English Words: C

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Cameroniannoun

A follower of Richard Cameron (Covenanter) (1648?–1680), a leader of the militant Presbyterians, known as Covenanters, who resisted attempts by the Stuart monarchs to control the affairs of the Church of Scotland.

Cameronitenoun

A supporter of David Cameron or his policies.

Cameroonname

A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon. Capital: Yaoundé. It also claims Ambazonia.

Cameroonianadj

Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language.

Camerooniannessnoun

Quality of being Cameroonian.

camerostomenoun

A ventral depression of the anterior cephalothorax of soft ticks that contains their mouth parts

camesenoun

Alternative form of camis (“a dress or robe”).

camestverb

second-person singular simple past indicative of come

camethverb

alternative third-person singular past of come

Cameyname

A surname from Spanish.

Camezindname

A surname from French.

CAMFAK syndromenoun

A rare inherited neurological disease, characterized by peripheral and central demyelination of nerves.

camfectingnoun

The process of hacking (or attempting to hack) a webcam for illegal purposes, such as voyeurism.

Camfordname

Synonym of Oxbridge.

Camfranglaisname

A macaronic language spoken in Cameroon.

camgasitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.

camgirlnoun

A girl or woman who publishes or broadcasts webcam photographs or videos of herself, often for adult entertainment.

caminoun

A camisole.

camianoun

Hedychium coronarium; a perennial flowering plant from the ginger family Zingiberaceae.

Camiguinname

A province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Mambajao.

camikininoun

A swimsuit consisting of a thin-strapped camisole top and a bikini bottom.

camiknickersnoun

A women's undergarment covering the torso, worn for example under short dresses or slacks.

Camillaname

A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.

Camillagatename

A scandal of the 1990s in which transcripts of intimate telephone conversations between Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, were published in tabloid newspapers.

Camillename

A unisex given name from French.

Camilleriname

A surname from Italian.

Camilliname

A surname from Italian.

Camilliannoun

a member of the Camillians, a Roman Catholic religious order founded in 1582 by St. Camillus de Lellis in Italy

Camillusname

A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

caminalculenoun

One of a group of made-up organisms used to teach concepts in phylogenetics.

Camineroname

A surname from Spanish.

caminitenoun

A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Caminitiname

A surname.

camionnoun

A truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.

camionettenoun

A van.

camisnoun

plural of cami

camisa de chinonoun

a thin cotton collarless cuffless shirt with a few buttons extending a short distance below the neckline (either sleeveless or sleeved, ascribed to Chinese laborers during and before the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines)

camisadenoun

Alternative form of camisado.

camisadonoun

A nocturnal ambush or surprising act of aggression.

Camisardnoun

One of the Huguenots of the Cévennes region of south-central France, who rose up against the persecutions which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

camisatedadj

Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

camisianoun

An ancient kind of shirt or nightgown.

camisolenoun

A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.

camisoledadj

Wearing a camisole.

Camlname

Acronym of Categorical Abstract Machine Language, a dialect of ML.

camletnoun

A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.

camletedadj

Wavy or undulating like waved camlet; veined.

Cammname

A surname.

Cammackname

A surname.

Cammaranoname

A surname from Italian.

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 43. 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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