| communicating | (noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communication |
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| commuting | (noun) the travel of a commuter | Synonyms: commutation |
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| comparing | (noun) the act of examining resemblances | Synonyms: comparison |
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| compelling | (adjective) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument | - |
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| (adjective) driving or forcing | - |
| compiling | (noun) the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list) | Synonyms: compilation |
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| complaining | (adjective) expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment | Synonyms: complaintive |
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| completing | (adjective) acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) | Synonyms: complemental, complementary |
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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 |
| compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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| compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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| compromising | (adjective) making or willing to make concessions | Synonyms: conciliatory, flexible |
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| (adjective) vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion | - |
| computing | (noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | Synonyms: calculation, computation |
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| (noun) the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | Synonyms: computer science |
| concealing | (adjective) covering or hiding | - |
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| (noun) the activity of keeping something secret | Synonyms: concealment, hiding |
| conceding | (noun) the act of conceding or yielding | Synonyms: concession, yielding |
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| concluding | (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: final, last, terminal |
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| concurring | (adjective) being of the same opinion | Synonyms: concordant |
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| condemning | (adjective) containing or imposing condemnation or censure | Synonyms: condemnatory |
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| condensing | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensation |
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| condescending | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, patronising, patronizing |
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| conditioning | (noun) a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment | - |
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| conducting | (noun) the way of administering a business | - |
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| (noun) the direction of an orchestra or choir | - |
| confiding | (adjective) willing to entrust personal matters | - |
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| confining | (adjective) crowded | Synonyms: close |
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| (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting |
| confirming | (adjective) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen | Synonyms: positive |
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| (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
| conflicting | (adjective) in disagreement | Synonyms: at odds, contradictory, self-contradictory |
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| (adjective) on bad terms | - |
| conforming | (adjective) adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion) | Synonyms: conformist |
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| confounding | (adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses | Synonyms: contradictory |
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| confusing | (adjective) causing confusion or disorientation | - |
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| (adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: perplexing, puzzling |
| congregating | (noun) the act of congregating | Synonyms: congregation |
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| conjuring | (noun) calling up a spirit or devil | Synonyms: conjuration, conjury, invocation |
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| conniving | (adjective) acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end | Synonyms: collusive |
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| (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd |
| conquering | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation |
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| consenting | (adjective) having given consent | - |
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| consoling | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: comforting, consolatory |
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| constraining | (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constrictive, limiting, restricting |
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| constricting | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constrictive, narrowing |
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| consuming | (adjective) very strong; urgently felt | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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| contaminating | (adjective) spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | Synonyms: dirty |
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| (adjective) that infects or taints | Synonyms: corrupting |
| continuing | (adjective) remaining in force or being carried on without letup | - |
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| (adjective) persisting for a long time | Synonyms: chronic |
| contracting | (noun) becoming infected | Synonyms: catching |
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| contrasting | (adjective) strikingly different; tending to contrast | Synonyms: contrastive |
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| contributing | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributive, contributory, tributary |
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| controlling | (adjective) able to control or determine policy | - |
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| convening | (noun) the act of convening | Synonyms: convention |
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| converging | (noun) the act of converging (coming closer) | Synonyms: convergence, convergency |
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| conveyancing | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveying |
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| conveying | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing |
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| convincing | (adjective) causing one to believe the truth of something | - |
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| cooccurring | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous |
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| cooking | (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cookery, preparation |
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| cooling | (noun) a mechanism for keeping something cool | Synonyms: cooling system |
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| (noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: chilling, temperature reduction |
| coordinating | (adjective) serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction | Synonyms: coordinative |
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| coping | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: cope, header |
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| copying | (noun) an act of copying | - |
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| corking | (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
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| cornhusking | (noun) the act of removing the husks from ears of corn | - |
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| (noun) a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn | Synonyms: husking bee |
| corresponding | (adjective) accompanying | - |
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| (adjective) conforming in every respect | Synonyms: comparable, like |
| (adjective) similar especially in position or purpose | - |
| corroding | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosion, erosion |
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| corrupting | (adjective) that infects or taints | Synonyms: contaminating |
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| (adjective) harmful to the mind or morals | Synonyms: degrading |
| (adjective) seducing into corrupt practices | - |
| costing | (noun) cost accounting | - |
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| coughing | (noun) a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis | Synonyms: cough |
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| counseling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counselling, direction, guidance |
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| counselling | (noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | Synonyms: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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| counting | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally |
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| coupling | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupler |
| (noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together | Synonyms: yoke |
| coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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| courting | (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courtship, suit, wooing |
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| covering | (noun) the act of protecting something by covering it | - |
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| (noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, coating |
| (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, masking, screening |
| (noun) an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) | - |
| (noun) a natural object that covers or envelops | Synonyms: cover, natural covering |
| cowling | (noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: bonnet, cowl, hood |
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| cracking | (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
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| (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: crack, fracture |
| (noun) a sudden sharp noise | Synonyms: crack, snap |
| (noun) the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) | - |
| crackling | (noun) the sharp sound of snapping noises | Synonyms: crackle, crepitation |
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| (noun) the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered | Synonyms: greaves |
| crashing | (adjective) informal intensifiers | Synonyms: bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, flaming, fucking |
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| craving | (noun) an intense desire for some particular thing | - |
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| crawling | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, creep, creeping |
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| creaking | (noun) a squeaking sound | Synonyms: creak |
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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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| cringing | (adjective) totally submissive | Synonyms: groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy |
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| crippling | (adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates | Synonyms: disabling, incapacitating |
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| croaking | (noun) a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | Synonyms: croak |
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| crocheting | (noun) creating a garment of needlework | - |
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| (noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
| crooning | (noun) the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner | - |
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| (noun) singing in a soft low tone | - |
| crossbreeding | (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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| (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | Synonyms: interbreeding, miscegenation |
| crossheading | (noun) a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text | Synonyms: crosshead |
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| crossing | (noun) a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) | - |
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| (noun) traveling across | - |
| (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
| (noun) a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | Synonyms: crossover, crosswalk |
| (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
| (noun) a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect | - |
| (noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | Synonyms: ford |
| crowdfunding | (noun) Funding from a large number of small backers | - |
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| crowding | (noun) a situation in which people or things are crowded together | - |
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| crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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| crowing | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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| (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
| crowning | (adjective) forming or providing a crown or summit | - |
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| (adjective) representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment | - |
| crushing | (adjective) physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | Synonyms: devastating |
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| (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: quelling, stifling, suppression |
| crying | (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank |
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| (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant |
| (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: tears, weeping |
| crystallizing | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallization |
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| cuckolding | (noun) A sexual act where a married person has sex with another person while their spouse watches | - |
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| cuddling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| cunning | (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill | Synonyms: clever, ingenious |
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| (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
| (adjective) attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness | Synonyms: cute |
| (noun) crafty artfulness (especially in deception) | - |
| (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness |
| cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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| curbing | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, kerb |
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| curdling | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: clotting, coagulation |
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| curing | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: hardening, set, solidification, solidifying |
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| curling | (adjective) (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl | Synonyms: curled |
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| (noun) a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target | - |