Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| caas | (3rd.) CAA, to call. |
| caba | (Fr.) a woman's work-basket > CABAS. Also CABAS. |
| cabs | (3rd.) CAB, to take or drive a cab. |
| caca | (Sl.) excrement > CACAS. |
| cack | Faeces, rubbish; (verb) to defecate > CACKS, CACKING, CACKED. |
| cade | A Mediterranean medicinal shrub > CADES. |
| cadi | (Arabic) a civil judge in a Muslim country > CADIS. [Arabic qadi, a judge]. Also KADI, QADI. |
| cads | (Pl.) CAD, a dishonourable man. |
| cafe | A coffee house or a small, inexpensive restaurant > CAFES. |
| caff | (Sl.) cafe > CAFFS. |
| cafs | (Pl.) CAF, a cafe. |
| cage | A compartment or enclosure, usu made from bars and wires; (verb) to enclose in a cage > CAGES, CAGING, CAGED. |
| cags | (Pl.) CAG, a cagoule. |
| cagy | Cautious, wary > CAGIER, CAGIEST; CAGILY. Also CAGEY. |
| caid | (Arabic) a North African chief > CAIDS. Also KAID, QAID. |
| cain | (Gaelic) a tenanted farm rent paid in kind > CAINS. Also KAIN, KANE. |
| cake | A breadlike composition enriched with additions such as sugar, eggs, spices, currants, peel, etc.; (verb) to take on the consistency of cake > CAKES, CAKING, CAKED. |
| caky | With the consistency of cake > CAKIER, CAKIEST. Also CAKEY. |
| calf | 1. a young cow > CALVES. 2. the skin of a calf, calfskin > CALFS. |
| calk | A pointed piece on a horseshoe to prevent slipping; (verb) to provide with a calk > CALKS, CALKING, CALKED. Also CALKIN, CALKER, CAULKER, CAWKER. |
| call | To summon > CALLS, CALLING, CALLED. |
| calm | Not disturbed > CALMER, CALMEST; CALMLY; (verb) to make calm > CALMS, CALMING, CALMED. |
| calo | (Ital.) (abbrev. of) CALANDO, slowing with gradually lowering volume; (noun) a Spanish argot used by chicano youths > CALOS. |
| calp | In Ireland, a dark shaly limestone > CALPS. |
| cals | (Pl.) CAL. calorie. |
| calx | (Lat.) the substance of a metal or mineral that remains after strong heating > CALCES or CALXES. [L. calx, lime]. |
| cama | The hybrid offspring of a camel and a llama > CAMAS. |
| came | (Noun) a lead rod for framing a pane in a leaded or stained glass window > CAMES. |
| cami | (Short for) camisole > CAMIS. |
| camo | Camouflage > CAMOS. |
| camp | Effeminately homosexual > CAMPER, CAMPEST; CAMPLY; (verb) to live in a tent > CAMPS, CAMPING, CAMPED. |
| cams | (3rd.) CAM, to whiten with camstone. |
| cane | To beat with a rod > CANES, CANING, CANED. |
| cang | (Port.) a wooden collar used to punish criminals in China > CANGS. Also CANGUE. |
| cann | To direct the steering of > CANNS, CANNING, CANNED. Also CON, CONN. |
| cans | (3rd.) CAN, to store in a can. |
| cant | (Adj.) affectedly moral or religious > CANTER, CANTEST; (verb) to tilt, slope > CANTS, CANTING, CANTED. |
| cany | Like cane, abounding in cane > CANIER, CANIEST. |
| capa | (Spanish) a Spanish cloak > CAPAS. |
| cape | (Verb, naut.) to keep a course towards a cape > CAPES, CAPING, CAPED. |
| caph | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > CAPHS. Also KAPH, KHAPH, KHAF, KAF. |
| capi | (Pl.) CAPO, the head of a branch of the Mafia. |
| capo | (Ital.) the head of a branch of the Mafia > CAPOS or CAPI. |
| caps | (Pl.) CAP, to put a cap on something. |
| carb | (Abbr.) carburettor > CARBS. Also CARBY. |
| card | To provide with a card (a stiff piece of paper) > CARDS, CARDING, CARDED. |
| care | To be concerned or interested > CARES, CARING, CARED. |
| cark | Worry; trouble, distress; (verb) to worry > CARKS, CARKING, CARKED. [L. carricare, to load]. |
| carl | A rude, rustic man; a churl > CARLS. Also CARLE, CARLOT. |
| carn | A mound of stone set up as a memorial > CARNS. Also CAIRN, KARN. |
