5 Letter Words That Start With C

crude

Adjective : In a natural, untreated state.

Adjective : Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

Adjective : Lacking tact or taste.

croon

Verb : (transitive) To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.

Verb : (intransitive) To hum or sing, or to speak, softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing a popular song in a low, mellow voice.

Verb : (transitive) To soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly.

chuff

Verb : (intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.

Verb : (British, slang) To break wind.

Noun : A noisy puffing sound.

close

Verb : (physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.

Verb : (transitive) To obstruct or block.

clear

Adjective : Transparent in colour.

Adjective : Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.

Adjective : Free of obstacles.

crack

Verb : (intransitive) To form cracks.

Verb : (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

Verb : (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

crest

Noun : The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.

Noun : The ridge or top of a wave.

Noun : A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.

charm

Noun : (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

Noun : An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

Noun : A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

crisp

Adjective : Senses relating to curliness.

Adjective : Senses relating to brittleness.

Adjective : Having a consistency which is hard yet brittle, and in a condition to break with a sharp fracture; crumbly, friable, short.

chide

Verb : (transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

croak

Noun : The call of a frog or toad.

Noun : The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a croak sound.

chasm

Noun : (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

Noun : (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

Noun : A locality and provincial park in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

craft

Noun : (countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .

Noun : (collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .

Noun : (uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .

creep

Verb : (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.

Verb : To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

Noun : (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.

clasp

Noun : (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.

Noun : (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.

Verb : (transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.

cynic

Noun : A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.

Noun : A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

Adjective : cynical (in all senses)

carry

Verb : (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

Verb : (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

Verb : (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

clump

Noun : A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.

Noun : A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.

cover

Noun : A lid.

Noun : (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

Noun : The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

court

Noun : An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

Noun : (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.

Noun : (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.

chafe

Verb : (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Verb : (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.

caper

Noun : A prank or practical joke.

Noun : A playful leap or jump.

Noun : (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.

crown

Noun : (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.

Noun : A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.

Noun : (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.

check

Noun : An inspection or examination.

Noun : A control; a limit or stop.

Noun : (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

crypt

Noun : An underground vault.

Noun : Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.

Noun : (now rare) A cave or cavern.

copse

Noun : Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.

Noun : Any woodland or woodlot.

Noun : A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).

crass

Adjective : Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.

Adjective : Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.

Adjective : Materialistic.

churl

Noun : (by extension) (derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.

Noun : A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.

Noun : A bondman or serf.

couth

Adjective : Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.

Adjective : Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

Noun : Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.

cache

Noun : (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

Noun : A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

Noun : Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.

crush

Noun : A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Noun : Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

Noun : A violent crowding.

chink

Noun : A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.

Noun : A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.

Noun : A chip or dent in something metallic.

crave

Verb : (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

Verb : (transitive, archaic or literary) To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.

covet

Verb : (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

Verb : (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

Verb : (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.

chary

Adjective : Careful, cautious, shy, wary.

Adjective : Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing.

Adjective : Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.

cause

Noun : (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

Verb : (transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

Noun : (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.

crank

Adjective : (dialectal) Hard; difficult.

Adjective : (informal) Strange; weird; odd.

Adjective : (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.

cabal

Noun : (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

Noun : A secret plot.

Verb : (intransitive) To engage in the activities of a cabal.

cocky

Adjective : Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

Noun : (chiefly British, Ireland, Newfoundland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.

Noun : (informal) A familiar name for a cockatoo.

cream

Noun : The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

Noun : (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.

Noun : (standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).

curse

Noun : A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.

Verb : To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

Verb : (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).

cagey

Adjective : Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

Adjective : Wary, careful, shrewd.

carom

Noun : (countable, billiards, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).

Noun : (uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.

cross

Noun : A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.

Noun : (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

Noun : A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).

chaos

Noun : Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

Noun : The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

Noun : (mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.

chest

Noun : (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.

Noun : The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.

Noun : (euphemistic) A female human's breasts.

curve

Noun : A gentle bend, such as in a road.

Noun : A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

Noun : A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.

chime

Noun : (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

Noun : The sound of such an instrument or device.

Noun : An individual ringing component of such a set.

churn

Verb : (business, of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.

Noun : (business, uncountable) Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.

cleft

Noun : An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

Noun : A piece made by splitting.

Adjective : split, divided, or partially divided into two.

coyly

Verb : In a coy manner.

class

Noun : (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

Noun : (sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.

Noun : (uncountable) The division of society into classes.

clerk

Noun : One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Noun : A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.

Noun : An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.

cease

Verb : (formal, intransitive) To stop.

Verb : (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.

creed

Noun : That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

Noun : (specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.

Noun : (rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.

cheer

Noun : (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.

Noun : (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".

Verb : (transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

cavil

Noun : A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

Verb : (intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

clean

Adjective : Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

Adjective : (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.

Adjective : Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.

coach

Noun : (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.

Verb : (transitive) To instruct; to train.

Verb : (intransitive, sports) To train.

chuck

Noun : (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

Noun : (US, slang, dated) Food.

Noun : (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

cruel

Adjective : Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

Adjective : Harsh; severe.

Adjective : (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.

craze

Noun : A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.

Noun : A strong habitual desire or fancy.

Verb : To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

chaff

Noun : The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Noun : (figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

Noun : Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

clout

Noun : (informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

Noun : A blow with the hand.

Noun : (baseball, informal) A home run.

clash

Noun : Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.

Noun : An angry argument.

Noun : A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

cloak

Noun : A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

Noun : (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To cover up, hide or conceal.

clack

Verb : (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

Noun : An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.

cholo

Noun : (derogatory) A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.

chief

Noun : The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

Adjective : Primary; principal.

Noun : (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.

cabin

Noun : The passenger area of an airplane.

Noun : (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.

Noun : A private room on a ship.

cadre

Noun : A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.

Noun : (chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.

Noun : A frame or framework.

crazy

Adjective : Very excited or enthusiastic.

Adjective : Out of control.

Adjective : (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.

crone

Noun : An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.

Noun : An archetypal figure, a wise woman.

Noun : (archaic) An old woman.

curio

Noun : A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

curst

Verb : Archaic spelling of cursed, simple past and past participle of curse.

Adjective : Archaic spelling of cursed. [Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.]

chimo

Noun : (US, prison slang) A child molester.

crash

Noun : A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.

Noun : An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

Noun : (computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.

canon

Noun : A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

Noun : A generally accepted principle; a rule.

Noun : The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

crimp

Noun : A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.

Noun : The natural curliness of wool fibres.

Noun : (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.

chunk

Noun : A large or substantial portion of something.

Noun : A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

Noun : (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.

crick

Noun : A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.

Verb : To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

Verb : To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).

crony

Noun : (informal, originally Cambridge University) A close friend.

Noun : (informal) A trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.

Noun : (obsolete) An old woman; a crone.

croft

Noun : An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.

Verb : (intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.

Noun : An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.

canny

Adjective : Knowing, shrewd, astute.

Adjective : Careful, prudent, cautious.

Adjective : Frugal, thrifty.

covey

Noun : (by extension) (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.

Noun : A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).

Noun : (by extension) A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).

curia

Noun : (historical) The Roman senate during the republic

Noun : (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome

Noun : (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice

cushy

Adjective : (informal) Making few demands; comfortable, easy.

Adjective : (chiefly US) Comfortable, often in a way that will suit a person's body; ergonomic.

cowed

Adjective : Frightened into submission.

chomo

Noun : (US, prison slang) A child molester.

claim

Verb : To demand ownership of.

Noun : A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.

Noun : A demand of ownership made for something.

count

Verb : (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.

Verb : (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).

Verb : (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.

cheek

Noun : (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

Noun : (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

Noun : (figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

civil

Adjective : (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.

Adjective : (not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

Adjective : (law) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.

chore

Noun : A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as cleaning or preparing meals.

Noun : A task that is difficult, unpleasant, or tediously routine.

Verb : (US, dated) To do chores.

chine

Noun : The spine of an animal.

Noun : A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.

Noun : The top of a ridge.

coven

Noun : A formal group or assembly of witches.

Noun : A nunnery, a convent

Noun : In fantasy fiction, a family, group or assembly of vampires.

cower

Verb : (intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

Verb : (intransitive, figuratively) To be a coward; to hide away or refuse to face opposition due to fear.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

clang

Noun : A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

Verb : (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.

Verb : (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

cavel

Noun : (dialectal) A horse's bit.

Noun : (obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land.

Noun : (obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot.

clamp

Noun : A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.

Verb : (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.

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