English Words: C
43,570 words · Page 127 of 872
The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
A women's hairstyle of the 1920s, with the hair cut to medium-short length with a fringe at the front.
A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0391).
A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6432).
A legal doctrine that designates a person's abode, or any legally occupied place, such as a vehicle or workplace, as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting him or her to use force to defend against intrusion.
A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX7662).
A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2718).
A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility.
A nut with rounded extensions projecting past the nut's opening. A cotter pin is inserted through a hole in the bolt and bent around the castle nut's projections to lock the nut in place.
A stock sound effect of a loud thunderclap during a rainstorm, used in numerous films.
A village north-east of Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H9293).
A rare lymphoproliferative disorder involving hyperproliferation of certain B cells that often produce cytokines.
A method for the production of metallic sodium by the electrolysis of molten sodium hydroxide
The pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from the castor bean; used as a laxative and an industrial lubricant.
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 127. 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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