| 1201 | contrite | feeling or expressing remorse or penitence |
| 1202 | contrition | the state of feeling remorseful and penitent |
| 1203 | contrivance | a thing that is obviously planned, forced, or artificial |
| 1204 | contrive | to form by an exercise of ingenuity, to devise, invent |
| 1205 | contumacious | stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority |
| 1206 | contumacy | disobedience, resistance to authority |
| 1207 | contumelious | (of behavior) scornful and insulting, insolent |
| 1208 | contumely | insolent or insulting language or treatment |
| 1209 | contuse | to injure without breaking the skin, to bruise |
| 1210 | contusion | bruise |
| 1211 | conundrum | a confusing and difficult problem or question |
| 1212 | convalesce | to recover health and strength gradually after sickness |
| 1213 | convalescence | a gradual healing after illness or injury |
| 1214 | convalescent | recovering one's health and strength after illness |
| 1215 | convene | to come together, to meet, to unite |
| 1216 | convenience | the quality of being suitable, useful or convenient |
| 1217 | convention | a meeting or gathering |
| 1218 | conventional | based on or in accordance with what is generally done |
| 1219 | converge | of two or more entities, to approach each other |
| 1220 | convergence | the coming together from different directions to meet |
| 1221 | convergent | coming closer together, to focus |
| 1222 | conversant | closely familiar, current, having frequent interaction |
| 1223 | conversion | the act of having converted something or someone |
| 1224 | convertible | able to be converted |
| 1225 | convex | curved or bowed outward like the outside of a circle |
| 1226 | convey | to make an idea or feeling know or understandable |
| 1227 | conveyance | the act or process of transporting something |
| 1228 | conviction | a belief, a judgement that someone is guilty of a crime |
| 1229 | convivial | of or relating to a feast or entertainment |
| 1230 | convoluted | extremely complex and difficult to follow (argument, often) |
| 1231 | convolution | something that is folded or rolled up |
| 1232 | convolve | to roll or coil together, entwine |
| 1233 | convoy | to escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection |
| 1234 | convulse | to violently shake or agitate |
| 1235 | convulsion | an intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction |
| 1236 | copious | abundant in supply or quantity |
| 1237 | coquette | a woman who flirts or plays with men's affections |
| 1238 | cordial | warm and friendly, courteous |
| 1239 | cornerstone | an important quality or feature on which a thing depends |
| 1240 | cornice | an ornamental molding around the top of the wall of a room |
| 1241 | cornucopia | a goat's horn overflowing with fruit, flowers, grain, etc. |
| 1242 | corollary | something given beyond what is actually due |
| 1243 | coronation | the ceremony of crowning a sovereign or sovereign's consort |
| 1244 | coronet | a circular decoration for the head |
| 1245 | corporal | of the human body, physical |
| 1246 | corporate | of, or relating to a corporation |
| 1247 | corporeal | tangible, material |
| 1248 | corps | a battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions |
| 1249 | corpulence | the state or characteristic of being large, plump |
| 1250 | corpulent | large in body, fat, overweight |
| 1251 | corpuscle | a minute particle, an atom, a molecule |
| 1252 | correlate | to relate things having corresponding characteristics |
| 1253 | correlation | a reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship |
| 1254 | correlative | mutually related, corresponding |
| 1255 | corrigible | able to be corrected or set right |
| 1256 | corroborate | to confirm or give support to (a statement, etc.) |
| 1257 | corroboration | the act of strengthening or confirming, addition of strength |
| 1258 | corrode | to eat away by degrees, to wear away or diminish gradually |
| 1259 | corrosion | the process of eating away by degrees |
| 1260 | corrosive | having the power of gradually wearing, or destroying matter |
| 1261 | corrugate | to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges |
| 1262 | corruptible | showing a willingness to act dishonestly |
| 1263 | corruption | the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity |
| 1264 | cosmetic | external or superficial, pertaining only to the surface |
| 1265 | cosmic | of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe |
| 1266 | cosmogony | a branch of science dealing with the origin of the universe |
| 1267 | cosmography | the creation of maps of the universe |
| 1268 | cosmology | the study of the physical universe, its structure, etc. |
| 1269 | cosmopolitan | familiar with and at ease in many different countries |
| 1270 | cosmopolitanism | the idea that all people belong to a single moral community |
| 1271 | cosmos | the universe seen as a well-ordered whole |
| 1272 | cosset | to care for and protect in an overindulgent way |
| 1273 | coterie | a circle of people who associate with one another |
| 1274 | countenance | a person's face or facial expression |
| 1275 | counter-claim | a claim made to offset another claim |
| 1276 | counteract | to act in opposition to, to hinder, defeat, or frustrate |
| 1277 | counterbalance | a weight that balances another weight |
| 1278 | countercharge | a charge by an accused person against their accuser |
| 1279 | counterfeit | to falsely produce what appears to be official or valid |
| 1280 | countermand | to rescind by giving an order contrary to a previous one |
| 1281 | counterpart | either of two parts that fit together or are complements |
| 1282 | countervail | to have the same value as |
| 1283 | counting-house | the facility in which a business carries out its operations |
| 1284 | coup | a highly successful, unexpected act |
| 1285 | courageous | of a person, displaying or possessing bravery |
| 1286 | course | to run or flow, especially of liquids |
| 1287 | courser | a person who hunts with dogs using sight rather than scent |
| 1288 | courtesy | given or done as a polite gesture |
| 1289 | covenant | an agreement between two or more persons, like a pact |
| 1290 | covert | not openly acknowledged or displayed |
| 1291 | covet | to yearn to possess or have (something) |
| 1292 | covey | a small group of people or things |
| 1293 | cower | to crouch or cringe in fear |
| 1294 | coxswain | a person in charge of a ship's boat and its crew |
| 1295 | coy | artfully or affectedly shy or reserved |
| 1296 | cozen | to cheat, deceive or trick |
| 1297 | crag | a rocky outcrop |
| 1298 | cranium | the skull of a vertebrate |
| 1299 | crass | lacking in sensitivity or due consideration |
| 1300 | crave | to feel a powerful desire for (something) |
| 1301 | craven | cowardly |
| 1302 | creak | to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound |
| 1303 | creamery | a place where dairy products are prepared or sold |
| 1304 | credence | acceptance of something as true |
| 1305 | credible | believable or plausible |
| 1306 | creditable | credible or believable |
| 1307 | credulity | willingness to believe or trust too readily |
| 1308 | credulous | having or showing too great a readiness to believe things |
| 1309 | creed | any system, doctrine or formula of religious belief |
| 1310 | crematory | pertaining to the act of cremating bodies |
| 1311 | crepuscular | of or resembling twilight, dim |
| 1312 | crescendo | a gradual increase in loudness |
| 1313 | crestfallen | sad because of a recent disappointment |
| 1314 | crevasse | a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field, a chasm |
| 1315 | crevice | a narrow crack or fissure, in a rock or wall |
| 1316 | cringe | to bow or crouch in servility |
| 1317 | criterion | a standard of judgement or criticism |
| 1318 | critical | inclined to find fault or to judge with severity |
| 1319 | critique | to give detailed analysis and assessment of something |
| 1320 | crockery | eating and serving tableware, usually made of ceramic |
| 1321 | crucible | a cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment |
| 1322 | crusade | to make a grand concerted effort toward some cause |
| 1323 | crustacean | any chiefly aquatic arthropod, such as lobster and shrimp |
| 1324 | crustaceous | of the nature of or pertaining to a crust or shell |
| 1325 | cryptic | having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure |
| 1326 | cryptogram | a message or writing in code or cipher |
| 1327 | crystallize | to make something form into crystals |
| 1328 | cubicle | a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room |
| 1329 | cudgel | a short, thick stick used as a weapon, like a club |
