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.

• Count1 senseA surname.
• countdown4 sensesA count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
• counter28 sensesOne who counts.
• Counter1 senseA surname.
• counterfeit11 sensesFalse, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
• countess2 sensesThe wife of a count or earl.
• counting2 sensesA count.
• countless3 sensesA huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
• country11 sensesThe territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
• countryside3 sensesAn area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
• counts1 senseTo be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
• county5 sensesAn administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,…
• coup10 sensesA quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
• couple14 sensesTwo of the same kind connected or considered together.
• coupon8 sensesA section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of…
• courage4 sensesThe quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
• courageous2 sensesOf a person, displaying or possessing courage.
• courier6 sensesA person who delivers messages.
• Courier2 sensesA monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a typewriter.
• course29 sensesA sequence of events.
• courses1 senseMenses.
• court24 sensesAn 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…
• Court3 sensesA surname from Middle English for someone who worked or lived in a court.
• courtesy8 sensesPolite behavior.
• courthouse2 sensesA public building housing courts of law.
• courting1 sensecourtship; amorous advances
• Courtney6 sensesA surname from Old French.
• courtroom1 senseThe room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.
• Courts1 senseA surname.
• courtship6 sensesThe act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's…
• courtyard1 senseAn area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
• cousin14 sensesChiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended…
• Cousin2 sensesA surname from Middle English.
• cousins1 senseThe American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
• Cousins1 senseA surname from Middle English.
• cove12 sensesA hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
• Cove13 sensesA number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona.
• coven5 sensesA nunnery, a convent.
• Coven1 senseA village in Brewood and Coven parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9006).
• covenant8 sensesAn agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
• cover49 sensesA lid.
• Cover2 sensesA surname.
• cover-up2 sensesAn attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.
• coverage6 sensesAn amount by which something or someone is covered.
• covered4 sensesOverlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
• covering4 sensesThat which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
• covers2 sensesThe bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.
• covert8 sensesSecret, surreptitious, concealed.
• Covert1 senseA surname.
• cow12 sensesAn adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
• Cow1 senseA surname
• coward4 sensesA person who lacks courage.
• Coward1 senseA surname originating as an occupation.
• cowardice1 senseLack of courage.
• cowardly2 sensesShowing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
• cowboy6 sensesA man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
• cowboys1 senseA pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
• Cowboys3 sensesA professional football team located in Dallas, Texas.
• cowl14 sensesA monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
• cox2 sensesA coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
• Cox5 sensesAn English surname from Middle English for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.
• coy10 sensesReluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
• Coy2 sensesA surname.
• coyote3 sensesCanis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
• Coyote2 sensesAn island of El Salvador.
• coz1 sensecousin (usually as a term of address)
• crab35 sensesAny crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
• Crab2 sensesA unit for measuring the intensity of astrophysical X-ray sources, defined as the intensity of the Crab Nebula at the corresponding X-ray photon…
• crabs2 sensesPubic lice.
• Crabtree9 sensesA suburb of the City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5156).
• crack56 sensesTo form cracks.
• Crack1 senseA surname
• cracked8 sensesBroken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
• cracker14 sensesA dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
• crackers3 sensesA kind of noisy leather pants or trousers.
• cracking7 sensesThe thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
• crackles1 senserales
• crackling7 sensesFat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
• cradle24 sensesA bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
• craft19 sensesIntellectual power; skill; art. Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing…
• Craft1 senseA surname.
• Crafts1 senseA surname.
• crafty4 sensesSkillful at deceiving others.
• craig1 senseA rocky crag.
• Craig15 sensesA surname.
• cram13 sensesTo press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
• Cram1 senseA surname.
• cramp12 sensesA painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
• Cramp1 senseA surname.
• cramped4 sensesUncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
• cramps1 senseA cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.
• cranberry5 sensesA shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
• Cranberry5 sensesA community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
• crane10 sensesAny bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
• Crane10 sensesA surname.
• crank27 sensesHard; difficult.
• Crank2 sensesA surname.
• cranky6 sensesNot in good working condition; defective, faulty.
• crap11 sensesSomething worthless or of poor quality; junk.
• crappy3 sensesOf very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
• craps2 sensesA game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
• crash23 sensesA sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
• crashing2 sensesThe sound or action of something that crashes.
• crate5 sensesA large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
• crater8 sensesA hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
• Crater1 senseA dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.
