CI’RCUMSTANCE, s. something relative to a fact; incident; event
CI’STERN, s. a receptacle of water for domestic uses; reservoir
CI’STUS, s. rock-rose
CI’TADEL, s. a fortress; a place of defence
CI’TIZEN, s. a freeman of a city; townsman
CI’TY, s. a corporate town that hath a bishop
CI’VIL, a. political; not foreign; gentle; well bred; polite
CIVI’LITY, s. politeness; complaisance
CI’VILIZA’TION, s. civilising manners
CI’VILIZE, v.a. reclaim from savageness and brutality
CLA’MOUR, s. noise; tumult; disturbance
CLA’RION, s. a trumpet
CLI’MATE, s. a region, or tract of land,
differing from another by the
temperature of the air
CLU’STER, s. a bunch
CO’GNIZANCE, s. trial; a badge by which one is known
COLLE’CT, v.a. gather together; bring
into one place; gain from
observation
COLLO’QUIAL, a. that relates to common conversation
COLO’NIAL, a. that which relates to a colony
CO’LONIST, s. one that colonises; one that dwells in a colony
COLO’SSAL, a. of enormous magnitude; large
CO’LOUR, s. the appearance of bodies to the eye only; hue; appearance
CO’LUMN, s. a round pillar; a long file
or row of troops; half a page,
when divided into two equal
parts by a line passing down the middle
COLU’MNAR, a. formed in columns
COMBINA’TION, s. a union; a joining together
CO’MFORTABLE, a. admitting comfort; dispensing comfort
COMMA’NDER, s. a general; chief; leader
COMMEMORA’TION, s. an act of public celebration
COMME’NCE, v.a. to begin
CO’MMERCE, s. intercourse; exchange of one thing for another; trade
COMME’RCIAL, a. that which relates to commerce
CO’MMINUTE, v.a. to grind; to pulverise
COMMO’DITY, s. wares; merchandise
COMMONWE’ALTH, s. a polity; an established
form of civilized life;
public; republic
COMMU’NICATE, v.a. impart knowledge; reveal
COMMU’NITY, s. the commonwealth; the body politic; common possession
COMPA’NION, s. a partner; an associate
CO’MPANY, s. persons assembled together;
a band; a subdivision of a
regiment of foot
CO’MPARABLE, a. capable of being compared; of equal regard
COMPA’RE, v.n. make one thing the measure
of another; find a likeness
of one thing with another
COMPA’RISON, s. the act of comparing;
state of being compared;
comparative estimate