4-letter words starting with c
- cert — If you say that someone or something is a cert, you mean that you are certain they will succeed.
- cesp — Common ESP
- cess — (formerly) any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland
- cest — (obsolete) A woman's girdle; a cestus.
- ceta — Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
- cete — a group of badgers
- cewa — Chewa.
- ceyx — a king of Trachis in Thessaly and the husband of Alcyone. He died in a shipwreck and his wife drowned herself in grief
- cfml — ColdFusion Markup Language
- cgbr — Central Government Borrowing Requirement
- cggl — Code-Generator Generator Language
- cgol — (language) A package providing ALGOL-like surface syntax for MACLISP, written by V.R. Pratt in 1977.
- cgsu — Coleg Gwent Students Union
- ch'i — one of two dynasties that ruled in China a.d. 479–502 and, as the Northern Ch'i, a.d. 550–77.
- chad — the small pieces of cardboard or paper removed during the punching of holes in computer printer paper, paper tape, etc
- chai — tea, esp as made in India with added spices
- chal — a person; fellow
- cham — a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam
- chan — Zen (def 1).
- chao — a Vietnamese rice congee
- chap — A chap is a man or boy.
- char — If food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking.
- chat — When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
- chav — If you call someone a chav, you think that the way they look shows a lack of taste and education, although they may wear expensive clothes.
- chaw — to chew (tobacco), esp without swallowing it
- chay — a plant of the madder family native to India
- cheb — a town in the W Czech Republic, in W Bohemia on the Ohře River: 12th-century castle where Wallenstein was murdered (1634); a centre of the Sudeten-German movement after World War I. Pop: 34 036 (2007 est)
- chef — A chef is a cook in a restaurant or hotel.
- chek — Altname Hong Kong foot.
- chem — (slang, college) abbreviation of chemistry; commonly capitalized, short for the subject or the department.
- chen — Peter Chen
- cher — a department of central France, in E Centre region. Capital: Bourges. Pop: 312 277 (2003 est). Area: 7304 sq km (2849 sq miles)
- chet — a male given name, form of Chester.
- chew — When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
- chex — Often, checks. the game of checkers.
- chez — at the home of
- chg. — charge
- chgd — charged
- chia — a plant of the genus Salvia, indigenous to Mexico, with purple or blue flowers and edible seeds
- chib — to stab or slash with a sharp weapon
- chic — Something or someone that is chic is fashionable and sophisticated.
- chid — to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
- chim — Alt form cheem.
- chin — Your chin is the part of your face that is below your mouth and above your neck.
- chip — Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
- chis — Plural form of chi.
- chit — A chit is a short official note, such as a receipt, an order, or a memo, usually signed by someone in authority.
- chiv — a knife
- chiz — a fraud or deception or an inconvenience or annoyance
- choc — chocolate