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- CORTINAA cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
- CORVEEUnpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
- CORVINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of crows or ravens.
- CORVUSA hooked ram for destroying walls.
- COSINEIn a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos
- COSMOLINEA substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the h
- COSTTo incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- COSTASynonym of rib.
- COSTALPertaining to a rib.
- COSTESTo incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- COSTIVEConstipated.
- COSTRELA bottle of earthenware, leather, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.
- COSTUMEA style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- COTEAUA hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
- COTERMINOUSMeeting end to end or at the ends.
- COTINGAAny of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae.
- COTONEASTERAny of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.
- COTTAA surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
- COTTISEA diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.
- COTYLAEplural of cotyla and cotyle
- COULTERA cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
- COUNSELThe exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
- COUNSELORA professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
- COUNTTo recite numbers in sequence.
- COUNTEROne who counts.
- COUNTERFEITFalse, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
- COUNTERVAILTo have the same value or number as.
- COUNTESSThe wife of a count or earl.
- COUNTRYThe territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- COUNTYThe land ruled by a count or a countess.
- COUPA quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
- COUPLETwo of the same kind connected or considered together.
- COURGETTEA particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
- COURTAn enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses
- COURTESANA female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
- COVENA nunnery, a convent.
- COVERA lid.
- COVERTSecret, surreptitious, concealed.
- COVETTo wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- COVETOUSDistastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
- COVINFraud, deception.
- COVINSFraud, deception.
- COWARDA person who lacks courage.
- COWLA monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
- COXALsciatic (relating to the hip)
- CRANNYA small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
- CRAPEAlternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).
- CRAPULENTExhibiting or relating to crapulence.
- CRAPULENTLYExhibiting or relating to crapulence.
- CRASSCoarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.
- CRASSITUDEthickness, coarseness.
- CRAVENUnwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
- CRAYONA stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
- CREANTcreative; formative
- CREATETo bring into existence;
- CREATIONSomething created such as an invention or artwork.
- CREATIVETending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- CREATORSomething or someone which creates or makes something.
- CREATUREA living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
- CREDENTIALPertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
- CREDIBLEBelievable or plausible.
- CREDITTo believe; to put credence in.
- CREDITEDHaving something attributed to oneself.
- CREDOA statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
- CREDULITYA willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
- 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.
- CRENATEHaving round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.