English Words: C
43,570 words · Page 46 of 872
Relating to or reminiscent of American mythologist Joseph Campbell or his ideas, particularly the Hero's Journey.
A member of any of various religious groups historically descended from the nineteenth-century Restoration Movement.
A town in Brown Township, Washington County, Indiana, United States, named after Robert Campbell.
A city, the county seat of Taylor County, Kentucky, United States, founded by Andrew Campbell.
A female monster, the guard in Tartarus of the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers, whom Cronus, ruler of the Titans, had imprisoned there.
A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2772).
A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.
A type of cookie that contains the ingredients of a s'more: graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate.
A female member of Camp Fire, a national youth development organization for young people.
Rectified oil of turpentine, once used for burning in oil lamps and as a solvent in varnishes.
A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.
A species of large, evergreen tree, Cinnamomum camphora, family Lauraceae, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere where it can become invasive; the primary natural source of camphor.
Any sulfonic acid derived from camphor, but especially d-camphorsulfonic acid (known as Reychler's acid) classically used to resolve stereoisomers
A cagelike sultam, (1R,5S)-10,10-dimethyl-3-thia-4-azatricyclo[5.2.1.01,5]decane 3,3-dioxide, derived from camphor
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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 46. 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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