9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| certainly | 14 | definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') | she certainly is a hard worker |
| character | 16 | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
| condition | 12 | the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | - |
| carefully | 17 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | - |
| celebrate | 13 | behave as expected during of holidays or rites | celebrate Christmas |
| chocolate | 16 | a medium brown to dark-brown color | - |
| community | 18 | a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences | - |
| concerned | 14 | involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in | a memorandum to those concerned |
| cigarette | 12 | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | - |
| commander | 16 | an officer in the airforce | - |
| christian | 14 | a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination | - |
| committed | 16 | associated in an exclusive sexual relationship | - |
| challenge | 15 | take exception to | She challenged his claims |
| childhood | 19 | the state of a child between infancy and adolescence | - |
| champagne | 19 | a region of northeastern France | - |
| convinced | 17 | persuaded of; very sure | were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join |
| connected | 14 | being joined in close association | - |
| committee | 15 | a self-constituted organization to promote something | - |
| confirmed | 17 | having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation | confirmed reservations |
| chuckling | 21 | - | - |
| colleague | 12 | an associate that one works with | - |
| charlotte | 14 | the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina | - |
| confident | 15 | persuaded of; very sure | was confident he would win |
| communist | 15 | a socialist who advocates communism | - |
| complaint | 15 | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | - |
| continued | 12 | without stop or interruption | to insure the continued success of the war |
| completed | 16 | successfully completed or brought to an end | the completed project |
| corporate | 13 | done by or characteristic of individuals acting together | the corporate good |
| confusion | 14 | a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | - |
| currently | 14 | at this time or period; now | currently they live in Connecticut |
| cooperate | 13 | work together on a common enterprise of project | - |
| conscious | 13 | intentionally conceived | a conscious effort to speak more slowly |
| cancelled | 14 | (of events) no longer planned or scheduled | - |
| confusing | 15 | lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | sent confusing signals to Iraq |
| candidate | 13 | someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | - |
| collected | 14 | in full control of your faculties | the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination |
| companion | 15 | a traveler who accompanies you | - |
| celebrity | 16 | the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | - |
| chemistry | 19 | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | - |
| collapsed | 14 | - | - |
| classical | 13 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture | classical mythology |
| correctly | 16 | in an accurate manner | the flower had been correctly depicted by his son |
| curiosity | 14 | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | - |
| counselor | 11 | a lawyer who pleads cases in court | - |
| classroom | 13 | a room in a school where lessons take place | - |
| continent | 11 | abstaining from sexual intercourse | - |
| collector | 13 | a person who collects things | - |
| cellphone | 16 | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | - |
| contained | 12 | gotten under control | the oil spill is contained |
| crocodile | 14 | large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters | - |
| container | 11 | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | - |
| conductor | 14 | the person who leads a musical group | - |
| carpenter | 13 | a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
| courtroom | 13 | a room in which a lawcourt sits | television cameras were admitted in the courtroom |
| certainty | 14 | something that is certain | his victory is a certainty |
| civilized | 24 | having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world |
| calculate | 13 | predict in advance | - |
| classmate | 13 | an acquaintance that you go to school with | - |
| countless | 11 | too numerous to be counted | countless hours |
| cafeteria | 14 | a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
| converted | 15 | - | - |
| cockroach | 22 | any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | - |
| constable | 13 | a police officer of the lowest rank | - |
| courtyard | 15 | an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | - |
| competing | 16 | - | - |
| communion | 15 | sharing thoughts and feelings | - |
| cameraman | 15 | a photographer who operates a movie camera | - |
| criticism | 15 | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | the senator received severe criticism from his opponent |
| cathedral | 15 | the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | - |
| clearance | 13 | vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | - |
| communism | 17 | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | - |
| countdown | 15 | counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) | - |
| criticize | 22 | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | The paper criticized the new movie |
| conceived | 17 | - | - |
| commotion | 15 | the act of making a noisy disturbance | - |
| caretaker | 15 | a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
