English words: C

1959 words under C; 801–900 on this page.

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• closer adjective (comparative of close: close, closer, closest)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Nearer in distance: «Come closer».
• closest adjective (close, closer, closest); adverb (closest)
  Closest means the nearest of all.
• closet noun (closet, closets)
  A closet is a small private room, used for rest, prayer or quiet work.
• closure noun (a closure, closures; closure, uncountable)
  The closing of a place or business, for a time or for ever (the closure of the road).
• clot noun (a clot, clots); verb (clot, clots, clotted, clotting)
  A clot is a thick, sticky lump that forms in a liquid, especially in blood.
• cloth noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Cloth is material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, towels and curtains.
• clothe verb (clothe, clothes, clothed, clothing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To clothe someone is to put clothes on them, or give them clothes to wear.
• clothesline noun (a clothesline, clotheslines); verb (sport/slang)…
  A rope or wire on which washed clothes are hung to dry.
• clotted adjective (clotted); also the past form of «clot»…
  Clotted cream is very thick yellow cream made by heating milk slowly, famous in the south-west of England.
• clotting noun (clotting — uncountable); verb…
  Clotting is when blood thickens and becomes a lump at a cut so that bleeding stops.
• cloud noun (a cloud, clouds); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A white or grey mass in the sky made of millions of tiny water drops or ice crystals.
• cloudless adjective (cloudless)
  With no clouds at all; clear (a cloudless sky).
• cloudy adjective (cloudy, cloudier, cloudiest)
  With many clouds in the sky, so the sun is hidden.
• clout noun (clout; also a clout, clouts); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Power and influence over what happens: «The big companies have a lot of clout».
• clove noun (a clove, cloves); verb form…
  A small, dried, nail-shaped flower bud used as a strong-smelling spice, for example in cooking, mulled drinks and Christmas oranges.
• cloven adjective (cloven); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Split into two parts, especially a hoof divided into two toes («cloven hoof»), as on cows, sheep, goats, pigs and deer.
• clover noun (clover, uncountable; a clover, clovers)
  Clover is a small wild plant with leaves made of three round parts, and small white, pink or purple flower heads.
• clown noun (a clown, clowns); verb…
  A clown is a performer in a circus or at a party who wears funny clothes, big shoes and face paint and does silly things to make people…
• club noun (club, clubs); verb (club together — share the cost)
  A club is a group of people who meet to do something they like, such as reading, chess or a sport.
• clubhouse noun (a clubhouse, clubhouses)
  A clubhouse is a building used by a sports club or other club, with changing rooms, a meeting room or a café.
• cluck verb (cluck, clucks, clucked, clucking); noun…
  When a hen clucks, she makes her short, low, repeated sound.
• clue noun (clue, clues)
  A clue is a piece of information that helps you solve a mystery, puzzle or problem.
• clump noun (a clump, clumps); verb…
  A clump is a small group of plants or trees growing close together: «a clump of daisies».
• clumping verb form (clump, clumps, clumped, clumping); noun…
  Walking with slow, heavy, noisy steps (clumping up the stairs).
• clumsily adverb
  Clumsily means in an awkward, careless way, so that you knock things over, drop things or move badly.
• clumsiness noun (clumsiness — uncountable)
  Being clumsy: moving in an awkward, careless way so that you drop, bump into or break things.
• clumsy adjective (clumsy, clumsier, clumsiest)
  A clumsy person moves in an awkward, careless way, and often drops, bumps or breaks things.
• clunky adjective (clunky, clunkier, clunkiest)
  Big, heavy and awkward, not smooth or neat to use, like clunky old shoes or a clunky machine.
• cluster noun (a cluster, clusters); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A cluster is a group of similar things close together, like a cluster of grapes or stars.
• clutch verb (clutch, clutches, clutched, clutching); noun…
  To hold something tightly, often because you are afraid, in pain or don't want to lose it.
• clutches noun plural (clutches); verb form of clutch…
  The power or control of someone dangerous, as in "in the clutches of the villain".
• cm abbreviation (cm — centimeter or centimetre); noun when…
  Cm is short for centimeter, a small unit of length.
• co abbreviation (Co.); prefix (co-)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Co.
• coach noun (coach, coaches); verb…
  A coach is a person who trains a sports team or a player.
