7-letter words starting with C
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter C. This section showcases how C at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with C, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | 12 | the territory occupied by a nation | - |
| company | 16 | a social or business visitor | the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company |
| careful | 12 | unhurried and with care and dignity | - |
| control | 9 | handle and cause to function | control the lever |
| changed | 14 | changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism | - |
| calling | 10 | the particular occupation for which you are trained | - |
| captain | 11 | the leader of a group of people | a captain of industry |
| clothes | 12 | clothing in general | he always bought his clothes at the same store |
| college | 10 | a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed | - |
| certain | 9 | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | felt certain of success |
| chicken | 18 | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl | - |
| charlie | 12 | - | - |
| contact | 11 | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor |
| chinese | 12 | of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language | - |
| correct | 11 | make right or correct | - |
| created | 10 | - | - |
| clearly | 12 | clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | I could clearly see myself in his situation |
| colonel | 9 | a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general | - |
| checked | 19 | patterned with alternating squares of color | - |
| century | 12 | ten 10s | - |
| covered | 13 | overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form | women with covered faces |
| command | 14 | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | - |
| courage | 10 | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | - |
| culture | 9 | a particular society at a particular time and place | - |
| central | 9 | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | - |
| cooking | 14 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | cooking can be a great art |
| curious | 9 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | a curious hybrid accent |
| collect | 11 | call for and obtain payment of | we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts |
| carried | 10 | - | - |
| channel | 12 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | - |
| capable | 13 | possibly accepting or permitting | a passage capable of misinterpretation |
| cameras | 11 | - | - |
| concern | 11 | be on the mind of | - |
| closing | 10 | approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap | the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision |
| concert | 11 | a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging | - |
| cutting | 10 | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | - |
| current | 9 | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | the raft floated downstream on the current |
| council | 11 | a body serving in an administrative capacity | student council |
| comrade | 12 | a friend who is frequently in the company of another | comrades in arms |
| contest | 9 | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | - |
| capital | 11 | the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | - |
| chasing | 13 | - | - |
| crossed | 10 | placed crosswise | spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers |
| classes | 9 | - | - |
| complex | 20 | a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated | - |
| confess | 12 | admit (to a wrongdoing) | She confessed that she had taken the money |
| classic | 11 | of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc. | classic Chinese pottery |
| comfort | 14 | a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | he is a man who enjoys his comfort |
| custody | 13 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | he is in the custody of police |
| confirm | 14 | strengthen or make more firm | The witnesses confirmed the victim's account |
| counter | 9 | a return punch (especially by a boxer) | - |
| charged | 14 | fraught with great emotion | an atmosphere charged with excitement |
| costume | 11 | dress in a costume | - |
| crystal | 12 | colorless glass made of almost pure silica | - |
| charity | 15 | a kindly and lenient attitude toward people | - |
| concept | 13 | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | - |
| citizen | 18 | a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community | - |
| chapter | 14 | a local branch of some fraternity or association | he joined the Atlanta chapter |
| comment | 13 | provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | - |
| capture | 11 | the act of taking of a person by force | - |
| cookies | 13 | - | - |
| cleared | 10 | freed from any question of guilt | - |
| causing | 10 | the act of causing something to happen | - |
| chamber | 16 | a room used primarily for sleeping | - |
| connect | 11 | make a logical or causal connection | I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind |
| chatter | 12 | talk socially without exchanging too much information | - |
| compare | 13 | qualities that are comparable | beyond compare |
| closely | 12 | in a close manner | - |
| cocaine | 11 | a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | - |
| content | 9 | the state of being contented with your situation in life | he relaxed in sleepy contentedness |
| climate | 11 | the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | the dank climate of southern Wales |
| compete | 13 | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | - |
| ceiling | 10 | an upper limit on what is allowed | he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him |
