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English words: cage fighting to calabash tree

300 English words, part 5 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words cage fighting to calabash tree

  1. cage fighting noun: The practise of participating in hand-to-hand combat inside of a usually steel cage.
  2. cage-free adjective: Being or relating to chickens not raised in battery cages, but free to roam within a certain space.
  3. cage gear noun: A gear with cylindrical teeth parallel to the axis of rotation.
  4. cage home noun: A subdivision of an apartment/tenement/flat's rooms into separate living spaces of stacked cages, big enough to fit a bed and hold one's belongings.
  5. cage match noun: An event in which wrestlers battle in an enclosed location, escaping over the top to win.
  6. cage stage noun: A period of religious zeal following a religious conversion, often perceived as arrogant.
  7. cageable adjective: Able to be confined in a cage.
  8. Cagean adjective: Of or relating to John Milton Cage Jr. (1912–1992), American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist, known as a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, and...
  9. cagebelle noun: A female basketball player; a female who plays basketball.
  10. cagebird noun: A bird kept in a cage.
  11. cagebox verb: Alternative spelling of cage box (boxing inside of a usually steel cage).
  12. cageboxer noun: One who cageboxes.
  13. cageboxing noun, verb: Alternative spelling of cage boxing
  14. caged adjective, noun, verb: Confined in a cage.
  15. cageful noun: That which can fit into a cage.
  16. cageless adjective: Without a cage.
  17. cagelessness noun: Absence of a cage.
  18. cagelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cage.
  19. cageling noun: A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
  20. cageman noun: One who lives in a cage home.
  21. cagemate noun: An animal that shares the same cage as another.
  22. cager noun: A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
  23. cageside adjective: At or near the side of a cage
  24. cagester noun: Synonym of cager (“basketball player playing in a wire mesh enclosure”).
  25. cagewash noun: Equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.
  26. cagework noun: A cage or cage-like structure.
  27. cagey adjective /ˈkeɪd͡ʒi/: Wary, careful, shrewd.
  28. cageyness noun: Alternative form of caginess.
  29. Caggiano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  30. cagily adverb: In a cagy manner.
  31. caginess noun: The quality of being cagey.
  32. caging noun, verb: The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.
  33. Cagle proper noun: A surname from German.
  34. Cagliari proper noun /ˈkæljəɹi/: A province of Sardinia, Italy.
  35. Cagliarian adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
  36. Cagliaritan adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
  37. cagmag noun: A tough old goose.
  38. Cagney proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  39. cagot noun /kəˈɡəʊ/: Alternative form of Cagot.
  40. cagou noun: Alternative form of kagu (“type of bird”).
  41. cagoul noun: Alternative form of cagoule.
  42. cagoulard noun: A member of La Cagoule; a far-right-wing revolutionary or activist.
  43. cagoule noun /kəˈɡuːl/: A lightweight waterproof parka.
  44. cagouled adjective: Dressed in a cagoule.
  45. CAGR noun /kæɡɚ/: Acronym of compound annual growth rate.
  46. cagrilintide noun: An amylin analogue medication being investigated for the management of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
  47. cags noun, verb: Initialism of coronary artery graft surgery.
  48. Caguas proper noun: A city and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
  49. cagy adjective: Alternative form of cagey.
  50. cagyness noun: Alternative form of caginess.
  51. cah conjunction, noun: Pronunciation spelling of car.
  52. Cahal proper noun: A surname.
  53. Cahalan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  54. Cahenslyism noun: A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for...
  55. Cahenslyist noun: A supporter of Cahenslyism.
  56. Cahenslyite noun: Synonym of Cahenslyist.
  57. cahier noun /kaɪˈjeɪ/: A roll of sheets of paper put loosely together, especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
  58. Cahill proper noun /ˈkɑːhɪl/: A surname from Irish.
  59. cahinca noun: Chiococca alba, a flowering plant in the coffee family.
  60. cahincate noun: A salt or ester of cahincic acid.
  61. cahincic acid noun: An acid derived from cahinca root,
  62. Cahinnio noun: A member of a Native American tribe that lived in Arkansas.
  63. Cahir proper noun: A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  64. Cahita noun: A member of an Indian people from central Mexico.
