| campong | (noun) a native malay village | Synonyms: kampong |
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| campylotropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk | - |
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| candlepower | (noun) luminous intensity measured in candelas | Synonyms: light intensity |
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| capo | (noun) the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate | - |
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| capon | (noun) castrated male chicken | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a castrated male chicken | - |
| caponise | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponize |
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| caponize | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponise |
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| capote | (noun) a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded cloak |
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| (noun) a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded coat |
| carpophagous | (adjective) feeding on fruit | Synonyms: fruit-eating |
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| carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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| carport | (noun) garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles | Synonyms: car port |
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| carpospore | (noun) a nonmotile spore of red algae | - |
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| carposporic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carpospore | - |
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| carposporous | (adjective) having carpospores | - |
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| cephalopod | (adjective) relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda | Synonyms: cephalopodan |
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| (noun) marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles | Synonyms: cephalopod mollusk |
| cephalopodan | (adjective) relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda | Synonyms: cephalopod |
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| cephalosporin | (noun) one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity | Synonyms: Mefoxin |
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| cesspool | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, sink, sump |
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| chamberpot | (noun) a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom | Synonyms: potty, thunder mug |
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| checkpoint | (noun) a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance | - |
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| chickenpox | (noun) an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body | Synonyms: varicella |
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| chimneypot | (noun) a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft | - |
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| chipolata | (noun) a small thin sausage | - |
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| chipotle | (noun) a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking | - |
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| chiropodist | (noun) a specialist in care for the feet | Synonyms: foot doctor, podiatrist |
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| chiropody | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the feet | Synonyms: podiatry |
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| chlamydospore | (noun) thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae | - |
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| chlordiazepoxide | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism | Synonyms: Libritabs, Librium |
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| chokepoint | (noun) a point of congestion or blockage | - |
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| (noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: bottleneck, constriction |
| circumpolar | (adjective) located or found throughout a polar region | - |
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| (adjective) (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel | - |
| coffeepot | (noun) tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
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| colpocele | (noun) hernia projecting into the vagina | Synonyms: vaginocele |
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| colpocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina and bladder | - |
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| colpocystocele | (noun) hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth | Synonyms: cystocele |
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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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| colpoxerosis | (noun) a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry | - |
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| component | (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | Synonyms: constituent, element |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: constituent, element, factor, ingredient |
| (noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | Synonyms: component part, constituent, part, portion |
| comport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, conduct, deport, do |
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| (verb) behave well or properly | Synonyms: behave |
| comportment | (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, mien, presence |
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| compose | (verb) make up plans or basic details for | Synonyms: draw up, frame |
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| (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: indite, pen, write |
| (verb) write music | Synonyms: write |
| (verb) put together out of existing material | Synonyms: compile |
| (verb) calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet | - |
| (verb) form the substance of | - |
| composed | (adjective) serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress | - |
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| composedly | (adverb) in a self-collected or self-possessed manner | Synonyms: collectedly |
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| composedness | (noun) The state or quality of showing composure. | - |
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| composer | (noun) someone who composes music, usually as a profession | - |
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| composing | (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composition |
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| (noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composition |
| composite | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of separate interconnected parts | - |
| (noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts | Synonyms: complex |
| (noun) considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers | Synonyms: composite plant |
| compositeness | (noun) the property of being a composite number | - |
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| composition | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: authorship, penning, writing |
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| (noun) musical creation | Synonyms: composing |
| (noun) something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole | - |
| (noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition |
| (noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | Synonyms: composing |
| (noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) | Synonyms: paper, report, theme |
| (noun) a musical work that has been created | Synonyms: musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music |
| (noun) art and technique of printing with movable type | Synonyms: typography |
| (noun) a mixture of ingredients | - |
| compositional | (adjective) arranging or grouping | - |
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| compositor | (noun) one who sets written material into type | Synonyms: setter, typesetter, typographer |
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| compost | (noun) a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer | - |
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| (verb) convert to compost | - |
| composure | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity |
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| compote | (noun) dessert of stewed or baked fruit | Synonyms: fruit compote |
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| compound | (adjective) composed of more than one part | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts | - |
| (adjective) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | Synonyms: colonial |
| (noun) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | - |
| (noun) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | - |
| (noun) a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. | Synonyms: compound word |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | Synonyms: chemical compound |
| (verb) put or add together | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) create by mixing or combining | - |
| (verb) calculate principal and interest | - |
| compounded | (adjective) combined into or constituting a chemical compound | - |
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| compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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| conidiospore | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidium |
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| contemporaneity | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity, modernness |
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| (noun) the quality of belonging to the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneousness |
| contemporaneous | (adjective) of the same period | Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval |
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| (adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporary |
| contemporaneously | (adverb) during the same period of time | - |
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| contemporaneousness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, modernism, modernity, modernness |
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| (noun) the quality of belonging to the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneity |
| contemporaries | (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, generation |
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| contemporariness | (noun) The state or quality of being contemporary, modern, of the present age. | - |
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| contemporary | (adjective) belonging to the present time | Synonyms: present-day |
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| (adjective) characteristic of the present | Synonyms: modern-day |
| (adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneous |
| (noun) a person of nearly the same age as another | Synonyms: coeval |
| contemporise | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
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| (verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
| contemporize | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
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| (verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
| 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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| 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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| corespondent | (noun) the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding | Synonyms: co-respondent |
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| cornpone | (noun) cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) | Synonyms: pone |
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| corporal | (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporate, embodied, incarnate |
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| (adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | Synonyms: bodily, corporeal, somatic |
| (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines | - |
| corporality | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporeality, materiality, physicalness |
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| corporate | (adjective) of or belonging to a corporation | - |
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| (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporal, embodied, incarnate |
| (adjective) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together | Synonyms: collective |
| (adjective) organized and maintained as a legal corporation | Synonyms: incorporated |
| corporation | (noun) slang for a paunch | Synonyms: bay window, pot, potbelly, tummy |
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| (noun) a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state | Synonyms: corp |
| corporatism | (noun) control of a state or organization by large interest groups | - |
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| corporatist | (adjective) of or relating to corporatism | - |
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| (noun) a supporter of corporatism | - |
| corporeal | (adjective) having material or physical form or substance | Synonyms: material |
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| (adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | Synonyms: bodily, corporal, somatic |
| corporeality | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporality, materiality, physicalness |
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| corposant | (noun) an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere | Synonyms: corona, corona discharge, electric glow, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, St. Elmo's fire |
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| correspond | (verb) exchange messages | - |
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| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | Synonyms: represent, stand for |
| (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: equate |
| correspondence | (noun) similarity by virtue of corresponding | Synonyms: parallelism |
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| (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | Synonyms: balance, symmetricalness, symmetry |
| (noun) communication by the exchange of letters | - |
| (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: commensurateness, proportionateness |
| correspondent | (adjective) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | Synonyms: analogous |
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| (noun) someone who communicates by means of letters | Synonyms: letter writer |
| (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newswriter |
| corresponding | (adjective) accompanying | - |
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| (adjective) conforming in every respect | Synonyms: comparable, like |
| (adjective) similar especially in position or purpose | - |
| correspondingly | (adverb) in a corresponding manner | - |
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| cosmopolitan | (adjective) growing or occurring in many parts of the world | Synonyms: widely distributed |
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| (adjective) composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests | - |
| (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
| (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolite |
| cosmopolitanity | (noun) a state or quality of being cosmopolitan | - |
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| cosmopolite | (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolitan |
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| cosponsor | (verb) sponsor together with another sponsor | - |
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| counterpoint | (noun) a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies | - |
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| (verb) write in counterpoint | - |
| (verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: contrast |
| counterpoise | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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| (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpose, counterweight |
| counterpoised | (adjective) brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another | Synonyms: counterbalanced |
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| counterpoison | (noun) a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison | Synonyms: antidote |
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| counterpose | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterweight |
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| counterproposal | (noun) a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal | - |
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| coupon | (noun) a test sample of some substance | - |
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| (noun) a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed | Synonyms: voucher |
| cowpoke | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpuncher, puncher |
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| cowpox | (noun) a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox | Synonyms: vaccinia |
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