Words starting with c

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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

blood cell means: either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

council chamber means: a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company)

crown lens means: a lens made of optical crown glass

durio zibethinus means: tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind

earnestness means: the trait of being serious

earnestness means: an earnest and sincere feeling

ehrlich means: German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915)

fervent means: (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing

fervent means: characterized by intense emotion

first council of nicaea means: the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

genus halenia means: genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians

mexican poppy means: annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico

murine means: a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae

murine means: of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)

polypore means: woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent

pug nose means: a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end

rakish means: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

rakish means: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

sao joao de meriti means: a city in southeastern Brazil that is a residential suburb of Rio de Janeiro

serbo-croatian means: the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet