English Words: C
43,570 words · Page 129 of 872
Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
Of or related to casuistry, attempting to solve moral dilemmas by application of general rules.
The process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
A situation covered by the terms of an international treaty (or similar understanding), and which consequently requires action from the parties involved.
The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral yellow gray mineral containing chromium, sodium, and sulfur.
A twisted pair cable for carrying signals, particularly for Ethernet-based computer networks.
The theft of pint and quart pots and small pewter spirit measures from public houses.
A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other.
To engage in sex with various partners; to sleep around; to cheat on a sexual partner.
A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with sand, clay chips, etc.
A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.
A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.
A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.
Clipped compound of catastrophe fund: a state-run fund that reimburses an involved party (usually an insurer, sometimes a policyholder) when unexpectedly large losses threaten to bankrupt that party.
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 129. 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.