6-letter words starting with c
- census — A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.
- cental — a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds (45.3 kilograms)
- centas — a former monetary unit of Lithuania, worth one hundredth of a litas
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- centi- — denoting one hundredth
- centos — Plural form of cento.
- centr- — centro-
- centra — a plural of centrum.
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
- centro — a city in S California.
- centry — Obsolete form of sentry.
- centum — denoting or belonging to the Indo-European languages in which original velar stops (k) were not palatalized, namely languages of the Hellenic, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Anatolian, and Tocharian branches
- cépage — the grape variety used to make a particular wine
- cerate — a hard ointment or medicated paste consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin
- cercal — of or relating to a tail
- cercis — any tree or shrub of the leguminous genus Cercis, which includes the redbud and Judas tree
- cercus — one of a pair of sensory appendages at the tip of the abdomen of some insects and other arthropods
- cereal — Cereal or breakfast cereal is a food made from grain. It is mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast.
- cereus — any tropical American cactus of the genus Cereus, esp C. jamacaru of N Brazil, which grows to a height of 13 metres (40 feet)
- ceriph — a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- cerise — Something that is cerise is a bright pinkish red.
- cerite — a rare mineral, the hydrous silicate of cerium
- cerium — a malleable ductile steel-grey element of the lanthanide series of metals, used in lighter flints and as a reducing agent in metallurgy. Symbol: Ce; atomic no: 58; atomic wt: 140.115; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 6.770; melting pt: 798°C; boiling pt: 3443°C
- cerlox — a type of plastic binding used in strips to curl through the perforations in separate sheets of paper to bind them together
- cermet — any of several materials consisting of a metal matrix with ceramic particles disseminated through it. They are hard and resistant to high temperatures
- cernan — Eugene Andrew, born 1934, U.S. astronaut.
- ceroon — a hide-covered bale or package
- cerous — of or containing cerium in the trivalent state
- cerris — a species of oak tree known as the Turkey oak
- certed — Certificate in Education
- certes — with certainty; truly
- cerule — (poetic) Cerulean.
- ceruse — white lead
- cervid — any ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae, including the deer, characterized by the presence of antlers
- cervin — Mont (mɔ̃̃) ; mōn) the Matterhorn
- cervix — The cervix is the entrance to the womb.
- cesena — a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna. Pop: 90 948 (2001)
- cesium — a soft, silver-white, ductile, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals and the most electropositive of all the elements: it ignites in air, reacts vigorously with water, and is used in photoelectric cells: symbol, Cs; at. no., 55: a radioactive isotope (cesium-137) with a half-life of 30.17 years is a fission product and is used in cancer research, radiation therapy, etc.
- cessed — British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cesser — the coming to an end of a term interest or annuity
- cesses — luck (usually used in the expression bad cess to): Bad cess to them!
- cessor — (legal) In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.
- cestui — the person (who)
- cestus — the girdle of Aphrodite (Venus) decorated to cause amorousness
- cesura — caesura
- cetane — a colourless insoluble liquid alkane hydrocarbon used in the determination of the cetane number of diesel fuel. Formula: C16H34
- cetura — Keturah.
- ceylon — an island in the Indian Ocean, off the SE coast of India: consists politically of the republic of Sri Lanka. Area: 64 644 sq km (24 959 sq miles)
- cforth — A Forth interpreter. Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 1.
- ch'ing — See under Manchu (def 1).