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Cayenne pepper. capsic.u.m.
cease, v. discontinue, stop, desist, refrain.
ceaseless, a. incessant, unceasing, constant, uninterrupted, continual.
cedar tree. a.s.sociated Words: cedrine, cedrene.
cede, v. surrender, relinquish, grant.
ceding, n. cession.
celebrate, v. commemorate, solemnize, observe.
celebrated, a. famous, ill.u.s.trious, noted, renowned, eminent, far-famed. Antonyms: obscure, inglorious, unrenowned.
celebration, n. commemoration, observance, solemnization.
celebrity, n. fame, renown, eminence.
cellar, n. bas.e.m.e.nt.
celluloid, n. xylonite.
cement, n. adhesive, glue; lute, luting.
cement, v. cohere, join, glue, glutinate.
cemetery, n. necropolis, G.o.d's acre, graveyard, mortuary.
censer, n. thurible, incensory.
censor, n. inspector, reviewer, critic; caviler, censurer.
censorious, a. carping, captious, caviling, critical.
censurable, a. reprehensible, culpable, blamable, reproachable, illaudable.
censure, n. reproof, reprehension, blame, reprimand, objurgation.
censure, v. reprove, rebuke, reprehend, upbraid, objurgate, chide, inveigh against.
censuring, a. reprehensory, reproachful, reproving, objurgatory, condemnatory.
centenary, n. centennial, century.
centennial, n. centenary.
center, n. middle, midst. Antonyms: circ.u.mference, perimeter, rim, boundary. a.s.sociated Words: centrifugal, centrifugence, centricity, centripetal, centripetence, centrality, centralize, centralization, paracentric.
centerpiece, n. epergne.
central, a. middle, centric, centrical, equidistant.
century, n. centenary. a.s.sociated Words: centennial, secular.
ceremonious, a. formal, precise, punctilious. Antonyms: informal, free-and-easy.
ceremony, n. rite, form, ceremonial, solemnity; formality.
certain, a. a.s.sured, confident, convinced, satisfied, undoubting; undeniable, irrefutable, indubitable, incontrovertible, incontestable, sure; inevitable, unavoidable; unfailing, infallible, inerrable; fixed, stated, specified. Antonyms: indefinite, uncertain, doubtful. See uncertain.
certainty, n. sureness, confidence, a.s.surance, surety; fact, truth.
Antonyms: See uncertainty.
certificate, n. testimonial, credential, voucher.
certify, v. a.s.sure, attest, testify to, vouch for.
chafe, v. rub, gall, irritate; fret, fume, rage.
chaff, n. glumes, hulls, refuse.
chaff, n. banter, raillery, pleasantry, jesting, badinage.
chaff, v. jest, banter.
chaffy, a. acerose, palaceous, stramineous.
chagrin, a. mortification, abashment, vexation, confusion, discomposure, humiliation.
chagrin, v. mortify, abash, vex, confuse, humiliate.
chain, n. concatenation, catenation, series, congeries, carcanet, catena, chatelaine, necklace, gorget, links, torque; bond, shackle, fetter, tether.
chain, v. fetter, restrain, shackle, enslave, trammel, catenate.
chain wheel. sprocket wheel.
chair, n. seat; professors.h.i.+p; chairman.
chalice, n. grail.
chalk, n. a.s.sociated Words: calcography, calcographer, calcographic, chalkiness, crayon.
chalkstone, n. tophus. (Med.)
chalky, a. cretaceous.
