| coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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| codpiece | (noun) (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches | - |
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| colpitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina | - |
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| compilation | (noun) the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list) | Synonyms: compiling |
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| (noun) something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) | Synonyms: digest |
| compile | (verb) put together out of existing material | Synonyms: compose |
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| (verb) use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed | - |
| (verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, collect, hoard, pile up, roll up |
| compiler | (noun) (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program | Synonyms: compiling program |
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| (noun) a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) | - |
| compiling | (noun) the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list) | Synonyms: compilation |
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| concupiscence | (noun) a desire for sexual intimacy | Synonyms: eros, physical attraction, sexual desire |
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| concupiscent | (adjective) vigorously passionate | Synonyms: lustful, lusty |
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| conspicuous | (adjective) obvious to the eye or mind | - |
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| (adjective) without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious | Synonyms: blatant, blazing |
| conspicuously | (adverb) in a manner tending to attract attention | - |
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| (adverb) in a prominent way | Synonyms: prominently |
| conspicuousness | (noun) high visibility | - |
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| (noun) the state of being conspicuous | - |
| conspiracy | (noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | Synonyms: cabal |
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| (noun) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | Synonyms: confederacy |
| (noun) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: confederacy |
| conspirative | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators | Synonyms: conspiratorial |
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| conspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, machinator, plotter |
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| conspiratorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators | Synonyms: conspirative |
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| conspire | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, machinate |
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| (verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: collude |
| 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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| coppice | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket |
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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 |
| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| counterespionage | (noun) spying on the spies | - |
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| cowpie | (noun) fecal matter of a cow | Synonyms: cow pie |
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| crappie | (noun) small sunfishes of central United States rivers | - |
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| (noun) small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers | - |
| creampie | (noun) Ejaculate inside a vagina or anus | - |
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| (verb) The act of ejaculating inside another person | - |
| creepiness | (noun) an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin | - |
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| creeping | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep |
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