Parole che iniziano con C — 1957 voci

Le 1957 parole del dizionario che iniziano con la lettera C, in ordine alfabetico, ciascuna con la sua prima definizione. Gli accenti non alterano l'ordinamento: un'iniziale accentata sta sotto la sua lettera di base.

• Cher3 significatiA department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Bourges.
• Cherie1 significatoA female given name originating as a coinage.
• cherish3 significatiTo treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
• Cherish1 significatoA female given name.
• cherished1 significatohighly valued, having a high personal value.
• Cherokee18 significatiA member of an indigenous North American people.
• cherries1 significatoA rail-gap indicator.
• cherry17 significatiA small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
• Cherry9 significatiA female given name from English, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.
• Cheryl1 significatoA female given name originating as a coinage.
• chess3 significatiA board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to…
• Chess2 significatiA surname.
• chest13 significatiA box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
• Chest1 significatoUniversity of Chester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
• Chester37 significatiA placename. A city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England.
• chestnut8 significatiAn edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word),…
• Chestnut1 significatoA surname.
• Chet2 significatiA diminutive of the male given name Chester.
• Cheung1 significatoA surname from Cantonese.
• chevy7 significatiA hunt or pursuit; a chase.
• Chevy2 significatiA vehicle of this make.
• chew11 significatiTo crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is…
• Chew2 significatiA surname.
• chewed1 significatoThat has been chewed; masticated.
• chewing3 significatiThe act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
• Cheyenne6 significatiA member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.
• chi6 significatiThe twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.
• Chi6 significatiA Chinese surname.
• Chiang3 significatiA surname from Mandarin; variant form Jiang.
• chic4 significatiElegant, stylish.
• Chic1 significatoA diminutive of the male given name Charles.
• Chicago1 significatoA large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
• chick9 significatiA young bird.
• Chick1 significatoA surname.
• chicken13 significatiA domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
• Chicken1 significatoA census-designated place in Alaska.
• chico3 significatiA Latin-American boy; a Latino.
• Chico4 significatiA city in Butte County, California, United States.
• chief9 significatiThe leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
• Chief1 significatoA township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States.
• child11 significatiA person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
• Child1 significatoA surname.
• childbirth1 significatoThe fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens.
• childhood3 significatiThe state of being a child.
• childish2 significatiImmature in thought or behaviour.
• Children1 significatoA surname.
• Chile1 significatoA country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.
• chili5 significatiThe pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
• Chili1 significatoA town in New York, United States.
• chill24 significatiA moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
• Chill1 significatoA surname.
• chilled2 significatiCooled.
• chilling4 significatiBecoming cold.
• chills2 significatiA biological response to being tickled; being cold; or experiencing fear, euphoria or sexual arousal in which the person forms goose bumps.
• chilly3 significatiCold enough to cause discomfort.
• chime10 significatiA musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to…
• chiming1 significatoAn instance of chiming; a sound that chimes.
• chimney7 significatiA vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning…
• chimp3 significatiA black person.
• chin16 significatiThe bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
• Chin5 significatiA hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
• china10 significatiSynonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine…
• China16 significatiA cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its…
• chinaman4 significatiA spin bowler who uses such an action.
• Chinaman3 significatiA sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade.
• Chinatown23 significatiA district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
• Chinese11 significatiOf, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
• ching10 significatiA pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
• Ching2 significatiA surname from Cantonese.
• chino1 significatoA coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
• Chino2 significatiA surname.
• chip37 significatiA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
• Chip2 significatiA diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
• CHiP1 significatoAn officer of the California Highway Patrol.
• chipped3 significatiHaving one or more chips (small pieces) missing.
• chips2 significatiA carpenter.
• Chips1 significatoTraditional nickname for someone whose surname is Carpenter.
• chirp8 significatiA short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
• chirping1 significatoThe act, or an instance of, chirping.
• chittering1 significatoThe sound of a chitter.
• Chiu3 significatiA surname from Cantonese.
• chivalry6 significatiThe ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour,…
• Chloe1 significatoA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• chlorine3 significatiA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
• Cho2 significatiA surname from Korean.
• chocolate12 significatiA food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
• Choi2 significatiA surname from Chinese.
• choice10 significatiAn option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
• Choice1 significatoA surname.
• choir6 significatiA group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
• Choir1 significatoA city in Govisümber, Mongolia.
• choke22 significatiTo be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles…
• choked2 significatiHaving been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.
• choking4 significatiThe process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
• cholera1 significatoAny of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion…
• cholesterol2 significatiA 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…
• Chong1 significatoA surname.
• choo1 significatoThe sound of a locomotive whistle.
• Choo1 significatoA surname.
• choose7 significatiTo pick; to make the choice of; to select.
• choosing1 significatoThe act of making a choice.
