Words that start with C

A cubby house or wendy house is a small building for children to play in. They are usually built in people's backyards out of wood.

The cuckoo is a medium-sized bird that lives in many parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The male cuckoo has a distinctive call, but the species is most famous for laying its eggs in other bird's nests and letting other birds raise its chicks.

Cud is partly-digested food that ruminant animals put back in their mouths to chew again. The cow in the picture is chewing its cud.

Cufflinks are used to hold closed the cuffs of dress shirts. Shirts that are designed to be used for cufflinks have two buttonholes. Cufflinks are effectively two buttons, held together with a short piece of chain or a short rod. Today, shirts that need cufflinks are usually only worn on special occasions.

Cumin is a plant native to the Mediterranean and India, and is related to parsley. It is grown for its seeds, which are ground into a powder. Cumin is one of the main ingredients of curry.

A cupboard is a piece of furniture that you store things in. It has shelves to put things on, and has doors to close to keep the things inside safe.

Something is cupped if it is in the shape of a cup.

The person in the picture is holding a tadpole in their cupped hands.

Curds is the solid part of milk when it is clotted as part of the cheese-making process. The liquid part is called whey.

Something is curled if it goes around in a series of loops, either in a helix or a spiral. The curls in the picture are more of a helix, wheras a fern frond uncurling is more of a spiral.

A currawong is an Australian corvid, related to crows and magpies. It is mostly black with some white patches. Currawongs live across Australia in wooded areas, and can be found in people's gardens too. They eat insects, fruit and small animals.