6 Letter Words That Start With C

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cookie

Noun : (Canada, US) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.

Noun : (UK, Commonwealth) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.

Noun : (Scotland) A bun.

caveat

Noun : A warning.

Noun : A qualification or exemption.

Noun : (law) A formal objection.

course

Noun : A sequence of events.

Noun : A normal or customary sequence.

Noun : A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.

change

Verb : (intransitive) To become something different.

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.

Verb : (transitive) To replace.

charge

Noun : The amount of money levied for a service.

Noun : (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.

Noun : A forceful forward movement.

center

Noun : The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

Noun : The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

Noun : The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.

choose

Verb : To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

Verb : To elect.

Verb : To decide to act in a certain way.

credit

Verb : (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.

Verb : (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.

Verb : (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.

coffee

Noun : (uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

Noun : (countable) A serving of this beverage.

Noun : The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.

cheese

Noun : (uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.

Noun : (countable) Any particular variety of cheese.

Noun : (countable) A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.

cherry

Noun : A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.

Noun : Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.

Noun : The wood of a cherry tree.

chance

Noun : (countable) An opportunity or possibility.

Noun : (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.

Noun : (countable) The probability of something happening.

circle

Noun : (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).

Noun : A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.

Noun : Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

common

Adjective : Mutual; shared by more than one.

Adjective : Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.

Adjective : Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

church

Noun : (countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

Noun : Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

Noun : (countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

convey

Verb : To move (something) from one place to another.

Verb : (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.

Verb : To communicate; to make known; to portray.

confer

Verb : (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.

Verb : (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.

Verb : (obsolete) To compare.

cohort

Noun : A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

Noun : (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.

Noun : (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).

clothe

Verb : (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

Verb : (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.

curate

Noun : An assistant rector or vicar.

Noun : A parish priest.

Noun : (Ireland) An assistant barman.

clause

Noun : (grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.

Noun : (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.

Noun : (law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

concur

Verb : To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.

Verb : To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.

Verb : (obsolete) To run together; to meet.

commit

Verb : (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

Verb : (transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.

Verb : (transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.

cogent

Adjective : Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

Adjective : Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.

Adjective : Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.

corner

Noun : The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

Noun : The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

Noun : The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.

career

Noun : One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.

Noun : General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.

Noun : (archaic) Speed.

candid

Adjective : Impartial and free from prejudice.

Adjective : Straightforward, open and sincere.

Adjective : Not posed or rehearsed.

create

Verb : (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

Verb : (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.

Verb : To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.

cancer

Noun : (medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

Noun : (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

Adjective : (slang) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

custom

Noun : Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

Noun : (dated outside UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.

Noun : (collectively) The habitual patrons (i.e. customers) of a business; business support.

camera

Noun : (photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

Noun : (computer graphics, video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.

Noun : A vaulted room.

caucus

Noun : A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.

Noun : A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

Noun : A political interest group by members of a legislative body.

column

Noun : (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

Noun : A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.

Noun : A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.

collar

Noun : Clothes that encircle the neck.

Noun : The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

Noun : A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

cringe

Verb : (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

Verb : (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.

Verb : (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.

choice

Noun : An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

Noun : (uncountable) The power to choose.

Noun : One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

comply

Verb : To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.

Verb : (archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil.

Verb : (archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.

clutch

Verb : To seize, as though with claws.

Verb : To grip or grasp tightly.

Verb : (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.

covert

Adjective : (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

Adjective : (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.

Adjective : (law, historical) Under coverture.

crisis

Noun : A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.

Noun : An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.

Noun : (medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.

cliche

Noun : Alternative form of cliché [Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.]

Verb : Alternative form of cliché [(transitive, intransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.]

compel

Verb : (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up

Verb : (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.

Verb : (transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.

centre

Noun : A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Alabama.

Noun : Centre County, Pennsylvania.

canvas

Noun : A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

Noun : (painting)

Noun : A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.

cipher

Noun : A numeric character.

Noun : Any text character.

Noun : A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.

canard

Noun : A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

Noun : (aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

Noun : (aviation, by extension) A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.

clover

Noun : A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

Noun : (cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.

Noun : A surname.

clever

Adjective : Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.

Adjective : Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

Adjective : Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.

casual

Adjective : Happening by chance.

Adjective : Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

Adjective : Employed irregularly.

cooper

Noun : (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation derived from cooper.

Noun : (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A placename in the United States:

canopy

Noun : A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

Noun : Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.

Noun : The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

cachet

Noun : (archaic) A seal, as of a letter.

Noun : (figurative) A special characteristic or quality; prestige, especially via association.

Noun : (philately) A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.

couple

Noun : Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

Noun : Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

Noun : (informal) A small number.

cheeky

Adjective : (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

Adjective : (informal, of swimwear, underwear, etc.) Tending to expose the cheeks of the buttocks.

Adjective : (Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.

cancel

Verb : (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.

Verb : (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

Verb : (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.

corpus

Noun : A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc.

Noun : (specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.

Noun : (uncommon) A body, a collection.

coarse

Adjective : With a rough texture; not smooth.

Adjective : Composed of large particles.

Adjective : Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

candor

Noun : (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity.

Noun : The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.

Noun : Impartiality.

craven

Adjective : Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

Noun : A coward.

Verb : To make craven.

clumsy

Adjective : Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

Adjective : Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.

Adjective : Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

cosmos

Noun : The universe.

Noun : An ordered, harmonious whole.

Noun : Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.

corral

Noun : An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

Noun : An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.

Noun : A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.

christ

Noun : (Christianity) The anointed one, the Messiah predicted by the Old Testament.

Noun : (Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.

Noun : A surname.

cleave

Verb : (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

Verb : (transitive, mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.

Verb : (transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

cajole

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

Noun : The act of cajoling

cotton

Noun : Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.

Noun : Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

Noun : Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.

cavity

Noun : A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.

Noun : (anatomy) A hollow area within the body.

Noun : (engineering, manufacturing) The female part of a mold: the depression itself or (metonymically) the half of the mold that contains it.

cutter

Noun : A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

Noun : (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.

Noun : A foretooth; an incisor.

closet

Noun : A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.

Noun : (obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air.

Noun : (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):

castle

Noun : A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

Noun : (chess) An instance of castling.

Noun : (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.

colour

Noun : Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of color.

Adjective : Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of color.

Verb : Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of color.

cradle

Noun : A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

Noun : (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

Noun : (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.

cousin

Noun : Chiefly with a qualifying word: any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Noun : (specifically) Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.

Noun : (specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

callow

Adjective : Bald, hairless, bare.

Adjective : Unfledged (of a young bird), featherless.

Adjective : (by extension, life-cycle developmental stage) Newly emerged or hatched, juvenile.

creole

Noun : (linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.

Noun : a style of hoop earrings that comprise of a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape

Noun : A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.

cruise

Noun : A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

Noun : (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.

Noun : (US, military, informal) A period spent in the Marine Corps.

camaro

cattle

Noun : Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc).

Noun : Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.

Noun : (derogatory, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

corona

Noun : A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.

Noun : (anatomy) An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.

Noun : A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.

crunch

Verb : To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

Verb : To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

Verb : (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

combat

Noun : A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

Noun : a struggle for victory

Verb : (transitive) To fight; to struggle against.

cannon

Noun : A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.

Noun : Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.

Noun : (military, chiefly aviation) An autocannon.

copper

Noun : (uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

Noun : The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

Noun : (countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.

candle

Noun : A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.

Noun : The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.

Noun : (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.

cheque

Noun : (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

Adjective : Obsolete form of chequy. [(heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.]

colony

Noun : An area under the political control of another country and typically occupied by settlers (colonists) from it, or by their descendants.

Noun : A group of people who settle such an area and maintain ties to their native country, and (later) their descendants.

Noun : A group of people, of one nationality, ethnic group, or language, residing in a different country, city, or area; the area such people occupy.

careen

Verb : (nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

Verb : (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.

Verb : (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

chisel

Noun : A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.

Verb : (intransitive) To use a chisel.

Verb : (transitive) To work something with a chisel.

cheesy

Adjective : Of or relating to cheese.

Adjective : Resembling or containing cheese.

Adjective : (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.

caring

Adjective : (of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.

Noun : The act of one who cares.

client

Noun : A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

Noun : (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.

Noun : A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.

casino

Noun : A public building or room for gambling.

Noun : (obsolete) A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.

Noun : (uncountable) A certain Italian card game for two to four players.

clamor

Noun : A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.

Noun : Any loud and continued noise.

Noun : A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

coerce

Verb : (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

Verb : (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

Verb : (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

cartel

Noun : (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

Noun : (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.

Noun : (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.

callus

Noun : A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.

Noun : The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

Noun : (botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

chorus

Noun : (Ancient Greece, historical)

Noun : A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.

Noun : A song performed by the singers of such a group.

carpet

Noun : A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

Noun : (figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.

Noun : Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae

chrome

Noun : Chromium, when used to plate other metals.

Noun : (graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.

Noun : (US, slang, collective) handguns

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