Words that start with C

Cis forColt

A colt is a young male horse, generally one under four years old. The colt in the picture is one year old.

Cis forColumn

A column is a tall, straight pillar that is typically made of stone used to support a building or other heavy structure.

List of structures

Cis forComb

A comb is something with many fine teeth all pointing the same way. You use it to straighten your hair so it is neat and tidy.

List of bathroom items

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A combine harvester is a large machine that harvests grains such as wheat, oats and barley. The combine not only removes the grain heads from the stalks, but it also separates the individual grains themselves from the heads. The combine harvester was invented in the United States in 1834, but a commercial version was invented in Australia in 1885.

Vehicles, Agriculture, Compound words

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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.

Verbs, Transitions

NPS/Patrick Myers / Public domain

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.

Astronomy

Cis forComfortable

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.

Adjectives, Positivity

Geoffrey Etwein / CC BY-SA

Cis forCommute

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

Verbs

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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.

Adjectives, Verbs

Paul Downey / CC BY-SA

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.

List of devices