Initial C

  • cab: taxi; one-horse vehicle for public hire
  • cabin: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
  • cabinet: group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
  • cable: very strong thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
  • cafe: coffee house; restaurant where coffee and liquors are served
  • cafeteria: restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
  • calculate: compute; determine; estimate calculation: planning something carefully and intentionally
  • calendar: orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
  • calm: freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity
  • calorie: unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
  • campaign: battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end campus: field where the buildings of a university are situated
  • canal: artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct
  • canary: pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
  • cancel: revoke; call off; omit or delete
  • cancellation: act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
  • candid: straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
  • candidate: person who is considered for something; person who seeks or is nominated for an office, prize, or honor
  • cane: any plant with long, hard, elastic stems; walking stick
  • cannon: great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force
  • canon: law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
  • canteen: vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink; snack bar or small cafeteria, as on a military installation
  • canvas: heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
  • canvass: determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
  • capability: quality of being capable; capacity; skill
  • capable: having the ability required for a specific task
  • capacity: mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
  • cape: piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment
  • capital: wealth in form of money or property; assets available for use; city that is the official seat of government
  • caption: title; chapter heading; text under illustration
  • captive: prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
  • capture: act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power; thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem
  • card: flat, rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic; business card; credit card
  • cardinal: chief; serving as an essential component
  • career: profession or occupation; individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan
  • careful: full of care; anxious; solicitous; taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious
  • careless: negligent; taking insufficient care
  • cargo: freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
  • carol: round dance; a song of joy; song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas
  • carpenter: skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
  • carrier: one that carries or conveys; messenger
  • carrot: root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color
  • carry: convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; hold or support while moving; bear
  • cart: common name for various kinds of vehicles; two-wheeled vehicle; light business wagon
  • carton: pasteboard for paper boxes; pasteboard box
  • cartoon: design or study drawn of full size to serve as a model for transferring or copying; drawing depicting a humorous situation
  • carve: cut; sculpt
  • carving: cutting away parts to create a desired shape
  • cash: money paid at the time of purchase; money in the form of bills or coins; currency
  • cashier: one who has charge of money; cash keeper
  • cassette: container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
  • cast: assign the roles of; choose at random
  • casual: informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
  • casualty: serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident
  • catalyst: agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
  • catastrophe: calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
  • catch: capture or seize, especially after a chase; take by or as if by trapping; reach just in time category: group; class; collection of things sharing a common attribute
  • cater: supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
  • cathedral: church; temple
  • catholic: broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
  • cause: something produces a result; basis for an action or response; a reason
  • caution: care; being attentive to possible danger
  • cautious: conservative; careful
  • cavalry: part of military force which serves on horseback
  • cavern: cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave
  • cavity: hole; cavern; hollow area within the body
  • cease: stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
  • celebrate: praise; assign great social importance to
  • cell: any small compartment
  • cellar: room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground
  • cement: any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union
  • cemetery: place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
  • censor: overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content centigrade: measure of temperature, used widely in Europe
  • cereal: grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
  • ceremonial: ritual; ceremony or rite
  • ceremony: formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
  • certainty: quality or condition of being certain; fact or truth unquestionable established; clearness
  • certificate: document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts; document issued to a person completing a course
  • certify: give certain information to; assure; make certain
  • chalk: soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, used as a drawing implement
  • challenge: assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
  • chamber: cell; compartment; room
  • champion: protect or fight for as first place
  • championship: status of being a champion; position or title of a winner
  • channel: passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
  • chaos: disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
  • chap: crack, as in earth surface; splitting of skin, caused by cold or exposure; one of the jaws or cheeks; man or boy
  • chapter: division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop’s council; organized branch of some society
  • character: part; nature; description of a person’s attributes, traits, or abilities
  • characteristic: feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait
  • characterize: distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
  • charcoal: a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a very dark gray color
  • charge: set or ask for a certain price; load to capacity; fill; instruct or urge authoritatively; command charity: activity or gift that benefits the public at large
  • charm: power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness; item worn for its supposed magical benefit
  • chart: graph; diagram; map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators
  • charter: license; authorize; hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services
  • chase: pursue for the purpose of killing or taking; hunt; follow as if to catch
  • chat: talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
  • check: stop motion; curb or restrain
  • cheer: lightness of spirits or mood; source of joy or happiness; festive food and drink; refreshment
  • cheque: written order directing a bank to pay money
  • cherish: harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
  • chew: bite and grind with the teeth
  • chief: highest in office or rank; principal; head
  • chill: cool; freeze
  • chilly: cold
  • chin: central forward portion of the lower jaw; bottom of face
  • chip: cut small pieces from; diminish or reduce to shape; break or crack
  • choke: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply chop: hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax
  • chorus: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
  • circle: round; something shaped like such a ring; group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement
  • circuit: electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
  • circular: round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
