7 Letter Words That Start With C

chortle

Noun : A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.

Noun : A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.

Verb : (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

callous

Adjective : (figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

Adjective : (literal) Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

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

chuckle

Noun : A quiet laugh.

Verb : To laugh quietly or inwardly.

Verb : (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.

crucial

Adjective : Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.

Adjective : (archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.

Adjective : (slang, especially Jamaica, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.

cordial

Adjective : Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.

Adjective : Radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.

Adjective : (rare) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.

cunning

Adjective : Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

Adjective : (obsolete) Skillful, artful.

Adjective : (obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.

contend

Verb : (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

Verb : (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

Verb : (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

caustic

Adjective : Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.

Adjective : (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.

Noun : Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

content

Adjective : Satisfied, pleased, contented.

Noun : Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.

Noun : (obsolete) Acquiescence without examination.

consort

Noun : The spouse of a monarch.

Noun : A husband, wife, companion or partner.

Noun : (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.

chagrin

Noun : Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

Noun : A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.

Verb : (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.

conceit

Noun : (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.

Noun : The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.

Noun : Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

concede

Verb : To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

Verb : To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

Verb : To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge; to grant.

cynical

Adjective : Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.

Adjective : Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.

Adjective : Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.

control

Verb : (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

Verb : (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.

concord

Noun : A state of agreement; harmony; union.

Noun : (obsolete) An agreement by stipulation; a compact; a covenant; a treaty or league.

Noun : (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.

concept

Noun : An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.

Noun : Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

Noun : (generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.

carmine

Noun : A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

Noun : A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

Adjective : Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

carnage

Noun : Death and destruction.

Noun : The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.

Noun : (figurative, sports) Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.

cryptic

Adjective : Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.

Adjective : Mystified or of an obscure nature.

Adjective : Involving use of a code or cipher.

copious

Adjective : Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

Adjective : Having an abundant supply.

Adjective : Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

cursory

Adjective : Hasty or superficial.

Adjective : Careless or desultory.

Adjective : (obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

concern

Noun : That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

Noun : The placement of interest or worry on a subject.

Noun : A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.

conduct

Noun : The act or method of controlling or directing.

Noun : Skillful guidance or management.

Noun : Behaviour; the manner of behaving.

cloying

Adjective : Unpleasantly excessive.

Adjective : Excessively sweet.

complex

Adjective : Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

Adjective : Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

Adjective : (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.

command

Noun : An order to do something.

Noun : The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

Noun : power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

citadel

Noun : A strong fortress that sits high above a city.

Noun : (sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.

Noun : An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.

clamber

Verb : (ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

Noun : The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.

concise

Adjective : Brief, yet including all important information

Adjective : (obsolete) Physically short or truncated

Verb : (India, transitive) To make concise; to abridge or summarize.

condemn

Verb : (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.

Verb : (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

Verb : (transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence

coterie

Noun : A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.

Noun : A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

conjure

Verb : (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.

Verb : (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.

cascade

Noun : A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

Noun : (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.

Noun : A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.

compose

Verb : (transitive) To make something by merging parts.

Verb : (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.

Verb : (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.

cluster

Noun : A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

Noun : (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.

Noun : (physical chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.

curious

Adjective : Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.

Adjective : Caused by curiosity.

Adjective : Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.

current

Noun : The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

Noun : The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.

Noun : (electricity) The amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.

censure

Noun : The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.

Noun : Official reprimand.

Noun : A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

crooked

Adjective : Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

Adjective : Set at an angle; not vertical or square.

Adjective : (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.

caprice

Noun : An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

Noun : A brief romance.

Noun : An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.

channel

Noun : The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.

Noun : The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

Noun : The navigable part of a river.

counter

Noun : One who counts.

Noun : A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.

Noun : An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

cadence

Noun : The act or state of declining or sinking.

Noun : The measure or beat of movement.

Noun : Balanced, rhythmic flow.

compact

Noun : An agreement or contract.

Verb : (intransitive) To form an agreement or contract.

Adjective : (archaic) Agreed, contracted.

clement

Adjective : Lenient or merciful; charitable.

Adjective : Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).

Noun : A male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints.

chamber

Noun : A room or set of rooms, particularly:

Noun : The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.

Noun : A bedroom.

convert

Verb : (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.

Verb : (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.

Verb : (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).

clarify

Verb : (ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.

Verb : (by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

Verb : (obsolete) To glorify.

coerced

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.

cadaver

Noun : (literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

charade

Noun : (literature, archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.

Noun : (uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

Noun : (obsolete) A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.

chaotic

Adjective : Filled with chaos.

Adjective : Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

Adjective : (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.

connote

Verb : (transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

Verb : (transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.

Verb : (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.

comfort

Noun : Contentment, ease.

Noun : Something that offers comfort.

Noun : A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

clarity

Noun : The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.

Noun : The ability to be easily understood.

Noun : The ability to think clearly and rationally.

cognate

Adjective : Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.

Adjective : Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.

Adjective : (linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

corrupt

Adjective : Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.

Adjective : In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

Adjective : Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.

crimson

Noun : A deep, slightly bluish red.

Adjective : Having a deep red colour.

Adjective : Immodest.

crusade

Noun : (historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.

Noun : Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends, (especially) papal-sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.

Noun : (figuratively, sometimes ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.

commend

Verb : (transitive) To congratulate or reward.

Verb : (transitive) To praise or acclaim.

Verb : (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

charnel

Noun : A chapel attached to a mortuary.

Noun : A repository for dead bodies.

Adjective : Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.

console

Noun : A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.

Noun : A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.

Noun : An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.

certain

Adjective : Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.

Adjective : Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

Adjective : Sure to happen, inevitable; assured.

chuffed

Adjective : (UK, Ireland, informal) Very pleased or satisfied; delighted.

Adjective : (UK, Ireland, dialect) Displeased; gruff.

chimera

Noun : (mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.

Noun : (figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.

Noun : (figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.

comrade

Noun : A mate, companion, or associate.

Noun : A companion in battle; fellow soldier.

Noun : (communism, by extension) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

contemn

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

Verb : (law) To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).

candent

Adjective : (now rare) Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.

conduit

Noun : A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

Noun : A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.

Noun : (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.

counsel

Noun : The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.

Noun : Exercise of judgment; prudence.

Noun : Advice; guidance.

chipper

Adjective : Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.

Noun : Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).

Noun : (in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.

chemise

Noun : (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.

Noun : A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.

Noun : A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.

comical

Adjective : (archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.

Adjective : Funny, whimsically amusing.

Adjective : Laughable; ridiculous.

capital

Noun : (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

Noun : (uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

Noun : (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.

courier

Noun : A person who delivers messages.

Noun : A company that delivers messages.

Noun : A company that transports goods.

conform

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.

Verb : (intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.

crevice

Noun : A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.

Noun : (slang) The vagina.

Verb : To crack; to flaw.

coveted

Adjective : Highly sought-after.

connect

Verb : (intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

Verb : (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

Verb : (intransitive, of a blow) To arrive at an intended target; to land.

cherish

Verb : To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.

Verb : To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.

Verb : (obsolete) To cheer, to gladden.

compeer

Noun : (obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.

Verb : To be equal with; to match.

chronic

Adjective : Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.

Adjective : (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.

Adjective : Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.

culture

Noun : The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.

Noun : The beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.

Noun : The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.

confirm

Verb : To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

Verb : (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).

Verb : To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

capable

Adjective : Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.

Adjective : (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

careful

Adjective : Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.

Adjective : Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.

Adjective : (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.

contact

Noun : The act of touching physically; being in close association.

Noun : The establishment of communication (with).

Noun : The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

capture

Noun : An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

Noun : The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

Noun : Something that has been captured; a captive.

consent

Verb : (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.

Verb : (transitive, medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.

contest

Noun : (uncountable) Controversy; debate.

Noun : (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.

Noun : (countable) A competition.

curtail

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of (an animal).

Verb : (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict; to keep in check.

chicane

Noun : A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.

Noun : The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.

Noun : (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.

condone

Verb : (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

Verb : (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

Verb : (transitive, law) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

conceal

Verb : (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

connive

Verb : (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

Verb : (intransitive, botany, rare) Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.

clatter

Verb : (intransitive) To make a rattling sound.

Verb : (intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.

Verb : (Northern England) To hit; to smack.

contain

Verb : (transitive) To hold inside.

Verb : (transitive) To include as a part.

Verb : (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

cyprian

Noun : (archaic) Cypriot

Noun : (obsolete) A lewd woman; a harlot.

Adjective : (archaic) Cypriot

conjoin

Verb : (transitive) To join together; to unite; to combine.

Verb : (transitive) To marry.

Verb : (transitive, grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.

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