| conduct | 12 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Many metals conduct heat |
| closest | 9 | (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance | - |
| cleaner | 9 | a preparation used in cleaning something | - |
| crushed | 13 | subdued or brought low in condition or status | - |
| counsel | 9 | a lawyer who pleads cases in court | - |
| consent | 9 | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | - |
| cracked | 16 | of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide | - |
| crowded | 14 | overfilled or compacted or concentrated | a crowded theater |
| cabinet | 11 | a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | - |
| customs | 11 | money collected under a tariff | - |
| contain | 9 | be capable of holding or containing | - |
| corrupt | 11 | containing errors or alterations | a corrupt text |
| collins | 9 | tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice | - |
| colours | 9 | a flag that shows its nationality | - |
| curtain | 9 | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | - |
| crucial | 11 | of the greatest importance | crucial information |
| conquer | 18 | take possession of by force, as after an invasion | - |
| cricket | 15 | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs | - |
| circuit | 11 | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow | - |
| camping | 14 | the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | - |
| casting | 10 | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | - |
| chopper | 16 | informal terms for a human `tooth' | - |
| colored | 10 | favoring one person or side over another | - |
| chewing | 16 | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | - |
| choking | 17 | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | no evidence that the choking was done by the accused |
| coconut | 11 | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | - |
| cottage | 10 | a small house with a single story | - |
| crooked | 14 | irregular in shape or outline | a dress with a crooked hemline |
| chopped | 17 | prepared by cutting | chopped clams |
| confuse | 12 | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Her remarks confused the debate |
| context | 16 | discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation | - |
| convict | 14 | a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | - |
| cartoon | 9 | a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | - |
| coroner | 9 | a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes | - |
| consult | 9 | get or ask advice from | They had to consult before arriving at a decision |
| cherish | 15 | be fond of; be attached to | - |
| compass | 13 | the limit of capability | within the compass of education |
| cripple | 13 | deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | The accident has crippled her for life |
| courses | 9 | - | - |
| cunning | 10 | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | - |
| cabbage | 14 | make off with belongings of others | - |
| caution | 9 | the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | a man of caution |
| caravan | 12 | a camper equipped with living quarters | - |
| creator | 9 | terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God | - |
| cracker | 15 | a poor White person in the southern United States | - |
| carrier | 9 | a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal | - |
| culprit | 11 | someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | - |
| convert | 12 | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Could you convert my dollars into pounds? |
| combine | 13 | gather in a mass, sum, or whole | - |
| courier | 9 | a person who carries a message | - |
| chronic | 14 | habitual | a chronic smoker |
| convent | 12 | a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together | - |
| cruelty | 12 | feelings of extreme heartlessness | - |
| cavalry | 15 | troops trained to fight on horseback | - |
| chuckle | 18 | laugh quietly or with restraint | - |
| charley | 15 | - | - |
| canteen | 9 | a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | - |
| chimney | 17 | a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp | - |
| condemn | 12 | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | He was condemned to ten years in prison |
| cynical | 14 | believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | - |
| consume | 11 | serve oneself to, or consume regularly | - |
| clearer | 9 | - | - |
| cologne | 10 | a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League | - |
| collier | 9 | someone who works in a coal mine | - |
| cheater | 12 | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | - |
| cooling | 10 | the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature | - |
| cursing | 10 | - | - |
| cashier | 12 | an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money | - |
| console | 9 | a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall | - |
| cheetah | 15 | long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | - |
| clarify | 15 | make clear and (more) comprehensible | clarify the mystery surrounding her death |
| caliber | 11 | a degree or grade of excellence or worth | an executive of low caliber |
| chained | 13 | bound with chains | enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones |
| credits | 10 | a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) | - |
| clarity | 12 | free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | - |
| closure | 9 | an obstruction in a pipe or tube | - |
| chaotic | 14 | completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing | - |
| charter | 12 | hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | - |
| charmed | 15 | strongly attracted | - |
| cabaret | 11 | a series of acts at a night club | - |
| cardiac | 12 | of or relating to the heart | cardiac arrest |
