English Words: C
43,570 words · Page 134 of 872
Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.
Describing brownish scales on the surfaces of some plants, probably derived from foliage-leaves.
A metal clamshell cooking dish from Portugal, used to cook certain seafood. It can be sealed using a clamp on either side of the assembly.
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
The removal of intermediate metabolites, especially in the citric acid cycle, to prevent their accumulation in the mitochondrial matrix.
A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing.
In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
The transformation of a hero or mythological creature, into a star, constellation, comet or other celestial object.
The state of being transformed into a star, constellation, comet or other celestial object.
A risk-linked security that transfers risk related to disasters from the issuer, typically an insurance company, to investors. Such bonds and reinsurance are backstops to insurer insolvency from unexpectedly large losses.
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 134. 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.