| cack-handed | adj. | clumsy, ham-fisted; left-handed | British | |
| cacodemon | n. | evil spirit; nightmare | ||
| cacoethes scribendi | n. | mania for writing | Latin | |
| cadastre | n. | property register used as basis for taxation | ||
| cadge | v. | to obtain through imposition upon one’s generosity or friendship | ||
| caducity | n. | infirmity of old age, senility; frailty, perishable nature of life | archaic | |
| cafard | n. | overwhelming depression | ||
| caftan | n. | loose-fitting, full-length garment with long wide sleeves, worn throughout the Middle East, the Maghreb, and parts of Asia | ||
| cairn | n. | mound of rough stones heaped up as a grave marker or landmark | ||
| caitiff | n. | base wretch, despicable or pitiful person | ||
| calash | n. | light carriage seating two or four persons. In Canada, a two-wheeled vehicle with a single seat for two, and space for the driver to sit on the splashboard. | ||
| calcareous | adj. | of or like chalk | ||
| calced | adj. | wearing shoes | ||
| calcimine | n. | whitewash | ||
| caldera | n. | deep basin formed by collapse of an ancient volcano | ||
| calenture | n. | tropical fever with delirium that often affected sailors | ||
| caliginous | adj. | dim, misty, obscure | archaic | |
| calipee | n. | food delicacy made from fatty substance immediately above lower shell of a tortoise | ||
| callipygian | adj. | having shapely buttocks | ||
| callow | adj. | immature; unworldly | ||
| calx | n. | fine powder left after calcining or burning a substance | ||
| camber | n. | slight arching | ||
| cambion | n. | child with one human and one demonic parent | ||
| cami-knicks | n. | ladies’ undergarment combining camisole and knickers; a teddy | ||
| camlet | n. | tough, waterproof cloth, usually of camel or goat hair | ||
| camp as a row of tents | adj. | flamboyantly effeminate | British | |
| campanile | n. | bell tower, often freestanding | ||
| campanology | n. | study of bells and their making, ringing, etc. | ||
| canaille | n. | vulgar populace, rabble | ||
| candid | adj. | frank, straightforward; unposed | ||
| candy flip | v. | to ingest LSD with MDMA | slang | |
| canned willie | n. | corned beef in a can, corned beef hash | slang | |
| cannikin | n. | small cup or can for drinking | ||
| cannula | n. | tube for insertion into the body either to allow fluid to escape or to introduce medication | ||
| canorous | adj. | musical, melodious, resonant | ||
| canted | adj. | leaning, inclined, sloping; angled | ||
| canting | adj. | 1 | affecting piety, often hypocritically | |
| canting | adj. | 2 | using thieves’ slang | |
| canting arms | n. | (also allusive or punning arms) coat of arms in which charges make visual play on the bearer’s name or title | heraldry | |
| cantle | n. | rear part of a saddle, often curved upward | ||
| cantref | n. | land division in medieval Wales | ||
| cantrip | n. | magic spell, trick of a witch | ||
| canty | adj. | cheerful, lively | Scots | |
| capelin | n. | type of smelt found in the northern oceans | ||
| caping | v. | defending or supporting an undeserving person | slang | |
| capitation | n. | assessment or counting by head; fee per person | ||
| caponize | v. | to castrate | ||
| caprine | adj. | of or related to goats | ||
| captious | adj. | caviling, faultfinding, apt to seize upon trivial mistakes or defects; sophistical, disposed to deceive in argument or debate | ||
| carboy | n. | large glass container covered with basketwork protection, used for storing corrosive liquids |