| carp | (Verb) to criticise, complain > CARPS, CARPING, CARPED. |
| carr | (ON) an alder wood > CARRS. |
| cars | (Pl.) CAR, a self-propelled wheeled vehicle. |
| cart | To convey in a cart (a two-wheeled vehicle) > CARTS, CARTING, CARTED. |
| casa | (Ital.) a house, a mansion > CASAS. |
| case | To put in a case (a container or receptacle) > CASES, CASING, CASED. |
| cash | A small Eastern coin > CASHES; (verb) to convert to cash > CASHES, CASHING, CASHED. [Port. caiza]. |
| cask | A hollow round container for holding liquor, made of wooden staves bound with hoops; (verb) to put in a cask > CASKS, CASKING, CASKED. |
| cast | To throw with force > CASTS, CASTING, CAST or (obs.) CASTED. |
| cate | (Obs.) a dainty or choice food > CATES. |
| cats | (3rd.) CAT, to vomit. |
| cauf | A coal-miner's basket > CAUVES. Also CORF. |
| cauk | An opaque, compact variety of BARITE, or heavy spar > CAUKS. Also CAWK. |
| caul | A foetal membrane covering the head > CAULS. |
| caum | (Scots) pale bluish-grey clay; (verb) to whiten with this > CAUMS, CAUMING, CAUMED. Also CAM, CALM. |
| caup | (Scots) a two-handed drinking bowl > CAUPS. |
| cava | (Spanish) a sparkling wine > CAVAS. |
| cave | To hollow out > CAVES, CAVING, CAVED. |
| cavy | A kind of South American rodent > CAVIES. |
| cawk | An opaque, compact variety of BARITE, or heavy spar > CAWKS. Also CAUK. |
| caws | (3rd.) CAW, to cry as a crow. |
| cays | (Pl.) CAY, a low islet. |
| cazh | (Sl.) casual. |
| ceas | (Shakesp.) enough said. Also CAESE, SESE, SESEY, SESSA. |
| ceca | (Pl.) CECUM, the blind gut. |
| cede | To yield or surrender something, such as a territory > CEDES, CEDING, CEDED. |
| cedi | (Fante) a Ghanaian monetary unit, equal to 100 PESEWAS > CEDIS. |
| cees | (Pl.) CEE, the letter C. |
| ceil | To provide with a ceiling > CEILS, CEILING, CEILED. Also CIEL. |
| cell | (Verb) to store in a honeycomb > CELLS, CELLING, CELLED. |
| cels | (Pl.) CEL, celluloid. |
| celt | A prehistoric stone tool, such as an axehead > CELTS. |
| cens | (Fr.) a nominal annual payment given to the owner of an estate or property in recognition of his or her title. |
| cent | A coin worth 1/100th of a dollar > CENTS. |
| cepe | A kind of edible mushroom > CEPES. Also CEP. |
| ceps | (Pl.) CEP, a kind of edible mushroom. |
| cere | Wax; a wax-like protuberance at base of upper part of bird's bill; (verb) to cover with wax > CERES, CERING, CERED. |
| cero | (Spanish) a large spiny-finned food fish > CEROS. [Sp. sierra, saw]. |
| cert | (Abbr.) certainty > CERTS. |
| cess | A tax, a local rate; (verb) to impose a tax > CESSES, CESSING, CESSED. Also SESS. |
| cete | A badger's home > CETES. Also SETT. |
| chad | A bit of paper punched out of paper tape or cards > CHADS. |
| chai | (Romany) fem. of CHAL, a fellow, a person > CHAIS. |
| chal | (Romany) a fellow, a person > CHALS. The feminine is CHAI. |
| cham | (Turkish) a prince or chief; a governor > CHAMS. Also KHAN. |
| chao | (Vietnamese) a monetary unit of Vietnam > CHAOS. Also HAO. |
| chap | To roughen > CHAPS, CHAPPING, CHAPPED or CHAPT. |
| char | To burn slightly > CHARS, CHARRING, CHARRED. |
| chas | (Pl.) CHA, tea. |
| chat | To converse informally > CHATS, CHATTING, CHATTED. |
| chav | (Coll.) derogatory word for a young working class person who wears casual sports clothes > CHAVS. |
| chaw | To grind with the teeth; to masticate > CHAWS, CHAWING, CHAWED. |
| chay | (Tamil) an Indian plant of the madder family whose root chayroot yields a red dye > CHAYS. [Tamil saya]. Also CHAYA, SHAYA. |
| chef | (Verb) to work as a chef > CHEFS, CHEFING or CHEFFING, CHEFED or CHEFFED. |