| 1330 | cul-de-sac | a blind alley or dead end street |
| 1331 | culinary | relating to cookery or the activity of cooking |
| 1332 | cull | to pick or take someone or something (from a larger group) |
| 1333 | culminate | to reach a climax or point of the highest development |
| 1334 | culmination | the highest or climactic point of something |
| 1335 | culpable | deserving blame |
| 1336 | culprit | the person or thing at fault for a problem or crime |
| 1337 | cultivate | to prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening |
| 1338 | culvert | a channel under a road or railway for the draining of water |
| 1339 | cumbersome | burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag |
| 1340 | cumulative | increasing in quantity or force by successive additions |
| 1341 | cunning | having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit |
| 1342 | cupidity | greed for money or possessions |
| 1343 | curable | able of being cured |
| 1344 | curator | a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection |
| 1345 | curio | a strange and interesting object which invokes curiosity |
| 1346 | curmudgeon | a bad-tempered or surly person |
| 1347 | cursive | (handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters connected |
| 1348 | cursory | hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed |
| 1349 | curt | brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude |
| 1350 | curtail | to cut short |
| 1351 | curtsy | a respectful bow made by women and girls |
| 1352 | cycloid | resembling a circle, cyclical |
| 1353 | cygnet | a young swan |
| 1354 | cynic | churlish or satirical |
| 1355 | cynical | believing that people are motivated by self-interest |
| 1356 | cynicism | a distrustful attitude |
| 1357 | cynosure | that which serves to guide or direct |
| 1358 | dabble | to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner |
| 1359 | dank | unpleasantly moist or humid |
| 1360 | dapper | neat, trim |
| 1361 | dare | to have the courage to do something |
| 1362 | darkle | uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure |
| 1363 | darwinism | theory: species come from parent forms via natural selection |
| 1364 | dastard | meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly |
| 1365 | datum | a single piece of information |
| 1366 | daunt | to make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive |
| 1367 | daunting | causing fear or discouragement |
| 1368 | dauntless | invulnerable to fear or intimidation |
| 1369 | de facto | in fact, whether by right or not |
| 1370 | deacon | a member of the clerical order below that of a priest |
| 1371 | dead-heat | run of finish a race exactly even |
| 1372 | deadlock | a situation in which no progress can be made |
| 1373 | dearth | a scarcity or lack of something |
| 1374 | debacle | a sudden and ignominious failure, a fiasco |
| 1375 | debase | to reduce in quality or value |
| 1376 | debatable | open to discussion or argument |
| 1377 | debauch | to morally corrupt someone, to seduce |
| 1378 | debilitate | to make someone weak and infirm |
| 1379 | debility | a state of physical or mental weakness |
| 1380 | debonair | gracious, courteous |
| 1381 | debris | rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed |
| 1382 | debunk | to discredit, or expose the exaggerated claims of something |
| 1383 | debut | to formally introduce, as to the public |
| 1384 | decadence | a state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration |
| 1385 | decagon | a polygon with ten sides and ten angles |
| 1386 | decagram | an si unit of mass equal to 101 grams |
| 1387 | decalitre | ten litres |
| 1388 | decalogue | ten commandments |
| 1389 | decameron | a collection of 100 tales (1353) by boccaccio |
| 1390 | decameter | ten meters |
| 1391 | decamp | to break up camp and move on |
| 1392 | decapitate | to remove the head of |
| 1393 | decapod | having ten legs |
| 1394 | decasyllable | a verse having ten syllables |
| 1395 | decathlon | an athletic event consisting of 10 prescribed events |
| 1396 | deceit | an act or practice intended to deceive, a trick |
| 1397 | deceitful | deliberately misleading or cheating |
| 1398 | deceive | to trick or mislead |
| 1399 | decelerate | to reduce speed, to slow down |
| 1400 | decency | conformity to accepted standards of respectability |