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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Cloudlessadjectivefree from cloudscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cloudlikeadjectiveresembling a cloudcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cloudyadjective(of liquids) clouded as with sedimentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Clove-Scentedadjectivesmelling of clovecandidateMay 18, 2026
Clovenadjective(used of hooves) split, dividedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cloven-Footedadjectiveof or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swinecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cloven-Hoofedadjectiveof or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swinecandidateMay 18, 2026
Clownishadjectivelike a clowncandidateMay 18, 2026
Clownlikeadjectivelike a clowncandidateMay 18, 2026
Cloyingadjectiveoverly sweetcandidateMay 18, 2026
Clozeadjectivebased on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Club-Shapedadjectiveshaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cardscandidateMay 18, 2026
Clubableadjectiveinclined to club togethercandidateMay 18, 2026
Clubbableadjectiveinclined to club togethercandidateMay 18, 2026
Clubbishadjectiveeffusively sociablecandidateMay 18, 2026
Clubbyadjectivebefitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferiorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Clubfootedadjectivehaving a deformed footcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cluelessadjectivetotally uninformed about what is going oncandidateMay 18, 2026
Clumsyadjectivedifficult to handle or manage especially because of shapecandidateMay 18, 2026
Clunkyadjectivelacking grace in movement or posturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Clusteredadjectivegrowing close together but not in dense matscandidateMay 18, 2026
Clutteredadjectivefilled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbishcandidateMay 18, 2026
Clvadjectivebeing five more than one hundred fiftycandidateMay 18, 2026
Clxadjectivebeing ten more than one hundred fiftycandidateMay 18, 2026
Clxvadjectivebeing five more than one hundred sixtycandidateMay 18, 2026
Clxxadjectivebeing ten more than one hundred sixtycandidateMay 18, 2026
Clxxvadjectivebeing five more than one hundred seventycandidateMay 18, 2026
Clxxxadjectivebeing ten more than one hundred seventycandidateMay 18, 2026
Co-Edadjectiveattended by members of both sexescandidateMay 18, 2026
Co-Occurrentadjectiveoccurring or operating at the same timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coagulableadjectivecapable of coagulating and becoming thickcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coagulateadjectivetransformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid masscandidateMay 18, 2026
Coagulatedadjectivetransformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid masscandidateMay 18, 2026
Coal-Blackadjectiveof the blackest blackcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coal-Burningadjectivefueled by burning coalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coal-Firedadjectivefueled by burning coalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coalescedadjectivejoined together into a wholecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coalescentadjectivegrowing together, fusingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coalescingadjectivegrowing together, fusingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coarctateadjective(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid casecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coarseadjectiveof textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particlescandidateMay 18, 2026
Coarse-Furredadjectivehaving coarse hair or furcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coarse-Grainedadjectivecomposed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistencycandidateMay 18, 2026
Coarse-Hairedadjectivehaving coarse hair or furcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coarse-Texturedadjectivehaving surface roughnesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Coarsenedadjectivemade coarse or crude by lack of skillcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coastaladjectivelocated on or near or bordering on a coastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coastwiseadjectivealong or following a coastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coatedadjectivehaving or dressed in a coatcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coaxaladjectivehaving a common axiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Coaxialadjectivehaving a common axiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Coaxingadjectivepleasingly persuasive or intended to persuadecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cobwebbyadjectiveso thin as to transmit lightcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coccaladjectiveof or pertaining to or resembling a coccuscandidateMay 18, 2026
CoccoidadjectivesphericalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coccygealadjectiveof or relating to or near the coccyxcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cochlearadjectiveof or relating to the cochlea of the earcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cock-A-Hoopadjectiveexhibiting self-importancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cockamamieadjectiveludicrous, foolishcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cockamamyadjectiveludicrous, foolishcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cockeyedadjectiveturned or twisted toward one sidecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cockneyadjectivecharacteristic of Cockneys or their dialectcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cocksureadjectivemarked by excessive confidencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cockyadjectiveoverly self-confident or self-assertivecandidateMay 18, 2026
Codadjectivepayable by the recipient on deliverycandidateMay 18, 2026
Codifiedadjectiveenacted by a legislative bodycandidateMay 18, 2026
Coeducationaladjectiveattended by members of both sexescandidateMay 18, 2026
Coeliacadjectiveof or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomencandidateMay 18, 2026
Coenobiticadjectiveof or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal livingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coenobiticaladjectiveof or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal livingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coequaladjectivehaving the same standing before the lawcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coerciveadjectiveserving or intended to coercecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coetaneousadjectiveof the same periodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coevaladjectiveof the same periodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coexistentadjectiveexisting at the same timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coexistingadjectiveexisting at the same timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coextensiveadjectivebeing of equal extent or scope or durationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cogentadjectivepowerfully persuasivecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coggedadjectivehaving cogscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cogitableadjectivecapable of being thought aboutcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cogitativeadjectiveof or relating to having capacities for cogitationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cognateadjectivehaving the same ancestral languagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Cognisableadjectivecapable of being knowncandidateMay 18, 2026
Cognisantadjective(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perceptioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Cognitiveadjectiveof or being or relating to or involving cognitioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Cognizableadjectivecapable of being knowncandidateMay 18, 2026
Cognizantadjectivehaving or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perceptioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Cognoscibleadjectivecapable of being knowncandidateMay 18, 2026
Coherentadjectivemarked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of partscandidateMay 18, 2026
Cohesiveadjectivecohering or tending to coherecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coiledadjectivecurled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)candidateMay 18, 2026
Coilingadjectivein the shape of a coilcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coin-Operatedadjectiveof devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coinscandidateMay 18, 2026
Coincidentadjectiveoccurring or operating at the same timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coincidentaladjectiveoccurring or operating at the same timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coincidingadjectiveoccurring or operating at the same timecandidateMay 18, 2026
Coitaladjectiveof or relating to coitus or copulationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Coldadjectivehaving a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigerationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Cold SoberadjectiveMWEtotally sobercandidateMay 18, 2026
Cold-Bloodedadjectivehaving cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)candidateMay 18, 2026