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- CLAIRVOYANTOf, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- CLAMOROUSOf or pertaining to clamor. Of great intensity.
- CLAQUEA group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
- CLAQUEURA member of the claque employed to applaud during a theatre performance.
- CLARAINA form of coal having stratifications parallel to the bedding plane.
- CLARINETA woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
- CLARINOA reed stop in an organ.
- CLAVESA percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.
- CLAVIFORMLarger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped.
- CLIQUEA small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic such as lifestyle or social status, or common purpose; specifically one formed for disreputable p
- CLOISONA partition, dividing fillet or band.
- CLOISTEREROne belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
- CLOQUEA fabric with an embossed design
- CLOTUREIn legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For
- CLOUSomething which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of interest.
- COATIAny of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.
- COATIMUNDISynonym of coati (Can we verify this sense?) A ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua), a South American carnivore.
- COBIAA perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
- COBZAA lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania.
- COCOCoconut palm.
- COCOTTEsmall casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven
- CODETTAA brief coda, or a brief segment between the themes of a fugue.
- COFFRETA small box or chest; casket.
- COGITATIVEOf, pertaining to, inclined to or capable of cogitation.
- COHORTA group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- COHUNEA palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
- COIFFEUSEA female hairdresser
- COIFFUREHairstyle.
- COINAGEThe process of coining money.
- COINERA person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
- COISTRELAlternative form of custrel.
- COJONESSynonym of balls (“testicles; courage, masculinity”).
- COLEOPTILEA pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.
- COLICSevere pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
- COLINThe American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
- COLLETA band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually
- COLORANTAlternative spelling of colourant.
- COLPORTAGEThe distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature.
- COMBEA valley, often wooded and often with no river
- COMBLEA band along the top part of the shield, half the height of the chief.
- COMFORTABLEProviding physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
- COMIQUEA comic actor or singer.
- COMITADJIA member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.
- COMPADREA friend or companion.
- COMPENSABLEAble to be compensated.
- COMPENSATORYIntended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury.
- COMPLOTA plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
- COMPLYTo yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
- COMPOTEA dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
- COMPOUNDAn enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- COMTEA French count.
- CONCAVITYThe state of being concave
- CONCHESynonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
- CONCHOA silver ornament either stamped with a design or inlaid with a stone.
- CONCOURSA competitive examination, especially in medicine.
- CONDOMA flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way t
- CONEA surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- CONFETTISmall pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc.) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory cele
- CONFISEURA French confectioner.
- CONFITUREa preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
- CONFORMITYThe state of things being similar or identical.
- CONGEALTo change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
- CONGRUITYThe quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
- CONQUESTAn act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
- CONQUISTADORA conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated th
- CONSOLEA stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
- CONSULATERule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
- CONTADINAAn Italian peasant woman.
- CONTEAn Italian count.
- CONTOIn Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
- CONTOURAn outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
- CONTRAPOSETo place in contraposition.
- CONTRETEMPSAn unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
- CONTRIVETo invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
- CONVERSOA Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
- COPAIBAAny of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera
- COPETo deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
- COPITAA sherry glass with a tapering bowl.
- COPROLALIAThe uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
- COQUETA flirtatious female; a coquette.
- COQUETRYCoquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
- COQUITOA traditional Puerto Rican alcoholic eggnog made with coconut.
- CORANTOAny of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
- CORBEAUThe black vulture, Coragyps atratus.
- CORBEILLEA decorative basket.
- CORDAGECord (of any type) when viewed as a mass or commodity.
- CORDONA ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
- CORDUROYA heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
- CORDWAINA kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
- CORKThe dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
- CORNEMUSEA French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes.
- CORNICHEA road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
- CORONISA device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
- CORRALAn enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
- CORRELATIONA reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
- CORRIGIBLEAble to be corrected or set right.
- CORSAGEA small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
- CORSELETArmor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together.
- CORSETA woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- CORTEGEA ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.