CataractoniumA former town in Roman Britain, modern-day United Kingdom, now called Catterick.
catenateTo connect things together, especially to form a chain.
catoblepasA legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.
cauda galliA feathery-shaped fossil, apparently a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks.
caulicleA small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo
cauliculusIn the Corinthian capital, any of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes.
celebretA letter signed by a bishop or other higher official stating that a certain priest is allowed to say Mass in a different diocese.
CeltiberiaA historical region of the Iberian Peninsula, inhabited during antiquity by the Celtiberi or Celtiberians
CeltiberianA member of a Celtic people living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain, before and during the Roman Empire.
CharitesThe goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, and the patronesses of amusement and festivities; the retinue of Aphrodite.
choenixAn ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
choragusA chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
ChorasmiaA large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
chorepiscopusA country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
choriambusA metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
cippusA small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
Circesiuma fortress city in Mesopotamia in Roman and Islamic periods, near the junction of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers
circuleA small circle, used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a note.
circulusA social group of reptiles where there is interaction and personal exchange between individuals.
circumductionThe circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
circumforaneousWandering from place to place or market to market.
citeriorChiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
citharaAn ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.
clangourA loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
claustrumA thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses