High School Vocabulary
353,744 words and 27,916 expressions at the high school level.
Alternative form of c'mere.
plural of C++'er
A person who uses a C-band television receive-only (TVRO) system for viewing television.
plural of C-bander
plural of C-bomb
A structural framing member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
A type of clamp used to temporarily fasten two objects together in carpentry and other crafts.
plural of C-clamp
plural of C-clef
plural of C-clip
The relationship between a node in a parse tree and its sibling nodes (usually meaning the children of the first branching node that dominates the node) and all the sibling nodes' children.
plural of C-cupper
The discredited theory that the speed of light has decreased over time, proposed by creationists in order to support the belief that the universe is a few thousand years old even though there are objects visible today that are billions of light years away (whereas a constant speed of light would indicate that the universe is billions of years old and so contradict this belief).
Alternative letter-case form of C-drama.
plural of C-drama
plural of C-flat
plural of c-hole
plural of C-in-C
The highest-ranking executives of an organization, who have the word chief in their titles: CEO, COO, CFO, etc.
plural of C-level
Someone on a C-list.
plural of C-lister
plural of C-list
Abbreviation of choice machine.
plural of c-note
The inactive polypeptide excised from proinsulin during its conversion to insulin, containing 31 amino acid residues and secreted in equimolar amounts to insulin from beta cells.
The vertical support dividing a car's rear window from its rear windscreen, or, if the car has an additional window and D-pillar, the support dividing the central and rear windows.
plural of C-pillar
plural of C-post
An individual canned, precooked, or prepared wet ration formerly issued to land forces in the US military.
plural of C-ration
Synonym of Caesarean section.
Shaped like the capital letter "C".
A musical note one semitone higher than a C, notated C♯.
plural of C-sharp
A neckbrace.
simple past and past participle of C-spine
plural of C-spine
present participle and gerund of C-spine
plural of C-spot
Abbreviation of convenience store.
plural of c-store
A woman's scanty undergarment resembling a G-string but having a curved (C-shaped) wire that runs between the buttocks.
plural of C-string
The group of officers of a business organization who have the word chief in their titles.
One who works in the C-suite.
plural of C-suiter
plural of C-suite
plural of C-terminus
The amount of DNA (in picograms) in a haploid nucleus (a measure of the genome size)
plural of C-value
plural of c-word
Abbreviation of United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as used in case citations.
Abbreviation of contrabassoon.
Abbreviation of Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
plural of C.O.G.
Alternative form of COTS.
Initialism of certified strength and conditioning specialist; also CSCS.
Abbreviation of command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance.
Alternative form of catridge.
Alternative form of cha-ching.
Community-associated MRSA
Obsolete form of cauldron.
plural of caadron
A barangay of Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines.
A department of Paraguay
A surname.
plural of Caamano
Synonym of sleying.
A barangay of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
A South American plant, Piper umbellatum (formerly Pothomorphe umbellata), with medicinal roots.
A sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.
plural of caatinga
A department of Paraguay
plural of Cabada
A barangay of Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines.
A municipality of Isabela, Philippines.
A barangay of Legazpi, Albay, Philippines.
A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
Alternative form of Kabbalah.
plural of cabala
simple past and past participle of cabal
A surname.
A short, rhythmically repetitive aria.
Alternative form of cabaletta.
A barangay of Calubian, Leyte, Philippines.
Of or relating to a cabal.
present participle and gerund of cabal
The study of the Jewish Kabbalah.
A member of a cabal.
Of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish.
plural of cabalist
To study and interpret the Kabbalah.
simple past and past participle of cabalize
third-person singular simple present indicative of cabalize
A herd of horses.
Alternative form of cavallard.
simple past and past participle of cabal
Someone who cabals; a plotter or intriguer.
A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
plural of caballer
Of, or pertaining to, a horse.
Alternative form of cabbeling.
A traditional Peruvian boat made from reeds.
A horse.
Relating to modern domestic horses (of the species Equus caballus)
A cabin or hut for relaxing.
plural of cabana
plural of cabane
A municipality of Zambales, Philippines.
A surname from Spanish.
A surname.
A kind of spicy smoked Australian sausage.
