6-Letter Words Starting with C: page 2

All 845 six-letter words that start with C: page 2 of 3

CI

• citied9adj. Containing, or covered with, cities.
• citing9n. Citation.
• citral8n. Either of a pair of terpenoids, geranial and neral, that have the...
• citric10adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, citrus fruit.
• citrin8n. A protein associated with type II citrullinemia.
• citron8n. The fruit of a citron tree.
• citrus8n. Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family...
• civics13n. The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community.
• civils11n. Civil engineering.

CL

• claggy13adj. Sticky or tacky.
• claire8n. A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
• clammy15adj. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
• clamor10n. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or...
• clancy13n. An overflow or spillage.
• clanky15adj. Making a clanking metallic sound.
• clappy15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a clap of the hands.
• claque17n. A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud...
• claret8n. A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar...
• classy11adj. Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.
• clause8n. A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of...
• claver11n. Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
• claves11n. A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which...
• clavis11n. A Roman key.
• clavus11n. A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
• clawed12adj. Having claws (of animals).
• clayey14adj. Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
• clears8n. A relatively strong, coarse flour that has only been sifted once.
• cleary11n. A clear marble (sphere used in games), usually colored, but without...
• cleats8n. A pair of athletic shoes equipped with cleats.
• cleave11v. To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
• cleeve11n. A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.
• clench13v. To grip or hold fast.
• cleome10n. Any flowering plant in the genus Cleome.
• clergy12n. A body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for...
• cleric10n. A member of a clergy.
• clever11adj. Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
• clevis11n. A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is...
• clicky17adj. Easily or frequently clicking or being clicked.
• client8n. A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
• cliffy17adj. Abounding in cliffs.
• clifty14adj. Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy.
• climax17n. A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
• clinal8adj. Pertaining to beds or rest.
• clinch13v. To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
• clingy12adj. Having a tendency to cling.
• clinic10n. A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the...
• clique17n. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common...
• clitic10n. A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an...
• clitty11n. The clitoris; clit.
• cliver11adj. Clever.
• clivia11n. Any plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa.
• clivus11n. Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the...
• cloaca10n. A sewer.
• cloche13n. A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent...
• clonal8adj. Relating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning).
• cloner8n. Someone who clones something.
• clonic10adj. Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.
• clonus8n. A muscular spasm with regular contractions.
• clopen10adj. Both open and closed.
• closed9adj. Made impassable.
• closer8adv. Within a shorter distance.
• closet8n. A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other...
• clothe11v. To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or...
• cloudy12adj. Covered with or characterised by clouds.
• clough12n. A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
• clouts8n. Clothes.
• cloven11adj. Split, sundered, or divided.
• clover11n. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three...
• clowny14n. Someone who acts in a clownlike manner.
• clubby15adj. Congenial; welcoming people as guests.
• clucky17adj. Broody.
• clumps12n. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the...
• clumpy15adj. Forming or tending to form clumps.
• clumsy13adj. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
• clunky15adj. Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
• clutch13v. To seize, as though with claws.

CM

• cmdlet11n. A specialized .NET class implementing a particular operation in Windows...

CO

• coaled9adj. Laden with a supply of coal to be used as fuel.
• coarse8adj. With a rough texture; not smooth.
• coated9adj. Covered with a thin layer.
• coater8n. A person who coats material with a fluid.
• cobalt10n. A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard...
• cobber12n. A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to...
• cobble12n. A cobblestone.
• cobweb15n. A spiderweb, especially a large one, an old abandoned one covered with...
• coccus12n. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
• coccyx22n. The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the...
• cocona10n. A tropical shrub, Solanum sessiliflorum, grown for its edible fruit.
• cocoon10n. The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they...
• coddle10v. To treat gently or with great care.
• codger10n. An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
• codify15v. To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
• coding10n. The process of encoding or decoding.
• codman11n. A fishing boat that fishes for cod; a fisherman on such a boat.
• coelom10n. A fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive...
• coerce10v. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to...
• coeval11adj. Of the same age or era; contemporary.
• coffee14n. A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
• coffer14n. A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
• coffin14n. A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
• cogent9adj. Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
• cogged11adj. Containing cogs.
• cogger10n. Someone who cheats at dice.
• cogito9n. The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the...
• cognac11n. A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in...
• coheir11n. One of several who are heirs to an estate.
• cohere11v. To stick together physically, by adhesion.
• cohort11n. A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
• cohosh14n. A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the rough...
• cohost11n. A joint host alongside another (compare costar).
• coiled9adj. In the form of coils; having coils.
• coiner8n. A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
• coital8adj. Of or relating to coitus (sexual intercourse).
• coitus8n. Sexual intercourse, especially that involving penile–vaginal...
• coking13n. The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal.
• colada9n. Piña colada.
• colden9v. To grow or make cold.
• coldly12adv. In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
• coleus8n. Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for...
• coline8n. The dual of a line.
• colita8n. The fag-end of a cannabis joint.
• collab10n. A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do...
• collar8n. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the...
• collet8n. A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or...
• collie8n. Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as...
• collum10n. A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.
• colony11n. A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially...
• colour8n. Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
• coltan8n. A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆, from which the elements niobium and...
• column10n. A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger...
• combat12n. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
• combed13adj. Arranged or groomed with a comb.
• comber12n. A person who combs wool, etc.
• comedo11n. A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with...
• comedy14n. A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
• comely13adj. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome...
• comfit13n. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
• comice12n. A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and...
• comics12n. The medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art.
• coming11interj. Used to express that one is on the way.
• comity13n. Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
• commie12n. A Holden Commodore.
• commis12n. An assistant to a chef.
• commit12v. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to...
• common12adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
• comodo11adv. Comfortably, that is, at moderate speed.
• compas12n. A form of string music from Haiti.
• compel12v. To overpower; to subdue.
• comper12n. A person who enters many competitions in order to win as many prizes as...
• comply15v. To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt...
• compos12adj. Compos mentis; of sound mind; sane.
• comsat10n. A communications satellite.
• comuna10n. The smallest administrative subdivision in Chile.
• comune10n. The smallest civil administrative unit in Italy, a municipality in...
• concat10v. To concatenate.
• concha13n. Any shell-shaped structure.
• concho13n. A silver ornament either stamped with a design or inlaid with a stone.
• concom12n. The group of volunteers who organise and run a convention.
• concur10v. To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide...
• conder9n. One who conns (conds) a ship; a conning officer.
• condie9n. A condom.
• condom11n. A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as...
• condor9n. Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or...
• confer11v. To grant as a possession; to bestow.
• config12n. Configuration.
• confit11n. Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for...
• congee9n. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly).
• conger9n. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in...
• conics10n. The branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which...
• conium10n. Any of the species in the genus Conium of poisonous perennial...
• conker12n. A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
• conman10n. A confidence trickster.
• conner8n. A corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops).
• connex15n. A correspondence between a projective space and its dual.
• conoid9adj. Shaped like a cone; conical.
• consul8n. Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic...
• contex15v. To weave together; to form by interweaving.
• contig9n. A set of overlapping DNA segments, derived from a single source of...