  65. cahiz noun: A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.
  66. cahizada noun: Synonym of cahiz as a measure of land.
  67. Cahn proper noun: A surname.
  68. cahnite noun: A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
  69. Cahokia proper noun /kəˈhəʊ.ki.ə/: A former (pre-Columbian Native American) city in present-day Illinois, now famous for its earthen mounds.
  70. Cahokian adjective: of, or pertaining to Cahokia
  71. Cahoon proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  72. cahoot noun, verb /kəˈhuːt/: A company or partnership.
  73. cahootchie noun: Alternative form of caoutchouc.
  74. cahoots noun, verb /kəˈhuːts/: Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason.
  75. Cahors proper noun: A town, the capital of Lot department, Occitania, France.
  76. cahoun noun: Alternative form of cohune.
  77. cahow noun: An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
  78. Cahuapanan adjective: Of or relating to a language family of the Amazon basin of northern Peru, including Shawi and Shiwilu.
  79. Cahuenga proper noun /kəˈweɪŋɡə/: A former Native American settlement in San Fernando Valley Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  80. Cahuilla noun: A member of a group of Native Americans of the inland areas of southern California.
  81. Cahuita proper noun: A district of Talamanca canton, Limon, Costa Rica.
  82. CAI noun: Initialism of calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion, a type of mineral.
  83. cai png noun [ˈt͡sʰaɪ˦˨ ˌpŋ̍˨]: Economy rice (rice sold with a combination of other dishes).
  84. Caian noun: A student or alumnus of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
  85. Caiaphas proper noun /ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs/: A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.
  86. caiarara noun: A kind of capuchin monkey.
  87. caïc noun: Alternative spelling of caique.
  88. caicco noun: Alternative spelling of caique.
  89. Caicedo proper noun: A surname.
  90. caid noun /kɑːˈiːd/: A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
  91. Caiden proper noun: A male given name.
  92. Caidya noun: A member of the Cedi tribe.
  93. caieque noun: Alternative form of caique.
  94. caiequejee noun: Alternative form of caïquejee.
  95. caigua noun: Any member of the species Cyclanthera pedata of South American vines cultivated for its fruit.
  96. cail verb: To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
  97. cailcedra noun: The Senegal mahogany tree (Khaya senegalensis).
  98. caillach noun: Alternative form of cailleach.
  99. Caillat proper noun: A surname from French.
  100. cailleach noun: An old woman.
  101. cailliach noun: Alternative form of cailleach.
  102. Cailloisian adjective: Of or relating to Roger Caillois (1913–1978), French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy.
  103. Caillou proper noun /kaɪ.ju/: A male given name from French.
  104. caimacham noun: Alternative spelling of kaymakam.
  105. caimakan noun: Alternative form of kaymakam.
  106. caimal noun: Alternative form of kaimal.
  107. caiman noun /ˈkeɪ.mən/: Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
  108. caiman lizard noun: Any semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America
  109. caimanine noun: Any member of the subfamily Caimaninae within the Alligatoridae.
  110. caimitillo noun: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, the satinleaf.
  111. caimito noun: Synonym of star apple, a tropical tree and its fruit
  112. cain interfix, noun /keɪn/: Alternative form of kain.
  113. Cainamero noun: A Southern Pomo people who lived in the region around Santa Rosa, California.
  114. cainca noun: Alternative form of cahinca.
  115. -caine suffix: A synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.
  116. Câine Ciobănesc Carpatin noun: Synonym of Carpathian Shepherd Dog.
  117. Caingang noun: Alternative form of Kaingang.
  118. caingin noun: Land that has been cleared using slash-and-burn techniques.
  119. cainginero noun: One who clears land using slash-and-burn techniques.
  120. Caingua noun: Synonym of Guarani-Kaiowá (“an indigenous people of Paraguay”).
  121. cainiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Cainiaceae.
  122. Cainian noun: Synonym of Cainite.
  123. Cainish adjective: Of or relating to Cain (Biblical character).
  124. cainism noun: siblicide, especially among animals.
  125. Cainite noun: A descendant of Cain.
  126. Cainitic adjective: Of or relating to the Cainites.
  127. cainito noun: Synonym of star apple.
