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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