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

acetonuria means: excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation

bahia piassava means: Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes

brugmansia arborea means: a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers

carlovingian dynasty means: a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987

colonel blimp means: a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low

colonel blimp means: any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)

fluky means: subject to accident or chance or change

genus choriotis means: Australian bustard

genus coprinus means: genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae

l'aquila means: the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy

macular area means: a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision

outlaw means: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

outlaw means: declare illegal; outlaw

outlaw means: disobedient to or defiant of law

outlaw means: contrary to or forbidden by law

pastry cook means: a chef who specializes in pastry

repairman means: a skilled worker whose job is to repair things

respiratory distress syndrome means: an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli

social occasion means: a vaguely specified social event

springtime means: the season of growth