  128. cainogenesis noun: Alternative spelling of caenogenesis.
  129. cainophobia noun: The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
  130. cainotheriid noun: Any extinct ungulate of the family †Cainotheriidae
  131. cainotherioid noun: Any member of the Cainotherioidea superfamily of mammals.
  132. cainotophobia noun: Alternative form of cainophobia.
  133. Cainozoic adjective: Alternative form of Cenozoic.
  134. Cainta proper noun: A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.
  135. caipirinha noun /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹiː.njə/: A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.
  136. caipiroska noun /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹɒs.kə/: caipirinha prepared with vodka instead of the usual cachaça
  137. caipivodka noun: A caipirinha cocktail made with vodka instead of cachaca.
  138. caipora noun: A forest spirit or guardian in Brazilian folklore.
  139. caique noun /kɑːˈiːk/: Alternative spelling of caique.
  140. caiquejee noun: A person who rows a caique.
  141. cair noun, verb: Acronym of confidential aviation incident reporting.
  142. caird noun: A travelling tinker or a tramp.
  143. Cairene adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
  144. Caires proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
  145. cairn noun /kɛən/: A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
  146. cairn terrier noun: A terrier of one of the oldest breeds, originating in the Scottish Highlands.
  147. Cairncross proper noun: A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  148. cairned adjective /kɛɜːnt/: Possessed of a cairn.
  149. Cairnes proper noun /ˈkɛə(ɹ)nz/: A surname.
  150. cairngorm noun: A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.
  151. cairngormstone noun: A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of Cairngorm in Scotland.
  152. cairngorum noun: Alternative form of cairngorm.
  153. cairnless adjective: Of a landscape, lacking cairns or rocky outcrops.
  154. cairnlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cairn.
  155. Cairnryan proper noun: A village and ferry port in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX0668).
  156. Cairnsite noun: A native or inhabitant of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
  157. cairny adjective: Of a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.
  158. Cairo proper noun /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ/: The capital city of Egypt.
  159. CAIS noun: Initialism of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome.
  160. caissaca noun: The Brazilian lancehead, Bothrops moojeni
  161. caissarone noun: An iminopurine found in the sea anemone Bunodosoma caissarum.
  162. Caisse proper noun: A surname from French.
  163. caisson noun /ˈkeɪ.sən/: A (permanent) enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
  164. caisson disease noun: The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower...
  165. caissoned adjective: Having a caisson; coffered.
  166. Caister proper noun: Ellipsis of Caister-on-Sea: a coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).
  167. Cait proper noun: A diminutive of the female given names Caitlin and Caitlyn.
  168. Caithness proper noun /ˈkeθnɛs/: A historical county in the far north of Scotland, which was abolished and merged into Highland Region in 1975, which became the Highland council area in 1996.
  169. caitiff adjective, noun /ˈkeɪtɪf/: A base or despicable person; a wretch.
  170. caitive noun /ˈkeɪtɪv/: A captive.
  171. Caitlin proper noun: A female given name from Irish Caitlín, equivalent to English Catherine.
  172. Caitlyn proper noun: A female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
  173. Caitriot noun: A fan of the Irish actress Caitríona Balfe (born 1979).
  174. Caity proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Caitlin and similar.
  175. caixin noun: choy sum
  176. caja china noun: A metal or foil lined wooden box for roasting pigs (etc) via indirect heat from charcoal in a tray on top, originating from Cuba.
  177. Cajal body noun: A spherical membraneless nuclear body largely consisting of proteins and RNA, found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor...
  178. Cajamarca proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
  179. cajan adjective, noun: Alternative form of cadjan.
  180. cajanin noun: The isoflavone 5,2',4'-trihydroxy-7-methoxyisoflavone present in the pigeon pea (of the genus Cajanus).
  181. cajaput noun: Alternative form of cajuput.
  182. cajeput noun: Alternative form of cajuput.
  183. cajeput oil noun: Alternative spelling of cajuput oil
  184. cajeputene noun: Alternative form of cajuputene.
  185. cajeputol noun: eucalyptol
  186. Cajetan proper noun /ˈkæd͡ʒətən/: A male given name from Latin, of historical use.
  187. caji noun: A fish, the schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus).
