Words starting with C — 1,957 entries

The 1,957 dictionary words that begin with the letter C, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• Cocoa3 sensesan object-oriented programming API for macOS
• coconut11 sensesA fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
• cocoon4 sensesThe silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
• cod16 sensesAny of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus…
• code19 sensesA short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
• Code1 senseA surname.
• coded3 sensesEncoded; written in code or cipher.
• Codes1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Cody.
• Cody9 sensesA surname from Irish anglicized from Ó Cuidighthigh (“descendant of Cuidightheach (“helpful”)”).
• coffee11 sensesA beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
• Coffee1 senseA surname.
• coffin10 sensesA closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
• Coffin1 senseA surname.
• cognac2 sensesA brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.
• Cognac1 senseA city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.
• cognitive4 sensesRelating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
• cohen1 senseA Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
• Cohen2 sensesA surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.
• coil12 sensesSomething wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• Coil1 senseA surname.
• coin11 sensesA piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
• Coin4 sensesA city in Iowa, United States.
• coincidence4 sensesThe property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
• coke5 sensesSolid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
• Coke4 sensesCola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
• cola3 sensesThe kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
• Cola1 senseColumbia, South Carolina
• COLA1 sensecomp.os.linux.advocacy (a Usenet newsgroup promoting the Linux operating system)
• Colby10 sensesA placename: A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6620).
• cold29 sensesHaving a low temperature.
• cold-blooded4 sensesHaving an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
• cole3 sensesCabbage.
• Cole11 sensesA male given name.
• Coleman17 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Colman.
• Colette1 senseA female given name from French.
• colin1 senseThe American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
• Colin2 sensesA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• collaborate2 sensesTo work together with others to achieve a common goal.
• collaboration3 sensesThe act of collaborating.
• collapse10 sensesTo break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
• collar31 sensesClothes that encircle the neck. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a…
• Collar1 senseA surname.
• collateral16 sensesParallel, in the same vein, side by side.
• colleague2 sensesA fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
• collect12 sensesTo gather together; amass.
• collected2 sensesGathered together.
• collecting1 senseA hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the…
• collection10 sensesA set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
• collections2 sensesA state being beyond merely past due.
• collective10 sensesFormed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
• collector7 sensesA person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
• Collector1 senseA locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, Upper Lachlan council area and the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales,…
• colleen2 sensesA girl.
• Colleen1 senseA female given name from English or Irish.
• college14 sensesAn academic institution. A specialized division of a university.
• College3 sensesA census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
• collide4 sensesTo impact directly, especially if violent.
• collier5 sensesA person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel). A person who produces (e.g., digs,…
• Collier3 sensesA surname originating as an occupation.
• collins1 senseAny of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.
• Collins13 sensesAn English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.
• collision2 sensesAn instance of colliding.
• cologne4 sensesA type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
• Cologne2 sensesThe largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
• Colombia1 senseA country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.
• Colombian3 sensesA native or inhabitant of Colombia.
• colon7 sensesThe punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
• Colon1 senseA surname.
• colonel6 sensesA commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in…
• Colonel1 senseThe military officer title.
• colonial9 sensesOf or pertaining to a colony.
• colony8 sensesA geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
• Colony8 sensesA place in the United States: A town in Cullman County, Arkansas.
• color34 sensesThe spectral composition of visible light.
• colorado2 sensesA cigar of medium color and strength.
• Colorado15 sensesPlaces in North America: A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in…
• colored10 sensesHaving a color.
• colorful3 sensesPossessing prominent and varied colors.
• coloring7 sensesThat colors something.
• colossal2 sensesExtremely large or on a great scale.
• colour3 sensesCommonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
• coloured1 senseBritish standard spelling of colored.
• colourful1 senseBritish standard spelling of colorful.
• colours1 senseFlag denoting the nationality of a vessel, flown from the stern.
• colt12 sensesA young male horse.
• Colt5 sensesA surname originating as an occupation.
• Colton17 sensesA placename: A number of places in England: A civil parish and small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland…
• Columbia36 sensesAmerica; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
• Columbo1 senseA surname from Italian.
• Columbus26 sensesA male given name from Latin.
• column9 sensesA solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
• columns1 sensepattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.
• com1 senseA player in a video game which is controlled by the computer rather than a human.
• coma4 sensesA state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
• comb25 sensesA toothed implement: A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
• combat4 sensesA battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
• combination10 sensesThe act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
• combinations1 senseA one-piece form of underwear, being a combination of a vest or chemise and underpants.