• coachbuilder noun (coachbuilder, coachbuilders)
  A coachbuilder is a person who makes horse-drawn carriages and coaches.
• coachman noun (coachman, coachmen)
  A coachman is a man who drives a horse-drawn coach.
• coal noun (coal, uncountable; a coal, coals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Coal is a hard black rock that is burned as fuel to give heat or make electricity.
• coalesce verb (coalesce, coalesces, coalesced, coalescing)
  To come together and join to form one larger thing or group.
• coalesced verb form…
  Past form of «coalesce»: came together and joined into one bigger thing or group.
• coalition noun (a coalition, coalitions)
  A coalition is a government made by two or more political parties working together, often because no one party won enough seats.
• coarse adjective (coarse, coarser, coarsest)
  Rough and thick to touch, not smooth or fine (coarse sand, coarse cloth).
• coast noun (a coast, coasts; the coast); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The coast is the land right next to the sea or ocean.
• coastal adjective (coastal)
  On or near the coast, where land meets the sea: a coastal town.
• coastguard noun (the coastguard; a coastguard, coastguards)
  The coastguard is the organisation that watches the sea near a coast and rescues people and boats in danger.
• coastline noun (a coastline, coastlines)
  A coastline is the edge of the land where it meets the sea, especially its shape as seen on a map or along a long stretch.
• coat noun (a coat, coats); verb (coat, coats, coated, coating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A coat is a warm piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
• coating noun (a coating, coatings); verb form of coat (coating)
  A coating is a thin layer of something that covers a surface (a coating of dust, a coating of chocolate).
• coax verb (coax, coaxes, coaxed, coaxing); noun…
  To persuade someone gently and patiently to do something.
• coaxing noun (coaxing – uncountable); adjective (coaxing); verb…
  Gently persuading someone to do something by being kind, patient and pleasant.
• cob noun (a cob, cobs; cob — building material, uncountable)
  A cob, or corncob, is the long middle part of an ear of corn (maize) that the kernels grow on: corn on the cob.
• cobalt noun (cobalt, uncountable); adjective (cobalt blue)
  Cobalt is a hard, silvery-grey metal; it is a chemical element.
• cobble verb (cobble, cobbles, cobbled, cobbling)
  To cobble is to mend old shoes, especially by hand.
• cobbler noun (cobbler, cobblers)
  A cobbler is a person who mends shoes.
• cobbling noun (cobbling); verb-ing form of cobble
  Cobbling is the work of mending old shoes.
• cobra noun (a cobra, cobras)
  A cobra is a large, very poisonous snake from Africa and Asia that can spread the skin of its neck into a wide hood when it is in danger…
• cobweb noun (cobweb, cobwebs)
  A cobweb is the fine sticky thread net that a spider spins to catch insects.
• coca noun (coca, uncountable; a coca plant)
  Coca is a bush that grows in the Andes mountains of South America; its leaves are chewed or made into tea by local people to help with…
• coccyx noun (a coccyx, coccyges or coccyxes)
  The small bone at the very bottom of the spine, made of tiny bones joined together; also called the tailbone.
• cochin noun (a Cochin, Cochins); proper noun (Cochin)
  A large, fluffy breed of chicken with feathers growing down over its legs and feet, first brought to Britain from Asia in the 1800s.
• cochineal noun (cochineal — uncountable; a cochineal insect)
  A deep red dye made from tiny scale insects that live on prickly pear cacti, used to colour food, drinks, make-up and cloth.
• cochlea noun (a cochlea, cochleae or cochleas)
  The cochlea is a small, spiral-shaped tube in the inner ear, shaped like a snail shell and filled with liquid.
• cock noun (a cock, cocks); verb (cock, cocks, cocked, cocking)
  A cock is an adult male chicken (a rooster); also the male of some other birds.
• cockatoo noun (a cockatoo, cockatoos)
  A cockatoo is a large parrot with a crest of feathers on its head that it can raise and lower.
• cockatrice noun (cockatrice, cockatrices)
  A cockatrice is a made-up monster, like a snake with a cock's head, whose look was said to kill.
• cockchafer noun (a cockchafer, cockchafers)
  A large brown European beetle, also called a May bug or doodlebug, that flies clumsily on spring evenings and buzzes loudly.
