| caviar |
sturgeon eggs, salted and eaten as a delicacy. |
| cavil |
to make petty criticisms or objections; carp (usu. fol. by "at" or "about"). [3 definitions] |
| cavity |
a hollow or hollowed-out place. |
| cavort |
to prance about; romp; caper. |
| cavy |
any of a number of tailless or short-tailed rodents originally of South America, including the guinea pig, capybara, and agouti. |
| caw |
the cry of the crow or raven, or any harsh sound resembling this cry. [2 definitions] |
| cay |
a small, low-lying island or reef; key. |
| cayenne |
any of various pepper plants bearing usu. red pods, some varieties of which are very hot and spicy. [3 definitions] |
| cayman |
variant of caiman. |
| Cayuga |
a member of a tribe of North American Indians that formerly lived near Cayuga and Seneca Lakes in upstate New York, and that belongs to the Six Nations. [2 definitions] |
| Cayuse |
a member of a tribe of Indians that formerly lived in northeast Oregon. [3 definitions] |
| CB |
abbreviation of "citizens band," a series of short wave frequencies set aside by the federal government for private use. |
| CBC |
abbreviation of "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation." |
| CBS |
abbreviation of "Columbia Broadcasting System." |
| cc2 |
abbreviation of "carbon copy," originally referring to a copy of a document, letter, or the like that is made by using carbon paper, now designating a copy or duplicate that is made through any means. |
| cc1 |
abbreviation of "cubic centimeter" or "cubic centimeters." |
| CCC |
abbreviation of "Civilian Conservation Corps," the New Deal program in the U.S. (1933-42) that provided conservation work for the unemployed during the Great Depression, through activities such as constructing and maintaining buildings and trails for state and national parks. |
| C clef |
a sign on a musical staff that shows the position of middle C. |
| CD2 |
abbreviation of "certificate of deposit," a document issued by a savings institution stating that the named person has a specified sum of money on deposit. |
| CD1 |
abbreviation of "compact disk," a palm-sized disk on which music, data, or the like has been digitally encoded, that is read by laser and transmitted to a playback device; optical disk. |
| Cd |
symbol of the chemical element cadmium. |