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| CATERPILLAR | | n. - larva of a butterfly or moth.
- (caterpillar) a (in full caterpillar track or tread) propr. Steel band passing round the wheels of a tractor etc. For travel on rough ground. B vehicle with these. [anglo-french, = hairy cat] | |
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| CAULIFLOWER | | ear n. Ear thickened by repeated blows.
- n. Cabbage with a large white flower-head. [french chou fleuri flowered cabbage] | |
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| CENTENARIAN | | —n. Person a hundred or more years old. —adj. A hundred or more years old. | |
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| CENTERBOARD | | n. (brit. Centreboard) board lowered through a boat's keel to prevent leeway. | |
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| CENTREBOARD | | n. (us centerboard) board lowered through a boat's keel to prevent leeway. | |
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| CENTREPIECE | | n. - ornament for the middle of a table.
- principal item. | |
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| CENTRIFUGAL | | adj. Moving or tending to move from a centre. centrifugally adv. [from *centre, latin fugio flee]
- force n. Apparent force that acts outwards on a body moving about a centre. | |
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| CENTRIPETAL | | adj. Moving or tending to move towards a centre. centripetally adv. [latin peto seek]
- force n. Force acting on a body causing it to move towards a centre. | |
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| CEREBRATION | | n. Working of the brain. | |
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| CEREMONIOUS | | adj. Fond of or characterized by ceremony; formal. ceremoniously adv. | |
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