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- CAUTIOUSUsing or exercising caution; careful; tentative
- CAVALIERLacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
- CAVERNA large cave.
- CAVERNOUSResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
- CAVERNULOUSFull of small cavities.
- CAVILTo criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- CAVITARYOf or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
- CAVITYA hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
- CEASETo stop.
- CECITYblindness
- CEILceiling function
- CELEBRANTA person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
- CELEBRATETo extol or honour in a solemn manner.
- CELEBRATIONThe formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- CELEBRITYA rite or ceremony.
- CELERITYSpeed, swiftness.
- CELESTEAlternative form of celesta (“musical instrument”).
- CELESTINESynonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
- CELIBATENot married.
- CELLARAn enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
- CELTA prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.
- CEMBALOA harpsichord.
- CEMENTA powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of co
- CEMENTITIOUSResembling or having some properties of cement; containing cement.
- CENSORIALRelating to a censor.
- CENSORIOUSAddicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
- CENSUALRelating to, or containing, a census.
- CENSUREThe act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- CENTAREA measure of area: one hundredth of an are, or one square meter.
- CENTAUREAAny of the plants in the genus Centaurea.
- CENTENARIANOne who or that which is at least 100 years old.
- CENTENARYOf or related to the number one hundred, particularly
- CENTESIMALDivided into a hundred parts.
- CENTIPEDEAny arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
- CENTOA hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
- CENTRIFUGALTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
- CENTRIFUGEA device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
- CENTRIOLEA barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).
- CENTRIPETALDirected or moving towards a centre.
- CENTRUMA centre.
- CENTRUMSA centre.
- CENTUMReferring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
- CENTUMVIROne of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
- CENTURYA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly)
- CERAMIDEAny of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue
- CERATEDCovered with wax.
- CEREA fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
- CEREBRALOf or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
- CEREBRUMThe principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a f
- CERECLOTHCloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.
- CEREMONIALOf, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.
- CEREMONYA ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
- CEREOUSwaxen; waxy; like wax
- CERISEA deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
- CERNUOUSInclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping.
- CERTAINSure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.
- CERTAINTYThe state of being certain.
- CERTESCertainly, indeed.
- CERTIFICATEA document containing a certified statement.
- CERTITUDESureness, certainty.
- CERULECerulean.
- CERULEANA greenish-blue color.
- CERULOPLASMINA blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.
- CERUMENEarwax.
- CERUSESynonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
- CERUSSITEA mineral form of lead carbonate, PbCO3, that is an ore of lead.
- CERVELATA Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.
- CERVIDSynonym of true deer.
- CERVINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).
- CERVIXThe neck.
- CESPITOSEtufty; growing in tufts.
- CESSAn assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
- CESSATIONA ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- CESSIONThat which is ceded. A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
- CESSIONARYThe person who receives transfer or cession of a personal obligation from the cedent.
- CESSPOOLAn underground pit where sewage is held.
- CESTUSA leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal.
- CETANEThe aliphatic hydrocarbon C16H34 (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.
- CETYLThe univalent hexadecyl radical C16H33- present in many waxes.
- CHAFEHeat excited by friction.
- CHAFEROne who chafes.
- CHALLENGEA confrontation; a dare. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. A bid to overcome something.
- CHAMADEA signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
- CHAMBERLAINA senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially
- CHAMFERAn obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
- CHAMPAIGNOpen countryside, or an area of open countryside.
- CHAMPERTYThe investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.
- CHAMPIONAn ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- CHANDELIERA branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
- CHANDLERA person who makes or sells candles.
- CHANGEABLECapable of being changed.
- CHANTTo sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- CHANTEROne who chants or sings.
- CHAOTICFilled with chaos.
- CHAPEThe lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
- CHAPELA place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
- CHAPITERObsolete form of chapter.
- CHAPLAINA member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
- CHAPTEROne of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
- CHARAA green alga of the genus Chara.