| centimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter | Synonyms: centimeter, cm |
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| centre | (adjective) of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually | Synonyms: center |
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| (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centerfield |
| (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: center, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
| (noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: center, nerve center, nerve centre |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center, center of attention, centre of attention |
| (noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: center, midpoint |
| (noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: center, eye, heart, middle |
| (noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: center, snapper |
| (noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: center |
| (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: center, halfway, middle, midway |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
| (verb) move into the center | Synonyms: center |
| (verb) center upon | Synonyms: center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
| centromere | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: kinetochore |
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| cere | (noun) the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds | - |
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| (verb) wrap up in a cerecloth | - |
| chamarre | (noun) a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century. | Synonyms: chimer, simarre |
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| chancre | (noun) a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis) | - |
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| chevre | (noun) made from goats' milk | Synonyms: goat cheese |
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| childcare | (noun) a service involving care for other people's children | Synonyms: child care |
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| chinaware | (noun) dishware made of high quality porcelain | Synonyms: china |
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| chlamydospore | (noun) thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae | - |
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| chlamyphore | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego |
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| chore | (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: job, task |
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| chromophore | (noun) the chemical group that gives color to a molecule | - |
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| chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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| cincture | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth |
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| claymore | (noun) an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy | Synonyms: claymore mine |
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| (noun) a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders | - |
| clayware | (noun) ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln | Synonyms: pottery |
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| closure | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closing, shutdown |
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| (noun) the act of blocking | Synonyms: blockage, occlusion |
| (noun) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | Synonyms: closing |
| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
| (noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric | Synonyms: law of closure |
| (noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: resolution, settlement |
| (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: cloture, gag law, gag rule |
| (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: cloture |
| cloture | (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: closure, gag law, gag rule |
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| (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: closure |
| cocksure | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: overconfident, positive |
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| coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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| cohere | (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, stick |
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| (verb) have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results | - |
| (verb) cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole | - |
| coiffure | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle |
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| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, do, dress, set |
| coinsure | (verb) take out coinsurance | - |
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| commissionaire | (noun) a uniformed doorman | - |
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| commissure | (noun) a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord | - |
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| commixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| commodore | (noun) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral | - |
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| compare | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: comparability, comparison, equivalence |
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| (verb) examine and note the similarities or differences of | - |
| (verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: equate, liken |
| (verb) to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb | - |
| (verb) be comparable | - |
| compere | (noun) British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc | - |
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| (verb) act as a master of ceremonies | Synonyms: emcee |
| composure | (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity |
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| concentre | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, focalise, focalize, focus |
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| concessionaire | (noun) someone who holds or operates a concession | Synonyms: concessioner |
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| configure | (verb) set up for a particular purpose | - |
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| confiture | (noun) preserved or candied fruit | - |
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| confrere | (noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: colleague, fellow |
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| conidiophore | (noun) a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia | - |
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| conidiospore | (noun) an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore | Synonyms: conidium |
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| conjecture | (noun) a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) | Synonyms: speculation |
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| (noun) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence | - |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
| (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
| conjuncture | (noun) a critical combination of events or circumstances | - |
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| conjure | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conspire, machinate |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, entreat, press |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
| conservatoire | (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatory |
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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 |
| contracture | (noun) an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle | - |
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| cookfire | (noun) a fire for cooking | - |
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| cookware | (noun) a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking | Synonyms: cooking utensil |
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| copperware | (noun) utensils made with copper | - |
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| core | (noun) a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil | - |
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| (noun) the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories | Synonyms: magnetic core |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, effect, essence, gist |
| (noun) a small group of indispensable persons or things | Synonyms: core group, nucleus |
| (noun) the center of an object | - |
| (noun) the central part of the Earth | - |
| (noun) a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill | - |
| (verb) remove the core or center from | - |
| counterbore | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: countersink, countersink bit |
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| counterculture | (noun) a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture | - |
