Words in english starting with C

• Claes Oldenburg — Noun – English ～ United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929)
• class Oligochaeta — Noun – English ～ earthworms
• California olive — Noun – English ～ Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
• Chrysophyllum oliviforme — Noun – English ～ tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit
• Cygnus olor — Noun – English ～ soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated
• capital of Oman — Noun – English ～ a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman
• concentrate on — Verb – English ～ center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
• cycle on — Verb – English ～ come to the starting point of a cycle
• couple on — Verb – English ～ link together; "can we couple these proposals?"
• count on — Verb – English ～ judge to be probable
• cotton on — Verb – English ～ understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
• center on — Verb – English ～ have as a center; "The region centers on Charleston"
• cheat on — Verb – English ～ be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
• center on — Verb – English ～ center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
• chance on — Verb – English ～ find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
• catch on — Verb – English ～ become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris"
• catch on — Verb – English ～ understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
• cash in on — Verb – English ～ take advantage of or capitalize on
• cast on — Verb – English ～ make the first row of stitches when knitting
• carry on — Verb – English ～ keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

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