| capsule | 11 | a shortened version of a written work | - |
| captive | 14 | giving or marked by complete attention to | - |
| catcher | 14 | (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher | - |
| conceal | 11 | prevent from being seen or discovered | - |
| cleanse | 9 | clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing | - |
| copying | 15 | an act of copying | - |
| craving | 13 | an intense desire for some particular thing | - |
| cockpit | 17 | a pit for cockfights | - |
| carmine | 11 | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | - |
| chemist | 14 | a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | - |
| compose | 13 | make up plans or basic details for | - |
| celeste | 9 | - | - |
| cuisine | 9 | the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared | - |
| cyclops | 16 | minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms | - |
| coaster | 9 | a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle) | - |
| chapman | 16 | United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845) | - |
| cushion | 12 | a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses | - |
| crucify | 17 | treat cruelly | - |
| carving | 13 | creating figures or designs in three dimensions | - |
| capitol | 11 | the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet | - |
| chateau | 12 | an impressive country house (or castle) in France | - |
| costing | 10 | cost accounting | - |
| crusade | 10 | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | - |
| commune | 13 | receive Communion, in the Catholic church | - |
| caramel | 11 | having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown | - |
| calcium | 13 | a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals | - |
| crumble | 13 | fall into decay or ruin | - |
| cleaver | 12 | a butcher's knife having a large square blade | - |
| colleen | 9 | an Irish girl | - |
| catfish | 15 | large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins | - |
| crazier | 18 | - | - |
| crimson | 11 | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | - |
| cloning | 10 | a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell) | - |
| cadaver | 13 | the dead body of a human being | the cadaver was intended for dissection |
| catalog | 10 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | He is cataloguing his photographic negatives |
| cramped | 14 | constricted in size | cramped quarters |
| cruiser | 9 | a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board | - |
| carcass | 11 | the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | - |
| crowned | 13 | crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | - |
| coastal | 9 | located on or near or bordering on a coast | coastal marshes |
| crybaby | 19 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - |
| caveman | 14 | someone who lives in a cave | - |
| charger | 13 | formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | - |
| christy | 15 | - | - |
| cluster | 9 | come together as in a cluster or flock | - |
| charade | 13 | making a false outward show | - |
| cycling | 15 | the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | - |
| compact | 15 | briefly giving the gist of something | a compact style is brief and pithy |
| clogged | 12 | thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | seeds clogged together |
| confide | 13 | confer a trust upon | - |
| cupcake | 17 | small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
| chariot | 12 | a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage | - |
| charmer | 14 | someone with an assured and ingratiating manner | - |
| curator | 9 | the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | - |
| calming | 12 | the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) | - |
| clatter | 9 | make a rattling sound | clattering dishes |
| cheerio | 12 | a farewell remark | - |
| chipped | 17 | - | - |
| cleanup | 11 | the act of making something clean | - |
| collide | 10 | be incompatible; be or come into conflict | - |
| caterer | 9 | someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
| carnage | 10 | the savage and excessive killing of many people | - |
| cyanide | 13 | any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | - |
| commend | 14 | mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | - |
| checkup | 20 | a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | - |
| custard | 10 | sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
| chatted | 13 | - | - |
| conjure | 16 | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | he conjured wild birds in the air |
| concede | 12 | admit (to a wrongdoing) | - |
| clipped | 14 | cut or trimmed by clipping | a handsome man with a clipped moustache |
| cholera | 12 | an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food | - |
| connors | 9 | outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952) | - |
| camelot | 11 | (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there | - |
| cuckold | 16 | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | - |
| clement | 11 | (of weather or climate) physically mild | clement weather |
| cobbler | 13 | a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit | - |
| cutlery | 12 | tableware implements for cutting and eating food | - |
| chevron | 15 | V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service | - |
| commute | 13 | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | - |
| clothed | 13 | covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | leaf-clothed trees |
| calypso | 14 | rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf | - |
| curling | 10 | (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl | - |
| catwalk | 16 | narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) | - |
