Word origins

• complacenceBeing complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.
• con-Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.
• conceivablenessThe state or quality of being conceivable.
• concernmentThe state or quality of being a concern.
• concupiscibleGreatly to be desired or lusted after; exciting concupiscence.
• condignFitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment.
• confederTo confederate.
• conglutinateTo stick or glue together.
• Coniston ColdA small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9055).
• conqueressA female conqueror.
• consecutionA following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
• consenterOne who consents.
• consoundAny of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey.
• conspirationAgreement or concurrence for some end or purpose.
• constipateTo cause constipation in, render costive.
• consuetudeCustom, familiarity.
• contemnTo disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
• contiguateContiguous, touching.
• continuateTo make continuous, to give continuity to.
• contrariantContrary or antagonistic.
• contrariousTending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.
• conventicleA secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
• cookessA female cook.
• coombA tub or vat, especially used in brewing.
• copiousnessThe state of being copious.
• coppernMade or consisting of copper; coppery.
• coppyLike or resembling a cop (police officer).
• cornerwiseDiagonally.
• cornlandland used for or suitable for the growing of corn
• coronateTo crown (a sovereign or champion).
• corporasThe corporal, or communion cloth.
• corrigibleAble to be corrected or set right.
• cossetTo treat like a pet; to overly indulge.
• costardA large cooking apple.
• costenTo try; tempt.
• costfulExpensive; sumptuous.
• costfullyAt high expenditure or cost
• costningTemptation.
• costrelA bottle of earthenware, leather, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.
• couchantLying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
• cough upTo expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
• counter-In opposition to.
• courbTo bend; to bow.
• cousinagerelationship; kinship
• cousinessA female cousin.
• cousin-germanA first cousin.
• couthFamiliar, known; well-known, renowned.
• covercleA small cover; a lid.
• covertnessThe characteristic of being covert.
• cowardiecowardice
• cowardnessThe state, quality, or condition of being a coward.
• cowdungThe excrement of a cow.
• cowfleshThe meat or flesh of a cow; beef.
• cowhouseA house (barn or shed) for keeping cows.
• cowkindAll cows, considered as a group.
• cow milkSynonym of cow's milk (“milk produced by cows”).
• cow stallA compartment in which cows are housed and kept.
• cowtailThe tail of a cow.
• cowturdA piece of solid cow feces.
• cow weedSynonym of cowbane.
• crabbedlyIn a crabbed manner.
• crabbednessThe state or quality of being crabbed.
• crab treeA tree that bears wild apples.
• cracknelA hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.
• crackowA type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.
• crackyHaving lots of cracks.
• -craftA skill of a particular kind.
• craftlessWithout craft; unskilled.
• craftlySkillful, expert; indicative of skill.
• cranageThe use of a crane to hoist goods.
• crapulousCharacterized by excessive eating or drinking.
• crapulouslyIn a crapulous manner.
• crassitudethickness, coarseness.
• cratchTo scratch.
• creancefaith; belief; creed
• creancerA creditor.
• crevisThe crayfish.
• criminouscriminal
• crimpleto crumple, crimp
• crinchTo grind the teeth, crunch
• crockardA 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
• cross-Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
• crossletA small cross with crossed arms.
• crouponA cowhide with the belly and neck removed.
• crownerOne who, or that which, crowns.
• crownetA coronet, small crown.
• crownmentThe act of crowning; coronation.
• crow's feetWrinkles at the outer corners of the eye.
• crow's footA small wrinkle in the corner of an eye, emblematic of aging.
• crucifierOne who crucifies.
• cruelnessThe state of being cruel; cruelty.
• crupperA strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
• crwthAn archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.
• crystal clearWithout ambiguity or doubt; completely understood.
• cubebA tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
• cuckoopintA flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.
• cuir bouilliLeather treated so as to become tough and rigid (and able to hold a moulded shape and decoration), used for artwork, carrying cases, and armor.
• cuirieAn item of leather body armor, a forerunner to the cuirass; a cuirass.
• cuisserSynonym of cuisse.
• cuissetteA small or light cuisse.