5-letter words containing C
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter C. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate C within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| could | 8 | - | - |
| place | 9 | a job in an organization | - |
| which | 16 | - | - |
| since | 7 | From a definite past time until now. | he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since |
| watch | 13 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
| crazy | 19 | affected with madness or insanity | - |
| cause | 7 | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | - |
| music | 9 | punishment for one's actions | you have to face the music |
| check | 16 | an appraisal of the state of affairs | a check on its dependability under stress |
| close | 7 | cease to operate or cause to cease operating | The owners decided to move and to close the factory |
| comes | 9 | - | - |
| child | 11 | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age | they had three children |
| bitch | 12 | informal terms for objecting | - |
| black | 13 | make or become black | The smoke blackened the ceiling |
| uncle | 7 | a source of help and advice and encouragement | he played uncle to lonely students |
| touch | 10 | a distinguishing style | this room needs a woman's touch |
| clear | 7 | become clear | The sky cleared after the storm |
| dance | 8 | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance | My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio |
| catch | 12 | reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | - |
| lucky | 14 | presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | lucky stars |
| class | 7 | a body of students who graduate together | the class of '97 |
| clean | 7 | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from | The dentist cleaned my teeth |
| piece | 9 | repair by adding pieces | She pieced the china cup |
| quick | 20 | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | a quick mind |
| voice | 10 | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | a singer takes good care of his voice |
| peace | 9 | the absence of mental stress or anxiety | - |
| teach | 10 | impart skills or knowledge to | - |
| court | 7 | Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) | - |
| count | 7 | put into a group | The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members |
| force | 10 | (of a law) having legal validity | - |
| lunch | 10 | a midday meal | - |
| chief | 13 | a person who is in charge | - |
| cover | 10 | a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else | they made a cover of a Beatles' song |
| stick | 11 | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | - |
| scene | 7 | the context and environment in which something is set | - |
| carry | 10 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | The airwaves carry the sound |
| crime | 9 | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act | a long record of crimes |
| space | 9 | (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences | - |
| reach | 10 | move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense | Government reaches out to the people |
| clock | 13 | measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | he clocked the runners |
| cross | 7 | meet at a point | - |
| stuck | 11 | baffled | this problem has me completely stuck |
| truck | 11 | an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | - |
| match | 12 | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | - |
| price | 9 | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something | the price of success is hard work |
| magic | 10 | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | - |
| twice | 10 | to double the degree | - |
| knock | 15 | a vigorous blow | the sudden knock floored him |
| beach | 12 | an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake | - |
| bunch | 12 | an informal body of friends | - |
| coach | 12 | teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | She is coaching the crew |
| screw | 10 | someone who guards prisoners | - |
| track | 11 | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | - |
| crowd | 11 | an informal body of friends | he still hangs out with the same crowd |
| local | 7 | anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body | - |
| cream | 9 | toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | - |
| color | 7 | any material used for its color | she used a different color for the trim |
| cards | 8 | a game played with playing cards | - |
| cheap | 12 | tastelessly showy | - |
| trick | 11 | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | - |
| grace | 8 | a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor | The payment had originally been due on April 1 but we had a grace period which expired in June. |
| scare | 7 | cause fear in | - |
| block | 13 | an obstruction in a pipe or tube | we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| china | 10 | a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong | - |
| chair | 10 | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | She chaired the department for many years |
| ocean | 7 | anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | - |
| bucks | 13 | - | - |
| focus | 10 | become focussed or come into focus | The light focused |
| fancy | 13 | have a fancy or particular liking or desire for | - |
| actor | 7 | a person who acts and gets things done | he's a principal actor in this affair |
| chest | 10 | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | - |
| scary | 10 | provoking fear terror | a scary movie |