• contra8prep. Against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to.
• conure8n. Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now...
• convex18adj. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
• convey14v. To move (something) from one place to another.
• convoy14n. One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general...
• coochy16n. Vagina or vulva.
• cooing9n. A coo; a cooing sound.
• cooked13adj. Prepared by cooking.
• cooker12n. A cookstove.
• cookie12n. A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
• cooled9adj. Brought to a lower temperature.
• cooler8n. Anything which cools.
• coolie8n. An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a...
• coolio8adj. Cool; awesome; all right.
• coolly11adv. At a moderately low temperature.
• cooool8adj. Elongated form of cool.
• cooper10n. A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels...
• cooter8n. A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
• cootie8n. A louse (Pediculus humanus).
• copier10n. A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
• coping11n. The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to...
• copped13adj. Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.
• copper12n. A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic...
• coppin12n. A cop of thread.
• copter10n. A helicopter.
• copula10n. A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a...
• coquet17n. A flirtatious female; a coquette.
• corban10n. An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
• corbel10n. A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent...
• corbie10n. A raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
• corded10adj. Fitted with a cord.
• cordel9n. Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance...
• corder9n. One who prepares wood as cordwood.
• cordon9n. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect...
• coring9n. The production of a core by means of drilling.
• corino8n. Only used in hot corino.
• corium10n. The layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues.
• corked13adj. Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
• corker12n. One who puts corks into bottles.
• cornea8n. The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye...
• corned9adj. Consisting of grains; granulated.
• cornel8n. Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania...
• corner8n. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or...
• cornet8n. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a...
• cornus8n. Any of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.
• corona8n. A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to...
• corper10n. A member of Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps.
• corpse10n. A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
• corpus10n. A collection of written or spoken texts.
• corral8n. An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
• corrie8n. A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
• corrin8n. A molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in...
• corset8n. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the...
• corten8n. Any type of weathering steel, a steel alloy which does not require...
• cortex15n. The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the...
• corton8n. Synonym of creton.
• corvee11n. Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
• corvid12adj. Pertaining to or resembling the Corvidae.
• corvus11n. A hooked ram for destroying walls.
• corymb15n. A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.
• coryza20n. Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually...
• cosier8n. A cobbler.
• cosign9v. To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an...
• cosily11adv. In a cosy manner.
• cosine8n. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an...
• cosmic12adj. Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.
• cosmid11n. A type of plasmid (often used as a cloning vector) constructed by the...
• cosmos10n. The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.
• cosset8v. To treat like a pet; to overly indulge.
• cossie8n. A swimming costume.
• costal8adj. Pertaining to a rib.
• costar8n. A person who shares star billing with another.
• costed9adj. Having a specified (type of) cost.
• costen8v. To try; tempt.
• coster8n. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea.
• costly11adj. Of high cost; expensive.
• costus8n. A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family...
• coteau8n. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
• cotija15n. A hard, dry cheese from Mexico.
• cotter8n. A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
• cotton8n. A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs...
• cougar9n. A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.
• coulee8n. A stream, especially one in the western US or Canada, generally smaller...
• coulis8n. A thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a...
• counts8n. To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
• county11n. The land ruled by a count or a countess.
• couped11adj. Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased (used especially for the...
• coupee10n. A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the...
• couper10n. A dealer in horses or other livestock.
• couple10n. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
• coupon10n. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some...
• course8n. A sequence of events.
• cousin8n. Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one)...
• covent11n. Convent.
• covers11n. The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.
• covert11adj. Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
• coving12n. A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.
• coward12n. A person who lacks courage.
• cowboy16n. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
• cowled12adj. Wearing a cowl; hooded.
• cowman13n. A man involved in a free-range cattle business, in either ownership or...
• cowpea13n. Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the...
• cowper13n. A cooper.
• cowpox20n. A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of...
• cowrie11n. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the...
• coyote11n. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

