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6255 Words That Start With C

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c (noun) the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second Synonyms: speed of light, light speed
(noun) the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet Synonyms: C
(adjective) being ten more than ninety Synonyms: 100, hundred, one hundred
cab (verb) ride in a taxicab Synonyms: taxi
(noun) a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
(noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood Synonyms: cabriolet
(noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money Synonyms: hack, taxi, taxicab
cabal (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together Synonyms: machinate, complot, conjure, conspire
(noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue Synonyms: junto, camarilla, faction
(noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) Synonyms: conspiracy
cabala (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret Synonyms: qabala, qabalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, cabbala, cabbalah
cabalism (noun) adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation Synonyms: kabbalism
cabalist (noun) a member of a cabal
(noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters Synonyms: kabbalist
cabalistic (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning Synonyms: qabalistic, kabbalistic, sibylline, cryptic, cryptical
cabana (noun) a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool
cabaret (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink Synonyms: club, night club, nightclub, nightspot
(noun) a series of acts at a night club Synonyms: floor show, floorshow
cabasset (noun) a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century Synonyms: morion
cabassous (noun) naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America Synonyms: Cabassous unicinctus, tatouay
cabbage (verb) make off with belongings of others Synonyms: abstract, sneak, lift, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, swipe, filch
(noun) any of various types of cabbage Synonyms: chou
(noun) informal terms for money Synonyms: scratch, boodle, sugar, wampum, dough, kale, bread, lettuce, lolly, moolah, dinero, pelf, gelt, shekels, simoleons, clams, loot, lucre
(noun) any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers Synonyms: cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea
cabbageworm (noun) toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly Synonyms: Pieris rapae
cabbala (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret Synonyms: qabala, qabalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, cabala, cabbalah
cabbalah (noun) an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret Synonyms: qabala, qabalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, cabala, cabbala
cabby (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living Synonyms: hack driver, hack-driver, cabdriver, cabman, taxidriver, taximan, livery driver
cabdriver (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living Synonyms: hack driver, hack-driver, cabby, cabman, taxidriver, taximan, livery driver
caber (noun) a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)
cabin (noun) small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
(noun) a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
(noun) the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
(verb) confine to a small space, such as a cabin
cabinet (noun) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
(noun) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
(noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock Synonyms: storage locker, locker
(noun) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television Synonyms: console
cabinetmaker (noun) a woodworker who specializes in making furniture Synonyms: furniture maker
cabinetmaking (noun) the craft of a joiner Synonyms: joinery
cabinetry (noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) Synonyms: cabinetwork
cabinetwork (noun) woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker
(noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) Synonyms: cabinetry
cable (verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams Synonyms: wire, telegraph
(verb) fasten with a cable
(noun) a telegram sent abroad Synonyms: overseas telegram, cablegram
(noun) a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power Synonyms: line, transmission line
(noun) a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
(noun) a nautical unit of depth Synonyms: cable length, cable's length
(noun) television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver Synonyms: cable television
(noun) a television system that transmits over cables Synonyms: cable system, cable television, cable television service
cablegram (noun) a telegram sent abroad Synonyms: cable, overseas telegram
cabman (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living Synonyms: hack driver, hack-driver, cabby, cabdriver, taxidriver, taximan, livery driver
cabochon (noun) a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets
caboodle (noun) any collection in its entirety Synonyms: lot, bunch
caboose (noun) the area for food preparation on a ship Synonyms: galley, ship's galley, cookhouse
(noun) a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train Synonyms: cabin car
cabotage (noun) the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
(noun) navigation in coastal waters
cabriolet (noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood Synonyms: cab
cabstand (noun) a place where taxis park while awaiting customers Synonyms: taxi rank, taxistand
cacao (noun) tropical American tree producing cacao beans Synonyms: cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao
cachalot (noun) large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris Synonyms: Physeter catodon, sperm whale, black whale
cache (verb) save up as for future use Synonyms: hive up, hoard, squirrel away, stash, lay away
(noun) a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
(noun) a secret store of valuables or money Synonyms: hoard, stash
(noun) (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics Synonyms: memory cache
cachectic (adjective) relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
cachet (noun) an indication of approved or superior status Synonyms: seal, seal of approval
(noun) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal Synonyms: lettre de cachet
(noun) a seal on a letter
cachexia (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease Synonyms: wasting, cachexy
cachexy (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease Synonyms: wasting, cachexia