A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
A barangay of Barugo, Leyte, Philippines.
Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.
plural of cabaret
A suburb of Sydney in the Canada Bay council area, New South Wales, Australia.
A barangay of Dumalneg, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
A barangay of Sibalom, Antique, Philippines.
A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.
A barangay of Bantay, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
A surname from French.
A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.
A barangay of Madalum, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
plural of cabasa
A surname.
plural of Cabassa
An Italian helmet with a stalk-like projection on the top resembling a pear.
plural of cabasset
The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
plural of cabassou
A histamine 1 receptor antagonist.
A barangay of Pudtol, Apayao, Philippines.
A municipality of Isabela, Philippines.
A barangay of Labo, Camarines Norte, Philippines.
plural of cabaya
A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.
A barangay of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
A census-designated place and former city in Riverside County, California, United States.
plural of Cabazon.
A department of El Salvador.
simple past and past participle of cabbage
plural of cabbage
Alternative form of cabbagy.
present participle and gerund of cabbage
Resembling or characteristic of cabbage.
Alternative spelling of Kabbalah.
Alternative form of Kabbalah.
plural of cabbala
Alternative form of Kabbalic.
Alternative spelling of cabbeling.
Alternative form of cabbalize.
Alternative spelling of cabalism.
Alternative spelling of cabalist.
To study or be influenced by the Kabbalah.
The process by which two masses of water with different temperatures and salinities mix to form a new water mass with a density higher than the density of either parent water mass; also, the sinking of the new water mass as the effect of its increased density.
Alternative form of Kabeljauw (“member of Dutch faction”)
plural of cabber
plural of cabby
present participle and gerund of cab
plural of cabbin
Alternative form of Cabeiri.
plural of cabbit
The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, so that the pieces can be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
A town in Vall Fosca, Catalonia
A group of enigmatic chthonic deities worshipped by a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus.
Alternative form of kabbelow (“kind of salted cod”).
Of or pertaining to James Branch Cabell (1879–1958), American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Cabello
plural of Cabell
A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine.
plural of cabernet
The finest kind of silk received from India.
A trained steer used in bullfighting.
plural of cabestro
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Cabezas
A California fish (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus), allied to the sculpin.
Alternative spelling of cabezon.
plural of cabezone
plural of cabezon
plural of cabiai
A barangay of Calbayog, Samar, Philippines.
A barangay of Makilala, Cotabato, Philippines.
A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
plural of cabildo
A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
Alternative form of kabbelow (“kind of salted cod”).
A city on the shore of Maracaibo Lake in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela.
Alternative spelling of cabin boy.
Alternative form of cabin boy.
plural of cabinboy
An exclave and province of Angola, claimed by some factions as a republic.
Of or pertaining to Cabinda.
plural of Cabindan
Confined at close quarters
Misspelling of cabinet.
A surname.
Alternative form of cabinetted.
Synonym of cabinetmaking (“fine woodworking to produce cabinets”).
plural of cabinet
A small cabin.
The amount that fits in a cabin.
plural of cabinful
present participle and gerund of cabin
Without a cabin.
Resembling or characteristic of a cabin.
One who shares a cabin on board a ship.
plural of cabinful
A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Of or relating to the Cabeiri.
Relating to the Cabeiri; Cabiric.
Of or relating to the Cabeiri, or to their mystical worship.
Of or relating to the Cabeiri, or to their mystical worship.
A barangay of Mankayan, Benguet, Philippines.
A barangay of Sibalom, Antique, Philippines.
Alternative spelling of cable car.
Alternative spelling of cable car.
plural of cablecar
A telecast via cable television.
A company that offers cable services (television, Internet, etc.).
plural of cableco
A technique used in the building of computer systems that involves the complex folding of flat ribbon cables as if they were origami, or the routing and organization of non-flat cables.
The leak of a large number of US embassy and consulate documents to the public on November 28 2010 by the website WikiLeaks, and the scandal surrounding the diplomatic spying revealed in these documents.
A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.
Without a cable.
Resembling or characteristic of a cable.
A man employed to manufacture or install cabling.
plural of cableman
plural of cabler
The terse jargon used in telegrams, often with unconventional grammar.
Without a cab and driver, and therefore a remotely controlled vehicle (driver's compartment in a truck or train).
Alternative form of cable tie.
plural of cabletie
plural of cablet
A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung.
plural of cableway
Cables generally; cabling.
A collection of cables.
plural of cabling
Wind-blown fallen wood.
kebabbed
present participle and gerund of cabob
To mystify or deceive.
simple past and past participle of cabobble
third-person singular simple present indicative of cabobble
A native African official responsible for supplying slaves to slave traders.
plural of caboceer
Alternative form of caboshed.
Relating to Simon Caboche or to the revolt of 1413 in which he was a leader.
A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
plural of cabochon
A person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African descent.
plural of caboclo
fanwort
A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Cabonne Shire.
plural of caboodle
plural of caboose
Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
third-person singular simple present indicative of cabosh
present participle and gerund of cabosh
Alternative form of caboshed.
The fruit or pod of the cocoa plant
The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
plural of cabotage
A coastal commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
A style of truck, bus, or van that has a vertical front or "flat face", with the cab of the truck sitting above (or forward of) the front axle.
plural of cabover
The owner of a cab.
plural of cabowner
A moderately hard blue cheese, from Spain, made from goat or sheep milk
plural of cabree
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Cabreja
A surname from Spanish.
A form of annabergite with some of the nickel replaced by magnesium.
A halter (headpiece for animal).
plural of cabresto
A kind of leather made from sheep hair (not wool).
plural of cabretta
The flowering plant Myrocarpus frondosus.
plural of cabreuva
A surname from Spanish.
plural of cabrie
A grey-white mineral with the chemical formula Pd₂SnCu.
Epinephelus analogus (spotted grouper), of the eastern Pacific.
plural of cabrilla
A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.
plural of cabriole
Meat from a young goat; kid.
plural of cabrit
plural of cabron
plural of Cabron
A form of the cacao tree when planted in the shade of larger trees
plural of cabruca
plural of cabrée
The side of a railway engine cab.
plural of cabside
plural of cabstand
A barangay of Bato, Catanduanes, Philippines.
A barangay of Calbayog, Samar, Philippines.
A taxicab used as an ambulance.
A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
A barangay of Bangued, Abra, Philippines.
A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.
A barangay of Isabela, Basilan, Philippines.
A barangay of Balatan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Synonym of quinquino (“tree of genus Myroxylon”).
A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
A barangay of Labo, Camarines Norte, Philippines.
A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
A female driver of a hackney cab or taxi.
plural of cabwoman
A soft goat cheese from the Midi-Pyrénées in France.
plural of Cacace
A barangay of Marcos, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Alternative form of cacafuego.
plural of cacafogo
A spitfire.
The essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.
Alternative form of Cacajao h
A glycosylated lantibiotic present in Streptomyces cacaoi
A group of people indigenous to El Salvador and Nicaragua
A barangay of San Carlos, Pangasinan, Philippines.
excretion
Accompanied by diarrhea
Any bird in the family Cacatuidae, the cockatoos.
plural of cacatuid
A barangay of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
A wooden frame carried on a person's back to transport pottery.
plural of cacaxte
A surname from Italian.
plural of Caccamo
A surname from Italian.
Of or relating to Giulio Caccini (1551–1618), Florentine composer and significant innovator of the early Baroque era.
A surname.
plural of Cacciola
Alternative spelling of cacheable.
Alternative form of cachaça.
plural of cachaca
A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
Of or relating to cachaemia.
The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus.
Alternative form of cachalot.
plural of cachalot
A province of Chile.
A by-product of pressing sugar cane, traditionally mixed with other materials and used in construction.
A type of Brazilian white rum made of sugar cane juice, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha.
plural of cachaça
Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
Suitable for caching.
Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
The polypeptide hormone cachexin or tumor necrosis factor.
Alternative form of caching.
Without a cache.
plural of Cachel
Alternative form of cachaemia.
plural of cachemia
Alternative form of cachaemic.
An ornamental container for a flowerpot.
plural of cachepot
plural of cacher
A seal, as of a letter.
simple past and past participle of cachet
Misspelling of cachectic.
present participle and gerund of cachet
plural of cachet
A hidden nook; a hiding place.
plural of cachette
A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
plural of cachexia.
plural of cachexia
Relating to cachexia.
plural of cachexy
Alternative form of cachectin.
