Words starting with c

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

c means: street names for cocaine

c means: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet

c means: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major

c means: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system

c means: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

c means: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

c means: ten 10s

c means: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

c means: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine

c means: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

ameiuridae means: North American catfishes

assassin means: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

assassin means: a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

carry the can means: accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

conscientiousness means: the trait of being painstaking and careful

conscientiousness means: the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience

dolphinfish means: large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

dolphinfish means: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)

double-park means: park a vehicle alongside another

fig leaf means: a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful

fig leaf means: a leaf from a fig tree

ins means: an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States

karakul means: hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur

leaf mustard means: leaves eaten as cooked greens

leaf mustard means: Asiatic mustard used as a potherb

leishmania means: flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

no-see-um means: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects

pie plant means: long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves

roentgenogram means: a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis

salvinia means: type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns