Palabras que empiezan por C — 1957 entradas

Las 1957 palabras del diccionario que empiezan por la letra C, en orden alfabético, cada una con su primera definición. Los acentos no alteran la ordenación —una inicial acentuada se coloca bajo su letra base—, pero la Ñ sí es una letra propia y tiene su propia sección.

• cemetery1 acepciónA place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
• censorship2 acepcionesThe use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or…
• cent6 acepcionesA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
• center28 acepcionesThe point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• Center15 acepcionesA surname.
• central7 acepcionesBeing in the centre.
• Central7 acepcionesA former local government region in central Scotland, created in 1975 mainly from Stirlingshire, abolished in 1996 and divided into 3 council areas:…
• centre1 acepciónAustralia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
• Centre3 acepcionesA former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
• century8 acepcionesA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century,…
• Century1 acepciónA surname.
• CEO2 acepcionesInitialism of chief executive officer. A notional title for a leading partaker in, or advocate of something or someone.
• cereal4 acepcionesA type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
• Cereal2 acepcionesA village in Alberta, Canada.
• cerebral3 acepcionesOf or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
• ceremonial4 acepcionesOf, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.
• ceremony7 acepcionesA ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
• certain12 acepcionesSure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.
• Certain1 acepciónA surname.
• certainly3 acepcionesIn a way which is certain; with certainty.
• certainty3 acepcionesThe state of being certain.
• certificate8 acepcionesA document containing a certified statement.
• certified2 acepcionesHaving met an official standard.
• Cesar1 acepciónA male given name from Spanish.
• Cesare1 acepciónA syllogism having a universal negative as its first premise, a universal affirmative as its second premise, and a universal negative as its…
• cha3 acepcionesTea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai.
• Cha2 acepcionesA surname.
• chad3 acepcionesSmall pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
• Chad5 acepcionesA male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.
• chai5 acepcionesA female Romani.
• Chai1 acepciónA surname.
• chain39 acepcionesA series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
• Chain1 acepciónA surname.
• chained3 acepcionesBound with chains.
• chainsaw3 acepcionesA power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.
• chair12 acepcionesAn item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
• Chair2 acepcionesChairperson.
• chairman4 acepcionesA person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.)
• chalk13 acepcionesA soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
• Chalk2 acepcionesA surname.
• challenge23 acepcionesA confrontation; a dare. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
• challenged2 acepcionesDisabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
• challenger5 acepcionesOne who challenges.
• Challenger2 acepcionesA space shuttle, named after HMS Challenger (1858), destroyed on January 28, 1986 with loss of its seven-member crew.
• challenging2 acepcionesDifficult, hard to do.
• chamber19 acepcionesA room or set of rooms The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
• Chamber1 acepciónA surname.
• chamberlain3 acepcionesA senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in…
• Chamberlain6 acepcionesA surname.
• chambers5 acepcionesChiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
• Chambers5 acepcionesA surname.
• chameleon4 acepcionesA small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
• champ9 acepcionesBuddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)
• Champ1 acepciónA large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Champlain, located on the shared borders of the American…
• champagne9 acepcionesA sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
• Champagne2 acepcionesA cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region.
• champion10 acepcionesAn ongoing winner in a game or contest.
• Champion9 acepcionesA surname.
• championship3 acepcionesA competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
• Championship2 acepcionesthe EFL Championship (the second-highest division of English football)
• chan4 acepcionesAn IRC channel.
• Chan4 acepcionesA Chinese surname from Cantonese.
• chance13 acepcionesAn opportunity or possibility.
• Chance7 acepcionesAn unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.
• chancellor7 acepcionesA senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
• Chancellor6 acepcionesAn honorific for the head of state in various German-speaking states.
• chandelier5 acepcionesA branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
• Chandi1 acepciónA fierce form of the goddess Durga or Shakti
• chandler3 acepcionesA person who makes or sells candles.
• Chandler22 acepcionesAn English surname originating as an occupation for a chandler (“maker or seller of candles”).
• Chandra1 acepciónA unisex given name from Sanskrit.
• Chanel4 acepcionesA surname from French.
• chang1 acepciónA traditional harp of central and southwest Asia
• Chang7 acepcionesA surname from Mandarin.
• change19 acepcionesTo become something different.
• changed1 acepciónHaving undergone a change.
• changing1 acepciónChange; alteration.
• channel27 acepcionesThe hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
• Channel1 acepciónA former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• channels1 acepciónFormal lines of command and procedure.
• Channing5 acepcionesA surname.
• chant9 acepcionesTo sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
• Chant1 acepciónA surname from French.
• chanting1 acepciónSinging, especially as a chant is sung.
• Chao2 acepcionesA surname from Chinese.
• chaos6 acepcionesThe unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
• Chaos3 acepcionesIn Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.
• chaotic5 acepcionesFilled with chaos.
• chap11 acepcionesA man, a fellow.
• Chap1 acepciónA surname from Khmer.
• chapel10 acepcionesA place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
• Chapel1 acepciónA surname.
• chaperone5 acepcionesAn older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
• chaplain2 acepcionesA member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution,…
• Chaplain1 acepciónA surname.
• chaplin1 acepciónAny of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.
• Chaplin7 acepcionesA surname originating as an occupation.
• chapman2 acepcionesA dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
• Chapman16 acepcionesAn English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.
