7-letter words starting with c
- cerredo — Tor·re de [taw-rey duh;; Spanish taw-re th e] /ˈtɔ reɪ də;; Spanish ˈtɔ rɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), Torre de Cerredo.
- cerrial — of or relating to the cerris tree
- certain — If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it.
- certify — If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- cerumen — the soft brownish-yellow wax secreted by glands in the auditory canal of the external ear
- cervena — a trademarked set of quality standards for farm-produced venison
- cerveza — beer
- cervine — resembling or relating to a deer
- cesaire — Aimé Fernand [e-mey fer-nahn] /ɛˈmeɪ fɛrˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1913–2008, West Indian poet, playwright, and politician.
- cessant — (obsolete) inactive; dormant.
- cessing — British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cession — the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory
- cesspit — A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow.
- cestode — any parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda, which includes the tapeworms
- cestoid — (esp of tapeworms and similar animals) ribbon-like in form
- cetacea — An order of marine mammals that comprises the whales, dolphins, and porpoises. These have a streamlined hairless body, no hindlimbs, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.
- cetinje — a town in Montenegro, in the SW: former capital of Montenegro (until 1945); palace and fortified monastery, residences of Montenegrin prince-bishops. Pop: 15 137 (2003 est)
- ceviche — a South American dish consisting of seafood marinated in citrus fruit, usually served in a salad
- cezanne — Paul (pɔl). 1839–1906, French postimpressionist painter, who was a major influence on modern art, esp cubism, in stressing the structural elements latent in nature, such as the sphere and the cone
- cgi joe — (job, abuse) (From "GI Joe") A hard-core CGI script programmer with all the social skills and charisma of a plastic action figure.
- cgi-bin — Common Gateway Interface
- cha-cha — A cha-cha is a Latin American dance with small fast steps.
- chablis — a dry white burgundy wine made around Chablis, in central France
- chabouk — a long horse-whip, also used for inflicting punishment
- chabrol — Claude (klod). 1930–2010, French film director, whose films, such as Le Beau Serge (1958), Les Biches (1968), Le Boucher (1969), Au coeur du mensonge (1999), and La Fleur du mal (2003) explore themes of jealousy, guilt, and murder
- chachka — a cheap trinket
- chacing — Present participle of chace.
- chacked — Simple past tense and past participle of chack.
- chackle — to chatter; jabber.
- chacmas — Plural form of chacma.
- chadian — of or relating to the Republic of Chad, its inhabitants, or their language.
- chadors — Plural form of chador.
- chaebol — a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea
- chaetae — a bristle or seta, especially of a chaetopod.
- chaetal — of or relating to chaeta
- chaeto- — hair or bristles
- chafers — Plural form of chafer.
- chaffed — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
- chaffer — to haggle or bargain
- chafing — to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
- chagall — Marc (mark). 1887–1985, French painter and illustrator, born in Russia, noted for his richly coloured pictures of men, animals, and objects in fantastic combinations and often suspended in space: his work includes 12 stained glass windows for a synagogue in Jerusalem (1961) and the decorations for the ceiling of the Paris Opera House (1964)
- chagres — a river in Panama, flowing southwest through Gatún Lake, then northwest to the Caribbean Sea
- chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chained — If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.
- chaired — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chaises — Plural form of chaise.
- chaitya — a Buddhist shrine in India; stupa.
- chakras — Plural form of chakra.
- chalaza — one of a pair of spiral threads of albumen holding the yolk of a bird's egg in position
- chalcid — any tiny hymenopterous insect of the family Chalcididae and related families, whose larvae are parasites of other insects