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| counterfire | (noun) fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons | - |
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| countermeasure | (noun) an action taken to offset another action | - |
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| countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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| couture | (noun) high fashion designing and dressmaking | - |
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| couverture | (noun) chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter | - |
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| crackleware | (noun) glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface | Synonyms: crackle, crackle china |
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| creature | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna |
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| (noun) a living being | Synonyms: wight |
| (noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: puppet, tool |
| crenature | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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| crore | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million | - |
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| crossfire | (noun) fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross | - |
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| (noun) a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
| 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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| cubitiere | (noun) body armor that protects the elbow | - |
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| culture | (noun) the raising of plants or animals | - |
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| (noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) | - |
| (noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group | - |
| (noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society | Synonyms: acculturation |
| (noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | - |
| (noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilisation, civilization |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement |
| (verb) grow in a special preparation | - |
| curare | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: tubocurarine |
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| cure | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, remedy, therapeutic |
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| (verb) provide a cure for, make healthy again | Synonyms: bring around, heal |
| (verb) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | - |
| (verb) be or become preserved | - |
| (verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability | - |
| curvature | (noun) the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve | - |
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| (noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | Synonyms: curve |
| (noun) (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal | - |
| cyberculture | (noun) the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business | - |
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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) | - |
| cypre | (noun) large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood | Synonyms: Cordia alliodora, Equador laurel, princewood, salmwood, Spanish elm |
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| cytoarchitecture | (noun) the cellular composition of a bodily structure | Synonyms: cytoarchitectonics |
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| dare | (noun) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | Synonyms: daring |
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| (verb) challenge | Synonyms: defy |
| (verb) take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission | Synonyms: make bold, presume |
| (verb) to be courageous enough to try or do something | - |
| dasyure | (noun) any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens | - |
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| daycare | (noun) childcare during the day while parents work | Synonyms: day care |
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| debenture | (noun) a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt | - |
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| (noun) the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future | Synonyms: debenture bond, unsecured bond |
| debonaire | (adjective) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air | Synonyms: chipper, debonair, jaunty |
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| (adjective) having a sophisticated charm | Synonyms: debonair, debonnaire, suave |
| debonnaire | (adjective) having a sophisticated charm | Synonyms: debonair, debonaire, suave |
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| decalitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl |
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| decametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: dam, decameter, dekameter, dekametre, dkm |
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| decilitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | Synonyms: deciliter, dl |
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| decimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter | Synonyms: decimeter, dm |
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| declare | (verb) state emphatically and authoritatively | - |
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| (verb) state firmly | - |
| (verb) make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official | - |
| (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: adjudge, hold |
| (verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: announce |
| (verb) proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against | - |
| (verb) designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand | - |
| (verb) authorize payments of | - |
| dekalitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dkl |
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| dekametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dkm |
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| demure | (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: coy, overmodest |
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| denature | (verb) make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes | - |
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| (verb) modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished | - |
| (verb) add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb | - |
| denture | (noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | Synonyms: dental plate, plate |
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| departure | (noun) the act of departing | Synonyms: going, going away, leaving |
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| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release |
| (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: deviation, difference, divergence |
| deplore | (verb) express strong condemnation of | - |
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| (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, lament |
| derriere | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| desire | (noun) an inclination to want things | - |
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| (noun) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state | - |
| (noun) something that is desired | - |
| (verb) feel or have a desire for; want strongly | Synonyms: want |
| (verb) express a desire for | - |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: hope, trust |
| dinnerware | (noun) the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal | - |
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| dioptre | (noun) a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists | Synonyms: diopter |
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| dire | (adjective) fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | Synonyms: desperate |
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| (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
| disclosure | (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: revealing, revelation |
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| discomfiture | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment |
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| discomposure | (noun) a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure | - |
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| (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, disconcertion, disconcertment |
| disfigure | (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: blemish, deface |
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| dishware | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: crockery |
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| disjuncture | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction |
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| displeasure | (noun) the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - |
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