cachinnate (verb) laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way
cachinnation (noun) loud convulsive laughter
cachou (noun) a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)
cacique (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics Synonyms: cazique
cackel (verb) make a cackling sound
cackle (verb) talk or utter in a cackling manner
(verb) squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
(verb) make a noise characteristic of a goose Synonyms: gaggle
(verb) emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
(noun) the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
(noun) noisy talk Synonyms: chatter, yak, yack, yakety-yak
(noun) a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
cackler (noun) a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
(noun) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae Synonyms: babbler
cackly (adjective) like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg Synonyms: squawky
cacodaemon (noun) an evil spirit Synonyms: cacodemon
cacodaemonic (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits Synonyms: cacodemonic
cacodemon (noun) an evil spirit Synonyms: cacodaemon
cacodemonic (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits Synonyms: cacodaemonic
cacodyl (noun) a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air Synonyms: tetramethyldiarsine
(noun) the univalent group derived from arsine Synonyms: cacodyl group, cacodyl radical, arsenic group
cacodylic (adjective) of or relating to cacodyl
cacoethes (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action Synonyms: passion, mania
cacogenesis (noun) inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile
cacogenic (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced Synonyms: dysgenic
cacogenics (noun) the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced Synonyms: dysgenics
cacography (noun) poor handwriting Synonyms: scratch, scribble, scrawl
cacomistle (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings Synonyms: raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail, miner's cat, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk
cacomixle (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings Synonyms: raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail, miner's cat, cacomistle, civet cat, coon cat, Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk
cacophonic (adjective) having an unpleasant sound Synonyms: cacophonous
cacophonous (adjective) having an unpleasant sound Synonyms: cacophonic
cacophony (noun) a loud harsh or strident noise Synonyms: din, clamor, blare, blaring
(noun) loud confusing disagreeable sounds
cactus (noun) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
cacuminal (adjective) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate Synonyms: retroflex
cad (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible Synonyms: heel, dog, hound, blackguard, bounder
cadaster (noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation Synonyms: cadastre
cadastral (adjective) of or relating to the records of a cadastre
cadastre (noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation Synonyms: cadaster
cadaver (noun) the dead body of a human being Synonyms: clay, remains, stiff, corpse
cadaveric (adjective) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse Synonyms: cadaverous
cadaverine (noun) a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
cadaverous (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold Synonyms: haggard, pinched, gaunt, emaciated, wasted, skeletal
(adjective) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse Synonyms: cadaveric
caddie (verb) act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player Synonyms: caddy
(noun) an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player Synonyms: golf caddie
caddish (adjective) offensively discourteous Synonyms: unchivalrous, ungallant
caddisworm (noun) larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris Synonyms: strawworm
caddy (verb) act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player Synonyms: caddie
(noun) a can for storing tea Synonyms: tea caddy
cadence (noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse Synonyms: beat, measure, meter, metre
(noun) the close of a musical section
(noun) a recurrent rhythmical series Synonyms: cadency
cadenced (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence Synonyms: cadent
cadency (noun) a recurrent rhythmical series Synonyms: cadence
cadent (adjective) marked by a rhythmical cadence Synonyms: cadenced
cadenza (noun) a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
cadet (noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy) Synonyms: plebe
cadetship (noun) the position of cadet
cadge (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite Synonyms: mooch, grub, sponge, bum
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling Synonyms: schnorr, scrounge, shnorr
cadger (noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) Synonyms: mooch, moocher, scrounger
cadmium (noun) a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores Synonyms: Cd, atomic number 48
cadre (noun) a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement Synonyms: cell
(noun) a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion
caducean (adjective) of or relating to a caduceus
caduceus (noun) an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes
caducous (adjective) shed at an early stage of development Synonyms: shed
caecal (adjective) of or like a cecum Synonyms: cecal
caecilian (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
(noun) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions Synonyms: blindworm
caecum (noun) the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens Synonyms: cecum, blind gut
caenogenesis (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) Synonyms: kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis
caesarean (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) Synonyms: C-section, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section, abdominal delivery
(adjective) relating to abdominal delivery Synonyms: caesarian, cesarean, cesarian
caesarian (noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) Synonyms: C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section, abdominal delivery
(adjective) relating to abdominal delivery Synonyms: caesarean, cesarean, cesarian
caesium (noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal Synonyms: Cs, cesium, atomic number 55
caespitose (adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts Synonyms: cespitose, tufted

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