Charles Wilkes
— Noun
– English
~ United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)
chuck-will's-widow
— Noun
– English
~ large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
Charles William Post
— Noun
– English
~ United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
Clyde William Tombaugh
— Noun
– English
~ United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
— Noun
– English
~ United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986)
Chester William Nimitz
— Noun
– English
~ United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)
circle of Willis
— Noun
– English
~ a ring of arteries at the base of the brain
creeping willow
— Noun
– English
~ small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
cricket-bat willow
— Noun
– English
~ Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches
crack willow
— Noun
– English
~ large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
— Noun
– English
~ Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
close to the wind
— Adverb
– English
~ nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming; "sailing close to the wind"
catabatic wind
— Noun
– English
~ a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
chinook wind
— Noun
– English
~ a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
creeping windmill grass
— Noun
– English
~ perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill
casement window
— Noun
– English
~ a window with one or more casements