| crowbar | 14 | a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge | - |
| combing | 14 | the act of drawing a comb through hair | - |
| caribou | 11 | Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | - |
| conform | 14 | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | - |
| cordial | 10 | strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | - |
| cremate | 11 | reduce to ashes | - |
| cheddar | 14 | hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England | - |
| conning | 10 | - | - |
| creeper | 11 | any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet | - |
| crunchy | 17 | - | - |
| climber | 13 | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | - |
| cubicle | 13 | small individual study area in a library | - |
| calibre | 11 | a degree or grade of excellence or worth | - |
| concord | 12 | the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) | - |
| consort | 9 | a family of similar musical instrument playing together | - |
| crapper | 13 | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | - |
| chowder | 16 | a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes | - |
| clouded | 11 | unclear in form or expression | sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded |
| contend | 10 | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Militant groups are contending for control of the country |
| clutter | 9 | fill a space in a disorderly way | - |
| cadence | 12 | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | - |
| certify | 15 | provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | - |
| ceramic | 13 | an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures | - |
| confine | 12 | deprive of freedom; take into confinement | - |
| condone | 10 | excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with | She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities |
| conduit | 10 | a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | the computers were connected through a system of conduits |
| cookout | 13 | an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors | - |
| cobwebs | 16 | - | - |
| caprice | 13 | a sudden desire | - |
| cordoba | 12 | a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture | - |
| cascade | 12 | rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | - |
| carotid | 10 | of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck | - |
| coveted | 13 | greatly desired | - |
| cloaked | 14 | covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | fog-cloaked meadows |
| chimera | 14 | (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon | - |
| cossack | 15 | a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia | - |
| citadel | 10 | a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | - |
| cockney | 18 | a native of the east end of London | - |
| coating | 10 | a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | - |
| chassis | 12 | alternative names for the body of a human being | - |
| cranial | 9 | of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain | cranial pressure |
| cowgirl | 13 | a woman cowboy | - |
| cyclist | 14 | a person who rides a bicycle | - |
| cyclone | 14 | a violent rotating windstorm | - |
| comical | 13 | arousing or provoking laughter | a comical look of surprise |
| callous | 9 | having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear | calloused skin |
| cheaply | 17 | with little expenditure of money | I bought this car very cheaply |
| consist | 9 | be composed of | What does this dish consist of? |
| cruelly | 12 | with cruelty | he treated his students cruelly |
| calorie | 9 | unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | - |
| couture | 9 | high fashion designing and dressmaking | - |
| crusher | 12 | a device that crushes something | - |
| cahoots | 12 | - | - |
| copycat | 16 | someone who copies the words or behavior of another | - |
| choosey | 15 | difficult to please | - |
| canvass | 12 | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | - |
| coulter | 9 | a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | - |
| commons | 13 | a pasture subject to common use | - |
| caption | 11 | brief description accompanying an illustration | - |
| cayenne | 12 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | - |
| cranium | 11 | the part of the skull that encloses the brain | - |
| cryptic | 16 | of an obscure nature | the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms |
| chutney | 15 | a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices | - |
| camphor | 16 | a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment | - |
| compost | 13 | a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer | - |
| chicano | 14 | a person of Mexican descent | - |
| concise | 11 | expressing much in few words | a concise explanation |
| cypress | 14 | any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | - |
| copilot | 11 | a relief pilot on an airplane | - |
| checker | 18 | variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns | - |
| critter | 9 | a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) | - |
| coerced | 12 | - | - |
| chipper | 16 | having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air | looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit |
| coupled | 12 | connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks | - |
| cooties | 9 | - | - |
| convene | 12 | call together | The students were convened in the auditorium |
| cropped | 14 | (of land or soil) used for growing crops | cropped soil |
| croquet | 18 | a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg | - |
| codfish | 16 | lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached | - |
| carsick | 15 | experiencing motion sickness | - |
| cowshed | 16 | a barn for cows | - |
