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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCacotopia
A state or society in which conditions are the worst possible, serving as the antithesis of a utopia.
Calidity
The quality or state of being warm; heat or warmth.
Callow
(Especially of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
Casuistic
Involving or relating to the resolution of moral problems by the application of general ethical principles to specific cases, often used pejoratively to imply sophisticated but misleading reasoning.
Catamenia
The periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina; menstruation.
Catharize
To purge, cleanse, or purify, particularly in a spiritual, psychological, or ritualistic sense.
Cause célèbre
A controversial issue, trial, or incident that becomes the subject of widespread public attention, debate, and dispute.
Cenozoic
Relating to the current geological era, which began about 66 million years ago and is characterized by the dominance of mammals, birds, and flowering plants.
Cerebration
The action or process of thinking; thought or mental activity.
Charlatan
A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud, impostor, or quack.
Charter-colony
A colony established and governed under a charter granted by the monarch or parliament, granting the inhabitants considerable self-governing privileges.
Chela
The pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid, such as a crab, lobster, or scorpion.