  • circulate: move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
  • circulation: spread or transmission of something to a wider group or area
  • circumference: boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
  • circumstance: situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
  • circus: public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
  • cite: quote; adduce as an instance
  • citizenship: status of a citizen with rights and duties
  • civil: having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
  • civilization: culture
  • claim: demand for something as rightful or due
  • clamp: any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts clap: applaud; slap; strike together with a sharp sound, as one hard surface on another
  • clarification: process of making things clearer or easier to understand
  • clarify: make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
  • clash: make noise by striking against something; dash noisily together; meet in opposition
  • clasp: fastening device; firm grip
  • classic: work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; creation of the highest excellence
  • classical: of recognized authority or excellence
  • classification: assigning to a class or category
  • classify: declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories clause: sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
  • clay: very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
  • clear: out of the way; completely away
  • clearance: act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
  • clench: close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
  • client: someone who pays to get goods or services
  • clientele: clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
  • climate: weather condition; atmosphere; environment
  • climax: upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree
  • cling: hold fast or adhere to something; stick together and resist separation; remain emotionally
  • clinic: healthcare facility for outpatient care
  • clip: small section of filmed or filed material
  • clockwise: in the direction that the hands of a clock move
  • closet: small room or apartment; room for privacy
  • clue: a ball of thread or cord; thread; something guides or directs anything of a doubtful or intricate nature
  • clumsy: awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
  • cluster: group; bunch; group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely
  • clutch: grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
  • coach: tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers
  • coarse: rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
  • code: body of law; system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; system of symbols, letters, or words
  • codify: arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize
  • coherence: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together
  • coherent: adhesive; cohesive; sticking together ; logical; sound; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
  • cohesion: tendency to keep together
  • cohesive: cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
  • coil: a series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding; spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes
  • coin: make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
  • coinage: coins collectively
  • coincide: occur at the same time as; correspond
  • coincidence: two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
  • coincident: concerning; simultaneous
  • collaborate: work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
  • collaboration: act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one’s own country
  • collapse: breakdown; failure
  • colleague: fellow worker; associate; co-worker
  • collective: common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
  • collide: bump; hit; conflict
  • collision: crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
  • colonel: a commissioned military officer
  • colonial: of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
  • colony: region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
  • column: pillar; cylindrical or polygonal support for roof; anything resembling, in form or position; upright body or mass
  • combat: struggle as with an opposing force; fight with
  • combination: blend; union
  • combine: blend; fuse; merge
  • comedy: light and humorous drama with a happy ending
  • comic: arousing or provoking laughter; ridiculous; amusing; humorous
  • commander: chief; leader
  • commandment: order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; act of commanding; exercise of authority
  • commemorate: serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
  • commence: have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
  • commend: commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
  • comment: express an opinion; remark
  • commerce: trade; business; intellectual exchange or social interaction
  • commercial: money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market
  • commission: fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize commit: do something that cannot be changed; cause to be admitted
  • commitment: pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action
  • committee: special group delegated to consider some matter
  • commodity: goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.
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  • commonplace: ordinary; having no remarkable features commonsense: exhibiting native good judgment
  • communicate: send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly
  • communication: activity of communicating; activity of conveying information
  • community: society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government compact: closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something
  • companion: associate; partner
  • company: team; guard team; group of persons; business enterprise
  • comparable: similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
  • comparative: relative; based on, or involving comparison
  • comparatively: relatively; in comparison
  • compare: examine and note the similarities or differences of
  • compass: go about or entirely round; make the circuit of; enclose on all sides; surround
  • compatible: harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
  • compel: force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
  • compensate: make amends for; reimburse
  • compensation: something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
  • compete: contest; fight
  • competent: capable; adept
  • competition: struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
  • competitive: of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition competitiveness: an aggressive willingness to compete
  • competitor: one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival
  • compile: put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
  • complain: make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
  • complaint: expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; criticism
  • complement: complete; consummate; make perfect
  • complex: complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
  • complexity: complication
  • compliance: readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
  • complicated: difficult to analyze or understand
  • compliment: praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise
  • complimentary: expressing of praise, admiration, or congratulation; given free to repay a favor or as an act of courtesy
  • comply: yield assent; accord; agree, or acquiesce; adapt one’s self; fulfill; accomplish
  • component: element; ingredient; abstract part of something
  • compose: write; create; make or create by putting together parts or elements
  • composite: made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded
  • composition: makeup; constitution; writing; essay
  • compound: combine; mix; constitute; pay interest; increase
  • comprehend: take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
  • comprehension: grasp; ability to understand
  • comprehensive: thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
  • compress: close; squeeze or press together; contract
  • compression: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required comprise: include; consist of; be composed of
  • compromise: adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