  188. cajj adjective: Alternative form of cazh.
  189. cajolable adjective: Able to be cajoled.
  190. cajole noun, verb /kəˈdʒəʊl/: To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
  191. cajolement noun: The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
  192. cajoler noun /kəˈdʒəʊlə(ɹ)/: A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
  193. cajolery noun /kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/: The act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
  194. cajoling noun, verb: The act of one who cajoles.
  195. cajolingly adverb: in a cajoling manner
  196. cajon noun /kəˈhoʊn/: A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.
  197. cajonist noun: Someone who plays a cajón.
  198. cajuela noun: A large container for gathering coffee cherries in Central America.
  199. cajun adjective, noun /ˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/: A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine.
  200. Cajun accordion noun: A type of single-row melodeon commonly found in Cajun-Creole music.
  201. Cajun Creole adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to French Louisiana, the Cajun Country, or its people (inhabitants).
  202. Cajun flamingo noun: roseate spoonbill
  203. Cajun microwave noun: A metal-lined wooden box (or sometimes other container, even e.g. a pit) for cooking a pig or other food in, typically outdoors.
  204. Cajun navy noun: an informal organisation of boat owners who assist in flooded areas of Louisiana and Texas
  205. Cajunness noun: the quality or state of being Cajun.
  206. cajuput noun: cajuput oil
  207. cajuput oil noun: A volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous tree Melaleuca leucadendra.
  208. cajuput tree noun: Any of several trees of the genus Melaleuca that have white, spongy bark.
  209. cajuputene noun: An aromatic oil (mainly limonene) extracted from cajuput
  210. cajuputol noun: Alternative form of cajeputol.
  211. Cajuste proper noun: A surname from French.
  212. cajyphenol noun: Either of a pair of resveratrol tetramers (cajyphenol A and B) found in Cayratia japonica.
  213. cak noun /t͡sɑːk/: A type of string instrument from Indonesia.
  214. cakage noun: Alternative form of cakeage.
  215. Cakchikel noun: Alternative form of Kaqchikel.
  216. cake noun, verb /keɪk/: A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
  217. cake and arse party noun: An unpleasantly chaotic situation; a shambles.
  218. cake and gingerbread noun: An easy or pleasant task or experience; a piece of cake.
  219. cake and wine noun: A restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure.
  220. cake ball noun: A small sphere of reconstituted cake crumbs, coated with chocolate or frosting.
  221. cake-bread noun: A type of bread prepared in flattened cakes.
  222. cake crumbs noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, crumbs.
  223. cake-cutting noun: A theoretical framework for the fair division of resources which studies algorithms and rules that ensure multiple parties receive a fair or "envy-free"...
  224. cake day noun: An anniversary of the creation of a user's account on a social media platform or group.
  225. cake-eater noun: A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.
  226. cake fork noun: Synonym of pastry fork.
  227. cake lifter noun: A large circular or trowel-shaped utensil with a handle, for separating a cake from the tray it was baked on.
  228. cake mix noun: A powdered mixture of the dry ingredients used to produce a cake or the finished mixture before baking.
  229. cake mold noun: Synonym of cake tin.
  230. cake number noun: For some number n, the maximum number of regions into which a cube can be partitioned by exactly n planes.
  231. cake plate noun: A dish designed to serve cake.
  232. cake pop noun: A confection consisting of a round piece of cake coated in icing or chocolate and stuck on a stick in the manner of a lollipop.
  233. cake ring noun: A circular shaped cake tin without a bottom.
  234. cake server noun: Synonym of cake slice.
  235. cake shop noun /ˈkeɪk ʃɒp/: A shop where cakes can be bought.
  236. cake slice noun: Alternative form of cake slice.
  237. cake smash noun: A family event at which an infant or pet is given a cake to demolish.
  238. cake stand noun: An item of tableware consisting of a pedestal for supporting a cake, sometimes with several tiers to support a number of smaller cakes.
  239. cake tin noun: The tin in which a cake is baked.
  240. cake up verb: To form (something) or for (something) to be formed into cakes (a block of any of various dense materials).
  241. cake urchin noun: Any of the genus Clypeaster of echinoderms.
  242. cake walk noun: A type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century.