• crave4 sensesTo desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
• craving1 senseA strong desire; yearning.
• Crawford18 sensesAn English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from several different place names.
• crawl17 sensesTo move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby.
• Crawley7 sensesA place in England: A large town and borough in West Sussex.
• crawling1 senseThe motion of something that crawls.
• crazed3 sensesMaddened; driven insane.
• craziness3 sensesThe state of being crazy; madness; derangement
• crazy10 sensesOf unsound mind; insane; demented.
• creak4 sensesThe sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
• Creak1 senseA surname.
• creaking1 senseA noise that creaks.
• cream23 sensesThe butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
• creamy7 sensesContaining cream.
• create9 sensesTo bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
• created1 senseBrought into existence by making.
• creating1 sensecreation
• creation3 sensesSomething created such as an invention or artwork.
• creative7 sensesTending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
• creativity1 senseThe ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.
• Creativity1 senseA nontheistic religion based on religious naturalism and white racialism.
• creator3 sensesSomething or someone which creates or makes something.
• Creator1 senseA god who created the Universe; God.
• creature5 sensesA living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
• credentials2 sensesDocumentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
• credibility2 sensesA reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
• credible3 sensesBelievable or plausible.
• credit18 sensesTo believe; to put credence in.
• Credit1 senseA surname.
• creed5 sensesThat which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions…
• Creed3 sensesA surname from Old English.
• creek4 sensesA small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.
• Creek5 sensesOne of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States, also known as the Muscogee.
• creep20 sensesTo move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
• creeping1 senseThe act of something that creeps.
• creeps2 sensesA sensation that objects are crawling on one's skin.
• creepy5 sensesMoving by creeping along.
• cremation1 senseA burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
• crescent12 sensesThe figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
• Crescent13 sensesA number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in McIntosh County, Georgia.
• crest16 sensesThe summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
• Crest2 sensesA census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
• crew20 sensesA group of people together A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship,…
• Crew4 sensesA habitational surname from Welsh.
• Crews1 senseA surname.
• crib34 sensesA baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
• Crichton6 sensesA placename: A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619).
• cricket10 sensesAn insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind…
• crickets2 sensesUsed alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence where meaningful sound is expected; lack of response; no communication.
• crime7 sensesA specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
• CRIME1 senseA particular security exploit against secret Web cookies over connections using the HTTPS and SPDY protocols that also use data compression. It…
• crimes1 senseChrist; crikey.
• criminal5 sensesAgainst the law; forbidden by law.
• crimson5 sensesA deep, slightly bluish red.
• cripple11 sensesA person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
• crippled2 sensesHaving a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
• crisis6 sensesA crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
• crisp31 sensesSenses relating to brittleness. Having a consistency which is hard yet brittle, and in a condition to break with a sharp fracture; crumbly, friable,…
• Crisp4 sensesA surname.
• crispy3 sensesHaving a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
• Cristina3 sensesA barangay of Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines.
• criteria2 sensesA single criterion.
• critic5 sensesA person who appraises the works of others.
• critical14 sensesInclined to find fault or criticize.
• criticism2 sensesThe act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed.
• criticize2 sensesTo find fault (with something).
• croak10 sensesA faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
• Croak1 senseA surname from Irish.
• crock14 sensesA stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
• Crock1 senseA surname.
• crocker1 senseA potter.
• Crocker1 senseA surname originating as an occupation.
• Crockett7 sensesA surname.
• crocodile5 sensesAny of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also…
• croft6 sensesAn enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular,…
• Croft6 sensesA surname from Middle English, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft.
• Cromwell14 sensesAn English habitational surname from Old English from any of several placenames.
• crook17 sensesA bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
• Crook5 sensesA town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1635).
• crooked4 sensesNot straight; having one or more bends or angles.
• Crooks3 sensesA surname.
• crop24 sensesA plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
• crore1 senseten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,000.
• Crosby17 sensesA locale in England: A village in Crosscanonby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0738).
• cross50 sensesA geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
• Cross14 sensesThe cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
• crossbow2 sensesA mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
• crossed5 sensesMarked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation.
• crossing12 sensesCross-breeding.
• Crossing6 sensesA barangay of Uson, Masbate, Philippines.
• crossroads4 sensesA place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
• crossword4 sensesA word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
• crotch12 sensesThe ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
• crow15 sensesA bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.