| chem | (Short for) a chemistry class or course > CHEMS. |
| cher | (Fr.) dear. |
| chew | To crush or grind with the teeth > CHEWS, CHEWING, CHEWED. |
| chez | (Fr.) at the home of. |
| chia | A Mexican herb > CHIAS. |
| chib | (Scots) a sharp weapon such as a knife or razor; (verb) to slash with a sharp weapon > CHIBS, CHIBBING, CHIBBED. |
| chic | (Noun) style, elegance > CHICS; (adj.) having style, elegant > CHICER, CHICEST; CHICLY. |
| chid | (Pt.) CHIDE, to scold. |
| chik | (Hindi) a slatted blind > CHIKS. [Hindi ciq]. |
| chin | (Verb) to hold with the chin > CHINS, CHINNING, CHINNED. |
| chip | To break a small piece from > CHIPS, CHIPPING, CHIPPED. |
| chis | (Pl.) CHI, a Greek letter. |
| chit | (Dial.) a shoot; (verb) to sprout > CHITS, CHITTING, CHITTED. |
| chiv | (Slang) a knife; (verb) to cut with a knife > CHIVS, CHIVING or CHIVVING, CHIVED/CHIVVED. |
| chiz | (Sl.) a cheat, a swizz; (verb) to swindle > CHIZZES, CHIZZING, CHIZZED. |
| choc | (Coll.) chocolate > CHOCS. |
| chog | (Dial.) the core of a piece of fruit > CHOGS. |
| chon | (Korean) a Korean monetary unit. OSPD says pl. CHON, but Chambers implies pl. is CHONS, and CHONS is in OSWI. Also JUN. |
| chop | To sever with a sharp tool > CHOPS, CHOPPING, CHOPPED. |
| chou | (Fr.) a cabbage; an ornamental soft rosette; a cream bun > CHOUX. |
| chow | (Verb) to eat > CHOWS, CHOWING, CHOWED. |
| chub | A species of fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family, aka CHEVEN > CHUBS. |
| chug | To move with a dull explosive noise, as a locomotive > CHUGS, CHUGGING, CHUGGED. |
| chum | (Verb) to become a chum > CHUMS, CHUMMING, CHUMMED. |
| chur | (NZ) an informal expression of agreement. |
| chut | (Fr.) an expression of impatience. |
| ciao | (Ital.) goodbye. |
| cide | (Obs.) to decide > CIDES, CIDING, CIDED. |
| cids | (Pl.) CID, a champion. |
| ciel | To provide with a ceiling > CIELS, CIELING, CIELED. Also CEIL. |
| cigs | (Pl.) CIG, cigarette. |
| cill | A sill > CILLS. |
| cine | A motion picture > CINES. |
| cinq | (French) the number five > CINQS. |
| cion | A detached piece of a plant capable of propagating, esp by grafting; a young member of a family > CIONS. Also SCION. |
| cire | (Fr.) a fabric with a waxed finish (the e is accented) > CIRES. |
| cirl | A species of bunting > CIRLS. |
| cist | A tomb consisting of stone chest covered with stone slabs > CISTS, CISTED. |
| cite | To quote as an authority or example > CITES, CITING, CITED. |
| cito | (Lat.) quickly. |
| cits | (Pl.) CIT, a term of contempt for someone who is not a gentleman. |
| city | A large town > CITIES, CITIED. |
| cive | A herb of the onion family. Also CHIVE. |
| clad | To cover one material with another > CLADS, CLADDING, CLADDED. |
| clag | To stick > CLAGS, CLAGGING, CLAGGED. |
| clam | (Verb) to dig for clams > CLAMS, CLAMMING, CLAMMED. |
| clan | A united group of families > CLANS. |
| clap | To bring the hands together smartly > CLAPS, CLAPPING, CLAPPED or CLAPT. |
| clat | (Scots) something scraped together, a lump; (verb) to scratch, scrape > CLATS, CLATTING, CLATTED. Also CLAUT. |
| claw | To scratch with claws (sharp, curved toenails) > CLAWS, CLAWING, CLAWED. |
| clay | (Verb) to purify (e.g. sugar) with clay > CLAYS, CLAYING, CLAYED. |
| clef | A character placed on the stave by which the absolute pitch of the following notes is fixed > CLEFS. |
| cleg | A horse-fly > CLEGS. |
| clem | To starve > CLEMS, CLEMMING, CLEMMED. |
| clew | A corner of a sail with hole to attach ropes; (verb) to attach a rope thus > CLEWS, CLEWING, CLEWED. |