| chick | 16 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
| crash | 10 | the act of colliding with something | his crash through the window |
| candy | 11 | a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | - |
| chose | 10 | - | - |
| shock | 14 | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | the armies met in the shock of battle |
| sucks | 11 | - | - |
| chase | 10 | cut a furrow into a columns | - |
| crack | 13 | a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive | - |
| juice | 14 | any of several liquids of the body | digestive juices |
| mercy | 12 | a disposition to be kind and forgiving | - |
| punch | 12 | a tool for making holes or indentations | - |
| score | 7 | a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages | he studied the score of the sonata |
| curse | 7 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | - |
| march | 12 | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | England marches with Scotland |
| coast | 7 | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
| climb | 11 | go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? |
| chuck | 16 | informal terms for a meal | - |
| cheat | 10 | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | - |
| chain | 10 | British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) | - |
| costs | 7 | pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation | - |
| stock | 11 | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | the rifle had been fitted with a special stock |
| claim | 9 | a demand especially in the phrase | - |
| witch | 13 | a female sorcerer or magician | - |
| exact | 14 | claim as due or just | - |
| cheer | 10 | cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful | She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee |
| chill | 10 | coldness due to a cold environment | - |
| prick | 13 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| panic | 9 | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | panic in the stock market |
| cruel | 7 | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | cruel tortures |
| trace | 7 | to go back over again | we retraced the route we took last summer |
| cried | 8 | - | - |
| thick | 14 | hard to pass through because of dense growth | thick woods |
| fetch | 13 | be sold for a certain price | The old print fetched a high price at the auction |
| civil | 10 | not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others | even if he didn't like them he should have been civil |
| sauce | 7 | add zest or flavor to, make more interesting | sauce the roast |
| crush | 10 | temporary love of an adolescent | - |
| couch | 12 | formulate in a particular style or language | - |
| basic | 9 | reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | a basic story line |
| cloud | 8 | make overcast or cloudy | - |
| crane | 7 | United States poet (1899-1932) | - |
| oscar | 7 | an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance | - |
| chaos | 10 | a state of extreme confusion and disorder | - |
| fence | 10 | have an argument about something | - |
| scale | 7 | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | - |
| charm | 12 | attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | - |
| chips | 12 | strips of potato fried in deep fat | - |
| clown | 10 | act as or like a clown | - |
| champ | 14 | chew noisily | - |
| crown | 10 | be the culminating event | The speech crowned the meeting |
| cable | 9 | television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver | - |
| cabin | 9 | a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area | - |
| cliff | 13 | a steep high face of rock | he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town |
| pitch | 12 | set the level or character of | She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience |
| carol | 7 | joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ | - |
| faced | 11 | having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination | a neatly faced terrace |
| react | 7 | show a response or a reaction to something | - |
| dutch | 11 | the people of the Netherlands | - |
| niece | 7 | a daughter of your brother or sister | - |
| patch | 12 | a small contrasting part of something | a patch of clouds |
| nancy | 10 | a city in northeastern France in Lorraine | - |
| cycle | 12 | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | the never-ending cycle of the seasons |
| wreck | 14 | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | - |
| mitch | 12 | - | - |
| colin | 7 | - | - |
| cured | 8 | (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | - |
| comic | 11 | arousing or provoking laughter | a comic hat |
| rocky | 14 | full of hardship or trials | the rocky road to success |
| lance | 7 | a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions | - |
| click | 13 | move or strike with a noise | he clicked on the light |
| cloth | 10 | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC |
| scout | 7 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
| snack | 11 | eat a snack; eat lightly | She never loses weight because she snacks between meals |
| nicky | 14 | - | - |
| disco | 8 | popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques | - |
| brick | 13 | a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy | - |
| slice | 7 | cut into slices | - |
| scent | 7 | any property detected by the olfactory system | - |
| chang | 11 | the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai | - |
| backs | 13 | - | - |
| topic | 9 | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | it was a very sensitive topic |
