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Christlikeadjectiveresembling or showing the spirit of ChristcandidateMay 18, 2026

Christlyadjectiveresembling or showing the spirit of ChristcandidateMay 18, 2026

Christologicaladjectiveof or relating to ChristologycandidateMay 18, 2026

Chromaticadjectiveable to refract light without spectral color separationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Chromatinicadjective(of substance of a cell nucleus) readily colored by stainscandidateMay 18, 2026

Chromatographicadjectiveof or relating to chromatographycandidateMay 18, 2026

Chromatographicaladjectiveof or relating to chromatographycandidateMay 18, 2026

Chromosomaladjectiveof or relating to a chromosomecandidateMay 18, 2026

Chronicadjectivebeing long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long sufferingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Chronologicaladjectiverelating to or arranged according to temporal ordercandidateMay 18, 2026

Chthonianadjectivedwelling beneath the surface of the earthcandidateMay 18, 2026

Chthonicadjectivedwelling beneath the surface of the earthcandidateMay 18, 2026

Chubbyadjectivesufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figurecandidateMay 18, 2026

Chuck-Fulladjectivepacked full to capacitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Chuffedadjectivevery pleasedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Chukker-Brownadjectivesnuff coloredcandidateMay 18, 2026

Chummyadjectivehaving the relationship of friends or pals, used colloquiallycandidateMay 18, 2026

Chunkyadjectivelike or containing small sticky lumpscandidateMay 18, 2026

Churchgoingadjectiveactively practicing a religioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Churchillianadjectiveof or relating to or suggestive of Winston ChurchillcandidateMay 18, 2026

Churchlyadjectiveresembling or suggesting or appropriate to a churchcandidateMay 18, 2026

Churlishadjectivehaving a bad dispositioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Churned-Upadjectivemoving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Churningadjectivemoving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Churriguerescoadjectivehaving elaborate symmetrical ornamentationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Churrigueresqueadjectivehaving elaborate symmetrical ornamentationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Chylaceousadjectiveconsisting of chyle or having the properties of chylecandidateMay 18, 2026

Chylifactiveadjectiveproducing or converting into chylecandidateMay 18, 2026

Chylifactoryadjectiveproducing or converting into chylecandidateMay 18, 2026

Chyliferousadjectivetransmitting chylecandidateMay 18, 2026

Chylificadjectiveproducing or converting into chylecandidateMay 18, 2026

Chylousadjectiveconsisting of chyle or having the properties of chylecandidateMay 18, 2026

Ciadjectivebeing one more than one hundredcandidateMay 18, 2026

Cigar-Shapedadjectivetapering at each endcandidateMay 18, 2026

Cilialadjectiveof or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cellcandidateMay 18, 2026

Ciliaryadjectiverelating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eyecandidateMay 18, 2026

Ciliateadjectiveof or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cellcandidateMay 18, 2026

Ciliatedadjectivehaving a margin or fringe of hairlike projectionscandidateMay 18, 2026

Cimmerianadjectiveintensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darknesscandidateMay 18, 2026

Cinematicadjectiveof or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinemacandidateMay 18, 2026

Cineraryadjectivecontaining or used for ashes of the cremated deadcandidateMay 18, 2026

Cinnabaradjectiveof a vivid red to reddish-orange colorcandidateMay 18, 2026

Cinnamon ColoredadjectiveMWEhaving the color of cinnamoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Cinnamon ColouredadjectiveMWEhaving the color of cinnamoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Cinnamon-Redadjectivered tinged with cinnamoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Cinnamon-Scentedadjectivesmelling of cinnamoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Circadianadjectiveof or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervalscandidateMay 18, 2026

Circinateadjectiveshaped like a ringcandidateMay 18, 2026

Circuitousadjectivemarked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conductcandidateMay 18, 2026

Circularadjectivehaving a circular shapecandidateMay 18, 2026

Circular-Knitadjectiveknitted in tubular formcandidateMay 18, 2026

Circulatingadjectivepassing from one to anothercandidateMay 18, 2026

Circulativeadjectiveof or relating to circulationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Circulatoryadjectiverelating to circulatory system or to circulation of the bloodcandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumborealadjectivecomprising or throughout far northern regionscandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumferentadjectiveclosely encirclingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumferentialadjectivelying around or just outside the edges or outskirtscandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumlocutiousadjectiveroundabout and unnecessarily wordycandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumlocutoryadjectiveroundabout and unnecessarily wordycandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumpolaradjective(of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travelcandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumscribedadjectivesubject to limits or subjected to limitscandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumspectadjectiveheedful of potential consequencescandidateMay 18, 2026

Circumstantialadjectivefully detailed and specific about particularscandidateMay 18, 2026

Cisalpineadjectiveon the Italian or Roman side of the AlpscandidateMay 18, 2026

Cisgenderadjectiveidentifying with the gender that one was assigned at birthcandidateMay 18, 2026

Cislunaradjectivesituated between the earth and the mooncandidateMay 18, 2026

Cismontaneadjectiveon this (the speaker's) side of the mountainscandidateMay 18, 2026

Cissyadjectivehaving unsuitable feminine qualitiescandidateMay 18, 2026

Citifiedadjectivebeing or having the customs or manners or dress of a city personcandidateMay 18, 2026

Citricadjectiveof or related to citric acidcandidateMay 18, 2026

Citrousadjectiveof or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus CitruscandidateMay 18, 2026

City-Bornadjectivebeing or having the customs or manners or dress of a city personcandidateMay 18, 2026

City-Bredadjectivebeing or having the customs or manners or dress of a city personcandidateMay 18, 2026

City-Likeadjectiveresembling a citycandidateMay 18, 2026

Cityfiedadjectivebeing or having the customs or manners or dress of a city personcandidateMay 18, 2026

Citywideadjectiveoccurring or extending throughout a citycandidateMay 18, 2026

Civicadjectiveof or relating to or befitting citizens as individualscandidateMay 18, 2026

Civiladjectiveof or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the statecandidateMay 18, 2026

Civil-Libertarianadjectivehaving or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by lawcandidateMay 18, 2026

Civilianadjectiveassociated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the militarycandidateMay 18, 2026

Civilisedadjectivehaving a high state of culture and development both social and technologicalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Civilizedadjectivehaving a high state of culture and development both social and technologicalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Cladjectivebeing ten more than one hundred fortycandidateMay 18, 2026

Cladadjectivehaving an outer covering especially of thin metalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clairvoyantadjectiveperceiving things beyond the natural range of the sensescandidateMay 18, 2026

Clamantadjectiveconspicuously and offensively loudcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clamatorialadjectiveof or relating to ClamatorescandidateMay 18, 2026

Clammyadjectiveunpleasantly cool and humidcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clamorousadjectiveconspicuously and offensively loudcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clandestineadjectiveconducted with or marked by hidden aims or methodscandidateMay 18, 2026

Clangingadjectivehaving a loud resonant metallic soundcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clangorousadjectivehaving a loud resonant metallic soundcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clankingadjectivehaving a hard nonresonant metallic soundcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clannishadjectivebefitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferiorcandidateMay 18, 2026

Clapped OutadjectiveMWEworn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)candidateMay 18, 2026

Clarifyingadjectivethat makes clearcandidateMay 18, 2026

ClarionadjectivecandidateMay 16, 2026

Clashingadjectivesharply and harshly discordantcandidateMay 18, 2026

Class-Consciousadjectiveused of society, socially hierarchicalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Classicadjectiveof or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culturecandidateMay 18, 2026