  • compulsory: mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
  • computation: calculation
  • compute: reckon; make mathematical calculation
  • conceal: keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
  • concede: admit; yield; give up physical control of another
  • conceit: overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
  • conceited: endowed with fancy or imagination; entertaining a flattering opinion of one’s self; vain conceive: form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
  • concentrate: bring to or direct toward a common center; unite more closely; gather into one body concept: something formed in the mind; thought or notion
  • conception: beginning; forming of an idea; act of conceiving
  • concern: interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
  • concert: performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging; harmony; accord
  • concerted: planned or accomplished together; combined
  • concession: act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
  • concise: brief and compact; expressing much in few words
  • conclude: enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
  • conclusive: definitive; decisive; final
  • concrete: solid mass; covering with cement; hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate , and gravel
  • concurrent: simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
  • condemn: blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of
  • condemnation: blame
  • condensation: compression
  • condense: change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate condenser: lens used to concentrate light on an object; an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid condition: mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
  • conduct: direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
  • conductor: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; person who collects fares on a public conveyance
  • cone: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
  • confer: bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
  • conference: meeting for consultation or discussion; exchange of views
  • confess: acknowledge; admit
  • confession: public declaration of faith
  • confide: disclose; reveal; tell in confidence
  • confidence: feeling secure or certain about something
  • confident: assured; having or marked by assurance
  • confidential: treated with confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; secret
  • confine: restrict in movement; circumscribe
  • confinement: state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force
  • confirm: support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
  • confirmation: additional proof that something that was believed
  • conflict: fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events
  • conform: comply with; follow; fit; meet
  • conformity: similarity in form or character; agreement
  • confront: be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
  • confrontation: state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face; clash of opinions and ideas
  • confuse: cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; mix up confusion: mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order congestion: act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
  • congratulation: act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
  • congress: meeting of elected or appointed representatives
  • congressman: man who is a member of the U.S. Congress, especially of the House of Representatives
  • conjunction: state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
  • connect: join, or fasten together; associate; combine; unite or link together
  • connection: relation between things or events; shifting from one form of transportation to another conquer: gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over conquest: success in mastering something difficult
  • conscience: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
  • conscientious: diligent; responsible; reliable
  • conscious: awake; alert
  • consciousness: having knowledge of ; special awareness or sensitivity
  • consecutive: following one after another without interruption; sequential
  • consent: agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
  • consequence: result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
  • consequently: therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently
  • conservation: preservation or restoration from loss, damage, or neglect
  • conservative: favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
  • considerable: worthy of consideration; large in amount, extent, or degree
  • considerably: substantially; significantly; to a degree worth considering
  • considerate: thoughtful; marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate
  • consideration: considerate and thoughtful act
  • consign: give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another
  • consist: stand firm; be in a fixed or permanent state; be supported and maintained
  • consistency: harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
  • consistent: being in agreement with itself; coherent; regular
  • console: cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
  • consolidate: make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
  • consonant: compatible; harmonious
  • conspicuous: noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
  • conspiracy: plot; intrigue; agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act constant: invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent
  • constantly: in an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case; perpetually; continually constituent: component or part; citizen, voter
  • constitute: make up; form something
  • constitution: law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; the act of forming something
  • constraint: something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
  • construct: form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
  • construction: act of constructing or building something
  • consult: seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
  • consultant: an expert who gives advice
  • consume: devour; eat
  • consumer: people who buy goods or services
  • consumption: eating or drinking of something
  • contact: get in touch with; reach
  • contain: include; incorporate; be capable of holding
  • container: any object that can be used to hold things
  • contemplate: look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
  • contemplation: act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; expectation
  • contemporary: modern; belonging to the same period of time
  • contempt: state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
  • contemptuous: scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
  • content: volume; something contained; material, including text and images
  • contest: contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute
  • context: circumstance
  • continent: one of the large landmasses of the earth
  • continental: being or concerning or limited to a continent
  • contingency: condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
  • contract: constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
  • contradict: confront; oppose
  • contradiction: assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion
  • contrary: relation of direct opposition; very opposed in nature or character or purpose
  • contrast: act of distinguishing by comparing differences
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  • contribute: provide; bestow a quality on
  • contribution: act of contributing; contribution; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy controversial: controvertible; disputable
  • controversy: contentious speech act; argument
  • convenience: state of being suitable
  • convenient: suited or favorable to one’s comfort, purpose, or needs:; near; accessible
  • convention: social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
  • conventional: based upon tradition rules; formed by agreement or compact
  • conversant: familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably
  • conversation: general course of conduct; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance; informal dialogue
  • converse: chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts
  • conversely: in a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally.
