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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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647 words · showing 601–647

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  • crowning/ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsStanding at the top of a life's achievements.
  • crucible/ˈkɹuː.sɪ.bəl/nounC1A small pot for melting things at high heat.
  • crucify/ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/verbB22 meaningsTo put to death on a cross.
  • crude/kɹuːd/adjectiveC13 meaningsRough and unfinished.
  • cruising altitudenounC1The steady height a flight settles at.
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A tiny piece that falls from bread or cake.
  • crunch/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo make the sound of something hard being crushed.
  • crusade/kɹuːˈseɪd/nounB22 meaningsA medieval religious war.
  • crusty/ˈkɹʌsti/adjectiveB22 meaningsHaving a hard dry outer layer.
  • crux/kɹʌks/nounC1The decisive point of a matter.
  • cryptic/ˈkɹɪptɪk/adjectiveC1Deliberately hard to understand.
  • cuboid/ˈkjuːbɔɪd/nounC1A box shape with six rectangular faces.
  • cul-de-sac/ˈkʌldəsæk/nounB22 meaningsA street closed at one end.
  • culinary/ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ɹi/adjectiveC1To do with cooking and the kitchen.
  • culminate/ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt/verbC1To reach a highest or final point.
  • culpable/ˈkʌlpəbəl/adjectiveC1Deserving the blame.
  • cult/kʌlt/nounC12 meaningsA small religious group with intense devotion.
  • cult classicnounC1A work loved deeply by a small devoted audience.
  • cultivate/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo grow crops with care.
  • culture/ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/nounB12 meaningsThe shared art, beliefs and habits of a people.
  • cultured pearlnounC1A gem grown in a shellfish with human help.
  • cumbersome/ˈkʌmbəsəm/adjectiveC1So big and awkward it is hard to carry or use.
  • cup your earphraseC1To hold a hand behind the ear to hear better.
  • curdle/ˈkɜː.dəl/verbC1To separate into lumps, as sour milk does.
  • cure/kjɔː/verbB25 meaningsTo make a sick person well, or to end a disease completely.
  • cured/kjʊəd/adjectiveB22 meaningsPreserved with salt, smoke or time.
  • curiosity/ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti/nounB22 meaningsA strong desire to know or learn something.
  • curiosity killed the cat/kjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti kɪld ðə ˈkæt/phraseC1The warning that asking too much can get you in trouble.
  • curlew/ˈkɜːlju/nounC1A large wader with a long down-curved bill and a sad call.
  • curling tongsnounC1A heated rod hair is wound around to curl it.
  • currency/ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/nounB1+2 meaningsThe kind of money a country uses.
  • cursory/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/adjectiveC12 meaningsHasty and without attention to detail.
  • curt/kɝt/adjectiveC1Noticeably brief to the point of rudeness.
  • curtail/kɜːˈteɪl/verbC1To cut something short before its natural end.
  • curtain upphraseC1The moment a performance begins.
  • curtsyverbC12 meaningsTo bend the knees briefly as a mark of respect.
  • cusp/kʌsp/nounC12 meaningsThe point at which one state turns into another.
  • custody/ˈkʌstədiː/nounB23 meaningsThe state of being held by the police and not free to leave.
  • customary/ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/adjectiveC1Usual, according to long practice.
  • cut cornersphraseC1To do a job cheaply and carelessly to save time or money.
  • cute/kjuːt/adjectiveA23 meaningsSweet and charming to look at.
  • cutting/ˈkʌtɪŋ/nounC14 meaningsA passage dug through high ground to carry a railway or road.
  • cutting-edgeadjectiveC1At the very front of what is currently possible.
  • cyclocross/ˈsaɪkləʊˌkɹɒs/nounC1Racing over mixed ground, carrying the cycle at times.
  • cynic/ˈsɪnɪk/nounC1Somebody who assumes people always act from self-interest.
  • cynical/ˈsɪnɪkəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsBelieving that people act only out of self-interest.
  • cynicism/ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/nounC1The belief that people act only from selfish motives.