English Words: C
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A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
In ancient Sparta, a deep basin used in a form of voting or election, particularly for membership in common messes (syssitia).
Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0619).
The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams.
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.
One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Shreveport.
An ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced pen strokes. See :Commons:Cadel letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
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 10. 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.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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