| clip | To cut e.g. hair > CLIPS, CLIPPING, CLIPPED or CLIPT. |
| clit | (Sl.) a clitoris > CLITS. |
| clod | A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay > CLODLY; (verb) to pelt with clods > CLODS, CLODDING, CLODDED. |
| clog | A wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole; (verb) to choke with an impediment > CLOGS, CLOGGING, CLOGGED. |
| clon | A group of asexually derived organisms > CLONS. |
| clop | To make the sound of a hoof striking pavement > CLOPS, CLOPPING, CLOPPED. |
| clot | To form into a clot (a thick mass) > CLOTS, CLOTTING, CLOTTED. |
| clou | (Fr.) the main point of interest; a dominant idea > CLOUS. |
| clow | (Scots) = CLOVE > CLOWS. A clow-flower is a gillyflower. |
| cloy | To gratify beyond desire > CLOYS, CLOYING, CLOYED. |
| club | A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded in the hand; (verb) to strike with a club > CLUBS, CLUBBING, CLUBBED. |
| clue | (Verb) to furnish with a clue > CLUES, CLUING or CLUEING, CLUED. |
| coal | (Verb) to dig for coal; to transport coal > COALS, COALING, COALED. |
| coat | An outer garment with sleeves; an overcoat; (verb) to cover with a coat, in various senses > COATS, COATING, COATED. |
| coax | To cajole > COAXES, COAXING, COAXED. |
| cobb | A gull, esp. the great black-backed gull > COBBS. Also COB. |
| cobs | (3rd.) COB, to strike, thump on the buttocks. |
| coca | (Quechua) the dried leaf of a South American shrub > COCAS. [Sp. f. Aymara kuka or Quechua koka.] |
| coch | (Obs.) a coach > COCHES. |
| cock | A male bird; (verb) to draw back (the cock of a gun) > COCKS, COCKING, COCKED. |
| coco | The coconut palm > COCOS. |
| coda | (Ital.) an end-piece > CODAS. |
| code | To convert into symbols > CODES, CODING, CODED. |
| cods | (3rd.) COD, to trick, deceive. |
| coed | A girl student at a coeducational institution > COEDS. |
| coff | (Scots) to buy > COFFS, COFFING, COFFED or COFT. |
| coft | (Scots) pt. COFF, to buy. |
| cogs | (3rd.) COG, to cheat, dissemble. |
| coho | A Pacific salmon > COHOS or COHOES. Also COHOE. |
| coif | A covering for the head, esp the close-fitting cap of white lawn or silk originally worn by serjeants-at-law; (verb) to put the hair into a coif > COIFS, COIFING, COIFED. Also COIFFE, QUOIF. |
| coil | To wind in even rings > COILS, COILING, COILED. |
| coin | To make coins (metal currency) > COINS, COINING, COINED. |
| coir | A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut > COIRS. Also KYAR. |
| coit | (Aust. sl.) the buttocks, the backside > COITS. |
| coke | (Verb) to make into, or to become like, coke > COKES, COKING, COKED. |
| coky | Resembling coke > COKIER, COKIEST. |
| cola | (Temne) a genus of W. African trees producing nuts used in drugs and for flavouring soft drinks > COLAS. Also KOLA. |
| cold | Not hot > COLDER, COLDEST; COLDLY; (noun) the state of being cold > COLDS. |
| cole | A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed > COLES. |
| coll | (Obs.) to embrace, hug > COLLS, COLLING, COLLED. |
| cols | (Pl.) COL, a pass over mountains. |
| colt | A young male horse; (verb) to frisk like a colt, to defraud > COLTS, COLTING, COLTED. |
| coly | An African bird > COLIES. |
| coma | (Lat.) a spherical cloud of material surrounding the head of a comet > COMAE or COMAS. |
| comb | To arrange or clean with a comb (a toothed instrument) > COMBS, COMBING, COMBED. |
| come | To move toward something or someone > COMES, COMETH, COMING, CAME. |
| comm | As in comm badge, a small wearable badge-shaped radio transmitter > COMMS. |
| comp | (Coll.) a compositor; (verb) to work as a compositor > COMPS, COMPING, COMPED. |
