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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCapriciousness
The quality of given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
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.
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.
Cerebrovascular
Relating to the blood vessels supplying the brain.
Cernuous
Describing a plant or flower that is bent or drooping.
Ceromancy
A form of divination involving the interpretation of patterns formed by melted wax.
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.
Coagulum
A mass of coagulated matter, such as a blood clot or curd.