English Words: C

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cancellateadj

Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like.

cancellatedadj

Marked with cross lines; crossbarred.

cancellationnoun

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

cancelledverb

simple past and past participle of cancel

cancellestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of cancel

cancellethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cancel

cancellousadj

Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.

cancellusnoun

A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.

cancelmentnoun

cancellation

cancernoun

A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

cancer bushnoun

A legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia frutescens).

cancer cell-likeadj

Characteristic of or resembling a cancer cell.

cancer sticknoun

A cigarette.

cancer-cellnoun

Alternative form of cancer cell

cancerateverb

To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

cancerationnoun

The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.

cancercellnoun

Alternative form of cancer cell

canceredadj

Afflicted with cancer.

cancerettenoun

A cigarette.

cancerficnoun

Fan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.

Cancerianadj

Of or pertaining to the astrological sign of Cancer.

cancericidaladj

that is destructive to cancer cells; carcinolytic, oncolytic

cancerismnoun

A hypothetical diathesis or tendency toward the formation of cancer.

cancerizationnoun

transformation into a cancerous form

cancerizeverb

To make cancerous; to affect with cancer.

cancerizedadj

Modified by a cancer

cancerlessadj

Free of cancer.

cancerlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of cancer.

cancerogenesisnoun

The formation of a cancer (by the uncontrolled multiplication of cells).

cancerogenicadj

carcinogenic

cancerologicaladj

Of or relating to cancerology.

cancerologistnoun

Someone who studies or specializes in cancerology.

cancerologynoun

The scientific study of cancer.

canceromenoun

All the cancers present in a population

canceroprotectiveadj

Synonym of oncoprotective.

cancerostaticadj

That halts the spread or development of a cancer.

cancerotoxicadj

toxic to cancers

cancerousadj

Relating to or affected with cancer.

cancerouslyadv

In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.

cancerousnessnoun

The state or quality of being cancerous.

cancerphobenoun

A person who has cancerphobia.

cancerphobianoun

An inordinate dread of developing cancer.

cancerphobicadj

Having or relating to cancerphobia.

CancerTokname

The community of cancer patients on TikTok.

cancervativenoun

A conservative, particularly a harmful one.

cancerweednoun

Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).

cancerwortnoun

A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).

canchnoun

An upper or lower portion of stone that is removed to form a gradient between workings.

canchanoun

A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru.

canchalaguanoun

Any of several plants of the Americas similar to centaury, and formerly used like it for medicinal purposes, among them:

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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 53. 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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