| coms | (Abbr.) combinations. N.B. no COM*. |
| cond | (Pt.) CON, to know, study. |
| cone | (Verb) to bear cones > CONES, CONING, CONED. |
| conf | An online conference > CONFS. |
| coni | (Pl.) CONUS, a type of ventricle in mammals. |
| conk | To fail, break down > CONKS, CONKING, CONKED. Also KONK. |
| conn | To direct the steering of > CONNS, CONNING, CONNED. Also CON. |
| cons | (3rd.) CON, to trick, or persuade by dishonest means. |
| cony | A rabbit > CONIES. Also CONEY. |
| coof | (Scots) a lout, a dolt > COOFS. Also CUIF. |
| cook | To prepare food by heating > COOKS, COOKING, COOKED. |
| cool | Moderately cold > COOLER, COOLEST; COOLLY; (verb) to make less warm > COOLS, COOLING, COOLED. |
| coom | Soot; coal dust; refuse matter; (verb) to begrime > COOMS, COOMING, COOMED. |
| coon | A raccoon > COONS. |
| coop | To confine > COOPS, COOPING, COOPED. |
| coos | (3rd.) COO, to make a sound like a dove. |
| coot | A water bird, black with a white frontal shield > COOTS. |
| cope | To contend or strive > COPES, COPING, COPED. |
| cops | (3rd.) COP, to capture. |
| copy | To imitate > COPIES, COPYING, COPIED. |
| cord | (Verb) to bind with a cord > CORDS, CORDING, CORDED. |
| core | To remove the core (the central part) of > CORES, CORING, CORED. |
| corf | A coal-miner's basket > CORVES. Also CAUF. |
| cork | The outer bark of the cork tree, a species of oak; (verb) to stop up with a cork > CORKS, CORKING, CORKED. |
| corm | The swollen subterranean part of a stem > CORMS. |
| corn | To preserve with salt > CORNS, CORNING, CORNED. |
| cors | (Pl.) COR, a Hebrew measure. |
| cory | (Romany) (vulg.) the penis > CORIES. [Romany kori, thorn]. Also COREY. |
| cose | To make oneself cosy > COSES, COSING, COSED. |
| cosh | A bludgeon, truncheon, lead-pipe, piece of flexible tubing filled with metal, or the like, used as a weapon; (verb) to strike with a cosh > COSHES, COSHING, COSHED. |
| coss | (Hindi) a measure of distance > COSSES. Also KOSS, KOS. |
| cost | To estimate a price for production of > COSTS, COSTING, COST or COSTED. |
| cosy | Snug > COSIER, COSIEST; COSILY; (noun) a cover for a teapot > COSIES. Also COSEY, COSIE, COZEY, COZIE, COZY. (Verb) to make cosy, snuggle > COSIES, COSYING, COSIED. |
| cote | To pass by; to outstrip (as one dog another) > COTES, COTING, COTED. |
| coth | (Abbr.) hyperbolic cotangent > COTHS. |
| cots | (Pl.) COT, a small bed for a young child. |
| cott | (Spenser) a small boat > COTTS. |
| coup | (Scots) to overturn, turn up > COUPS, COUPING, COUPED. Also COWP. |
| cour | (Obs.) to cover > COURS, COURING, COURED or COURD. |
| cove | (Verb) to form or provide with an architectural cove > COVES, COVING, COVED. |
| cowk | (Dial.) to retch, feel nauseated > COWKS, COWKING, COWKED. |
| cowl | A large loose hood, esp of a kind worn by a monk; (verb) to cover with a cowl > COWLS, COWLING, COWLED. |
| cowp | (Scots) to overturn, turn up > COWPS, COWPING, COWPED. Also COUP. |
| cows | (Pl.) COW, to subdue. |
| cowy | Suggestive of a cow > COWIER, COWIEST. |
| coxa | (Lat.) the first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean > COXAE. |
| coxy | Bumptious, self-assured > COXIER, COXIEST. Also COCKY, COCKSY. |
| coys | (3rd.) COY, to caress. |
| coze | To chat > COZES, COZING, COZED. [Fr. causer]. |
| cozy | (Noun) a cover for a teapot. Also COSY, COSEY, COSIE, COZIE, COZEY. (Adj.) cosy > COZIER, COZIEST; COZILY; (verb) to cuddle up > COZIES, COZYING, COZIED. |
| crab | A marine crustacean; (verb) to obstruct, frustrate > CRABS, CRABBING, CRABBED. |
| crag | A rough steep rock > CRAGS. Also CRAIG. |
| cram | To fill or pack tightly > CRAMS, CRAMMING, CRAMMED. |
