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# English words: C

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · **C** · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

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

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