Cachexia.
The tree Bursera simaruba.
plural of cachibou
The act or process of caching.
plural of caching
Alternative form of Kaqchikel.
Alternative form of caxiri (“an alcoholic drink made from manioc or cassava”).
A surname.
plural of Cachola
An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.
Archaic form of cachalot.
Any of several species of passerine birds in the genus Pseudoseisura, found in South America.
plural of cacholot
An Asturian dish consisting of two deep-fried breaded cutlets of meat (normally veal or beef but sometimes chicken) filled with serrano ham and cheese, similar to cordon bleu, and typically served with fries.
plural of cachopo
plural of cachou
plural of cachua
A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia
plural of cachucha
Alternative form of kachumber.
A slow-cooked stew of hominy, beans, cassava, sweet potato, and fish or meat, a traditional dish of Cape Verde.
A Taino chieftainship, ruled by a cacique.
A neighbourhood and former civil parish of Almada, Lisbon district, Portugal
A surname from Italian.
plural of Cacioppo
A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
plural of cacique
The political influence of caciques in Latin America.
The mendole, Spicara maena; a small Mediterranean fish considered poisonous in ancient times.
plural of cackerel
comparative form of cacky: more cacky
superlative form of cacky: most cacky
present participle and gerund of cack
simple past and past participle of cackle
plural of cackler
plural of cackle
third-person singular simple present indicative of cackle
present participle and gerund of cackle
plural of cackling
The burr gherkin.
Alternative form of cacochymia.
Alternative form of kakocracy.
An evil or malevolent spirit.
Incorrect doctrine or opinions.
The dimethylarsine radical (CH₃)₂As-
Of or pertaining to cacodylic acid or its derivatives
plural of cacodyl
Alternative spelling of cacodaemon.
One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
The mispronunciation of words.
plural of cacoethes
Compulsion; mania.
Ill-conditioned, malignant; cacoethical.
any kind of socially unacceptable marriage
Of or relating to cacogenesis.
An open chair mounted to one side of a pack animal, balanced by another on the other side.
plural of cacolet
Poor diction or choice of words.
Magic used for unethical, wicked ends.
A congenital deformity of a limb
Alternative spelling of cacomistle (Bassariscus spp.)
Alternative spelling of cacomixl.
plural of cacomixl
An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
plural of caconym
The use of a caconym.
plural of cacoon
Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
A condition of perceiving odours generally as bad, or sensing imagined vile odours.
A dystopia; a worst possible world.
cacoxenite
A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned.
Dated spelling of cacoepy.
plural of cacoëthes. (Alternative form of cacoethe.)
Dated spelling of cacoethes.
Dated spelling of cacoethic.
Resembling a cactus.
A member of the cactus subfamily Cactoideae.
plural of cactoid
plural of cactus
Alternative spelling of cactused.
Alternative form of cactusy.
The smallest possible piece of matter, making up part of an atom.
plural of cacumen
Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
The combination of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing.
A barangay of Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines.
A barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.
Relating to Peter Cadalus (c. 1010 – 1072), antipope as Honorius II from 1061 to 1072.
The sesquiterpene 4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethyldecahydronaphthalene
plural of cadalane
The sesquiterpene 4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethylnaphthalene
Alternative form of cadalene.
Alternative form of kadam (“tropical tree”).
plural of cadamba
An alkaloid derived from the tree Neolamarckia cadamba.
An alkaloid derived from the tree Neolamarckia cadamba.
Misspelling of cadence.
Misspelling of cadences.
A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy: a form of hereditary stroke disorder
Alternative spelling of cadastre.
plural of cadaster
of or relating to a cadastre
plural of cadastre
A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
plural of cadaver
Alternative form of cadaverine.
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
plural of cadaver
A surname.
An experimental antibiotic of the oxazolidinone class.
A caddis; the larva of a caddis fly.
plural of cadbait
A surname.
A surname from Welsh.
plural of Caddell
A suburb of Sydney in the Penrith council area, New South Wales, Australia.
A female cad.