| cheek | 14 | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | - |
| creep | 9 | show submission or fear | - |
| bench | 12 | persons who administer justice | - |
| logic | 8 | a system of reasoning | - |
| ranch | 10 | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | - |
| smack | 13 | deliver a hard blow to | The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved |
| nicer | 7 | - | - |
| crawl | 10 | show submission or fear | - |
| ditch | 11 | sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly | - |
| chess | 10 | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | - |
| cease | 7 | put an end to a state or an activity | - |
| cough | 11 | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis | - |
| bacon | 9 | English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) | - |
| occur | 9 | come to pass | Nothing occurred that seemed important |
| cargo | 8 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
| whack | 17 | hit hard | The teacher whacked the boy |
| ching | 11 | - | - |
| craig | 8 | - | - |
| hatch | 13 | shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | - |
| choir | 10 | a family of similar musical instrument playing together | - |
| spicy | 12 | producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves | a spicy sauce |
| hence | 10 | (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory |
| scarf | 10 | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end | - |
| torch | 10 | a small portable battery-powered electric lamp | - |
| camel | 9 | cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions | - |
| clerk | 11 | a salesperson in a store | - |
| choke | 14 | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | - |
| toxic | 14 | of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison | suffering from exposure to toxic substances |
| pinch | 12 | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear | the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back |
| races | 7 | - | - |
| canal | 7 | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | the alimentary canal |
| chart | 10 | represent by means of a graph | chart the data |
| creek | 11 | a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | the creek dried up every summer |
| curry | 10 | give a neat appearance to | - |
| porch | 12 | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance | - |
| chili | 10 | very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | - |
| cigar | 8 | a roll of tobacco for smoking | - |
| corps | 9 | an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support | - |
| attic | 7 | informal terms for a human head | - |
| costa | 7 | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | - |
| peach | 12 | a very attractive or seductive looking woman | - |
| ducks | 12 | - | - |
| stack | 11 | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | - |
| crook | 11 | a circular segment of a curve | a crook in the path |
| curly | 10 | (of hair) having curls or waves | they envied her naturally curly hair |
| spice | 9 | make more interesting or flavorful | - |
| slack | 11 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
| butch | 12 | (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine | - |
| curve | 10 | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | - |
| craft | 10 | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | - |
| crabs | 9 | infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice | - |
| scrap | 9 | worthless material that is to be disposed of | - |
| hunch | 13 | an impression that something might be the case | - |
| scoop | 9 | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | - |
| jacky | 21 | - | - |
| comet | 9 | (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit | - |
| scram | 9 | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form | - |
| flock | 14 | an orderly crowd | - |
| scold | 8 | someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | - |
| clone | 7 | a person who is almost identical to another | - |
| cocky | 16 | overly self-confident or self-assertive | a very cocky young man |
| chile | 10 | a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast | - |
| cohen | 10 | - | - |
| macho | 12 | used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | - |
| cobra | 9 | venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood | - |
| crank | 11 | start by cranking | crank up the engine |
| scrub | 9 | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | - |
| yacht | 13 | an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing | - |
| crust | 7 | the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | - |
| vocal | 10 | given to expressing yourself freely or insistently | a vocal assembly |
| juicy | 17 | lucrative | a juicy contract |
| medic | 10 | a medical practitioner in the armed forces | - |
| lynch | 13 | kill without legal sanction | The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child |
| cutie | 7 | - | - |
| slick | 11 | having only superficial plausibility | a slick commercial |
| chico | 12 | United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961) | - |
| shack | 14 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| chops | 12 | - | - |
| acres | 7 | extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | - |
| chalk | 14 | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | - |
| coral | 7 | the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry | - |
| erica | 7 | any plant of the genus Erica | - |
| hitch | 13 | a period of time spent in military service | - |
| brace | 9 | a structural member used to stiffen a framework | - |
| darcy | 11 | - | - |
| batch | 12 | a collection of things or persons to be handled together | - |
| finch | 13 | any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds | - |
| tonic | 7 | a medicine that strengthens and invigorates | - |
| crate | 7 | the quantity contained in a crate | - |
| psych | 15 | - | - |
| scope | 9 | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities | - |
| snuck | 11 | - | - |
| notch | 10 | a small cut | - |
| hicks | 14 | - | - |
| cocoa | 9 | a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot | - |
| crude | 8 | a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | - |
| cuffs | 13 | - | - |
| ounce | 7 | a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams | - |
| flick | 14 | look through a book or other written material | - |
| micro | 9 | extremely small in scale or scope or capability | - |
| cloak | 11 | hide under a false appearance | - |
| chant | 10 | recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | The rabbi chanted a prayer |
| condo | 8 | one of the dwelling units in a condominium | - |
| corny | 10 | dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality | - |
| pluck | 13 | strip of feathers | pluck the capon |
| itchy | 13 | nervous and unable to relax | - |
| nacho | 10 | a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled | - |
| picky | 16 | exacting especially about details | - |
| carve | 10 | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface | carve one's name into the bark |
| cramp | 11 | prevent the progress or free movement of | - |
| acute | 7 | extremely sharp or severe | acute pain |
| truce | 7 | a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | - |
| tacky | 14 | tastelessly showy | - |
| mecca | 11 | a place that attracts many visitors | New York is a mecca for young artists |
| decay | 11 | the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | - |
| brock | 13 | - | - |
| clash | 10 | be incompatible; be or come into conflict | These colors clash |
| chunk | 14 | group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | - |
| specs | 9 | (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | - |
| havoc | 13 | violent and needless disturbance | - |
| chump | 14 | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | - |
| scoot | 7 | run or move very quickly or hastily | - |
| chimp | 14 | intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests | - |
| quack | 20 | act as a medical quack or a charlatan | - |
| hutch | 13 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| caste | 7 | a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth | - |
| cling | 8 | fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit | - |
| chaps | 12 | - | - |
| comfy | 15 | providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal) | feeling comfy now? |
| combo | 11 | a small band of jazz musicians | - |
| racer | 7 | someone who drives racing cars at high speeds | - |
| elect | 7 | an exclusive group of people | one of the elect who have power inside the government |
| jacks | 18 | a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | - |
| crisp | 9 | pleasantly cold and invigorating | crisp clear nights and frosty mornings |
| corky | 14 | (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | - |
| vicar | 10 | a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman | - |
| farce | 10 | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | - |
| cello | 7 | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | - |
| clips | 9 | - | - |
| crave | 10 | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | - |
| wacko | 14 | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | - |
| chino | 10 | a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms | - |
| chevy | 16 | annoy continually or chronically | - |
| colon | 7 | the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos | - |
| ulcer | 7 | a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue | - |
| deuce | 8 | one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots | - |
| recon | 7 | - | - |
| roach | 10 | street names for flunitrazepan | - |
| clams | 9 | informal terms for money | - |
| colby | 12 | - | - |
| chord | 11 | bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | - |
| cupid | 10 | (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros | - |
| relic | 7 | something of sentimental value | - |
| cadet | 8 | a military trainee (as at a military academy) | - |
| crock | 13 | an earthen jar (made of baked clay) | - |
| chute | 10 | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | - |
| pubic | 11 | relating or near the pubis | pubic bones |
| vouch | 13 | give surety or assume responsibility | I vouch for the quality of my products |
| canoe | 7 | small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle | - |
| clamp | 11 | a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | - |
| cider | 8 | a beverage made from juice pressed from apples | - |
| comma | 11 | anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing | - |
| lacey | 10 | - | - |
| decoy | 11 | a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) | - |
| cures | 7 | - | - |
| scalp | 9 | remove the scalp of | The enemies were scalped |
| knack | 15 | a special way of doing something | he had a special knack for getting into trouble |
| ducky | 15 | a special loved one | - |
| civic | 12 | of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals | civic duties |
| sonic | 7 | (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level | a sonic boom |
| manic | 9 | affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason | outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity |
| choco | 12 | - | - |
| decks | 12 | - | - |
| cholo | 10 | - | - |
| speck | 13 | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | - |
| crest | 7 | lie at the top of | - |
| perch | 12 | sit, as on a branch | The birds perched high in the tree |
| leech | 10 | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | - |
| creed | 8 | any system of principles or beliefs | - |
| cuter | 7 | - | - |
| cords | 8 | cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth | - |
| pouch | 12 | swell or protrude outwards | - |
| lucid | 8 | (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | lucid directions |
| clint | 7 | - | - |
| chime | 12 | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | - |
| craze | 16 | state of violent mental agitation | - |
| congo | 8 | a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960 | - |
| scuba | 9 | a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | - |
| wench | 13 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
| wacky | 17 | ludicrous, foolish | some wacky plan for selling more books |
| latch | 10 | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key | - |
| croft | 10 | a small farm worked by a crofter | - |
| dicky | 15 | a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt | - |
| corey | 10 | - | - |
| coded | 9 | - | - |
| croak | 11 | a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | - |
| crypt | 12 | a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) | - |
| birch | 12 | a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment | my father never spared the birch |
| erect | 7 | cause to rise up | - |
| lyric | 10 | expressing deep emotion | the dancer's lyrical performance |
| micky | 16 | - | - |
| decaf | 11 | coffee with the caffeine removed | - |
| clink | 11 | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | - |
| scorn | 7 | look down on with disdain | The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately |
| laced | 8 | closed with a lace | snugly laced shoes |
| munch | 12 | chew noisily | - |
| canon | 7 | a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall | - |
| crore | 7 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million | - |
| crick | 13 | a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | - |
| pence | 9 | - | - |
| cubic | 11 | having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions | - |
| pooch | 12 | round one's lips as if intending to kiss | - |
| mocha | 12 | a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia | - |
| caddy | 12 | a can for storing tea | - |
| feces | 10 | solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | - |
| acorn | 7 | fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base | - |
| niche | 10 | a small concavity | - |
| lilac | 7 | of a pale purple color | - |
| craps | 9 | expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot | - |
| excel | 14 | distinguish oneself | She excelled in math |
| ponce | 9 | someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | - |
| cedar | 8 | durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | - |
| welch | 13 | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | - |
| creme | 9 | - | - |
| tract | 7 | a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | - |
| flack | 14 | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | - |
| icing | 8 | (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal | - |
| actin | 7 | one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form | - |
| winch | 13 | lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | - |
| mince | 9 | make less severe or harsh | - |
| chink | 14 | make cracks or chinks in | - |
| fitch | 13 | dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | - |
| mimic | 11 | someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) | - |
| dolce | 8 | gently and sweetly | - |
| cited | 8 | - | - |
| clang | 8 | make a loud noise | clanging metal |
| frock | 14 | a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | - |
| cynic | 12 | someone who is critical of the motives of others | - |
| crept | 9 | - | - |
| cisco | 9 | cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward | - |
| recap | 9 | summarize briefly | Let's recapitulate the main ideas |
| ethic | 10 | the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group | the Puritan ethic |
| franc | 10 | the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes | - |
| chore | 10 | a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | the farmer's morning chores |
| evict | 10 | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process | The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months |
| cissy | 10 | having unsuitable feminine qualities | - |
| crumb | 11 | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | - |
| creak | 11 | a squeaking sound | the creak of the floorboards gave him away |
| eject | 14 | put out or expel from a place | - |
| chirp | 12 | make high-pitched sounds | the birds were chirping in the bushes |
| optic | 9 | relating to or using sight | an optical illusion |
| catty | 10 | any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) | - |
| clank | 11 | a loud resonant repeating noise | - |
| fleck | 14 | a small contrasting part of something | a fleck of red |
| lurch | 10 | loiter about, with no apparent aim | - |
| camus | 9 | French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960) | - |
| comer | 9 | someone who arrives (or has arrived) | - |
