Study: Words starting with ce

Before the letter e the sound /s/ can be spelled with the letter c.

cease	The troop of soldiers were told to cease fire immediately.
ceiling	We've painted the ceiling white.
celery	He doesn't like celery in a salad.
central	The bank was fairly central in the city.
celebrity	He followed celebrity news.
cement	We use a bucket for mixing our cement.
cemetery	We visited the cemetery once a month.
century	A decade lasts for ten years while a century lasts for one hundred.
centipede	The centipede crawled on the leaf.
census	The government often takes a census of the population.
cereal	Wheat is an example of a cereal grain.
ceremony	Will you be attending the opening ceremony?
certain	Are you certain she is coming at two o'clock?
certificate	The college awarded me a certificate.
center	There´s a tall tree at the center of the park.
centimeter	I need to shorten my jeans by one centimeter.

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Words starting with ci This list contains American English spellings