5-Letter Words with C: page 2

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C

• cloud8n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• clout7n. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
• clove10n. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove...
• clown10n. A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and...
• cloze16n. A form of written examination in which candidates are required to...
• clubs9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
• cluck13n. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her...
• clump11n. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
• clung8adj. Shrunken; wasted away.
• clunk11n. A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into...
• cluse7n. A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through...
• coach12n. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
• coady11n. A sauce, usually made from boiled molasses, spices, and an acid such as...
• coast7n. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large...
• coati7n. Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the...
• cobby14adj. Stocky.
• cobia9n. A perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
• coble9n. A small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach...
• cobra9n. Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck...
• cocci11n. Coccidioidomycosis.
• cocoa9n. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from...
• codec10n. A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data...
• coded9adj. Encoded; written in code or cipher.
• coder8n. A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
• codex15n. An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by...
• codon8n. A handbell used for summoning monks.
• cogen8n. Cogeneration; a combination heating plant and power generator.
• cogon8n. Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata...
• cohen10n. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest...
• coily10adj. Having coils; coiling.
• coked12adj. Intoxicated with cocaine.
• coker11n. The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured.
• cokes11n. A simpleton; a dupe.
• cokey14adj. Cocaine-addicted.
• colet7n. A lower servant in a church.
• coley10n. Coalfish, Pollachius virens.
• colic9n. Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such...
• colin7n. The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
• colly10adj. Black as coal.
• colon7n. The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
• color7n. The spectral composition of visible light.
• colza16n. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an...
• comal9n. A flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other...
• combe11n. A valley, often wooded and often with no river.
• combi11n. An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at...
• combo11n. A small musical group.
• combs11n. Combinations (underwear).
• comer9n. One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
• comes9n. The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
• comet9n. A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and...
• comfy15adj. Comfortable.
• comic11adj. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• comix16n. Comics, especially those that are self-published and deal with offbeat...
• comma11n. The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence...
• compo11n. Workers' compensation.
• compt11adj. Neat; spruce.
• compy14n. A computer.
• comte9n. A French count.
• conal7adj. Shaped like a cone or funnel; conic.
• conch12n. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own...
• conda8n. A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots...
• conde8n. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to...
• condy11n. The giant Caribbean sea anemone, Condylactis gigantea.
• coned8adj. Segregated or delineated by traffic cones (of an area).
• coner7n. A marijuana cigarette tapered to a conical shape.
• coney10n. The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
• conga8n. A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
• congo8interj. Congratulations.
• conic9adj. Synonym of conical.
• conky14adj. Having a prominent nose.
• conny10adj. Brave; fine; canny.
• const7n. A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
• conte7n. An Italian count.
• conto7n. In Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
• conus7n. A cone.
• convo10n. A conversation.
• cooch12n. The vagina or vulva.
• cooee7n. A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly...
• cooky14n. Dated spelling of cookie.
• coomb11n. A tub or vat, especially used in brewing.
• copal9n. A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea...
• copay12v. To jointly pay with another or others.
• coped10adj. Clad in a cope.
• copei9n. The copaiba tree.
• copen9v. To cowrite.
• coper9n. One who copes.
• copin9n. Synonym of medio, particularly in Asturias, a traditional Spanish unit...
• coppa11n. Capicola.
• coppe11n. A spider.
• coppy14adj. Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
• copra9n. The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
• copse9n. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting...
• copus9n. A mug.
• coque16n. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
• coqui16n. A coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus).
• corah10adj. Plain, undyed.
• coral7n. Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most...
• cords8n. Corduroys.
• cordy11adj. Of, or like, cord; having cords or cord-like parts.
• cored8adj. Having a core.
• corer7n. A utensil for removing the core from apples and similar fruit or...
• corky14adj. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
• corno7n. French horn.
• cornu7n. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
• corny10adj. Boring and unoriginal.
• corps9n. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
• corro7n. Written communications, especially in a business setting.
• corse7n. A (living) body.
• coset7n. The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a...
• cosmo9n. A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice...
• costa7n. Synonym of rib.
• cotch12v. To hang out or chill out; to relax.
• cotta7n. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full...
• couch12n. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of...
• cough11v. Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or...
• could8v. Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
• count7v. To recite numbers in sequence.
• coupe9n. A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling...
• cours7n. Three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural...
• court7n. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls...
• couth10adj. Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
• coven10n. A nunnery, a convent.
• cover10n. A lid.
• covet10v. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
• covey13n. A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes...
• covid11n. A cubit.
• covin10n. Fraud, deception.
• cowal10n. A billabong, or stagnant pool.
• cowan10n. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an...
• cowed11adj. Frightened into submission.
• cower10v. To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
• cowie10n. A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy.
