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List of One word substitutions beginning with C
One Word Substitution : C
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One Word
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Sentence
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Cacophonous
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Harsh or discordant sound.
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Cadaver
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Dead body
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Caduceus
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Emblem of medical profession and US army medical corps.
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Caliber
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Diameter of bore of gun - degree of merit.
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Calligraphy
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Beautiful writing
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Calorimeter
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An instrument used for measuring quantities of heat.
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Canon
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Church law body of principles.
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Carburator
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An apparatus used in an internal combustion engine for
charging air with petrol
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Cardiac
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Pertaining to the heart
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Cardinal
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Of prime importance
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Cardiograph
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A medical instrument for tracing heat movements.
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Caries
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Dental decay
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Carniology
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Describe the habits, merits and demerits of a man by
seeing his skull carniologist.
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Carnivore
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Flesh eater - dogs - cats - lions etc
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Carnivorous
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An animal that eats human flesh.
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Carrion
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Dead and putrifying flesh
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Catastrophe
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Denotes the last stage of a tragedy.
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Celibate
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One who resolved not to marry.(who is unmarried)
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Centipede
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An insect with many legs.
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Cervine
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Of deers or the deer family - Deerlike.
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Chagrien
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Vexation from humiliation or disappointment.
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Chandlier
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Candle maker - Merchant - Dealer in supplies
and provisions.
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Chemotherapy
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Controls of infections by chemicals.
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Chiarascuro
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Distribution of light and shade in a picture.
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Chiromanchy
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Fortune telling through palm reading - palmistry.
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Choronology
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Arrangements of events according to dates or times
of occurance.
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Chronologer
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One who writes the details of transactions which made
in a country.
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Chronometer
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An instrument kept on boardship for measuring
accurate time.
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Cinematograph
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It contains a series of lenses arranged to throw on screen
an enlarged image of photography
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Circumlocution
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A round about way of speaking.
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Clarify
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Make clear.
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Classic
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That which is acclaimed as an excellent work.
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Clio
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Greek muse of history.
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Coalesce
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Grow into one - Blend - unite - fuse.
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Coercion
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Intimidation by threat or duress - forceful - compulsion.
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Coeval
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Of the same age or duration - Contemporary with.
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Cognomen
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Surname or nickname.
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Colleagues
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Those who work in the same department.
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Colleiny
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Complete with buildings and work - Coalmines.
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Comatose
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In a coma - Lacking energy - Lethargic.
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Comely
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Pleasing in appearance - fair - pretty.
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Commutator
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Device for reversing direction of electrical current.
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Compensation
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Money given for requisitioned property.
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Concatenate
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Linked together
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Concentric
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Having the same centre.
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Conflagrative
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Combustible - flammable - inflammable
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Connisseur
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Me who is well versed in any subject a critical judge of
any art particularly fine arts.
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Connoisseur
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Expert in art - the fine arts.
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Contagious Disease
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A disease which spreads by contact.
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Contemporary
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A man living in the same age with another.
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Contemporary
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One who lives at the same time of another
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Continent
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Restrained in regard to desires or passion - especially to
sexual desires.
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Convalescence
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The gradual recovery from illness.
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Converge
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To meet in a point (Rays & illness).
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Cooper
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Maker of casks or barrels.
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Copy-right
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Exclusive right to publish a book.
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Coral reef
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A chain of rocks laying at or near the sea.
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Cosmopolitan
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One who is free from national limitations.
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Costegate
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Correct by punishing.
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Creditor
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One to whom a debt is owing.
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Credulity
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Trust without proper evidence readiness to believe.
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Credulous
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A person who readily believes others.
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Credulous
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Too ready to believe
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Crescograph
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Instrument used for measuring the growth of plants.
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Cresendo
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Gradual increase in force - volume - loudness.
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Crisis
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Turning point of danger or disease.
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Cryogenies
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Branch of physics dealing with very low temparature.
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Cryptograph
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Secret writing.
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Crystallography
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Science of crystallization.
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Cul-De-Sac
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Dead end
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Cygnet
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Young swan.
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Cynosore
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Centre of interest - something that strongly attracts
attention by its brilliance.
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Cytogenetics
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Cell formation.
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Cytology
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Dealing with cells.
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