Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
celliferous
celliferous
adj
Bearing or producing cells.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
certifiable
certifiable
adj
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
(of a document) That can, or that must be certified.
certifiably
certifiably
adv
Genuinely
Undoubtedly, demonstrably.
With the potential for certification.
chancefully
chancefully
adv
by chance or coincidence
changefully
changefully
adv
In a changeful manner.
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
cheefullest
cheerfulize
cheerfulize
verb
(transitive, dated) To make cheerful.
cheerfuller
cheerfuller
adj
comparative form of cheerful: more cheerful
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
chemoreflex
chemoreflex
noun
(physiology) A reflex in response to a chemical stimulus
cherryfield
chloroforms
chloroforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chloroform
choleriform
choleriform
adj
Resembling cholera.
christoffel
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
ciliiferous
cinquefoils
cinquefoils
noun
plural of cinquefoil
circumflant
circumflant
adj
(obsolete) blowing around
circumflect
circumflect
verb
(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
To bend around.
clamjamfery
clanjamfray
clanjamfrey
clanjamfrie
clarifiable
clarifiable
adj
Able to be made clear.
clarificant
classfellow
classfellow
noun
(dated or India) classmate
classifiers
classifiers
noun
plural of classifier
classifying
classifying
adj
That serves to classify
verb
present participle of classify
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
noun
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
clinchfield
clingfishes
clingfishes
noun
plural of clingfish
clofibrates
clofibrates
noun
plural of clofibrate
closefisted
closefisted
adj
Unwilling to spend money; stingy
cloverleafs
cloverleafs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloverleaf
clusterfist
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
cobblerfish
cobblerfish
noun
Any of various catfish.
Trachinotus carolinus
cochleiform
cochleiform
adj
Having the form of a snail shell
coffeeville
coffeeville
Proper noun
A town in Alabama.
A town in Mississippi.
A ghost town in Texas.
coffeyville
coliiformes
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
colourfully
colourfully
adv
Alternative spelling of colorfully
colourifics
colubriform
colubriform
adj
Characteristic of snakes of the family Colubridae; colubrid