• coxal14adj. Sciatic (relating to the hip).
• coxed15adj. Having a cox.
• coxie14n. A coxswain.
• coyly13adv. In a coy manner.
• coypu12n. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling...
• cozen16v. To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or...
• crabs9n. Pubic lice.
• crack13v. To form cracks.
• craft10n. Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying...
• craic9n. Often preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable...
• craig8n. A rocky crag.
• crake11n. Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
• crame9n. A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall.
• cramp11n. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled...
• crane7n. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long...
• crank11adj. Hard; difficult.
• crape9n. Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
• craps9n. A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make...
• crapy12adj. Resembling crape.
• crase7v. Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).
• crash10n. A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
• crass7adj. Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or...
• crate7n. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
• crave10v. To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
• crawl10v. To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm...
• craze16n. A strong habitual desire or fancy.
• crazy19adj. Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
• creak11n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
• cream9n. The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part...
• creat7n. An usher to a riding master (riding instructor).
• credo8n. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief...
• creed8n. That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious...
• creek11n. A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main...
• creel7n. A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
• creen7v. To complain; to whine; to moan.
• creep9v. To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
• crema9n. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.
• crepe9n. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
• creps9n. Crepitations.
• cress7n. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a...
• crest7n. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
• crewe10n. A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras...
• crick13n. A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back...
• crier7n. One who cries.
• crile7n. A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.
• crime9n. A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal...
• crimp11n. A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal...
• crine7v. To wither, wilt, shrivel.
• crisp9adj. Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also...
• croak11n. A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
• crock13n. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
• crocs9n. Eggcorn of crux.
• croft10n. An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for...
• croma9n. A quaver.
• crome9n. A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at...
• crone7n. An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
• cronk11v. To honk like a goose.
• crony10n. A close friend.
• crook11n. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
• croon7v. To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low...
• crore7n. Ten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping...
• cross7n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars...
• croup9n. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
• crout7n. Sauerkraut.
• crowd11v. To press forward; to advance by pushing.
• crowl10n. A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.
• crown10n. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
• croze16n. A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of...
• cruck13n. A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a...
• crude8adj. In a natural, untreated state.
• crudo8n. A dish made of raw fish or seafood.
• cruel7adj. Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless...
• cruet7n. A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil...
• cruft10n. Anything that is old or of inferior quality.
• crumb11n. A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit...
• crump11n. The sound of a muffled explosion.
• crunk11adj. Crazy and intoxicated.
• cruse7n. An oil lamp; a crusy.
• crush10n. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
• crust7n. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• crypt12n. An underground vault.
• cubby14n. A small, confined space.
• cubeb11n. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated...
• cubed10adj. Raised to the third power.
• cuber9n. Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
• cubes9n. Testicles.
• cubic11adj. Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of...
• cubie9n. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
• cubit9n. The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an...
• cuddy12n. A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing...
• culet7n. A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to...
• culex14n. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry...
• cully10n. A companion.
• culpa9n. Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud)...
• culty10adj. Resembling a cult.
• cumin9n. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
• cupid10n. A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
• cuppa11n. A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
• cuppy14adj. Having the form of a cup.
• cupro9n. Rayon made by the cuproammonium process.
• curdy11adj. Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
• curer7n. A healer.
• curia7n. Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome.
• curie7n. 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
• curio7n. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
• curls7n. Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
• curly10adj. Having curls.
• curry10n. One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by...
• curse7n. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
• curva10n. The bank of seats behind the goal, especially in continental European...
• curve10n. A bend, such as in a road.
• curvy13adj. Having curves.
• cushy13adj. Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
• cutch12n. A preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong...
• cutes7n. Cuteness.
• cutie7n. A cute person or animal.
• cutis7n. The true skin, underlying the epidermis.
• cutty10adj. Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
• cutup9n. Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for...
• cwtch15n. A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.
• cyano10n. A univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a...
• cyber12adj. Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.
• cycad13n. Any plant of the division Cycadophyta, having a stout and woody trunk...
• cycas12n. Any member of the plant genus Cycas.
• cycle12n. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is...
• cyclo12n. A tuk-tuk.
• cynic12n. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