| consulate | 11 | diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
| chauffeur | 20 | drive someone in a vehicle | - |
| crackling | 18 | the sharp sound of snapping noises | - |
| concluded | 15 | having come or been brought to a conclusion | - |
| concubine | 15 | a woman who cohabits with an important man | - |
| concealed | 14 | not accessible to view | concealed (or hidden) damage |
| collision | 11 | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction |
| certified | 15 | holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | - |
| crucified | 17 | - | - |
| catalogue | 12 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | - |
| construct | 13 | make by combining materials and parts | Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer |
| corrected | 14 | having something undesirable neutralized | with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20 |
| component | 15 | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | spare components for cars |
| cardboard | 15 | a stiff moderately thick paper | - |
| corrupted | 14 | containing errors or alterations | spoke a corrupted version of the language |
| coalition | 11 | the state of being combined into one body | - |
| celestial | 11 | relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven | celestial beings |
| comparing | 16 | the act of examining resemblances | - |
| competent | 15 | adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional | a competent performance |
| cleopatra | 13 | beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC) | - |
| clamoring | 14 | loud and persistent outcry from many people | - |
| compelled | 16 | - | - |
| consuming | 14 | very strong; urgently felt | politics is his consuming passion |
| cleansing | 12 | acting like an antiseptic | - |
| clockwork | 24 | any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock | - |
| clubhouse | 16 | a building that is occupied by a social club | the clubhouse needed a new roof |
| crossword | 15 | a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle | - |
| chevalier | 17 | a gallant or courtly gentleman | - |
| cherished | 18 | characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | a cherished friend |
| checkmate | 22 | a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | - |
| commodity | 19 | articles of commerce | - |
| cremation | 13 | the incineration of a dead body | - |
| colourful | 14 | striking in variety and interest | - |
| capturing | 14 | - | - |
| consensus | 11 | agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions |
| councilor | 13 | - | - |
| craziness | 20 | foolish or senseless behavior | - |
| captivity | 19 | the state of being imprisoned | he was held in captivity until he died |
| chihuahua | 20 | a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico | - |
| copyright | 20 | a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work | - |
| concierge | 14 | a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter | - |
| cultivate | 14 | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | - |
| cowardice | 17 | the trait of lacking courage | - |
| continuum | 13 | a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts | - |
| conceited | 14 | characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | a conceited fool |
| courteous | 11 | exhibiting courtesy and politeness | - |
| clientele | 11 | customers collectively | they have an upper class clientele |
| cartridge | 13 | an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | - |
| customary | 16 | commonly used or practiced; usual | took his customary morning walk |
| commissar | 15 | an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | - |
| courtesan | 11 | a woman who cohabits with an important man | - |
| checkbook | 26 | a book issued to holders of checking accounts | - |
| circulate | 13 | cause to be distributed | This letter is being circulated among the faculty |
| caressing | 12 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| comforted | 17 | made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | the news make her feel comforted |
| canceling | 14 | - | - |
| casserole | 11 | food cooked and served in a casserole | - |
| castrated | 12 | deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes | - |
| courtship | 16 | a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | its was a brief and intense courtship |
| composite | 15 | considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers | - |
| cranberry | 16 | any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries | - |
| combining | 16 | the act of combining things to form a new whole | - |
| chronicle | 16 | a record or narrative description of past events | - |
| contender | 12 | the contestant you hope to defeat | - |
| contented | 12 | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are | a contented smile |
| commodore | 16 | a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral | - |
| chameleon | 16 | lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | - |
| conqueror | 20 | someone who is victorious by force of arms | - |
| croissant | 11 | very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll | - |
| computing | 16 | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | - |
| chartered | 15 | hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | a chartered plane |
| cognitive | 15 | of or being or relating to or involving cognition | cognitive psychology |
| chieftain | 17 | the leader of a group of people | - |
| coastline | 11 | the outline of a coast | - |
| columbine | 15 | a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains | - |
| cataclysm | 18 | a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | - |
| clergyman | 17 | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | - |
| civilised | 15 | having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | - |
| chaperone | 16 | one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | - |
| confessor | 14 | a priest who hears confession and gives absolution | - |
| custodian | 12 | one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | - |
| condensed | 13 | - | - |
| chamomile | 18 | Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | - |
| cinematic | 15 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema | - |
| conspired | 14 | - | - |
| crescendo | 14 | grow louder | The music crescendoes here |
| cellulite | 11 | lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | - |
| clarified | 15 | - | - |
| corkscrew | 20 | a bottle opener that pulls corks | - |
| camcorder | 16 | a portable television camera and videocassette recorder | - |
| centurion | 11 | (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers | - |
| craftsman | 16 | a creator of great skill in the manual arts | - |
| composing | 16 | the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | - |
| cornbread | 14 | bread made primarily of cornmeal | - |
| cortisone | 11 | a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone | - |
| candidacy | 18 | the campaign of a candidate to be elected | - |
| cartilage | 12 | tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | - |
| checklist | 20 | a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted | - |
| childless | 15 | without offspring | in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen |
| crossover | 14 | a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party | - |
| curiously | 14 | with curiosity | the baby looked around curiously |
| cavendish | 18 | British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810) | - |
| crossfire | 14 | a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
| charlatan | 14 | a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | - |
| cirrhosis | 14 | a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism | - |
| cornfield | 15 | a field planted with corn | - |
| childlike | 19 | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | childlike trust |
| closeness | 11 | close or warm friendship | - |
| consoling | 12 | affording comfort or solace | - |
| catechism | 18 | an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers | - |
| crippling | 16 | that cripples or disables or incapacitates | a crippling injury |
| composure | 15 | steadiness of mind under stress | he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity |
| comprised | 16 | - | - |
| colliding | 13 | - | - |
| comforter | 16 | a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | - |
| carpentry | 16 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
| contrived | 15 | artificially formal | contrived coyness |
| criticise | 13 | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | - |
| cutthroat | 14 | ruthless in competition | cutthroat competition |
| contagion | 12 | an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | - |
| confidant | 15 | someone to whom private matters are confided | - |
| crossroad | 12 | a junction where one street or road crosses another | - |
| columnist | 13 | a journalist who writes editorials | - |
| combatant | 15 | someone who fights (or is fighting) | - |
| carnivore | 14 | any animal that feeds on flesh | Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore |
| cloakroom | 17 | a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily | - |
| colonized | 21 | inhabited by colonists | - |
| caballero | 13 | - | - |
| conundrum | 14 | a difficult problem | - |
| contusion | 11 | an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | - |
| conniving | 15 | acting with a specific goal | - |
| catatonic | 13 | characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs | - |
| centipede | 14 | chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors | - |
| clockwise | 20 | in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock | - |
| calabrese | 13 | - | - |
| chlamydia | 20 | a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia | - |
| congested | 13 | overfull as with blood | - |
| commenced | 18 | - | - |
| cancerous | 13 | like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads | remorse was cancerous within him |
| carnation | 11 | Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | - |
| clipboard | 16 | a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers | - |
| continual | 11 | having no interruptions | `continual' is often used interchangeably with `continuous' |
| compiling | 16 | the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list) | the job of compiling the inventory took several hours |
| chopstick | 22 | one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with | - |
| conferred | 15 | - | - |
| cosmonaut | 13 | a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts |
| corrosion | 11 | erosion by chemical action | - |
| croquette | 20 | minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried | - |
| coherence | 16 | the state of cohering or sticking together | - |
| colouring | 12 | a digestible substance used to give color to food | - |
| combative | 18 | striving to overcome in argument | - |
| caesarean | 11 | of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar | - |
| caregiver | 15 | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability | - |
| carpeting | 14 | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | - |
| channeled | 15 | - | - |
| construed | 12 | - | - |
| cotillion | 11 | a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century | - |
| crosswalk | 18 | a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | - |
| cryogenic | 17 | of or relating to very low temperatures | - |
| carpaccio | 17 | - | - |
| circuitry | 16 | electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits | - |
| crackdown | 21 | severely repressive actions | - |
| coriander | 12 | parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish | - |
| criterion | 11 | a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | - |
| curvature | 14 | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | - |
| crankcase | 17 | housing for a crankshaft | - |
| colorless | 11 | weak in color; not colorful | - |
| citizenry | 23 | the body of citizens of a state or country | - |
| copacetic | 17 | completely satisfactory | his smile said that everything was copacetic |
| cordially | 15 | in a hearty manner | - |
| collusion | 11 | agreement on a secret plot | - |
| checkered | 21 | patterned with alternating squares of color | - |
| conserved | 15 | protected from harm or loss | - |
| cosmology | 17 | the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | - |
| corrosive | 14 | of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | - |
| commuting | 16 | the travel of a commuter | - |
| colosseum | 13 | a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80 | - |
| chantilly | 17 | - | - |
| converter | 14 | a device for changing one substance or form or state into another | - |
| cloudless | 12 | free from clouds | under a cloudless sky |
| carbonate | 13 | a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) | - |
| conjoined | 19 | consisting of two or more associated entities | the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors |
| concourse | 13 | a large gathering of people | - |
| colostomy | 16 | a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus | - |
| celestine | 11 | - | - |
| cessation | 11 | a stopping | a cessation of the thunder |
| conducive | 17 | tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | working conditions are not conducive to productivity |
| crucially | 16 | to a crucial degree | crucially important |
| crematory | 16 | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | - |
| compliant | 15 | inclined to comply | children compliant with the parental will |
| cathartic | 16 | strongly laxative | - |
| climactic | 17 | consisting of or causing a climax | a climactic development |
| contested | 12 | disputed or made the object of contention or competition | a contested election |
| cartwheel | 17 | a dollar made of silver | - |
| conjugate | 19 | formed by the union of two compounds | a conjugated protein |
| consonant | 11 | in keeping | - |
| conjuring | 19 | calling up a spirit or devil | - |
| cricketer | 17 | an athlete who plays cricket | - |
| coincided | 15 | - | - |
| capacitor | 15 | an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | - |
| cartouche | 16 | a cartridge (usually with paper casing) | - |
| cascading | 15 | - | - |
| counseled | 12 | - | - |
| cynically | 19 | with cynicism; in a cynical manner | Larsen's frost-blackened lips curved cynically |
| culminate | 13 | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace |
| carcinoma | 15 | any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
| custodial | 12 | providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | daycare that is educational and not just custodial |
| cluttered | 12 | filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair |
| colonised | 12 | inhabited by colonists | - |
| cacophony | 21 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
| catamaran | 13 | a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck | - |
| causality | 14 | the relation between causes and effects | - |
| conveying | 18 | act of transferring property title from one person to another | - |
| conscript | 15 | someone who is drafted into military service | - |
| cabdriver | 17 | someone who drives a taxi for a living | - |
| captivate | 16 | attract; cause to be enamored | - |
| cataplexy | 23 | - | - |
| celluloid | 12 | artificial as if portrayed in a film | a novel with flat celluloid characters |
| centenary | 14 | of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years | - |
| centrally | 14 | in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function | The theater is centrally located |
| chrysalis | 17 | pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon | - |
| convincer | 16 | - | - |
| confining | 15 | restricting the scope or freedom of action | - |
| configure | 15 | set up for a particular purpose | configure my new computer |
| connector | 13 | an instrumentality that connects | he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers |
| cormorant | 13 | large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish | - |
| correlate | 11 | either of two or more related or complementary variables | - |
| cunningly | 15 | in an attractive manner | how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure |
| communing | 16 | - | - |
| committal | 15 | the act of committing a crime | - |
| capillary | 16 | a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action | - |
| castanets | 11 | (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | - |
| cassoulet | 11 | - | - |
| catharsis | 14 | purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | - |
| cellulose | 11 | a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers | - |
| censoring | 12 | counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | - |
| childcare | 17 | a service involving care for other people's children | - |
| congenial | 12 | suitable to your needs | a congenial atmosphere to work in |
| constancy | 16 | the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation | early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds |
| crosstown | 14 | going or extending across a town or city | the crosstown bus |
| customize | 22 | make according to requirements | customize a car |
| clustered | 12 | clustered together but not coherent | - |
| cockfight | 24 | a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs | - |
| condenser | 12 | lens used to concentrate light on an object | - |
| condoning | 13 | - | - |
| carbuncle | 15 | an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus | - |
| cheekbone | 20 | the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | - |
| classless | 11 | favoring social equality | a classless society |
| circadian | 14 | of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals | circadian rhythms |
| converged | 16 | - | - |
| cuneiform | 16 | shaped like a wedge | - |
| coffeepot | 19 | tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
| cabriolet | 13 | small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood | - |
| carbonara | 13 | sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese | - |
| cauterize | 20 | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | The surgeon cauterized the wart |
| cellblock | 19 | a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | - |
| conserves | 14 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | - |
| countable | 13 | that can be counted | countable sins |
| creepiest | 13 | - | - |
| credulity | 15 | tendency to believe readily | - |
| cognizant | 21 | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception | - |
| condiment | 14 | a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment | mustard and ketchup are condiments |
| concerted | 14 | involving the joint activity of two or more | concerted action |
| caesarian | 11 | of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar | - |
| callously | 14 | in a callous way | he callously exploited their feelings |
| catalepsy | 16 | a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli | - |
| causation | 11 | the act of causing something to happen | - |
| carmelite | 13 | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers | - |
| chapstick | 22 | - | - |
| cavernous | 14 | filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | - |
| ceaseless | 11 | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | the ceaseless thunder of surf |
| chickadee | 21 | any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America | - |
| copasetic | 15 | completely satisfactory | - |
| confiding | 16 | willing to entrust personal matters | first she was suspicious, then she became confiding |
| corollary | 14 | a practical consequence that follows naturally | blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love |
| corporeal | 13 | affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | corporeal suffering |
| cruzeiros | 20 | - | - |
| crusading | 13 | - | - |
| colluding | 13 | - | - |
| cavalcade | 17 | a procession of people traveling on horseback | - |
| carousing | 12 | used of riotously drunken merrymaking | carousing bands of drunken soldiers |
| champaign | 19 | extensive tract of level open land | - |
| chelonian | 14 | a reptile of the order Chelonia | - |
| convening | 15 | the act of convening | - |
| conversed | 15 | - | - |
| cookhouse | 18 | the area for food preparation on a ship | - |
| congealed | 13 | congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling | in Georgia they serve congealed salads |
| crossbeam | 15 | a horizontal beam that extends across something | - |
| crudeness | 12 | a wild or unrefined state | - |
| cremating | 14 | - | - |
| credulous | 12 | disposed to believe on little evidence | the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous |
| coagulant | 12 | an agent that produces coagulation | - |
| complying | 19 | - | - |
| certitude | 12 | total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | - |
| chinaware | 17 | dishware made of high quality porcelain | - |
| constrain | 11 | to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | - |
| constrict | 13 | become tight or as if tight | Her throat constricted |
| coagulate | 12 | change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | coagulated blood |
| coalesced | 14 | joined together into a whole | - |
| cockscomb | 23 | a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | - |
| concurred | 14 | - | - |
| concealer | 13 | - | - |
| collegial | 12 | of or resembling or typical of a college or college students | - |
| combating | 16 | - | - |
| calcified | 17 | - | - |
| canonical | 13 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
| caliphate | 16 | the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community | - |
| calibrate | 13 | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | calibrate an instrument |
| calloused | 12 | having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear | calloused skin |
| catatonia | 11 | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement | - |
| carrefour | 14 | a junction where one street or road crosses another | - |
| chastised | 15 | - | - |
| centering | 12 | the concentration of attention or energy on something | - |
| chocolaty | 19 | - | - |
| chromatic | 18 | based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones | a chromatic scale |
| courgette | 12 | small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | - |
| cornflake | 18 | - | - |
| corpulent | 13 | excessively fat | - |
| crotchety | 19 | having a difficult and contrary disposition | - |
| crosswind | 15 | wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
| crosswise | 14 | transversely | - |
| cointreau | 11 | - | - |
| conceding | 15 | the act of conceding or yielding | - |
| colloidal | 12 | of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid | - |
| coltsfoot | 14 | tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | - |
| canonized | 21 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
| catalytic | 16 | relating to or causing or involving catalysis | catalytic reactions |
| catalyzer | 23 | - | - |
