English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 64 of 872

cantankerouslyadv

In a cantankerous manner.

cantankerousnessnoun

The state of being cantankerous.

Cantaraname

A surname.

cantaritonoun

A small, often handleless clay cup, used in Latin America, and encountered elsewhere as the vessel certain cocktails are typically served in.

cantatanoun

A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.

cantationnoun

A singing.

cantatricenoun

A professional female singer.

cantboardnoun

A board, typically at the edge of a roof, that has a slope to divert rainwater.

cantchacontraction

Pronunciation spelling of can't you.

Cantename

A surname from Spanish.

cantedadj

Having angles; angled.

canteennoun

A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.

canteen cowboynoun

An aviator who spends his time flirting with or picking up girls at the canteen.

canteen culturenoun

Unofficial beliefs and values held by members of the police force, such as institutional racism.

canteen cupnoun

A metal cup which can be nested on the top or under a canteen.

canteenlessadj

Without a canteen.

Cantemirname

A raion of Moldova.

cantennanoun

A directional waveguide antenna for long-range Wi-Fi, made from an open-ended metal can.

canternoun

A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.

Canterburiannoun

Synonym of Laudian.

Canterburianismnoun

Synonym of Laudianism.

Canterburiename

Obsolete spelling of Canterbury.

Canterburyname

A cathedral city in Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1457).

Canterbury-Bankstownname

A local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.

canterernoun

One who canters.

canteringverb

present participle and gerund of canter

Canteyname

A surname.

canth-prefix

Alternative form of cantho- (“corner of the eye where the upper and lower lids meet”).

canthalnoun

Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.

canthal tiltnoun

The tilt of a line drawn from the outer corner (the lateral canthus) to the inner corner (the medial canthus) of one's eyes; a lower inner corner is referred to as a positive tilt while a lower outer corner is referred to as a negative tilt.

cantharellaceousadj

Belonging to the Cantharellaceae.

cantharidaladj

Of, made of, or pertaining to cantharides.

cantharidesnoun

Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).

cantharidiasisnoun

Poisoning by cantharidin

cantharidinnoun

A volatile organic compound secreted by blister beetles.

cantharidismnoun

poisoning due to the excess use of cantharides

cantharidizedadj

Treated with cantharides.

cantharisnoun

singular of cantharides

cantharoidnoun

Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.

cantharusnoun

A large drinking cup with two handles.

cantharusesnoun

plural of cantharus

canthectomynoun

The surgical removal of tissue at the junction of the upper and lower eyelids.

cantheismnoun

An emergent religion that uses cannabis as a sacrament.

cantheistnoun

A supporter of cantheism.

canthellusnoun

A raised ridge of cuticle around the inner border of the trulleum in certain ants.

canthitisnoun

inflammation of the canthus

cantho-prefix

Canthus, corner of the eye where the upper and lower lids meet.

cantholorealadj

Of or relating to the posterior canthal when fused with the posterior loreal.

cantholysisnoun

The surgical division of the canthus.

canthomeataladj

Relating to, or joining the lateral canthus of the eye and the external auditory meatus

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 64. 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.