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

adrenal cortex means: the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones

american lotus means: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

church of the brethren means: a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion

crete dittany means: dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete

exemplary damages means: (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)

fair-maids-of-france means: rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe

fledge means: grow feathers

fledge means: decorate with feathers

fledge means: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

genus nostoc means: type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae

immune suppressant drug means: a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response

palaeolithic means: second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC

palaeolithic means: of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)

paper electrophoresis means: electrophoresis carried out on filter paper

plane figure means: a two-dimensional shape

polynesian means: the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific

polynesian means: a native or inhabitant of Polynesia

polynesian means: of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture

protozoan means: any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

protozoan means: of or relating to the Protozoa