# 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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