the contestant who wants to claim the prize from the previous winner
competitor
Noun
the contestant you hope to defeat
contender
Noun
the contestant you hope to defeat
cracksman
Noun
a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
conjoined twin
Noun
one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point
colonist
Noun
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
cropper
Noun
small farmers and tenants
cloud seeder
Noun
a person who seeds clouds
contrabandist
Noun
someone who imports or exports without paying duties
crap-shooter
Noun
a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps
command sergeant major
Noun
a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
caseworker
Noun
someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
crowned head
Noun
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
cultural anthropologist
Noun
an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems
cabdriver
Noun
someone who drives a taxi for a living
cabman
Noun
someone who drives a taxi for a living
cabby
Noun
someone who drives a taxi for a living
collector of internal revenue
Noun
someone who collects taxes for the government
creative thinker
Noun
an important intellectual
cross-dresser
Noun
someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
commercial traveler
Noun
a salesman who travels to call on customers
commercial traveller
Noun
a salesman who travels to call on customers
charity case
Noun
a case for a welfare worker
coaxer
Noun
someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing
cornetist
Noun
a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
carouser
Noun
someone who enjoys riotous drinking
chawbacon
Noun
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
complainer
Noun
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
crybaby
Noun
a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
crybaby
Noun
a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
coattails effect
Noun
in politics the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
chemical phenomenon
Noun
any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules)
crystallisation
Noun
the formation of crystals
crystallizing
Noun
the formation of crystals
cold weather
Noun
a period of unusually cold weather
cathode ray
Noun
a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube
corona discharge
Noun
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
corposant
Noun
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
cosmic background radiation
Noun
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
cosmic microwave background radiation
Noun
(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
cosmic dust
Noun
clouds of particles or gases occurring throughout interstellar space
cosmic radiation
Noun
radiation coming from outside the solar system
cosmic ray
Noun
highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin
counterglow
Noun
a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun
cortical potential
Noun
(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
calm air
Noun
wind moving at less than 1 knot
crosswind
Noun
wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft