Words that start with C

Cis forClothes iron

An iron is a device that gets very hot on the flat side underneath it. You rub the flat side on your clothes to remove the wrinkles and make sharp creases.

Devices

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Cis forCloud

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Clouds are found in the sky. They are made from water. When they get too big and too full of water, it rains.

Weather

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Cis forClove

A clove is a segment of a bulb, found on some kinds of plants such as garlic. For the spice of the same name, see cloves.

Parts

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Cis forCloven

A cloven hoof is one that is in two pieces. Animals like cows, sheep and goats have cloven hooves.

Adjectives

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Clover is a large group of plants that usually has leaves in clusters of three. They are found almost all over the world, and are grown as a fodder crop for grazing farm animals to eat. Finding a four-leafed clover is considered lucky in some cultures.

Plants

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Cis forCloves

Scientific name: syzygium aromaticum

Cloves are the dried flower of a large evergreen tree native to Indonesia and India. They are used whole or ground up in baking, for making cakes, puddings and a lot of Mexican and Indian food. Cloves are very strong, and you don't need much of them to flavour food. Clove oil can be used to stop sore teeth from hurting.

Herbs & Spices

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Cis forClown

Clowns are performers in fancy dress, and are usually found in circuses and doing street performances. They usually wear a very brightly coloured outfit, a silly hat, big shoes, a coloured wig and face paint. They usually do very silly things to make people laugh.

Jobs

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Cis forClub (group)

A club is an organized group of people. Clubs are generally formed around a common interest of all the members, and typically charge some kind of fee for membership or have some other restriction on who can join. You may also be interested in the weapon, club.

Collective

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Cis forClub (weapon)

A club is a very simple weapon, usually made from a piece of wood that is thicker at one end than the other. Clubs are usually associated with very primitive humans.

Weapons