D

• dacha11n. A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
• dance8n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music...
• dancy11adj. Ready to dance.
• darcy11n. A (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of...
• daric8n. A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great...
• decad9n. A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed.
• decaf11adj. That has caffeine removed.
• decal8n. A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another...
• decan8n. One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions...
• decap10v. To remove a cap.
• decay11n. Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually...
• decel8n. Synonym of decelerationist.
• decet8n. A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group.
• decim10n. A decimeter.
• decor8n. The style of decoration of a room or building.
• decoy11n. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
• decry11v. To denounce as harmful.
• demic10adj. Of or pertaining to a deme.
• dench11adj. Excellent; impressive; awesome.
• deric8adj. Relating to the ectoderm, as distinguished from enteric.
• deuce8n. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
• devic11adj. Relating to a deva.
• diced9adj. Cut up into small pieces, especially cubes, typically about ¼″ to ½″...
• dicer8n. A gambler who plays dice.
• dicey11adj. Fraught with danger.
• dicot8n. A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon.
• disco8n. A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by...
• ditch11n. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
• docks12n. A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices.
• dolce8n. A soft-toned organ stop.
• douce8adj. Sweet; nice; pleasant.
• draco8n. A short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle.
• dreck12n. Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.
• ducal8adj. Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they...
• ducat8n. A gold coin minted by various European nations.
• duchy14n. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
• ducks12n. A pair of twos.
• ducky15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a duck.
• dulce8n. Sweetness.
• dunce8n. An unintelligent person.
• dunch11v. To knock against; to hit, punch.
• dutch11n. Wife.

E

• ecchi12adj. Of animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.
• edict8n. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
• educe8v. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or...
• egoic8adj. Of or relating to the ego.
• eject14v. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
• elect7n. One chosen or set apart.
• emacs9n. Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.
• emcee9n. Master of ceremonies.
• enact7v. To make (a bill) into law.
• encik11n. Informal term of address for a male warrant officer in the Singapore...
• enoch10n. An iron sledgehammer.
• epact9n. The time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar...
• epoch12n. A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one...
• erect7adj. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
• erica7n. Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants.
• ethic10adj. Moral, relating to morals.
• evict10v. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or...
• exact14adj. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly...
• excel14v. To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone...

F

• faced11adj. Having a specified type or number of faces.
• facer10n. An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
• facet10n. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
• facon10n. Vegetarian bacon; meat-free imitation bacon, generally made with tofu...
• fancy13n. The imagination.
• farce10n. A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to...
• farcy13n. The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.
• fecal10adj. Of or relating to feces.
• feces10n. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from...
• fence10n. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a...
• fetch13v. To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
• fiche13n. A microfiche.
• ficus10n. Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of...
• filch13v. To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low...
• finca10n. A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.
• finch13n. Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla...
• fitch13n. A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped...
• flack14v. To hang loosely; flag.
• fleck14n. A flake.
• flick14n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
• flock14n. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used...
• focal10adj. Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus (definite location).
• focus10n. A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
• folic10adj. Of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.
• force10n. Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power...
• frack14v. To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
• franc10n. Any of several units of currency.
• freck14n. Synonym of freckle (“a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on...
• frock14n. A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for...
• fucus10n. Any alga of the genus Fucus.
• funch13n. A sexual encounter at lunchtime.
• funct10adj. In use.
• furca10n. A forked structure, a fork-like part.
• futch13adj. Exhibiting qualities of both femme and butch identities.

G

• gacha11n. A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially...
• gatch11v. To arrange (a patient's bed) so that its sections bend at the joints...
• geach11n. A thief.
• gecko12n. Any lizard in the infraorder Gekkota.
• genco8n. A power generation company.
• genic8adj. Of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene.
• glock12n. A glockenspiel.
• gluck12v. To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is...
• gooch11n. The perineum.
• gotch11n. Men's underwear.
• grace8n. Charming, pleasing qualities.
• grece8n. A flight of stairs.
• grice8n. A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a...
• gulch11n. A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods...

H

• hacks14interj. Used to call attention to another player hacking.
• hacky17adj. Like a hack; amateurish.
• hance10n. A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.
• harch13interj. A command to move forwards, issued by the drum major of a marching band.
• hatch13n. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
• havoc13n. Widespread devastation and destruction.
• hecka14det. Synonym of hella.
• hence10adv. In the future from now.
• hench13n. The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
• hitch13n. A sudden pull.
• hocus10v. To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
• hooch13n. An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and...
• hotch13v. To move irregularly up and down.
• huaca10n. An Incan relic.
• humic12adj. Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).
• hunch13n. A hump; a protuberance.
• hutch13n. A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.

I

• ichor10n. The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
• icily10adv. In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
• icing8n. A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often...
• ickle11n. An icicle.
• ictal7adj. Of or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack such as a seizure...
• ictus7n. The pulse.
• iliac7adj. Relating to the ilium.
• incap9n. Any incapacitant.
• incar7n. A car completely inside of a garage, or the portion of a car that is...
• incel7n. Someone (especially a man) who desires a sexual relationship but...
• inchi10n. The takay nut tree (Caryodendron orinocense).
• incog8adj. Incognito.
• incur7v. To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something...
• incus7n. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
• indic8adj. Of or relating to indium.

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