Words that start with C

Cute cats crawl carelessly past carefully cultivated canola.

Cis forConcave

A surface is concave if it curves inwards, forming a hollow. The coin slot in the picture is concave. The opposite of concave is convex.
Something is concealed if it is hidden or kept secret. The cat in the picture is concealed by the plants.
You are concentrating on something if you are completely focussed on it, and have blocked out all other distractions. People usually concentrate when they are doing something complicated that requires them to think hard without being interrupted.
A group of things are concentric if they all have the same center. The circles in the picture all have the same central point. Any shape can be concentric - triangles, squares, or even three dimensional shapes like spheres.

Cis forConcert

A concert is a public performance of music, usually by a band or some other group of musicians. Some concerts will have many hundreds of people in the audience.

Cis forConcrete

Concrete is a something you can use to make roads, buildings, parts of houses and fences out of. Concrete is used more than any other building material. Concrete is made from cement, gravel, lime, sand and water. It starts as a dry mix of all the powders, and after water is added it will go hard within a matter of hours from a chemical reaction.
Condensation forms when water vapour hits a cool surface and turns back into water. You often see condensation on a cold drink bottle, or on the inside of your windows on a cold morning. Condensation outside is often called dew.
Conditioner is something you put in your hair after you shampoo it to make your hair nice and soft and shiny.

Cis forCondor

Scientific name: vultur gryphus or gymnogyps californianus
Condors are a type of vulture found in the Andes and the Californian mountains. They are one of the largest birds in the world. They can live to 50 years old in the wild, and have a wingspan of up to 3 metres. They spend a lot of their time soaring through the air looking for large dead animals to eat.
A conductor is someone who directs an orchestra or other group of musicians or singers by gestures, usually by waving their hands in a special way, or waving a small stick called a baton.