Nouns starting with C

• choke hold — Noun – English ～ a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"
• cartridge holder — Noun – English ～ a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
• cigarette holder — Noun – English ～ a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked
• candle holder — Noun – English ～ a holder with sockets for candles
• Charles Hardin Holley — Noun – English ～ United States rock star (1936-1959)
• Christmas holly — Noun – English ～ an evergreen tree
• Chinese holly — Noun – English ～ dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental
• class Holothuroidea — Noun – English ～ class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers
• Christian holy day — Noun – English ～ a religious holiday for Christians
• coral honeysuckle — Noun – English ～ evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
• cloven hoof — Noun – English ～ the mark of Satan
• cloven hoof — Noun – English ～ a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)
• cant hook — Noun – English ～ a peavey having a hook instead of a spike; used for handling logs
• crochet hook — Noun – English ～ a needle with a hook on the end; used in crocheting
• cup hook — Noun – English ～ hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups
• common hop — Noun – English ～ European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
• common hops — Noun – English ～ European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
• common horehound — Noun – English ～ European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring
• celestial horizon — Noun – English ～ the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
• C-horizon — Noun – English ～ beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock

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