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- CEREMENTA burial shroud or garment.
- CEROA large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.
- CERTIFYTo attest to (a fact) as the truth.
- CESTUIThat person; the person in question.
- CHAISEAn open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
- CHALETAn alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
- CHALUPAA shallop (light boat) from Xochimilco.
- CHAMBRAYA soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
- CHAMFRONProtective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
- CHAMISEAn evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum, in the botanical family Rosaceae
- CHAMISOAn evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
- CHAMPERTOUSHaving the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
- CHANDLERYThe art or trade of candlemaking.
- CHANTAGESynonym of blackmail.
- CHANTAGESSynonym of blackmail.
- CHANTEUSEA female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
- CHANTRYAn endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
- CHAPAREJOSchaps (trousers)
- CHAPARRALA region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
- CHAPEAUA hat.
- CHAPELRYThe district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
- CHAPERONAn adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sex
- CHAPLETA garland or circlet for the head.
- CHAPTALIZETo add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.
- CHARADEA genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
- CHARANGAA traditional ensemble of Cuban dance music
- CHARANGOA small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
- CHARIOTEERA person who drives a chariot.
- CHARITABLEPertaining to charity.
- CHARIVARIThe noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
- CHARLATANA mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; , an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
- CHARMEUSEA fine semi-lustrous crepe in satin weave.
- CHARNELA chapel attached to a mortuary.
- CHARQUIjerky
- CHARTREUSEA yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
- CHASERSomething or someone who chases.
- CHATONCollet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
- CHATOYANTHaving a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
- CHAUFFEURA person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
- CHAUVINISMExcessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
- CHENETfire dog, andiron
- CHENILLEAn extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
- CHEQUIERChequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
- CHEQUYChequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
- CHEROOTA cigar with square-cut ends.
- CHERUBA winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A desc
- CHEVALA support or frame.
- CHEVALETA rack or rest used in woodwork or glassworking.
- CHEVELUREThe nebulous part of a comet or star.
- CHEVENA river fish, the chub.
- CHEVETSynonym of apse chapel.
- CHEVINA chub .
- CHEZAt the home of.
- CHICAA Latin-American girl; a Latina.
- CHICHAA fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.
- CHICHIAffectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
- CHICOA Latin-American boy; a Latino.
- CHICONAn edible chicory bud.
- CHIFFONADEA culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
- CHIFFONIERA tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
- CHILEAlternative spelling of chili.
- CHIMEREThe upper robe worn by some bishops of the Anglican communion, usually without sleeves.
- CHIMPANZEEPan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
- CHINOA coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
- CHIPOLATAA type of sausage from Europe, typically of seasoned coarsely ground pork.
- CHIVALROUSHonourable, especially to women; gallant.
- CHOCHOA chayote.
- CHOLAA female cholo (Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics).
- CHOLESTEROLA sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lip
- CHOLLAAny of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
- CHOLOA Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.
- CHOPINA liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
- CHOPINEA bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
- CHORDA harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
- CHOREEa choreus, trochee (a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short)
- CHORISTA singer in a choir; a chorister.
- CHORIZOA spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.
- CHOUChoux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
- CHOUCROUTEsauerkraut
- CHROMEChromium, when used to plate other metals.
- CHROMINGSChromium, when used to plate other metals.
- CHUTEA framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- CHYLOUSConsisting of, or similar to, chyle.
- CHYPREAny of a family of fragrances built on a base consisting of bergamot, oakmoss and labdanum.
- CIGARA cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
- CIGARETTEA small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
- CIGARILLOA thin cigar, differing from a cigarette in being wrapped with tobacco leaves rather than paper.
- CIGUATERAA foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.
- 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.
- CINEASTAn enthusiast of film and the cinema.
- CINEMATOGRAPHA camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.
- CINEPHILEAn enthusiast of films and the cinema.
- CINQUEA card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
- CINQUEFOILA potentilla (flower).
- CIPOLINA white-green wavy-banded form of marble, used in buildings in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It consists of coloured veins of epidote and chlorite.
- CIRCLETA small circle.
- CISCOAny North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
- CIVILIANA person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
- CLAFOUTISA French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter.