Word origins

• clubsterSynonym of stoat.
• clumseTo numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear
• clunterA large mass or lump.
• coactionForce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
• coal blackOf an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
• coal-meterA licensed or official measurer of coal; (especially in London) One responsible for supervising the loading, unloading, and weighing of coal to ensure accurate quantity and payment.
• coal mineA mine from which coal (such as lignite or anthracite) is mined.
• coalmouseAny member of the species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.
• coalpitA pit where coal is extracted.
• coat armourThe escutcheon of a person or family, with its charges, mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc.
• coathSickness; disease; pestilence.
• coat of armsHereditary designs and symbols depicted on an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of a heraldic achievement, such as a helm, crest, crest coronet, torse, mantling and supporters; described by a blazon.
• cockcrowThe time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.
• cockcrowingThe crowing sound of a cock.
• cocketA document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
• cockscrowThe crowing of a cock.
• cockshutA kind of net for catching woodcock.
• coenobySynonym of coenobium.
• coexecutrixA joint executrix.
• cofeoffeeA joint feoffee; one of a group of individuals jointly holding a fief.
• coffererOne who keeps treasures in a coffer; a treasurer.
• CogbillA surname from Middle English.
• cognationA cognate relationship.
• cold as iceVery cold.
• colewortA plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head and used for food, such as kale.
• collarmakerSomeone who makes collars.
• colligateTo tie or bind together.
• collowTo make foul or dirty; begrime as with the smut of coal; blacken.
• coltishLively, playful and undisciplined (often in a manner judged to be immature).
• colt's toothOne of a horse's first set of teeth.
• combattantIn fighting position; said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
• come fromTo have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.
• come inTo enter.
• comelilyIn an attractive or pleasing manner; attractively, beautifully, handsomely, pleasingly.
• comelingA comer; (person) an arrival.
• comessationFeasting, banqueting.
• come throughTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
• commandableCapable of being commanded.
• commistionCommixture.
• committableCapable of being committed.
• commixTo mix separate things together.
• commixtTo commix.
• commixtionThe action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
• common lawLaw developed by judges, courts, and agency adjudicatory tribunals, through their decisions and opinions (also called case law) (as opposed to statutes promulgated by legislatures, and regulations promulgated by the executive branch).
• commoveTo move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse
• compassingcurved; bent
• compellableCapable of being compelled or constrained.
• 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.