English Words: C
43,570 words · Page 71 of 872
Of a freight ship or oil tanker: exceeding the maximum dimensions of all major canals (Panama, Suez, etc.), therefore having to use one of the Cape routes to pass from ocean to ocean.
Synonym of Capesize (“of a ship: too large to use major canals and therefore having to use one of the Cape routes to pass from ocean to ocean”).
The secession of Western Cape (as well as sometimes Eastern Cape and Northern Cape) from South Africa.
An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
A delusion in which the sufferer believes that a friend, spouse or family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.
A Delta-Scuti variable giant, visible as a second-magnitude white star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism.
A locality mentioned in the Bible, inhabited by the Caphtorites or Caphtorim, a division of the ancient Egyptians.
An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
An instrument for removing foreign bodies from a cavity, such as placental remnants from the uterus.
A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.
The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.
The formation and development of a network of capillaries to a part of the body; it is increased by aerobic exercise.
A wave at a fluid boundary dominated by surface tension (opposed to larger waves dominated by gravity), a ripple.
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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 71. 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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