calandra
A calandra lark (Melanocorypha spp., especially Melanocorypha calandra).

calandras
plural of calandra

calathi
plural of calathus

calathus
A vase-shaped basket made from reeds or twigs, used in Ancient Greece.

callosum
corpus callosum

calvaria
The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.

calvarium
The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).

calvariums
plural of calvarium

candyasses
plural of candyass

canegrub
A grub that eats the roots of sugar cane.

canegrubs
plural of canegrub

cantharides
Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).
Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.

cantharis
singular of cantharides

car
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
A floating perforated box for living fish.
A clique or gang.
Deliberate misspelling of cat.

carabi
plural of carabus

carabids
plural of carabid

carabus
An ancient small boat made of wickerwork covered with a hide or leather.
A ground beetle of the genus Carabus.

caraguata
Alternative form of caraguatá.

caraguatas
plural of caraguata

cardinal beetle
A bright-red-colored beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis.
A related species, Pyrochroa coccinea
A more distantly related species, Schizotus pectinicornis

carene
Synonym of carenum (“reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine”).

carenes
plural of carene

carenum
A reduction of must or sweet wine produced by boiling it in large kettles until it was reduced by half or two-thirds in volume.

carpark
Alternative spelling of car park.

carparks
plural of carpark

carpet beetle
Any of numerous species of beetles in the family Dermestidae, especially in the genus Anthrenus, which are pests that cause extensive damage to wool, leather, silk, feathers, many stored products, and animal specimens.

carpet beetles
plural of carpet beetle

carr
Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)

carrion beetle
sexton beetle; necrophore

carrion beetles
plural of carrion beetle

carrot beetle
A rhinoceros beetle of species Ligyrus gibbosus.

carrot beetles
plural of carrot beetle.

cars
plural of car

cassena
Synonym of dahoon (the holly Ilex cassine)

cathexes
plural of cathexis

cathexion
cathexis

cathexions
plural of cathexion

cathexis
The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.

cenotaphies
plural of cenotaphy

cereal leaf beetle
Any beetle of the species Oulema melanopus.

cha
Tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai.

chafer
One who chafes.
A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan.
A vessel for holding burning coals or hot water used as a warmer.

chafers
plural of chafer

chevet
Synonym of apse chapel.

chevets
plural of chevet

chich
The chickpea.

chiches
plural of chich

choragi
plural of choragus

choragus
A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.

choregoi
plural of choregos

choregos
Alternative form of choragus.

cigarette beetle
an anobiid beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) that infests tobacco.

cis
Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.
In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.
In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are adjacent to each other.

cislesbian
Alternative form of cis lesbian.

cislesbians
plural of cislesbian

cisman
Alternative spelling of cis man.

cismen
plural of cisman

cispeople
plural of cisperson

cisperson
Alternative form of cis person.

cispersons
plural of cisperson

cisprivilege
Alternative form of cis privilege.

cladi
plural of cladus

cladus
A branch of a ramose spicule, which collectively form the cladome.

claviger
One who carries a club; a club bearer.
A group within genus Lasius (formerly considered a subgenera Acanthomyops) of bright yellow to orange species of ant that have 3 maxillary palps and give off a distinctive citronella odor when disturbed. The group name comes from their club-shaped palps.
A species of mosquito, Anopheles claviger.

clavigers
plural of claviger

click beetle
Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.

click beetles
plural of click beetle

clinosporangia
plural of clinosporangium

clinosporangium
Synonym of pycnidium.

clk
Abbreviation of clock.

clock
A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
The odometer of a motor vehicle.
An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
The seed head of a dandelion.
A time clock.
A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
A watch (timepiece).
A face; the head.

clocke
Obsolete spelling of clock.

clockes
plural of clocke

clockface
Alternative spelling of clock face.

clockfaces
plural of clockface

clockie
Diminutive of clock.

clockies
plural of clockie

clockrate
Alternative form of clock rate.

clockrates
plural of clockrate

clocks
plural of clock

clocktower
Alternative spelling of clock tower.

clocktowers
plural of clocktower

clockware
Clocks collectively.

clofenapate
An antilipaemic agent for dogs and rats.

clown beetle
Any beetle of the family Histeridae.

clown beetles
plural of clown beetle

clypei
plural of clypeus

clypeus
The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.

clyster
A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.

clysters
plural of clyster

cola
The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

coli
Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

colle
Obsolete form of coal.

colles
plural of colle

collops
plural of collop