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- CHARDAn edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
- CHARGEThe amount of money levied for a service.
- CHARITYAn organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
- CHARMAn object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
- CHARNELA chapel attached to a mortuary.
- CHARPIEStraight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth, used for surgical dressings.
- CHASEThe act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
- CHASTESynonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
- CHASTENTo make chaste.
- CHASTISETo punish, especially by corporal punishment.
- CHASTITYThe quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
- CHASUBLEThe outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
- CHATELAINSynonym of castellan: the lord of a castle; a caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle for its lord.
- CHATTELTangible, movable property.
- CHEATTo violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- CHEEKYImpudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
- CHEERA cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
- CHERUBIMSplural of cherub
- CHESSA board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
- CHEVALIERcavalier; knight
- CHEVRONA V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve. A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
- CHICHThe chickpea.
- CHIMAERAAlternative spelling of chimera.
- CHIMEA musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- CHINCHThe bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
- CHISELA cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of meta
- CHIVALRYCavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
- CHIVEA perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
- CHLOROSISAn anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
- CHOLENTA meat and/or bean stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews.
- CHORAGUSA chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
- CHORALOf, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
- CHORICIncluding or involving a Greek chorus
- CHOWDERA thick, creamy soup or stew.
- CHRISMALOf or pertaining to chrism.
- CHRISMONA Christogram.
- CIBOLA perennial onion plant, Allium fistulosum, commonly called Welsh onion.
- CICADAAny of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
- CICATRISETo heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- CICUTASHemlock.
- CILANTROThe stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
- CILIAplural of cilium
- CILIATECiliated, having cilia.
- CILIUMA short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by
- CIMEXAny member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.
- CINCHA simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- CINCHONAA tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.
- CINERARIUMA place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
- CINEREAThe grey matter of the brain
- CINEREOUSOf an ash-gray colour.
- CINGULUMThe girdle of an alb.
- CINQUEA card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
- CIRCASynonym of around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating.
- CIRCINATEOf a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base.
- CIRCUITThe act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- CIRCUITOUSNot direct or to the point.
- CIRCUMMURETo surround with, or as if with, a wall.
- CIRRATEOf, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.
- CIRRIplural of cirrus.
- CIRRUSSynonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”). A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the m
- CISPLATINA platinum-containing antineoplastic drug cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (Cl2H6N2Pt) that is cytotoxic and is used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors a
- CISTERNAAny of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.
- CITADELA strong fortress that sits high above a city.
- CITATIONAn official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
- CITETo quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- CITIZENA resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
- CITOLEAn archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings
- CITREOUSOf the colour of citron or a citrus fruit; yellowish.
- CITRINEA goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
- CIVETAny of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.
- CLAIMANTOne who claims; one who makes a claim.
- CLAIRAUDIENTHaving, pertaining to, or involving clairaudience.
- CLAMANTUrgent.
- CLAMORA great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
- CLAMOROUSOf or pertaining to clamor. Of great intensity.
- CLAMOURUK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
- CLANA group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- CLANGA loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious.
- CLANGOURA loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
- CLARAINA form of coal having stratifications parallel to the bedding plane.
- CLARETA dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
- CLARIFYTo make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
- CLARINETA woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
- CLARITYThe state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
- CLARYclary sage (Salvia sclarea)
- CLAUSEA group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
- CLAUSTRALOf or pertaining to a cloister.
- CLAUSTROPHOBEOne who suffers from claustrophobia.
- CLAUSTROPHOBIAThe abnormal fear of closed, tight places.
- CLAUSTRUMA thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed t
- CLAVATEResembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
- CLAVESA percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.
- CLAVIERThe keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
- CLAVIGEROne who carries a club; a club bearer.
- CLAVISA Roman key.
- CLAVUSA callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
- CLEARTransparent in colour.
- CLEFA symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
- CLEMENTLenient or merciful; charitable.
- CLIENTA customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.