Words Starting C & Ending SS

• wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus

• any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

• navigational instrument for finding directions

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the limit of capability

• drafting instrument used for drawing circles

• bring about; accomplish

• travel around, either by plane or ship

• get the meaning of something

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

• the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

• an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• a tent made of canvas fabric

• an oil painting on canvas fabric

• the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

• a heavy, closely woven fabric

• get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

• solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• the affectation of being demure in a provocative way

• the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

• shake violently

• injure the brain; sustain a concussion

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king