| dunce | 8 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| covet | 10 | wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) | She covets her sister's house |
| enact | 7 | order by virtue of superior authority; decree | the legislature enacted this law in 1985 |
| hocus | 10 | - | - |
| cater | 7 | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | - |
| yucky | 17 | highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | - |
| mucus | 9 | protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium | - |
| carat | 7 | the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold | - |
| chard | 11 | beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks | - |
| cluck | 13 | the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | - |
| clout | 7 | a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood | - |
| draco | 8 | a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus | - |
| paced | 10 | - | - |
| cache | 12 | (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics | - |
| coupe | 9 | a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment | - |
| zilch | 19 | a quantity of no importance | I didn't hear zilch about it |
| capri | 9 | an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery | - |
| clack | 13 | make a rattling sound | - |
| chasm | 12 | a deep opening in the earth's surface | - |
| scots | 7 | the dialect of English used in Scotland | - |
| cajun | 14 | a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian') | - |
| cager | 8 | an athlete who plays basketball | - |
| scull | 7 | a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward | - |
| icons | 7 | - | - |
| hooch | 13 | an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | - |
| incur | 7 | receive a specified treatment (abstract) | - |
| crass | 7 | (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility | - |
| cuddy | 12 | the galley or pantry of a small ship | - |
| saucy | 10 | improperly forward or bold | - |
| macro | 9 | a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language | - |
| coney | 10 | any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food | - |
| tunic | 7 | an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | - |
| coles | 7 | - | - |
| cinch | 12 | stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | - |
| clung | 8 | - | - |
| chewy | 16 | (of a consistency) requiring chewing | chewy caramels |
| cuppa | 11 | a cup of tea | - |
| focal | 10 | having or localized centrally at a focus | focal point |
| decor | 8 | decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior | - |
| carte | 7 | a list of dishes available at a restaurant | - |
| cabby | 14 | someone who drives a taxi for a living | - |
| clasp | 9 | fasten with a buckle or buckles | - |
| macon | 9 | fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry | - |
| cameo | 9 | engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring) | - |
| combs | 11 | - | - |
| comte | 9 | French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study | - |
| gecko | 12 | any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless | - |
| caper | 9 | a crime (especially a robbery) | - |
| credo | 8 | any system of principles or beliefs | - |
| scour | 7 | rub hard or scrub | scour the counter tops |
| nance | 7 | offensive term for a homosexual man | - |
| domic | 10 | - | - |
| cushy | 13 | not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship | what a cushy job! |
| scamp | 11 | one who is playfully mischievous | - |
| epoch | 12 | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event | - |
| larch | 10 | any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves | - |
| chock | 16 | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | - |
| crewe | 10 | - | - |
| conte | 7 | - | - |
| smock | 13 | a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | - |
| vichy | 16 | a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II | - |
| cleft | 10 | having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib | - |
| claro | 7 | a cigar made with light-colored tobacco | - |
| wilco | 10 | - | - |
| edict | 8 | a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | - |
| beech | 12 | any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions | - |
| pecan | 9 | tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts | - |
| locus | 7 | the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | - |
| churn | 10 | be agitated | the sea was churning in the storm |
| belch | 12 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| emcee | 9 | a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | - |
| cubby | 14 | a small secluded room | - |
| aback | 13 | - | - |
| scaly | 10 | rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | - |
| curvy | 13 | having curves | a settee with only one curvy end |
| daric | 8 | - | - |
| clunk | 11 | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | - |
| sucre | 7 | the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos | - |
| crepe | 9 | small very thin pancake | - |
| conga | 8 | a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file | - |
| campo | 11 | - | - |
| cabal | 9 | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | - |
| uncut | 7 | complete | - |
| facet | 10 | a distinct feature or element in a problem | he studied every facet of the question |
| fecal | 10 | of or relating to feces | fecal matter |
| colic | 9 | acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | - |
| culpa | 9 | - | - |
| mooch | 12 | ask for and get free; be a parasite | - |
| cacti | 9 | - | - |
| clump | 11 | walk clumsily | - |
| circa | 9 | - | - |