• cockcrow noun (cockcrow, cockcrows)
  Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn.
• cockerel noun (a cockerel, cockerels)
  A cockerel is a young male chicken.
• cockeyed adjective (cockeyed)
  Crooked, not straight or level, like a cockeyed picture.
• cocking verb, present participle of cock
  Lifting or holding something up, such as a tail, or turning one eye to look sideways at someone.
• cockle noun (a cockle, cockles)
  A small edible shellfish with two ribbed, heart-shaped shells, found in sand on beaches.
• cockney noun (cockney, cockneys; Cockney); adjective (cockney)
  A person from the East End of London, traditionally someone born within the sound of the Bow Bells church.
• cockpit noun (a cockpit, cockpits)
  The front part of an aeroplane, where the pilot sits and flies it.
• cockroach noun (a cockroach, cockroaches); informal roach (USA)
  A cockroach is a large brown or black insect with long feelers that lives in warm, dirty places and can spread germs.
• cocky adjective (cocky, cockier, cockiest — informal); noun…
  Too confident and sure of yourself in an annoying or rude way.
• coco noun (coco, cocos); proper noun (Coco, a name)
  The coconut palm, the tall tropical tree that grows coconuts; also short for coconut in words like «coco fibre» and «coco husk».
• cocoa noun (cocoa — uncountable; a cocoa — a cup of it)
  Cocoa is a brown powder made from roasted cacao beans, used to make chocolate drinks and to flavour cakes.
• coconut noun (a coconut, coconuts; coconut — the flesh, uncountable)
  A coconut is the large, hard, hairy brown fruit of a palm tree, with white flesh and liquid inside.
• cocoon noun (a cocoon, cocoons); verb…
  A cocoon is a silky case that some insect larvae, like moths and silkworms, spin around themselves to change into adults.
• cod noun (a cod, cod; plural usually cod); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A cod is a large sea fish with white flesh, eaten a lot as food, especially in fish and chips.
• code noun (a code, codes; code, uncountable for programs); verb…
  A code is a system of letters, numbers or signs used to send secret messages.
• codex noun (a codex, codices or codexes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An old book written by hand, with pages bound together, especially an ancient or medieval book.
• codfish noun (plural codfish)
  A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat.
• codswallop noun (codswallop; uncountable)
  Nonsense; something that is silly and untrue: «That's a load of codswallop!».
• coelacanth noun (a coelacanth, coelacanths)
  A coelacanth is a large, rare, deep-sea fish with thick fleshy fins, a very old kind of fish once thought to have died out with the…
• coeliac adjective (coeliac; US celiac); noun (a coeliac, coeliacs)
  Coeliac disease is an illness in which eating gluten, found in wheat, barley and rye, damages the gut.
• coercion noun (coercion, uncountable)
  Making someone do something by using force or threats, so they have no real choice.
• coeval adjective (coeval); noun (a coeval, coevals)
  Of the same age, or existing at the same time as something else.
• coexist verb (coexist, coexists, coexisted, coexisting); noun…
  To live or exist together at the same time and in the same place.
• coffee noun (coffee, uncountable; a coffee, coffees = a cup)
  Coffee is a hot dark-brown drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (beans) of the coffee plant.
• coffer noun (plural coffers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe.
• coffin noun (a coffin, coffins)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A long box in which a dead person is buried or cremated.
• cog noun (a cog, cogs)
  A cog is one of the teeth around the edge of a wheel in a machine; a whole wheel with teeth is also called a cog or cogwheel (gear).
• cogent adjective (cogent; more cogent)
  Clear, logical and convincing (a cogent argument, a cogent reason).
• cognition noun (cognition, uncountable)
  The mental processes of knowing, thinking, learning, remembering and understanding.
• cognizance nounJewish tradition
  Awareness or notice of something.
• cohabit verb (cohabit, cohabits, cohabited, cohabiting)
  To cohabit is to live together in the same home as a couple without being married.
• cohabitation noun (cohabitation, uncountable)
  Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married.
• cohere verbJewish tradition
  To stick together or form a whole that fits together.
• cohesion noun (cohesion — uncountable)
  Cohesion is how well the parts of something stick or hold together.
• cohesive adjectiveJewish tradition
  Sticking together well and forming a united whole.

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