  243. cakeage noun /ˈkeɪkɪd͡ʒ/: A fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.
  244. cakebaker noun: Someone who bakes cakes.
  245. cakebox noun: A box for keeping cake.
  246. Cakebread proper noun: A surname.
  247. cakecrumb noun: A crumb from a cake.
  248. caked adjective, verb /keɪkt/: Congealed into a cakelike consistency; (of something covered in such a material) Coated with such a congealed mass.
  249. caked up adjective: Having well-developed gluteal (“cake”) muscles.
  250. cakefetti noun: Confetti cake.
  251. cakeful noun: As much as a cake has.
  252. cakehouse noun: A place where cakes are sold.
  253. cakeism noun /ˈkeɪkɪzəm/: The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations and subsequent deliberations.
  254. cakeist adjective, noun: One who specializes in cakes and similar baked goods.
  255. cakeless adjective: Without cake.
  256. cakelessness noun: Absence of cake.
  257. cakelet noun: A small cake.
  258. cakelette noun: Alternative spelling of cakelet.
  259. cakelike adjective: Resembling a cake in appearance or texture.
  260. cakemaker noun: Someone who makes cakes.
  261. cakemaking noun: The making of cakes.
  262. cakeman noun: A man who sells cakes.
  263. cakepan noun: A dish or mould for baking a cake.
  264. cakepop noun: Alternative form of cake pop.
  265. caker noun: One who forms something into a cake.
  266. cakerie noun: Alternative form of cakery (“cake shop”).
  267. cakery noun: A cake shop.
  268. cakes and ale noun /ˌkeɪks n̩ ˈeɪl/: The simple material pleasures of life.
  269. cakeshop noun /ˈkeɪk.ʃɒp/: Alternative form of cake shop.
  270. cakesicle noun /ˈkeɪksɪkəl/: A snack consisting of cake and frosting prepared in a popsicle mold and served on a stick.
  271. cakestand noun: Alternative form of cake stand.
  272. cakette noun: A small cake of animal feed.
  273. cakeverse noun: An omegaverse variant genre with "cakes" and "forks".
  274. cakewalk noun, verb /ˈkeɪk.wɔk/: A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.
  275. cakewalker noun: A performer of the cakewalk dance.
  276. cakewards adverb: Towards cake.
  277. cakewoman noun: A woman who sells cakes.
  278. cakey adjective: Alternative spelling of caky.
  279. cakily adverb: In a caky way.
  280. cakiness noun: The quality of being caky.
  281. caking noun, verb /ˈkeɪkɪŋ/: A layer or deposit of caked material.
  282. caking coal noun: A bituminous coal which softens and becomes pasty or semiviscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent,...
  283. cakra noun: Alternative form of chakra.
  284. cakravartin noun: Alternative form of chakravartin.
  285. CAKUT noun: Initialism of congenital anomaly of the kidney and urinary tract.
  286. caky adjective /ˈkeɪ.ki/: Resembling cake in texture.
  287. cal noun /kæl/: Clipping of calorie.
  288. Cal king noun: A California king (a large bed measuring 72 × 84 inches).
  289. Cal-Mex noun: A Californian style of Mexican food.
  290. Cala proper noun: A surname.
  291. calaban noun: A trap for birds or animals, consisting of a box propped up with bait underneath.
  292. Calabar proper noun: The largest city and state capital of Cross River State, Nigeria.
  293. Calabar bean noun: A seed of a tropical leguminous plant of species Physostigma venenosum of tropical Africa, poisonous to humans.
  294. calabarine noun: An alkaloid similar to physostigmine, and occurring with it in the Calabar bean.
  295. Calabarzon proper noun /kɐ.lɐˈbaɾ.zon̪/: An administrative region of the Philippines, including the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon.
  296. Calabasas proper noun: A city in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, California, United States on the northwest edge of the city of Los Angeles
  297. calabash noun /ˈkaləbaʃ/: A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round...
  298. calabash chalk noun: A clay similar to kaolin, commonly eaten in parts of Africa.
  299. calabash nutmeg noun: A tree from tropical Africa, Monodora myristica.
  300. calabash tree noun: Any member of the species Crescentia cujete.

Part 4 · Part 6 · English words: C

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.