| ANECHOIC | • anechoic adj. (Acoustics) Lacking echoes; that absorbs sound. • ANECHOIC adj. free from echoes and reverberations. |
| CABOCHON | • cabochon n. (Chiefly attributive) A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets. • CABOCHON n. (French) a precious stone polished but uncut, or cut rounded on the top but flat on the back. |
| CHACONNE | • chaconne n. A slow, stately Baroque dance. • chaconne n. (Music) The music for such a dance, often containing variations on a theme. • CHACONNE n. (French) a Spanish baroque dance in triple time. |
| CHALONIC | • chalonic adj. (Biochemistry) Relating to the chalones. • CHALONIC adj. relating to a chalone, one of a group of chemicals occurring in animal tissue. |
| CHARNECO | • charneco n. (Obsolete) A sort of sweet wine. • CHARNECO n. (Shakespeare) a kind of sweet wine. |
| CHICANOS | • Chicanos n. Plural of Chicano. • CHICANO n. (Spanish) an American of Mexican descent. |
| CINCHONA | • cinchona n. A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated… • cinchona n. The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly… • cinchona n. (Medicine) Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants. |
| COACHING | • coaching v. Present participle of coach. • coaching n. The process by which someone is coached or tutored; instruction. • coaching n. (Uncountable, historical) The operation of horse-drawn coaches, especially as a business. |
| COACHMAN | • coachman n. A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver. • coachman n. (South Africa) A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes. • Coachman prop.n. A surname. |
| COACHMEN | • coachmen n. Plural of coachman. • COACHMAN n. one who drives a coach. |
| COANCHOR | • coanchor n. One of a group of anchorpeople presenting together on television or radio. • coanchor v. To be a coanchor of. • COANCHOR v. to present televised news reports jointly. |
| CONCHATE | • CONCHATE adj. shaped like a shell. |
| CORANACH | • coranach n. Alternative form of coronach. • CORANACH n. (Gaelic) a lamentation for the dead; a dirge, also CORONACH. |
| CORONACH | • coronach n. (Historical, Scotland, Ireland) dirge, lamentation. • CORONACH n. (Gaelic) a dirge, also CORANACH. |
| COUCHANT | • couchant adj. (Of an animal) Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching. • couchant adj. (Heraldry) Represented as crouching with the head raised. • COUCHANT adj. in heraldry, lying on the belly with head lifted. |
| ENCROACH | • encroach v. (Transitive, obsolete) to seize, appropriate. • encroach v. (Intransitive) to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory. • encroach v. (Intransitive) to advance gradually beyond due limits. |
| SNOCOACH | • SNOCOACH n. a bus-like vehicle with large tyres or tracks for travelling on snow, also SNOWCOACH. |