| carbide | 12 | a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element | - |
| compile | 13 | put together out of existing material | compile a list |
| conceit | 11 | feelings of excessive pride | - |
| cleanly | 12 | smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly | she played the piano accompaniment cleanly |
| chalice | 14 | a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | - |
| cookery | 16 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | people are needed who have experience in cookery |
| crevice | 14 | a long narrow opening | - |
| clobber | 13 | informal terms for personal possessions | did you take all your clobber? |
| carrion | 9 | the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
| crackle | 15 | glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface | - |
| cojones | 16 | - | - |
| collage | 10 | a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map |
| coexist | 16 | exist together | - |
| crewman | 14 | any member of a ship's crew | - |
| changer | 13 | a person who changes something | an inveterate changer of the menu |
| couplet | 11 | two items of the same kind | - |
| clicker | 15 | - | - |
| curable | 11 | capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent | - |
| caboose | 11 | the area for food preparation on a ship | - |
| cantina | 9 | - | - |
| canning | 10 | - | - |
| chicory | 17 | perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads | - |
| chilies | 12 | - | - |
| clipper | 13 | a fast sailing ship used in former times | - |
| chorizo | 21 | a spicy Spanish pork sausage | - |
| collard | 10 | variety of kale having smooth leaves | - |
| copping | 14 | - | - |
| croaker | 13 | any of several fishes that make a croaking noise | - |
| codeine | 10 | derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain) | - |
| caloric | 11 | relating to or associated with heat | the caloric effect of sunlight |
| celesta | 9 | a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
| chapped | 17 | used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure | chapped lips |
| charing | 13 | - | - |
| chianti | 12 | dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany | - |
| contour | 9 | a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | - |
| crazily | 21 | in an insane manner | he behaves crazily when he is off his medication |
| crowing | 13 | an instance of boastful talk | - |
| calvary | 15 | a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified | - |
| censure | 9 | rebuke formally | - |
| corsage | 10 | an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | - |
| cutlass | 9 | a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors | - |
| candler | 10 | - | - |
| campana | 13 | the shape of a bell | - |
| crispin | 11 | patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century) | - |
| crumple | 13 | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | - |
| cistern | 9 | a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet | - |
| celadon | 10 | - | - |
| compute | 13 | make a mathematical calculation or computation | - |
| curtsey | 12 | bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | - |
| cacique | 20 | black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | - |
| chiffon | 18 | a sheer fabric of silk or rayon | - |
| cutback | 17 | a reduction in quantity or rate | - |
| clapper | 13 | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | - |
| civvies | 15 | civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | - |
| chamois | 14 | hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips | - |
| compote | 13 | dessert of stewed or baked fruit | - |
| coolant | 9 | a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another | he added more coolant to the car's radiator |
| culvert | 12 | a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | - |
| cannery | 12 | a factory where food is canned | - |
| caramba | 13 | - | - |
| cellist | 9 | someone who plays a violoncello | - |
| centaur | 9 | a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross | - |
| chiefly | 18 | for the most part | - |
| chetnik | 16 | - | - |
| chirrup | 14 | make high-pitched sounds | - |
| chanted | 13 | sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone | a chanted psalm |
| chafing | 16 | soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction | - |
| commode | 14 | a tall elegant chest of drawers | - |
| colonic | 11 | a water enema given to flush out the colon | - |
| chablis | 14 | dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it | - |
| cheapen | 14 | lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | - |
| curdled | 11 | transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | curdled milk |
| cupping | 14 | a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
| crooner | 9 | a singer of popular ballads | - |
| clamour | 11 | make loud demands | - |
| chuffed | 19 | very pleased | I'm chuffed to have won |
| candied | 11 | encrusted with sugar or syrup | candied grapefruit peel |
| capsize | 20 | overturn accidentally | Don't rock the boat or it will capsize! |
| caustic | 11 | of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | - |
| cropper | 13 | small farmers and tenants | - |
| clarion | 9 | a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone | - |
| comedic | 14 | - | - |
| carting | 10 | the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it | - |
| cassock | 15 | a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers | - |
| cassava | 12 | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | - |
| coronal | 9 | flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | - |
| crochet | 14 | needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | - |
| coaxing | 17 | pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade | a coaxing and obsequious voice |
