Words that start with C

Cute cats crawl carelessly past carefully cultivated canola.

Cis forCome

You come to someone or somewhere when you leave the place you are now and move to the other person. The dog in the picture is coming to his owner. The opposite of come is go. The past tense of come is came.

Cis forComet

Comets are lumps of rock and ice that travel around the sun. They are usually a few kilometers across. When they get close to the sun, they develop a tail. The tail of the comet always points away from the sun.
Something is comfortable if it feels nice to use. You are comfortable if you feel good and at ease while doing something. The dog in the picture is in a very comfortable chair.

Cis forCommute

To commute is to travel between your home and the place you work on a regular basis.

Cis forCompact

Something is compact if it fits into a small space. The car in the picture is a compact car. You can compact something when you compress it together so it takes up less space, for example you might compact the ground before you lay pavers on it.

Cis forCompass

A compass is a small device with a needle in the middle that always points north. They work because the needle is a small magnet and the Earth is a big magnet, and the needle always tries to line up with the magnetic field of the Earth.
A competition is where two or more people try and be the best at something. The 'something' can be literally anything that can be judged on some critera of quality, like writing a story, running a race, baking a cake, or growing vegetables, like in the picture. There is usually some kind of prize for winning a competition.
Something is complicated if it has a large number of interconnected parts or is difficult to understand. The person in the picture is looking at some complicated machinery.

Cis forCompost

Compost is vegetable matter, rotted down so it can be used to fertilize and improve soil. You can make your own compost from lawn clippings, newspaper, food scraps and fallen leaves. Compost is best kept slightly moist, and turned regularly to aerate it. Worms in your compost will really help the composting process along, as the worms eat the food scraps and their castings become part of the compost.

Cis forComputer

A computer is a device that lets you do many, many things. It is very likely you are reading this on a computer. Computers are used for drawing, writing, playing games, making music and many many other things too.