English Words: C

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ccharacter

The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

c'moncontraction

Contraction of come on.

C2Cadj

Abbreviation of customer-to-customer.

CAnoun

Initialism of cellular automaton.

cabnoun

A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.

cabalnoun

A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

caballeronoun

A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context

caballonoun

A horse.

cabananoun

A cabin or hut for relaxing.

cabaretnoun

Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.

cabbagenoun

An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

cabbagesnoun

plural of cabbage

cabbienoun

A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi.

Cabename

A surname.

cabernetnoun

Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine.

cabinnoun

A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

cabinetnoun

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

cabinetrynoun

Synonym of cabinetmaking (“fine woodworking to produce cabinets”).

cablenoun

A long object used to make a physical connection.

cablesnoun

plural of cable

cablevisionnoun

cable television

cablingnoun

A collection of cables.

cabochonnoun

A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.

caboosenoun

A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.

Cabotname

A surname from French.

Cabreraname

A surname from Spanish.

cabrioletnoun

An automobile with a retractable top.

cabsnoun

plural of cab

cacnoun

A white (Caucasian) person.

cacanoun

Excrement; feces.

cacaonoun

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

cachenoun

A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

cachesnoun

plural of cache

cachetnoun

A seal, as of a letter.

cachingnoun

The act or process of caching.

caciquenoun

A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.

cacklenoun

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

cacophonynoun

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

cactinoun

plural of cactus

cactusnoun

Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

CADnoun

Acronym of computer-aided design.

Cadaname

A surname.

cadastraladj

of or relating to a cadastre

cadavernoun

A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

Cadburyname

A surname.

caddienoun

Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).

Caddonoun

A member of a confederacy of several southeastern Native American tribes, who inhabited much of what is now East Texas, western Louisiana and portions of southern Arkansas and Oklahoma in the 16th century.

caddynoun

A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.

Cadenname

A male given name originating as a coinage.

cadencenoun

The act or state of declining or sinking.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter C contains 43,570 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 872 pages, and you are currently viewing page 1. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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