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- CALMATIVECalming.
- CALZONEA baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.
- CAMAIEUA style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
- CAMAILA piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.
- CAMERLENGOThe cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
- CAMIONA truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.
- CAMISADEAlternative form of camisado.
- CAMISADOA nocturnal ambush or surprising act of aggression.
- CAMISOLEA short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
- CAMOUFLETThe resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
- CAMPAn outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
- CAMPANILIplural of campanile
- CAMPEADORA warrior, in Spanish contexts.
- CAMPESINOAn agricultural worker in Latin America.
- CANARDA false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
- CANASTAA card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank.
- 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
- CANDIRUA small parasitic catfish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river, rumored to swim up male urethras.
- 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.
- CANOEA small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either
- CANTAn argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
- CANTABILEA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
- 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.
- CANTILEVERA beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
- CANTINAA drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
- CANTOOne of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
- CANTONA division of a political unit. One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation. An administrative division within a department in France, often being a subdivision of an arro
- CANYONA valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
- CAPAA Spanish cloak.
- CAPARISONThe often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
- CAPITANCaptain (in Spanish-speaking contexts).
- CAPITANOA head man.
- CAPOA movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- CAPOEIRAA martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
- 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.
- CAPPELLETTIA circular form of ravioli.
- 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.
- CAPSIZETo overturn.
- CAPTAINRYPower or command over a district; chieftainship.
- CAPTIVEOne who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- CARABINETo attach via carabiner.
- CARAMBAExclamation of surprise or dismay.; gosh!, darn!
- CARBINEA rifle with a short barrel.
- CARBONADEa stew of meat cooked in beer
- CARBONATEAny salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- CAREEROne’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- CARIBEpiranha fish
- 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.
- CARKTo be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
- CARMAGNOLEA popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
- CARNETA ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
- CAROLA round dance accompanied by singing.
- 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.
- CARPETA fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- CARTESA penis.
- CARTILAGINOUSComprising soft cartilage rather than bone. Related to or resembling cartilage. Having a skeleton of cartilage.
- CARTONAn inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
- CASAhouse
- 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.
- CASHIERTo dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.
- CASITAA small, attached but self-contained house or apartment.
- CASKA large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
- 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.
- CATERTo provide, particularly: To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
- CAUSERIEAn informal conversation, or casual short written article, especially on a serious topic.
- CAUTELOUSSkillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
- CAVALRYThe military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- CAVILTo criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- CAYUSEA small Indian horse or pony.
- CEDILLAA diacritical mark ⟨¸⟩ placed beneath a letter to modify its pronunciation, used in the orthographies of many languages, such as under c in Catalan, French and Portuguese to indica
- CEIBAAny tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
- CEILINGThe overhead closure of a room.
- 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.
- CELLOA large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
- CENOTEA deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Mexico and Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath, and sometimes used by th
- CENSERAn ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies.
- CENTAREA measure of area: one hundredth of an are, or one square meter.
- CENTAVOCurrency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
- CENTENARYOf or related to the number one hundred, particularly
- CENTESIMIplural of centesimo (“one hundredth of a lira”)
- 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.