| cran | A measure of capacity for herrings just landed, = 37.5 gallons > CRANS. |
| crap | To throw a 2, 3, or 12 in a dice game > CRAPS, CRAPPING, CRAPPED. |
| craw | The stomach of an animal > CRAWS. |
| cray | (Aust.) a CRAYFISH > CRAYS. |
| cred | (Abbr. of) credibility > CREDS. |
| cree | Of grain, to soften by boiling or soaking > CREES, CREEING, CREED. [Fr. crever, to burst]. |
| crem | A crematorium > CREMS. |
| crew | To serve aboard a ship > CREWS, CREWING, CREWED. |
| cria | The offspring of a llama > CRIAS. |
| crib | To confine closely > CRIBS, CRIBBING, CRIBBED. |
| crim | (Abbr.) criminal > CRIMS. |
| cris | (Malay) a dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. Also KRIS, CREESE, KREESE. |
| crit | (Abbr.) criticism > CRITS. |
| croc | (Abbr.) crocodile > CROCS. |
| crog | (Dial.) to ride a bicycle as a passenger > CROGS, CROGGING, CROGGED. |
| cron | in computing, a command used to schedule a job that is executed at a certain time, or periodically > CRONS. |
| crop | To cut off short > CROPS, CROPPING, CROPPED. |
| crow | Any of several large black birds of the genus Corvus; (verb) to gloat, exult > CROWS, CROWING, CROWED. |
| crud | Anything dirty, filthy; (verb) to encrust with dirt > CRUDS, CRUDDING, CRUDDED. |
| crue | (Milton) crew > CRUES. |
| crus | (Lat.) a part of a leg, the shank > CRURA. |
| crux | (Lat.) the nub, the crucial point > CRUCES or CRUXES, |
| cube | To form into a cube (a regular solid) > CUBES, CUBING, CUBED. |
| cubs | (3rd.) CUB, to produce cubs. |
| cuds | (Pl.) CUD, a portion of food to be chewed again. |
| cued | (Pt.) CUE, to give a cue as a signal. |
| cues | (3rd.) CUE, to give a cue as a signal. |
| cuff | The end of the sleeve near the wrist; a covering for the wrist; (verb) to strike esp. round the head > CUFFS, CUFFING, CUFFED. |
| cuif | (Scots) a lout, a dolt > CUIFS. Also COOF. |
| cuit | (Scots) the ankle > CUITS. Also CUTE, COOT. |
| cuke | (Sl.) a cucumber > CUKES. |
| cull | To select from others > CULLS, CULLING, CULLED. |
| culm | The stem of grass or sedge; (verb) to form a culm > CULMS, CULMING, CULMED. |
| cult | A religious society > CULTS. |
| cums | (Pl.) CUM, ejaculated sperm. |
| cunt | The female pudendum > CUNTS. |
| cups | (3rd.) CUP, to form into a cup shape. |
| curb | To restrain > CURBS, CURBING, CURBED. |
| curd | (Verb) to curdle > CURDS, CURDING, CURDED. |
| cure | To restore to health > CURES, CURING, CURED. |
| curf | An incision made by a cutting tool > CURFS. Also KERF. |
| curl | To form into ringlets > CURLS, CURLING, CURLED. |
| curn | (Scots) a grain, a small quantity > CURNS. Also CURRAN. |
| curr | To make a purring sound > CURRS, CURRING, CURRED. |
| curs | (Pl.) CUR, a mongrel dog. |
| curt | Abrupt > CURTER, CURTEST; CURTLY. |
| cush | The cushion in billiards > CUSHES. |
| cusk | A kind of fish, aka TORSK or BURBOT > CUSKS. |
| cusp | A point; the point or horn of the moon; a toothlike meeting of two branches of a curve > CUSPS, CUSPED. |
| cuss | (Coll.) to curse > CUSSES, CUSSING, CUSSED. |
| cute | Pleasingly attractive > CUTER, CUTEST; CUTELY. |
| cuts | (3rd.) CUT, to make an incision in. |
| cwms | (Pl.) CWM, a bowl-shaped valley or hollow in (Welsh) mountains. |
| cyan | A greenish-blue colour > CYANS. |
| cyma | (Lat.) an ogee moulding of the cornice > CYMAE or CYMAS. |
| cyme | A flower cluster in which each growing point ends in a flower, the oldest flowers being at the top or centre of the cluster > CYMES. |
| cyst | A sac > CYSTS. |
| cyte | In biology, a cell > CYTES. |
| czar | (Russian) ruler, emperor > CZARS. Also TSAR, TZAR. |