| caraway | 15 | a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed | - |
| canasta | 9 | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | - |
| chumash | 17 | - | - |
| carjack | 22 | take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it | My car was carjacked last night! |
| chagrin | 13 | strong feelings of embarrassment | - |
| creamer | 11 | a small pitcher for serving cream | - |
| caldera | 10 | a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression | - |
| chattel | 12 | personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) | - |
| copious | 11 | affording an abundant supply | copious provisions |
| crawler | 12 | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | - |
| cuticle | 11 | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | - |
| crusted | 10 | having a hardened crust as a covering | - |
| clotted | 10 | thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | clotted blood |
| capping | 14 | - | - |
| chippie | 16 | - | - |
| concoct | 13 | devise or invent | - |
| crasher | 12 | someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying | - |
| coucher | 14 | - | - |
| cursory | 12 | hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws |
| curtail | 9 | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries |
| currant | 9 | any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants | - |
| centric | 11 | having or situated at or near a center | - |
| cherubs | 14 | - | - |
| champak | 20 | - | - |
| corrode | 10 | become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | The metal corroded |
| corneal | 9 | of or related to the cornea | - |
| concave | 14 | curving inward | - |
| contras | 9 | a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States | - |
| crumbly | 16 | easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder | crumbly cookies |
| cruller | 9 | small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts | - |
| cyprian | 14 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | - |
| civilly | 15 | in a civil manner | he treats his former wife civilly |
| combust | 13 | undergo combustion | - |
| closeup | 11 | a photograph taken at close range | - |
| candida | 11 | any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida | - |
| ceasing | 10 | - | - |
| carling | 10 | - | - |
| cassino | 9 | a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand | - |
| cortina | 9 | a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils | - |
| crested | 10 | (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume | - |
| curving | 13 | having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend | - |
| crudely | 13 | in a crude and unskilled manner | - |
| crouton | 9 | a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads | - |
| coinage | 10 | coins collectively | - |
| codicil | 12 | a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will | - |
| chignon | 13 | a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck | - |
| champer | 16 | - | - |
| corsair | 9 | a pirate along the Barbary Coast | - |
| cortege | 10 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
| cornice | 11 | a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing | - |
| corolla | 9 | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | we cultivate the flower for its corolla |
| curacao | 11 | flavored with sour orange peel | - |
| cliched | 15 | repeated regularly without thought or originality | - |
| colicky | 18 | suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal | - |
| collude | 10 | act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | - |
| cadmium | 14 | a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores | - |
| carbine | 11 | light automatic rifle | - |
| candela | 10 | the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | - |
| caldron | 10 | a very large pot that is used for boiling | - |
| campion | 13 | any plant of the genus Silene | - |
| cesspit | 11 | a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | - |
| carping | 12 | persistent petty and unjustified criticism | - |
| castoff | 15 | - | - |
| crisper | 11 | - | - |
| curbing | 12 | an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | - |
| cumulus | 11 | a globular cloud | - |
| curried | 10 | - | - |
| clamber | 13 | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | - |
| collate | 9 | compare critically; of texts | - |
| clubber | 13 | - | - |
| capstan | 11 | a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails | - |
| carioca | 11 | a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
| cathode | 13 | a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | - |
| chapeau | 14 | headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim | - |
| copyist | 14 | someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | - |
| coquito | 18 | - | - |
| congeal | 10 | become gelatinous | - |
| consign | 10 | give over to another for care or safekeeping | consign your baggage |
| cowhide | 16 | leather made from the hide of a cow | - |
| cowlick | 18 | a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat | - |
| coyness | 12 | the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | - |
| cowhand | 16 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
| cowbell | 14 | a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located | - |
| chorale | 12 | a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | - |
| churchy | 20 | - | - |
| colitis | 9 | inflammation of the colon | - |
| cloying | 13 | overly sweet | - |
| cobbles | 13 | - | - |
| cabling | 12 | - | - |
| calumny | 14 | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | - |
| calving | 13 | giving birth to a calf | - |
| catchup | 16 | - | - |
| cashbox | 21 | a strongbox for holding cash | - |
| cheesed | 13 | - | - |