• chop42 significatiA cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
• Chop3 significatiA city, the administrative center of Chop urban hromada, Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1281. An urban hromada of…
• CHOP1 significatoa chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin (also called doxorubicin or…
• chopin1 significatoA liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
• Chopin2 significatiA surname from French.
• chopped6 significatiCut or diced into small pieces.
• chopper14 significatiSomething that chops A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
• Chopper1 significatoA British Rail Class 20 locomotive.
• choppers3 significatiTeeth.
• chopping3 significatiThe action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.
• chops6 significatiJaws, lips, mouth.
• chopsticks1 significatoA hand game in which players hold up a number of fingers on each hand and try, through certain moves, to eliminate their opponent's hands.
• Chopsticks1 significatoA simple waltz, written in 1877 by Arthur de Lulli, that serves as a two-finger exercise for beginner piano players.
• chord13 significatiA harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
• choreography7 significatiThe art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
• chorus25 significatiA group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the…
• Chorus2 significatiA group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
• chose1 significatoA thing; personal property.
• chosen2 significatipicked; selected
• Chosen1 significatoA former colony of Japan in East Asia; Korea under Japanese rule, from 1910 through 1945.
• chou2 significatiChoux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
• Chou1 significatoA common Chinese surname
• chow9 significatiFood, especially snacks.
• Chow2 significatiA surname from Cantonese.
• Chris2 significatiA diminutive of the male given names Christopher or (less commonly) Christian.
• Chrissy2 significatiA diminutive of the female given names Christine or Christina.
• Christ5 significatiThe anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament.
• Christa1 significatoA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• christening2 significatiThe Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
• Christian12 significatiA believer in Christianity.
• Christianity3 significatiAn Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
• christie1 significatoA high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel.
• Christie3 significatiA diminutive of the female given name Christine and of its variant forms; fairly common as a formal female given name in the 20th century.
• Christina1 significatoA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• Christine5 significatiA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• Christmas15 significatiA festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs…
• Christopher2 significatiA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• Christy3 significatiA diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
• chronic10 significatiOf a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
• chronicle2 significatiA written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
• chu2 significatiThe sound of a kiss.
• Chu6 significatiA surname from Mandarin.
• chubby6 significatiOf a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
• chuck28 significatiMeat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
• Chuck3 significatiA form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
• chuckle7 significatiA quiet laugh.
• chuckling1 significatoAn instance in which someone chuckles
• chug12 significatiA dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
• chum11 significatiTo share rooms with someone; to live together.
• Chum1 significatoA surname.
• chump5 significatiAn incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
• Chun1 significatoA surname.
• Chung2 significatiA common surname from Korean.
• chunk11 significatiA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
• chunky4 significatiHaving chunks.
• church11 significatiA Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
• Church5 significatiA surname.
• Churchill22 significatiAny of several placenames, derived from church and hill. A suburb of the city of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
• chute7 significatiA 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…
• Chute3 significatiA surname.
• ci1 significatoOne of the Classical Chinese poetry forms
• Ci1 significatoA county of Handan, Hebei, China.
• ciao3 significatiHello, hi.
• CID4 significaticaller identification; a feature that identifies the phone number of the caller.
• cider6 significatiAn alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
• cigar2 significatiA cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
• cigarette2 significatiA small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
• cinch9 significatiA simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
• Cincinnati10 significatiThe third largest city in Ohio, United States and the county seat of Hamilton County.
• Cinderella9 significatiA popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.
• Cindy1 significatoA diminutive of the female given name Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.
• cinema6 significatiA movie theatre, a movie house.
• cinematography2 significatiThe art, process, or job of filming movies.
• cinnamon7 significatiA small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
• Cinnamon2 significatiA surname.
• cipher16 significatiA numeric character.
• circle24 significatiA two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
• Circle4 significatiA census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Erroneously thought to be on the Arctic Circle, which is 50 miles…
• circled3 significatiMarked with a surrounding circle or ellipse; ringed.
• circling3 significatiA circular motion.
• circuit20 significatiThe act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
• circular12 significatiOf or relating to a circle.
• circulation6 significatiThe act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
• circumstance5 significatiSomething which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
• circumstantial6 significatiPertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
• circus9 significatiA traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular…
• cisco1 significatoAny North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
• Cisco1 significatoCisco Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.
• citadel4 significatiA strong fortress that sits high above a city.
• citizen8 significatiA resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
• Citizen2 significatiA personal Title denoting citizenship, implicitly of the nation in which it is spoken
• citizenship1 significatoThe state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
• city4 significatiA large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
• City5 significatiManchester City Football Club, an English football club.
• civic2 significatiOf, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
• Civic1 significatoA central business district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• civil5 significatiHaving to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
• Civil1 significatoA surname.
• civilian7 significatiA person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.