Words That Start With Ce: Enhance Your Vocabulary with These Examples

Discover a variety of words starting with “ce” and learn how they can enhance your vocabulary.

  1. Celebrate- To mark a significant event with festivities.
  2. Ceremony- A formal event held on important occasions.
  3. Certain- Having no doubt; sure.
  4. Cerulean- A shade of blue resembling the sky.
  5. Cede- To give up power or territory.
  6. Censor- To examine something officially and suppress unacceptable parts.
  7. Celtic- Relating to the Celts or their languages.
  8. Cemetery- A burial ground, especially one not attached to a church.
  9. Centaur- A mythical creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse.
  10. Center- The middle point or part.
  11. Century- A period of one hundred years.
  12. Cephalic- Relating to the head.
  13. Ceramic- Made of clay and hardened by heat.
  14. Cerebral- Pertaining to the brain or intellect.
  15. Cessation- The process of ending or being brought to an end.
  16. Cession- The formal giving up of rights, property, or territory.
  17. Cease- To come to an end.
  18. Celerity- Swiftness of movement.
  19. Celery- A cultivated plant used as a vegetable.
  20. Celebrity- A famous person.
  21. Celibate- Abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.
  22. Celsius- A scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°.
  23. Cement- A powdery substance used to bind materials together.
  24. Cenotaph- A monument to someone buried elsewhere.
  25. Centennial- The 100th anniversary.
  26. Centigrade- Another term for Celsius.
  27. Centimeter- A metric unit of length, equal to one hundredth of a meter.
  28. Central- At the center, of greatest importance.
  29. Centrifugal- Moving away from a center or axis.
  30. Centripetal- Moving or directed toward a center.
  31. Cephalopod- A class of mollusks like squids and octopuses.
  32. Cerise- A deep to vivid reddish pink.
  33. Certify- To attest as true or meeting a standard.
  34. Cerulean- Deep sky blue; azure.
  35. Cesspool- An underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage.
  36. Cetacean- A marine mammal of the order that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
  37. Ceviche- A South American dish of marinated raw fish or seafood.
  38. Ceiling- The upper interior surface of a room.
  39. Cellar- A room below ground level in a house, typically used for storing wine or coal.
  40. Cello- A bass instrument of the violin family.
  41. Cellular- Relating to the cells of organisms.
  42. Cementery- An alternative spelling of cemetery, used mainly in historical texts.
  43. Cenacle- The room in which the Last Supper is said to have taken place.
  44. Censorial- Pertaining to or exercising censorship.
  45. Censure- Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement.
  46. Centavo- A monetary unit in various countries, equal to one hundredth of a basic unit.
  47. Centerfold- A center spread of a magazine or book, often featuring a large photograph.
  48. Centesis- A medical procedure involving puncture of a body cavity for aspiration.
  49. Centile- A point or value on a scale of one hundred that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it.
  50. Centipede- A predatory arthropod with a flattened elongated body composed of many segments, most of which bear paired legs.

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