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- BURETTEA glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.
- BURINA chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
- BURLESQUEParodical; parodic
- BUSHMEATAny edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.
- BUSKTo solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
- BUSTIERA tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
- BYCOKETA type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty.
- CABARETLive entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.
- CABASA flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
- CABERNETCabernet Sauvignon, a wine.
- CABINETA storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
- CABOTAGEThe transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
- CABRIOLEA type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.
- CABRIOLETAn automobile with a retractable top.
- CADASTREA public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
- CADRANSAn instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut.
- CADUCITYDotage or senility.
- CAFARDDepression; melancholy.
- CAGOULEA lightweight waterproof parka.
- CAHIERA roll of sheets of paper put loosely together, especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
- CAIQUEA small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
- CAJOLERYThe act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
- CALABOOSEA prison or jail/gaol.
- CALASHAlternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”).
- CALEMBOURA pun.
- CALIBERDiameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
- CALIPASHThe edible greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
- CALLETA trull or prostitute.
- CALMATIVECalming.
- CAMAIEUA style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
- CAMIONA truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.
- CAMISADEAlternative form of camisado.
- CAMOUFLETThe resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
- CAMPHORATEAny salt of camphoric acid.
- CANARDA false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
- CANCANA high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. "Galop Infernal", a movement from Jacques Offenbach's opera Orpheus in the Underworld, commonly associated with and called t
- CANGUEA heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in East Asia to punish thieves and other criminals.
- CANTALOUPECucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types: Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted
- CANTEENA water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.
- CAPONIERA work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).
- CAPONIEREAlternative form of caponier.
- CAPORALA type of shag tobacco.
- CAPOTA winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.
- CAPOTEA long coat or cloak with a hood.
- CAPRIOLEA leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
- CAPSIDThe outer protein shell of a virus.
- CARABINETo attach via carabiner.
- CARBINEA rifle with a short barrel.
- CARBONADEa stew of meat cooked in beer
- CARBONATEAny salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- CARIBOUAny of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
- CARILLONA set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
- CARIOLEA small, light, open one-horse carriage.
- CARMAGNOLEA popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
- CAROMA shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
- CARTESA penis.
- CARTONAn inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
- CASEMATEA bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
- CASERNA lodging for soldiers in a garrison town (formerly usually near the rampart); a barracks.
- CASHEWAny tree of the genus Anacardium.
- CASQUEA helmet.
- CASSETTEA small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- CATEA delicacy or item of food.
- CAUSERIEAn informal conversation, or casual short written article, especially on a serious topic.
- CEINTUREA belt or girdle.
- CELESTAA musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- CENTIGRAMAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: cg
- CENTILITERAlternative form of centilitre.
- CENTILITREA unit of volume or capacity of one hundredth of a litre. Symbol: cl
- CENTIMEA former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
- CENTIMETREAn SI unit of length equal to 10 metres. Symbol: cm
- CENTIMOA cent, i.e. ⁄100, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
- CENTRISTOf, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.
- CEREMENTA burial shroud or garment.
- CHAISEAn open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
- CHALETAn alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
- CHAMArchaic spelling of khan.
- CHAMBRAYA soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
- CHANTAGESynonym of blackmail.
- CHANTAGESSynonym of blackmail.
- CHANTEUSEA female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
- CHARADEA genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
- CHARMEUSEA fine semi-lustrous crepe in satin weave.
- CHATONCollet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
- CHATOYANTHaving a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
- CHAUFFEURA person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
- CHAUVINISMExcessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
- CHENETfire dog, andiron
- CHENILLEAn extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
- CHEVALA support or frame.
- CHEVALETA rack or rest used in woodwork or glassworking.
- CHEVELUREThe nebulous part of a comet or star.
- CHEVETSynonym of apse chapel.
- CHEZAt the home of.
- CHIBOUKA Turkish tobacco pipe.
- CHICHIAffectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
- CHICONAn edible chicory bud.
- CHIFFONADEA culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
- CHIFFONIERA tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
- CHIMPANZEEPan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.