| chambered | 19 | having compartmental chambers | a spiral chambered seashell |
| chequered | 24 | patterned with alternating squares of color | - |
| cheapness | 16 | tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | - |
| chicanery | 19 | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | - |
| clingfilm | 17 | a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food | - |
| convivial | 17 | occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company | a convivial atmosphere at the reunion |
| copulated | 14 | - | - |
| costliest | 11 | - | - |
| couturier | 11 | someone who designs clothing | - |
| crossbred | 14 | bred from parents of different varieties or species | - |
| cretinous | 11 | afflicted with cretinism | - |
| cyberpunk | 22 | a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism | - |
| cushioned | 15 | softened by the addition of cushions or padding | - |
| cognition | 12 | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | - |
| collating | 12 | - | - |
| clumsiest | 13 | - | - |
| cockiness | 17 | offensive boldness and assertiveness | - |
| cadaveric | 17 | of or relating to a cadaver or corpse | - |
| captaincy | 18 | the post of captain | - |
| carnality | 14 | feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness | - |
| carolling | 12 | - | - |
| charwoman | 19 | a human female employed to do housework | - |
| classiest | 11 | - | - |
| cookstove | 18 | a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove) | - |
| crabgrass | 14 | grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns | - |
| corduroys | 15 | cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth | - |
| corticoid | 14 | a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | - |
| corroding | 13 | erosion by chemical action | - |
| corralled | 12 | - | - |
| crassness | 11 | the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement | - |
| cytoplasm | 18 | the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism | - |
| curettage | 12 | surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | - |
| cutaneous | 11 | relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | cutaneous nerves |
| cloudland | 13 | - | - |
| concisely | 16 | in a concise manner; in a few words | the history is summed up concisely in this book |
| comically | 18 | in a comical manner | the tone was comically desperate |
| causative | 14 | producing an effect | poverty as a causative factor in crime |
| carrousel | 11 | a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement | - |
| chanteuse | 14 | - | - |
| chokehold | 22 | a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind | he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled |
| chiseling | 15 | - | - |
| chorister | 14 | a singer in a choir | - |
| cheongsam | 17 | - | - |
| cleanness | 11 | the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities | - |
| cigarillo | 12 | small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper | - |
| cityscape | 18 | a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area | the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty |
| contorted | 12 | twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) | his mad contorted smile |
| coonhound | 15 | any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons | - |
| connexion | 18 | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | - |
| corrupter | 13 | - | - |
| coruscant | 13 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | - |
| cornstalk | 15 | the stalk of a corn plant | - |
| croupiers | 13 | - | - |
| crownless | 14 | not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | - |
| cyclotron | 16 | an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles | - |
| cumulated | 14 | - | - |
| cuckoldry | 21 | the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women | - |
| cofounder | 15 | one of a group of founders | - |
| cochineal | 16 | Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye | - |
| companied | 16 | - | - |
| comradely | 17 | heartily friendly and congenial | - |
| colonnade | 12 | a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | - |
| combatted | 16 | - | - |
| calendula | 12 | any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes | - |
| cantabile | 13 | smooth and flowing | - |
| campesino | 15 | - | - |
| catchment | 18 | a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
| castellan | 11 | - | - |
| castigate | 12 | censure severely | - |
| careerist | 11 | a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity | - |
| carthorse | 14 | draft horse kept for pulling carts | - |
| chairlift | 17 | a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | - |
| chagrined | 16 | feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | chagrined at the poor sales of his book |
| chaffinch | 25 | small European finch with a cheerful song | - |
| chatterer | 14 | passerine bird of New World tropics | - |
| charmless | 16 | - | - |
| censuring | 12 | - | - |
| chondrite | 15 | a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules | - |
| chiselled | 15 | - | - |
| clapboard | 16 | a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | - |
| contumacy | 18 | obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority | - |
| contently | 14 | - | - |
| contralto | 11 | of or being the lowest female voice | - |
| continuer | 11 | - | - |
| copiously | 16 | in an abundant manner | - |
| convulsed | 15 | - | - |
| confluent | 14 | a branch that flows into the main stream | - |
| congruity | 15 | the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate | - |
| costuming | 14 | - | - |
| craftiest | 14 | - | - |
| cornicing | 14 | - | - |
| corruptor | 13 | - | - |
| crossable | 13 | - | - |
| cruciform | 18 | shaped like a cross | - |
| crinoline | 11 | a skirt stiffened with hoops | - |
| criminous | 13 | - | - |