• chaps2 acepcionesProtective leather leggings attached at the waist.
• chapter16 acepcionesOne of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
• char15 acepcionesTo burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
• Char3 acepcionesA nickname for Charlotte
• character16 acepcionesA being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
• characteristic6 acepcionesIndicating a distinguishing feature of a person or thing; typical.
• charade6 acepcionesA single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
• charcoal8 acepcionesimpure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
• charge43 acepcionesThe amount of money levied for a service.
• charged4 acepcionesArousing strong emotion.
• charger8 acepcionesA device that charges or recharges.
• Charger1 acepciónA member of the Los Angeles Chargers.
• charging2 acepcionesAn act or process of charging (as of a battery).
• chariot5 acepcionesA two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
• charisma3 acepcionesA gift or power of leadership or authority.
• Charisma1 acepciónA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• charismatic3 acepcionesOf, related to, or having charisma: having a form of compelling charm which inspires devotion in others due to their strength of character and being…
• Charismatic1 acepciónA member of the Charismatic Movement.
• charitable3 acepcionesPertaining to charity.
• charity6 acepcionesAn organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
• Charity2 acepcionesA female given name from English.
• Charlene1 acepciónA female given name from the Germanic languages; most used in the U.S. in the 1940s.
• Charles5 acepcionesA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• charleston1 acepciónTo dance the Charleston.
• Charleston19 acepcionesA number of places in the United States: A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
• Charley2 acepcionesA unisex given name. Alternative form of Charlie. A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
• Charlie11 acepcionesA unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Charles; also used as a formal given name.
• charlotte1 acepciónA dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit, and cream or custard.
• Charlotte8 acepcionesA female given name from French.
• Charly2 acepcionesA unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Charles, variant of Charlie.
• charm14 acepcionesAn object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
• charmed4 acepcionesUnder a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
• charmer3 acepcionesA charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.
• charming4 acepcionesPleasant, charismatic.
• chart15 acepcionesA map. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
• charter11 acepcionesA document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
• Charter1 acepciónA surname.
• chase30 acepcionesThe act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
• Chase12 acepcionesA surname transferred from the nickname from a Middle English nickname for a hunter.
• chased2 acepcionesPursued.
• chaser18 acepcionesSomething or someone who chases.
• chasing1 acepciónEngraved or embossed decoration.
• chastity1 acepciónThe quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
• Chastity1 acepciónA female given name from English from the virtue chastity.
• chat16 acepcionesTo be engaged in informal conversation.
• Chat1 acepciónChatGPT.
• chatter14 acepcionesTalk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
• chattering3 acepcionesThat chatters
• chatting1 acepciónTalk; chatter.
• chatty4 acepcionesOf a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
• chauffeur4 acepcionesA person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
• Chauffeur1 acepciónA brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.
• Chavez2 acepcionesA surname from Spanish.
• Chaz2 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given name Charles.
• che2 acepcionesThe letter Ч, ч.
• cheap17 acepcionesLow or reduced in price.
• cheat11 acepcionesTo violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
• cheated2 acepcionesHaving been tricked or deceived.
• cheater5 acepcionesSomeone who cheats; something that cheats.
• cheating4 acepcionesAn act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
• check41 acepcionesAn inspection or examination.
• Check1 acepciónA surname.
• checked7 acepcionesMarked with a check mark.
• checkers1 acepciónA game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping…
• checking4 acepcionesThe act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
• checkmate6 acepcionesWord called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
• checkpoint5 acepcionesA point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
• Checkpoint1 acepciónA sub-sitio in the sitio of Hilltop, barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.
• checkup2 acepcionesA routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
• cheddar3 acepcionesA cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
• Cheddar3 acepcionesA large village and civil parish, previously in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England, famous for its cheese, and also for its gorge, caves and…
• cheek12 acepcionesThe soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
• Cheek3 acepcionesA pre-Norman surname.
• cheeks3 acepcionesAss; sex.
• cheeky4 acepcionesImpudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
• cheer12 acepcionesA cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
• cheerful2 acepcionesNoticeably happy and optimistic.
• cheering1 acepciónA cheer.
• cheerio3 acepcionesGoodbye, an interjection said upon parting.
• Cheerio1 acepciónAn individual piece of the Cheerios breakfast cereal.
• cheerleader2 acepcionesA person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the…
• cheerleading2 acepcionesA physical activity and sport in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.
• cheers4 acepcionesTo say "cheers" as a toast (to someone).
• cheese26 acepcionesA dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
• Cheese1 acepciónA surname.
• cheeseburger3 acepcionesA hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
• cheesecake3 acepcionesA pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
• cheesy6 acepcionesOf or relating to cheese.
• cheetah1 acepciónA distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller…
• chef8 acepcionesThe presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
• Chelsea10 acepcionesAn urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2778).
• chemical6 acepcionesOf or relating to chemistry.
• chemicals1 acepciónThe chemical industry.
• chemist4 acepcionesA person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
• chemistry5 acepcionesThe branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of…
• chemo1 acepciónTo treat with chemotherapy.
• chemotherapy2 acepcionesAny chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
• Chen2 acepcionesA Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.
• Cheng6 acepcionesA Chinese surname from Mandarin.
• Chennai2 acepcionesThe capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Madras.
• cheque2 acepcionesA written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.