English Words: C
43,570 words · Page 123 of 872
A diminutive of the female given name Cassandra of medieval origin, later also used for Cassidy, and Catherine with its variant forms.
a Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.
A king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and de facto ruler of Southern Greece.
A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined never to be believed.
The situation where a person's valid warnings or concerns are dismissed or disbelieved.
A cassone with a high panelled back and sometimes a footrest; a kind of Italian settle.
A thick black liquid made from cassava root and spices, used medicinally and as a flavouring and preservative.
A rich cake, typical of Sicily, containing liqueur layered with ricotta, candied fruit and chocolate.
A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.
A monoclinic-prismatic red orange mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and vanadium.
A combination of a primary concave mirror and a secondary convex mirror, often used in optical telescopes and radio antennas, the main characteristic being that the optical path folds back onto itself, relative to the optical system's primary mirror entrance aperture.
Of or relating to Laurent Cassegrain (ca. 1629—1693), Catholic priest remembered as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope.
A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
The former name of the Oriskany Falls village in Oneida County, New York, United States, used until the mid-19th century.
The spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
A ghost town in the Cassiar Mountains, Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.
An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest.
Shaped like a helmet; applied to a corolla with a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.
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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 123. 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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