| buttressing | (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | Synonyms: buttress |
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| buying | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: purchasing |
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| buzzing | (adjective) noisy like the sound of a bee | Synonyms: abuzz |
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| cabinetmaking | (noun) the craft of a joiner | Synonyms: joinery |
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| calculating | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd |
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| calling | (noun) the particular occupation for which you are trained | Synonyms: career, vocation |
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| calming | (noun) the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | Synonyms: appeasement |
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| calving | (noun) giving birth to a calf | - |
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| campaigning | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign |
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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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| campong | (noun) a native malay village | Synonyms: kampong |
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| caning | (noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | Synonyms: wicker, wickerwork |
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| cantering | (adjective) riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop | - |
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| canvassing | (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, electioneering |
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| capsizing | (noun) (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water | - |
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| captivating | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating |
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| caravanning | (noun) the practice of taking holidays in a caravan | - |
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| caressing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| caring | (adjective) feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others | - |
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| (noun) a loving feeling | Synonyms: lovingness |
| carjacking | (noun) the violent theft of an occupied car | - |
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| caroling | (noun) singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas) | - |
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| carousing | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, orgiastic |
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| carpetbagging | (adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality | Synonyms: carpetbag |
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| carpeting | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpet, rug |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| carting | (noun) the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | Synonyms: cartage |
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| carving | (noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions | Synonyms: sculpture |
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| (noun) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Synonyms: cutting |
| (noun) a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape | - |
| casing | (noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: case |
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| (noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, shell |
| (noun) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire | - |
| casting | (noun) the act of creating something by casting it in a mold | Synonyms: molding |
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| (noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: cast |
| (noun) the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie | - |
| (noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: cast |
| castling | (noun) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | Synonyms: castle |
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| catching | (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable |
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| (noun) (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team | - |
| (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: detection, espial, spotting, spying |
| (noun) becoming infected | Synonyms: contracting |
| catering | (noun) providing food and services | - |
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| catling | (noun) a long double-edged knife used for amputations | - |
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| caulking | (noun) a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight | Synonyms: caulk |
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| causing | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causation |
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| ceding | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: cession |
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| ceiling | (noun) the overhead upper surface of a covered space | - |
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| (noun) (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds | - |
| (noun) maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) | - |
| (noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: cap, roof |
| censoring | (noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | Synonyms: censorship |
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| (noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | Synonyms: censorship, security review |
| centering | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centring, snap |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
| centralising | (adjective) tending to draw to a central point | Synonyms: centralizing |
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| centralizing | (adjective) tending to draw to a central point | Synonyms: centralising |
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| centring | (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centering, snap |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
| chafing | (noun) soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction | - |
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| challenging | (adjective) requiring full use of your abilities or resources | Synonyms: ambitious |
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| (adjective) disturbingly provocative | Synonyms: intriguing |
| (adjective) stimulating interest or thought | Synonyms: thought-provoking |
| changeling | (noun) a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy | - |
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| (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
| changing | (adjective) marked by continuous change or effective action | Synonyms: ever-changing |
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| chanting | (noun) the act of singing in a monotonous tone | Synonyms: intonation |
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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 |
| chastening | (noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastisement, correction |
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| chattering | (noun) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | Synonyms: chatter |
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| (noun) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | Synonyms: chatter |
| cheating | (adjective) violating accepted standards or rules | Synonyms: dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
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| (adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: adulterous, two-timing |
| (noun) a deception for profit to yourself | Synonyms: cheat |
| cheering | (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: comforting, satisfying |
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| (noun) encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators | Synonyms: shouting |
| cheeseparing | (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: close, near, penny-pinching, skinny |
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| cheesing | (noun) To play a game or sport in a manner that is effective but requires little skill | - |
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| chewing | (noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | Synonyms: chew, manduction, mastication |
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| chiding | (noun) rebuking a person harshly | Synonyms: objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing |
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| childbearing | (adjective) relating to or suitable for childbirth | - |
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| (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: accouchement, childbirth, vaginal birth |
| chilling | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: scary, shivery, shuddery |
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| (noun) the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | Synonyms: cooling, temperature reduction |
| chipping | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chip, splintering |
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| choking | (adjective) causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | Synonyms: smothering, suffocating, suffocative |
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| (noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | Synonyms: strangling, strangulation, throttling |
| (noun) a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) | - |
| chomping | (noun) the act of chewing noisily | - |
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| christening | (noun) giving a Christian name at baptism | - |
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| chunking | (noun) (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | Synonyms: unitisation, unitization |
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| churchgoing | (adjective) actively practicing a religion | - |
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| churning | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: roiled, roiling, roily, turbulent |
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| (adjective) moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation | Synonyms: churned-up |
| circulating | (adjective) passing from one to another | - |
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| cladding | (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: facing |
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| clamoring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry |
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| clamouring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry |
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| clang | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash |
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| (verb) make a loud noise | Synonyms: clangor |
| clanging | (adjective) having a loud resonant metallic sound | Synonyms: clangorous |
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| clangoring | (noun) a loud resonant repeating noise | Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, crash |
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| clanking | (adjective) having a hard nonresonant metallic sound | - |
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| clapping | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: applause, hand clapping |
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| clarifying | (adjective) that makes clear | Synonyms: elucidative |
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| clashing | (adjective) sharply and harshly discordant | - |
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| cleaning | (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleansing, cleanup |
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| cleansing | (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: purifying |
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| (adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: ablutionary |
| (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleanup |
| clearing | (noun) the act of freeing from suspicion | - |
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| (noun) the act of removing solid particles from a liquid | Synonyms: clarification |
| (noun) a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | Synonyms: glade |
| clerking | (noun) the activity of recording business transactions | Synonyms: bookkeeping |
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| climbing | (noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climb, mounting |
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| cling | (noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit | Synonyms: clingstone |
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| (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cohere, stick |
| (verb) hold on tightly or tenaciously | Synonyms: hang |
| (verb) to remain emotionally or intellectually attached | - |
| clinking | (adjective) like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped | - |
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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 |
| clocking | (noun) the time taken to traverse a measured course | - |
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| clogging | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: hindering, impeding, obstructive |
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| cloning | (noun) a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell) | - |
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| 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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| closing | (adjective) final or ending | - |
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| (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closure, shutdown |
| (noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: shutting |
| (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: completion, culmination, mop up, windup |
| (noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closure |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending |
| clothing | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable |
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| clotting | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: coagulation, curdling |
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| clouding | (noun) the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky | Synonyms: clouding up |
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| clowning | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| (noun) a comic incident or series of incidents | Synonyms: comedy, drollery, funniness |
| cloying | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: saccharine, syrupy, treacly |
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| clubbing | (noun) a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease | - |
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| clucking | (noun) the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | Synonyms: cluck |
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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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| clunking | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping |
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| clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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| coaching | (noun) the job of a professional coach | Synonyms: coaching job |
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