• combine9 sensesTo bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
• Combine1 senseLondon Underground
• combined1 senseResulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together.
• combing2 sensesThe act by which something is combed.
• combo10 sensesA small musical group.
• Combo1 senseA locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
• come31 sensesTo move nearer to the point of perspective.
• comeback3 sensesA return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.
• comedian4 sensesAn entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
• comedy8 sensesa light, amusing play with a happy ending
• comes1 senseThe answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
• comet3 sensesA small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close…
• Comet2 sensesThe fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.
• comfort7 sensesContentment, ease.
• Comfort7 sensesA surname.
• comfortable8 sensesProviding physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
• comfortably2 sensesIn a comfortable manner.
• comforting2 sensesGiving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.
• comfy1 senseComfortable.
• comic7 sensesPertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• comics1 sensethe medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
• coming5 sensesUsed to express that one is on the way.
• comm1 senseSynonym of commlink.
• comma8 sensesThe punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
• command18 sensesAn order to do something.
• commandant3 sensesA commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
• Commandant1 senseTitle for the officer in charge of a commando or district.
• commander9 sensesOne who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
• Commander1 senseA surname.
• commanding4 sensesTending to give commands, authoritarian.
• commandment4 sensesA divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
• Commandment1 senseAny of the Ten Commandments.
• commando3 sensesA small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
• commence5 sensesTo begin, start.
• commend8 sensesTo congratulate or reward.
• comment9 sensesA spoken or written remark.
• commentary3 sensesA series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
• commentator6 sensesA person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.
• commerce6 sensesThe exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities;…
• Commerce1 senseA city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
• commercial7 sensesAn advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.
• commie5 sensesA communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
• Commie3 sensesA Communist.
• commission12 sensesA sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
• commissioned2 sensesHolding a commission; officially appointed.
• commissioner4 sensesOne who commissions something.
• commit15 sensesTo give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
• commitment9 sensesThe act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
• committed4 sensesObligated or locked in (often by a pledge) to some course of action.
• committee2 sensesA body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
• committing1 senseThe act by which something is committed.
• commodity7 sensesAnything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
• commodore7 sensesA naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
• Commodore2 sensesA surname.
• common22 sensesMutual; shared by more than one.
• Common2 sensesA surname.
• commonly2 sensesAs a rule; frequently; usually.
• commons8 sensesA public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
• Commons2 sensesThe House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.
• commonwealth3 sensesThe entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
• Commonwealth10 sensesThe Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire.
• commotion3 sensesA state of turbulent motion.
• communal3 sensesPertaining to a community or a commune.
• commune8 sensesA small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
• communicate9 sensesTo impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
• communicating1 senseAllowing people to pass directly between two rooms.
• communication10 sensesThe act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
• communications3 sensesTelecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.
• communion4 sensesA joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
• communism6 sensesAny far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through…
• Communism3 sensesThe ideology of political parties that use the term Communist in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist.
• communist3 sensesOf, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
• Communist4 sensesA member of a formally constituted Communist Party.
• community10 sensesA group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
• commute11 sensesTo exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an…
• Como17 sensesA city and comune, the capital of the province of Como, Lombardy.
• compact15 sensesAn agreement or contract.
• companion12 sensesA friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
• companionship4 sensesThe state of having or being a companion.
• company18 sensesA team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.
• compare8 sensesTo assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have…
• comparison7 sensesThe act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
• compartment6 sensesA room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
• compass15 sensesA magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
• compassion3 sensesDeep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
• compassionate4 sensesHaving, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
• compatible4 sensesCapable of working together without conflict.
• compel9 sensesTo overpower; to subdue.
• compelled1 senseDriven; forced.
• compelling4 sensesvery interesting; able to capture and hold one's attention
• compensate4 sensesTo do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
• compensation7 sensesThe act or principle of compensating.
• compete4 sensesTo be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
• competent6 sensesHaving sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
• competing1 senseBeing in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
• competition3 sensesThe action of competing.
• competitive5 sensesOf or pertaining to competition.
• competitor3 sensesA person or organization against whom one is competing.
• complain4 sensesTo express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
• complaining2 sensesThe act by which someone complains; a complaint.
• complaint5 sensesThe act of complaining.
• complete13 sensesTo finish; to make done; to reach the end.