NSF SSB C-Z
List #: 26641
Keywords/tags: Spelling Bee, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, High school, College, Graduate
Comments: This is the C-Z section of the previous list, NSF SSB A and B.
Created: 06/29/2014
Modified: 06/29/2014
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Unit 1 (276 words)
cabecera, cabochon, cabriolet, cachexia, cacodyl, cacoepy, cadences, Calinago, calisthenics, camarilla, camisa, campesino, Canaan, cannoli, cantata, cantatrice, cantina, capeador, capitatim, cappelletti, capretto, capriccio, capricious, carafe, caravel, carpaccio, cascabel, Cassandra, castrametation, casuistry, cataclysm, catalineta, cataphract, catastasis, cate, catullian, caudillo, cavalletti, cavaquinho, cedilla, centripetal, centurion, ceraunograph, Cerberean, certiorari, chaffinch, Charybdis, chassepot, chauvinism, chayote, chenille, chevrotain, chiaroscurist, chicanery, chiffonade, Chinarra, chipotle, chirography, chitarrino, cholinesterase, choucroute, chronologize, chrysalis, churrigueresque, chyle, chymotrypsin, Cimmerian, cinephile, cinerary, cinque, cirrhosis, clavicle, clematis, clinquant, coagulate, coati, cobalt, codicil, colcannon, collaborator, collateral, comandancia, commensal, commensurate, Compositae, concento, concerto, concierge, condemn, condottiere, conflagration, consensus, contagion, contemn, contemporaneous, contretemps, cornichon, corundum, coruscated, corybantic, couchette, coulis, coulisse, credenza, crescent, criollo, croesus, crustacean, cryology, cryptanalysis, cumulonimbus, cunctation, cybernetics, cyclops, cytology, dacquoise, dactylion, daedal, dahlia, dashi, daven, decalcomania, decoupage, degringolade, Demurrage, dendrochronology, denouement, derailleur, desman, diadromous, diktat, dimer, Dipylon, dirigisme, dirndl, disingenuous, ditalini, divers, diverticulum, doctrinaire, dolmen, domiciliated, doubloons, dowlas, draegerman, dreidel, dressage, dryad, dudgeon, duenna, dulcet, dulcinea, durbar, duvet, dvandva, dyspeptic, dysphemism, dysrhythmia, dysthymia, echelon, echoppe, eclectic, ecstatic, edelweiss, edulcorate, eglantine, egregious, eiderdown, einkorn, elegiac, elysium, embonpoint, embryonic, empennage, empleomania, emulsify, encomium, endemic, engobe, enneastyle, ennui, ensemble, entente, entremets, ephemerally, epidermis, epistemology, epitasis, epyllion, ersatz, erythrocyte, escargot, eschatology, esclavage, Essene, estuarine, Eucharist, eucrasia, eugenics, euphemism, euphonious, eustachian, eustacy, euthenics, exchequer, extemporaneous, Fahrenheit, faineant, faja, fajitas, fantoccini, fasciculus, fascism, fastigium, fennec, fermata, feuilleton, fianchetto, filamentary, finial, firkin, flagitious, flamenco, fleabane, floccillation, floreted, floruit, flotilla, folksiness, foramen, forlorn, Fraulein, fresco, fretum, fricassee, frontispiece, fronton, froufrou, fucoid, fughetta, funambulist, funicular, furuncle, fusillade, fusilli, Galahad, galjoen, galvanic, gammelost, gantlet, gargantuan, gastrocnemius, gauche, gazpacho, Gehenna, genteel, genus, gesundheit, geusioleptic, giaour, gigot, gingham, ginglymus, glasnost, glaucous, glima, globigerina, glockenspiel, glucocorticoid, gnocchi, gnosis, golem, golgotha, googol, gorse, gossamer
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Unit 2 (278 words)
Gotterdammerung, grandiloquent, greffier, gregarious, grunion, guttural, guyot, gymkhana, habiliments, hadal, Hadean, hafiz, hagiographer, hallucinogen, hamadryad, hardanger, harmattan, harpsichord, hassock, hearse, hebdomad, hebephrenia, hecatontarchy, hegemony, heifer, heliced, hematite, hermeneutics, hibachi, hierarchy, hieroglyphics, hippodrome, hippogriff, hollandaise, holothurian, hombre, horologium, hyacinthine, hypochondria, Icarian, ichnology, ichorous, illimitable, imbecile, immalleable, impresario, incendiarism, incienso, indigenous, ingenue, insurrection, intaglio, ipecac, isinglass, Jacobin, Jainism, jicama, jicara, julienne, kairos, kakistocracy, kalema, Kallikak, kamelaukion, kamikaze, kepi, ketone, kevel, khedive, Kierkegaardian, kinesiology, kishke, kittel, klister, knapsack, knish, koan, kohlrabi, kraken, Kremlin, kriegspiel, kuchen, kudzu, kurgan, labile, laburnum, laches, lacrosse, laity, lamasery, lambrequin, lamellibranch, lampoon, lancet, lansquenet, lariat, lathe, legerdemain, legionnaire, leister, leoncito, lepidopterology, Lethean, libretto, lilliputian, liman, limnology, lineolate, literati, lochan, logorrhea, lorgnette, lugubrious, machiavellian, macrame, madid, maelstrom, magnanimous, malacology, malapropos, malediction, maleficence, malentendu, malmignatte, mandala, mandir, manes, marabout, maricolous, martyr, marzipan, mcintire, melancholy, meliorate, mellisonant, menehune, menhaden, meniscus, mensch, mercaptan, mercenary, mesentery, mesocracy, mestizo, mezzanine, miasma, mihrab, minyan, misanthropic, miscible, misprision, mistigris, mitrailleuse, mnemonically, moratorium, mosquito, mountebank, mummify, mundungus, murrain, mwami, mycteric, myriads, myrmidon, mystique, nachtmusik, naology, napalm, nares, naseberry, navicella, necromancy, nefarious, nenuphar, neophyte, Nereid, neurohypophysis, nival, Noachian, nociceptive, noisettes, nonagesimal, nonet, noumenon, novenary, obloquy, obrotund, ocelot, ochlocracy, oculus, odyssey, Ogygian, olfactory, ombudsman, ophryon, oratorio, ordnance, orismology, ormolu, orthoepy, orthorhombic, oscillation, Osirian, osmotic, ostmen, oxytocia, padishah, paduasoy, paella, paleography, paleontology, palladian, palometa, pamphleteer, panachage, pancetta, pandit, panela, Panglossian, Pantagruelism, pantisocracy, pantomime, papillote, parandrus, paraphernalia, pareiasaur, parenchyma, parergon, paristhmion, paromologia, parrhesia, parure, pasimology, passel, pasticcio, pathology, patina, patois, peccadillo, peloton, pendeloque, penlop, penne, pentastich, perambulate, peregrination, perimysium, perinephrium, peripety, peripheral, perlingual, pfeffernuss, phaeton, phalanges, pharaoh, philobiblist, Philomel, phloem, phosphorolysis, physiognomy, piazza, picaresque, Pierian, pimpernel, piolet, pirouette, pistachio, plenilune, plenipotentiary, plethora, pliothermic, plurinominal, pochismo, podiatrist, poetaster, pogrom, poinsettia, polder
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Unit 3 (244 words)
polis, politeia, polydactyly, ponticello, pororoca, postcibal, posthumous, postnuptial, prairie, precibal, precinct, prelapsarian, prescience, Promethean, prosciutto, prosody, protean, prytanis, psephology, pseudoptics, pshaw, ptyalin, puerile, pumpernickel, pusillanimous, pycnogonid, pyroclastic, pyrometallurgical, pyrrhic, pythiad, quadrumanous, quadruped, quatorzain, quattrocento, quenelle, quern, quesadilla, quiche, quincunx, quinquennially, quinquevir, quisling, quoits, quondam, quorum, quotidian, radiosonde, rappini, rapprochement, rapscallion, rasgado, Rastafarian, ravigote, redolent, regie, reliquary, reminiscences, renaissance, rendezvous, repechage, repertoire, revanche, reveille, rhadamanthine, rhathymia, rhinencephalon, rhomboideus, rimur, roborant, rococo, roleo, ronquil, roodebok, rosemaling, rotisserie, rowan, Rudbeckia, sacalait, sacerdotal, sacristan, saithe, Salchow, salubrious, salve, sansculotte, saponify, sapropel, sarsaparilla, sashimi, sassafras, satori, satrapy, sauerbraten, sayonara, schadenfreude, schipperke, schnauzer, schnecke, schottische, schussboomer, sconce, scourge, segue, semainier, senary, septuagenarian, sequester, seraphic, sesquicentennial, sevillana, sgraffito, shogi, shrapnel, shrieval, sillar, sinfonietta, Sinology, sitology, skimeister, skirmish, skirret, skua, slalom, smithereens, soiree, soliloquy, solstitial, somatopleure, sonobuoy, sorbet, souvlaki, sphenoidal, spiedino, splenetic, springerle, stichomythia, stremmatograph, stridulated, strudel, stupa, stygian, stylopharyngeus, subaltern, subaqueous, subboreal, succedaneum, succinct, succumb, suerte, suffragette, suffumigate, sukiyaki, surrealism, susurration, suzerain, syndesmosis, syssel, tabernacle, tachytely, tagliatelle, tamale, Taoism, taphonomy, taupe, teleost, temblor, tenebrosity, tephra, teratology, tercentenary, tergiversation, ternary, theodicy, theriatrics, thesaurus, Thyestean, thyroarytenoid, tilde, timorously, Tivoli, toboggan, tobogganer, toile, torero, tormentil, torrential, tortellini, tournedos, toxicologic, tragedienne, traumatize, trebuchet, trecento, tribology, tribulation, Tridacna, trifurcate, trilobite, trinitrotoluene, triskelion, triumvirate, troche, troika, tropomyosin, trousseau, trumeau, tutelage, tyrannis, uitlander, ultimatum, uncouth, unction, unenforceable, unprincipled, urceole, ushabti, vacherin, vaquero, Veda, velodrome, vendaval, verisimilitude, vermicelli, vesicle, vibratiuncle, vicennial, vicissitude, vigentennial, vigorish, vilipend, vimineous, viscera, volador, voortrekker, wakame, wanderlust, wat, Weimaraner, weissnichtwo, weltpolitik, Wesak, wharfinger, whelk, Wiccan