| cabbage | ||||||
| café |
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[coffee][house] | ||||
| cake | ||||||
| calendar | ||||||
| California |
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state symbols: [bear][republic] + [gold] | ||||
| calf |
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| calf, shin |
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astrology: [Aquarius]+[lower body] | ||||
| call | ||||||
| calcine |
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astrology: [Cancer]+[chemical process] | ||||
| can | ||||||
| Canada |
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national symbols: [maple leaf] | ||||
| candle | ||||||
| capacitor | from electrical diagrams. | |||||
| capital |
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| capital city |
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[maps: capital][city] | ||||
| captain |
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[military insignia: two bars][battle] | ||||
| capitol |
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| car | ||||||
| card | ||||||
| careful |
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[see][danger] | ||||
| carpet | ||||||
| carrot | ||||||
| carry | ||||||
| case, instance | ||||||
| cashier |
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[charge][person] | ||||
| castle | ||||||
| cat | ||||||
| catch |
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compare with [drop] | ||||
| cathedral |
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[chess: bishop][church] | ||||
| cattle |
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[hieroglyphics: cattle] [runes: cattle] | ||||
| cauliflower | ||||||
| cause | ||||||
| cave | from orienteering. | |||||
| celebrate |
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| cellar |
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[under][ground][room] | ||||
| center | ||||||
| century |
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| certainly | ||||||
| chain | ||||||
| chair | ||||||
| change |
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| charge |
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compare with "pay" and "spend" | ||||
| cheap |
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compare with "expensive" | ||||
| check | ||||||
| cheek | ||||||
| cheese | ||||||
| chemistry | ||||||
| cherry | ||||||
| chest | ||||||
| Chicago |
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| chicken | ||||||
| child (offspring) | ||||||
| child (young person) | ||||||
| chin | ||||||
| China |
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[middle][land] | ||||
| Chinese (language) |
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| Chinese (person) |
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| chocolate | ||||||
| Chongqing |
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chong="again" qing="celebrate" | ||||
| choose |
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| Christ |
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| Christian |
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| Christianity |
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[Father][Son][Holy Ghost] | ||||
| Christmas |
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compare with "yule" | ||||
| church | ||||||
| cigarette | ||||||
| cinema | ||||||
| city | ||||||
| clean | ||||||
| clear | ||||||
| client |
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| cliff | from orienteering. | |||||
| clock |
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| close | ||||||
| clothes | ||||||
| cloud | ||||||
| club | ||||||
| coat | ||||||
| coffee |
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| coffin | ||||||
| coin | ||||||
| cold |
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| collar | ||||||
| colonel |
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[military insignia: eagle][battle] | ||||
| color | ||||||
| column | ||||||
| comb | ||||||
| come | ||||||
| comet | ||||||
| come back |
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| comedy |
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| Communism | ||||||
| company |
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| compare |
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| comprehend |
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Latin: com- + prehendere: [together][grasp] | ||||
| computer | ||||||
| comrade | ||||||
| conclude |
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Latin: con- + claudere: [together][close] | ||||
| concord |
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Latin: con- + cor: [together][heart] | ||||
| concur |
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Latin: con- + currere: [together][run] | ||||
| condition |
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Latin: condicio, terms of agreement, fr. con- + dicere: [together][say] | ||||
| condolence |
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Latin: con- + dolere: [together][grief] | ||||
| confuse |
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| congeal |
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astrology: [Taurus]+[chemical process] | ||||
| connection | ||||||
| conquer |
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| consider |
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Latin con- + sidus, sider-: to observe the stars | ||||
| considerable | ||||||
| continent |
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Latin continere: [together][hold] | ||||
| continue | ||||||
| cook | ||||||
| copper |
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astrology: [Venus]+[metal] | ||||
| copy | ||||||
| cord | ||||||
| core | ||||||
| corn | ||||||
| corner | ||||||
| corporal |
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| cost |
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| cotton | ||||||
| count | ||||||
| country |
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[maps: border]+[land] | ||||
| couple | ||||||
| courage | ||||||
| courthouse |
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| court |
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| cousin | ||||||
| cow |
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[milk][cattle] | ||||
| crane | ||||||
| cream |
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[rich][milk] | ||||
| create |
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Latin creare, crescere: [grow] | ||||
| crime | ||||||
| crop |
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| crown | ||||||
| cry, weep |
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| cucumber | ||||||
| culture | ||||||
| cup | ||||||
| cupboard | ||||||
| curse |
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from cartoons | ||||
| curtain | ||||||
| customs | ||||||
| cut | ||||||
| cyclone | from weather |
Last updated Feb. 2006
Copyright © 2005-06 Matthew White