English Words: C
43,570 words · Page 172 of 872
The evolution of a creature with at least three pairs of legs evolving to give rise to a descendant where the frontmost pair of legs is raised from the ground, no longer being used in locomotion and freeing them up for other activities.
Resembling a centaur in shape — particularly, a creature having an upper humanoid torso adjoining the lower quadrupedal body where the creature's head should normally appear.
A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.
Synonym of centurion: An officer overseeing 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.
A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.
Synonym of Central-West Region: A macroregion of Brazil, comprising the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Distrito Federal.
A diesel or electric locomotive designed with its driving cab in the middle, between its two ends.
The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
A line down the center of a road, generally one that divides traffic moving in opposite directions.
A type of mounting where the wheel of an automobile is fastened to the axle using a single central nut.
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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 172. 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.
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