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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Categorisedadjectivearranged into categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Categorizedadjectivearranged into categoriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Catenulateadjectivehaving a chainlike formcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cater-Corneredadjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal linecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catercorneradjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal linecandidateMay 18, 2026
Caterpillar-Trackedadjectivehaving caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheelscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catharticadjectiveemotionally purging (of e.g. art)candidateMay 18, 2026
Cathecticadjectiveof or relating to cathexiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cathedraladjectiverelating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or thronecandidateMay 18, 2026
CathemeraladjectiveDescribing an organism or a behavior that happens irregularly with regards to time of day, as opposed to diurnal, nocturnal, or crepuscular.candidateMay 18, 2026
Cathodicadjectiveof or at or pertaining to a cathodecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catholicadjectivefree from provincial prejudices or attachmentscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cationicadjectiveof or relating to cationscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catkinateadjectiveresembling a catkincandidateMay 18, 2026
Catoptricadjectiveof or relating to catoptricscandidateMay 18, 2026
Catoptricaladjectiveof or relating to catoptricscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cattishadjectivemarked by or arising from malicecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cattyadjectivemarked by or arising from malicecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catty-Corneradjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal linecandidateMay 18, 2026
Catty-Corneredadjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal linecandidateMay 18, 2026
Caucasianadjectiveof or relating to the geographical region of CaucasiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Caucasicadjectiveof or relating to the geographical region of CaucasiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Caucasoidadjectiveof or relating to Caucasian peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Caudaladjectivesituated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arisescandidateMay 18, 2026
Caudateadjectivetapering gradually into a long taillike tip, usually referring to leavescandidateMay 18, 2026
Caudatedadjectivehaving a tail or taillike appendagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Caught UpadjectiveMWEhaving become involved involuntarilycandidateMay 18, 2026
Caulescentadjective(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above groundcandidateMay 18, 2026
Caulineadjective(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above groundcandidateMay 18, 2026
Caulkedadjectivehaving cracks and crevices stopped up with a fillercandidateMay 18, 2026
Causaladjectiveinvolving or constituting a causecandidateMay 18, 2026
Causativeadjectiveproducing an effectcandidateMay 18, 2026
Causelessadjectivehaving no justifying cause or reasoncandidateMay 18, 2026
Causticadjectiveof a substance, especially a strong acidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cautionaryadjectiveserving to warncandidateMay 18, 2026
Cautiousadjectiveshowing careful forethoughtcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cavalieradjectivegiven to haughty disregard of otherscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cavernousadjectivefilled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cavitiedadjectivepitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)candidateMay 18, 2026
Ccadjectivebeing ten more than one hundred ninetycandidateMay 18, 2026
Cccadjectivebeing one hundred more than two hundredcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cdadjectivebeing one hundred more than three hundredcandidateMay 18, 2026
Ceaselessadjectiveuninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cecaladjectiveof or like a cecumcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cedar-Scentedadjectivesmelling like cedarcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cedarnadjectiveconsisting of or made of cedarcandidateMay 18, 2026
Ceilingedadjectiveprovided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surfacecandidateMay 18, 2026
Celebratedadjectivehaving an illustrious pastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Celebratoryadjectiveused for celebratingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Celestialadjectiverelating to or inhabiting a divine heavencandidateMay 18, 2026
Celiacadjectiveof or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomencandidateMay 18, 2026
Celibateadjectiveabstaining from sexual intercoursecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cell-Freeadjectivelacking cellscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cell-Likeadjectiveresembling a cellcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cellularadjectivecharacterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)candidateMay 18, 2026
Celluloidadjectiveartificial as if portrayed in a filmcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cellulosidadjectiveof or containing or made from cellulosecandidateMay 18, 2026
Celticadjectiverelating to or characteristic of the CeltscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cementitiousadjectivelike or relevant to or having the properties of cementcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cemeteryadjectiveof or relating to a cemeterycandidateMay 18, 2026
Cenobiticadjectiveof or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal livingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cenobiticaladjectiveof or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal livingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cenogeneticadjectiveof or relating to cenogenesiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cenozoicadjectiveof or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic eracandidateMay 18, 2026
Censoredadjectivesuppressed or subject to censorshipcandidateMay 18, 2026
Censorialadjectivebelonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Censoriousadjectiveharshly critical or expressing censurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Censurableadjectivedeserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injuriouscandidateMay 18, 2026
Centenarianadjectivebeing at least 100 years oldcandidateMay 18, 2026
Centenaryadjectiveof or relating to or completing a period of 100 yearscandidateMay 18, 2026
Centennialadjectiveof or relating to or completing a period of 100 yearscandidateMay 18, 2026
Centeradjectiveof or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectuallycandidateMay 18, 2026
Centeredadjectivebeing or placed in the centercandidateMay 18, 2026
Centesimaladjectivethe ordinal number of one hundred in counting ordercandidateMay 18, 2026
Centigradeadjectiveof or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degreescandidateMay 18, 2026
Centraladjectivein or near a center or constituting a centercandidateMay 18, 2026
Central AmericanadjectiveMWEof or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languagescandidateMay 18, 2026
Centralisedadjectivedrawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authoritycandidateMay 18, 2026
Centralisingadjectivetending to draw to a central pointcandidateMay 18, 2026
Centralistadjectiveadvocating centralizationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Centralisticadjectiveadvocating centralizationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Centralizedadjectivedrawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authoritycandidateMay 18, 2026
Centralizingadjectivetending to draw to a central pointcandidateMay 18, 2026
Centreadjectiveof or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectuallycandidateMay 18, 2026
Centricadjectivehaving or situated at or near a centercandidateMay 18, 2026
Centricaladjectivehaving or situated at or near a centercandidateMay 18, 2026
Centrifugaladjectiveconveying information to the muscles from the CNScandidateMay 18, 2026
Centripetaladjectiveof a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous systemcandidateMay 18, 2026
Centristadjectivesupporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservativecandidateMay 18, 2026
Centroidaladjectiveof or relating to (especially passing through) a centroidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Centromericadjectivepertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Centrosomicadjectiveof or relating to a centrosomecandidateMay 18, 2026
Centrosymmetricadjectivehaving a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central pointcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cephalicadjectiveof or relating to the headcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cephalopodadjectiverelating or belonging to the class CephalopodacandidateMay 18, 2026
Cephalopodanadjectiverelating or belonging to the class CephalopodacandidateMay 18, 2026
Ceramicadjectiveof or relating to or made from a ceramiccandidateMay 18, 2026
Cercarialadjectiveof or relating to cercariacandidateMay 18, 2026
Cerealadjectivemade of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce itcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cerebellaradjectiverelating to or associated with the cerebellumcandidateMay 18, 2026