  • conversion: change; transformation
  • convert: change something into another form; transform
  • convey: carry from one place to another; bear or transport
  • conveyance: act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
  •  convict: find or declare guilty
  • conviction: judgment that someone is guilty of crime; strongly held belief
  • convince: overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty
  • convinced: certain, sure
  • cooperate: work or act together toward a common end or purpose
  • cooperation: practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
  • cooperative: done with or working with others
  • coordinate: bring order and organization to; harmonize
  • coordination: regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation
  • cordial: gracious; showing warm and friendliness
  • core: basic, center, or most important part; essence
  • cork: lightweight elastic outer bark, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats
  • corn: single seed of certain plants, as wheat; grain; small, hard particle
  • corner: position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle
  • corporate: united or combined into one body; collective; belonging to corporation or incorporated body
  • corporation: business firm; a group of people combined into or acting as one body
  • correlate: relate; associate; bring into a mutual relation
  • correlation: mutual relationship; interdependence or interconnection relationship
  • correspond: be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages
  • correspondence: similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters
  • correspondent: one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
  • corresponding: accompanying
  • corrode: destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away corrosion: decay; erosion
  • corrupt: changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
  • corruption: bribery; fraud
  • cosmic: pertaining to the universe; vast
  • cosmopolitan: sophisticated; of worldwide scope
  • cosmos: universe or universality of created things; ordered, harmonious whole
  • couch: sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed
  • counsel: advise; suggest
  • countenance: give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
  • counter: flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite countermand: cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid counterpart: duplicate copy; analogue; one that closely resembles another
  • countless: innumerable; infinite; too many to count
  • couple: a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
  • court: enclosed space; courtyard; uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building
  • courteous: exhibiting courtesy and politeness; showing regard or thought for others
  • courtesy: polite behavior; act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of fact
  • cover: overspread the surface; envelop; shelter, as from evil or danger; protect
  • coverage: extent to which something is covered; news as presented by reporters
  • coward: person who lacks courage to face danger; timid
  • crab: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
  • crack: break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split; hit forcefully; pass through
  • cradle: small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers; infancy, or very early life
  • craft: something made by people; vessel
  • crash: smash; collision; falling down or in pieces with a loud noise of breaking parts
  • crate: large basket, used for moving china or similar wares; box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces
  • crave: ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
  • crawl: move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
  • crazy: affected with madness; insane; deranged
  • create: make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
  • creation: act of creating or causing to exist
  • credit: arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
  • creek: small stream, often a shallow tributary to a river; brook
  • creep: move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously
  • crew: group of people working together, as in spacecraft, ship, plane or train
  • cricket: outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each
  • criminal: one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof crimson: bloody
  • cripple: person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
  • crisis: dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
  • crisp: firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
  • critical: urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
  • crook: bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
  • crooked: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; curved
  • crop: the top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of plant or tree; grain or other product of field while standing; anything cut off or gathered
  • crossing: traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection
  • crouch: bend down; stoop low; lie close to the ground with the legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear
  • crown: ornamental circlet or head covering, made of gold with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty
  • crude: being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
  • cruise: sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
  • crumb: small fragment or piece, especially, a small piece of bread or other food; broken or cut off crumble: break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
  • crush: press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
  • crust: outer layer ; covering; coat; shell
  • crystal: quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass
  • cube: three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
  • cubic: having three dimensions
  • cubism: an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
  • cucumber: cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
  • cultivate: improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of cultivation: production of food by preparing the land to grow crops
  • culture: all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals cunning: knowing; skillful; artful; designing; deceitful
  • cupboard: a small room or cabinet used for storage space
  • curb: bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
  • cure: medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; removal of disease or evil
  • curiosity: desire to know or learn
  • curious: difficult to please or satisfy; careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry
  • curl: form into coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
  • currency: money; general acceptance or use
  • current: stream; flow; up-to-date; present
  •  currently: presently; at the present time
  • curse: call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
  • curtail: cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
  • curve: bend or turn gradually from a given direction, as road curves to the right
  • cushion: soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
  • custody: keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
  • custom: tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
  • customary: agreeing with or established by common usage; conventional; habitual
  • customer: patron; one that buys goods or services
  • customs: money collected under a tariff
  • cycle: periodically repeated sequence of events; long period of time; entire round in a circle or a spire

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