CR

• crabby15adj. Relating to or resembling crabs; crablike.
• cracky17adj. Having lots of cracks.
• cradle9n. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
• crafty14adj. Skillful at deceiving others.
• craggy13adj. Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
• craker12n. A boaster; a braggart.
• cramps12n. A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.
• crampy15adj. Characterised by cramp.
• craner8n. One who cranes.
• cranky15adj. Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
• cranny11n. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or...
• crated9adj. Contained in a crate.
• crater8n. A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other...
• craton8n. A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging...
• cravat11n. A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in...
• craven11adj. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely...
• craver11n. Someone who craves something.
• crawly14adj. Crawling around.
• crayon11n. A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
• crazed18adj. Maddened; driven insane.
• creaky15adj. Tending to creak.
• creamy13adj. Containing cream.
• crease8n. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance...
• creasy11adj. Full of creases.
• create8v. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:).
• credal9adj. Describes a probability based on belief.
• credit9v. To believe; to put credence in.
• creeps10n. A sensation that objects are crawling on one's skin.
• creepy13adj. Moving by creeping along.
• creole8n. A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a...
• creped11adj. Wrinkled; having crinkly wrinkles.
• crepey13adj. Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
• crepis10n. A plant of the genus Crepis in the family Compositae.
• cresol8n. Any of the three isomeric phenols derived from toluene: ortho-, meta-...
• cressy11adj. Abounding in cresses.
• cretin8n. A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a...
• crewed12adj. Having a crew; manned; piloted.
• crewel11n. Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
• crikey15interj. An exclamation of astonishment.
• crimen10n. An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a...
• crimes10interj. Christ; crikey.
• cringe9v. To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust...
• crinum10n. Any of the genus Crinum of perennial plants with large showy flowers on...
• cripes10interj. A mild curse or expression of surprise.
• crisis8n. A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
• crispy13adj. Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
• crista8n. Any of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a...
• critic10n. A person who appraises the works of others.
• croagh12n. A hill or mountain in Ireland.
• croaky15adj. Like that of a frog.
• croche13n. A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the...
• crocus10n. A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae...
• croeso8interj. An expression of welcome.
• croker12n. Burlap.
• cronut8n. A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut....
• crosse8n. A lacrosse stick.
• crotch13n. The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs...
• croton8n. Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
• crouch13v. To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs...
• crouse8adj. Brisk; lively; bold.
• crowdy15n. A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water.
• crower11n. A bird which, or person who, crows.
• cruddy13adj. Full of crud.
• cruden9v. To make crude.
• cruise8n. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
• cruisy11adj. Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
• crumbs12interj. An expression of mild surprise.
• crumby15adj. Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs.
• crummy15adj. Bad; poor.
• crunch13v. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
• crural8adj. Pertaining to the leg.
• crusty11adj. Having a crust, especially a thick one.
• crutch13n. A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides...
• crying12adj. That cries.
• crypto13n. A secret supporter or follower.

CU

• cuarta8n. A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, a quarter-ferrado...
• cuarto8n. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.
• cuatro8n. Any of several stringed instruments of Latino origin; a Venezuelan...
• cubing11n. The activity of solving the Rubik's cube.
• cubism12n. An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the...
• cubist10n. A player of Rubik's cube; a cuber.
• cuboid11adj. Of the shape of a cube.
• cuckoo14n. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order...
• cuddle10n. An intimate physical embrace, typically while lying (or sitting): a...
• cuddly13adj. Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.
• cudgel10n. A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
• cueing9n. The act or process by which something is cued.
• cuerda9n. A unit of land area equivalent to 3,929 square meters.
• cuesta8n. A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on...
• cuffed15adj. Fitted with a cuff.
• cuffee14n. A black person.
• culler8n. An inspector who selects wares suitable for market.
• cullet8n. Scrap glass which is melted down for reuse.
• cullin8n. Any of a family of proteins that have a role in protein degradation and...
• cullis8n. A gutter in a roof.
• culmen10n. Top; summit.
• cultic10adj. Ritual, relating to cult (religious ritual).
• cultus8n. Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of...
• culver11n. A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
• cumber12v. To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber.
• cumbia12n. A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this...
• cumene10n. The aromatic hydrocarbon isopropyl benzene present in petroleum.
• cummer12n. The relationship of a godmother to the other godparents (godsibs or...
• cuneus8n. A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual...
• cupful13n. The amount necessary to fill a cup.
• cupola10n. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or...
• cupped13adj. In the shape of a cup; concave.
• cupper12n. Someone with a specific bra size.
• cupric12adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper.
• cupula10n. A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
• cupule10n. Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn...
• curacy13n. The office or position of a curate.
• curare8n. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South...
• curate8n. An assistant rector or vicar.
• curbed11adj. Restrained.
• curcas10n. A spurge, Jatropha curcas, from Central America.

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