English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 112 of 872

Carron oilnoun

A lotion of linseed oil and limewater, applied to burns and scalds.

carronadenoun

A very short carriage gun used to fire a heavy shot for a limited range.

Carronbridgename

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX8798).

Carrosname

A town and commune of Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

carrotnoun

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

carrot and sticknoun

The simultaneous rewarding of good behavior and punishing of bad behavior.

carrot bagnoun

A conical bag, used, for example, as an applicator for henna with the tip snipped off.

carrot cakenoun

A sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.

carrot crunchernoun

Someone from a rural background; a bumpkin.

carrot topnoun

A person with red hair; a redhead.

carrot-nosedadj

Having a carrot for a nose, as a snowman.

carroternoun

One who carries out the carroting process upon animal pelts.

carrotinessnoun

The state or quality of being carroty.

carrotingnoun

A process in the manufacture of felt in which the animal pelt is treated with a solution of mercury salts, such as mercuric nitrate.

carrotishadj

Resembling a carrot.

carrotlessadj

Without carrots.

carrotlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a carrot.

carrotwoodnoun

An Australian soapberry tree, Cupaniopsis anacardioides

carrotyadj

Resembling carrots in colour, taste, shape, etc.

carrownoun

A gambler in Ireland.

carrozzinoun

Alternative spelling of karozzin.

Carrubbaname

A surname from Italian.

carrucanoun

A heavy wheeled turnplough that was used during the Middle Ages.

carrucatenoun

Alternative form of carucate.

carrusnoun

A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

Carruthname

A surname.

carryverb

To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

carry a torchverb

To love or to be romantically infatuated with, especially when such feelings are not reciprocated.

carry a tuneverb

To produce music, especially to sing, with accurate relative pitch.

carry all before oneverb

To overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.

carry awayverb

To steal; to take away.

carry coals to Newcastleverb

To do something that is unneeded or redundant.

carry cornverb

To (be able to) handle success or prosperity in an equable manner.

carry offverb

To transport away.

carry onverb

To continue or proceed as before.

carry one's weightverb

To contribute or produce one's fair share, as of work, money, etc.

carry oneselfverb

To move, especially emphasizing the manner in which one moves.

carry oververb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.

carry someone's waterverb

To do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.

carry the ballverb

To lead in terms of responsibility, initiative, or progress.

carry the canverb

To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation.

carry the dayverb

To lead to victory or success; to prevail.

carry the mailverb

To work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.

carry the message to Garciaverb

To perform a requisite task despite obstacles.

carry the torchverb

Alternative form of carry a torch.

carry throughverb

To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.

carry upverb

To convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.

carry water forverb

To perform menial tasks for; to serve; to assist; to be forced by politics or pragmatism to endorse or promote a belief, individual, or organization that in reality one does not fully support.

carry weightverb

To be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.

carry-innoun

A location or program to which participants bring something, such as appliances brought to a repair shop or food brought to a gathering.

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 112. 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.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "C" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.