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- CREDULOUSExcessively ready to believe things; gullible.
- CREELA woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
- CREESHTo grease.
- CREMATETo burn something to ashes.
- CREMATIONA burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
- CREPEA flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
- CREPITATETo crackle, to make a crackling sound. to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do. to flatulate.
- CREPITUSGrating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints.
- CREPUSCULETwilight.
- CRESSETA metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes: A metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as por
- CRESTThe summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- CRETICUsing or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second of which is unstressed.
- CRETINA person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
- CREWA group of people together Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng. A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a fa
- CRIBBLEA coarse sieve or screen.
- CRIBELLUMA spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
- CRIMEA specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
- CRIMENAn impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse.
- CRIMINALAgainst the law; forbidden by law.
- CRIMINATETo accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
- CRIMINOUScriminal
- CRINALPertaining to the hair.
- CRINITEHaving the appearance of a tuft of hair.
- CRINOSEHairy.
- CRISPATEHaving curled, wavy or notched edges.
- CRISTAAny of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.
- CRISTATEHaving a crest; crested.
- CRITIQUEThe art of criticism.
- CROMULENTAcceptable, satisfactory, or valid.
- CROSIERA staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
- CROTALA crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece.
- CRUCIANA small greenish-brown carp, Carassius carassius, farmed in parts of Europe.
- CRUCIATEIn the form of a cross.
- CRUCIBLEA cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
- CRUCIFERA person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
- CRUCIFYTo execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
- CRUDITYThe state of being crude.
- CRUELIntentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
- CRUELTYAn indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
- CRUISEA sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
- CRUNODEnode (point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch)
- CRUORThe colouring matter of the blood.
- CRURALPertaining to the leg.
- CRUSThe shin (tibia and fibula)
- CRUSADEAny of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as exp
- CRUSTAA crust or shell.
- CRUSTOSEOf a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
- CUBICLEA small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
- CUBITThe distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
- CUBITUSThe ulna.
- CUBITUSESThe ulna.
- CUCURBITAny member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
- CUISINEA characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
- CULETA component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
- CULEXAny of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
- CULEXESAny of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
- CULINARYRelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
- CULLTo pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- CULLIONSynonym of testicle.
- CULMENTop; summit.
- CULPANegligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
- CULPABLEMeriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
- CULTThe veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.
- CULTIGENA plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
- CULTUSEstablished or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.
- CULVERA dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
- CULVERINAny of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery. A kind of handgun. A large cannon.
- CUMBERTo slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
- CUMMERThe relationship of a godmother to the other godparents (godsibs or gossips), and the legal parents, of a child.
- CUMULATETo accumulate; to amass.
- CUNABULAThe earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals.
- CUNCTATIONDelay, hesitation, procrastination.
- CUNEATEwedge-shaped.
- CUNEIFORMHaving the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- CUNEUSA portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- CUPELA small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
- CUPIDINOUSCharacterized by or related to cupidity (greed, desire for wealth).
- CUPIDITYExtreme greed, especially for wealth.
- CUPOLAA dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
- CUPOLAINGA dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
- CUPREOUSA reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.
- CUPRICOf, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper.
- CUPROUSOf, or of the nature of, copper.
- CUPULAA cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
- CUPULEAny small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
- CURATEAn assistant rector or vicar.
- CURATIONThe act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
- CURBA concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb .
- CUREA method, device or medication that restores good health.
- CURIAAny of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
- CURIALPertaining to a court; courtly.
- CURIOSACuriosities, especially erotic or pornographic books or articles.
- CURIOSITYInquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
- CURMUDGEONAn ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
- CURRENCYMoney or other items used to facilitate transactions.
- CURRYOne of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
- CURSIVERunning; flowing.
- CURSORYHasty or superficial.
- CURTBrief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
- CURTANAA short sword used for ceremonial purposes