| career |
the work a person chooses to do through life. |
| caulk |
to fill in cracks with putty or tar to keep air or water from leaking through. |
| Chang Jiang River |
the longest river of Asia, flowing from Tibet through central China into the East China Sea. An older name in English for the Chang Jiang River is the Yangtze River. |
| chart |
a map used to guide a ship across water or an airplane through the skies. [1/4 definitions] |
| circuit breaker |
a switch or other device that automatically breaks an electric circuit when too much electricity flows through it. |
| circulation |
the movement of blood through the arteries and veins of the body. [1/3 definitions] |
| clear |
lacking color and able to be seen through. [1/14 definitions] |
| clog |
to block passage along or through. [1/3 definitions] |
| common sense |
ordinary good judgment in everyday matters. Common sense is learned through experience and not through education. |
| condense |
to cause to change from a gas to a liquid or solid through cooling. [1/4 definitions] |
| conduct |
to carry or allow passage through or along. [1/5 definitions] |
| Congo River |
an important river in the western part of central Africa. The Congo River is the deepest in the world. The river travels through a major rainforest as it flows from Zambia through the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Then it flows along the border with another country called the Republic of the Congo. At its end, the Congo River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| conquer |
to gain control of through great effort. [1/3 definitions] |
| consonant |
a sound in a language made by stopping or restricting the flow of air through the mouth using speech organs such as the tongue, teeth, or lips. The sounds represented by the letters "d," "k," "b," "s," and "m" are examples of consonants in English. [1/2 definitions] |
| convection |
the movement or transfer of heat through a liquid or gas because of the natural rising of the heated parts and sinking of the cooled parts. |
| cooperative |
achieved through cooperation. [1/3 definitions] |
| course |
passage through time. [1/7 definitions] |
| cowardice |
a lack of bravery to work through danger, pain, or other difficult things. |
| cross out |
to remove something by drawing a line through it. |
| cross section |
a part of something made visible by cutting straight through it. [1/2 definitions] |
| cut |
to grow through the gum. [2/12 definitions] |