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# cache...........hidden storage
# cash............legal tender

# cached..........hidden away
# cashed..........converted to legal tender

# calendar........chart of days
# calender........paper press

# call............summon
# caul............amnionic membrane
# col.............a mountain pass

# caller..........one who calls
# collar..........band attached to the neck of garment

# can't...........contraction of "can not"
# cant............a bevel

# cannon..........big gun
# canon...........body of law

# canter..........a moderate gallop
# cantor..........singer

# canvas..........rough cloth
# canvass.........examine thoroughly

# capital.........most important
# capitol.........center of government

# carat...........unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams
# caret...........proofreader's insertion mark
# carrot..........edible orange root
# karat...........one 24th part of otherwise pure gold

# carol...........Christmas song
# carrel..........study enclosure

# carpal..........a bone of the carpus
# carpel..........a pistil

# cast............throw
# caste...........a social class

# caster..........one who throws
# castor..........beaver's musk gland

# cause...........generative force
# caws............sounds of crows

# cay.............a low island
# key.............opens locks
# quay............a wharf

# cedar...........an evergreen tree
# seeder..........one who broadcasts seeds

# cede............give
# seed............part of a plant from which a new one grows

# ceding..........giving
# seeding.........planting

# ceiling.........top of the room
# sealing.........close a package or envelope

# cell............a small room
# sell............exchange for money

# cellar..........under a house
# seller..........one who sells

# censer..........incense dish
# censor..........bad people who fear knowledge
# sensor..........a device which detects

# census..........numbering, an accounting
# senses..........faculties

# cent............one hundredth of a dollar
# scent...........an aroma
# sent............dispatched

# cents...........hundredths of a dollar
# scents..........many aromas
# sense...........detect

# cere............waxy fleshy covering at the base of the upper beak in some birds
# sear............cooking technique
# seer............a prophet
# sere............natural succession of plant or animal communities

# cereal..........grains
# serial..........sequential order

# Ceres...........Roman Goddess of agriculture
# series..........a sequence of things

# cession.........giving up
# session.........a period spent in continuous activity

# chalk...........calcareous earthy substance
# chock...........wedge to keep wheels from rolling

# chance..........happenstance
# chants..........more than one litany

# chard...........spinach-like vegetable
# charred.........burnt

# chased..........quickly followed
# chaste..........virginal, pure

# check...........a tic mark, or personal promissory note
# Czech...........from Czech Republic

# chews...........masticating
# choose..........to select

# Chile...........a South American country
# chili...........dried pod of red pepper
# chilly..........uncomfortably cool

# choir...........church singers
# quire...........the twentieth part of a ream of paper

# choler..........yellow bile
# collar..........around your neck

# choral..........by a chorus
# coral...........marine polyp skeleton

# chorale.........a choir
# corral..........a pen for horses

# chord...........three tones in harmony
# cord............very light rope
# cored...........divested of its central part

# chute...........inclined trough
# shoot...........project an object

# cite............refer to
# sight...........vision
# site............a location

# cited...........referenced
# sighted.........visually identified
# sited...........located

# cites...........past tense of cite
# sights..........tourist rationale
# sites...........more than one location

# clack...........a chattering sound
# claque..........a group hired to applaud, sycophants


# Claus...........fat, jolly guy with presents
# clause..........contractual unit
# claws...........big fingernails

# clew............sheet cringle on a sail
# clue............a hint

# click...........ticking noise
# clique..........exclusive group

# climb...........ascending
# clime...........climate

# close...........shut
# clothes.........garments

# coal............black mineral
# cole............plants in the crucifer family

# coaled..........supplied with coal
# cold............opposite of warm

# coarse..........rough
# course..........path of travel

# coat............wear it for warmth
# cote............small animal shed

# coax............persuade
# cokes...........more than one soft drink

# cocks...........more than one male chicken, pulls back a guns hammer
# cox.............a coxswain
# Cox.............a variety of eating apple

# coddling........to treat tenderly
# codling.........small, unripe apple

# coffer..........a strongbox; decorative, sunken ceiling panels
# cougher.........one who coughs

# coin............money
# quoin...........corner stone

# colonel.........military officer
# kernel..........seed

# complacence.....self-satisfaction
# complaisance....willingness to please

# complacent......self-satisfied
# complaisant.....willing to please

# complement......allotment
# compliment......encomium

# conch...........marine mollusk
# conk............blow to the head

# coo.............a soft murmuring sound
# coup............a successful stroke, military takeover

# copes...........gets along with adversity
# copse...........a stand of trees

# copped..........swiped
# Copt............a native Egyptian to a Roman

# cops............police officers
# copse...........a small wood

# core............inner part
# corps...........body

# cosign..........sign in addition
# cosine..........sine of the complement

# council.........group of leaders
# counsel.........advisor

# craft...........a manual occupation
# kraft...........strong paper made from wood pulp

# crater..........impact hole
# krater..........ancient Greek jar

# Crays...........more than one supercomputer
# craze...........a sensation, a fad

# creak...........squeak
# creek...........small stream

# crewed..........served by a crew
# crude...........coarse, unsophisticated

# crewel..........embroidering with yarn
# cruel...........merciless

# crews...........more than one crew
# cruise..........a sea journey

# cue.............a signal
# Kew.............home of the famous English gardens
# queue...........a waiting line

# currant.........small berry
# current.........of the present

# curser..........one who swears
# cursor..........on-screen positional indicator

# cygnet..........a young swan
# signet..........an authenticating seal

# cymbal..........percussive brass dish
# symbol..........a representation

# dam.............holds back water
# damn............a curse

# dammed..........prevented from flowing
# damned..........cursed

# darn............mend
# darne...........a fish steak

# days............more than one day
# daze............to bewilder

# dear............beloved
# deer............venison

# dew.............morning condensation
# do..............perform
# due.............payable

# die.............become dead
# dye.............color by dipping in coloring agent

# died............passed away
# dyed............colored by dipping in coloring agent

# dies............passing away
# dyes............a substance used for coloring

# dine............eat
# dyne............unit of energy

# dire............desperate
# dyer............one who dyes

# disc............a phonograph record
# disk............a round, plate-shaped object

# discreet........confidential
# discrete........individual

# discussed.......talked over
# disgust.........sickening

# do..............first note of diatonic scale
# doe.............a female deer
# dough...........uncooked bread

# doc.............a physician
# dock............where a boat is kept

# does............several female deer
# doughs..........several uncooked breads
# doze............to nap

# done............completed
# dun.............demand money

# dos.............opposite of don'ts
# dues............membership payments

# draft...........a preliminary written version
# draught.........a gust of wind; depth of water needed to float a
# ship

# dual............two things
# duel............a fight between two over honor

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AE Wise is an author on http://www.Writing.Com/ which is a site for Writers. AE Wise has been in education for over 20 years.

This is the second (C-D) in a series of six articles.